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/
