~A new street fight for Greece’s public teachers http://www.enetenglish.gr/913

~Greek anti-austerity strike threatens school exams http://www.newsdaily.com/world/2848064bd2285304d2a1ec9898f71161/greece-says-steadily-beating-austerity-targets

The next time Uranus & Pluto square will be approaching exact will be in late Oct 2013; we may see similar tension around new leadership (government/large corporation-level) again. In particular, Fr. Oct 18, 2013 looks stressful–very likely a down day for the market (news may be especially bad for healthcare/pharma-related stocks or issues; weather-wise, there may be flooding or some problems with water).

Uranus (innovation, sudden change, freedom, rebellion, etc.) is currently in Aries (new beginnings, leaders, [military] actions, etc.), while Pluto (power, death, underworld, suppression, secrecy, control, etc.) is in Capricorn (government, large corporations, structures, mountains, limitations, stability, etc.). Note that Pluto rules Scorpio, which is associated with 8th house and things like taxes, debt, loans, investments, etc. Tax reform and shake-up in IRS leadership fit these archetypes nicely.

I’ve never planned this as a financial predictions blog, but it’s fun to apply astrology to the market/economic data, as these data are openly available & outcome measures can be relatively easier to define and quantify (vs. say latent personality traits).

To time when this may unfold, one would want to look at when transiting planets will aspect the sensitive degree (19.5 Taurus), especially by conjunction, opposition, and square. For ex., there may be related news coming out on May 16 (± 1 day), when Mars conjuncts that degree. A more significant development will likely occur around December 16-24, when Saturn will oppose that degree; Saturn is associated with limitations/structure, so some cut-back/restructuring will likely be announced. Additionally, Mars will oppose Uranus on Dec 20-24, increasing the likelihood that those days will be somewhat stressful or, at least, significant.

Astrologically, Jupiter will square Neptune in the US chart (exact on the morning of 23rd). In the US chart, Neptune rules the 4th house of home, land, farming, real estate, housing, etc. Jupiter = excess, optimism, going overboard; square = tension, break/going overboard [to release tension]. Neptune, generally, tends to be associated with illusions and dissolving of boundaries. In sum, it sure looks like there will be some major euphoria over the housing reports in the US on May 22-23.

More on housing (globally): Jupiter (increase/expansion/abundance) will be transiting through Cancer (home/real estate/land/etc.) from Jun 25, 2013 till Jul 16, 2014. This indeed favors increase in housing prices (w/o taking into account any aspects Jupiter may form w/other planets).