Brad Kronen's Societal Predictions Of Prosperity For The Year That Comes Before 2012 - Part I

Brad Kronen's Societal Predictions Of Prosperity For The Year That Comes Before 2012 - Part I
 
Before I don my oracle head gear as I roll my eyes as far back into my head as humanly possible, while  simultaneously speaking in my best  “seeing through time” emotionless voice of mystic authority, I feel the need to address some old stuff first....
 
For starters, those of you who last year at this same time thought we were entering not only a New Year but also a brand new decade simply because the calendar year ended in a “0”, need to be updated.  Last year’s “zero” only refers to each of your individual scores if you had all been tested in “Newyearology 101” . The current year before us is the official start of the newest decade of the 21st century.  The preceeding New Year wrist slapping which, at its most important, was unnecessary at best, IS, in any case, official as well as nerd and mathematician certified.
 
Although the previous New Year's festivities were quite unexceptional in the Decade Starting Department, your astrologer who can see through time initiated a new tradition of the New Year variety none the less.  Instead of further cheapening my craft (pronouncing the “a” with an “ah” sound, a la Madonna in her faux Great Britain phase) by predicting the sex of Lady Gaga's and Pope Benedict's love child or the date that Tom Cruise would come out of the closet announcing to the world he was not just Katie Holmes' Intergalactic Space Alien Overlord but the world's as well,
 
Brad put his non existent money where his karmic mouth was!
 
By submitting to all of you "What Name Will You Give YOUR 2010? Brad Kronen's Societal Blessings Predictions for 2010!", pieces of portent that would prove to be prosperous for society at large versus any kind of useless tabloid prognostication.
 
Now on to this year's predictions, O WAIT!!

SO sorry, one more thing that slipped my mind....
 
DID I MENTION THAT ALL OF BRAD'S PREDICTIONS FOR 2010 CAME TO PASS???!!! USA! USA! USA!
 
My apologies for the all-caps display of adolescent  American male gloating, but I would have simply self combusted if I didn't let that bit o' newyearological information out.

OK  Then!  Adjusting oracle aero-dynamic turban with 3D talking third eye topaz talisman, and go.
 
2011 - The Year That Comes Before 2012
 
True, the year foretold long ago by the ancient Aztec calendar in which our planet basically drops off of the cosmic map draws ever closer, but whichever way you like your years of Armageddon and global doom cooked or flung out the window, one fact still remains.
 
2011 comes first. 
 
It's All About Jupiter Changing Signs.........Ummm, Not This Year.
 
My New Year Decrees of Divine Divination for the good of all have been based solely on the orbital changes of the largest planet in our solar system. Astrologically, This King of Planets represents to us Earth dwellers: Luck, Fortune, and Opportunity amongst other sunshine and lollipopage.  Astrology gives this planet the lofty title of “The Great Benefic”.  We know this most vast of heavenly bodies better by its more common name, Jupiter.  Jupiter usually takes one calendar year for its kingly gargantuan gas balled self to cross through each sign of the Zodiac.
 
Not this time around.
 
Knowing how much The Great Benefic greatly botched things up (especially for the fire signs: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius) for 4 months during 2010 when it went into reverse, or retrograde motion last July through November, The King of Planets has accelerated its royal orbital pace and will be splitting this upcoming year of 2011 neatly in two Zodiacal visits:  the 1st half of the year spent in the fire sign of Aries, the latter half in the earth sign of Taurus.
 
For society at large, this translates to blessings for the good of all pelting anything Arien from January to June of 2011, and land sliding over all things Taurean from June until December of this upcoming year.
 
Ginsu Knives AND Neptune as a Parting Gift?!
 
Along with Jupiter splitting its creamy, gooey blessings of benevolence between 2 signs instead of its usual one this year, another major planetary change will be occurring during the calendar year of 2011 which must also be incorporated into any kind of prediction that should have a lasting effect on all residents of Planet Earth since this planetary transit will likely impact society in ways most profound and powerful both in the negative/unevolved spectrum of human behavior as well as the positive/evolved realm. This particular planetary change stands to be so potent, the event will be discussed as both a societal prediction as well as a harbinger of heed for those who are susceptible to this planet's tidal wave-like pull. Batten down your karmic hatches everyone! Neptune will soon be entering the sign of its rulership when it stealthily slips into the deep, dark archetypal waters of its ruling sign, Pisces, come the spring of 2011.

But back to Jupiter and junk.

Jupiter Swims Upon All Things Piscean Throughout The Last Calendar Year

What I found so stunning about last year's predictions was their IMMEDIATE entrance onto our world's stage, influencing and affecting all things Piscean. Following my lead when I published 2010's societal predictions last January 3rd, The Great Benefic took a cannonball dive straight to that sign's environment of any and all things oceanic, spewing forth news items that proved to be quite the big catches of both the karmic and benevolent kinds, beginning with a whale of a story a mere 2 days later on January 5th, 2010! 

Quoting Part I of my 3 Part Series, "Palpable Proof Of Portent: A Mid-Year Appraisal Of Brad Kronen's Predictions Of Societal Blessings":

“A mere 5 days into 2010, long time animal activist and game show host Bob Barker told the largest species of aquatic mammal that the Price Is Right (so cheap, but how could I not?) for them to be better protected by donating a whopping 5 million dollars to anti-whaling vessels that soon went to battle for them a few days later against Japanese whalers off the coast of Antarctica.”

What Do You Mean, "Jupiter Isn't ALL Good.", Brad?!

As 2010 unfolded, we saw that yes, even The Great Benefic itself, has both benevolent and devastating aspects through its power to expand and magnify. Wherever the King of Planets is placed, there is a great possibility for issues to be amplified in the areas of life under the domain of the sign Jupiter is transiting. Amplification that can grow with lightning speed in an exponential way in order for society at large to make substantial changes that many times, should have been proactively dealt with and solved much, much earlier. Jupiter's entrance into the oceanic sign of Pisces reflected this karmic theory of magnification in the most stupefying of ways to our current society. It's no coincidence that one of the biggest and widely reported items of world news during the calendar year of 2010 dealt with the themes of the sea and exponential expansion, or put in other phrases of world devastation – The environmentally catastrophic man made blunder of the British Petroleum Oil Spill into the oceanic waters of the Gulf of Mexico. 

Jupiter Enters Aries – January 26th, 2011

A planet's changing of zodiacal signs can be likened to a major costume change of a headline performer in Las Vegas. Since Jupiter is the most massive of the planetary bunch, imagine not just one solitary entertainer on the casino strip, but a combination of Cher, Celine Dion, Liberace, and Lola Falana, simultaneously slipping out of a larger than life costume into a different choice of stage garb, but with just as many rhinestones and hydraulic lifts!

That roughly approximates Jupiter's upcoming transition when it emerges from the depths of the water sign of Pisces and bursts onto the scene through the fire sign of Aries on January 26th, 2011. A zodiacal costume change that is drastically different in style, since it involves 2 very different species of astrological sign, but whose performance is unaltered since, the planetary performer is still The King of All Planets, Jupiter.

 This planetary costume change will be vastly different in zodiacal theme and sign influence, but fascinatingly, will retain the same coloring. Come this January 26th, The King of Planets will be tossing off the Piscean Piece of Pacifist Seafoam Green in order to make an entrance onto our world's stage with a  completely altered fashion statement that will redress itself to mirror the changing times, yet will still retain a moss like hue. However, this Aries extravaganza is of the uniform variety of standard army green along with green fatigues worn in military maneuvers and during times of war.

Tap dancing while Vocally Boom Belting right along.....

Jupiter And All Things Arien

Since last year's predictions resulted in, well, perfection, (I'm sorry, someone HAD to say  it!) let's take my initial premise of societal prediction that I devised for 2010, using the same range or scope being only those things associated with The Great Benefic's entrance into whichever sign it is transiting and now apply  "Jupiter's Blessings for the Good of All" to all things Arien during the first half of 2011!!

The Military, The Pentagon, & The Armed Forces 

With its planetary ruler named after the God of War (Mars), the sign of Aries is associated with aggression in all forms - fighting, boxing, wrasslin', etc., you get the tough guy picture.  Add to that already "in your face" mix, anything associated with metals - knives, swords, guns, tanks are also under the domain of Ram Rule. Put them all together and you have the sign which deals with the military and the armed forces at large!

I know this piece is supposed to be strictly dealing with Jupiter's groovy blessings, but since when is your not-like-everyone-else astrologer known for handing out gems consisting of 100% sunshine and lollipops?  With every gem there needs to be a little impurity and roughness to appreciate its shine.  And what good are blessings from The Great Benefic without assigning a little blame and guilt?

People, we as a country are lazy, appallingly unaware, and defiantly unappreciative.  No matter what your political stance or opinions are about the war in the Middle East, the fact remains that the men and women of our military are being sent to one of the most dangerous and volatile areas of the world and risk their lives every day simply by being present at that particular longitude and latitude of the globe!

Throughout history, the toughest wars with outcomes that couldn't be well defined were those between an organized military force and rebel/bandit groupings. Every day in the Middle East, especially in Afghanistan, the American military faces uncertainty, having no idea where the next surprise hit or strike will be coming from. The insurgent's attacks may be small, but they are frighteningly regular and never from the same sequential source.  Even those whom the Americans are training with the intention of maintaining order and continuing Middle Eastern defense after our supposed departure are proving to be another bullet in the Russian Roulette game with suicide bombers disguising themselves as trainees.

With a daily environment filled with the stress and constant awareness of ever present danger from any given source, those who pay the price most dearly are the men and women in our military.  Last October, I wrote a piece entitled "Past Pandora's Pain: Buried Far Beneath Hope, Waits Communication".  In that piece I recalled having to pull over while driving my car due to being overwhelmed with shock at a radio report stating that the number of suicides amongst American military had gone beyond the number of American casualties in the Middle East.  In that same piece, I stated that The Lord of Karma, otherwise known as Saturn, entered Libra on October 30th, 2009.  Saturn was giving his "Life Lessons Learned the Hard Way" not only to Librans and anything dealing with one on one communications, but would also be affecting any one on one partnerships associated with the sign of Aries as well. Not too soon after changing signs, The Lord of Karma brought these themes to society's horrified attention when it was still at the cardinal point of 0 degrees Libra, or put another way, a karmic concentrated point of notoriety, be it positive or negative.

A mere 6 days later, the mass murders occurred at Fort Hood of American military personnel killed on American soil, at an American military base.

My "Pandora" article tried to emphasize that communication within our military was overdue in being restructured so that it could serve as a constructive and many times, life saving tool for our men and women serving in the military. Unfortunately in the current day, any kind of therapeutic help is tacitly frowned upon not only by soldiers, but by their commanding officers as well, since talking about one's pain or fears would be considered a sign of weakness. 

With Jupiter entering the military sign of Aries, may the first half of 2011 see a marked improvement in the availability of therapeutic outreach and communication sources to those in the military as well as a marked decline in the number of soldier suicides. 

May we also see more and more of a marked increase in the number of men and women in our armed forces finally brought home from the Middle East during the first half of this year due to such factors as: a sufficient number of trained locals now able to defend their land and possibly, more and more indications of a particular condition we haven't heard too much of lately - Peace.

Jupiter's travels through the militaristic sign of Aries will hopefully shine blessings on any and all kinds of compensation to the men and women in our armed forces, repaying them for their brave and dutiful service as well as for whatever wounds, be they physical or mental, they now bear as a result of their time of duty.

Finally, may Jupiter's rays of benevolence in the sign of the military influence as many reaches of American society during the first half of this year, so that American soldiers will clearly be shown by their own people some much deserved love and grateful appreciation for their hard work and intense sacrifices.

Athletes and Athletics

Up until recently, old astrology text books assigned anything athletic to the last of the fire signs, Sagittarius.  That sign may have insane bouts of luck and good timing, but those 2 factors don't suffice in order to be a world class athlete.  Plus, being the party animal of the zodiac who naturally has a minimum level of discipline, those old text books must have been written before the discovery of a particular athletic helper that was known for cutting the corners of hard work and rigorous discipline, steroids. Modern astrologers for the most part agree that Aries is the sign which oversees anything athletic predominantly for 2 reasons: Aries is ruled by the planet of the physical body which also oversees how fast and strong we are, Mars, as well as most Olympic athletes tend to be born during the latter part of March and earlier part of April, which astrologically is the time period known as Aries. 

When I contemplated the societal effect of Jupiter's blessings shining on the world of athletics, I became temporarily stuck.  Of the many walks of life today, the one which we escalate to god-like status the most is the athlete, beginning with the first string high school football team to the pro ball player landing a 6 figure contract. For those of you who have had the displeasure of being put under my scrutiny when not being able to answer one of my astrological questions, you'll be happy to know that I, too, was cowering at my derision when I could not immediately come up with a response for "How will The Great Benefic affect an area of life that is seemingly chock full o' blessings such as athletics?".  I then realized I had to provide the standardized answer I bemoan all of you to do whenever I present an answer-less quandry.  I sheepishly replied, "The polar opposite?".

What's the polar opposite of athletics? Obesity. These days, more and more of the populace of the United States is becoming not just overweight but unhealthily obese. Diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, high blood pressure and even many forms of cancer could be greatly reduced if more people paid closer attention to their weight. As with any chronic epidemic, the causes are usually all encompassing and far reaching.  One of the best ways to combat obesity and the health risks associated with it, is by starting early.  A major stumbling block to that theory is the sobering fact more and more elementary schools today are facing a grim reality of not having enough, let alone updated books and sufficient learning tools for their students. Anything cultural, artistic, and in many cases, athletic are the first to be eradicated from their budgets.

May The Great Benefic drop more than a few of our schools an unexpected gift by donation or otherwise, specifically for the purpose of purchasing athletic equipment, uniforms, even land space so that our younger population will not just discover their own inherent athletic abilities, but also prevent the obesity statistic from rising in our country's future.

Now, just because I mentioned pro ball players with 6 figure contracts does not mean the world of athletics is completely covered over. Hardly!  The United States seems to have a very myopic view when it comes to the world of athletics by giving most of its attentions to the 3 "ball" sports for the most part - foot, base, and basket. Even considering the sport the rest of the world holds dearest, soccer, it is only recently that America has invested having a national team to compete in that sport as well as for the American public to become fans who attend and watch it regularly.

Besides bestowing blessings, the 2 most important things associated with Jupiter are "expansion" and "the future".  In the near future, may sports like track and field, speed skating, and sculling (aka rowing) become more well known to the public, so they may receive more athletes to excel within their sport and more fans who can't get enough of rooting and supporting them.

On a final athletic note, the next Olympic Games are not scheduled until next year, may Jupiter shine its benevolent blessings on those unheralded athletes who tirelessly work on their performances all the year round, so that 2011 may see some surprise world records being broken in preparation for London in 2012.

That should be enough blessing absorption for now, I can't risk all of you getting a benevolence headache from too much good stuff being digested all at once.

Part II of Brad Kronen's Societal Predictions of Prosperity for 2011 soon to come!