Mere
hours after defeating Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister-designate Justin
Trudeau has told US President Obama that he will withdraw Canadian jets from
Syria and Iraq. According to Reuters, the pledge was made as President Obama
called to congratulate Trudeau on his election win. The Liberal leader ran on a
promise to withdraw Canada's CF-18 bombers from the US-led coalition's military
campaign against the self-proclaimed Islamic State terrorist group. Earlier
this year, Canada's Liberal Party fought against the Conservative government's
proposal to extend combat missions from Iraq into Syria. http://sputniknews.com/world/20151021/1028844531/canada-withdraws-syria-jets.html
Mundane astrology, the study of heavenly cycles upon
groups and nations is the most ancient branch of astrology. The affairs of a
nation can be judged from the horoscope set up at the time of its official
inauguration, the birth chart of its leader, and various phenomena such
as eclipses, lunations, great conjunctions, stations, comets and ingresses. http://www.skyscript.co.uk/ingresses.html
While not
explicitly stated, the above extract from Skyscript also tells us that the chart
of a new leader can help us understand the aspirations of the people and the
direction in which they wish to go. Canadian Prime Minister-designate Justin
Trudeau’s horoscope is available at Astrodienst [1]. For our discussion, I have
shown the chart with only the elements needed here. Notice that his Ascendant
[3vi] forms a T-square with a Saturn-Neptune opposition. Transit Saturn is now conjunct
his radix Neptune triggering the T-square. The following extract from Nick
Fiorenza describes the dynamics of the stars conjunct the Ascendant.
Phecda and Megrez of the Great Bear; the
stars of the Sextant, Gamma and Alpha; and the Vela Pulsar upon the sail of
Argo Navis. South of the Lion is the Sextant, a
navigational instrument used to determine the "vertical" position of
the sun, moon or stars from the horizon. The sextant reveals the need to
reorient self so we know our position so we can plot our course, and take a new
tack on our journeys in life. On a greater scale, this can be in regard to
changing allegiance of our energies from the outer world, self-sacrificing to
diversionary forces or currents in the world around us, to the vertical
integrity of our inner directive and truth. On a mundane level this can be in
regard to changing our fundamental approach or path in life, to establish our
position so we can plot or take a new tack toward our goals.
North of the Lion lies Ursa Major which
extends west over sidereal Cancer as well as east through Leo and just into the
cusp of sidereal Virgo. The variety of the Bear's stellar qualities fall into
the ecliptic throughout these two signs, Cancer and Leo. The Stars of the Great
Bear are associated with the global scene and world powers and of where we
place our allegiance. The over-seeing stars of Ursa Major west of Regulus
(Early Leo and Cancer) are those of the integrous side of the Bear--that which
is oriented toward a Greater Vision: to be a caring and nurturing force for
ourselves and for the peoples of the Earth, and they also imply this
responsibility. Those to the east, which lie over the later “hind of the Lion”
toward Benatnasch, the tail of the Bear, at the Leo-Virgo cusp, are of those
focused in controlling and perpetuating the suppression of people through
manipulation--indeed the Bear is torn.
Megrez and Phecda mark this transition
point. Megrez invites us to look at things from a different or askew
perspective so we may see what is otherwise obscured from our current position
and perspective. Megrez invites us to gain a more embracing perspective as to
where we ally our energies, with whom we have allegiance and participate with;
and to reconsider our allegiances, our paths and approaches in life. Phecda
provides support to due so, and it is this Megrez -Phecda line, almost parallel
to the Regulus ecliptical meridian (vertical integrity to self), that asks for
a decision.
Does this
extract not explain the change in direction being taken by Canada under the
leadership of the new Prime Minister?
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