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DELHI (Sputnik) — India should accept and adjust to the reality that China is a
first rate power with resources at its disposal and stake in Pakistan,
according to Indian policy circles. Beijing would seek to ensure a rough parity
between the two South Asian countries as well. India
should have a more constructive stand than the hawkish one in the current
establishment, said Srinath Raghavan, senior fellow at the Centre for Policy
Research in New Delhi.
Any
future engagement with China must be held keeping this “asymmetry of power” in
mind. In that sense, it is worth pondering why the recent meeting between
Indian foreign secretary and his Chinese counterpart in Beijing didn’t result
in any progress on any substantive issues. http://sptnkne.ws/dGzQ
Solar eclipses offer opportunity to redefine
concepts of self and the roles we play in the world, or how we articulate
ourselves in life. They are about shifting octaves in the nature of our
self-perception and self-expression, and addressing issues that keep us from
doing so. They can invite a new beginning, way of life, or new way of
participating in life. The solar eclipse of February 26 does exactly this. A
chart for the eclipse drawn for the midpoint between Delhi and Beijing is shown
here.
Notice that it places the Jupiter-Uranus-Pluto T-square on the horizon
axis. This cardinal T-square between Jupiter, Uranus, and Pluto
remains our biggest astrological influence through the first three-quarters of
'17. The following extract from Astrobarry explains how one should respond to
the challenge presented by the T-square.
Jupiter in
Libra holds the promise of enhancing our capacity to weigh both sides of an
equation, to advocate for fairness over domination, and to gracefully negotiate
win-win solutions where all parties gain something while giving something else
up. These are some of Libra's finest qualities, and Jupiter's presence there
beckons us to invest greater enthusiasm and broad-sweeping vision in such
approaches, as a counterbalance to both impetuous one-sided action in the name
of unspecific 'change' (Uranus in Aries) and covert authoritarian dealings
which seek to strengthen and secure existing status-quos by any means necessary
(Pluto in Capricorn).
Jupiter in
Libra welcomes us to openly engage in dialogue about what's broken, with the
various stakeholders whose needs currently aren't being effectively met and/or
who might have some novel suggestions for how to improve or refine the
governing master-plan so it better addresses the divergent concerns of a wider
audience. For Pluto-in-Capricorn architectures and authorities that are willing
to dialogue-with full knowledge that such discussions could become quite
intense or difficult-to-stomach, due to the criticality of owning one's
blind-spots, trouble-zones, and power-abuses-this is an opportunity to improve
how they're managing their longer-term life-investments.
Circumstances
continuously shift. Previously unrecognized voices gain new prominence, bringing
issues to light which haven't received their due attention before. Those who
wish to 'rule' fairly, with broadened vision and an interest in appealing to
others' underserved interests, will wisely include these voices into their
new-and-improved objectives… though, in the process, they'll have to reengineer
how they chase their own longstanding ambitions.
Of course,
not all Pluto-in-Capricorn representatives will wish to compromise their
existing command-of-power (even if it ultimately would serve them to adapt in
the name of surer sustainability). That would mean giving up a position of
dominance and/or certain perks that come with it, just so others can get more
of what they want. It might even involve taking accountability for past actions
which ignored, undervalued, or oppressed someone else's cares, as a means to
more self-serving ends.
In such
situations where Pluto isn't sincere about deconstructing and/or diffusing its
power-status, Jupiter-in-Libra's calls to collaborate towards fairer conditions
are likely to met with apparent enthusiasm… for it strengthens Pluto's foothold
to seem amenable to Jupiter's mission, participating in a dialogue in order to
quell the outside party's dissatisfaction, all the while co-opting the
discourse for its own underhanded motives.
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