States’ Rights Is Rallying Cry for Lawmakers – NYTimes.com.

“Whether it’s correctly called a movement, a backlash or political theater, state declarations of their rights — or in some cases denunciations of federal authority, amounting to the same thing — are on a roll.”

The Great Experiment, aka the democracy of the United States, is once again in flux. Pluto is the planet of transformation, evolution, regeneration. Pluto is now moving through Capricorn, the sign that represents government, and the sign Pluto was moving through in 1776 as seen the in the chart for the United States. Over the next fourteen years while Pluto makes its way through Capricorn we can expect to see major shifts, corrections, and re-calibrations of our political systems and how we choose to govern ourselves.

Pluto is in the early degrees of Capricorn (5 degrees of this writing) and that’s where it was in 1764. There was a lot happening in this country back then. The Sugar Act was passed, which was the basis for the colonists outrage over “no taxation without representation” (along with the Boston Tea Party in 1763). The War of Regulation (1764-1771) was happening in North Carolina where citizens took up arms against corrupt colonial officials. The French and Indian War had just ended and helped to bring the states into a closer coalition with one another.

Happiness, that elusive state of bliss we all strive for and wish for our closest friends and loved ones, has been getting a lot of press lately. Search Amazon.com for non-fiction books about happiness and you’ll get over 2,000 results with titles like, “The Art of Happiness,” “The Architecture of Happiness,” and “Happiness: A Guide…

“I think the stars are aligned,” Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the Assembly, said at a news conference on Wednesday morning. “Its time has come.” via Albany Takes Step to Repeal Rockefeller Drug Laws – NYTimes.com Yes, the stars are aligned Mr. Silver. Readers of Miami Astrology have read about the current Saturn-Uranus opposition.  This…

One of the more notable astrological events of the past year was the ingress (changing of signs) of Pluto into Capricorn. Because of its long elliptical orbit around the Sun the last time Pluto entered Capricorn was in the 1760s. When we look back to that time we see the colonies in financial turmoil – they were being…