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 Weekly UpdateJuly 10, 2005
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The Master is good to people who are good.
She is also good to people who aren't good.
This is true goodness.
The Master doesn't take sides;
She welcomes both saints and sinners.

- Tao Te Ching (translation by Stephen Mitchell)

   
 
 Weekly Update » April 4, 2005
 
             


Newsflash:

 

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Papal Burial 'Eclipses' Royal Wedding
© Shelley L. Ackerman, 2005.

The eclipse has done its thing:

Pope John Paul II, Prince Rainier, and Seagrams' liquor "King" Edward Bronfman all died the week leading up to Friday's Solar Eclipse at 19 Aries.

And though the wedding between Prince Charles and Camilla was touching (Camilla did look beautiful), the ghost of Diana was in attendance too:

Queen Elizabeh could not have been more insulting. She announced the horse racing news at the wedding before blessing the couple!

And when Charles and Camilla announced their April 8 wedding, the day of the Aries Solar eclipse, it seemed unlikely that it would go off without a hitch, pardon the pun.

Who knew the Pope himself would be the reason why.

Seems like the nearly 500 year old clash between the Church of England and the Vatican is back and in full bloom.

The chart for the newly annouced wedding date of Saturday April 9 is no improvement, there's a lot to overcome here...including Charles returning from the Vatican smoothly. One concern in the chart is the longevity of the marriage and the health and vitality of the groom (Prince Charles). The Sun is in a tight square to saturn and the Moon is void of Course in Aries. they should have waited till at least Monday April 11 or later in the week after mercury goes direct.

Though Prince Charles (a Scorpio) and Camilla (a Cancer) are clearly compatible, (Princess Diana was Cancerian too), Saturn will enter Leo in July, adding planetary pressure to the couple. Both have Leo rising and both will also feel the challenge of Mars in Taurus in the second half of the year.

* Read Shelley's previous article on the new royal couple, "Somber Stars and Wedding Belle Blues: Charles and Camilla to Wed on the Heels of a Solar Eclipse".

   


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