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Philippines outlook in 2010
December 30th, 2009 by edward

This is my second reading for the query presented by Mandy on the subject of the Philippine elections and outlook in 2010.

Result: four of spades and ace of coins.
It is quite rather too early to ask about elections in 2010, with the four of spades indicating the need to wait and be patient. Nothing is yet for certain, and matters can drastically change directions, that is, it is still a possibility that there won’t be an election in 2010.

Obstacles: five of batons and five of spades.
The presence of two fives representing the difficulties coming, and the presence of three fives in the entire spread are extremely bad omens. The obstacles suggested here pertain to both subjective and objective conditions. While subjective conditions are controllable, the objective ones are not. There will be a very severe state of crisis.

Strength: nine of batons and seven of coins.
The only hope is that at this point in time, things may still be steered in the right direction. Nine and seven indicate favorable possibilities in the economic and mental realms, but these are all still possibilities. Unfortunately, the outlook of the reading seem very negative.

Response: four of hearts and six of batons.
There are risks to physical and psychic health indicated here, coupled with emotional stability on the positive side and stasis on the negative side. This seems to mean lack of control on the matter in question.

Outlook: five of hearts and ten of coins.
The outlook here is again very bleak. It signals emotional difficulty in adjusting to a different economic situation.

Advice: queen of hearts.
This card warns against ambiguity, and the confused and confusing signals one is being presented with in the Philippine political realm.

My own interpretation of this spread of cards is that the elections in itself seem to be of no important matter. It may or may not take place, it is too early to tell, and yet the future holds poorly despite the possibilities for great things. Political violence will continue and the economic conditions will change, presumably negatively.


2 Responses  
  • mandy writes:
    December 30th, 2009 at 10:18 pm

    Oh dear, it is very complicated isn’t it. I still don’t know if I should train as a nurse and go abroad or try to stay here and see if life changes after the election that may or may not happen and may or may not change anything.

    Will you be staying here Edward?

    Where do you think is the best place to be?

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    • edward writes:
      January 25th, 2010 at 10:48 pm

      Dear Mandy,

      I think that this excerpt from a memo (below) issued by the CIA about the 1965 presidential elections in the Philippines aptly describes the coming electoral possibilities:

      A Pyrrhic Victory?
      Regardless of a Macapagal or Marcos win, the Philippines as such, and specifically the Filipinos, stand to gain very little indeed. Interesting as the current elections may be, the principal fact which they point up is a continued deterioration in the Philippines situation. The elections serve to aggravate and perhaps make more readable that situation; there is little chance the results will improve it. – Memorandum prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, October 27, 1965.

      The CIA described the election campaign, the candidates, and the issues and concluded that as all three Presidential candidates were “Western oriented and pledge to continue close ties with the US and the West.” – Intelligence Memorandum OCI No. 2343/65, October 28, 1965.

      The Memo also added that therefore, given their orientation, it doesn’t matter who wins, what’s important is that the winning candidate has a “socio-economic reform program” to temper down generalized public discontent.

      “Socio-economic reform program” therefore means ‘Free World’ oriented reforms (i.e. education, streamlining bureacracy, modernisation programs, globalisation adjustments, etc, and such reforms should never include giving back land to the peasant farmers or giving greater economic power to local traders versus foreign ones).

      So, I will stay in the Philippines, Mandy. The reason why things won’t get better, is because a lot of people in the Philippines is “Western oriented and pledge to continue close ties with the US and the West” and want to abandon the Philippines and go abroad. I don’t want to do that. I will stay here and make things different, and make things better.

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