Athena's Web Weekly Column
Week of January 9th - January 15th, 2009
Celestial Reflections on 2008
In our October 3rd edition of the WEB, we spoke of conditions at the end of the year raising some alarm about our government's credibility. There were three significant alignments happening over the course of 48 hours, on the 30th and 31st of December, 2008.
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Here's what was said on October 3rd.
"Transiting Neptune is currently inconjuncting its own natal position in the US chart. It will be exact on December 31st. The day before is the progressed Full Moon. Each of these are highly emotional alignments. This is the time that the dis-information will hit the fan and have the most impact. Many are about to have their faith (Neptune) re-tooled. What people believe in is coming to a rude awakening. Folks faith in the government is about to be shaken. We are not being told the truth. The astrology suggests that all of this stems from right at the top. The US Neptune sits at the top of the chart, conjunct the Midheaven.
"We are being lied to by the administration.
"What we are being told is that this is the natural ebb and flow of the market, the capitalist system going through its natural gyrations.
"The astrology suggests, and this is my own take on it, that this is intentional. It has been the historical pattern, and we're back in the pattern."
There were several major stories in the news as the end of the year unfolded.
Following the home mortgage and auto industries, the steel industry is now being watched for early signs the recession is lifting. Steel is looking for a huge investment program from the government of up to $1 trillion over two years. This is merely the next fiscal wave. They may or may not get the loan, but either way, it won't help out the long term life of the US steel industry. That was reported in the NY Times on January 1st.
On December 31st, when the New York Stock Exchange bell rang a close to the year,
"...it tolled for virtually anyone with money in the stock market. The final, grim tally only confirmed what investors had known for months: it was a very bad year to own stocks, any stocks- indeed, one of the worst ever."
L. William Seidman, former chairman of the Resolution Trust Corporation,
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On December 28th, the following was published. It involves those who stand to make small fortunes in the coming economic malaise.
"What is obvious to former RTO officials is that, like the last go around, a great deal of money will be made by a select group of investors and business operators, particularly those with government contacts. The former government officials said in interview that much of what is motivating them is a desire to help the nation recover from this latest stumble. But they acknowledge they intend to be among the winners who emerge...
"The biggest profits will most likely be made, the former federal bank officials agreed, by those who figure out a way to benefit from what could turn into one of the greatest fire sales of bad debt and bank assets in American history."
"Although the financial meltdown is a disaster for the country... the opportunity going forward is unprecedented. It is fantastic. It is as if I had been training for this for the last 40 years of my career."
Well, there is some truth being reported at the end of the year, but the fabrication is that the economy collapsed. It didn't collapse.
It was pushed over the edge for this purpose.
By the end of 2009, the general public will know.
