Astrological Analysis of Politics and Current Events -- Feature Series: The Rise of Obama

Right now we are under the influence of not the normal pair of eclipses (one solar, one lunar) that occur twice a year, but three (two lunar, one solar)  during this time of July and August 2009.  This is a somewhat "rare" event, but it happens more times than you might think.

"Calculate your personal chart and take a look at each of the planets as you read. My analysis of an individual's chart is focused on the financial implications of the planets in their signs and houses. This article will provide a few clues as to how an eclipse to any one of your planets will effect your future finances.

Eclipses: Tables of Solar and Lunar Eclipses between 2003-2014

"Perhaps the easiest way to make predictions is to follow Ptolemy's dictum about the power of planetary positions at the time of eclipses. These configurations can be read off straight from the ephemeris, but it is wise to focus on those which are exact or nearly so.

The first and most potent cause of such events lies in the conjunctions of the Sun and Moon at eclipse and the movements of the stars at the time - Ptolemy

"Of all the celestial events visible from the Earth, eclipses are the most awesome. The term is derived from a Greek word meaning 'abandonment' or 'failure'. During a solar eclipse, light from the Sun is visibly diminished, sometimes to the extent that it disappears altogether. Regions of the world directly affected by the eclipse are plunged into an eerie half-light. During a lunar eclipse, a coppery-red shadow moves across the bright face of the full moon, sometimes obscuring it completely so that the Moon glows with a dim, reddish light. "

" The eclipses of the Sun and Moon have always been given a lot of importance by mankind. For centuries they were harbingers of crisis. Ancient astronomers used their occurrences to build a body of omen-lore, some of which is still adhered to today.