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November 26, 1989, was a portentous day in world astrology, one which will affect the United States, the Soviet Union, and the entire world in the decade of the 1990s.
In order to correctly interpret the astrological portents involving the United States and the Soviet Union, we must have the correct date and time for the birth of these nations.
The first problem to be solved is: which events marked the birth of each nation? The second: what is the precise hour of each event?
Official records were not kept for the times of any of the key events in the birth processes of the United States and of the Soviet Union. Consequently, historians and astrologers rely on unofficial records such as letters and diaries, as well as on circumstantial evidence, to argue for various times. There is also a question in the case of both nations as to which of several key events marked the birth.
Most people and astrologers have assumed that the birth of the United States was July 4, 1776, the date the Declaration of Independence was signed.1 Since 1987 I have explained to my audiences that according to the Ascended Master El Morya the Fourth of July is not the birth date of the United States but the date of its conception. El Morya told me that the nation's birth date was the occasion of the inauguration of George Washington as our first president. Until recently, however, the Master had not given me the exact time for either event and therefore accurate conceptional and birth charts could not be drawn up.
You may wonder what credentials the Master has that qualify him to speak with authority on the subject. As Abraham, son of Terah, the temple priest in Nippur, Sumer (c. 2100 b.c.), he observed and charted the stars as well as the spacecraft of the Nephilim. And as Melchior, one of the three wise men, he used the map of the heavens to establish the exact time and place of Jesus' birth. Today, as Chief of the Darjeeling Council of the Great White Brotherhood, El Morya uses his precise knowledge of the law of cycles governing astronomy as well as astrology in his world service.
It is clear that the United States of America was not born at the signing of the Declaration of Independence - but mightily conceived. The thirteen states considered themselves to be separate countries and looked forward to a time when they would be united in a confederation.
As historian Garry Wills observes, "not one country, but thirteen separate ones"2 came into existence on July 4, 1776. John Hancock called the Declaration "the Ground & Foundation of a future Government."3 It was not until the Constitution had been framed and ratified and George Washington was inaugurated as the nation's first president that the country had a functioning national government.
The U.S. conceptional chart (which most astrologers consider to be the birth chart) is disputed because historians and astrologers do not agree on what time the Declaration of Independence was signed. Some astrologers even argue that other events which occurred days or years before the signing signified the birth. Those who do see the signing as the birth differ on the time of day it occurred.
The proposed times range from 2:13 a.m. to 5:13:55 p.m., July 4. British astrologer Ebenezer Sibly, who in 1787 published the first known astrological chart for the signing, was alive when the document was signed and thus was in the best position to research the time. He said that the Declaration was signed at 5:10 p.m. Dane Rudhyar rectified4 Sibly's chart for 5:13:55 p.m.
On November 14, I asked El Morya to solve the problem of the dates and the times of the major historical events in the birth of the United States and Soviet Union and the Master obliged by opening up the akashic records.
El Morya pegged the hour and the minute of the signing of the Declaration of Independence at exactly 5:13 p.m. on July 4, 1776. Therefore we now know for certain that America's conceptional Sun is at 13 19' Cancer, her conceptional Ascendant (rising sign) is at 12 59' Sagittarius and her conceptional Moon is at 27 12' Aquarius (fig. 1).
I use the conceptional chart to study economic and political cycles and other national trends. I use the birth chart to study the behavior of the economy, the psychology and conduct of foreign policy, and especially U.S.-Soviet relations.
El Morya called the signing of the Declaration of Independence "the bravest conception there ever was."
Sometime before he was called to be the Father of our country, George Washington was anointed by Saint Germain to wear the mantle of the Great White Brotherhood in the highest office in the land. Both as general and as president, George Washington was destined to bear the flame of Liberty for America.
Therefore, on April 30, 1789, by the vote of the people as well as divine approbation, the Christed one George Washington was officially given the mantle of the leadership of the nation. America was truly born that day and the people gained a sense of their national unity through the man God sent.
In his inaugural address the president offered "fervent supplications" to the "Almighty Being who rules over the universe ... that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States a Government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes." He observed, "No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency."5
Although Washington was scheduled to take the oath of office at noon, the ceremony was delayed for at least an hour. Historians' estimates range from 1:00 p.m., to 1:20 p.m., to 1:30 p.m.
El Morya has confirmed that the time of the birth of the United States of America is 1:30 p.m., April 30, 1789. Knowing this, we can precisely calculate her birth chart: her natal Sun at 10 46' Taurus, her natal Ascendant at 7 37' Virgo, and her natal Moon at 16 35' Cancer (fig. 2).
The Soviets celebrate their birthday on November 7. Astrologers have chosen different dates and times to chart the birth of the Soviet Union ranging from 12:59 p.m. November 7 to 2:30 a.m. November 9.
El Morya's opening of the akashic records revealed that the Soviet Union was born at three o'clock in the afternoon, November 7, 1917. At that precise hour Lenin took the platform and delivered his famous speech proclaiming the triumph of the Bolshevik Revolution to the Petersburg Soviet with the words "Now begins a new era in the history of Russia, and this third Russian revolution must finally lead to the victory of Socialism. ... Long live the worldwide Socialist revolution!"6
Since we know the date and time of the birth of the Soviet Union, we can for the first time precisely calculate her birth chart: her natal Sun at 14 33' Scorpio, her natal Ascendant at 6 48' Aries, and her natal Moon at 23 37' Leo (fig. 3).
El Morya called the Bolshevik Revolution "the most infamous act in the history of the world."
We needed these charts so that students of the Ascended Masters could make accurate calls for the transmutation of the karma of the nations, which left unchecked could allow the negative astrological portents to precipitate in the physical plane. Therefore I express my gratitude to beloved El Morya for opening the akashic records and giving us these keys.
Now that we have the natal charts for both superpowers, as well as the exact time of the United States' conception, we can pinpoint the current astrological predictions for these nations and we can do what we do best: give our dynamic decrees to the hosts of the Lord for the violet flame mitigation of and, if it be the will of God, the transmutation of that negative karma, whose returning cycles are clearly written in the skies.
Therefore, based on these charts, I present my interpretation of the key astrological configurations that will affect the two nations in the near future. It behooves us to read these signs of the times because they are indeed the harbingers of personal and planetary karma come due. That we may read in time to act in time is my prayer.
On November 26, 1989, at 8:49 a.m. MST, the Moon made an exact conjunction to Mars at 15 10' Scorpio. Then, less than two hours later, at 10:16 the Moon made an exact conjunction to Pluto at 15 53' Scorpio. That means we had a Moon-Mars-Pluto conjunction at 15 Scorpio.
This configuration is likely to have a lasting impact on both the United States and the Soviet Union. The Moon, Mars and Pluto are conjoined the Soviet natal Sun at 14 33' Scorpio and opposed to the United States natal Sun at 10 46' Taurus (fig. 4).
Pluto, the slowest moving of the planets, takes about 248 years to orbit the Sun. It has been closely conjoined the Soviet Sun and opposed the U.S. Sun since January 1988. Pluto will remain closely conjoined the Soviet Sun until October 1991.
In mundane astrology, which is the astrology of nations, Pluto transits of this sort are associated with the outbreak of wars. They are also associated with mortal challenges other than war.
As a result, even if the superpowers do not go to war, they will face challenges nearly as severe as war. These could include financial problems, nuclear power accidents, power struggles, civil unrest, terrorism and a challenge to both governments' grip on power. We are already seeing most of these portents occurring in the Soviet Union and the East bloc today.
Pluto alone has not, to the best of my knowledge, ever triggered a war. Wars are usually associated with some combination of one or more of the outer planets and Mars. These may be either by transit or by aspects in the nations' charts. The current conjunction of Mars, Pluto and the Moon at 15 Scorpio is one of a series of configurations likely to ignite a war between the United States and the Soviet Union sometime in the next 24 months.
This transit comes just slightly more than two weeks after the November 13 conjunction of Saturn and Neptune at 10 22' Capricorn opposed to Jupiter at 10 29' Cancer that is likely to trigger major debt liquidation in the United States and possibly lead to the fall or paralysis of the United States government (fig. 5).
Saturn-Neptune conjunctions occur about every 36 years. Their direct effects may be felt over about a three-to six-month period. Most astroeconomists (astrologers who analyze the relationship between the movement of the planets and the behavior of the economy, especially movement of the stock and commodity markets) expected a major liquidation of debt on or about November 13, and I had given that date as a date to watch ever since my February 13, 1988 lecture.
These economists cannot understand why the stock market and other indices of economic health did not respond more dramatically. Whatever else may be going on, I can only attribute it to Divine Intercession in response to the calls of Keepers of the Flame.
In general, astroeconomists (as well as many traditional economists) believe there is too much debt structured in the economy for there not to be some sort of liquidation. When they talk about debt they are referring to the debt bomb, or money owed by foreign governments to American banks; the consumer debt; the national debt; corporate debt, especially the debt accumulated by corporate takeovers; and debt in the farm and energy industries.
Even though the economy has not plunged into a full-blown depression, there have been definite signs of economic weakness in the last three to six months. On June 15, 1989, the House passed the largest government bailout in history, $157 billion, in order to rescue the savings and loan industry.7 By the time President Bush signed the bailout bill into law on August 9, the amount had risen to $166 billion. Some analysts believe it will cost $300 billion or more before the bailout is over.8
The Resolution Trust Corporation, set up to dispose of the assets of failed S&Ls, will have to sell off somewhere between $300 billion and $900 billion worth of assets, mostly in real estate.9 This has the capacity to depress or collapse a real estate market already troubled by high foreclosures.
There are indications that the commercial banks are in worse shape than the S&Ls. The House Banking Financial Institutions Subcommittee held hearings September 19-21 to look into the health of the commercial banking industry, which is beset by record levels of debt.
"While thrifts were making bad loans in the United States, banks were making bad loans all over the world," said Subcommittee Chairman Frank Annunzio, a Democrat from Illinois.10 According to Robert E. Litan, a banking expert at the Brookings Institution, and R. Dan Brumbaugh, a senior fellow at Stanford University's Center for Economic Policy Research, "It is possible that losses in the banking industry could eclipse those of the thrift industry."11
In addition, the junk bond market, one of the primary mechanisms for financing corporate debt and takeovers, is in a state of crisis. On October 13 the stock market dropped 190 points. This could have been the next "big drop" I had anticipated in my February 13, 1988 lecture.
The problems of debt liquidation could grow worse in the near future as the economy moves toward recession. Factory output declined in 1989, retail sales are off sharply, sales of both new and old houses are dropping and the auto industry is in a full-blown recession.
According to economic forecaster Robert Kwasny, the recession has already arrived even though establishment economists have yet to perceive it. "The current recession has much in common with the stealth bomber," Kwasny says:
Though the recession is hovering over New England, New York, Florida, Denver, Detroit, Arizona and, as of late, the West Coast, few professional economists are able to detect its current enormous size and the future damage it could potentially wreak.
When we talk to our New England contacts, they tell us how bad things are in New England, but somehow they can't relate it to what is happening in the rest of the country. ... It's the same when we talk to those in other regions, whether it's Detroit, Denver, Phoenix or Miami. They all know their particular sector of the economy is in trouble, but they somehow fail to realize the ever-growing size and nationwide nature of the problem.
Sometimes we think that if we just brought all these people together in one room and had them describe the current state of their local economy, that maybe then the realization would hit them that things are bad throughout most of the country.
Of course, one reason there is no consensus of opinion that we are in a recession is that the major network news broadcasters - Dan Rather, Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw - have not yet rung the bell to announce that the recession is here. Rather, Jennings and Brokaw are waiting for the professional econometricians with their detection systems to announce the sighting of the recession. Unfortunately, as we indicated above, econometricians are able to detect a recession only at about the same time that professional radar operators are able to detect the presence of the stealth bomber, that is, after the bombs have already been dropped.12
Kwasny quotes a recent report from the Fed which says that all data from all districts indicates that the capital goods sector (real estate, machinery, cars, furniture, etc.) is in a slump although low-price consumer goods remain steady. The Fed aggregates consumer with capital goods to conclude that economic activity is "stable to modestly expanding."13 But Kwasny argues that the capital goods slump is a foreshadowing of things to come since "a recession begins with a slowdown in the capital goods sector."14
November 26, 1989, was one of several critical dates for war between the superpowers. But if war doesn't occur soon thereafter, that won't mean we're out of the woods. The direct effects of a Pluto conjunction last for several years.
This is the first time that Pluto has conjoined the Soviet Sun since its birth 72 years ago. Seventy-two is half of 144, which is a complete cycle of 12 years per each line of the Cosmic Clock. The year beginning November 7, 1989, is the turning point for the Soviet Union.
In the last year Pluto made three exact conjunctions with the Soviet Union's natal Sun at 14 33' Scorpio. The first occurred on December 31, 1988, the second on April 6, 1989, and the third on October 24, 1989.
The November 26 Moon-Mars-Pluto Soviet Sun configuration is considered a conjunction even though Pluto was a degree and a third away from the Soviet Sun. Conjunctions are most powerful when exact but astrologers consider anything in the range of zero to eight degrees to be a conjunction, although the effects of a wide-orbed conjunction would be much weaker than those of an exact conjunction.
On November 26, not only was transiting Pluto at 15 Scorpio close to the Soviet Sun, having made its final and perhaps most important of the three conjunctions, but it was also joined by transiting Mars and the Moon - the first time the Soviet Union had experienced such an alignment.
When we take a closer look at the relationship between the United States and Soviet natal charts, we see that critical planets form a grand square15 and the intensity of the transit of Pluto becomes more clear.
The U.S.-U.S.S.R. grand square is formed by the U.S. Sun at 10 Taurus opposed to the Soviet Sun and Mercury at 14 and 16 Scorpio, and by the U.S. Pluto at 19 Aquarius conjoined the Soviet Uranus at 19 Aquarius opposed to the Soviet Saturn at 14 Leo (fig. 6).
This grand square is volatile and shows a relationship between the two nations that could be violently explosive. However, grand squares tend to be static. Therefore it takes extreme pressure, such as could be provided by a transit of Pluto across a critical degree, to release the tremendous energy locked up in the grand square.
Two configurations in 1990 have the power to activate the U.S.-U.S.S.R. grand square. This year the progressed U.S. conceptional Sun will be at 15 Aquarius conjoined the U.S. natal Pluto and Soviet Uranus. The progressed U.S. conceptional Ascendant will be at 13 Leo conjoined the Soviet Saturn. Transiting Pluto, of course, will still be conjoined the Soviet Sun in Scorpio, opposed to the U.S. Sun in Taurus, and square to the rest of the planets in the grand square.
On February 9, 1990, there will be an eclipse of the Moon at 20 Leo (fig. 7). And on August 6, 1990, there will be a partial lunar eclipse at 13 Aquarius (fig. 8). Both eclipses are in close aspect to every planet in the U.S.-U.S.S.R. grand square. These eclipses could trigger a conflict between the superpowers in much the same way that a lunar eclipse conjoined Pluto triggered the Chernobyl disaster.16
In addition, the lunar eclipse of February 9 comes just hours after an explosive conjunction of Mars and Uranus at 7 57' Capricorn opposed to the Soviet Pluto at 5 Cancer. The combination of the Mars-Uranus-Pluto configuration with the eclipse of the Moon activating the grand square could be devastating. And the lunar eclipse of August 6 takes place as transiting Mars, the planet of war, at 16 7' Taurus, is activating the grand square. There are still other aspects and planetary patterns that could trigger war between the United States and the Soviet Union during this period.
El Morya and his chelas are doing all in their power to put the brake on this prophecy and on the Soviets' current strategies of deception. And so our evening prayer vigils have afforded much and perhaps even the staying by the hand of the LORD God of worse economic problems for the United States - at least for the time being.
I trust that all Keepers of the Flame throughout the world who read this message will understand that in the light of history and the facts, in the light of those who really know and those who will not be deceived, there is every reason, as Saint Germain said, "to believe, to be concerned, and to be prepared for a first strike by the Soviet Union upon these United States."17
In a dictation given through me on March 1, 1988, in Fátima, Portugal, Mother Mary warned of the Soviets' plan for a land invasion of Europe, "a blitzkrieg such as none has ever seen," which, if it were to take place, "should descend as chemical death, as biological/bacteriological death along with those forces of modern weapons and warfare. ... Should it take place the devastation would be almost instantaneous. ...
"The hour of 1990 and this decade should be seen by you as the greatest challenge the planet will ever know. I demand that you meet that challenge and be conquerors in life. And I say to you that should any one of you allow yourself to lose your life by the folly of the nonhearing of our word, I, your Mother, shall weep profoundly for you and for a cause and a victory and a future date you have with destiny beyond the year 2000 that you will, then, not fulfill and thereby in not fulfilling it not win your ascension."18
Let us heed the warnings of Saint Joseph and the Blessed Mother, who would nourish us as they nourished our Lord, and let us not hesitate to read the signs of the stars in our day even as the Magi read them in theirs and were unerringly led to His birthplace.
Based on a lecture by Elizabeth Clare Prophet delivered on Sunday, November 26, 1989, during A Thanksgiving Retreat held at the Royal Teton Ranch, Park County, Montana, updated for print as this week's Pearl. Permission is granted for this Pearl of Wisdom to be copied in its entirety, to be reproduced and circulated. Additional copies are available for $.50 each. When quoting excerpts, the following acknowledgment should be given: "Taken from Pearls of Wisdom Vol. 32 No. 57, 'The Astrology of the United States and the Soviet Union: Putting the Brakes on the Prophecies of Nuclear War and Economic Collapse,' by Elizabeth Clare Prophet, published by The Summit Lighthouse. Copyright 1989 by The Summit Lighthouse, Box A, Livingston, MT 59047-1390 (406) 222-8300. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. Reprinted by permission."