Bellerophon

The Mars in Sagittarius Story
Mars enters Sagittarius, October 27/28th.

The hero Bellerophon began his story as many heroes do, by being forced into exile, after inadvertently (woops!) killing his brother and/or rival.  Consequently, he would meet the inevitable romantic trysts, brave deeds and adventures which are the hallmark of the mythic hero adventurer.  His most famous feat was the capture and taming of the winged horse Pegasus, with whose help he was able to slay the multi-genetic-fire-breathing-beast Chimera. The term chimera has come to mean in modern times, an impossible or foolish or even scary fantasy... one that is really hard to believe. 

No one carries the banner for truth and justice quite like Mars in Sagittarius.  Slaying the chimera, Bellerophon reveals hypocrisy, exposes lies, and fights for freedom and rights.  Standing at the vanguard of Sagittarius this year, we need our warrior leading the parade, astride his winged horse.  Never did we need this knight in shining armor, quite like we do now:  In August, 41% of Republicans polled, believe that President Obama was born in a foreign country!  Ads are polluting our air waves with threats of “government run health care!”  (as opposed to insurance company run health care), Tea Party people re-write and/or misinterpret the constitution saying there are no grounds for the separation of church and state! 

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”  - The First Amendment

Freedom of religion, or the right to have NO religion are also a signature of Mars in Sagittarius.

Mars in Sagittarius is also very open-minded and inclusive when it comes to people of different backgrounds, ethnicities or traditions.  Sagittarius looks beyond the boundaries.  For some this means defending and fighting for all people regardless of their race, color, or religion, or immigration status.  For others, apparently it means saying you are “Asian” in order to clumsily show people (from whom you are culling votes) that you are a little ethnically ‘different’.... just like them!

And that brings us to the point that there is one weakness, and a heart felt warning for our hero, Mars in Sagittarius, and that is arrogance and self-righteousness. 

After his triumphant success in killing the chimera, Bellerophon became quite full of his own importance, and astride Pegasus, he tried to fly to Olympus, the land of the gods.  Zeus was not pleased with this pretender to godliness, and sent a gadfly to torment Pegasus, who bucked and bridled, causing Bellerophon to fall back to earth.  Pegasus, however, continued to wing his way to Olympus without the hero, where he took his place in Zeus’s stable.

So even as Mars in Sagittarius can inspire many to want to wave the banner for truth and justice, there will be others who will loudly proclaim their illegitimate claim to the throne of power without any substance behind it.   For example, political pretenders such as Rand Paul, Christine O’Donnell, Sharron Angle and Carl Paladino, seem to be in this race strictly for ego and power.  No substance. 

"Gadfly", the bug that brought down Bellerophon, is a term for people who upset things by posing controversial, trick,  or novel questions, or are just being irritating.  Perhaps daunting questions such as:

“which decisions that have come from our high court recently, do you disagree with?”

“do you believe in evolution?”

“what are your views on global warming?”

"what do you like to read?"

Sharron Angle won’t be tricked up, she runs from her gadflies!  These questions, are the weapons sent by Zeus to upset the pretenders to the seats of power: questions that undermine and reveal the inadequacies, as well as the hypocrisy and lies. 

Mars will be doing his work.  It is up to us to pay attention. 

Vote with intelligence.

Inside Job

The Venus Retrograde in Scorpio Story- October 8th, 2010

The banks are figuring out new ways to screw the consumer.  After writing my New Moon/Venus R essay for my website, I discovered that there was a ‘discrepancy’ on our business account.  Trying to straighten it out at the bank, I was basically told I was ‘out of luck’, and there was ‘nothing I could do’ to remedy the situation.  After some sleight of hand maneuvering, I was able to cover the losses, but who knew?  When did the rules change?  “Ohhh... about 2 months ago.”  Thanks for telling us Mr. Bank!  But why do I feel like I just got robbed?

A new movie is coming out on the same day as the Venus station, on Friday, October 8th, entitled “Inside Job”.  This is a documentary film that states the facts about how and why the economic crisis of 2008 occurred and who is to blame.  It shows how the banking industry and Wall St. committed a gigantic fraud and theft against the public, and, because they have such a strong influence on the political establishment via lobbying and payoffs, they’re getting away with it.  Hence the title, “Inside Job”. 

The last time Venus was Retrograde, in the Spring of 2009, the country was rocking with the disclosure that AIG had awarded $200 million in bonuses to their executives, after Congress gave them $170 billion of our money, without any strings attached or stipulations.  Scorpio, where Venus is this time around, is a sign associated with big money, banks, insurance companies and Wall Street.  It is a sign co-ruled, with Mars, by Pluto.  In 2009, Venus was applying to a square to Pluto at the time of its Retrograde.  With that came demands to some how get out money back.  Very Venus Retrograde.

Now, Venus is stationing Retrograde, there are issues about a good amount of these foreclosures having to be reassessed because no one knows who owns the mortgages (thanks to tricky financial maneuvering)... very Scorpio topics...

Venus rules money, finances.  Scorpio rules (among other things) big money, corporate money, banks, lenders, insurance companies, syndicates, Wall Street, finances controlled by ‘others’, as well as secrets, hidden assets, debts, loans, endings, transformation, and negatively, greed, avarice, power, jealousy and manipulation.  When Venus stations, and turns Retrograde, we often see financial adjustments being made.

New York Times writer, Gretchen Morgenson, simplistically refers to (JP Morgan and GMC) lenders suspending foreclosures as having to do so, due to “flawed paperwork”.  Most reports seem to indicate that there are just simple typing errors that need to be rectified before big banks and lenders can proceed again with foreclosures.  However, it is not just a case of having the appropriate paperwork.  Apparently there is a huge case for fraud and deception emerging amid fabricated documents, ‘foreclosure mills’, and ‘robo-signers’.  All deceptively complicated and illegal.  The not so light side of a typical Scorpio crime syndicate. 

Obama thankfully just vetoed a bill that would have made it more difficult for homeowners to challenge foreclosures, citing that the repercussions of such a bill (which passed unanimously in Congress) need to be more thoroughly explored.  A lot of this tricky banking, just makes my eyes water with confusion.  They lose me with their Wall St. jargon and shenanigans.  However, even I can figure out that there’s a lot of fishy maneuvering going on.  And some how the consumers just keep on getting screwed.  And the criminals just keep on getting away with it.  Where is our Elizabeth Warren when we need her?