Gary Goldsmith – a right royal embarassment

Every family has one. But a black sheep must be toe-curlingly embarrassing for a family as socially ambitious as the Middletons. The Duchess of Cambridge’s uncle Gary, brother to Carole, has been arrested charged with assaulting his wife following a night out at a London charity event. According to the Daily Mail, they are said to have had a furious row about his alleged cocaine use before he punched her in the eye with his left fist and left her unconscious after she struck her head on the pavement. The taxi driver who had brought them home intervened and phoned the police.

Goldsmith, 29 April 1965, is an indulgent Sun Venus in Taurus; with a volatile and explosive collection of Mars Uranus Pluto in Virgo opposition Saturn; and a Yod of Neptune sextile Pluto inconjunct Mercury in Aries which will make him assertive and impatient.

He’s been in trouble before, being caught on camera snorting cocaine at his Ibiza house, and offering an undercover reporter drugs and Brazilian prostitutes, some years ago. He’s now on his fourth wife, Julie-Ann, a convicted fraudster who siphoned off £250,000 from a luxury car firm, where she worked and blew it on Rolex watches and Mercedes sports cars. She was given a suspended sentence after the judge was told she had endured a troubled and deprived childhood. She then dated a string of rich and successful men, including a self-made communications millionaire before he was declared bankrupt. She then moved on to Goldsmith, who made a fortune by selling his recruitment firm, Computer Futures, for £275 million. No date for her sadly.

Uncle Gary looks suitably dashed until early January 2018 with tr Neptune opposition his Mars/Pluto and square his Mars/Saturn midpoints. Tr Neptune continues to oppose his Pluto and conjunct his Saturn till early 2019. But he still looks all systems-go in 2018/19/20 with tr Pluto trine his Sun/Jupiter, opposition his Mars/Jupiter and then opposition his Jupiter/Uranus, all of which will hype his confidence into overdrive, so he won’t be playing cautiously.

The Royals and Carole backed off after the Ibiza episode; and look to be distancing themselves further, this later this month into November. Both seem fond of him with Carole’s Taurus Moon chiming with his Sun Venus and Kate’s Jupiter in Scorpio ditto. But with strong reservations. Carole’s Mars is conjunct his Mercury Moon which is an argumentative interface. And his rumbustious Mars Uranus Pluto trines Kate’s Sun and squares her Uranus which will unnerve her.