Month: May 2023

The Brexit bonfire of EU laws has been drastically scaled back to the fury of the fervent Euro-hating lobby. Only 550 laws will be sent into the sunset by December, allowing about 3,000 to remain indefinitely. The Whitehall civil service ‘blob’ has been blamed for their inertia. The British Chambers of Commerce, the business lobby group, welcomed the decision which it said had carried the “real risk of unintended but negative consequences”. The legislation has been heavily criticised by conservation groups, who warned that it handed ministers extensive powers to erode environmental protections, many of which are based on EU-era regulations.

  And this week the EU capitals have signalled their desire to reset relations with the UK, with representatives from all 27 member states saying they wanted to “develop further ties between the EU and the UK” after the Windsor framework deal settled Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland.

  Looking at the Brexit chart seven years on, 24 June 2016, it is clear there are tectonic shifts ongoing. The disruptive Uranus square Pluto has tr Pluto square the Solar Arc Uranus exactly now and the Solar Arc Pluto will close to the square to Uranus by next spring. Both of which would suggest either a reversal or the decision being tossed up into the air. Not that anyone is suggesting re-joining – but a less aggravated relationship would lessen damaging effects.

  There will be continuing pressure on the Brexit chart – with angry eruptions from this August, on and off into early 2024, no doubt as Rees Mogg/Farage and friends complain of treachery. 2024 will dampen enthusiasm for Brexit as tr Saturn hits the unrealistic Neptune opposition Jupiter; and there will be further Brexit disappointment in 2025/6 with tr Saturn Neptune square the Sun Venus.

   The astrological markers for Brexit were a convergence of three influences. One the revolutionary, status-quo upsetting Uranus square Pluto was in place. More significantly in the run up tr Pluto has been squaring the  UK go-it-alone Aries North Node in the 7^th house of relationships with tr Uranus square – and both impacting on the 10^th house (= ruling classes) Cancer Moon.

  The Solar Arc Sun was squaring the 8^th house Mars, stirring a deep-rooted anger and resentment at not being a free agent financially and in other ways.  Plus an overly-confident Solar Arc Jupiter conjunct the UK Pluto.

  Of the three, the tr Uranus square tr Pluto triggering the  UK Aries North Node was probably the key.

  What has helped with a softening of relations recently has been Ukraine, as well as the Northern Ireland deal.

  Although some financial indicators look better now for the UK there’s a fair few hitches and glitches ahead. There is a stuck Solar Arc Pluto square Sun exactly now. And two ratchety, economically-challenging Uranus Saturn aspects later this year. Tr Uranus square the UK Saturn from August onwards and a Solar Arc Saturn opposition Uranus exact late 2023 alongside an undermining Solar Arc Sun square the 2^nd house Neptune. The Saturn Uranus hard aspects also point to a tug of war between the old guard and the progressives.

  2024/25 could see a revival of confidence with tr Pluto opposition the UK Jupiter but there will be jolts and jangles of considerable magnitude when the Solar Arc Uranus is conjunct the UK financial Mars in 2025.

  The Bank of England also looks frustrated this year and next with an additionally troubled 2024 with tr Neptune in an uncertain square to the Saturn; and a road-blocked 2026.    Once tr Uranus clears the UK 8^th house in 2027 life should calm down marginally.

  The UK/EU relationship chart showed an uptick in warmth and cooperation as Boris exited and Rishi Sunak arrived with tr Jupiter moving into the 7^th.  It’ll bump and grind a touch over the next two years but will be into calmer waters also from 2027 onwards.

The astrology hit the nail on the head with Trump’s humiliation in the E Jean Carroll’ sexual assault civil trial. The jury found that he did subject her to sexual contact without consent by use of force, and that it was for the purpose of sexual gratification. He was also fined for defaming her, calling her a liar. A $5 million indictment has left him squalling.

 From March 31 post below: “What is worth watching however is that late April/early May patch when Trump has tr Uranus square his Mars/Pluto midpoint which Ebertin describes as ‘calamities of great consequence’.

   The verdict, reached after only three hours deliberation, for the first time legally brands a former US president as a sexual predator. But as a civil not criminal case, the only legal sanction he will face is financial.

  His fan base concur with him in seeing it as a political witchhunt but it will damage his chances with floating voters. And his legal woes don’t end here – last month, he pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal charges of falsifying business records over a hush-money payment to the porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election. He’s also likely to face criminal charges over attempts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia; and is also the target of a federal investigation into his actions around the election, including his incitement of the US Capitol attack. And a federal special counsel is also investigating the stashing of secret documents at his Florida estate. In New York, he faces another civil suit over his business and tax affairs.

  In addition to tr Uranus square his Mars/Pluto midpoint exactly now, he has his Solar Arc Pluto square his Saturn, exact in two months but covering several months before and after in effect – which will be discouraging, stuck, can be self-destructive. He will have  a lucky break for a few days from the end of this week – but that could be him persuading himself all is well, as is his wont.

 E Jean Carroll, 12 December 1943, is a Sun Sagittarius opposition Saturn in Gemini which sits on top of Trump’s Gemini Sun and North Node and opposition his Sagittarius Moon. A Saturnine lesson and reality check. Her influential Pluto conjunct her North Node is the focal point of a mini-Grand Trine,  boosted on one side in sextile to an uncompromising Mars Uranus and on the other sextile Neptune. It falls in Trump’s 12^th conjunct his Pluto dragging his unsavoury secrets out into the open. Aided and abetted by her Jupiter in Leo conjunct his Mars Ascendant – her Jupiter could have the effect of helping him see the benefit of avoiding impulsive acts and show him how to channel his energy in more constructive directions. As if!!

   Brave lady. Car-crash of a trial from his lawyer’s viewpoint.

  The GOP are keeping their heads down but at some point even they will realize that Trump cannot win on the support of his base alone.

 The Republican Convention when nominations are settled is July 15 2024 – at that point he has tr Uranus square his bombastic and attention-demanding Mars in Leo – that often coincides with a considerable dent to self-esteem leading to unwise macho posturing in retaliation. Tr Pluto is back on the dreary-slog opposition to his Saturn/Pluto midpoint and tr Neptune is undermining one of his Mercury midpoints for brain mush and confusion.

  One travels hopefully.

That Algol, the destructive Fixed star, looms large in the foundation chart of Dignitas, the Swiss assisted suicide centre and its founder is hardly a surprise. But it is eerily accurate all the same.

 Dignitas opened 25 years ago on 17 May 1998 when there was a Sun Mars conjunction in late Taurus conjunct Algol.

  The driving force behind it, former journalist turned human rights lawyer Ludwig Minelli, 5 December 1932, has his healing planet Chiron conjunct the Dignitas Mars Sun in Taurus and Algol. All too apt.

  Despite Algol’s malevolent reputation for nihilistic destruction it has another purpose which is to force us to face suffering and horror and not brush it aside. Death is the ultimate fear, which Dignitas tackles head on.

  In the mythological backdrop of Algol’s story – it is represented by the snake-entwined head of Medusa, a sight so ugly that it turns onlookers to stone. The hero Perseus finds a strategy to allow the ugliness/horror to be faced without being destroyed by it and releases the creative power of Pegasus, the flying horse. He uses a mirrored shield to show him the reflection of the demon head rather than the actuality.

  Although Algol is inevitably associated with earthy Taurus there is a curiously dual, pairing-of-opposites feel to the legend. The starting point is the battle between Neptune and Athena, which is what turned Medusa ugly initially –  the god of the oceans and the watery unconscious  battling it out with the goddess of the conscious mind, the bringer of laws and social order – Water versus Air. The mirror reflection is an image, ruled by Neptune, but also with the quality of Air, used to divert the repulsive physicality of Medusa – Neptune/Air versus Earth in its grossest form.  The outcome of the successful battle over the ultimate dread is a flying horse – Air and Earth. With the image of Medusa now adorning Athena’s shield, acting as a protector.

  Stretching a point – maybe death is when the elements come together with the exception of Fire which thinks its rightful place is on Olympus, the mount of immortality.

 Ludwig Minelli has a crusading Sun Sagittarius on the focal point of a T Square to a Pisces North Node opposition Mars, Neptune South Node (Jupiter) in Virgo with a status-quo upsetting and reforming Uranus square Pluto. Ego-centric, scattergun in his approach.

  He has spread his belief in the goodness of assisted dying, with 10 countries now deeming it legal and France about to catch up. Scotland and Jersey have pledged change. Switzerland is the only country in the world that allows non-residents to seek help with suicide and Dignitas has facilitated the death of more than 3,700 people. On average, one Briton makes their final journey there every fortnight. In the Netherlands, which has liberal laws, assisted dying runs at about 4 per cent; and in a recent Swiss vote there was support for the notion of assisted suicide in hospitals and care homes. 

   But Minelli is controversial in pushing further than most would find acceptable supporting euthanasia, where a doctor administers the poison; and for the very young.

Algol – an energy to be handled with caution.

A life of restless wandering was the punishment handed down to Cain for killing his brother Abel. Prince Harry in a minor parallel has sent himself into exile as his uncontainable envy of brother William erupted in a scenario worthy of an ancient tragedy. In the final act of Greek plays there is usually a dirge or a lament but it is difficult to believe there will not be a truce at some point in years to come as Harry’s compulsion to act-out winds down.

  Harry’s 17^th harmonic chart is his strongest, suggesting he will leave behind a contribution of value – a legacy for history – which won’t just be a salutary tale of wrecking his own life in an attempt to damage his family.  In numerology 17 is linked to hope and faith. It promises victory, inner enlightenment and “immortality” in the sense of creating a special mark on history.

   He’s at a low ebb in his life at the moment with tr Saturn moving through his low profile First Quadrant since 2019 which is a time when unresolved psychological and emotional issues tend to emerge. He’ll be through the most gruelling part of that by 2025 but it will be 2029 before he steps out to start the upward trek to make his mark for the following two decades – in his mid forties onwards.

  For an individual with a 4^th house Taurus Moon uprooting from home territory must have come hard. Tr Uranus is moving into his 4^th house exactly now to stay for the following five years which will be domestically restless; with sudden, disruptive changes as tr Uranus is conjunct his Moon from mid this June on and off into early 2024. That will affect his relationship with his childhood family as well as adult one. Uranus can bring insight as well as upheavals and can free the individual up from old negative emotional patterns.

  California may be healing for him but it is not a location where he will live out his potential since it puts his Sun in the hidden 12^th house Sun and his Moon in the even more hidden 8^th house. Africa is where he will probably have the greatest effect with his ambitious, successful and reforming lines through the eastern half.

  Puzzling over why this epic family black comedy came about – the tangle between Harry’s 9^th house Pluto and Will’s Jupiter Midheaven explain a good deal of it. Will’s elevated status and maybe older brother superiority (Jupiter on his Midheaven) ground deep on Harry’s obsessive 9^th house Pluto and in return gave him a compulsion to control or bring down his brother.

  Diana to some extent held the brotherly tensions under control. When she died the transiting Virgo North Node was conjunct Harry’s 8^th house Virgo Sun with his Solar Arc Uranus in square. The Solar Eclipse two days later was square his Uranus, his Solar Arc Venus was conjunct his Pluto and his Solar Arc Midheaven was exactly conjunct his Scorpio South Node – a monumental shock to his system with a life-changing crisis.

  What is Astro-intriguing is the prominence of his Capricorn Ascendant in the staging posts that followed. When Diana died in 1997 his Solar Arc Neptune was conjunct his Ascendant for much confusion.  When he met Meghan in 2016 his Solar Arc Uranus, yearning for freedom, was conjunct his Ascendant.

  Over his wedding two years later tr Saturn was criss crossing his Ascendant, starting his pull away from an old cycle into an introspective phase with focus on his personal life. His Progressed Venus was conjunct his South Node. There was also rising anger and irritation with tr Saturn conjunct his Progressed Mars as well, with tr Pluto conjunct his Solar Arc Mars. His wedding also occurred with tr Uranus on zero Taurus opposing his Pluto hinting at the disruption to follow with his Solar Arc Saturn heading to conjunct his Mars for another bout of aggravation.

  Intriguingly William’s Nodal axis of Cancer/Capricorn falls across Harry’s Ascendant so for both, finding a way of resolving the conflict will benefit both.

 Harry’s Nodal axis is another key since it falls in Taurus in his 4^th which is suspicious and distrustful of others’ motives, had a tendency to lash out at the slightest threat. Martin Schulman remarks: ‘He will make much growth when he is able to see the actions of others as reflections of his own subconscious.’ A Taurus NN is a plotter and planner while smiling sweetly all the while; and brings an intensity and often bitterness from the Scorpio South Node into family relationships and money matters. Contentment can come ultimately once he calms the demon want-want-want and realises he has all he needs. A dedication to nurturing the earth and nature can be one route to eventual fulfilment.  The 4^th house placing suggests adopting new emotional attitudes is key and that requires foregoing a former desire to be top dog or put on a show.

  Diana’s death dragged him into his South Node and his marriage to Meghan likewise pulled him back into his less evolved self.  Which maybe had to happen to clear out the volcano of red hot lava simmering below his cheeky chappy persona.  

   His mid-life crisis – 38 to 42 years – will be crucial. Carl Jung believed that negotiating this phase of life frees up and revitalises the second half of life. If not handled with insight then life goes into stagnation. It starts with the tr Pluto square Pluto which for him is exactly now – then tr Neptune square Neptune and finally his tr Uranus opposition Uranus in 2027/28. That is the point if his marriage is going to split it will happen/have happened. If he gets through the obstacle course with growing awareness then everything moves into better times from 2029 onwards.

 So there is hope ahead. Though relations with the Royals may worsen in the short term – perhaps because of his relentless battle with Murdoch media which could end up in court in 2024 – his relationship charts all round with Murdoch senior,  King Charles, Camilla, Princess Anne and Prince William looks discouraging and separating for a year or two or even several in the case of William.

  But I am more hopeful – having taken the longer view – that what seems like a self-destructive dead end at the moment has the possibility of evolving into a fulfilled life.

The Royal children were out on parade with the younger Wales catching the headlines. Prince George – a composed page. Princess Charlotte – a charmingly outfitted mini-mom, with a firm grip at times on the hand of the unrestrained, mischief-maker Prince Louis.

  Louis, 23 April 2018 11.1 am London, has made his mark early and will become a mover and shaker in his adult life though will be difficult to control. His 10^th house Taurus Sun designs him for a public career and it squares a 1st house showy Leo Moon  conjunct a ‘leadership’ Leo North Node. His 10^th house Uranus hints at an unconventional path in life and a rebellious temperament especially since it squares a do-or-die-determined Mars Pluto in Capricorn in his 6^th house. When he makes up his mind nothing will stop him. Though he’ll get away with a great deal of misbehavior because of a charming (and indulgent) Venus in Taurus opposition a happy-childhood Jupiter in Scorpio in his 4th.

I’d worry marginally about his health with Mars Pluto and Saturn in his 6^th. His Moon is not well integrated in his chart being only square the Sun and inconjunct Saturn – on the focal point of a Yod as well widely inconjunct Neptune. His emotional liveliness could be disorganization and he’ll be more fragile underneath all those antics than he appears.

Princess Charlotte, 2 May 2015 8.34am London, is another Sun Taurus but is cut from a different cloth. Her friendly 11^th house Sun is in an easy-going square to Jupiter in Leo in her 3^rd house of siblings.  She has a sympathetic Neptune in her 10^th conjunct her Midheaven with her Neptune square Saturn – so she will be keen to work for a fairer society.

  She does have an intense 7^th house Pluto so will come across as strong-minded in relationships as well as socially. Her 4^th house Libra Moon ties her into her childhood family and squaring Pluto makes for a close relationship with her mother. Like Louis she will be ultra-determined having her Pluto trine an 11^th house Mars as well as her Sun and also has Uranus in her career 10th square Pluto – she could be quite a reformer. Her Jupiter is on the focal point of a Yod inconjunct Pluto sextile Neptune – if she can keep her confidence under control (i.e. not get too uppity) then she will make a considerable difference.

  Prince George, 22 July 2013 4.24pm London, is the one on whom the ancestral legacy hangs the heaviest. He has a 9^th house Cancer Sun opposition a Capricorn Moon so will constantly be pulled between his heart and his head. More significantly even than that he has an 8^th house Mars, Jupiter, Mercury opposition Pluto square Uranus in his 5^th house, which is quite a mix of deeply secretive, driven by forces he doesn’t understand and can’t control – and rebellious with it. He’ll also be a reformer and trailblazer with such a focal point Uranus and will go his own way on the romantic scene. His Jupiter Mars in Cancer are in a healing though not always realistic Water Grand Trine to a 12^th house Saturn in Scorpio and Neptune in the 3^rd – formed into two Kites with a 2nd house financial Pluto as one driving planet and Venus in Virgo in his 9^th as the other. Like Harry he’ll marry a partner from abroad – and travel will be what really excites him.

  A childhood in the goldfish bowl is hardly ideal and given the Sussex exit, their parents will be landed with a considerable weight of public duties that could have been shared.   

Taylor Swift’s frenzied fanbase are all of a tizz as she splits from Joe Alwyn and appears to have turned her gaze on Matt Healy, a former heroin addict, rock singer/guitarist with a reputation for erratic social media activity.

  She was born 13 December 1989 5.17am Reading, PA, USA and has become  one of the best-selling musicians in history, is the most streamed woman on Spotify and and laden with awards.

She is a Sun Sagittarius with the complicated and can-be-chaotic triple conjunction of Uranus, Neptune, Saturn in Capricorn with Mercury in the middle. Plus an ultra-do-or-die determined Mars in Scorpio on her Ascendant widely conjunct Pluto in her 12^th.

  Joe Alwyn, a UK actor, lasted longer than her usual beaus sticking it out for five years but now appears to be ‘unfollowed’.  Born 21 February 1991 in London, his Pisces Sun was a good fit with her 8^th house Moon Jupiter in Cancer, but it was a scratchy chemistry prone to argument at times. His Saturn conjunct her Venus would not help.  Their composite Sun at 26 Capricorn has been under huge pressure through 2021/22 which would put the tin lid on it.

 Matt Healy, 8 April 1989, is a Sun Venus, Mercury in Aries which falls in her playful, sociable 5^th house and trines her Sun. He is another triple conjunction-er so they will understand each other well enough though both will be easily distracted. His Jupiter falls in her 7^th for mutual support.

  Their relationship chart has a fair amount going for it – with a possessive composite Sun square Pluto and a passionate Pluto trine Venus. With an enthusiastic Sun trine Jupiter.

  It sounds an unlikely match but it might amble along for a while.  Though with tr Neptune opposition her Sun/Moon midpoint this year and tr Saturn opposition it in 2025 and tr Uranus aiming for her 7^th, it’s doubtful if it will last.  

Pic: Cosmopolitan

Accession or Coronation chart? Which is the key marker? Birth versus baptism might be a reasonable analogy and looking back to previous monarchs it does seem the Accession chart, or more significantly the Proclamation chart which falls within a day usually after the death of the previous monarch, is the relevant one.

Charles was proclaimed King at 10.04am on 10^th September 2022, two days after his mother died. This gives a Mutable and Neptunian feel with a Pisces Moon Neptune in the 5^th opposition Sun – which fits with Charles’ tree-hugging, more open-hearted if not always realistic approach. Plus an erratic, can-be-autocratic Saturn square Uranus with a reforming Uranus trine Pluto. It looks scattered, with a tendency to be blown around by events.  Money may be a simmering resentment with a focal point Mars in the 8^th.

  His mother’s proclamation chart, 5 February 1952 5pm London was a more steadfast, controlling affair with an Aquarius Sun opposition Pluto. Her Coronation had a successful Jupiter Sun Mars Mercury in the 10^th.

  Charles, assuming the anointing takes place at mid day does have Jupiter conjunct the Midheaven from the 9^th – and a change of direction Uranus in the 10^th. A Water Grand Trine in the hidden, emotional houses – Neptune in the financial 8^th trine a muted Mars in the 12^th trine an intense Scorpio Moon in the 4^th – maybe healing, but also lost in its own little bubble of reality.

Previous post from September 11 2022 with details:

Queen Elizabeth 1 was handed the Royal baton when her half-sister Mary died on 17 November 1558 JC and her Coronation came on 15 January 1559 JC circa 7.30am.

  Her death on 24 March 1603 at 2.30am most clearly affected the Accession chart with the tr Neptune in Virgo opposition Venus square Saturn in Sagittarius in hard aspect to the Sun square Pluto opposition Midheaven. On the Coronation chart there is not much showing at that point.

  Queen Victoria acceded on the death of William IV in the early hours of 20 June 1837 with a Coronation on 28 June 1938 around 12noon. When she died on 22 January 1901 at 6.30pm in Ryde, England, on the Accession chart tr Neptune was approaching a conjunction to the Sun and tr Saturn (Venus )in Capricorn were trine the Mars and sextile the Uranus with again less showing on the Coronation chart.

 In Elizabeth 11’s case she acceded sometime overnight into the 6 February 1952 and was proclaimed Queen at 5 pm that day. Her Coronation was on 2 June 1953 at circa 11.20 am.

  When she died the transits to the Accession/Proclamation chart were starkly obvious with the rock-solid Aquarius Sun opposition Pluto being hard-aspected by tr Saturn (Moon) square Uranus North Node causing a massive upheaval and a dead-halt.  The Coronation chart had some hints but was nothing like as clear.

  The time of the Queen’s death is recorded as 3.10pm  which will be the chart of Charles 111’s Accession. Could be divisive/argumentative with Mars close to the Descendant and preachy with such a strong and opinionated 9th house and Pluto plus and plus Saturn in Aquarius in the 3rd along with a muddled Neptune –  will make for stubborn insistence on beliefs. Plus the marginally autocratic Saturn square Uranus – it could be high-handed. A much-travelled Sun Venus in the 9th and along with Mercury suggest a good deal of foreign travel. .

It is less problematic than the Proclamation chart – having a sombre though sensible Moon Saturn in Aquarius in the 3^rd in an admittedly high-tension square to Uranus in the 6^th; with an argumentative Mars in the 7^th and a much-travelled Sun Venus in the 9^th and a communicative Mercury in the 10^th.

  What is noteworthy is that the Fixed Moon Saturn square Uranus will be upended by tr Pluto in Aquarius across the mid 2030s  which is the point at which Princes William will be at a crossroads. The Eclipse Saros cycle on the day he was born ends in 2036, leading some astrologers to suggest he could be the last monarch.  Charles will be 88 then and labouring under tr Pluto square his Scorpio Sun.

Add On: The present Royals are part of the Hanoverian Monarchy which moved onto the throne on 1 August 1714 with the coronation of King George 1. That chart s equally coming t a grinding halt in the mid 2030s with the Solar Arc Pluto conjunct the Mars for the first time  and tr Pluto opposing the Leo Sun. Even before then the late 2020s sees the Solar Arc Saturn conjunct the Pluto which will put up warning flags.

The Proud Boys follow the Oath Keepers – both USA far-right, anti-government, militia groups – in paying the price for their hell-raising attack on the Capitol on January 6^th 2021 with the aim of preventing Biden from taking office. Hundreds of other rioters have already been jailed for their roles in the armed siege, during which one protester was shot dead and hundreds were injured, including more than 150 police officers. One officer who was beaten by Trump supporters died the next day. Four more took their own lives in the weeks that followed.

 Several members of the Oath Keepers, have already been convicted of seditious conspiracy and now four Proud Boys’ leaders have been convicted in what has become the biggest DoJ investigation ever. The leader Enrique Tarrio was not in Washington on the day of the riot, but prosecutors said he had planned and directed the attack on the Capitol. The jury were told the Proud Boys saw themselves as “Trump’s army”. Tarrio’s defence team tried to put the blame on Trump, claiming the group was incited by the president during his address outside the White House before the riot, when he urged his supporters to “fight like hell”. Trump himself faces a criminal investigation into his role in the attack.

  The Proud Boys, an exclusively male North American far-right neo-fascist organization was set up on 5 September 2016, which gives a Virgo Sun North Node trine Pluto and opposition Neptune square Saturn Mars in Sagittarius. Mars Saturn has military overtones. A focal point Mutable Saturn is a malcontent and self-righteous; and a focal point Mutable Mars is impatient, inclined to scattergun anger. There is also a revolutionary Uranus in Aries square Pluto.

  This conviction occurs as the Saturn has moved by Solar Arc to exactly conjunct the Proud Boys Mars – which is a classic collision-setback influence. Their foundation chart would certainly fit with the Sibly USA Sag rising chart.

  The Oath Keepers, 22 October 2009, is tied into the USA chart through its Capricorn North Node hooking into the USA Mercury opposition Pluto in Capricorn. Its under extreme pressure this year with undermining circumstances continuing into 2024 – with tr Pluto square the Sun for a wipe-out transformation and tr Neptune moving to oppose the Saturn also in 2024.

   The January 6^th attack happened when tr Pluto Mercury in Capricorn on the Midheaven were triggering the fanatical/rabble-rousing USA Mercury in Cancer opposition Pluto. Worse the transiting Pluto Mercury were square Mars which is ruthless and brutal – and also tied into Saturn in Aquarius conjunct Jupiter which squares Mars Uranus in Taurus. An incendiary moment which lit up the USA chart in quite the wrong way.

  The rhetoric is not quite as raucous as it was but Pluto won’t clear its transit to the USA Pluto (and Mercury) till the end of this October and being Pluto will take time to wind down. Once the Pluto Return is over and done with, perhaps along with mopping up lose ends from January 6^th it may be time to wipe the slate clean and see where a rebuild for a new phase can begin.

Pic: Tyler Merbler

Hollywood woes have descended on Kevin Costner with rumoured tensions with the Yellowstone showrunner sending him out of the door before the end of Season Five and now his wife of 18 years, fashion designer, Christine Baumgartner has blind sided him with a divorce petition. He isn’t short of success, money or work as he is currently directing and starring in a different western film series, of four separate three hour movies, which after release will be broken into a TV series. His heavy working schedule appears to be one reason for the wife’s angst.

   He was born 18 January 1955 9.40pm Lynwood, California and is labouring mightily at the moment with tr Pluto just into his performing 5^th house conjunct his Capricorn Sun and square his Neptune – that will have made 2022 and all of this year heavy going and confusing. He also has tr Neptune exactly on his Descendant heading into his 7^th house of close relationships. Plus tr Saturn square his Sagittarius Moon now – all of which point to relationship glitches. His Sun/Moon midpoint at 1 degree Capricorn will not feel the full effects of the marital split until 2025 when tr Saturn Neptune are square.

  She evidently is not claiming spousal support but there is a pre-nup in place which will take its place.

  She was born 4 May 1974 and has a Sun Mercury in Taurus which falls in his 8^th house for a deep connection though they also oppose his overly conscientious/obsessive Saturn in Scorpio. Her Uranus squares his Sun so they would operate on different agendas. Her hard-edged Mars Saturn in Cancer falls in his 10^th house so she would at one point have been keen to see his ambitions succeed. But her Mars Saturn square Pluto, which suggests difficulties left over from her childhood, clash with Costner’s Mars in Aries in his 7^th. Her Neptune is conjunct his Moon Venus. Not ideal – lots of tensions and resentments around.

  Their relationship chart has an upbeat composite Mars Jupiter conjunction but that opposes an over-hopeful, illusory Neptune (Moon) – which is being upended this year by tr Uranus in hard aspect. The Neptune at 18 degrees Scorpio is catching the exact tr Uranus opposition as she files for divorce – hinting that the coming-down-to-earth-with-a-bump moment has arrived. There is also a chained together but also disruptive composite Uranus, Saturn, Pluto conjunction with Pluto in a controlling and possessive opposition to the Sun. Again not all picnic and it has been undermined in recent years by tr Neptune.

  The wedding chart, 25 September 2004, has also been under strain with tr Pluto opposition the Saturn as the Yellowstone schedule ate into their family time – and continues to show separation with tr Neptune opposition the Mars, Jupiter, Sun from 2024 to 2026.  

  Clashes with the Yellowstone showrunner Taylor Sheridan, 21 May 1979, were inevitable with TS’s Mars Venus sitting on Costner’s Midheaven and TS’s controlling and unbudgeable Pluto sitting on Costner’s Ascendant. And TS’s Uranus opposes Costner’s Mars which would lead to more outbursts and high tension.

  Their relationship chart has that classic power-couple/success aspect of a composite Jupiter Pluto – which works wonders when they pull together as a team, but almost inevitably down the road one gets uppity and wants to be top dog and that’s when it all gets bitter.  There is also a less than wonderful composite Mars opposition Neptune square Saturn which must have been causing aggravation for the last couple of years as tr Uranus jolted and jangled it.

  For all his relationship problems, Costner is moving through a financially bountiful and career successful phase for the next few years.  You can’t have it all.  

See previous post February 26 2023.

A spin-off from Yellowstone with Matthew McConaughey in the lead role is moving forward.

Folk-rock troubadour Gordon Lightfoot, renowned as an insightful and intelligent singer-songwriter known for his strong baritone voice has died aged 84. His best known hits If You Could Read My Mind and Early Morning Rain have become ever-green standards. His songs were recorded by a glittering array of pop musical superstars – Dylan, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, fellow Canadian Neil Young, Glen Campbell, Barbra Streisand, Scott Walker and Liza Minnelli.

  He was born 17 November 1938 at 7 am (from memory) Orillia, Canada, sang as a boy in a church choir and in local operatic groups, played piano, drums and guitar as well as excelling on the football and athletics fields.

  His success peak was in the 1970s but he never stopped performing despite a stream of near death illnesses, an aneurysm in 2002, a stroke in 2005 and was still touring in 2018 even after being hospitalised with pneumonia . He discharged himself and went back on stage. He was married three times and has six children, two of them from extra-marital relationships.

  He was a determined and ultra-charming not to say seductive Sun Venus in Scorpio in a deceptively easy-going square to Jupiter in Aquarius. He had a hard-working and driven Mars in Libra opposition Saturn in forced-to-be-self-reliant Aries so he would have an unsentimental streak despite his songs. His Uranus in the 6^th hints at unpredictable health issues and it is on the focal point of a Yod inconjunct Mars sextile Mercury. Such a Uranian yod made him an independent spirit with a streak of defiance and the ability to carve out new paths and lead the way. Definitely a musical catalyst for change.  His Uranus was also in trine to musical Neptune in his 10^th which is inspirational.

  His Libra Moon is not heavily aspected being only sextile Pluto. An unaspected Moon can be emotionally disorganized.

  Lovely to listen to, less easy to be married to.