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.

That Jeremy Corbyn will follow Theresa May out of office seems almost certain as is often the way with political opponents. One falls, the other succumbs to the same forces of gravity in time as well.

His Leadership chart 24 September 2016 12.51pm indicates gloom and discouragement, maybe even an exit when tr Saturn opposes the Moon and is conjunct Pluto now through August till early September, and again October to early November this year. Failing that the major upheaval comes with tr Pluto square the Uranus which is most often a topple-off-perch moment which occurred earlier this year and again after mid January through February 2020, and twice more before the end of the year. His relations with both Labour Party charts are on a separating trajectory from now till this year end.

His own chart, another multiple Gemini, is sliding into confusion this autumn with tr Neptune square Mercury with a lucky break and great relief late December over the New Year into January – perhaps the latter is casting off the shackles of office which he never expected and doesn’t seem to much enjoy.

Of the possibles to replace him – there are four names at the top of the betting. Angela Rayner and Rebecca Long-Bailey can be discounted for the next couple of years since Neptune is putting sinkholes in their way.

Emily Thornberry, 27 July 1960, has some cheer late this September into October; and again over the New Year, with a couple more Jupiters running through 2020; though she’s also got a frustratingly trapped influences from this November and major glitches over the |New Year; and a discouraging tr Pluto square Sun/Saturn from February. Worse from late March onwards courtesy of a catastrophic tr Neptune conjunct her Mars/Saturn midpoint on and off into 2021. Her relations with the Labour Party 1900 chart aren’t encouraging for the next three years.

Keir Starmer, 2 September 1962, like Emily Thornberry to a degree has very mixed influences. There’s a stuck Solar Arc Sun Pluto square Saturn over the next few months which will bring a mighty struggle. He’ll get uplift from tr Uranus conjunct his Solar Arc Jupiter mid November to mid December. But really when his luck is in will be around May 2020 as tr Uranus is conjunct his Mars/Jupiter midpoint and sextile his natal Jupiter; with radical changes in his life, lifestyle and direction from June 2020 with tr Uranus trine his Sun and Pluto, which are the driving planets of the central configuration of his chart – a Water Grand Trine formed into a Kite.

Yvette Cooper, 20 March 19679, is a rank outsider in the betting at the moment which may not mean much. She upbeat late September to mid October and rattled from then till mid November. On the whole her 2020/2021 look discouraging with tr Pluto square her Saturn at 24 Aries and then square her Saturn/Venus and Venus in the two years following.

On the face of it – without birth times – Starmer looks the most likely, though not perhaps until next year.

Puerto Rico is in turmoil with mass public demonstrations forcing the governor Ricardo Rossello to resign after his threat to kill another politician was revealed in a social media chat and two top former members of his administration were indicted on federal corruption charges. The revolt that toppled his government in two weeks was propelled by concern over the territory’s weak economy, graft scandals and a callous response to Hurricane Maria in late 2017.

Rossello, son of a former governor, 7 March 1979, is a Sun Mars in Pisces opposition Saturn with Sun square Neptune – so definitely slippery. Tr Neptune is conjunct his Sun this year making his position swampier than usual. What’s interesting is that he took over as Governor three weeks before Trump on 2 January 2017 when the chancer’s Uranus opposition Jupiter square a control-freak Pluto was also in place. So there are certain similarities between their administrations. Rossello’s Term chart also had a Sun conjunct Pluto in Capricorn which was rattled by the early July Cancer Solar Eclipse.

The Puerto Rico, 25 July 1952 1.36pm San Juan chart has tr Uranus in an all-systems change square to the Leo Sun this year, running on and off until after the New Year. But the transition won’t be quick n’ easy. There’ll be setbacks in 2021 with Solar Arc Sun conjunct Saturn. 2022 will see the start of several years upheaval with tr Uranus moving round the Fixed Grand Cross which will bring forced changes with a fair amount of disruption.

The 25 July 1898 chart also has a Leo Sun at the same degree so is feeling the winds of change blowing; with tr Neptune undermining the Pluto power bases.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/us/puerto-rico-protests-timeline.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Boris’s Grand Tour of the ‘awesome foursome’ components of the UK and the dragons of the EU will keep him in an enjoyable (for him) high-profile whirlwind of activity for the next few weeks. Until presumably knock-on-wood reality becomes unavoidable. His Government chart’s extravagant Jupiter in the 2^nd is certainly getting an airing as he blithely promises largesse in all directions, though along with tax cuts it’s tricky to see how he’ll deliver. Tr Neptune square his Government Jupiter mid November to mid December will bring a back-to-earth-with-a-bump moment.

In general there’s a Neptunian smokescreen of confusion, miscommunication and disappointment on several of the relevant charts. The UK chart has tr Neptune square the 3^rd house Mercury mid August to late September for unclear discussions, evasive conversations and transport worries; followed by a panicky tr Neptune square the Solar Arc Mars also in the 3^rd right through until mid November.

There’s the faintest hint of a partnership split on the UK chart mid August to early September with tr Saturn square the Sun/Moon midpoint and the North Node. Tr Pluto and tr Uranus had been in hard aspect to those points in the run up to Brexit, so it is a sensitive spot. But it seems too mild for the kind of brutal pulling apart which a No-Deal would involve.

On the UK joining the EEC chart, 1 January 1973, there’s a run of tr Neptune square the Venus and then Saturn from late September to late January, which will be slipping, sliding, undermining emotionally as well as financially.

The UK relationship chart with the EU again shows up mid November to mid December as losses. With an uphill struggle of bulldozer-meets-brick-wall at the moment till late August, and again mid November to mid December.

On Boris’s crossovers with relevant others:

Nicola Sturgeon – she and BJ start off significantly chilly with a composite Sun Mercury square Saturn; and an emotionally conflicted composite Moon square Uranus Pluto. Tr Neptune is square the composite Moon now till mid August and again in 2020 – illusions, delusions and lies. Mid November to mid December look upsetting between them as well. That won’t improve in the foreseeable future.

His relationship with Nigel Farage is slippery at the best of times with a composite Sun opposition Neptune and unstable with Uranus Pluto trine Mars Jupiter which will swing around wildly over the next couple of years.

With Emmanuel Macron it’ll be a hostile and bitter power struggle with a composite Sun opposition Pluto squaring onto Mars; and a suspicious, distrustful composite Neptune opposition Jupiter Saturn.

And Angela Merkel won’t be budging in a hurry since her ferociously determined Mars in Sagittarius (trine Pluto) opposes his Sun Venus; and her Saturn in conscientious Scorpio is conjunct his Moon – so a charm offensive won’t wash.

His Government chart is facing a run of crises mid November to mid December and again in February to early March 2020. Whether this is post-a hasty-exit-Brexit or a continuing struggle to get a sensible deal isn’t remotely clear from any of the charts.

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American rapper ASAP Rocky remains in custody in Sweden facing charges of assault, despite the best efforts of Trump and Kim Kardashian amongst others to get him freed. His hearing is set for early next week. He claims self-defence.

He was born 3 October 1988 in Harlem, New York with a drug-dealing father who died in prison and a brother who was killed when he was 13. He dealt drugs as he moved around homeless shelters with his mother and sister as a teen for which he did time. His sister died of a drugs overdose in 2016. He’s been successful as a singer/songwriter and music video director.

He has a Libra Sun opposition Mars square Neptune which would incline him towards showbusiness, especially the musical end, with such a strong Neptune; but will also give him a short fuse made more so since his Mars is also square Uranus Saturn in late Sagittarius. His Moon is in Cancer which makes his family history all the more upsetting.

He’s got Solar Arc Sun conjunct his Pluto around now which is blocked; with a run of lacklustre, disappointing Neptune transits to midpoints from late September really through till January 2020; and he looks particularly blocked and angry across the New Year. But he does get one lucky-break influence late October and looks on more confident form from early 2020 onwards.

Rutger Hauer, the actor who brought Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi cult classic Blade Runner to life with an unforgettable monologue, has died. He became a multi-millionaire doing several years of Guinness ads and worked constantly in Europe and the US on film and in television in LadyHawke, Buffy the Vampire Slayer amongst many others and more recently in True Blood, and The Sisters Brothers.

He was born 23 January 1944 at 6.18pm Breukelen, Netherlands into an acting family. He had a fascinating chart with a hard-working 6^th house Aquarius Sun in an Air Grand Trine to a volatile and ambitious Mars Uranus in Gemini in his 10^th trine Neptune, formed into a Kite by Sun opposition Pluto North Node in Leo – which last became the drivers of his chart. Influential certainly and quite hidden, drawn to horror movies with Mars Uranus Pluto Neptune as well as sci-fi. He had a lighter side from a flamboyant Venus in Sagittarius in his entertaining 5^th house trine an enthusiastic Jupiter in Leo in his 1^st.

He didn’t have a superstar career but he made quite an impact.

Pic: DWDD

Michael Sheen, the Welsh actor with an illustrious catalogue stage and screen performances on his CV including biopics as Tony Blair, is expecting a child with his 25 year old Swedish girlfriend. He already has a 20 year old daughter with his first partner Kate Beckinsale.

He was born 5 February 1969, with amateur dramatic parents and worked mainly in the theatre in his early adult career. He’s a Sun Aquarius square a determined Mars in Scorpio which in turn is in a showbizzy conjunction to Neptune. His forced-to-be-self-reliant Saturn in Aries is inconjunct his Mars giving a hard-edge to his performances. He’s also got a lucky, risk-taking, constantly changing Jupiter Uranus in Libra opposition Venus in Aries. He has had a succession of girlfriends but never married. His Virgo Moon is probably conjunct Pluto.

There’s no birth date for his present girlfriend Anna Lundberg but she was born around 1994 when the Uranus Neptune conjunction was in Capricorn which will square his Saturn which might make it an edgy connection. He doesn’t look that enchanted this year with an uncertain, worried tr Neptune conjunct his Sun/Saturn midpoint at the moment; a trapped tr Pluto square his Mars/Pluto midpoint recently and on and off till late 2020; with a discouraging tr Pluto square his Saturn and sextile his Mars this year; and a blocked Solar Arc Pluto square his Sun next year.

He does have tr Pluto trine his Solar Arc Venus this year and next which is emotional and affectionate but that’s fairly obscure.

Pic: IDominick

‘German industry is in the deepest slump since the global financial crisis and threatens to push Europe’s powerhouse economy into full-blown recession.’ Even allowing for economic journalists’s tendency to catastrophise there do appear to be problems in the wheelhouse.

It’s not just the German car industry facing a problem. More than 80pc of Germany’s factories are in outright contraction; with manufacturing activity for the wider eurozone dropping to levels last seen in the depths of the 2012 European debt crisis.

The Bundesbank (Central Bank) chart, 26 July 1957 is in a perilous state at the moment with a high-tension, jolting Solar Arc Saturn opposition Uranus earlier this year; worsening towards a devastating Solar Arc Pluto conjunct Neptune late this year into early 2020. Plus tr Uranus in a series of jangling squares to the Sun this year and Uranus next. It won’t regain confidence till 2022/23 as tr Pluto trines the Jupiter.

The Germany 1 January 1871 chart has a panicky tr Neptune square Jupiter exact now and recurring on and off till late 2020 which is the classic financial bubble-bursting influence, with falsely high hopes deflating. The recent Solar Eclipse was opposition the Germany Sun and conjunct the Germany Midheaven for a crisis of direction. And tr Uranus is conjunct the Germany Taurus Moon sitting on the cusp of the 8^th house of joint finances for an economic upset this year and early next.

The UK chart has the same Capricorn Sun and Cancer Midheaven as Germany so has different crises running in parallel. Tr Uranus into the Germany 8^th which usually bring a period of economic instability should be noted since the UK has the same from 2022 onwards. The EU with the same Capricorn Sun and similar chart axis picked up tr Uranus into the 8^th earlier this year so their financial insecurities picked up earlier than the UK’s which to date isn’t doing badly. Though clearly there are clouds on the horizon.

The Germany chart picks up tr Pluto opposition their 10^th house Uranus for a radical upheaval and change of direction in 2021/22. The Germany chart does not suggest an essentially compliant or cooperative country with Uranus in the 10^th and an uncommitted, evasive Neptune in the 7^th. And indeed the relationship chart between Germany and the EU has been fraught with tensions and difficulties since the beginning which are coming to a head at the moment with tr Uranus elbowing the composite Fixed Grand Cross of Venus opposition Uranus square Mars opposition Moon, from last year through till 2021; with an increasing sense of separation and crisis from tr Saturn and this year’s Eclipses. There’ll be major confusion and disappointment in 2022/23 between the two, with a paralysis of will about how to tackle problems.   The France/Germany relationship chart as well is showing up a sense of loss, confusion and devastation in 2019/2020; with a major turning point in 2022/23 which could put unbearable pressure on their relationship, stretching it to breaking point.

The EU chart has the Solar Arc Pluto conjunct the 2^nd house financial Neptune now which is creating an earthquake of panic; with the Solar Arc Midheaven approaching an exact conjunction to the Pluto within three months whichwill grind progress to a dead-halt and perhaps drag dirty-dealing into the open. Plus tr Uranus is starting  three years explosive, cage-rattling of the EU’s central Fixed Grand Cross. This year and early next a highly-strung, nerve-stretched tr Uranus is opposition Neptune and worse the conjunction to the 8^th house Moon picks up from July 2020 and squares the Uranus at the same time, running through 2021 as well – precipitating not only a financial disruption of considerable proportions but also triggering a sharp change of plan for the longer term.

Tr Neptune is also square the 3rd house Saturn in 2020/21 which will lead to uncertainty and significant worry. As well as communication and transport difficulties.

Everywhere going into a melting pot.

Chris Evans, best known for his superhero Marvel comic roles, will appear in a Netflix docu-drama airing late this month playing a Mossad agent involved in smuggling Jewish-Ethiopians into Israel in the 1980s. He says he’s finished with his superheroes and wants ultimately to give up acting for directing.

Born 13 June 1981 6.16pm Boston, Massachusetts, he has an intense and secretive Gemini Sun on the cusp of his 8^th house in a creative opposition to Neptune and an influential trine to Pluto. He has the chart to make waves. He has a hidden and also emotionally intense 12^th house Scorpio Moon trine an 8^th house Venus in Cancer, so no surprises he keeps his relationships under wraps. His Mars in feisty Gemini is in his 7^th so he can express himself assertively – on Trump, gay marriage, Roe v Wade etc – and that trines an idealistic Jupiter Saturn in Libra in his 10^th.

He’s an interesting personality, more than his blockbuster roles might suggest. With Saturn edging its way out of his 2^nd house he will be looking ahead to start building his career in a new direction over the coming two decades plus. It’ll take him time to establish what he really wants to be doing but he’s clearly got talent and motivation.

There’s nothing much to suggest an emotional commitment coming soon, indeed there may be an upheaval or two soon with his Progressed Venus square his Uranus. And when he does he’ll no doubt make the effort to hide it from view.