Paul Hollywood, the celebrity baking supremo with the explosive love life has lurched into another fandango with reports that his most recent squeeze ex-barmaid Summer has dumped him. She evidently felt overly controlled when she was handed a gagging order banning her from ever talking about him publicly – and this only a few days after his bitter divorce from the wife before that.
Born 1 March 1966 he has his Sun and three other planets in Pisces but is far from a timid little minnow. He has an aggravated and control-freaky chart with a hard-edged and short-tempered Mars Saturn conjunction in an autocratic and dominating opposition to Uranus and Pluto all squaring onto an expansive and self-aggrandising Jupiter Moon in wayward Gemini. Not an easy temperament, to understate it by a mile.
He’s got tr Neptune now moving round his Pisces planets and that Mutable T Square – it was conjunct his Pisces Sun a couple of years back and has been chipping away at his Uranus Pluto since then and this year is sitting on his Saturn, inducing a mood of panicky uncertainty. That runs on through 2020, followed by tr Neptune in a failure-looms-large conjunction to his Mars in 2021/22 and a disappointing square to his Jupiter at the same time.
Perhaps an ounce of humility might creep in through the cracks.
A catch up on where Trump’s astro is. With the caveat that he seems to stumble and blunder from one crisis to the next without blinking. His ability to absorb punishment is staggering.
His Term chart has tr Neptune conjunct the Venus from the 15th of this month to September 22nd which could point to financial losses and disappointment or being unloved/unpopular or both. There are upbeat influences running up till then with the unemployment figures holding steady though there are signs of growth slowing. There will be considerable wobbles within the Administration from August 25th to 9 November from tr Pluto square the Uranus for the final time; and that runs simultaneously with the closure of the Pluto Uranus square to exact over the next few months by Solar Arc. Though since Jupiter is in the equation, tied into the Pluto Uranus T Square, there will be undeserved luck along the way.
Into 2020 the pressures mount with a downbeat, discouraging Saturn transit round the Cardinal T Square of Pluto, Uranus, Jupiter – that picks up late November 2019 and runs to February 2020, followed by a similarly downbeat, reality-check from tr Saturn conjunct the Term Sun in late March and again in December 2020. There’s precious little Jupiter cheer in 2020 and indeed there’ll be catastrophes late May till early July with tr Uranus square the Mars/Saturn midpoint and opposition the Moon which return just before and over the election – plus a Neptunian sinker as it squares the Sun/Moon midpoint from which will bring upsets, discontentment, losses and that runs from late April till late August right through the confirmation process.
On Trump’s personal chart he has tr Neptune square his 10th house Uranus – mid this month to late September – which is highly-strung, fanatical, could be loss of consciousness. Ebertin talks of ‘confused psychic states’. Tr Saturn is squaring his 2nd house Jupiter, dampening his enthusiasm financially and in other ways in late November, though that’s mild enough. Where his major challenges come are in 2020 as tr Pluto returns to oppose his Saturn and trapped Mars/Node from in January as the bleak tr Saturn Pluto conjunction comes together. And then in February he picks up an even more blocked, enraged tr Pluto opposition Sun/Mars and feeling-unloved tr Pluto opposition Venus/Saturn which both run right through till early July. He does admittedly at the same time, birth time being accurate, have tr Pluto trine his Midheaven which can be reasonably positive though it won’t outweigh these midpoint transits.
July, August and September 2020 has tr Uranus square his Mars/Saturn midpoint which is a test of nervous strength, can be accident-prone, attracting disasters and destructive energies.
2021 continues several of the punishing and blocked Pluto transits to midpoints and Neptune moves in to square his Sun and Moon which will be energy and morale-draining; with Solar Arc Saturn conjunct his 2nd house Neptune, bringing considerable financial worries late 2021; along with a not-thinking-straight Neptune Uranus Solar Arc collision at the same time.
The USA charts itself picks up tr Pluto opposition Mercury from February 2020 till early July suggesting that political debate will be heated, bitter, toxic and fraudulent – and that runs off and on till late 2021. In 2021 as well tr Neptune squares the US Mars for a sense of panic and failure running into 2022.
There is a very odd equivalence – in a different way – between the horrendous mess in the UK and the indescribable screw up in the USA – they seem to go almost side by side, step by step. The only sane response is to adopt a zen like calm and acceptance. This too will pass.
Saoirse Kennedy Hill, granddaughter of Robert Kennedy and daughter of one of the Guildford Four, falsely convicted of an IRA bombing and wrongly imprisoned for 15 years, has died of a drugs overdose aged 22.
Born 22 May 1997, she had written about her struggles with depression, a sexual assault which had affected her deeply and a previous suicide attempt. She was a Sun Gemini opposition Pluto Moon in Sagittarius and trine Neptune; with a forced-to-be-self-reliant Saturn in Aries on one leg of a strained Yod sextile Jupiter inconjunct Mars. An apex Mars tends to be impulsive, can have anger issues which sometimes become misdirected and self-defeating.
Such a waste of a young life and another tragedy in the Kennedy family which have seen more than their fair share. The other drug overdose in the family, her uncle David A Kennedy, had an even starker story. He nearly drowned when 13 years old, being rescued by his father who was gunned down two days later, which started him down the drug trail. Then when he was 18 his girlfriend was paralyzed and his spine damaged in a car accident with his older brother driving, who was subsequently charged with reckless driving. That graduated him onto heroin.
Born 15 June 1955, he was, like Saoirse, a Sun Venus in Gemini, in his case sextile Pluto and trine Neptune; with a similarly stressed Saturn which was trine Mars.
Money, power and social status are a mixed blessing.
Boos and jeers met Boris Johnson on his Scotland trip as he faced up to an irate, Remainer Nicola Sturgeon pushing for a second independence referendum and Scots Tory leader Ruth Davidson who was threatening to withdraw her support altogether at Westminster. He grandstanded – behind a fence – on a nuclear submarine, arrived for official meetings and slunk out of the backdoor. Welsh farmers were metaphorically waving shears for his trip there. And in Ireland Sinn Fein are arguing that a No-Deal Brexit is a recipe for the unification of Ireland side by side with the US Congress indicating they won’t sign off on a trade deal if Brexit affects the Irish border. His ‘awesome foursome’ whirlwind tour is proving to be a stormy spectacle.
In Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, has her major push coming up in 2021 to 2023 as tr Pluto opposes her Cancer Sun and squares her Jupiter – and that will bring mountainous pressures and challenges but she’ll have the confidence for it; with a sharp change of career direction from late 2023 as tr Uranus squares her midheaven. And even before then there may be a radical shift career-wise (birth time being absolutely accurate) late 2020 into 2021 with her Solar Arc Uranus square her Midheaven. Before then there’s not much showing on her chart apart from a discouraging slog with some disappointments through this autumn and into 2020. She does have good news late this December to early February – of a mild variety – with a fortunate rearrangement of circumstances. That apart 2020 continues on with transits to midpoints showing as minorly discouraging and loss-making. Although Jupiter moving into her 3rd from early on in 2020 will bring her more enthusiasm. But there’s not too much that’s decisive until 2021.
Her Leadership chart does have a relentless get-it-together tr Pluto trine the Sun and a disruptive tr Pluto square Uranus in 2019/2020 – some pluses and a fair few upheavals. She didn’t start this term on a propitious note with an over hopeful Neptune opposition Jupiter in a riddled-with-setbacks square to Saturn and Mars.
Boris did murmur quietly something about staying in the Customs Union and single market for another two years – so it may all be pushed back, which might make sense of her chart. If the real Brexit fall-out date were sometime in 2021.
Where the Scotland England Act of Union chart, 1 May 1707 chart gets the next major shakeup will be in 2023 when tr Uranus is conjunct the Taurus Sun and square the Pluto. The last time tr Uranus was in Taurus in the 1930s the Scottish National Party had just been formed and was stirring up a rebellious mood. But it is a very tied together chart with a Taurus Sun square Pluto; and has been through three transiting Uranus in Taurus conjunctions to the Sun before this and not split.
Sharon Tate is destined to be forever lashed to the memory of her murder in 1969 at the hands of Manson cult devotees. She’s become more famous in death than she was in life, her tale endlessly retold in books and movies. The latest is Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, labelled a comedy-drama starring Brad Pitt and Leo Di Caprio.
Sharon was born 24 January 1943 at 5.47pm Dallas, Texas and has a chart remarkably similar to Rutger Hauer (see post below). She was a Sun Aquarius in an Air Grand Trine of Sun trine Uranus Saturn in Gemini trine Neptune in Libra formed into a Kite by Sun opposition Pluto – controlling and influencer Pluto was the driving planet and in her case attracted her to powerful men and dark energy.
Her sacrificial-victim 12th Harmonic was stark and brutal connecting Venus to a bleak Saturn Pluto and Mars; and her leaving-a-legacy-for-history 17H is also marked.
There was a strong connection astrologically between her and Manson though they never met and he wasn’t present when she was killed. His Aquarius Moon and North Node are exactly conjunct and exactly conjunct her Sun; his Saturn was conjunct her Venus in Aquarius and his publicity-seeking Mars Neptune was conjunct her Virgo Moon. CM: 12 November 1934 4.40pm Cincinnati, Ohio.
Polanski’s Leo Sun was exactly conjunct her North Node so a fated connection there from a different viewpoint. RP: 18 August 1933 10.30 am Paris, France.
Her relationship chart with Polanski had an enthusiastic, adventurous but unstable Sun opposition Uranus square Moon Jupiter; and a dominate-submit composite Mars and Venus trine Pluto with Venus trine Saturn. The Sun newspaper has lurid tales of their sex n’ drugs marriage before the atrocity (URL below).
Her ‘relationship’ with Manson, though she never met him had an explosive composite Uranus opposition Mars North Node and a brutally suppressive composite Mars square Pluto. When she was killed, tr Saturn in Taurus was hovering around the opposition to the composite Mars and tr Neptune around the conjunction to the composite Moon. Assassination and delusion.
Manson died in prison in 2017 and not a moment too soon.
In the febrile swamp of UK politics the Liberal Democrats are deemed to be in a better position than usual being the anti-Brexit Party and able to attract disaffected right and left votes. But there’s not much that’s cheerful in the immediate future on their astrology.
Jo Swinson, 5 February 1980, was elected as new leader on 22 July 2019 at 5.25 pm (I think) in London and is a Sun Aquarius trine Pluto with an idealistic Neptune on the focal point of a T Square to Venus in Pisces opposition a hard-working Saturn in Virgo. She has tr Neptune square her Sun/Pluto in 2019/2020 which is not supportive vocationally; and there’s worse in 2020/21 with tr Neptune opposition her Mars/Saturn midpoint. Although she will get some uplift from tr Uranus trine her Jupiter from May 2020, on and off into 2021. But she’s running into a further a setback from Solar Arc Sun opposition her Saturn in 2020/21. Where she gets her best chance of major success will be around 2023 when her Solar Arc Jupiter is conjunct her Pluto.
The Lib Dem chart, 3 March 1988, is devastated in 2021 with Solar Arc Neptune square Pluto; but it also flags up 2022/23 as hopeful years with tr Pluto square the Jupiter. However as a caveat there’s also a Solar Arc Mars square Pluto in 2023 which is very trapped. So some ups, alongside some downs.
PS Jo Swinson was born in Glasgow so there must be a birth time around. Grateful if anyone has it.
Poor Meghan is now the focus of a Daily Mail hate campaign, getting slagged off for the September issue of Vogue she edited. It highlights inspirational woman and oddly enough doesn’t have her on the cover as it did for Kate and Diana and indeed Princess Anne before her. Yet there was a high whine from two Mail columnists saying it showed how ego-centric she was. The media are extracting revenge for the privacy insistence over the birth and christening of Archie which didn’t sit well with previous Royal protocol or the public money spent on their new home. It would have to be admitted the young Royals PR hasn’t been of the best. They need better advisers whom they listen to. But she’s in a damned-if-does and damned-if-she-doesn’t trap at the moment.
Meghan’s Mars in Cancer was closely conjunct this month’s Cancer Solar Eclipse which was one indication of arguments and heated situations to come. Her Secondary Progressed Mars is also still conjunct her Mercury for a few more weeks which is prone to disputes and controversies. The Lunar Eclipse this month in later Capricorn/Cancer falls almost exactly on her Ascendant/Descendant so would shine a critical light on her image.
Her Mars is conjunct the UK’s Midheaven and opposition the UK’s Sun, so she will always be a person who causes differences of opinion and appears possibly more competitive than she is. Her controlling Pluto also squares the UK’s Moon which is an intense connection and will make for some resistance. She is a Leo so she likes an audience, but she’s also got her North Node in Leo so does have leadership abilities.
The relationship chart between herself and the UK is complex – tied together with a strong emotional bond with a composite Moon trine Pluto and square Venus, yet divisive with a needs-space composite Sun Uranus. There’s a composite Mars in the 10th which suggests that together it’s an ambitious pairing but if it goes sour there’ll be a strongly competitive element in the interaction. The composite midheaven is conjunct the Fixed star Algol, which can be destructive though it does have a positive side. It’ll be all systems change in 2021 to 2023 with tr Pluto square the composite Sun and Uranus which will leave to a major upheaval in relations.
She’s looking a touch jangled and undermined at the moment with tr Pluto in a trapped opposition to her Sun/Mars till late August and tr Neptune opposition her Mars/Uranus till mid-August, with more slumps late September to mid-November. With the tr Saturn Pluto about to cross her Descendant and move into her 7th house, which rules close relationships as well as general public relations from early 2020 onwards, the public mood and her responses may well magnify and become more difficult. She’s also got her Progressed Moon moving into and through her 8th house from this coming New Year which usually heralds a conflicted two years of inner questioning and exaggerated emotional responses.
Prince Harry himself is struggling with the transition into married life and fatherhood given a semi-hostile media environment. He has had his Progressed Moon moving through his 8th for a year and has another two years to go. He’s also got tr Pluto opposition his Sun/Moon midpoint in 2019/2020 which is the marriage signifier as well as public popularity – so strains in both areas (William had the same just after his wedding). Harry looks panicked and uncertain about his future plans till later this year as well with tr Neptune square his 11th house Mars; with a fair few humps and bumps along the way courtesy of tr Uranus oppositions to midpoints.
The Queen and Philip had a few years out of sight in Malta just after they were married; and William and Kate disappeared off to deepest Wales. Meghan and Harry might be better to fade into the background until life settles down.
For the first time there has been official Chinese Government condemnation of the civil unrest in Hong Kong. There have been eight consecutive weekends of anti-government protests with violent clashes on Sunday as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters. And criminal Triads recently joined in to attack the demonstrators as well, presumably paid for by those on the side of the government.
The Hong Kong 1997 chart sits very awkwardly with the China chart with the HK Uranus on the China Ascendant and conjunct the China Moon; and the HK Sun conjunct the China Uranus; with the HK Moon square Jupiter in hard-aspect to China’s aggressive Mars Pluto; the HK Mars conjunct the China Sun; and last but not least the HK wants-control Pluto is in the China 10th house – so a tinderbox chemistry with the fledgling HK determined right reason or none to fight the overlord.
The relationship chart between HK and China does show this year (and last) as triggers for rebellion with tr Pluto square the composite Uranus; with more insecurity and bad-tempered outbursts from mid-2020 through 2021 as tr Uranus is trine the composite Mars, and Neptunian sinkers thereafter hitting on the composite Moon and Venus. Interestingly at the moment tr Uranus squares the composite Jupiter from which one might expect relief from tension but it clearly has the opposite effect of a struggle for freedom. That repeats in early 2020.
On the Hong Kong chart itself tr Uranus will continue to tug at and seriously unsettle the Venus opposition Uranus through 2019/2020 with the next major hiccup late this December and January 2020 when there may be a change of direction as tr Uranus trines the MC as well. Later in 2020 there’s a dashed-hopes Solar Arc Neptune conjunct the HK Jupiter.
There seems little possibility of the Chinese dragon changing its spots and Xi Jinping’s Administration chart is looking fairly successful and confident this year so he’s less likely to cave in. It’ll be 2022 before his reign makes a radical change of direction.
And Carrie Lam, the pro-Beijing HK leader still in place, started her rule under a Sun Mars in Cancer opposition Pluto square Jupiter – so is acclimatised to risk and challenge – just as well since she’ll have a few more of these before this year is out. The December Capricorn Solar Eclipse will fall close to the HK Midheaven which does suggest that will be a critical turning point.
Trash-talking Trump sinks lower into the murk when he doubles up on his attack on a Democratic black congressman, whose Baltimore district he first described as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess” and added “no human being would want to live there.” This in response to Elijah Cummings comments about migrant conditions at the border. Having discovered like his previous ‘go back from whence you came’ crack to Ilhan Omar and others that it appealed to his white working-class base he’s now in full flood, despite or perhaps enlivened by the criticism he is receiving.
The Baltimore Sun whaled back with an editorial which described Trump as “the most dishonest man to ever occupy the Oval Office, the mocker of war heroes, the gleeful grabber of women’s private parts, the serial bankrupter of businesses, the useful idiot of Vladimir Putin and the guy who insisted there are ‘good people’ among murderous neo-Nazis.” They ended that saying it’s better to have “vermin” in your neighbourhood “than to be one.”
That Trump revels in savagely overheated arguments is not news, nor is his vengeful, narcissistic kickback against any form of criticism, nor his flagrantly racists views. What is utterly depressing is that he can say such things without a scintilla of shame and not only get away with it but can increase his popularity doing so. Racism always was the elephant in America’s shadow and he’s dragging it out into the open. The fanatical, bitterly resentful Mercury opposition Pluto in the USA chart which has leanings towards fascism is still to do its worst in the early 2020s with the tr Pluto in hard aspect, which doesn’t augur well.
Elijah Cummings, 18 January 1951 is a Sun Capricorn with his determined Mars in Aquarius exactly opposite Trump’s Mars in bombastic Leo; and his Sun is opposition Trump’s Saturn for a chilly interface.
Their relationship chart has the composite Mars conjunct the destructive Fixed planet Algol in a bad-tempered and cruel square to Saturn; with a disappointing Sun opposition Neptune.
This argument isn’t so much between Cummings and Trump as between Trump and the soul of America.
