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Comments on General Global Predictions of
the last month
One
of the major and deadly planetary configurations that happens once
about every 8 years is going to
occur during April (Apr 3-23), and it is the square between Uranus and each of
the lunar nodes (Rahu and Ketu). It is probably the most crucial and
challenging time of the year for the USA and especially for the Bush
administration in dealing with the nations of the world and its adversaries (Refer to
my annual prediction caption for 2003 in archived comments). And the
influence of this configuration will be felt all over the world. It's going to be a
period marked with domination of fear, uncertainties and anxieties about
future. There will be more violence, social unrest and terrorism in the Middle-East,
USA as well as in other regions of the world. And, as has been
predicted in this column for last few
months, President Bush and his administration will continue to
struggle with Iraq war with no end and success in sight.
The planetary
configurations that will
influence world events in April are: Mars-Saturn and Mars-Rahu
regular and Saturn-Rahu ninefold quincunxes, Uranus-Rahu/Ketu
squares, Pluto-Neptune and Jupiter-Rahu ninefold trines, and Ketu-Jupiter
and Uranus-Saturn sextiles.
The countries that
are likely to make headline news are: United States, Russia, Western
Europe, China, Middle eastern countries including Iraq, North Korea
and Pakistan.
President Bush and his administration:
As predicted last month, President
Bush had been frustrated and consumed in facing his adversaries and traditional
international allies during March due to his decision of going
ahead with war with Iraq. And as it has been repeated
before he will be in for a long and frustrating
spring with a very little success.
Based
on President Bush's current planetary transits, he will continue
to be engulfed with frustration and anxiety with his ongoing
occupation with the Iraq war. The transit of Pluto that opposes
his natal Uranus and lunar node Rahu will continue to be a cause
of anguish and personal pain for him. In addition, the
intense pressure from the square aspect of Uranus with lunar nodes
in April makes it extremely difficult for him to handle his own
ego. Also, from health and personal safety standpoint April is not
so favorable for him. President Bush must take an extra care of his
health during this month and it
would be very prudent of him if he takes extra precaution for his
own personal safety during this month.
I
have totally failed in my prediction since the victory of US
military in removing Saddam Hussein from power is perceived as a
successful mission. In hindsight, the positive influence of
Jupiter becoming direct (April 4) and Saturn's ingress to sidereal
zodiac sign Gemini (April 4) far outweighed the negative influence
of Uranus-lunar nodes squares. However, the slow and long term
influence of Pluto transiting directly opposite of President
Bush's natal Uranus and lunar node Rahu can not yet be ignored.
Therefore, if finding of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq,
proving a link
between the Saddam Hussein's regime and al-Qaeda, and decrease in
terrorist activities against USA as a result of this war were the
reasons President Bush chose to go to war against Iraq then we just have to
wait and see.
The
first three weeks of April are not good for the country,
especially from terrorism, general social unrest and on going
anti-war protests standpoint.
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Russia: While Saturn-Rahu ninefold quincunx may
prove to be negative for Putin administration during the third
week (April 15-19) of April, Pluto-Neptune
ninefold trine (April 11-30) should prove to be positive from
international diplomacy standpoint. The relationship with USA (particularly with Bush administration)
will reflect a sort of indifference towards each other.
·
Europe: Uranus-Rahu/Ketu squares (Apr
3-23) will certainly prove to be very negative as far as
relationship between Western European countries and USA is
concerned. Social
unrest and increased terrorist activities are likely.
·
China,
Japan and Pacific-rim Countries: April is not going to be that bad
for China. Besides a possibility of some new domestic crisis
occurring I don't see a whole lot happening in China.
However, terrorism and violence in Pacific-rim countries
(Indonesia, for instance) will likely to be on rise.
Although
I did not directly predicted SARS....interestingly "a
possibility of some new domestic crisis occurring" did
manifest into SARS.
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Religion:
In general, except for United States, the entire month will be a
quiet month for religions around the
world. In United States the friction between the religious
authorities and their counter parts will accelerate.
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Natural and
Man-made Calamities:
Except for the last week of the month, April doesn't look
favorable. Both the natural and man-made calamities (especially
the latter) are very likely to
occur, particularly in western world as well as in the Middle-East
region.
I
haven't kept daily log of headlines pertaining to both the natural
and man-made calamities this month. The outbreak of SARC in
China affecting several other countries can be considered as a
major calamity. And I believe there were several incidents
of violence that took place in Israel-Palestinian area during
April.
While
man-made calamities may manifest themselves in terrorism, unrest,
violence, and accidents, the natural calamities are likely to
include extreme weather conditions such as severe cold winters, and equally intensive droughts; and thunderstorms, earthquakes, air
crashes
and fires.
Comments on the last month's World Financial Markets
predictions
In
general, until April 17 financial markets are likely to be very volatile with
bearish bias. After April 23 markets are likely to turn bullish. The overall net
effect (bullish or bearish for the entire month) will depend on how the Iraq war
plays out. The planetary configurations that are going to
affect the
financial markets are: Uranus-Rahu/Ketu squares, Mars-Saturn, Mars-Rahu
regular and Rahu-Saturn ninefold quincunxes, Jupiter-Rahu and Pluto-Neptune ninefold
trines, and Ketu-Jupiter sextile.
It must be noted that the basis for the following predictions
mainly includes the influence of the planets Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars along
with the slower moving modern planets Uranus, Neptune,
and Pluto. For the ninefold analysis, the fast
moving planets like Mercury, Venus, Sun, and Moon can also influence the outcome
of the world markets. However, these influences, although usually insignificant,
are difficult to account for as the analysis then becomes too complex to make
market predictions. Therefore, should it
become necessary to account for the influence of fast moving planets the timely advanced updates whenever
appropriate will be provided.
April
1-2: Mixed
April
3-9: Mixed
to bearish
April
10:
Volatile and maybe sharply bearish
April
11-16: Very volatile and bearish
April
17: Bullish to mixed
April
18-19:
Bearish
April
20-23:
Mixed
April
24-29: Bullish
April
30-31: Bullish to mixed
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