Drug Treatment News 2011: Predictions 2011 Using Astrology

Astrology Predictions -2011 Keyword: Accountability

Each year, a keyword for the year comes to me. Last year it was “what is truth”. During the elections, many people would say to me, “I don’t know what to believe”. People were trying to figure out what part of the rhetoric was true and what were lies. This year we are going to want to know who is accountable. Is it the government, the people, the corporations? Exactly who should be held accountable.

We begin this year with Jupiter conjunct Uranus in Pisces. This is the last of this conjunction. I believe this has given us a heightened sense of the unexpected coupled with the unknown. You feel like you need to take shelter from a storm, but just as you reach the shelter, it gets blown away. People are having a hard time believing that things are actually getting better. I think this conjunction will also see an increase in water related global problems, like what is happening in Australia. As this aspect dissipates we’ll have Neptune moving into Pisces. Interestingly, Mercury went direct just as we started the new year, at 19 degree’s of Sagittarius and will end the year at 19 degree’s of Sagittarius. I would expect from this that we will spend the entire year talking about education. How it needs to be changed, how much it is costing, what are students actually learning and on and on. There could be some innovative programs put in place and I’d expect the push for Science and Math to continue. There could be new methods used to teach our students. I just heard where some schools are now allowing students to type their essays and use spell check. The theory is why waste a students time with spelling when spell check can be utilized. We should see more changes in the publishing industry and I’d expect people will think about traveling again. We could hear a lot about religious schools and education. We also have a Mars square Saturn and in the US Chart, transiting Saturn is conjunct our progressed Mars. These are the aspects that are increasing the anger people feel over the economy and government spending. We’re angry about everything, yet we don’t want to changes that restrict us. It’s you change, not me. This could apply to relationships, especially with Saturn in Libra.

I think we can call this the beginning of the year where everyone becomes ADD. (Attention Deficit Disorder) as Uranus move into Aries on March 11th to stay for the next seven years. The possibility of continued violence where one gunman unloads on innocent bystanders will probably increase. The fire and anger of Aries, which is impulsive by nature will be enhanced by the sudden and unexpectedness of Uranus. Jupiter will pass from Pisces into Aries on Jan. 22nd, and into Taurus on June 4th. Jupiter will square Pluto from 2-20 to 3-2 then from 5-14 to 28 transiting Jupiter will square the US Natal Pluto. One of the ways this will play out is the debate about the freedom of possessing guns against the reality of problems with shootings in the news. Transiting Pluto is opposing Natal Jupiter during this same period. Hard questions will have to be asked. Should people be allowed to bring guns to public places? Many people are surprised to learn how many people are legally packing concealed weapons. I believe this is the beginning of a shift as we begin to look at the “big business” of guns. Pluto in Capricorn. Individual Freedom versus Public Safety will continue to be debated. From 2-20 to 3-31, there are several aspects from Jupiter, both hard and soft. I believe this is a time when the stock market could drop and highlight problems around finances. Transiting Jupiter will square the US Venus.

One of the most significant events this year is Neptune moving into Pisces where it will stay until March 2025. During this time we will be concerned with all issue around water. We’ll be talking about the quality of our water and the availability of water. At the same time, we’ll experience many earth events that deal with too much water. Look for bigger Hurricanes, bigger floods, perhaps another great tsumani and problems with the Oceans. We can expect the beginnings this year of new inventions dealing with music and changes with the music industry. Mental illness will also be spotlighted. Again, the debate of personal freedom versus public safety. Hopefully, we’ll look at better funding and treatment for those who have mental illness. Usually when a planet changes signs, we tend to get the worst before we get the improvements. So this could be a year where are “talking” about the problem, without finding any solutions. I’d expect there to also be a beginning dialogue about Drugs. This will take all forms from illegal drugs to prescription drugs. I’d expect that the legalization of Marihuana will continue to be a hot topic and it could be made legal. Neptune dissolves what it finds and we get a double “whammy” with it in Pisces. Since this covers the entire world, just expect to hear more about drugs in the news. The technology around the film industry will grow by leaps and bounds. We’ll probably be able to “escape” into an alternate reality without the use of drugs, instead utilizing technology to create a “real” experience. Like the holodecks of Star Trek. Look for secrets of the Ocean to be revealed. More people will begin to open up “psychically” and talk more openly about their intuitive experiences. Angels and Spirit Guides will be talked about in the media. Creativity will be off the charts and expect some beautiful music and art during this transit. At the time that Neptune first goes into Pisces, April 4th, we will also have Mars moving into Aries to conjunct Uranus. The Mars will also by squaring the US Venus and then Jupiter. This could be a time of heavy rains affecting the US. There could also be problems around this time with the stock market and/or much discussions about the deficit. With Uranus it could be an explosion of some kind, such as a mining disaster or volcanic eruptions. This could also take place under the Oceans.

Pluto in Capricorn – As Pluto moves from 5 to 7 degrees of Pluto this year, we can expect to learn more about the malfeasance of corporations and the government. I’d also include all large organizations, including the NRA People will want to know how these groups are influencing our laws. Military spending to be closely looked at and cuts are coming. All phases of government will be tightening their belts. I feel a greater scrutiny of big banks will begin this year. More exposure about how much government money large businesses are accepting. The spotlight will get very big during the coming years about Corporations and corporate welfare. There will continue to be news stories of trafficking in people for the sex trade or slave trade. During the coming year, Pluto will be opposing the US Venus and Jupiter conjunction. This has been happening during the last several years. In December Pluto leaves this aspect. So while we should see some improvements this year over the last several years, things that we value will continue to be stressed. Expect money to still be tight and a reluctance to spend extravagantly. Deficit discussions will continue, although not sure much progress will be made in 2011. I keep feeling that we haven’t yet had the major discussion about who has the wealth and the rest of us. This did come up during the last election and just before tax cuts for the wealthiest were extended, but I think we’ll have a lot more discussion about taxes when Jupiter moves into Taurus. All aspects of government, big business, unions, large organizations, medicine and our country will be under review as Pluto moves more into Capricorn.

Around August 1, we will see an increase in jobs. Saturn will trine the Midheaven of the US Chart. The government along with business could begin to launch new programs to create jobs. I do feel there will be an emphasis on job creation.

Saturn is still in Libra and I’d expect to hear more about marriage, ending of marriages and help for people who are having problems. Gay marriage could become a reality under this transit. A continued growth in social networking groups. Equality of the sexes to remain a hot topic.

I don’t expect this to be a great year, but it will be better than the last several years. With Uranus in Aries, I’d expect that something will be done about the “glut” of housing. Perhaps they will just begin to tear down some that have already been stripped bare. The land will be reclaimed for other uses. Also look for more electrical problems to emerge. I feel that “cyber warfare” will be in the news a great deal in the coming years. We’ll see the internet being used as another weapon in the arsenal, like when hackers took down MC/Visa over the Wikileaks problem. The government will eventually have an entire department for cyber war and cyber crime. I feel it will be organized and funded to view all threats. Once Jupiter in Taurus on June 4th, we should see Money start to flow more easily helping with the housing market, job creation and business loans.

Barack Obama. – This is the year that people will believe that the President actually “grew a pair” and takes on his critics. He has Saturn transiting his progressed Mars and transiting Mars conjunct both his natal and progressed Saturn. He will feel like he has had enough and may take on not only the Republicans, but Democrats who don’t see things his way. I’d expect him to push forward with his own agenda this year and to get a lot done. He will continue to be in the public, making speeches and using every opportunity to reach the people directly. I feel he will re-evaluate whose counsel he listens too and will become more independent in his thinking and actions as Uranus and Jupiter trine his natal Mercury and Jupiter trines his natal Sun. His progressed Moon will cross his ascendant this summer, another indicator of his coming clairity of thinking and action. Transiting Neptune will make a trine to Mercury, so he could be looking for creative ways to address the deficit and the problems the nation faces. Transiting Mars will go back and forth from the 12th house to the 11th & 10th houses. He will push for programs that affect the greatest amount of people, what is good for most, not just the few. Again a focus on job creation. This year won’t be as bad for the President as 2010.

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