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'New chapter' in US-Cuba ties


US President Barack Obama has hailed a "new chapter" in US relations with Cuba, announcing moves to normalise diplomatic and economic ties. Mr Obama said Washington's current approach was "outdated" and the changes were the "most significant" in US policy towards Cuba in 50 years. Cuban President Raul Castro said he welcomed the shift in a TV address. The move includes the release of US contractor Alan Gross and three Cubans held in the US. Wednesday's announcements follow more than a year of secret talks in Canada and at the Vatican, directly involving Pope Francis. BBC http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30516740 
  


The current New Moon of November 22, 2014 conjoins Alpha Centauri and  the stars of Lupus. The image here is of the Centaur placing Lupus the beast on the Centaur's Altar (Ara) in a transmutational ceremony. This area of the heavens is about transmuting the lower-self for  obtaining  self-mastery. The title of Nick Fiorenza’s post on the current New Moon is “Metamorphosis” – extremely appropriate as we can see from this example [1].

During this lunar cycle two very important events occur. First on December 15, Uranus and Pluto square each other for the 6th time. And then Uranus which was retrograde goes direct on December 21. During a Uranus retrograde period , we step back from the world, in order to rediscover our own originality, so that we may find our own truth. Perhaps we have overlooked something and now some brilliant new insights helps us  to free ourselves by changing within, so that we may reinvent the way we see our world.  When Uranus, the planet of Change and Awakenings stations direct those brilliant ideas that we’ve held dear in the recent months, will unexpectedly strike out from our being in order to mark our place in the world.

It's not uncommon to reach a clear decision at the direct station about something you've been wrestling with or researching. Stress that has built up through the retrograde period might be released and let go. The shift in energy at the station can break a pattern of habitual or obsessive focus that you've become locked into during the retrograde. [2]







Let us now  do two things (a) look at the Uranus station direct with respect to the US Sibly (b) look at a chart drawn for the exact time of the station for Washington,DC.

The current Uranus-Pluto square forms a  Grand Cross with the natal Sun-Saturn square in US Sibly. If we add TNPs we have the Sun conjunct Poseidon and opposite Admetus.

ADMETUS: Facing blockages; biding your time; encountering delays, frustrations, complications or the need for something else to happen BEFORE success or progress; having cramps or other indications that reveal a tightening to endure/persevere/hang in there; issues with self-containment, shunning; literal and behavioral cold.

POSEIDON: Uplifting people/ideas; psychic vibrations; persuasion; intellectual or spiritual influences; ideological or moral stances; spread of ideas; advertising; interest in business practices/ethics; inspiration; religion; mediums; clarity; enlightenment; receptivity to The Force; reactions to the media; windows, mirrors, refraction of light.

Sun- (Admetus-Poseidon): Density and resistance as an obstruction to new ideas.

With Uranus-Pluto square aspecting radix Sun:  Sudden change in a long held position.

Shown here is the chart for the exact time of the station for Washington,DC. Notice how powerfully the Uranus-Pluto square is placed with respect to the horizon axis. Also notice that the square aspects the TNP Admetus.







[2] http://www.evolvingdoor.ca/miscarticles/rxstation.htm

PS:

Transits can always help us understand the cosmic energies at work in the moment. We are now in the midst of a very powerful transit of our Sun over the Galactic Centre (GC). Philip Sedgwick explains the essence of the GC [3]

Every now and then a review of what is known, serves the Z personality. The first step consists of reviewing information to observe what knowledge became superseded by new information. Should the new information nullify the old thinking, then delete all obsolete ideas.



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