The lunar eclipse on June 26 and the powerful cardinal cross configuration brings to light issues around power, corruption and the neglect of our most basic human values. We now have the opportunity to balance corporation with community and to bridge the gap between the material and the spiritual.

The tension and excitement is building for this summer's planetary line up with Saturn, Uranus and Pluto. The current alignments are encouraging us to to break free from limiting situations that are holding us back and to nurture our unique gifts and talents. Where do you need to make a change, let something go and what unique gifts and talents do you have to offer? Utilize the current technological advancements to live a better quality of life with more freedom, and time to nurture ourselves.

We know significant change is on the horizon when we see Uranus at the first degree of the zodiac, zero Aries, at a cardinal ingress. The Agent of Change heralds a new beginning, a global awakening, a step out of the past and into new uncharted territory. It is this sign-shift of Uranus, beginning a new 84-year round of the zodiac, that we celebrate this solstice.

'On the 27th and 28th May Uranus moves into Aries.The anticipated changes expected with Uranus in Aries won't come easy. Uranus the Agent of Change fares better in the fires of Aries than it has done for the past 7 years in the sign of Pisces. In Pisces it has been churning up depths of strange feelings within us all, awakening us to the idea that all is not quite right here on earth, waking us up from our slumber, naivety and ignorance to what's really going on around us that ultimately effects us all.'

A look at the arts, culture and entertainment industry as Uranus enters Aries for a 7 year transit - the last time this happened was in the late 1920's with a revolution in the film making business.

"Observing the present condition of American culture and politics, in some quarters a rather distinct atmosphere of discontent and uneasiness can be seen. Many people have become displeased with the actions of the government and with the increasing deficit. The Great Recession, and its economic hardship for so many, has contributed to this angst. The transit of Neptune over the U.S. Moon has produced nebulous dissatisfaction."

"Trying to understand and write about this ongoing t square is difficult given all of its astrological complexity, but in a nutshell, this cardinal t square seeks to instill radical, total and complete change in our lives (more intensely so if you have planets at the early cardinal signs: 0-3 degrees Libra, Capricorn, Cancer, Aries) It asks that we purge our old ways of doing things...business as usual dies. It wants us to build new structures in our lives, based on higher spiritual truths.

"I generally avoid having a look at the charts of nations or the future of country developments. That is because there is always doubt about the ‘natal chart’ of a nation, because politics (and historic backgrounds) are complicated with many charts involved and because nobody knows what the future will bring us. With so many indications for disaster in the sky (except for Venus and Jupiter) it is more in line to speak of problems than to expect a glorious future.

"Years ago, back when I forecasted about the coming global crisis I used to get messages from people who said I was making my forecasts up; that the economy was humming along just fine; that I was a "gloom and doomer," and that astrological forecasting was a "pseudo-science" and "nothing but bunk."

People asked why I forecasted such things. It was never going to happen they said. A global economic crisis?

'Many contemporary astrologers today mostly agree with the concept that the outer planets affect them in both their birth chart and by transits to sensitive points in the birth chart. However, it is my opinion that this cannot be so. The reason behind my thinking is quite simple. Who among the many readers of this page can readily fly an airliner? Or control a multinational organization? Successfully lead an army of soldiers into battle? The point is these feats are possible but unless you have had the training and experience the probability of simply doing so is beyond your reach.'