...At risk right now are two competing forces: the financial security of almost everyone in the United States, and the legacy of President Barack Obama. If it really is a cliff and not a slope that the country comes up against on January 1, then a lot of people will be hurt. If they get hurt, that will then progress quickly to anger and new demands. When there is anger and demands, the gridlock tightens, not loosens, and thus the government could descend into paralysis. Nothing gets done as fighting and blaming others just increases while the economy sinks, Obama’s second term turns from hope to more anger and despair, and as President during a time of financial despair, it could define his historical legacy as a failure. Yes, it will define Congress as a failure too, but history won’t remember Congress. They will remember who the president was. When political commentators state that this is the defining moment of Obama’s presidency, they are referring to the possibility wherein he is or isn’t able to negotiate an agreement out of this difficult situation.


This is the political and economic synchronicity of the Uranus-in-Aries and Pluto-in-Capricorn waxing square. There is the huge debt (Pluto) of governments (Capricorn) all over the world. No one wants to apply measures of austerity (Capricorn) required in government reforms (Pluto in Capricorn). They want what they desire (Aries), and if they don’t get it, people will become angry and the situation will become explosive every quickly (Uranus in Aries). Matters can quickly spiral out of control. Not only can people get angry, they can get violent and lives could be in danger (Uranus square Pluto).


Socially we see these types of events related to Uranus and Pluto happening more often now than usual, as on Friday when a gunman opened fire in an elementary school in Connecticut killing 26 people, including 20 children. This was within hours of Uranus turning stationary direct. Uranus, of course, is one of the principles involved in this powerful but dangerous geocosmic aspect that has the potential for these kinds of mindless, insane, tragedies. ... [link to www.mmacycles.com]