WASHINGTON
— Negotiations held over the past 18 years toward resolving historic issues of
land dispossession and conflicts over natural resources with indigenous peoples
of the Americas are finally expected to reach consensus by May. “We were told
there are some states very interested in getting the declaration done so we can
move to another stage in the Organization of American States (OAS) and be able
to enforce the rights recognized,” said Leonardo A. Crippa, a senior attorney
for the Indian Law Resource Center in Washington. “It’s aiming to be completed
by May so the text can be submitted for approval to the General Assembly of the
OAS, which is meeting in D.C. in June.” April 14; http://www.mintpressnews.com/declaration-for-the-americas-moves-toward-signing-without-us-and-canada/204328/
This news can
also be understood through the horoscope cast for the last solar eclipse which
was used for a previous post [1] from which the following is extracted:
The chart for the last solar eclipse at
Washington, DC is shown here. Notice that the eclipse places a prominent
Saturn-Neptune square on the meridian axis. Saturn [4sa] is conjunct stars of
Wild Beast Lupus. Lupus or the wolf is a symbol of evil, greed and
cruelty. Its placement in the mundane
tenth house is referring to the US Government. The square from Neptune in
compassionate Pisces brings to conscious
awareness the hypocritical insensitivity of the US Government. In this
upper square,[1] also referred to as a
"Crisis in Consciousness" events reveal the inappropriateness
of old forms of behavior.
The cycle of Saturn and Neptune started in
1989 with their conjunction at 11 degrees of Capricorn. The stars that formed
the backdrop to this degree are those of Sagittarius, the Archer. Therefore,
this constellation symbolically contains the issues that needed to be dealt
with in the subsequent phases.
The astrological influences of the
constellation given by Manilius are as below:
"As for the Archer, when the foremost
portion of his cloak rises, he will give birth to hearts renowned in war and
will conduct the conqueror, celebrating great triumphs in the sight of all, to
his country's citadels. Such a one will build high walls (moenia from Latin
murus) one moment and pull them down the next. But if Fortune favours them too
generously with success, the mark of her envy is to be seen on their faces, for
she works cruel havoc upon their features. [Manilius, Astronomica, 1st century
AD, book 4, p.267]
Essentially, the description refers to a very
successful but cruel conqueror and, therefore, in the present “crisis of
consciousness” of the waning square, events are now revealing the inappropriateness of that old form of
behavior.
If we now add
the additional insight we gain from the stars that form the backdrop to Neptune
[8pi] the content of the news is brought into sharper perspective. Here we have
the stars of the humanitarian Water Bearer Aquarius and his ancient
predecessor, the healing goddess Gula. About this area Diana Rosenberg writes:
“these
souls must make a great choice: whether to remain aloof to the anguish of
others (or cause it) or to learn sensitivity and compassion through their own
painful experiences, becoming “wounded healers” who develop an impulse to help,
teach, save and restore. The polarity is sharply defined, for while some here
are humanitarian reformers with a social conscience, others are cold and
selfishly autocratic, utterly indifferent to the sufferings of their fellow
human beings”.
Among possible manifestations she adds
“brutal attacks, expressions of race and religious prejudice and responses to
them”. Finally, on
the cusp of the 4th house [6ge], that deals with the land and the
cultural history of a nation and by extension its indigenous people, we have the star Prima Hyadum, gamma Tauri in the face
of the charging Bull. Diana Rosenberg writes:
The dark side of the
charging Bull is an avidity for slaughter and a cruel disregard for those seen
as “different”.
And gives the
following examples for transits in this area:
In 1431 and in 1763
soldiers at Ford Pitt (Pittsburg) deliberately gave Shawnee and Delaware
Indians small pox infected blankets causing terrible mortality; during Detroit race riots of 1943; 1976
Soweto, South Africa uprising against apartheid; at Hitler’s announcement of
anti-Semitic Nuremberg Laws; at the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation
freeing slaves in 1863; at the US Supreme Court’s decision outlawing school
segregation in 1954.
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