A third mayor in less than a month has been assassinated in Mexico. (1) This act has come on the heels of a gubernatorial candidate also being assassinated this June. (2) These political killings are on top of the estimated 28,000 murders of civilians in the past four years due to the war on drugs. When I pause to think about that number, I realize that it is about the same as the population of the town I live in. (3) The president of Mexico and other politicians are seriously considering legalizing drugs because they believe that all anti-drug policies have failed. They are looking at the success of nations that have decriminalized drugs, such as those in Europe, for their inspiration.
Most of us here in the United States cannot really imagine what daily life is like south of the border. The last time political candidates were assassinated here was nearly fifty years ago during the turbulent 60’s. What is going on astrologically for Mexico? The current t-square.
According to Nick Campion’s The Book of World Horoscopes, Mexican astrologer’s use an independence chart set for September 28, 1821, at 6:00 pm. (4) Let’s take a look at the chart and then a bi-wheel chart with the current planetary transits.
Mexico’s radix chart has a t-square between the Sun at 5° Libra, opposed by Pluto at 28° Pisces, squared by Uranus conjunct Neptune conjunct the MC (29° Sagittarius 0° Capricorn, and 6° Capricorn, respectively). The current alignment of Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto in a t-square is aligned directly on Mexico’s radix t-square, indicating a very difficult time period indeed.
In mundane astrology, the Sun represents the ruler of a nation, national character, and major events. In Libra, we can see Mexico’s leaders as nice guys, always trying to make peace, but especially trying to avoid conflict. Pluto represents dictators, the underworld of organized crime, death, financial and political power. In Pisces, we can see that a national collective obsession to avoid the criminal element by diving into the spiritual waters of their own unique blend of Catholicism and indigenous beliefs. We also see that religion (Pisces), i.e., the Catholic Church, is also the power (Pluto) there. Neptune rules drugs, ineffectiveness, covert actions, fraud and scandal. In Capricorn, drugs become big business. Uranus represents revolutions, as well as progressive to radical movements. In Sagittarius, Uranus represents the high idealism of revolution, but also the lack of long-term planning that plagues a country without sound infrastructure or social services.
Neptune and Uranus conjunct the MC, which represents the government itself, shows the marked tendency for Mexico’s government to be stricken with inefficacy and sudden swings in policy. Uranus is the ruler of Mexico’s 11th house, which represents the legislature. Being conjunct Neptune, the legislature faces the same conundrum as the leader: it is lost in the Neptune fog of idealism, failing to use resources and rule effectively.
Mexico’s Jupiter and Saturn are conjunct and nothing says big bureaucracy better than that! Trined by the Neptune-Uranus conjunction, there is probably a lot of talk about things changing, but the more things change, the more they stay the same. The Neptune-Uranus conjunction of their revolution must have led more than a few people to wonder, after it was all said and done, what really changed? This conjunction causes whatever progressive ideas and policies that could help the poor and needy to evaporate into nothing in the heat of a siesta.
Looking at the bi-wheel, with the current alignment of planets, we see that transiting Saturn is conjunct Mexico’s Sun, indicating an immense stress level, with pressure from all sides and the feeling that there is no way out. Mexico’s Sun is also opposed by transiting Uranus (and Jupiter), which have been conjunct Mexico’s radix Pluto. The criminal gangs and mafia (Pluto) in Mexico have had a huge (Jupiter) and unexpected (Uranus) killing spree (Pluto) of political candidates and office holders (Sun).
Mexico’s radix Uranus-Neptune conjunction has been transited by Pluto, which is now poised to cross over Mexico’s MC. Again, Pluto, symbolizing the criminal underworld, has begun to do business in a radically new way — using car bombs (Uranus) to keep their drug money coming (Neptune) and to increase their power (Pluto). The criminal gangs have, for all intents and purposes, taken over the government (conjunct MC and Uranus, which rules the 11th house of the legislature).
But there is hope. Perhaps the current president and government will do something radical to destroy the criminal underworld. With transiting Uranus conjunct radix Pluto, decriminalization of drugs could very well be the solution. Doubly so with transiting Pluto on Mexico’s MC. At first, there could appear to be a complete destruction of the government, yet from the ashes the phoenix will rise. Transiting Saturn on the radix Sun will, hopefully, provide enough support for the president to implement new laws to tackle this horrific criminal war on the peoples of his nation.
This article is just a brief peak at Mexico’s radix chart and current transits. Here in the United States, we have our own issues with the current transiting t-square — governmental bureaucracy, corruption, and high death rates due to violence and lack of social services. Let us pray that our brothers and sisters to the south (whose former land many of us now live on) can find a way through these trying times and create a country that is safe and prosperous for all. And may we here in the U.S. be able to do the same.
Copyright Audra B. Stenger. 2010 All Rights Reserved.
References:
(1) democracynow.org
(2) democracynow.org
(3) democracynow.org
(4) The Book of World Horoscopes, Nick Campion, The Wessex Astrologer Ltd., 2004, pp. 210-211.
Audra Stenger started in astrology more than 14 years ago while working as a paramedic. She has a bachelor’s degree as a Physician’s Assistant and has passed Level 1 testing for NCGR. Audra employs a variety of techniques in her consultations including Vedic, Medieval, and modern. She also offers a free monthly astrology newsletter. Her website is YellowLotusArts.com. She can be contacted via e-mail: info@yellowlotusarts.com