Planet Waves | June 27, 2005 (by Eric) Hey there. So: planets now begin moving in to Leo. Mercury and Venus are heralds of the first Leo era in many moons, and the drumroll begins on Saturn entering the sign of the Kittycat or the Lion, as you prefer. None of the transpersonal or outer planets have been in Leo since Jupiter was in that sign for one year from late summer 2002 to late summer 2003. Jupiter graces the signs swiftly, and gives as much the feeling as a personal planet (like Venus) as it does a transpersonal one (like Saturn or Uranus). But it rarely has the feeling of defining an era -- not by itself, anyway. And his transits are (unfortnuately) often quickly forgotten. But still, that was three years ago. Prior to Jupiter in Leo, we had Chiron briefly in Leo in the early 1990s. The last time we had a true-to-form Leo era was during the solar eclipses of 1998, 1999 and 2000. And the unusual thing about those eclipses was that they were the first solar [repeat, solar] eclipses in Leo in some 18 years, which is unusual. Typically solar eclipses come to a sign every nine years. It was during this era that we had the impeachment of Bill Cliniton, which was part one of the three-punch knockout of the American people that amounted to a coup d'etat, but that's another blog -- maybe tomorrow. From my perspective, the impeachment was a fraud designed to weaken the psychic integrity of the world, its governmental structure and its fragile political network. A few people, but not enough (far more in Europe than in America), comment on the war crimes and vicious lies of the current administration and recall that the prior president was impeached for...denying having had an affair with another adult? And now Bush & Co lied their way into Iraq and we hear from Donald Rumsfeld yesterday that we need to stay there 12 more years to 'defeat' the insurgency?!? Clip and freaking save: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8366705/ But: Saturn in Leo is going to make conjunctions to every one of those eclipse points that were taken advantage of to facilitate all the impeachment shenanigans -- including the vitally important total solar eclipse and grand square of Aug. 11, 1999. In the slow, gradual process or reckoning that is the era in which we live, Saturn in Leo will be a milestone. We need to remember that a great many people in positions of power on the Earth (presidents, congressmen, doctors, lawyers, Indian chiefs) at the moment are drawing the power and focus from Leo planets, principally Uranus and Pluto. These are the baby boomers, born fro the mid-1940s through the very early 1960s. For those people in positions of power, Saturn's transit through Leo is going to be a test of leadership. For some, it will be a test of a whole lot more. 'President' Bush has a chart powered by Leo, principally Mercury and Pluto in his Leo ascendant. He is a death salesman. Many have come and gone before him; many have been better at it. Bush is still an impressive liar by any standards. For those wondering when Bush's moment of truth is going to be, I will now join the chorus of many astrologers who have [incorrectly] predicted it many times before: the slide beings just after the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, around Sept. 13 or 14, when Saturn crosses his ascendant. And it will be undeniable that something is happening just after the anniversary of the first term, in late January 2006. But for now, two personal planets cross over and warm up the territory, Mercury first, then Venus, midweek. The two hold a long conjunction that will, I trust, help focus some positive energy in a time when we really need it. Mid-month comes Satury, on July 16, followed by the Sun a few days later, on the 23rd. It's at this point that Saturn is 'activated' in its first major configuration just a week after reaching Leo: it takes a simultaneous conjunction from the Sun and an opposition from Chiron, in the midst of which is a Capricorn Full Moon not quite two degrees away, just as the Sun leaves Cancer for the year. This is quite a moment. I don't want to put too much onto it in the way of specific prediction. But at the least, it's fair to say that we enter very different personal, social and poltical territory than we've been in for a while. And it's all the more unfamiliar owing to the absence of major Leo energies in many years. I would love to hear your thoughts. e