Here's a novel (to me) look at the swine flu scenario. I agree with the conclusion.
http://planetwaves.net/pagetwo/2009/04/25/astrology-swine-flu/The swine flu story emerged in the United States around the time of the Taurus New Moon, so that can serve as a working chart for the current event. This is an Aries Point chart, with Venus and Mars on the Aries point, square Pluto in early Capricorn.
The issue first was acknowledged March 18, with the Sun at the very end of Pisces — also qualifying as an Aries Point event. The Aries Point indicates precisely the kind of development that is public or widespread in nature but which comes with the feeling of having personal implications. But that does not make the story true, or suggest the actual extent of the impact. Many Aries Point stories manifest as big news events with little actual public impact.
Events currently (including news reports) are unfolding as Mercury moves into shadow phase (this began Thursday). Mercury is currently square Neptune. Both are red flags that we are in an environment susceptible to false information.
Notably, this is surfacing with Chiron conjunct Neptune in the background. This seems a perfect backdrop for this kind of issue. With Jupiter approaching, the story is likely to get bigger before it gets smaller. We are likely to have a dose of ‘what a strange world we live in where so much can go wrong’ kind of thinking. Chiron can be associated with both disease process and with healing process; Neptune is associated with things of an obscure origin, with misdiagnosis and with misunderstanding.
As we can see from the homeopathic literature, influenza is directly associated with anxiety and fear, and in particular, the last major pandemic was treated with a remedy linked to anticipation anxiety. At the moment we are living in a world of that kind of fear, particularly economic in nature. We’re constantly on the brink of ‘what’s gonna happen next?’
We need to watch this psychic theme more carefully than we need to be concerned about actual influenza.