Month: September 2016

(Photo: ITV)

Poldark and Tom Hiddleston have slumped in the twitter lust polls since ITV’s Victoria launched Rufus Sewell back into the spotlight as the tragic but charming Lord Melbourne, who mentors the young queen before her marriage.

His best work has been done on stage and in BBC costume dramas – Middlemarch and Charles 11: The Power and the Glory and now he’s back with another winner.

Born 29 October 1967 he has five planets spread out through Virgo – Jupiter, Moon, Venus conjunct Pluto conjunct Uranus – so very earthy, rebellious, slightly chaotic. His Sun and Mercury are in intense Scorpio sextile Mars in Capricorn, which in turn squares Saturn in self-reliant Aries. Plus a wide-ish Yod of Jupiter sextile Sun inconjunct Saturn which is difficult to handle well. He’ll always have felt like an outsider.

He’s quite a mix of seductive, restless and adaptable, tough, used to hard conditions. He said once: “My favourite things are just wandering from place to place, going to cafés, taking photographs. My favourite day is a happy accident.”  Both of his marriages were very brief.

He looks in good spirits this month with tr Pluto trine his Jupiter/Uranus as good crits roll in. With more good news through Dec/Jan with tr Uranus opposition his Solar Arc Jupiter.

Both presidential candidates are in their late 60s/70, so their physical stamina will be a genuine concern. Health isn’t easy even with an accurate birth time which gives house positions. Assuming Hillary’s 8.01am birth time is accurate: it did seem to work for her concussion and blood clot in December 2012, which produced tr Uranus square Mars/Node which fits with an accident; and her Solar Return had Neptune in the 6^th trine Sun Saturn which is fragile health for the months ahead.

In her Oct 2015’s Solar Return she did have Saturn in the 6^th which can also mean exceptionally hard work, which it certainly will have been, or it can be health issues. There’s nothing in the Solar Return for the year from October 2016 in the 6th house, though some of her Neptune midpoints and her Mars/Pluto are stressed from Nov into 2017 and beyond. But that could mean the pressure of the rolling crises which the presidency always brings. What I might worry about is tr Pluto trine her Saturn/Neptune this December and again through 2017 which can coincide with illness. Plus tr Uranus moving into her 6^th house of health (very birth time dependent) from May 2017 onwards till mid 2018. In a younger person that wouldn’t be a worry, since it’s more likely to be job-related.

Plus if her birth time is accurate then tr Saturn is moving midway through her 1^st quadrant so ambitious projects will drag more on her energy. She’s really pushing against the grain of what her psyche wants. And again sometimes the psyche just says enough. You won’t listen, then I’ll make you slow down.

Looking at the Huma Abedin email in which she talked about confusion, I’m not sure without other details I’d read too much into that. She was travelling absolutely non-stop and meeting a bewildering number of people, when jet-lagged half the time.

Donald Trump, again age-related has several sticky influences that will bring high-tension this month and next, and can therefore can be a heart indicator. His Solar Return from June 2016 for a year has Pluto in the 6^th square Neptune opposition Jupiter – which does suggest at least challenging pressures on his energy.

Mind you Obama had the same afflicted Pluto in his 6^th on his natal Solar Return from August 2008 over his first win, but he was younger and less likely to keel over from the unrelenting pressure.

Solar Returns aren’t always that great a guide, since they can be very so-so in the information they provide. You’d have been hard pushed to predict Obama’s first win either of his natal or Washington, DC Solar Returns. His 2^nd win was certainly more obvious with Jupiter conjunct the MC located to DC.

Donald Trump does look remarkably chirpy from late Nov right through till late January with tr Uranus trine his Sun/Jupiter which is sudden success and good fortune. Though equally he has his Progressed Moon conjunct his Saturn through the second half of November which looks downbeat.

Urgh, I just want it over.