The Moon in this chart represents the people. So this VOC Moon forces 'we, the people' to pledge ourselves to continue to engage in and participate in our government and not go back to expecting our leaders to 'do the right thing'. As we will see, Obama is either here to provide us with an 'example' of the type of engaged person each of us can become or he will have to take on our collective projections of 'the savior'. He's already attracting that kind of projection. It is up to each of us to withdraw the projection and introject his example of being a responsible citizen.
That's the choice we really face – do we expect government to take care of things for us or do we participate in our government and take control of what they do. We have to create our democracy, or else the plutocracy of the wealthy will continue to make the rules.
We look at the nature of the final aspect leading into the VOC Moon to see what collective emotional state might be present during the VOC Moon. The last aspect to the Moon in the Inauguration chart is a square to Neptune.
The Scorpio Moon in this chart symbolizes the People and it says that we are on guard, trying to understand the hidden workings of this meltdown in our institutions. The square to Neptune in Aquarius indicates that we're not certain our highest ideals will be served or that we even have a firm grip on how to make changes that will work. All we know is that we want things to change! The Scorpio Moon in the 29th degree forces the issue: we change or we die!
The good news is that Barack has an aspect in his natal chart that can help us meet this challenge. This aspect in his chart tells us that he inherited an ability for self-examination from his mom. Psychologically speaking, through his mother he learned to associate transformation with love and truth, knowing how to transform dark emotions into conscious feelings. In this way, he might be able to teach us that first we need to look at our own truths and transform ourselves, so that we can really change the world. His mother gifted him with a complex, deep and passionate nature.
So if Barack Obama takes the Oath of Office before 12:29 pm (EST), the VOC Moon might indicate that all our 'hopes' will go through a period of disillusionment before we re-define what needs to get done. If, however, he takes the Oath after 12:29 pm, the Moon will have moved into Sagittarius, indicating the ability to learn from our past mistakes and open up to 'think outside the box'.
If President Obama is inaugurated during the VOC moon, 'We, the people' will need to choose to transform our own relationship to government. Will we take responsibility and keep an eye on what the government is doing? Or will we sit back, expecting Obama's team to do the work and end up watching big business continue to exert control of our resources. Obama really can't do anything to make the changes our country needs to make if the people don't help him fight for those changes.
When January 20th was chosen as Inauguration Day, it guaranteed that any Presidential Inauguration chart would have an Aquarius Sun – the cosmic stamp of a free and forward-looking nation. (I wonder who their astrologer was?)
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