Aries New Moon: April 5/6, 2008

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by Barbara Hand Clow

It is the New Moon in Aries, the most favorable time for initiating new plans and projects. If you did select your intentions for this year's projects during the Spring Equinox a few weeks ago, then with the Arian New Moon you will probably find yourself totally energized to get these projects started; for your nascent intentions the Aries New Moon is like the first rainfall that soaks newly planted seeds. This year the Spring Equinox was special because a Full Moon in Libra occurred the day after it, which heightened its manifestation potential, and there were truly significant changes in our world since this equinox. We need to identify these things as much as possible because they offer significant information about how things are going to work out during the end of the Mayan Calendar. And, I apologize for having to focus on the US so much in this reading, but I have to because the US has chosen to be the global empire during the end of time.

You can refer to the Spring Equinox reading following this reading, as it will be posted for three months until the Summer Solstice. In it I said that the chart predicts "financial detonations that will play out all spring." Well, we got the news about the collapse of a New York construction tower during the weekend before the equinox. But, what we didn't hear about was what was collapsing behind closed doors at the Federal Reserve and Bear Stearns that same weekend; this news was withheld from the public until Monday, March 17. Because I sent in my Spring Equinox analysis on March 16, I knew about the tower collapse, which I noted was a stunning example of the breakdowns we are experiencing. I did not know yet about the financial collapse. Now we can see that Bear Stearns was totally unraveling just before the equinox. Since potential bankruptcies take time to develop, we can see that the last straw was the third Mars/Pluto opposition on March 7. Soon thereafter, the explosive restructuring power of the last opposition poured right into the Spring Equinox-and into the tense Full Moon on the following day.

The final Mars/Pluto opposition was squared by the equinox Sun, and then this opposition became a cardinal grand square to the Full Moon. When Bear Stearns collapsed the weekend before the equinox, many things about the US financial systems that are normally hidden by the Elite were unveiled. Old ways of doing things were just wiped away under the formative influence of the Spring Equinox T-square and the Full Moon grand square in cardinal signs. This New Moon in Aries will encourage the elimination of old systems that are not in the evolutionary stream. For us, this is an opportune moment to play a role in the creation of new systems that must now come forth.

The Federal Reserve was created by an Elite cabal in 1913. It is not a part of the US government, nor do American citizens own it or have any control over it. Yet, it just forced a venerable old American brokerage firm that was nearly half-owned by its employees-Bear Stearns-to sell itself to JP Morgan Chase or go bankrupt! This cartel, "the Feds", controls the money flow for American financial systems and individuals. With the assistance of US Secretary of the Treasury, Henry M. Paulson, Jr., a wild deal was made to sell a publicly owned company for $2 a share (stock was at $170 a year ago) to JP Morgan Chase. Once they got that done, they opened the Federal "window" (the money flow) to a selected group of other banks and brokerage houses-exactly what could have saved Bear Stearns!

This level of interference is unprecedented; it compromises financial transactions for all Americans. And, imagine if you were an employee who owned stock as the basis of your retirement! By this bizarre turn of events, we got a surprising peak at just how much the Elite controls the US, as well as how far it will go to get more power. This shell game is not over yet, since the Bear Stearns shareholders are not happy with the deal nor with those who handled it. And, Paulson just proposed an overhaul of the US financial system on March 31 aimed at making permanent these kinds of actions by the Federal Reserve. So, what is really going on is a Bushite plot to restructure American finance-George's last gift to the public! Watch to see if Congress fights this at all.

Also, as I go to press with this financial analysis, Iraq is suddenly struggling with a potential Shia/Shia and Sunni/Shia civil war, and the Americans are bombing Basra. This building chaos is having a profound effect on American influence in the world and adding to East/West tension. In my Spring Equinox reading I discussed the potential for great violence this spring; now the content of these early events offers us a clear sense of what will be happening for the rest of this spring. To keep it simple, the powerful Shia cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr (who directs the Mehdi army that was formed in 2003 to fight the American occupation) declared a ceasefire in late August 2007, just before the first Mars/Pluto opposition. Attempting to end the heart-breaking slaughter, Al-Sadr reined in his men and asked that everyone work with the new American-inspired political process under Al-Maliki.

During that fall and the winter of 2008, there was a dramatic drop in violence because of this ceasefire, but the American public was told that General Petraeus's much-touted "surge" was the reason. Muqtada al-Sadr's ceasefire was breaking down because President Al-Maliki sent in Iraqi soldiers to control oil-rich Basra after the British troops were pulled out. On March 28, Bush praised Al-Maliki's push into Basra "as a defining moment in the history of a free Iraq," but astrology says otherwise. During the April New Moon, Mars in Cancer is right on the 1776 USA's and Bush's mutual Sun signs, so the party is over. Of course, Bush will blame the chaos on Al-Maliki, Al-Sadr, and/or Iran, and probably use these as excuses to just dump Iraq like yesterday's trash. On March 31, we heard that Iran is behind Al-Sadr's ceasefire! Will the Americans say that Iran is meddling for peace?

In the face of such horrendous destruction, this New Moon is a power packet that can be used to energize your reality as the old systems collapse and fall away. Never has it been more important to just allow this collapse and not energize it with fear. Of course, for any one of you who can assist people caught up in this mess, now is the time. For example, if you have a way to object to troops being used as fodder for doddering old men's egos and wallets, or for religious ideals, now is the time. This New Moon says go forward with your own great creativity and build new paths! It is amazing how much power we have this spring, and so this reading offers some ideas on how to get along amidst the current version of the extinction of the dinosaurs-the Global Elite. We really need to know where we stand when construction cranes crush people and buildings, financial houses fall, and the war in Iraq becomes chaotic once again.

From the perspective of the Mayan Calendar and astrology, we are in the darkest days of Night Five, and I feel like I am seeing the probabilities very clearly. With this New Moon in Aries, we enter the most critical phase of the Galactic Underworld since it began in 1999-a phase I label "evolutionary bifurcation." Using Chaos Theory (an advanced math system examining the way natural systems change and evolve), a bifurcation happens when an old evolutionary pattern is collapsing while a new wave is building. During great evolutionary shifts, mature species are no longer able to adapt to changing conditions, such as the extinction of the dinosaurs when placental mammals emerged 63 million years ago. With the breaking point-the bifurcation-evolution continues through new species while the old ones die off. This is always a very dangerous moment for any creature that wants to survive. As humans, if we are to survive, we must move to a more cosmic level and re-enter the universe. We need to consciously flow with the new wave while keeping ourselves free from the collapsing systems.

The systems of the National Underworld (3116 BC through AD 2011) and the Planetary Underworld (AD 1755 through AD 2011) are crashing, and the new systems of the Galactic Underworld (AD 1999 through 2011) are moving in very rapidly. [To see in detail what is falling away and what the new wave is, read my latest book, The Mayan Code: Time Acceleration and Awakening the World Mind.] Empires, the patriarchy, industrialization, and organized warfare are passing away; and cooperative male/female power, biofriendly technologies, the protection of children, and cosmic peace are coming in. A small example is that John McCain has aligned himself totally with Bush and General Petraeus's much-touted troop surge. Thus, he has aligned himself with National and Planetary Underworld patterns-just as they are being processed and dumped in the trash!

According to Chaos Theory, things must break down so that a new order can formulate. Eventually, the tension between the old order and the inevitable new order generates a breakdown, a split. We could call this New Moon the "Chaos New Moon"! So, here is something you need to know about Chaos Theory: During the breakdown, those who are riding the new wave exist within "islands of structure." (James Gleick) We are all "fractals" (self-similar geometrical entities) that sense we are in the right place and going in the right direction, and we stay on our islands as best we can as the storms and waves are rising. At this point, most of us don't realize that there are millions of other islands filled with people who are also riding the new wave. In the crop-circle chapters of my Alchemy of Nine Dimensions, I described how the makers of crop circles responded to the revelations I received in The Pleiadian Agenda (1995) by imprinting a series of Koch fractals in the fields (1997). That was when I really embodied the critical nature of fractals and Chaos Theory, which is why the Circlemakers made them. Now we all need to resonate with this process, and a good place to start is Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick. Also, during bifurcations, weather is often very turbulent, in case you haven't noticed.

At this point during Night Five-Nov. 19, 2007, to Nov. 13, 2008-we feel lost and abandoned in a sea of chaos. But, according to the Mayan Calendar as interpreted by Calleman, Day Six-Nov. 13, 2008, to Nov. 8, 2009-is coming soon, and it is a time when we will resonate with each other as a new species. Evolution is inexorable, and the new wave always has greater momentum than the collapsing old patterns. Right now, we've reached the maximal point where we feel the most isolated, crazy, and separated. We can't believe that the reeling colossus just goes on and on-such as the housing collapse, nuclear proliferation, the Iraq War, and a fool playacting as president of the US. Let's use this special New Moon to find ways to begin the natural linking up process with the millions of people out there who think the way we do and are holding out for the new path.

Remember from past readings that the New Moon in Aries always sets a new field in gear; it manifests the Spring Equinox potential, just like spring rains soften the hulls of seeds in the ground. Also, this is especially true this year because we begin a new Tzolkin Round on Monday, April 7, entitled "One Alligator." [See The Mayan Calendar Almanac 2008 by Carl Johan Calleman, distributed by WiseAwakening.com.] This New Moon in 17 Aries squares Mars in 13 Cancer and Jupiter in 21 Capricorn; Mars and Jupiter are in a wide opposition. Mars and Jupiter will be in exact opposition on April 24. The themes of Mars in Cancer-home and security-are now being triggered by Jupiter in Capricorn (instead of Pluto in Capricorn) opposite Mars in Cancer. Because Mars was retrograde this winter, the Mars/Pluto opposition was very long and effective at destroying old security and home systems. Jupiter opposite Mars is a brief but important transit, which will remind us all that our best course is wisdom and conservative ways of life. This New Moon advises us to be careful when we take actions, and to always consider our security first. Many people will lose a lot during this bifurcation, so Jupiter in Capricorn encourages us to count our blessings and turn our attention to those who are truly suffering. This cardinal T-square suggests we will face many financial challenges, especially regarding our homes. Jupiter closely sextiles Uranus in Pisces, thus our intuition will be excellent and we are encouraged to value transformation by means of spirituality.

Pluto in Capricorn turned retrograde on April Fool's Day, and it will not go direct until September 8. The great changes in the systems triggered by the Mars/Pluto oppositions will continue to reverberate in the world; meanwhile, with Pluto going retrograde, it's your time to process these changes inwardly. What do you really want? Are your desires in balance with the planet, or are you aligned with things you don't believe in because things have changed so much? It's time to think about how your life impacts the larger whole, especially your community. It's time to reflect more on how your inner anger and fear is reflected in outside events, such as war and intransigence in Israel/Palestine. Pluto retrograde will push back close to the Galactic Center in August through October 2008 for one more experience of cosmic rays and infusion of Mayan Calendar knowledge. We will all be astonished by the cosmic infusion as it erodes our sense of human limitation.

This spring will be a deep and thoughtful time because Saturn retrograde in Virgo is in a close trine to Pluto in Capricorn. Both Saturn and Pluto are within a 2-degree trine during April and May, which will be stabilizing and intelligent. This beautiful trine in earth really favors integrity, good counsel, wise actions, and personal responsibility; it will be natural to be just and fair. Saturn goes direct May 2, when many of us are able to take charge and reorganize things; this will be a relief because so many of us have felt very stuck. For example, by May people who are able to think will realize that we have definitely reached Peak Oil, and many will be seriously reducing their consumption by changing their lifestyles. Saturn's direct station occurs just before the mid-point of Night Five, when the most difficult aspects of this dark cycle will start to lighten up. Speaking of the presidential primaries in the US, integrity will be valued and backroom politics will not be tolerated. A significant change I have been noticing in the US (by means of Canadian media) is that the public is really listening to every word coming out of the candidates' mouths, and they are jumping on them when they lie and/or exaggerate.

Chiron in Aquarius sextiles the New Moon, so transformations of our egoic and emotional patterns will feel positive and healing rather than limiting and unpleasant. Venus is poised to enter Aries shortly after the New Moon and closely squares Pluto and quincunxes Saturn in Virgo. This means feminine guidance will be a strong part of our growth, and we may see a building disgust over patriarchal abuses in general. Mercury in Aries squares Pluto in Capricorn and also Mars in Cancer, which suggests there will be a lot of mental arguing. There will be too many ideas floating around when action is what's needed; just do it! Saturn quincunxes Mercury, which could make you feel nervous and edgy, yet taking actions over what is bothering you will relieve that stress. The deeper agendas will be spiritual, with Neptune moving closer to the lunar North Node in Aquarius, so what do you really believe in your heart? During a bifurcation, we can most easily get a sense of direction by feeling things out. Thinking about various courses is needed for understanding the overall field, and then jump quickly to how you feel about what you were thinking; your intuition can yield good results this month. You can't be too mental when you are sailing a sailboat!

Overall, this New Moon favors taking action aggressively to avoid losing your personal fractal form. You know a lot more than you give yourself credit for, and it is time to live that knowledge and begin to see there are millions who think the way you do. Unless the media widens its field of discussion, more and more people will just abandon the daily chatter and talk to each other instead. Have a lovely April New Moon! Maybe you should make a flag that signifies chaos and fly it!

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