AT THIS MOMENT, THE WORLD IS POISED ON THE BRINK OF OPPORTUNITY. We have all been brought to this place in space and time to reflect within, as part of the waking consciousness here on Earth and to evaluate whether we are going to grow forward, or be dragged backwards. Never in the chronicle of consciousness on Earth has such a vital moment existed, not only for the planet, but for each individual alive now. We have long been waiting for this moment.

2000 years before the birth of Jesus the Christ, while Europe was scratching through the Stone Age and America was an uninhabited expanse, towns in what is now known as Iraq, had schools, public libraries and a legal system to provide justice for their populace. Geometry and our number system came from Babylon, the capital city of Iraq that flourished as a center of culture and commerce for over 2000 years.

With the collapse of the Ottoman-Hungarian Empire at the end of the First World war, Iraq became a “protectorate” of the British, who in 1932 gave control into the hands of a puppet king, at around the same time that oil started to be exported in large quantities to the West. In 1958, the Iraqi Prime Minister nationalized the country’s oil, and was promptly overthrown and shot. The Ba’ath party, supported by the West, and whose numbers included Saddam Hussein, took control of the country. In 1972 they in turn, nationalized oil, cutting the West out of unlimited access to huge oil reserves.


Political wranglings go beyond simple comprehension, but supposing that oil, and the exaggerated justifications for war are just an overlay to other agendas, agendas that to a generally sleeping world populace are never considered?

In the Christian understanding of things, at least in the version broadcast for the past 800 years, and therefore the widely held view in the West, we only have one lifetime to live. If we do a good and righteous job, second guessing God’s “wishes” correctly, we will go to Heaven. If we screw up, we go to the other place, Hell. Purgatory is a third, but not very satisfactory, possibility for the unsure. So the interest in looking at the likelihood of other lifetimes does not arise, except in special circumstances like a near death experience, deep meditation, the use of “illicit” drugs, or through therapeutic regression. Through an understanding of any “past life influences,” we can be drawn to recognize that certain people and situations repeat in our lives, while we play roles that give us the opportunity to transcend our thoughts and feelings of being “apart,” or “separate” from the reality that surrounds us, finding instead acceptance of our true nature: Godliness.

It may serve to remember that no one is born inherently “good” or “bad,” “righteous” or “evil,” but that everyone can unwittingly become a product of their environment if they are not aware. Wise people learn to recognize their circumstances in terms of who influences them, and unwise people take in everyone’s conditioning and become “victims” of circumstances, rather than masters or mistresses of their own destiny. In this life, we are now called upon to be one thing, and that is to be ourself, regardless of what we might think or feel we are “supposed” to be. It is the only authentic possibility, and yet throughout our journey in life we become pressured to be anything other than true to our own nature.

What is the fascination with Baghdad, and who are these people involved in the high drama: Bush I, Bush II and their nemesis (and/or mirror) Saddam Hussein? There is a story to tell.

In this article we look at the Design of Saddam Hussein, ( or “Mabus” as a potential third antichrist according to interpreters of Nostradamus’ great works ). Can he be as “bad” as we have been told to think? Or is he, along with Bush I & II, actually giving us all the opportunity to awaken into a higher state of consciousness? We shall look at the Design of Bush II alongside and overlaid with that of Saddam Hussein and see something astounding.

The Incarnation and Design of Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein was born in Tikrit, Iraq on April 28th, 1937 to farming parents. He was born into the Incarnation of “Alignment,” which relates to a very particular form of caring. It brings an intense level of scrutiny and savvy to apportioning resources ( and thus, wielding power.) The Incarnation also brings a tendency to push limits imposed by outside influences beyond anything reasonable, even to the point of taking dramatic risks that can bring destruction, in an attempt to bring circumstances into what is personally perceived as alignment. It is also an Incarnation that makes it extremely unlikely that Saddam would have any long-lasting friends outside of family ties, and that he would be fortunate and/or very alert to survive past his 29th birthday. In the West we might say that his survival is due to a quality called “street smarts”; in the Middle East it could be appreciated differently.

In his chart, Saddam has a “split definition” between the Design of an Emotional Manifestor who catalyzes intense feelings, with an “abstract mind,” that constantly weighs up situations according to belief systems related to historical perspective; and a connection between Root and Spleen Centers indicating a devil-may-care degree of spontaneous and obdurate risk taking.

Emotional Manifestors trigger nearly everyone. It is almost impossible not to have one’s feelings stirred by an emotional manifestor. For all the world not acquainted with Middle Eastern ways, and people who have absolutely no concept of how Saddam exists in his world, naturally, there are intense undulations in emotional reaction “to” him. If we are honest with ourselves, we can realize that much of his karmic presence could be to give us all a good look at our own emotions. If we feel hatred because of something he represents to us, then we might realize that there is a part of our own emotional nature that has not been acknowledged and does not sit well within us, this is otherwise known as self-hatred. As Buddhists say: only when we are free from limiting emotions can we find our own clarity and truth.

Saddam’s stubbornness in the face of overwhelming world opposition is extraordinary. How could he have survived so long? With his defined Spleen Center, he can tell in an instant who represents a threat to him and who does not.

The undefined, “wise” or “conditioning” centers
Saddam has an undefined Sacral Center giving him a potential fascination for the movements of life and death. Any undefined center is the potential source of great wisdom and with the gates activated in Saddam’s sacral center, he can have an uncanny sense of other people’s timing, be logistically brilliant and recognize the weakness in any enemy and how to annihilate them.

He has an undefined Self Center, indicating an ability to play many roles, appearing as all things to all people, often appearing as quite the innocent. The undefined Self Center provides a mirror for others to see what they love or hate within themselves.

He has an open Ego Center, implying that he is a hard person to phase, impress, or please. He lacks a consistent sense of what he wants in life and sometimes will be wildly inaccurate in recognizing the monetary worth of things. Being competitive is not something that would entertain him for very long. With Saddam, it is all or nothing.

The Designs of GW Bush, and Saddam Hussein

The parallels between GW Bush’s Design chart and that of Saddam Hussein are startling... Both men are living in Incarnations that can assist others in their journeys through life, albeit in very different ways.
Both men are emotional manifestors, so no matter who you are in the world, or what you consider important in your life, GW Bush and Saddam Hussein are going to get your attention, and particularly set off your emotions. If you have emotional wounds on any level within you, George W or Saddam will catalyze them and cause those wounds to become apparent. Neither man has any awareness around their own emotional nature and it is unlikely that anyone would ever confront them on it because both men would feel perfectly justified in doing anything they felt they needed to do. Does this sound dangerous? Without awareness it is!


If you have developed a degree of clarity, acceptance and forgiveness within yourself, especially in relation to your emotional wounds, then you will be able to objectively watch an enormous drama being played out before you, as America/GW Bush, and Iraq /Saddam Hussein face off.

Both men have undefined or open Self Centers. They really have no clue who they are! They are blown where the wind carries them. They are all things to all people. Leader, champion, imbecile, monster, friend, enemy; it is, in a relative way, all the same thing! The fact that one has a grudge against the other is comical in the sense that they really have that grudge against themselves! They provide a most incredible opportunity, in this intense war drama, for the world consciousness to have a good look at itself! What does the world consciousness wish?

Are we going to war and the opening of a chapter of sorrow and misery that will be conveyed through our great-grandchildren’s time, or are we going to grow into peace through connection, conversation and a recognition that we are all one? The flyers of the Space Shuttle have given us photograhic proof! We are all living on one planet here! We are one!

The combined charts of GW Bush and Saddam Hussein
When the chart of GW Bush and Saddam Hussein are overlaid (GW Bush = Black, Saddam Hussein = Blue. Blue and Black stripes mark overlaps in the personal Designs), all 9 centers are defined in a “split definition.”

In his own Design chart, GW Bush has two defined channels. Saddam Hussein has those same two channels defined in his personal chart, as well as three other definitions. It could be said that Saddam Hussein intrinsically knows perfectly how GW Bush feels, because he can have the same feelings himself. Moreover, Saddam Hussein also has an unpredictable and individual flair that GW Bush has no idea about, that can circumvent rational and traditional “fair code” processes.

In terms of Ego and “manliness,” it could be said that Saddam Hussein knows how to push every one of GW Bush’s unsure-about-himself “buttons.” In terms of fear, Saddam Hussein activates all of GW Bush’s personal survival issues. In terms of innovation and giving each other a sense of purpose and direction, they give each other the possibility of opening doorways in consciousness for enormous personal and global healing.

The question for all of us is, can we convey enough love for ourselves as human beings, heal our emotional disparities and allow our love to expand to be felt in global consciousness, in GW Bush and Saddam Hussein, so that these two men and their followers can find a way for peaceful resolution?

Peace be with us.

Next month: The last in the series of Rich and Infamous. Dick Cheney, the man with the iron smile.

© 2002 Chetan Parkyn

© Chetan Parkyn, 2002