The Summer
Solstice*
June 20, 2008 - 8:00 pm EDT, Washington,
D.C.
by Kaye Shinker
*The Sun at it's most
northerly declination, marks this as the longest day of the year
in the Northern hemisphere.
In the Southern Hemisphere it is just the opposite.
June 20, 2008 23:59 PM UT (Universal Time) is the Winter Solstice.
This marks the shortest day (and longest night!) of the year in
the Southern hemisphere.
Summer Solstice occurs June
20,2008 at 8:00 pm EDT. The predictions derived from
the Solstice apply to the next three months until the Fall Equinox.
We will look at this Summer Solstice
from the point of view of the general economy. My analysis
is set for Washington D.C. If you live in another country,
set the coordinates for your capital city. The Mundane Lesson
in The Textbook
for Financial Astrology Part 4 is designed to
help you look at the charts set for your city.
The tone of this chart is
recognizing your own personal responsibilities and applying them
to your personal routine.
Taxes, insurance and interest rates are the over riding concern
of the general economy. You will need to evaluate those areas
of your personal finance and take the time to make sure your money
is well spent.
Uranus Rx.
Uranus goes retrograde June 26. The S & P and NASDAQ markets
will become less volatile. Expect oil, corn and the dollar to
continue grabbing all of the headlines. The first two
weeks of September promise to be very exciting. Stay tuned
for the Virgo New Moon.
Pluto has retreated into Sagittarius
and appears in the 1st house.
Power is being reexamined in the light of what happened during
the first six months of 2008. The question is whether our personal
philosophy is what we expect to drive our financial transactions
in the world economy. This particular application is to oil and
how the public consumes the various oil products. Alternative
energy as well as conservation will consume the feature sections
of the mass media.
Immigration and resettlement plans
for various groups world wide will occupy governments.
Plans to revise the way financial
institutions use their resources to assist in the completion of
these tasks will change the banks policies and government regulations.
Folks are feeling pretty
good.
Jupiter is in the 1st. There seems to be a little bit more than
enough money to spend on vacations and long week-ends. There is
plenty of work and folks have been forced to 'do it themselves'
not to save money but because they can't find workers to do the
job.
The Moon is in the 1st.
The people are feeling patriotic. They are cheering for their
home team. They are staying home to support their local economy.
Folks are participating in local events and sharing their talents
with friends and neighbors. The reality is that this is fun! The
Moon in this chart is void of course, therefore, the public will
admonish themselves and others for spendthrift behaviors.
Neptune is in the 2nd.
The crisis remains Energy, and how to pay for it. Personal
income must be budgeted for the purchase of heating fuels while
it is being consumed by air conditioning bills. Home budgets
take on further debt and home owners in the Northeast have a challenge.
Corporate bookkeeping is a mess.
Scandals will abound and some high profile CFO's will find themselves
in various SEC courtrooms.
Financial stocks will continue to
suffer throughout the summer with difficult balance sheets. Again,
forensic accountants will be over employed. Watch for the New
Moon reports where we will discuss financial stocks in August
and October and the Jupiter square theory.
Unsold vehicles continue
to accumulate.
Uranus in the 3rd is very hopeful for the energy crisis. There
must be a way to covert these vehicles to consume less gasoline!
Uranus thinks outside the box and signals the inventions of various
personal transportation devises that are electric or very fuel
efficient. If you are a speculator, keep your eyes open and invest
a few dollars on the risk of catching the invention that works.
Mercury in the 6th.
Discussions will center on the lack of service employees, especially
uniformed workers. The other side of the coin is the dearth of
well-educated employees. Retired employees will continue to find
plenty of contract work. This isn't news, but local governments
will push for four day work weeks to save gas on their projects
as well as vehicles used by employees. Corporate workers will
ask for telecommuting as well as shorter hours in the office.
Managers will need to devise new management techniques.
CEO's work assiduously to
add value to shares.
The Sun is in the 7th. There are continuous negotiations concerning
energy and power, especially among international corporate entities.
The crisis is The Value of Currency. Summer will find CEO's negotiating
to buy emerging profitable companies and simultaneously spinning
off various divisions of their current company.
Venus in the 7th.
Earnings, especially those in various foreign currencies, are
in the spotlight. Corporations with more than 50% of their
income from sources outside the USA will find they have plenty
to supply future plans.
Mars and Saturn in the 8th.
The summer driving season brings to the forefront the ability
to avoid debt and still pay for fuel.
Once again the elderly are vulnerable. The
elderly are particularly vulnerable to extreme summer weather.
With utility bills gradually moving higher, those on fixed incomes
tend to economize to the detriment of their health. Consciousness
of their problems will help communities come together.
Disaster insurance claims from the
Spring storms emphasize the problems of bureaucracy. Everyone
pretends they want to help but cash does not appear. People are
beyond being extremely impatient with bureaucracy whether it is
governments or private insurance providers.
Goldilocks is spending the Summer
in London.
Kaye Shinker
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