Recent announcements by several major processed food corporations - including Kellogg's, General Mills, and Campbell's - that they will start labeling genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their products bring up some issues that are highly pertinent during the transit of Saturn through Sagittarius (December 2014 to December 2017).
What follows is an excerpt from an article I wrote on the transit, which appears in Issue #2 of Hexagon Astrology Magazine.
"During this Saturn transit, we will be working with a number of suppressed
(Saturn) truths (Sagittarius) within our cultures. This involves some of the
knowledge we absolutely must master in order to be successful from here on in...
The spread of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the continued
infiltration of the food supply are major "suppressed truth" subjects
on which we must get a strong handle during the transit of Saturn through
Sagittarius.
Damage to animal health has been shown in multiple scientific feeding trials
of GMO diets published since 2012. The Seralini study, the Carman study, the
Kruger study, the Italian study on GM soybeans and goats: all indicated animal
health damage from GM diets. Reproductive damage, digestive damage, liver and
kidney damage, tumors, DNA changes, immunity issues, low weights, and premature
death were just some of the problems observed.
If animals are exhibiting this GMO-related health damage, it is almost
certain that the humans eating the animals, animal products, and GM crops will eventually
experience similar problems.
Despite bans on genetically modified seeds and crops, genetically modified
canola has been found growing wild at four sites in Switzerland. (These represent
four “scientifically documented” cases, not the full extent of the problem.)
Conventional canola is now so contaminated by genetically modified versions
that GM canola plants are spreading wherever canola is transported or planted.
This means that even nation-wide or continent-wide bans cannot stop the spread
of genetically modified seeds and plants.
Here, we see the challenges of living in a world of global trade where
decisions made in one country can negatively affect other countries halfway
across the world (a Saturn in Sagittarius theme).
The labeling of foods containing GMOs, often touted as a solution, is also
not fully effective. The truly insidious problem is the unintentional and
undesired spread of GMOs into natural crops. Labels would cover only those
foods knowingly produced with GMOs. Unintentional contamination – a widespread
problem – would continue to fly under the radar.
