Astrology for the 21st Century

Last night the town of Lewes in the UK launched a complementary currency called the Lewes Pound.  The launch was scheduled to take place at 7:30pm.  Here's the chart:-

The triple conjunction of Mercury (trade, exchange), Venus (money, exchange) and Mars (initiating something, striking out on one's own) is good for this launch, as is the Jupiter-Saturn trine, however that Jupiter-Saturn trine links with Venus in a potentially tense way, so there will probably be considerable challenges in getting a synergistic relationship between growth with stability, especially since Venus rules Taurus on the cusp of the 2nd house (money, value).

Uranus in Pisces on the Ascendant reflects the iconoclastic and visionary nature of the scheme.  Lewes had its own currency from 1795 to 1895.

Pluto (wealth) on the MC ruling the 8th house (money) is a 'writ large' statement about this project - their slogan expresses this position: 'we have it in our power to build the world anew' - and its perspective on the global economy, alongside the Moon-Jupiter conjunction in Capricorn.  Capricorn is a Sign traditionally associated not just with financial prudence but with material abundance - the horn of plenty.

The Sagittarius MC with Pluto, the Moon-Jupiter conjunction in Capricorn, Uranus in Pisces rising, the triple conjunction in Libra in the 7th house, the Sun conjunct Capricorn, and the majority of planets being located in the top half of the chart, all indicate that this is not an isolating project or attempt to break away from the world, but exactly the opposite.  It's an attempt at complementary self-support within a global context.

The Lewes Pound's official website:-
http://www.thelewespound.org/

Here's an update on the LHC at CERN (Note: this entry has been updated twice today, in light of further clarification of what the timings actually relate to.)

According to the CERN website a beam completed it's first full circuit around the LHC at 10:28am CET (the website doesn't state the time zone, but I confirmed it with the press office by telephone. Note that 10:28am is given in the press release, but 10:25am is stated by CERN on their Twitter page updates).  The 'first beam' moment was at 9:30am CET, so the previous chart stands, and this chart below is a secondary chart at best.

The second beam to complete a full circuit started at 1:55pm CET and completed its lap at 3:02pm CET, according to the CERN website: "15:02, that's it. Second beam all the way round and the LHC is up and running."

The inauguration of the LHC is due to take place on 21st October 2008 at 3pm CET.


CERN's LHC Twitter updates page with timings and events:-
http://twitter.com/cern

And here's the chart for the estimated start time of the first beam. 

Must say, the Sun-Saturn and Moon-Jupiter trines are interesting, since the Sun and Saturn are 5 degrees apart and Moon and Jupiter are also 5 degrees apart. There's a kind of harmonious arrangement to that, and as they're in Earth signs, symbolising the material universe, and Moon-Jupiter are at the IC signifying 'origins' as well as the underground location of the LHC.......

The Sun's opposition with Uranus across the 6th-12th cusps seems extremely apt too, and I like the Mars-Venus-Mercury conjunction in Libra which is Rising..... the Aries point has several midpoints linking the Sun with that triple conjunction on the Ascendant..... there's something very, very intriguing going on here, confirming that something very exciting could well result from this.

More on this later, if time permits.

Just wanted to very quickly copy and paste this about today's 'first beam' start-up of the LHC at CERN, before it actually goes live.

It's scheduled to begin at 9:30am CET, according to CERN's website.  The longitude and latitude used are those given on CERN's website.

THE BACKGROUND THEMES WHICH CAN BE ACTIVE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS

Uranus - Public opinion, Public expectations
Culminating when Alhena is Rising
Protest, parades, meetings and marches

Neptune - The Hopes and Fears of the Nation
Setting when Deneb Algedi is Setting
The justice of the legal system or the law is challenged
Culminating when Arcturus is Setting
A leader is discredited, or a charismatic leader emerges

Pluto - The Crises or the Changes that Occur
Anti-culminating when Diadem is Rising
A lone sacrifice that can change a nation
Rising when Mirach is Anti-culminating
Earthquakes, the finding of new levels politically or geographically
Anti-culminating when Acumen is Anti-culminating
What appears to be strong is shown to be weak
Anti-culminating when Betelgeuse is Culminating
Benefits or breakthrough achieved in the wake of a disaster

THE ANNUAL THEMES THAT REOCCUR FOR THIS LATITUDE EVERY YEAR IN THIS ERA

Heliacal Rising Star
Alphard - Rising
Emotional upheavals and or distress, criminal activitiy

Heliacal Setting Star
Vega - Setting
A time or wonder, a time of awe

Sun - The stars in paran with the Sun on this day
Anti-culminating when Alkes is Anti-culminating
A national treasure
Culminating when Fomalhaut is Anti-culminating
People and ideals being exalted, or dreams coming undone
Setting when El Nath is Anti-culminating
Issues of attacks, battles, or aggression
Rising when Antares is Anti-culminating
An obsessive person
Setting when Bellatrix is Anti-culminating
The wounded warrior
Rising when Aldebaran is Culminating
A military event

THE ACUTE THEMES THAT ARE ACTIVE JUST FOR THIS TIME PERIOD

Moon - The Emotions of the People
Setting when Rukbat is Culminating
Calmness, the need to be emotionally steady

Venus - The Social Conventions
Setting when Hamal is Rising
The dictator, a person who believes they know what is good for others
On Nadir when Ras Alhague is Setting
Information which aids the community, new skills, new knowledge
Culminating when Betelgeuse is Setting
Opulence and wealth
Culminating when Ankaa is Anti-culminating
A revolution, a rebirth of old issues
Rising when Facies is Anti-culminating
A ruthless approach to social problems, or savage artistic comment

Mars - The Events of the Day
Anti-culminating when Schedar is Culminating
To believe that one's cause is noble, to act with an air of nobility
Setting when Murzim is Anti-culminating
Alarming news, news of events that causes anger and demands action

Saturn - The Law and Civic Order
Anti-culminating when Fomalhaut is Culminating
Personal philosophies becoming political policies

Cern's website:
http://lhc-first-beam.web.cern.ch/lhc-first-beam/practical.html