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Then came a period when Mars was emphasized, beginning in 1957 when helio Mars, natally at 6 Libra, arced to gp5 at14LI and we had the Sinai Campaign of Oct 29, 1956. t0 2000, when geo Mars aced to 18 LI and Yasser Arafat stormed out of the meeting at Camp David. Geo Mars's progression to 14 LI is beyond the scope of this article.
I count 14 LI as part of gp5 because it also squares the midpoint between natal Moon and Uranus, a time of trepidation and suspense. The two are 40 degrees apart, a time of gestation and coming out of bondage. It blends in with gp5.
Besides the progressions and directions to the two p5s, I also look to the amount of aggressive energy available--the progressions and directions of the two Marses to each other and to the midpoint between geo and helio Mars, which I call the double Mars point.
This point natally occupies 17 VI 15.
Geo Mars arced to this point in 1968; the progressed double Mars point conjoined natal helio Mars in 1988-91, exact in 1990.
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from 1959-1962 directd geo Mars passed from 8 VI 54 - 12 VI 44 = hp5 at 9VI5
1966-75 helio Mars progressed from 14 LI 13 to 18 LI 11, gp5 at 16 LI 54
1967-1969 Mars/Mars midpoint arced from 5 LI 30 to 7 LI 28, natal helio Mars at 6 LI 11
1971-77, geo Mars progressed 8 VI 2 to 10 VI 57
1988-92 geo progressed Mars 16 VI 34-18 VI 42
1988-92 progressed Mars/Mars midpoint 5 LI 53-6LI 54, = natal helio Mars, 6 LI 11
Solar arc Saturn and Pluto also passed through hp5 and gp5. The whole stellium, geo and helio Saturn and Pluto, and helio Mercury and Vesta, arced through hp5 from 1963- 1977, and then began their arc through gp5 in 2002 and will continue this until 2017. This is giving the two points an orb of about four degrees for the helio and five for the geo. Helio Vesta began its progression through hp5 in 2009 at 8 VI 10 and this will continue until 2018 when it will reach 10 VI 21.
The natal helio positions are Mercury at 12 LE 20, Pluto at 14 LE 12, Vesta at 22 LE 13. and Saturn at 22 LE 41,
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Even without trqnsiting planets, progtessions and directions probably set a mood; they receive minor midpoint transits and stimulate individuals by synastry.
The Sinai Invasion took place on October 29, 1956. Helio Mars had arced to 14 LI 20 and was transited by geo mars at its solstice point, 15 PI 29. Arced helio Neptune was still in orb at 18 LI 34 and was transited by helio Mars. Neptune was transiting at 0 SC 23 conjunct natal Ascendant.
When David Ben-Gurion announced to the Knesset that Israel was building a nuclear reactor, on December 21, 1960. arced helio Mars was still in range at 18 LI 18, and Saturn transited at 18 CP 21. Progressed helio Mars at 14 LI 16 was transited by Vesta at 13 CA 57. Vesta, as a hearth, may also represent a nuclear reactor. Hp5 was stimulated by arced geo Mars at 10 VI 16, and helio Uranus was transiting opposite natal Mars. Arced helio Juno opposed arced geo Mars at 9 PI 43. Helio Saturn conjunct helio Vesta had arced to 9 VI 28 and 9 VI 11. The MC had arced to natal Saturn, indicating the attaining of status.
The Six Day War of 1967 is already detailed in an earlier posting.
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The Yom Kippur War began at 2:00 pm, October 6, 1973, with a surprise attack by Egypt and Syria, for which the country was totally unprepared.
The angles in this case are evidence that the time I chose is correct, though one swallow doesn't make a spring.
Arced MC at 28 LE 26 conjunct natal Mars was transited by an opposition between the Sun and the asteroid Eris, or strife, at 13 Libra and Aries, rhe Sun octile, Eris trioctile. The progressed Ascendant at 21 SC 14 conjoined natal Chiron (suffering) and was transited by helio Mars inconjunct at 20 AR 28. The arced Ascendant at 25 SC 21 was inconjunct natal helio Uranus.
Hp5 was activated by progressed Mars at 9 VI 29, arced helio Pluto at 8 VI 34, and arced Saturn at 10 VI 48, transited by helio Uranus octile at 23 LI 18 conjunct the transiting MC, and helio Pallas square at 10 SG 47, Arced hp5 at 3 LI 27 was transited by helio Pluto at 4 LI 21.
Gp5 was activated by helio progressed Mars at 17 LI 44 and transited by helio Chiron at 18 AR 33.
October 8 is given as the date Israel rallied and began to counterattack on both fronts. At that time the transiting Sun had reached 15 degrees, in orb of gp5 but not conjunct helio progressed Mars. Her troops succeeded on the Syrian front and had pushed the Syrians back by the tenth. The counterattack to the south failed, but Israel did overcome an Egyptian attack there.
The main transit here was the wide-orbed Full Moon on the twelfth at 18
Libra-Aries, conjunct progressed helio Mars and transiting Chiron,
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The pivotal election of May 17, 1977, saw the long-serving Labor Party toppled by the right-wing Likud. The Moon/Uranus midpoint, natally at 14 CA 32, had been brought by a Solar Ar of 27 degrees 50 minutes to natal Pluto, while the natal midpoint was being transited by Mars at 15 AR 12 and Venus at 14 AR 15. Juno of partners had arced to 17 AR 2, opposite natal gp5, and was transited by Ceres at 17 LI 36. Hp5 was activated by arced Pluto at 10 VI 21, and by hp5 itself arcing to 6 LI 55, natal helio Mars. The transits to natal hp5 were geo Jupiter at 9 GE 26 and geo Uranus sextlie at 9 SC 4. Arced hp5 was transited by an octile from geo Juno at 21 SC 22.
The balance of power was held by the NRP, or National Religious Party, which the Six Day War had brought into alliance with the expansionist Likud.
The First Lebanon Invasion of June 6, 1982 showed gp5 arced to 19 SC 35, widely conjunct natal Chiron, and hp5 at 11 LI 54 conjunct helio Neptune.
Mars was transiting at 4 LI 12, octile progressed Chiron, and Saturn at 15 LI 37, natal gp5.
This invasion was triggered by wounding; Menachem Begin made the decision to annex the Golan Heights while in severe pain in hospital recovering from a fractured hip. And the decision to send Israeli jets into Lebanon was triggered by the grievous wounding of an Israeli ambassador to London by terrorists.
The fact that hp5 was not transited probably shows the lack of involvement by lower-echelon people who, for instance, were so active in the Oslo talks. And also that Sharon's plans of an alliance with the Maronite Christians to be followed by the election of a leader who would then sign a peace treaty with the invaders were unrealistic, considering the general political situation and Syria's degree of influence in Lebanon.
By 1984, hp5 by Solar Arc was approaching gp5, which was to lead to interesting and explosive results. We had first The Government of National Unity and then the Fist Intifada.
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On September 14, 1984, a Solar Arc of 34 degrees 49 minutes reflected a Government of National Unity, a unique and productive arrangement.
The gridlock that needed to be overcome is shown in the natal chart, which contains two oppositions, that between the Sun and Chiron and that between Jupiter and Uranus.
The first house Chiron opposite the seventh house Sun represents the Jewish sense of being victims as personified by the native Palestinians. Andhere Israel has imitated the sorry example of the treatment of native populations worldwide, most notably the treatment of native Indians in North and South America, a problem that still has not been solved. A tradition that began with the myth of the Centaurs, which probably arose when the Lapiths encountered the horse-riding natives of the mountains of Thessaly and Arcadia. The famous paintings of the victory of the Lapiths over the Centaurs were used to epitomize the victory of civilization over barbarism. The Israelis considered their victory to be of the same sort -- that of a highly educated, intelligent, progressive people over a traditional, ossified and backward one, and thus morally justified. The Lapiths and Centaurs were considered to be descendants of cousins, the Jews and Arabs of the half brothers Isaac and Ishmael.
The plutoid Eris, at 7 degrees Aries, octile the Sun and trioctile Chiron, makes sure the conflict isn't swept under the rug.
The other opposition, between Jupiter and Uranus, from the second house to the eighth, represents the conflict between the religious and secular factions. The first opposition is fixed and stubborn, the second mutable and ongoing.
The two oppositions, especially the first, make for endless gridlock.
The opposed planets are each members of of one or the other of the Grand Quintiles, the Sun and Jupiter to the geocentric and Chiron and Uranus to the helio. And generally, the religious faction tends to side with the government and the secular to seek pragmatic accommodation with the Palestinians.
Because the two GQs planet by planet are approximately 36 degrees apart, not exactly but with approximately a 2 degree orb, the Solar Arc of 35 degrees generates some conjunctions, quintiles and biquintiles between members of the different groups.
At this unique moment, the Moon conjunct the MC, a member of the geocentric figure, had arced to hp5, while at the same time gp5 had arced to natal Chiron, a member of the helio group.
Geo Jupiter had arced to a quintile with natal helio Pallas, or tactical wisdom, and arrced Sun to a biquintile with natal helio Atlantis.
The transits to gp5 were geo Venus at 16 LI 15 and Atlantis at 16 LI 55, and helio Mercury trioctile at 2 GE 1. Arced gp5 was transited by helio Venus at 21 SC3.
The arced Moon conjunct the Midheaven at hp5 was transited by an oppositon between Chiron at 8 GE 39 and Uranus at 9 SG 51.
The Government of National Unity was a unique partnership between Labor and Likud that managed to solve the nation's immediate and pressing problems. The two leaders, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Shamir, agreed to rotate in office, twenty-five months each, with Peres taking the first turn.
The coalition was able to agree on an economic plan, reining in a galloping hyperinflation of 400%, by a mutual agreement to hold down wages, prices, and taxes, and to revive the economy. After much dispute, there was also a pullout from the morass in Lebanon which left in place only a small Israeli force patrolling the border and the surrogate South Lebanese Army.
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The first Intifada
By December 8, the beginning of the first Intifada, the Solar Arc was 57 degrees 54 iminutes, which brought hp5 to a conjunction with gp5, similar to the situation for The Government of National Unity, and gp5 at 24 SC to a wide conjunction with natal Chiron. The MC had arced to 11 VI 57, opposite natal geo Atlantis, helio Atlantis to geo Atlantis, and helio Uranus at 3 LE 49 to a conjunction with the natal MC. The two Grand Quintiles became connected by fifth harmonic aspects, helio Pallas to a quintile with natal Moon conjunct the MC, helio Uranus to a biquintile with natal Jupiter. The geo GQ was activated by geo Jupiter semiquintile natal Atlantis and tridecile natal Sun.
On the eighth, helio Mars at 18 LI 14 transited both the arced MC at its contraantiscion and natal gp5. The latter was also transited by helio Atlantis at 16 LI 17 and helio Eris at 16 AR 24. Geo Atlantis at 0 SC 46 transited the natal Ascendant.
Also, similar to the Six Day War, there was a high activation of Mars. Geo Mars had progressed to 16 VI 40, conjunct the natal Mars/Mars midpoint, and Solar Arc geo Mars at 6 LI 13 conjoined natal helio Mars. At 5 LI 30, the midpoint between progressed geo and helio Mars also conjoined natal helio Mars.
The trigger point for the uprising was the killing of four Palestinian youths and the injuring of seven others in a vehicle accident. In one version, the Palestinians were protesters, in another they were waiting at an army checkpoint to enter Israel and go to work. which would point to an event in the early morning Other reports didn't specify. The transiting Sun at noon. at 15 SG 46, would square progressed geo Mars, though a bit wide for the early morning. Transiting helio Neptune was square natal helio Mars.
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It was the Palestinians' turn to get their act together, which they did. There was a spontaneous reaction and mobilization of all ages, genders, classes, and parties. The different political factions of the PLO active in the occupied territories put aside their differences to form The United National Leadership of the Uprising (UNLU), an umbrella for the tens of thousands of small democratic committees that had formed.
Civil disobedience in all its forms -- general strikes, boycotts of Israeli goods, refusal to pay taxes, and store closures by merchants -- were encouraged and organized by this group, which widely and secretly distributed detailed plans for them in a series of leaflets coming out about every two weeks.
"The leaflets also called on the population to engage in throwing stones, firebombing, building barriers, graffiti, and clashing with Israeli troops. 'Shock squads' were then dispatched to encourage and lead these activities at the right time and location."
I am quoting the article "Palestinian Psychological Operations: The First Intifada" by James Efaw, on the " American Diplomacy website (www.unc.edu/depts/diplomats/item/2006/0 ... ifada.html).
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This article is well worth reading as it details the PSYOP (psychological operation) involved in the Intifada, particularly the use of TV.
Most people remember Israel's attempt, under Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin, to smash the uprising with "force, power, and blows" and his famous dictum "break their legs."
Wikipedia states that Palestinian-on-Palestinian violence also took 1,000 lives, but many other reports, including the PSYOPs article and an interesting one by Anne Marie Baylouny, don't mention it.
"The Intifada" by MERIP "The Middle East Research and Information Project" is also well worth reading. (www.merip.org/palestine-israel_primer/intifada-87-pal-
isr-primer.html)
According to MERIP, after 1990, "most of the UNLU leaders had been arrested and the Intifada lost its cohesive force ... Political divisions and violence within the Palestinian community escalated, especially the growing rivalry between the various PLO factions and Islamic organizations (HAMAS and Islamic Jihad). Palestinian militants killed over 250 Palestinians suspected pf collaborating with the occupation authorities and about 100 Israelis during this period."
At the beginning of the uprising, circumstances had seemed to show the Palestinians that they could expect no help either from the Arab League or from the PLO in Tunis.
What the uprising accomplished, apart from what is in the two articles I have quoted, was an increase in consciousness: a population became aware of itself as a nation and of that national power as a collective, of their right and ability to define themselves and their identity not only to themselves but to the world at large. And despite material setbacks, the consciousness remains.
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This article is well worth reading as it details the PSYOP (psychological operation) involved in the Intifada, particularly the use of TV.
Most people remember Israel's attempt, under Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin, to smash the uprising with "force, power, and blows" and his famous dictum "break their legs."
Wikipedia states that Palestinian-on-Palestinian violence also took 1,000 lives, but many other reports, including the PSYOPs article and an interesting one by Anne Marie Baylouny, don't mention it.
"The Intifada" by MERIP "The Middle East Research and Information Project" is also well worth reading. (www.merip.org/palestine-israel_primer/intifada-87-pal-
isr-primer.html)
According to MERIP, after 1990, "most of the UNLU leaders had been arrested and the Intifada lost its cohesive force ... Political divisions and violence within the Palestinian community escalated, especially the growing rivalry between the various PLO factions and Islamic organizations (HAMAS and Islamic Jihad). Palestinian militants killed over 250 Palestinians suspected pf collaborating with the occupation authorities and about 100 Israelis during this period."
At the beginning of the uprising, circumstances had seemed to show the Palestinians that they could expect no help either from the Arab League or from the PLO in Tunis.
What the uprising accomplished, apart from what is in the two articles I have quoted, was an increase in consciousness: a population became aware of itself as a nation and of that national power as a collective, of their right and ability to define themselves and their identity not only to themselves but to the world at large. And despite material setbacks, the consciousness remains.
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This article is well worth reading as it details the PSYOP (psychological operation) involved in the Intifada, particularly the use of TV.
Most people remember Israel's attempt, under Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin, to smash the uprising with "force, power, and blows" and his famous dictum "break their legs."
Wikipedia states that Palestinian-on-Palestinian violence also took 1,000 lives, but many other reports, including the PSYOPs article and an interesting one by Anne Marie Baylouny, don't mention it.
"The Intifada" by MERIP "The Middle East Research and Information Project" is also well worth reading. (www.merip.org/palestine-israel_primer/intifada-87-pal-
isr-primer.html)
According to MERIP, after 1990, "most of the UNLU leaders had been arrested and the Intifada lost its cohesive force ... Political divisions and violence within the Palestinian community escalated, especially the growing rivalry between the various PLO factions and Islamic organizations (HAMAS and Islamic Jihad). Palestinian militants killed over 250 Palestinians suspected pf collaborating with the occupation authorities and about 100 Israelis during this period."
At the beginning of the uprising, circumstances had seemed to show the Palestinians that they could expect no help either from the Arab League or from the PLO in Tunis.
What the uprising accomplished, apart from what is in the two articles I have quoted, was an increase in consciousness: a population became aware of itself as a nation and of that national power as a collective, of their right and ability to define themselves and their identity not only to themselves but to the world at large. And despite material setbacks, the consciousness remains.
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Israel's bombing of Baghdad Reactor
I am studying past performance as a clue to what to expect from the country in the future.
When Israeli forces bombed the reactor in Baghdad, the bombs dropping at 5:35 pm local time, June 7, 1981, the Solar Arc was 31 degrees and 42 minutes. This put the arced MC at 5 VI 45, octile the midpoint of Saturn and Uranus.
The natal septile between these two planets and their common seventh harmonic relation to Atlantis can reflect some sort of idiosyncratic inspiration, and also "what turns a person on." It can have the meaning of a combining of ancient tradition with modern technology and ways of thinking, or the narrower one of using a bomb for self-preservation.
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