‘The gift that keeps on giving’ in the portly form of Prince Andrew must be delighting the anti-monarchy lobby with more revelations this time about a Chinese spy, once an invitee to an Andrew birthday party in recent years, now banned from entry to the UK as a security risk. He was evidently a close confident of the prince who was seeking investors in China. Letters and texts revealed in an inquiry showed the Chinese authorities regarded access to Windsor as a prize.

   There is stupid and stupider. Was no one keeping the hapless Royal under check?

  What is astrologically delightful is that relocating Andrew’s chart to Beijing puts his defiant, can-be-lawless Uranus (on the focal point of a yod) exactly conjunct his Midheaven and his Neptune exactly conjunct his Ascendant. With influential Pluto in the 10^th and Jupiter in the financial 2^nd.

  Maybe – finally – it might just be the tap that brings the dominoes tumbling over. After Kazakhstan, a risible international golfing/trade envoy job, various financial horrors, Epstein and a refusal to budge from his 37 room abode despite an inability to pay for its upkeep – even his guardian angel must be ready to throw in the towel. King Charles with his 4^th house Neptune will be less than enamoured about delivering the coup de grace that would see him knocked out of the frame for good. Though William is a different matter, of which more anon.

   Andrew’s chart, 19 February 1960 3.38pm London, has his Solar Arc Pluto conjunct his 4^th house Neptune exactly now and tr Uranus opposition his 4^th house Scorpio Moon on and off between June 2024 and April 2025 = family meltdown and major pressure to uproot and move, against heavy Scorpionic resistance. Plus his Progressed Mars is exactly conjunct his 8^th house Mercury now for a financial and otherwise shock with accompanying arguments; and an undermining tr Neptune square his Solar Arc Midheaven throughout 2025 as well as in a financially disappointing and confidence-denting square to his Jupiter in February 2025. On from there his SA Neptune will bring uncertainty as it is conjunct his Saturn in Capricorn in late 2025/early 2026.  As per usual he has a couple of Jupiterian lucky breaks boosting his confidence in 2025 so he may well attempt to bullsh** his way out of a tight corner at times.

  King Charles’ relationship chart with his brother Andrew has a competitive Sun Mars hard aspect, similar to William and Harry.  

 But it is William and uncle Andrew’s relationship chart which is fascinating with a composite Sun on the focal point of a yod inconjunct Pluto sextile Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Mars conjunction. And that is a pile up of bad feelings which has been under acute pressure through 2023/24 with tr Pluto square the composite Sun – and will explode out into the open with some vigour as tr Uranus moves into Gemini opposing the composite Saturn, conjunct the composite Ascendant from July 2025 and then in 2026 opposes the composite Neptune Mars. Oceans of separation.

Selena Gomez, singer, actress and businesswoman, is on a roll with two Golden Globe nominations this week for the operatic musical Emilia Pérez and the other for TV’s Only Murders in the Building. This year she also joined the billionaire celebrity rich list, amassing a $1.3bn (£1bn) fortune, mainly from her Rare Beauty make-up company. And has just announced her engagement to record producer Benny Blanco, which happy news she shared with her 423 million Instagram followers.

 Not a lady who doers anything by halves. She started life as a child actress on Barney and Disney Channel and had an on off relationship previously with Justin Bieber.

Born 22 July 1992 7.19am (?) Grand Prairie, Texas, she has a creative 12^th house Cancer Sun square an Aries Moon conjunct her Midheaven from the 9^th; with a charming, Venus Mercury in Leo on her Ascendant. She also has an ambitious and determined Mars in Taurus in her 10^th conjunct Algol opposition Pluto in her 4^th with her Pluto square Saturn in Aquarius opposition Mercury.

 It is an enormously strong chart, enduring, stubborn, not too flexible but giving her the strength to carry the burden of such extreme levels of wealth and fame.   Plus she has the generational Uranus Neptune conjunction in Capricorn trine her Jupiter in Virgo – inspired and lucky.

 Benny Blanco, 8 March 1988, who is a Sun Pisces with the triple conjunction in Capricorn plus Mars, making him highly strung, marginally chaotic; with an emotionally intense and possessive Moon Pluto in Scorpio. His charming Venus Jupiter in Taurus sit on her midheaven (birth time being accurate) for a looks-good and will be career-helpful connection. Though it won’t all be easy emotionally.

A tawdry modern tale of warped social media fandom features a 23 year old OnlyFans and porn star Lily Phillips who catapulted to the TikTok viral stratosphere in October after having sex with 101 men in a single day.

  Born 23 July 2001 in England, she made it to Sheffield University but dropped out when she started in the adult entertainment industry. She has made a reputed £2 million from OnlyFans.

 A story I would normally avoid except her chart is worth a glimpse. A Sun Leo opposition Neptune makes sense of an attention-seeking entertainer in the film business. What is startling is a harsh Mars Pluto conjunction in Sagittarius opposition Saturn Venus in Gemini. That hints at cruel, terrifying and perverse experiences early in her life.

  A classic example of Freud’s repetition compulsion in action – renacting earlier horrors in the hope of taking control of them rather than being crushed.

 Tr Pluto is opposition her Sun at the moment and moving to square her Sun/Neptune and then conjunct her Neptune over the next few years which will bring considerable confusion. Her Solar Arc Mars/Pluto midpoint and then Pluto will conjunct her Capricorn South Node this year and next.  She may drag herself backwards before she hauls herself towards her Cancerian North Node.

 What a tragic and depressing drama. PS Further details suggests she had no idea how HIV is transmitted – with a Virgo Moon?

Add On: Bonnie Blue, 14 May 1999, is another of similar moral turpitude who has filmed and posted explicit content with young men, claiming to earn £600,000 a month. She insists her actions are legal and no one under 18 is involved but has been called a predator, with her actions targeting young men regarded as dehumanizing.

 Born 14 May 1999 her chart is less self-destructive and more opportunistic than Lily Phillip’s. She has a stellium in earthy, acquisitive Taurus with both Sun and Moon there along with Mercury, Saturn. She has her Uranus exactly conjunct her South Node square her Sun and Mercury Saturn so she will be defiant about upsetting conventions of behaviour Her Neptune squares Saturn and possibly Moon.

  She has a yod of Pluto sextile Neptune inconjunct Venus in Cancer which hints initially at a difficulty in connecting emotionally and being out of step with social values. She also has Mars opposition Jupiter which can be self-interested and aggressive in promoting her beliefs – and seeking to make actions sound acceptable when they only serve her own wishes – in this case money and sexual satisfaction.

  She’ll run into a major setback in 2026/27 when her Solar Arc Mars opposes her Sun alongside a devastating tr Pluto conjunct her Neptune.

 The risks of cervical cancer never mind an array of venereal diseases even with condoms are staggeringly high.

Guilty of raping a minor or a brazen shakedown for cash? The media frenzy around allegations against Jay-z, furiously denied, have so far muddied the water and drawn Jennifer Lopez, once part of a Diddy Combs twosome into the story. It appears to be a civil not criminal complaint with the accuser staying out of the limelight.

 Jay-Z, 4 December 1969, no birth time, had a downbeat tr Saturn square his Sagittarius Sun when the story surfaced. 2025 sees some emotional upsets with tr Uranus opposition his Neptune Venus and a discouraging tr Pluto square his Saturn.

 His relationship chart with Diddy Combs, 4 November 1969, looks seriously rattled through 2025 with tr Uranus opposing the composite Sun, Neptune, Mercury and tr Pluto square their composite Saturn.

  Jennifer Lopez, 24 July 1969 in the aftermath of another marriage breakdown, is not at her best through 2025 with tr Uranus opposition her Neptune Moon and Mars conjunction (running into 2027) plus tr Pluto opposition her Sun; and tr Neptune Saturn opposition her Uranus Jupiter in Libra. Her relationship chart with Diddy Coombs is similarly stressed and unsettled through 2025.

Beyonce, 4 September 1981 has tr Pluto opposition her Mars throughout 2025 with an unsettled tr Uranus opposition her Uranus. Her relationship with Jay-z which is very bound together will be undergoing an upheaval and disruption through this year.

  All or some of which may be due to other factors in play and nothing to do with this entanglement.

Luigi Mangione arrested for the shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson appears to have been born 6 May 1998 in Pennsylvania. Lauded by some as a folk hero for standing up against an avaricious health care system, he has been condemned by others. His writings glorified Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, a domestic terrorist who believed that killing was justifiable in pursuit of his campaign against advancing technology and the destruction of the natural environment.

Mangione’s grandfather Nicholas, 17 February 1925, was an Italian immigrant who lived the American dream to become rich but was also apparently prone to lash out against the system.

 Birth data being sound, Luigi is a volatile and aggressively stubborn Sun Mars in Taurus square Uranus in Aquarius. What was notable at the killing was his Solar Arc Uranus conjunct his South Node in Pisces with his Progressed Mars moving to square his South Node.

 His grandfather Nicholas was a Sun Aquarius opposition Neptune with Mercury Venus in Aquarius square a hard-headed Mars in Taurus opposition Saturn in Scorpio.  So some similarities.

 Ted Kaczynski, 22 May 1942 4pm Chicago, Illinois, weas a highly-strung Sun, Uranus, Saturn in Gemini and also had his South Node in Pisces close to Luigi’s.  A Pisces South Node tends to bring an overdose of gloom about problems and life’s sorrows with an over developed sense of sympathy for suffering. So he may have been driven like Kaczynski by the right ideas but used the wrong methods to publicise them.

  Brian Thompson’s flamboyant Mars in Leo  clashed with Luigi’s angry Mars Sun in Taurus; and his evasive Neptune was conjunct Luigi’s Pluto.  Both oddly had Jupiter in Pisces.

  The killing has caught the public imagination at a time when feelings and paranoia are running high. But whether it is significant as a history-changing moment is questionable. May be just a sad, short-fused boy with serious back problems interfering with his life and destabilising his mental balance finds a target for his rage. In a country where violence and guns are prevalent and seen as a viable option.

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Trump is threatening the January 6 Capitol Hill riot investigation committee members with prison in the same breath as he insists he will pardon the convicted lawbreakers.

 This is the rapidest look at four relevant charts. Liz Cheney, 28 July 1966 11.57pm Washington, DC, with tr Neptune conjunct her Saturn throughout 2025 won’t be anything but uncertain and discouraged in the immediate future. Though her Solar Arc Jupiter conjunct her Pluto and then Uranus late 2026 and 2027 looks like a lucky break of considerable proportions. No telling quite what will lift her spirits but she will be on better form.

Adam Schiff, another Jan 6 Committee member, 22 June 1960 6.13 am Framingham, MA, looks equally undermined in 2025 with tr Neptune Saturn square his Cancer Sun Venus and that extends into 2026 alongside a devastating SA Pluto conjunct his Neptune. He also has tr Pluto square his Mars for a trapped 2025 and continues on to square his Mars/Neptune and then Neptune right through the next administration. None of which he will enjoy.

 What is marginally curious -if the dates are sound – are that neither the Proud Boys, 5 September 2016, or the Oath Keepers, 22 October 2009, some of whose members were incarcerated, look cheered. The Proud Boys will be blocked across the Inauguration with tr Saturn square the Mars and although tr Uranus will trine their Jupiter for a hint of cheer before mid year, tr Neptune opposes Jupiter as well for high hopes dented through till early 2026.

 The Oath Keepers look even less enlivened with an uncertain tr Neptune opposition the Saturn till early 2026; a muddled tr Uranus square Neptune later this month to mid March 2025; a seriously blocked and aggravated tr Pluto opposition their Mars in 2025/26; and tr Saturn Neptune square the Pluto undermining their influence in 2025/26.

The fall of the House of Assad has turned the spotlight back on the mafia state in Syria which crushed dissent for decades, killed countless hundreds of thousands and wrecked a country rich in natural resources, with an ancient history and a strategic position on the Mediterranean.

 Hafez Assad, 6 October 1930, described as “a cold and calculated political and security operative” – a Mars, Pluto, Jupiter in Cancer trine Venus in Scorpio which was opposition Algol; with a Libra Sun opposition Uranus – took over in 1970.

He was succeeded by his second son Bashir ably assisted in his kleptocratic dictatorship by his brother Maher and wife Asma — a London-born ex-JP Morgan banker. Maher, head of the army’s notoriously brutal fourth division, ran weapons, oil smuggling, alcohol and sales of the illegal amphetamine Captagon. Asma consolidated control over the aid sector, a huge — and rare — source of clean cash into Syria.

 Summarised from a previous post on Asma – “a greedy profiteer who amassed billions for herself and her family out of the bloodied ruins of starving country. She controlled the economic levers consolidating the Assad’s grip on Syria, shaking down the rich merchant class (imprison in hotel and extort a la MBS in Saudi) and even – horrifyingly – crafting a corrupt humanitarian assistance system, monetising NGOs and the aid sector which takes in international money.  The economy is teetering on the brink of collapse and what little still exists appears to be controlled by Asma Assad and family across multiple sectors, including real estate, banking and telecommunications. “For any new business to get done today, Asma [and her people] take a cut,” says a relative. 

  Wives of dictators tend to get an easy ride in the media but her chart, 11 August 1975 with its Mars, South Node and Algol clustered in late Taurus was always an ominous sign. Her Leo Sun falls in his husbands 7^th for a good partnership with her controlling Pluto in his 8^th as she pulled the economic strings. Her Mars Algol fell in Bashir’s 4^th conjunct his IC so she’d be a dominant force in his home life.

 Not surprisingly her life is in turmoil with tr Uranus conjunct his Mars South Node and Algol through till mid 2025. With her Solar Arc Venus conjunct her Uranus for an upset – and a high-risk, acutely frustrated and trapped 2025 ahead of her.

  Indications on Bashir’s relationship chart with Putin (birth data being accurate) hints at a deteriorating association as tr Neptune Saturn move into Aries and oppose the composite Sun and square Saturn; with muddles and disappointment in 2025/26.

Skipping across a few other wives of strongman rulers, some of whom went on to succeed them, Taurus features widely and, on some, Algol.

 Imelda Marcos, 2 July 1929 2.30pm Maluso, Philippines, was a Sun Pluto in Cancer with Venus conjunct Ceres, Algol and North Node square Mars Neptune in Leo.

Eva Peron, 7 May 1919 5am Buenos Aires, Argentina, a determined and acquisitive Sun Mars in Taurus with confident Jupiter Pluto in Cancer trine Uranus.

Grace Mugabe, 23 July 1964 Harare, Zimbabwe, a Sun Leo with Jupiter in Taurus conjunct Algol and widely trine Pluto.

Farah Pahlavi, widow of the exiled Shah of Iran, 14 October 1938, is a Sun Libra, with Uranus South Node in Taurus trine Mars Neptune in Virgo – and Ceres conjunct Algol.

 Catherine The Great of Russia, 2 May 1729 2.30am, came to power after overthrowing her husband King Peter. She, like Eva Person, was a Sun Mars conjunct in Taurus in her case sextile Saturn and inconjunct a yod focal point Pluto. With her Pluto square Jupiter.

 Forget the weaker sex – these relationships are either folie a deux with two sociopaths meeting their twin or as may be the case with the Assads, the wife being the stronger half.  The relationship chart between Asma and Bashir has a chained-together power-couple Jupiter and Saturn trine Pluto plus a one sided, can-be-cruel Mars square Saturn. It’s a toss up which of them had to suppress their identity to make it work.

“Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.” T.E. Lawrence.

With revolution in the air, a look at the charts of leaders who led the charge.

 Maximilien Robespierre was the flag bearer for the French Revolution, though he only lasted two years after the storming of the Bastille to face death by guillotine as he had condemned the aristocracy before him in the “Reign of Terror”. The revolutionary years did not last long with Napoleon Bonaparte taking over just after the turn of the century. Robespierre born 6 May 1758 2am Arras France, had a super-charged Jupiter Pluto in his 10^th square a rebellious Uranus in his 1^st. His Taurus Sun was square a publicity-attracting Mars Neptune. Confident and aggressive.

Vladimir Lenin, 22 April 1870 9.42 pm Simbirsk, Russia, at the front of the Bolshevik Revolution which brought down the Czar was another Sun Taurus with a wide Jupiter Pluto conjunction. His  Neptune conjunct Mars in Aries was in a volatile, can-be fanatical square to Uranus.

George Washington who led the army in the Revolutionary War against the UK, 22 February 1732 10am Wakefield Corner, VA, was a Sun Pisces square an uncompromising Uranus; with a confident Jupiter Pluto conjunction; and an inspired though can-be-fanatical Uranus opposition Neptune. His determined Mars in Scorpio was unaspected.

 Che Guevara, the poster boy for revolutionaries, an Argentine Marxist incensed by the USA’s capitalist exploitation of Latin America, became involved in insurrections in Guatemala and was a major figure of the Cuban Revolution. He was ultimately captured in Bolivia and executed.

   Born 14 May 1928 3.05 am Rosario, Argentina, he was another Sun Taurus in his case with his Sun square an idealistic Neptune; with a rebellious Uranus in Aries on his Ascendant square Pluto. His Pluto was also in a confident wide square to Jupiter and inconjunct Saturn. His Mars in Pisces was inconjunct Neptune. A Uranian temperament but not especially aggressive. His Neptune and Mars in Pisces caught the public imagination.

Alexandros Panagoulis, a Greek politician and poet, took an active role in the fight against the Regime of the Colonels (1967–1974) in Greece and was renowned for his attempt to assassinate dictator Georgios Papadopoulos. He was captured, tortured but ultimately freed and after the restoration of democracy was  elected to the Greek parliament. Born 2 July 1939, nr Athens, Greece, he was a Sun Cancer with a formidably determined (and tormented) Mars in Aquarius opposition Pluto square Saturn in final degree Aries. His Jupiter was in a confident trine to Pluto; and his 8^th house Uranus was in a creative trine to Neptune.

Lech Walesa, 29 September 1945 3.30 am Popowo, Poland, led the Solidarity movement and a successful pro-democratic effort, which eventually ended Communist rule. An idealistic Sun, Neptune, Jupiter in Libra square Mars Moon in Cancer, he had an all-systems-change Uranus in his career 10^th.

Nelson Mandela, 18 July 1918 2.54pm Umtata, South Africa, the figurehead for the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, was a Sun Cancer with a confident Jupiter Pluto conjunction in Cancer square Mars. His rebellious Uranus was square a Scorpio Moon and inconjunct his Sun.

 There is less marked Uranus than I might have expected, some but not an overdose.  Plenty of Jupiter Pluto which helps in the drive for power or to tilt against misuse of power in authorities. Some aggressive, others less so. Neptune figures largely driving the vision of a different society. The long term effect of revolutions – especially in France and Russia, even South Africa – is not altogether encouraging.

Add On: Michael Collins, revolutionary leader in Ireland’s struggle for independence, 16 October 1890 2.30am Clonakilty,  was a Sun Uranus in Libra with a confident Jupiter in Aquarius trine Pluto Neptune in Gemini.

Mahatma Gandhi, 2 October 1869 7.08 am Porbandar, India, led the non violent resistance which led to India’s independence from the British. Another Sun Libra he had a confident Jupiter Pluto in Taurus opposition Mars Venus in Scorpio square a Leo Moon; with Uranus conjunct his Midheaven square Neptune.

The tectonic plates in the great power game are shifting on cue with the outer planet transitions and an October Solar Eclipse pointing to a time of completion and separation from the past.

  The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is marked in the date of the original military coup which brought his repressive father to power on 13 November 1970. That happened with Neptune at zero degrees Sagittarius and Pluto at 29 Virgo. The Assad Dynasty born on a change, dies on a change, albeit a third of a zodiacal cycle on. The Uranus (conjunct Mars) on the 1970 coup chart is also triggered by the recent Solar Eclipse in opposition upending 55 years of brutal rule.

  Although Syria 1 January 1944 with its controlling Pluto in the 10^th and explosive Mars Uranus conjunction will be prone to strong-man rulers and intermittent violence. So there is no guarantee a jihadist government will be an improvement. Which is not stopping jubilation in the moment. One Syrian is quoted as saying “This is our Berlin Wall moment.”

  Iran-backed Hezbollah is on the backfoot after Israel’s recent Lebanon campaign against them and suffering from an Eclipse assault as well with its Mars Venus in Aries catching the recent and next March’s Solar Eclipses for a challenging shake up.  

  All of which reflects back to Iran, with an elderly, ailing ruler still holding power. His Leadership chart, 6 August 1989 will be unnerved as tr Neptune Saturn move into Aries mid 2025 squaring the Uranus; and more so with tr Uranus square the Mars by August 2025.

 Vladimir Putin’s initial Presidency chart, 31 December 1999, marking his long reign in power will find his grip shaken in May 2025 – with a potential topple-of-perch SA Uranus square Pluto late in 2025/early 2026. Which would fit with the Saturn Neptune conjunction being a key changeover period for Russia.

 There are too many charts to run through without getting confused but Turkey looks at odds with Russia and Iran – perhaps because of its (maybe) support for the Syrian rebels, hopeful of an opportunity to return the massive influx of Syrian refugees. With a complicating factor of Kurdish rebel factions.

  Next late March Solar Eclipse at 9 degrees Aries was around in the same Saros Series in 1989 and is physically expressive, sometimes violent or accident prone.

Previous post Syria – more Middle East turmoil 30 November 2024 gives details of Assad’s presidency and personal chart. “His Presidency chart, 12 July 2000, has been dealt a devastating blow exactly now with the Solar Arc Neptune square Saturn; with 2026/27 looking to be mired in confusion and paralysis with tr Pluto conjunct the Neptune.

   His personal chart, 11 September 1965 4.43 pm Damascus is following a similar trajectory – an undermining SA Sun conjunct his Neptune now into 2025; his SA Pluto in a potentially destructive conjunction to his Mars in Scorpio now, and in a total-confusion conjunction to his Neptune in 2027. 2025 sees high hopes dented with tr Neptune square his Jupiter with a major setback from his SA Saturn opposition his Mars in 2026/27.”

Watch and wait as recent history reaches a crossroads.