“700 billion? … Huh? …. 700 billion what?

The Taurus-Scorpio axis governs wealth and commodities exchange and soon Pluto opposes US Venus. No wonder the issue is surfacing in such a grand manner. Pluto is also in the US Venusian second house natally, and added to that are the moon’s nodes in the second and eighth. May I repeat, no wonder…”

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“Mercury, the planetary energy relating to communication and movement, will be moving stationary retrograde on September 24 until October 15, 2008. Mercury will not really move backward, but appear to from Earth’s vantage point. For about three weeks three times a year, Mercury’s appearance of being retrograde serves as a time to remember to put the “re” prefix in front of everything you do: rethink, reconfirm, review, renegotiate, repair, revise, redo, reconnect, reinvent, retry, etc.Mercury is retrograde in Libra, the sign symbolized by the scales of balance and justice. Libra represents our relationships with other people, particularly marriage and other committed partnerships…”

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“There are three planetary energy shifts this week. The Autumnal Equinox, the first day of Fall in the northern hemisphere, occurs Monday at 11:45 AM when the Sun enters Libra, the sign of partnerships. From now until later Tuesday night, the Sun will join Mercury, Venus (Libra’s ruler), and Mars in Libra. Since Libra is a cardinal (action-oriented) sign, it’s time to take the initiative (Mars), start/restart the conversation (Mercury), and appreciate the beauty in others and the world (Venus). Just as day and night are equal now, being balanced in all things is the key to physical and mental vitality (Sun)…”

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“The Federal Reserve’s quasi-government takeover of insurance giant American International Group (AIG) this week has increased the criticism of the Fed and particularly Ben Bernanke, according to an article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal.The days when the Fed Chairman’s presence was revered on Capitol Hill now seem to be a hazy memory. Here is an excerpt from a post I wrote on September 18, 2007 on “The Fed’s Future”:

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“Asian oil market to witness profit booking As per financial astrology today, Saturn is in Singh Rashi, Sun ,Mars and mercury are in Kanya rashi, Venus is in Tula rashi and Moon will be in Mesh Rashi .All these combinations are indicating volatile and profit booking is expected in Asian bullion market. Silver may follow gold movement. Our advance predictions made in previous article in crude oil, bullion and stock market proved correct…”

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“For all you political enthusiasts, last week was highly interesting. Here are some of the astro-details.The on-going financial crisis reached a curious spot yesterday. A Moon in Taurus, the sign of petty cash, came in to aspect with Jupiter and Saturn forming a grand earth trine. The Sun in Virgo was involved too, and an emergency fix was drawn. Because of the trine I’m led to believe that this will work temporarily and the panic served its purpose. To shock the public into awareness, as Uranus likes to do. The realization that the country has deep underlying problems and that transition is the necessary remedy seems to be grasped…”

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I was in my friendly local yarn store the other day fingering some skeins of yarn. I found a beautiful skein of alpaca from Peru, dyed with natural indigo to the most beautiful shade of blue. It was like a fuzzy twilight. I wanted it badly, had the perfect scarf pattern in mind for it and imagined myself happily knitting with my two cats, warm tea, Brahms and all the trappings that go with fiber work. Then I looked at the price.

Since I didn’t have the $30 for the yarn, I walked out of the store empty-handed…”

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View of the final quarter of 2008
Predictions: Remember that the Earth moves in an elliptical orbit, and therefore nothing moves in a straight line. Every number can curve back to the place where it started, including the Dow average. Therefore, check the number of the Dow on December 21, 2007, add the normal 4% annual increase and you will be pretty close to what will be the ending average.

The Dow and S&P 500 stocks will continue to be under stress, and many will announce the sale or spin offs of various subsidiary companies. Their dividends, as a result should be excellent, and by the Winter Solstice 14,000 on the Dow could easily be achieved…”

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The financial system is based more on confidence than ‘solid’ assets. Money itself is purely based on the confidence that if you accept a particular piece of paper in exchange for goods or services, you will be able to change it back again further down the line.So the current global crisis is not just about banks having lent unwisely and undermined their balance sheets in the process. That started it, but what it quickly became was the ‘credit crunch’, in which financial institutions no longer had confidence in one another, because they didn’t know each other’s exposure to this unwise lending…”<

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“After Treasury Secretary Paulson’s insistence that there would be no more “bailouts” for Wall Street, the September 16 announcement that “the Federal Reserve Board with the full support of the Treasury Department, authorized the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to lend up to $85 billion to American International Group (AIG),” reflects the acceleration of the Harvest Moon panic running like a contagion through Wall Street. The Sun and Saturn in Virgo reflect the fear and pessimism (Saturn) in the speculative markets (Sun). These energies oppose the Moon and Uranus in Pisces. Emotions are running high (Full Moon) from the shocks and surprises (Uranus) of how rapidly the financial system is unraveling…”

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