King Cepheus
Giving up the spotlight is never easy. The United
States, like many aging celebrities, is struggling to share the stage with new
faces, especially China. The upcoming meetings of the International Monetary
Fund and the World Bank – two institutions dominated by the US and its Western
allies – provide an ideal opportunity to change that. The US must come to terms
with the reality that the world has changed. The longer the US remains in a
state of denial, the more damage it will do to its interests and its global
influence, which remains substantial, if more constrained than before. The
world no longer adheres to the static Cold War order, with two blocs locked in
open but guarded confrontation. Nor does it work according to the Pax Americana
that dominated in the decade after the Soviet Union’s collapse, when the US
briefly emerged as the sole superpower. April 10 http://bit.ly/1Etf5Qe
Spring
Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund will take
place April 17-19, 2015 at Washington, D.C. [1]. On April 15, the Sun enters sidereal
Aries, the chart for which is shown here. The prominent aspect is the
Uranus-Pluto square on the horizon axis. Uranus [16ar]
is conjunct lambda Cephei [16ar] in King Cepheus’ head.
The authoritarian
King is depicted as an impatient, tyrannical loner with an inner toughness and
an arrogant, autocratic sense of personal superiority. The King often refuses to listen to
suggestions or criticism, and is prone to use strongarm tactics or to bully
others for “their own good”. He brooks
no opposition and therefore there is a possibility of loss of power and
position because of his obstinacy and rigidity.[2]
The Ascendant
[13cp] and Pluto[15cp] are conjunct the stars of the Archer and Aquila. About
this area Diana Rosenberg writes:
“Embattled” might
be the best description of those born under these stars…Headstrong, not inclined
to heed advice, they will fight for their principles and are not usually
willing to share power; their leadership style is usually stern, autocratic,
dictatorial and self-protective. Bigotry may be an issue. A few may suffer
exile or imprisonment…Life brings issues of power, of whether to fight to the
end or agree to compromise.
If in this
mix we throw in Ebertin’s keyphrase for Uranus-Pluto, “the collapse of an old
order and beginning of a new one” we begin to understand what is really
happening. The US and its crony
institutions, the IMF and the World Bank (the old King) may just be exiled if
they do not accept the changes that the new order demands.
[2] Secrets
of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.1, p.74-89)
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