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German train drivers go on strike



Drivers for Germany's Deutsche Bahn have begun a week-long strike, their eighth walkout in 10 months of wage negotiations and the longest in the rail operator's history. Freight train drivers stopped work on Monday afternoon, with passenger train drivers due to follow suit at 02:00 local time on Tuesday. Their union, GDL, wants a 5% pay rise. It also wants to cut the working week from 39 hours to 37 and the right to represent staff such as train stewards. May 4 http://www.bbc.com/news/business-32578960







To understand this development we will look at two charts drawn for Berlin. The first one is the event chart  for Mercury opposite Saturn on May 3;  8:35 UT – a combination easily linked to a transportation strike. Notice that at Berlin the combination aspects the horizon and meridian axis with the transit Moon creating a Yod and amplifying the effect suggesting that it was going to be important for the place.







The second chart we look at here is that of the Full Moon which is placed very significantly on the horizon at Berlin. The luminaries square the combination Jupiter and Juno which are conjunct the star Dubhe, alpha Ursa Major [1].

Dubhe embodies the "willingness to fight for a greater vision" beyond the accepted political-religious dogmas of the human world that keep humanity in darkness and delusion, and against the controlling global forces perpetuating that dogmatic rule.  At the personal level, Dubhe asks us to fight for the vision that we hold for the unfoldment of our lives--for the true nourishment, fulfillment, and freedom we seek.

Martha Wescott gives the following key phrases for Juno.

JUNO:  maintenance of one's rights or position with others in partnerships; question of “rights” and fairness/compromise; enforcement of fairness; potential for score-keeping, jealousy, fears of abandonment & infidelity; tallying ($$$ & fairness).

If we combine the meaning of Juno with Nick Fiorenza’s interpretation of Dubhe we have a situation where people are standing up for their rights against authorities. This is further conveyed by the Uranus-Pluto square aspecting the meridian. Uranus – Pluto square is interpreted as an  archetypal clash: courageous/warrior-like actions of individuals on behalf of the people's liberties (Uranus in Aries) vs. an intensification/consolidation of power by institutional structures facing threats to their authority (Pluto in Capricorn).


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