more:
http://www.stariq.com/Main/Articles/P0008873.HTMNewsScope for July 29, 2008
Congress Passes Historic Housing Bill
Last week Congress passed an historic housing bill aimed at containing a vast and complex economic crisis, one that has the potential for a financial meltdown on the scale of the Great Depression. The taxpayer-financed rescue package props up mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and ideally, will begin to stabilize the falling dollar, volatile markets, and skyrocketing energy and fuel prices.
The chief architect for the bill, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (March 28, 1946), was born with his pioneering Aries Sun opposite Neptune, giving him vision to apply to this innovative program. While Neptune can deceive, bringing false hope and unrealistic ideas, Paulson's Sun is also trine Pluto, which is more empowering and resourceful. The August 1 Solar Eclipse lands precisely on Paulson's Pluto (orb 0º02'), which is when Bush is expected to sign the bill.
Still, the potential downside of this bailout is catastrophic. Transiting Pluto, moving back and forth across 0º Capricorn, is at a critical point* in the most vital U.S. horoscopes. These include the Federal Reserve's chart, which was created when the Sun and Pluto were aligned on this degree (an opposition) back on December 23, 1913, as well as the U.S. horoscope, which has Venus at 2º Cancer.
The U.S. Venus is conjunct Jupiter in the U.S. Eighth House of Credit and Capital. This combination has allowed the U.S. economy tremendous monetary leverage over the last two centuries, which has financed the nation's phenomenal growth.