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Bush's toxic legacy in Iraq



ISIS, the brutal insurgent/terrorist group formerly known as al Qaeda in Iraq, has seized much of western and northern Iraq and even threatens towns not far from Baghdad. From where did ISIS spring? One of George W. Bush's most toxic legacies is the introduction of al Qaeda into Iraq, which is the ISIS mother ship. CNN; June 16





Charts drawn for the phases of the Moon at the capital of a country are good indicators for prevailing events. The Disseminating Moon occurred  on June 16 in mid-sidereal Capricorn (tropical 10aq) conjunct Albali of Aquarius.  For Washington, DC, on the 10th house cusp is Neptune [7pi35]. Since the 10th house rules the Government, the position of Neptune here indicates leaders are at a loss or indecisive. It also squares the currently directed  Sibly Uranus [8ge] discussed in a previous post [1].


Jupiter [23cn29] is conjunct the stars Pollux [23cn25] and Procyon [25cn52]. Pollux often depicted with club in his hand is  linked with violence, invasions  and great historic battles. [2]

According to tradition (with Procyon) there is also a tendency to a hot temper and impudence. Rise and success are found with it, but fall from high position later, is indicated. Enterprises created in haste therefore do not last. [Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation, Elsbeth Ebertin, 1928, p.43.]

Neptune [7pi35] forms a sesquisquare aspect to Jupiter [23cn29]. About difficult aspects between Jupiter and Neptune  Martha Wescott [3] writes:

People who built their castles on sand are  discovering that the tide has changed (and that piddly little bump is  where their fortress used to be.)


About the stars that are conjunct Neptune [7pi35], Diana Rosenberg writes [4]:

There is an involvement here with the primitive in both the best and the worst sense: a love of ancient traditions and deep sources of their national, racial or tribal inheritance, but at the same time a potential for rabid, primal aggression and a belief that “might makes right”. Brutal attacks and expressions of race and religious prejudice can take place.

To the foregoing, let us add the insights obtained from stars conjunct the two luminaries – the Moon and  Sun and the Ascendant.




The Sun [25ge11] conjoins  Al Hecka,[24ge59]  the South Horn of the Bull

Al Hecka, Zeta Taurus, the south horn, is of stalemates, standoffs, and brick walls—fighting old and antiquated crusades—particularly of a religious-political nature—and blindly or automatically continuing the fight out of habitual pattern even though the original purpose behind what we were fighting for is long gone. Al Hecka can express as beating one’s head against the wall, a relentless and futile pursuit. Al Hecka brings attention to when the accomplishment pursued is of a time no longer applicable—the time to surrender the physical struggle and move onward into a field of mutual cooperation.[5]


The Ascendant [27ge15] is conjunct Alpha (α) Orion, Betelgeuze, [28ge57]  an orange or "ruddy" star marking the right armpit or shoulder of the Hunter, or Giant or Warrior. In China this was Tsan, the Supreme Commander of an Army. In India it was the determinant star of Ardra. Ardra,  was depicted as a Gem, with Rudra, the storm-god, for its presiding divinity, and so, perhaps, the origin of the long established stormy character of Orion.

The Moon [10aq11] conjoins Albali [11aq56].

Albali, Epsilon Aquarius, marks a significant shift in sidereal Capricorn, compared to earlier Capricorn. Albali begins the overlap of the constellations of Aquarius and Capricorn. All of this  is about shifting the nature of Capricorn from a more exclusive and self-focused character, common to earlier Capricorn, to one that is wiser, more inclusive and embracing of other people. [6]

In consequence, this is a precarious place in mid-Capricorn, one requiring balance. Here we find the ramifications of applying our arsenal of strategic tools (whether for war or peace)—hopefully strength applied in balance rather than a blind force applied from personal interest alone without concern for all involved. When force is applied without concern for the surrounding effect, the ramifications may be such that there is nothing left after the fact but few spectacular rings of light and dust.

Putting the foregoing pieces together, we get a good idea about why Bush’s war on terror went awry.


[2] Secrets of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.1, p. 433-35)
[3] Delineate V2; Martha-Wescott
[4] Secrets of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.2, p. 706-09)

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