What a thrill to live during a Pluto perihelion! Faced by both difficult challenges and tremendous opportunities, this is an age of discovery. As the Industrial Age gives way to the Age of Information, educational demands increase.

An inflationary crisis will begin shortly after the Jupiter conjunction Neptune of May 27, 2009. This aspect occurs twice more during its retrograde phase peaking July 10, 2009 and final direct motion peaking December 21, 2009.

What you are about to read may be frightening or enlightening. But we as a nation are surely on a course, like the English and Roman Empires before us, toward decline.

Relatively peaceful conditions throughout the world are most likely to end within a year or two of sunspot maximums. An increase in local hostilities and the eruption of large-scale war tends to occur near the sunspot peak. Peace resumes within a year or two of sunspot minimums.

As for the close presidential election, Obama has presidential qualities based on his natal chart that surpass those of Clinton. He has very strong leadership abilities. Nevertheless, lesser personalities have occupied the White House so to base a suspected win on this alone would be chancy.