Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
by
Joy Usher
London 2012 will be the first Olympic Games to rival Sydney 2000 as the most spectacular five-ring circus
ever held.
Sydney had it all great facilities, incredible planning, full houses and a gorgeous city at its pristine best. The
city threw open its arms to the world for 16 amazing days and Olympic bosses say they wish they could have
bottled the magic of Sydney for future Games.1
he 2000 Sydney Games have been widely regarded as the finest version of the quadrennial
sporting extravaganza in modern times. A record 199 nations entered the Homebush
Stadium on 15th September 2000 for the Opening Ceremony; a ceremony on which then
IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch later commented, saying, For me it was the best I have seen.
An amazing statement, especially when we remember that Samaranch was the same IOC president
who flew home to Spain straight after the ceremony to attend to his wifes funeral, but who then
returned to Sydney for official duties, the following Wednesday.
Jupiter Returns for the 2012 Summer Olympics Joy Usher 2012
Jupiter may be in its detriment in the 3rd house, and does not aspect the angles by degree, but it can
see both of its houses by aspect, as Jupiter in Gemini squares the sign of Pisces and opposes the sign
of Sagittarius2. Jupiter has a lovely trine in air to angular Mercury, its dispositor, and also the lord of
the opposing angles of the Ascendant (Desc) and the Midheaven (IC), so again a good relationship
between the lords of the angles often bodes well for an event. Mercury in turn, is conjunct Venus, in
rulership, in Libra, so all things Mercurial have the blessings of both benefic planets, Jupiter and
Venus. To complete the Grand Trine in air, we find Uranus in Aquarius in the 11th house, and
shows both innovation and courage needed to implement the Greenpeace 14 point criteria
mentioned earlier, and to lead the way, environmentally at least, for any future Games to follow
Sydneys example.
26 09'
31'
03'
17
10
22
48'
20'
47'
02'
04
23
28
23
34'
29
11
26'
18
37'
41'
26
26
47' 22
28'
28'
45'
10
56'
23
28
47'
58'
54'
00
26'
23
48'
03'
29
22
10
31'
28
26 09'
Both Jupiter and Mercury make an aspect to the Moon in Aries in the 1st house Jupiter by sextile,
and Mercury by opposition. The Sun has just descended below the western horizon, so this is a
nocturnal chart, making the Moon now the prime luminary of the chart. The Moon is strong in the
1st house and not only sextiles Jupiter, the lord of the angles, but also trines Pluto, which is opposite
Jupiter. The Moon rules the 5th house, the house of sport and entertainment, where we find Mars
making a strong fire trine to the charts Midheaven in Sagittarius. Sydneys claim to be the peoples
Games seems to be reflected in this strong Moon statement as she connects with so many of the
key players in this chart.
By 15th September 2000 Jupiter has separated from Saturn, and the conjunction in Gemini of Jupiter
to Saturn occurred three months earlier on 1st June 2000 when major works were being completed
on the Olympic site at Homebush Bay. However, this was not the first time in 2000 that these two
great planets had come together for this cycle. One of the most significant facts about the
Jupiter Returns for the 2012 Summer Olympics Joy Usher 2012
Jupiter/Saturn cycle of 31st May 2000 was that it occurred in Taurus, and as such, would be the last
throwback into an earth sign, before moving into the element of air for the next 200 years.
Jupiters involvement in this chart is critical to the ventures success, and certainly an opposition to
Pluto gives a hint of the moving heaven and earth that had to be done to achieve this success, but
the symbolism of Jupiters detriment and his placement in 3rd house may not be so obvious at first,
until we look at a report published earlier this year entitled The Olympics and Sustainable Urban
Regeneration.3 The following information comes from this report and is a reminder of what was
achieved in 2000.
2)
Former Brickworks.
3)
The Olympic stadium site was a former landfill site contaminated with household waste.
4)
Wilsons Park a former coal gas plant, closed in the 1970s, turned into a park, and then
closed again in 1990s, due to dangerous pollution.
5)
And, worst of all, Union Carbide (Aust.) had a chemical plant here also heavily
polluted by dioxins, recorded at that time as 6500x the safe limit for humans.
The job to clean up the Olympic site was monumental, and added to that the weight of the
Committees promise to adhere to Greenpeaces 14 criteria would have been both a burden and an
inspiration, but this challenge only strengthens the resolve of a Jupiter having to come from a place
of detriment and disadvantage, and to turn it around to produce a triumph.
Homebush Bay is the third house (cadent but sextiling the Ascendant) a suburb of low socioeconomical standing, an environmental disaster which, without the impetus of the Games, might
still have fallen into the too hard basket for any Australian government. With so much riding on
the demand for Australia to deliver a world-class Games, something radical had to be done, and I
believe the chart shows thats exactly what happened. Jupiters aspects to Saturn, Mercury, Venus,
Uranus, Pluto and the Moon, and the interlinking aspects between the Moon and Pluto and Mercury
demonstrate the potential for things to happen if all stops are pulled out.
Under the Greenpeace edict non-toxic building materials were to be used in all construction work.
The materials were selected for their insulation, ventilation and recycling ability. Air conditioning
was avoided, and renewable sources of energy were used, with storm water and recycled water used
wherever possible. During the Games, cars were banned in the area, except for use by Olympic
officials, and admission tickets included the price of public transport. A rail link and ferry from
Sydney were created to carry the flow of people. All aspects of the same chart, coming through with
strength and determination, and steered by Jupiter in detriment.
So, having spent a fortune to create Olympic Park 2000, was the venture a financial success? The
total economic benefit from the Sydney Games ranks among the highest for recent Games. Income
Jupiter Returns for the 2012 Summer Olympics Joy Usher 2012
from the Games brought huge benefits including A$1.1 billion from the sale of broadcast rights to
the Games, A$680 million in sponsorship revenue, record ticket sales of over A$600 million, A$6.1
billion worth of international publicity, and A$6 billion in spending from an additional 1.6 million
visitors during 2001.4
The following year after the Sydney Olympics, almost to the day, on 9th September 2001, the world
watched in horror as Twin Towers of New York crumbled. The Sydney Olympic chart shows
Saturn in retrograde motion, but by the end of January 2001, Saturn had turned direct again, and was
headed for the first of three oppositions to Pluto, occurring in August 2001. Looking back at the
chart for 15th September 2000, it may have been our optimism that things were improving, that we
could build a better world, and that we had finally shaken off the terrible cloud left by the tragic
events of the 1972 Munich Games a full Saturn cycle earlier which brought us resounding
success. The first Games of a new millennium held hope, promise and anticipation for better timers
ahead, so how are we faring now 12 years, and a Jupiter cycle further on?
Jupiter Returns for the 2012 Summer Olympics Joy Usher 2012
17,000 athletes in 300 events, with 5,000 6,000 coaches and officials, attended by 4,000
5,000 other members of the Olympic community.
An estimated 20,000 newspaper, radio, TV, and internet journalists who will be housed in
the largest building on site, the Media Centre, a giant white hangar housing a multitude of
studios and production facilities.
Over 9 million tickets in total on sale, and 500,000 spectators a day at events in and around
London.
63,000 operational personnel, of whom 47,000 will be volunteers (another source states the
count for volunteers is now up to 70,000 alone).
So, bearing in mind these gargantuan numbers, and the fact that we know Jupiter will once more be
in its sign of detriment, what exactly does the chart for 2012 Olympics hold for their English hosts?
Jupiter Returns for the 2012 Summer Olympics Joy Usher 2012
15 28'
07
12'
32'
03
13
24
09'
25
21'
28'
09
23
37'
47'
13
33'
07
35'
09
09
51' 06
10' 05
18'
02
18'
28'
21'
27'
08
04'
33'
21
09'
09
03
09
47'
13
12'
25
32'
07
15 28'
In the chart set for 27th July 2012 at 21:00 BST in London Jupiter is indeed in Gemini, the sign of its
detriment, just one degree short of what will be its Jupiter Return to the position it held in Sydney in
2000.
Jupiter sits at the base of the chart on the nadir, ruling the MC, and conjunct the South Node at 3
degrees of Gemini, so we already know Jupiter is a big player in this chart. Both Sydney and London
have a Sagittarian Midheaven, but Sydneys MC is in late degrees, whilst Londons sits at 7 degs.
Sagittarius, opposite its ruler Jupiter.
It is interesting to note that London will be the first city ever to have hosted three Games (1908,
1948, 2012), and that London will host these Games during the British Royal Familys celebration of
Queen Elizabeth IIs Diamond Jubilee 60 years on the throne five cycles of Jupiter displayed
with pride by a Jupiter on the IC as Queen Elizabeth II officially opens the 2012 London Olympics.
Although Saturn rules the Ascendant, and there is no aspect between the two rulers of the angles,
Jupiter does have a partile trine to the Ascendant which shows its involvement in the success of the
venture, and similar to the Sydney chart, Jupiter does have an aspect to its dispositor Mercury, but
by sextile rather than trine. London 2012s Mercury is in difficult straits though, being cadent,
retrograde, and having just set with the Sun, is combust, as it is situated just short of 2 degrees from
the Sun.
Jupiter Returns for the 2012 Summer Olympics Joy Usher 2012
debility of fall brings weakness and peril to the planet involved, so that even though the Moon is
unaffected by aspects, its intrinsic nature has somewhat been spoiled. In both charts, Sydney and
London, the Moon is disposited by Mars, with Mars in the 5th house trining the MC, whilst this 2012
Mars in the 8th house, although in its detriment in Libra, sextiles the MC and trines the Ascendant.
With Mars steadily approaching Saturn throughout the 16 days of the Olympics, an exalted Saturn as
the ruler of the Ascendant makes me wonder if the well-publicised desire to rob Sydney of its crown
as the best Olympics ever will mean London is just trying too hard. One of the major complaints
of the 2008 Beijing Olympics was that the whole affair was conducted with military precision,
resulting in the feeling by those who attended that it was cold and impersonal, and lacked any
character, so it would be a shame if London were to repeat the same mistake.
Jupiter Returns for the 2012 Summer Olympics Joy Usher 2012
47'
24
25
12'
25
33'
27'
21'
0324
13
09
07
28'
32'
20
21 07'
07
23'
23
13
09'28'
35'
09
10
37'
33'
11
22
02'
12
07'
18'
52'
20 31'
02
22
13
28'
27'
21'
40'
27
04
09
47'
4
04'
21
09
03
09
18'
07'
33'
09'
12
05
08
57'
51' 06
10'
42'
20
12
21'
13
12'
12'
00
25
07
15
32'
28'
Queen Elizabeth II's Chart [outer wheel] and the London Olympics Chart [inner wheel]
The English population hold their Royal Family in great esteem, so I was interested to see if there
was any marked synastry between the chart for the opening ceremony (inner circle) and Queen
Elizabeth IIs natal chart (outer wheel).
Elizabeth has Capricorn rising as her Ascendant, so the two charts have a common ruler in Saturn.
Earlier I was speaking of the importance of a planet at the Nodes Bendings, so it is interesting to
note that the Olympic Saturn (23 Libra) is at the Bends of Elizabeths Nodal axis of 20 deg.
Cancer/Capricorn, with her South Node conjunct her Ascendant.
Elizabeths own Saturn lies at her Midheaven, and perhaps the most remarkable connection between
the two charts is the fact that Elizabeths MC at 25 Scorpio, and her Saturn at 24 Scorpio, are
conjunct the Moon in the London chart. The void of course Moon sits directly on Elizabeths
Jupiter Returns for the 2012 Summer Olympics Joy Usher 2012
MC/Saturn, so we can assume that her presence is critical to the overall success of the 2012 London
Games. This is not so surprising, given that she is a personification of tradition, honour and integrity
in her home country, but it must be remembered that she has just recently celebrated her 86th
birthday, so one wonders if she has the physical strength to maintain such a public profile during
these 2012 Games. Elizabeths natal Moon conjuncts the Olympic charts Descendant, and the two
Suns square each other, again reinforcing the importance of the Queens presence, or at least, those
who represent her, during the 2012 Olympics.
In a year of recession, following a global financial crisis, and with the gloom of Europe wafting over
the shores of the United Kingdom, the hope of the London Games putting the country back on its
feet, both financially and psychologically, must be prominent in the minds of those who rule this
once mighty Empire. In my opinion, the chart does not appear to deliver the salvation England is
desperately praying for.
In the words of Andrew OHagan, journalist for The Guardian when commenting on the frenetic
activity at Olympic Park: There are cranes everywhere. Hard hats. And a wobbly sense that, if we get this right,
everything will change for the better: the climate, the character, the ethos of the country.9 For Englands sake, lets
hope they do get it right, even if it does mean we lose our own coveted Olympic crown as the best
Olympics. If we must lose it, then it seems fitting that with the herald of a new Jupiter Return, it
should be London, the mother country that we lose it to.
Chart Data:
2000 Sydney Olympics Opening Ceremony
15th September 2000
7:00pm AEDT 11:00
Sydney, Australia
2012 London Olympics Opening Ceremony
27th July 2012
9pm BST 1:00
London, England
Queen Elizabeth II
21st April 1926
2:40am BST 1:00
London, England
Jupiter Returns for the 2012 Summer Olympics Joy Usher 2012
10