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By Steffan Vanel • Astrologer • Tarot  Reader

Author of:
     The Astrological Karma of the USA
     Charles & Diana: The Inside Story: An Astrological-Karmic View

Now on YouTube:
     The Astrological Karma of the USA and The New Presidency
     Bridging Heaven & Earth Show #238

The Allegory of the Chilean Mine Disaster

On August 5, 2010, the day of the mine disaster in Chile, there were 11 Astrological lines of tension in effect, 6 oppositions and 5 squares.

On October 13, 2010, the day of the final rescue there were only two.

What we witnessed in Chile is an allegory for what the whole world is about to go through in the years ahead.

All of the tense difficult aspects on August 5th were aligned in a ‘t-square’, the squares in tension with both ends of the oppositions. The apex of this t-square was Pluto in Capricorn. Those of you familiar with my book, The Astrological Karma of the USA, and previous newsletters know that in 2004 I used Pluto’s entry into Capricorn in 2008 to predict the likelihood of a global economic crisis. The deeper lesson behind this is the likelihood that Pluto in Capricorn would force humanity to look into all the ways in which we are over identified with material, financial reality for our security and our identity.

Mankind’s materialistic greed and lust for financial attainment has led him to dig and drill into our Mother Earth to scavenge the non-renewable resources there, often lacking sufficient conscience or concern for the safety of the humans involved, the environmental impact, or the legacy of resources remaining available for future generations.

This kind of enterprise got these 33 miners into quite a pickle. This same type of global enterprise, however, is getting the whole population of humanity into quite a pickle. I believe this will be especially apparent between the years of 2011 and 2015 when Uranus, the planet of sudden change and rupture, will square Pluto in Capricorn for a total of 7 times.

The allegorical lesson from the mining disaster in Chile is that we will need to really embrace our humanity into a common purpose, give support to appropriate leaders, don’t panic, and working together as brothers and sisters we will be able to extricate ourselves from the danger of self-annihilation.

And, on the other side of all of that tension, we will know that we will have to do things differently, and that true love and concern for each other’s well being is what is really important.

Blessings,
Steffan Vanel
October 14, 2010


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— Steffan Vanel Archive —

April 21, 2013 Boston, Bombs, Bullets and Blasts
April 6, 2013 North Korea and Kim Jong Un
March 17, 2013 SPD, IAD, and SPD
March 11, 2013 The Enigma of Hugo Chavez
January 27, 2013 Astrology Plus by Hilarion Now Available
January 19, 2013 Lance Armstrong & American Exceptionalism
January 16, 2013 Winter Readings
January 10, 2013 Predictions for 2013
January 3, 2013 Mother India
December 17, 2012 Sandy Hook, Mayan Calendar & Beyond
November 11, 2012 The Election, Fox, Petraeus, & Scorpio
October 16, 2012 Mitt Romney: The View from the Sky
October 10, 2012 The Biden/Ryan Debate
August 20, 2012 Legitimate Rape? - The Karma of Abortion
July 23, 2012 Pluto/Uranus/Mars & Dark Knights
July 4, 2012 A Birthday Reading for the USA - 2012
June 4, 2012 The Venus Transit of 2012
May 23, 2012 Home at Last...until Thursday
March 25, 2012 Pune, Osho & Dark Robes
February 28, 2012 Goa & Confessions of a 60's Chauvinist
January 30, 2012 Threshold, The Dalai Lama, and Buddha
January 3, 2012 Predictions for 2012
December 31, 2011 Impressions of Varanasi
December 21, 2011 Nepal, Tibet & Vaclav Havel
November 21, 2011 Dublin, Dubai, and Delhi
November 11, 2011 11-11-11- and The Nations by Hilarion
October 7, 2011 Steve Jobs: An Astrological Commentary
October 1, 2011 My Travle Blog: 1st Stop
September 10, 2011 A 9/11 Update Reading for the USA
August 4, 2011 Norway and Anders Breivlk
July 22, 2011 Rupert Murdoch: A Capricorn/Pisces Morality Play
May 2, 2011 Osama bin Laden: An Astrological View
April 25, 2011 The Royal Marriage & Marriage in General
April 9, 2011 Neptune into Pisces
March 18, 2011 Japan, Nuclear Energy & the SPD
January 31, 2011 A Reading for the Egyptian Crisis
January 24, 2011 The Recent Astrological Controversy
January 10, 2011 The Face of Hope
December 25, 2010 Looking at 2011
December 6, 2010 The Allegory of the Celtic Tiger
November 22, 2010 Parental Betrayal and Bloody Sundays in Ireland
October 14, 2010 The Allegory of the Chilean Mine Disaster
August 4, 2010 Final Saturn/Uranus Opposition
June 7, 2010 BP & AP: Before and After Petroleum
April 29, 2010 Volcanoes, Poland, Israel & Aries Activity
April 13, 2010 Some Thoughts on Poland
April 8, 2010 Dear Tiger Woods or...Capricorns Beware
January 27, 2010 Massachusetts Boy Misses Teddy
January 5, 2010 Predictions for 2010
September 21, 2009 The Astrological Karma of Ireland
September 14, 2009 Stressful Saturn/Uranus Times
August 4, 2009 The Original Moonwalk
July 20, 2009 The Astrological Karma of Michael Jackson (2nd Edition)
June 23, 2009 A Reading for Iran
June 9, 2009 The USA & the New Presidency (incl. a Reading for Obama)
January 6, 2009 Predictions for 2009
September 11, 2008 The Astrological Sarah Palin - An American Idol
August 17, 2008 The Astrological Barack Obama - The Dark Knight
April 20, 2008 The Astrological Hillary Clinton - A Plea to American Women
March 22, 2008 The Astrological Eliot Spitzer
Febuary 12, 2008 The Astrological John McCain
January 3, 2008 Astrological Trends for 2008 and Beyond
September 15, 2007 The Blame Game or The Hippie Temptation
May 15, 2007 Seung-Hui Cho
May 4, 2007 Demagogues and Reptilians
March 25, 2007 George W. Bush - Astrological Squeeze
January 2007 Rainbow Family Thailand Reading
December 2006 Vietnam 2.0
September 20, 2006 Saturn vs Neptune
May, 2006 Saturn/Neptune Opposition
September 20, 2005 In the Katrina Aftermath
July 12, 2005 The London Bombings
July 7, 2005 Tree of Life Reading for George W. Bush
December 31, 2004 The December 26 Tsunami
November 24, 2004 Reflections on the Election
September 9, 2004 George W. Bush And Religion
August 1, 2004 George W. Bush As President
July 16, 2004 George W. Bush's Relationship with his Parents
June 8, 2004 George W. Bush's Saturn and Neptune
May 3, 2004 George W. Bush's Cancer Sun Square Libra Moon
April 4, 2004 The Astrological Karma of George W. Bush
March 1, 2004 The Fog of War
February 4, 2004 Conspiracy Theories and the Problem of Evil
January 5, 2004 Tarot Reading for the World - New Year of 2004
November 30, 2003 Year End Eulogy
November 8, 2003 A Tarot Reading for the US in Iraq
October 14, 2003 George W. Bush's Leo Ascendant
September 1, 2003 The US-Canadian Electrical Blackout: Mars and Uranus in the USA Chart
August 1, 2003 Grand Cross in the USA Chart: A Pluto, Mars, and Neptune Wrap-Up
July 1, 2003 Mars Turning Up the Heat?
June 1, 2003 Upcoming Intensity in the U.S.A. Chart?
May 1, 2003 Pluto and the Self-Image of the U.S.A.

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