Month: December 2017

Will Prince William and Harry put a spoke in their father’s hoped-for plans to make Camilla queen rather than consort when he takes over the throne?  Despite their warm support in 2005 when Charles remarried, relations appear to have cooled in recent times, more so when they stepped forward as custodians of their mother Diana’s memory last year. Both the princes have ambivalent feelings about Camilla – some friendly affection mixed with resentment. In both cases’ Camilla’s Saturn Pluto in Leo falls in their 8^th house, which does suggest that she or her situation makes them feel trapped.

Harry’s relationship chart with Camilla is possibly the more complicated and volatile, with a warm composite Sun Venus conjunction; but the composite Moon (representing mother) squares Mars and Uranus Pluto. All of that is under disappointing Neptunian transits from March next year onwards for several years.

William’s relationship with Camilla is also fraught with a composite Venus square Uranus Saturn Pluto; though in theory he should respond well to her Cancer Sun, Moon, Venus, being one himself. Their composite Uranus Saturn are being opposed by tr Neptune in 2017/early 2018, before moving on to square the composite Venus in 2019/2020 – so no improvement there either. If anything worsening. Not argumentative, just eroding good feelings. 2021 looks jolted and edgy between them.

Charles is notoriously defensive about his position, disliking being outshone, so his relationship with his successor William has always been on an uneasy see-saw. That chart has a composite needs-space Sun Uranus; a chained-together by duty Saturn Pluto; and a composite Mars Neptune, making the success of one feel like a failure for the other. Again there’s been a Neptunian dissolution ongoing between them with increasing disappointment going ahead.

Charles’ relationship with Harry is complicated and aggravated in a different way with an affectionate Sun Venus; a chilly Venus Saturn; and a frustrating, enraging composite Mars square Uranus Pluto, which must explode every so often. This Christmas will see an enthusiasm-denting tr Saturn conjunct the composite Jupiter, moving on to square Mercury Saturn through 2018; and then square Venus Sun in 2019; with a weakening of the-ties-that-bind in 2019/2020 with tr Neptune square the composite Mars.

Camilla clearly never wanted to be in the spotlight and won’t be pushing to be queen but her life’s work has been to support Charles. She looks panicked and undermined at the moment till January 2018 with tr Neptune square her Mars. It’s 2019 and on when she’s under most pressure with tr Saturn opposing her Cancer Moon, Venus, Mercury, Sun in 2019; tr Pluto starting to oppose her Sun in 2019/2020. And by 2020 tr Uranus is squaring her Saturn, before moving on to square her Pluto for a dramatic upheaval. In 2020/21 her Solar Arc Midheaven will conjunct her Uranus (depending on her birth time being accurate) which would point to that period being the one of radical and unsettling changes in her life.  Even her relationship with Charles looks to be moving through swampy times from mid 2018 to late 2019.

Damian Green, the UK Cabinet minister and stalwart inside supporter of Theresa May, is embroiled in a complicated wrangle over allegations of inappropriate behaviour and having porn on his office computer (not illegal) – all of which he strenuously denies. His allies claim he’s being stitched up because of an old feud with the police; and his best buddy David Davis is threatening to resign if Green is forced out (now there’s a prospect.) If he does go it leaves May even more isolated than ever.

Green born 17 January 1956 in Barry, Wales does have quite a strange chart focussed onto Neptune and a Mars Saturn conjunction. His Capricorn Sun opposes Uranus squaring onto Neptune, which can be fanatical or not always open to rational argument. A confident Jupiter Pluto opposes Venus in Aquarius squaring onto Mars Saturn in Sagittarius; and his Sun Uranus opposition is in a wedge, sextile/trine Mars Saturn. Quite an oddball mix of practical, executive abilities, determined, disciplined – and head-in-the-clouds and prone to mishaps from Mars Saturn which latter being in Mutable signs can also be a malcontent.

His relationship chart with Theresa May is business-like and pretty locked together with a composite Sun Saturn opposition Venus square Pluto so it would take considerable pressure to separate them. The composite Sun Mercury square Jupiter brings good feelings and perhaps a tendency to overlook flaws. Though there is also a composite Mars square Neptune which suggests their personal ambitions don’t always coalesce.

He looks rattled at the moment having just moved through tr Uranus square his Sun, returning in spring 2018, before moving on to oppose his Neptune and square his Uranus – so one way or another his life will be unsettled in a major way for another 18 months at least. He looks seriously aggravated this month, perhaps from the 13^th for a few days (depending on his birth time). If an early morning birth could be exactly now.

There’s nothing much on his relationship chart with Theresa May (without birth times) to suggest much movement before the spring. Though their chemistry will sour badly in 2019/2020 no matter what the outcome of this typhoon of bad press coverage.

Julia Roberts’ latest pic Wonder about a disfigured boy who has to face the world has received generally favourable reviews. Variety said it has a “disarmingly level-headed empathy that glides along with wit, assurance, and grace, and has something touching and resonant to say about the current climate of American bullying.” The Guardian on the other hand saw it as a “ manipulative feel good drama, with a hefty dollop of treacle, with all the depth of a fridge magnet.” Rotten Tomatoes gave it an audience score of 91% and the box office so far indicates it’ll make a healthy profit.

Julia Roberts born 28 October 1967 12.15am Atlanta, Georgia, is still looking good at fifty, with three children in their early teens. She’s got a fairly tough chart with her Sun and two other planets in Scorpio in the 4^th; a challenging Yod of Jupiter sextile Sun inconjunct Saturn in forced-to-be-self-reliant Aries; and her Saturn in a disciplined, edgy square to a hard-working 6^th house Mars. Her Jupiter is well aspected being conjunct her Leo Moon trine Mars and sextile her Sun so she’d have enough optimism and luck to offset the setbacks in her chart.

She’s had an award-strewn career and now produces as well as acts and has hefty beauty sponsorship deals. She looks slightly deflated at the moment despite the film’s success, perhaps family and relationship concerns with her Solar Arc Mars opposition her Moon now and tr Saturn squaring her Sun/Moon midpoint before the year end. 2018/19 look a tough slog with tr Pluto conjunct her Sun/Saturn midpoint. But she’ll bounce up later in 2018 with Jupiter moving into her 5^th house of entertainment and fun.

Sexual harasser Matt Lauer’s exposure – now fired as Today show host and in full PR apology mode – seems to have been more of an upset than some. Though his secret-button locked door mechanism which trapped unwary female visitors in his office is enough of a shock to persuade even the most sceptical.

Born 30 December 1957 in New York, he’s a Sun Capricorn trine Pluto, sextile Neptune Jupiter with his Pluto square Mars. No shortage of controlling, power-hungry elements in that. His singleton Moon in Aries would suit him for a public career, and is either trine Saturn or trine Pluto – in either case not a woman-friendly Moon. It is probably being assaulted by tr Uranus at the moment as his star plunged to the ground. His Venus is in Aquarius – dislikes intimacy but feels free to experiment.

Geraldo Rivera, another talk show host, quintuple married, spoke up in support of Matt Lauer and was then outed by Bette Midler on #metoo. The Daily Beast skimmed through his 1991 Memoir describing it as a “Horndog’s Bible of Workplace Harassment.” Born 4 July 1943 12 am New York, he’s a Sun Cancer, though more pointedly has an attention-demanding 5^th house Pluto conjunct Jupiter and late Cancer Moon – so again Pluto’s need to dominate figuring strongly. With his Moon in an angry square to Mars in Aries, with Mars trine Venus in Leo – not exactly sensitive especially to the fairer sex.