A significant increase in tensions ahead [1 Attachment]

August 8, 2009

Hello list,

Please note that this message is a bit richer than usual, given the fact that the upcoming Jupiter station is considered in terms of five natal charts: USA, ISRAEL, IRAN, UK and INDIA. As transit Jupiter will connect with natal placements in a sensitive manner, we can expect that the signficant events such transits should bring will be somehow linked.

Thor

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Hello list members,

We live in interesting times and the coming months will likely be no exception.

On July 31, 2009, transit Jupiter reentered the sign of Capricorn in retrograde motion. From 10 September to 16 November it will move from 25° 00' Capricorn to 23° 10' and back to 25° again. Transit Jupiter turns stationary direct on October 12, 2009 at 23° 10'. During this transit, Jupiter will closely influence planets natally placed around 23°-24° Capricorn, Virgo, Taurus and Cancer.

Regarding what the influences will be, we first look to see if it is a functional benefic or functional malefic in a chart. In addition to that, we may note that as Jupiter is debilitated in the sign of Capricorn it loses strength and its expression changes. As per , the debilitated Jupiter "...makes a person selfish and divests the native of the power to adhere to the social norms/morality" (Source: http://www.yournetastrologer.com/learn_astrology33.htm). As such, the power of a functional benefic Jupiter is reduced, while as a functional malefic planet (as the ruler of 6th, 8th or 12th houses), the weakened Jupiter gains the power to inflict more harm.

In the blog article Ties that bind: Israel-USA (March 27, 2009)

http://cosmologer.blogspot.com/2009/03/ties-that-bind-israel-usa.html

I pointed out the shared destiny of Israel and USA with respect to the placement of their 2nd lords at 23°-24° Capricorn and Cancer, but both in the MEP of their respective 7th houses. In the case of the USA, the 2nd lord is the magnificent Sun at 23° 44' Capricorn, while in the case of Israel it is the contracting Saturn at 23° 17' Cancer. The USA has 20° Cancer rising while Israel has 20° 56' Capricorn rising. Moreover, as Jupiter becomes 12th lord for Israel and 6th lord for Jupiter the influences of the closer opposition of the 12th lord Jupiter at 23° 10' Capricorn to its 2nd lord, will manifest slightly later but more strongly. In this regard, the transit Jupiter becomes exactly conjunct natal Sun in the SAMVA USA chart on September 25, 2009, while in the case of Israel the exact opposition aspect takes place on October 5, 2009. We may also note that

transit Ketu's aspect to natal Juptier at 4° 25' Scorpio/H5 becomes exact on September 20, and this aspect will have been increasing the tension during the transit station of this summer. We can also recall that the USA is running the Venus-Saturn period, while Israel is running a much less helpful Mars-Mars period, where setbacks to the indications of the 4th house and the general indications of Mars are possible, as 4th lord Mars is natally badly placed in the 8th house under the close aspect of 12th lord Juptier in the 12th house. In this regard we may note that in early October, transit Mars will move into the sign of Cancer, where it will be debilitated, infant and conjunct transit Ketu. Not a good contact for such a natally weak and afflicted major and sub-period lord. At that time, transit 8th lord Sun will also be moving into the aspect of transit Jupiter. Given all these contacts, there is likely to be a greatly heightened

tension in Israel in the first half of October.

In any event, we can expect the influence involving transit Jupiter to be felt earlier - and in fact, if we look closely at the news reports, we can see that already there are developments afoot in these countries.

Israeli prime minister convenes urgent security forum Friday

DEBKAfile Special report

August 7, 2009, 2:36 PM (GMT+02:00)

According to the official statement, prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his security cabinet of six were briefed on Middle East developments at a special session Friday, Aug. 7. DEBKAfile's military sources report that an unusually large number of officials were brought together, indicating that an out-of-the-ordinary security development was afoot. They included the chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Gaby Ashkenazi, military intelligence chief Brig. Amos Yadlin, Mossad director Meir Dagan, Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin, OC Southern Command Brig. Yoav Galant and several more senior officers.

http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=6212

Pentagon to speed giant "bunker buster" production amid Iranian, North Korean nuclear concerns

DEBKAfile Special Report

August 3, 2009, 4:56 PM (GMT+02:00)

The Obama administration has indicated for the first time that diplomatic engagement is not its only option for grappling with Iran's nuclear weapons drive, DEBKAfile's military sources report. US Air Force spokesman Andy Bourland announced Monday, Aug. 3 that if Congress shifts enough funds to the program, Northrop Grumman Corp's radar-evading "stealth" B-2 bomber would be capable of carrying the non-nuclear, 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator, MOP, which is designed to destroy deeply buried bunkers, by July 2010.

"The Air force and Department of Defense are looking at ways to accelerate the program," he said.

http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=6207

US to Israel: Leave the military option against Iran to us

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

July 31, 2009, 3:58 PM (GMT+02:00)

The weeklong US-Israel marathon in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv ending Thursday, July 30 was the platform for the Obama administration's first unveiling of a new US diplomatic-military program for Iran and its nuclear threat, DEBKAfile's military and intelligence sources disclose. The three-staged program was presented by US defense secretary Robert Gates and national security adviser James Jones to prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, defense minister Ehud Barak, chief of staff Lt. Gen. Gaby Ashkenazy, Mossad chief Meir Dagan and military intelligence head Amos Yadlin.

The new approach consists of three steps for thwarting Iran's drive for a nuclear bomb:

1. Diplomatic engagement as far as it will go. The American officials assured Israel they were aware of the diminishing chances of this track succeeding in view of the Islamic regime's domestic troubles, but the US administration is still determined to give it a chance up until early September.

2. If diplomacy fails, Washington will embark on the phased introduction of increasingly harsh sanctions against Iran, such as an embargo on exporting refined oil products including gasoline to Iran and a blockade on its sea ports.

3. If Iran continues to forge ahead with its nuclear and missile development, the US will resort to its military options. DEBKAfile's military sources report that the American visitors shared with Israeli leaders their specific plans of actions with details of the resources they planned to wield.

Gates and Jones wound up their presentation by stating unambiguously: Iran is a big power issue and it behooves the United States as the leading world power to handle it. So leave it to us and act like an American ally and friendly government. The role they assigned Israel was to leave its military option on the table in order to keep Tehran under pressure.

Our Jerusalem sources report that the Netanyahu government will study the new Obama administration's program and decide how to approach it. On the one hand, Israel's political and defense leaders were provided with the first detailed and coherent Washington has devised for dealing with the prospective Iranian nuclear menace.

http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=6203

To this we can add that the chart for Iran is highly exposed to these developments with 23° 42' Cancer rising in the chart and 6th lord Jupiter at 5° 30' Cancer/H1, with transit Ketu to become exactly conjunct this placement on September 5, 2009. Further, we can note that transit Saturn at 3° Virgo will be exactly afflicted by transit Rahu at 3° Capricorn on October 5, 2009. From this we may deduct that there are several difficult aspects at work in coming weeks and months that will raise tensions significantly and may even result in violent clashes - although I find the aspects in the summer of 2010 more indicative of such a development. In this regard, we may also recall President Obama's meesage to Iran, that it will look for concrete steps in Iran to meet the concerns of the international community with regard to its intentions concerning the development of nuclear weapons before the end

of 2009. As such, the US seems to have ruled out any military action before that time. That said, new information concerning the development in Iran could of course change that plan. In any event, the transits are difficult in the Iranian chart already this summer, and will remain difficult in coming months as well, as earlier discussed.

The article Nuclear Iran (April 23, 2009)

http://cosmologer.blogspot.com/2009/04/nuclear-iran.html

discusses the chart for Iran in more detail.

Even the 20° 44' Gemini rising chart of the Union of Russia and Belarus is not excempt from the tensions at this time, when its 7th lord Jupiter will become transit stationary at 23° 10' Capricorn and the 8th house under exact affliction from natal Rahu at 23° 20' Virgo/H4. This suggests the foreign policy initiatives will become beset by obstacles and endings while experiencing a crisis due to manipulations that upset the collective harmony. See for example the article Another accurate prediction for Russia (March 8, 2009)

http://cosmologer.blogspot.com/2009/03/another-accurate-prediction-for-russia.html

In the UK, the transit station of 4th lord Jupiter in the 5th house will come under the close aspect of natal Ketu at 22° 59' Virgo/H1. This suggests the crisis will affect the communal harmony in this country as well. Further information about this chart may be found at The horoscope of the United Kingdom (January 24, 2009)

http://cosmologer.blogspot.com/2009/01/horoscope-of-united-kingdom.html

In the Taurus rising chart of India, natal 6th lord Venus at 22° 33' Cancer/H3 will become opposite transit stationary 8th lord Jupiter at 23° 10' Capricorn/H9. This suggests the strain of violent developments. However, we should note that this aspect never becomes exact, which reduced the likelihood of such an outcome a bit. Nevertheless tensions or obstacles or endings involving inititiatives of the Indian government concerning conflictual, financial or health issues could become prominent in the national life of India at that time, more so as the dual malefic Venus-Ketu period is operating and transit Ketu will be exactly conjunct the 1st lord Moon at that time.

These additional contacts in the case of Russia, UK and India further support the notion that there will be significant tensions, even setbacks, in the international arena this fall.

It should be noted that the charts for Israel and the Union of Russia and Belarus are being tested with predictions, with recent predictions having added to the confidence that they are indeed authentic charts for the collective karma of these nations. The charts for India, the USA and UK have long since been established as authentic.

Thor

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September 10, 2009

Hello list,

As predicted, US and Israel tensions with regard to Iran's ambitious plan to develop nuclear energy, which it is claimed will give the Iranians the capacity to develop nuclear weapons, is seen to be increasing at this time. This development is taking place as expected with

- transit Jupiter moving ever closer to the exact conjunction with natal 2nd lord Sun in the SAMVA USA chart (September 25) and

- transit Ketu's aspect to natal Jupiter moving closer to the exact point (September 20).

That said, the transit station of Jupiter at around 23° - 24° Capricorn from September until November is the key factor in this regard.

Thor

Washington accuses Iran of attaining nuclear weapon capability

DEBKAfile Special Report - September 10, 2009, 10:28 AM (GMT+02:00)

Timed to follow on the delivery of Tehran's response to the big powers' offer of nuclear talks, US intelligence agencies informed the New York Times Thursday, Sept. 10, that they have concluded in recent months that "Iran has created enough nuclear fuel to make a rapid, if risky, spring for a nuclear weapon." The White House is quoted as saying that "Iran has deliberately stopped short of the critical last steps to make a bomb." A few hours earlier, a US diplomat warned that Iran is close to producing its first nuclear bomb. DEBKAfile's military sources say these steps add up to a new US intelligence assessment that Iran is now in position for deciding at any moment to take that last, extremely short step, toward making a bomb - or even two.

http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=6258

Iran 'closer to nuclear weapon'

19:11 GMT, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 20:11 UK

The US says Iran is - at the least - keeping its nuclear options open

Iran is moving closer to being able to make a nuclear bomb, the US envoy has told a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. Glyn Davies told the meeting Iran was nearly or already in possession of enough low-enriched uranium to produce a bomb, if it was further enriched. Iran denies seeking anything beyond a civilian nuclear power programme.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8246110.stm

Iran crosses nuclear red line

DEBKA-Net-Weekly Exclusive Analysis - September 10, 2009, 10:06 AM (GMT+02:00)

The Obama administration might conceivably decide to live with a nuclear-armed Iran. Israel does not enjoy that luxury. Now that Iran has got all the components for making a nuclear device at extremely short notice, as affirmed by US intelligence. Israel can no longer delay a decision on pre-emptive action.

http://www.debka.com/index1.php

Iran sanctions likely as nuclear talks stall

guardian.co.uk, Monday 7 September 2009 12.00 BST

Nuclear watchdog chief ElBaradei says talks at stalemate after Ahmadinejad refuses to suspend uranium enrichment.

A new round of international sanctions against Iran looked almost inevitable today, after the head of the UN's nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei said talks with the Islamic republic were at a "stalemate", and the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared to rule out a compromise. Speaking to journalists, Ahmadinejad told journalists in Tehran that: "From our point of view, Iran's nuclear issue is over.We will never negotiate over the obvious rights of the Iranian nation," Ahmadinejad said, a clear signal that his government was not prepared to suspend the enrichment of uranium, as demanded by the UN security council.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/07/iran-sanctions-ahmadinejad-nuclear

Cosmologer <cosmologersamva Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2009 2:37:04 PM A significant increase in tensions ahead [1 Attachment]

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Hello list members,

We live in interesting times and the coming months will likely be no exception.

On July 31, 2009, transit Jupiter reentered the sign of Capricorn in retrograde motion. From 10 September to 16 November it will move from 25° 00' Capricorn to 23° 10' and back to 25° again. Transit Jupiter turns stationary direct on October 12, 2009 at 23° 10'. During this transit, Jupiter will closely influence planets natally placed around 23°-24° Capricorn, Virgo, Taurus and Cancer.

Regarding what the influences will be, we first look to see if it is a functional benefic or functional malefic in a chart. In addition to that, we may note that as Jupiter is debilitated in the sign of Capricorn it loses strength and its expression changes. As per , the debilitated Jupiter "...makes a person selfish and divests the native of the power to adhere to the social norms/morality" (Source: http://www.yournetastrologer.com/learn_astrology33.htm). As such, the power of a functional benefic Jupiter is reduced, while as a functional malefic planet (as the ruler of 6th, 8th or 12th houses), the weakened Jupiter gains the power to inflict more harm.

In the blog article Ties that bind: Israel-USA (March 27, 2009)

http://cosmologer.blogspot.com/2009/03/ties-that-bind-israel-usa.html

I pointed out the shared destiny of Israel and USA with respect to the placement of their 2nd lords at 23°-24° Capricorn and Cancer, but both in the MEP of their respective 7th houses. In the case of the USA, the 2nd lord is the magnificent Sun at 23° 44' Capricorn, while in the case of Israel it is the contracting Saturn at 23° 17' Cancer. The USA has 20° Cancer rising while Israel has 20° 56' Capricorn rising. Moreover, as Jupiter becomes 12th lord for Israel and 6th lord for Jupiter the influences of the closer opposition of the 12th lord Jupiter at 23° 10' Capricorn to its 2nd lord, will manifest slightly later but more strongly. In this regard, the transit Jupiter becomes exactly conjunct natal Sun in the SAMVA USA chart on September 25, 2009, while in the case of Israel the exact opposition aspect takes place on October 5, 2009. We may also note that

transit Ketu's aspect to natal Juptier at 4° 25' Scorpio/H5 becomes exact on September 20, and this aspect will have been increasing the tension during the transit station of this summer. We can also recall that the USA is running the Venus-Saturn period, while Israel is running a much less helpful Mars-Mars period, where setbacks to the indications of the 4th house and the general indications of Mars are possible, as 4th lord Mars is natally badly placed in the 8th house under the close aspect of 12th lord Juptier in the 12th house. In this regard we may note that in early October, transit Mars will move into the sign of Cancer, where it will be debilitated, infant and conjunct transit Ketu. Not a good contact for such a natally weak and afflicted major and sub-period lord. At that time, transit 8th lord Sun will also be moving into the aspect of transit Jupiter. Given all these contacts, there is likely to be a greatly heightened

tension in Israel in the first half of October.

In any event, we can expect the influence involving transit Jupiter to be felt earlier - and in fact, if we look closely at the news reports, we can see that already there are developments afoot in these countries.

Israeli prime minister convenes urgent security forum Friday

DEBKAfile Special report

August 7, 2009, 2:36 PM (GMT+02:00)

According to the official statement, prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his security cabinet of six were briefed on Middle East developments at a special session Friday, Aug. 7. DEBKAfile's military sources report that an unusually large number of officials were brought together, indicating that an out-of-the-ordinary security development was afoot. They included the chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Gaby Ashkenazi, military intelligence chief Brig. Amos Yadlin, Mossad director Meir Dagan, Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin, OC Southern Command Brig. Yoav Galant and several more senior officers.

http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=6212

Pentagon to speed giant "bunker buster" production amid Iranian, North Korean nuclear concerns

DEBKAfile Special Report

August 3, 2009, 4:56 PM (GMT+02:00)

The Obama administration has indicated for the first time that diplomatic engagement is not its only option for grappling with Iran's nuclear weapons drive, DEBKAfile's military sources report. US Air Force spokesman Andy Bourland announced Monday, Aug. 3 that if Congress shifts enough funds to the program, Northrop Grumman Corp's radar-evading "stealth" B-2 bomber would be capable of carrying the non-nuclear, 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator, MOP, which is designed to destroy deeply buried bunkers, by July 2010.

"The Air force and Department of Defense are looking at ways to accelerate the program," he said.

http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=6207

US to Israel: Leave the military option against Iran to us

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report

July 31, 2009, 3:58 PM (GMT+02:00)

The weeklong US-Israel marathon in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv ending Thursday, July 30 was the platform for the Obama administration's first unveiling of a new US diplomatic-military program for Iran and its nuclear threat, DEBKAfile's military and intelligence sources disclose. The three-staged program was presented by US defense secretary Robert Gates and national security adviser James Jones to prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, defense minister Ehud Barak, chief of staff Lt. Gen. Gaby Ashkenazy, Mossad chief Meir Dagan and military intelligence head Amos Yadlin.

The new approach consists of three steps for thwarting Iran's drive for a nuclear bomb:

1. Diplomatic engagement as far as it will go. The American officials assured Israel they were aware of the diminishing chances of this track succeeding in view of the Islamic regime's domestic troubles, but the US administration is still determined to give it a chance up until early September.

2. If diplomacy fails, Washington will embark on the phased introduction of increasingly harsh sanctions against Iran, such as an embargo on exporting refined oil products including gasoline to Iran and a blockade on its sea ports.

3. If Iran continues to forge ahead with its nuclear and missile development, the US will resort to its military options. DEBKAfile's military sources report that the American visitors shared with Israeli leaders their specific plans of actions with details of the resources they planned to wield.

Gates and Jones wound up their presentation by stating unambiguously: Iran is a big power issue and it behooves the United States as the leading world power to handle it. So leave it to us and act like an American ally and friendly government. The role they assigned Israel was to leave its military option on the table in order to keep Tehran under pressure.

Our Jerusalem sources report that the Netanyahu government will study the new Obama administration's program and decide how to approach it. On the one hand, Israel's political and defense leaders were provided with the first detailed and coherent Washington has devised for dealing with the prospective Iranian nuclear menace.

http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=6203

To this we can add that the chart for Iran is highly exposed to these developments with 23° 42' Cancer rising in the chart and 6th lord Jupiter at 5° 30' Cancer/H1, with transit Ketu to become exactly conjunct this placement on September 5, 2009. Further, we can note that transit Saturn at 3° Virgo will be exactly afflicted by transit Rahu at 3° Capricorn on October 5, 2009. From this we may deduct that there are several difficult aspects at work in coming weeks and months that will raise tensions significantly and may even result in violent clashes - although I find the aspects in the summer of 2010 more indicative of such a development. In this regard, we may also recall President Obama's meesage to Iran, that it will look for concrete steps in Iran to meet the concerns of the international community with regard to its intentions concerning the development of nuclear weapons before the end

of 2009. As such, the US seems to have ruled out any military action before that time. That said, new information concerning the development in Iran could of course change that plan. In any event, the transits are difficult in the Iranian chart already this summer, and will remain difficult in coming months as well, as earlier discussed.

The article Nuclear Iran (April 23, 2009)

http://cosmologer.blogspot.com/2009/04/nuclear-iran.html

discusses the chart for Iran in more detail.

Even the 20° 44' Gemini rising chart of the Union of Russia and Belarus is not excempt from the tensions at this time, when its 7th lord Jupiter will become transit stationary at 23° 10' Capricorn and the 8th house under exact affliction from natal Rahu at 23° 20' Virgo/H4. This suggests the foreign policy initiatives will become beset by obstacles and endings while experiencing a crisis due to manipulations that upset the collective harmony. See for example the article Another accurate prediction for Russia (March 8, 2009)

http://cosmologer.blogspot.com/2009/03/another-accurate-prediction-for-russia.html

In the UK, the transit station of 4th lord Jupiter in the 5th house will come under the close aspect of natal Ketu at 22° 59' Virgo/H1. This suggests the crisis will affect the communal harmony in this country as well. Further information about this chart may be found at The horoscope of the United Kingdom (January 24, 2009)

http://cosmologer.blogspot.com/2009/01/horoscope-of-united-kingdom.html

In the Taurus rising chart of India, natal 6th lord Venus at 22° 33' Cancer/H3 will become opposite transit stationary 8th lord Jupiter at 23° 10' Capricorn/H9. This suggests the strain of violent developments. However, we should note that this aspect never becomes exact, which reduced the likelihood of such an outcome a bit. Nevertheless tensions or obstacles or endings involving inititiatives of the Indian government concerning conflictual, financial or health issues could become prominent in the national life of India at that time, more so as the dual malefic Venus-Ketu period is operating and transit Ketu will be exactly conjunct the 1st lord Moon at that time.

These additional contacts in the case of Russia, UK and India further support the notion that there will be significant tensions, even setbacks, in the international arena this fall.

It should be noted that the charts for Israel and the Union of Russia and Belarus are being tested with predictions, with recent predictions having added to the confidence that they are indeed authentic charts for the collective karma of these nations. The charts for India, the USA and UK have long since been established as authentic.

Thor

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