Christopher Steele is the ex-MI6 agent caught in the middle of the furore over alleged Russian manipulation of the 2016 election. A long-time and trusted intelligence worker, he in the past had worked for both UK and US governments after leaving the service to go private. An ex-head of MI6 said he was the ‘go to person on Russia for information on the commercial sector’; and he led the British inquiry into the mysterious 2006 death in London of Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB official and Putin critic, who died of deliberate radiation poisoning.

Steele’s sources had told him the Kremlin held damaging information about Trump’s personal and financial dealings which could be used as leverage were he ever to be elected. What complicates his story is that he was hired by the Democratic Party and Clinton campaign. Devin Nunes’ line is that Steele was politically biased against Trump, though his high-level friends say his alarm was not political, more that his professional background in MI6 impelled him to pass on what could be vital information to an ally.

Born on 24 June 1964 in Aden, Yemen, (five days after Boris Johnson), he is a Sun Cancer exactly conjunct his North Node, so keyed into the zeitgeist; with a Sagittarius Moon. He has Saturn opposition Uranus Pluto square Mars in Gemini – so used to challenging and fast-moving situations with risk attached. There are now lawsuits being filed against him by certain of those named in his dossier and he certainly looks very stressed ahead. Tr Pluto has been in a catastrophic square to his Mars/Saturn midpoint through 2017 and this year; with a series of major jolts as his T square of Saturn, Mars, Uranus, Pluto has moved by Solar Arc to catch tr Uranus hard aspects in 2017, with a final hit in March/April this year – and beyond. If anything 2019/2020 could be as bad with tr Neptune square his Sun/Mars and Mars/Node; and tr Pluto opposes his Mars/Pluto midpoint.

Not only is he unpopular with Trump and certain sections of the GOP, he’ll also be persona non-grata with Putin – and the Kremlin has a very long reach when it comes to dealing with troublesome people.

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Quentin Tarantino, renowned for his brutally violent movies, torture as entertainment, many of them made with Harvey Weinstein – Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Django Unchained – is under fire for coercing Uma Thurman to perform a dangerous driving stunt, which led to a car crash. And is now in more trouble for defending Roman Polanski in a 2003 Howard Stern interview that has resurfaced online. He said Polanski’s 13-year-old victim “wanted to have it and dated the guy. He had sex with a minor. That’s not rape.” Even Stern choked on that and argued back.

Tarantino, born 27 March 1963, sadly no birth time, was brought up by his divorced mother who allowed him to watch adult-content movies when young. He’s a Sun Mercury in Aries in a high-energy trine to a flamboyant Mars in Leo; with a cool Saturn Venus in Aquarius; a Taurus Moon probably trine Uranus Pluto in Virgo. It’s a chart that really needs a birth time to make sense. Tr Saturn is square his Mercury Sun at the moment and throughout this year, which will be downbeat. But that apart there’s not much showing.

Another Hollywood giant about to topple.

Tom Brady, the American football quarterback, is by his own admission a bad loser and after the New England Patriot’s Super Bowl loss wasn’t on his most gracious form. He’s had a sterling career and now 40 must be thinking of packing up his boots.

Born 3 August 1977 11.48am San Mateo, California, he is a Sun Leo conjunct Saturn also in Leo – both of which need the adulation of the winner’s podium. He’s got a talented chart with a three-quarter Grand Sextile, formed from an inspirational, attention-demanding Fire Grand Trine of an Aries Moon trine Neptune trine Sun. That ties into Mars in Gemini trine Pluto sextile Sun Saturn, which is tough-minded. With Mars in a glamorous opposition to Neptune square Mercury in Virgo; and his Moon in an intense opposition to a 12^th house Pluto square Venus. He looks quite a personality, though not a shrinking violet by a million miles.

Neptune is slowing creeping towards his 6^th house which could suggest either health issues or the wish to turn his energy towards philanthropic issues. Neptune in the 6^th is not usually good for ego-centred ambitions.

He’s married to model Gisele Bundchen, 20 July 1980 5pm Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, who is a Cancer Sun square a 10^th house Pluto with an intense Scorpio Moon also in her 10^th. That must be a tempestuous relationship with his Pluto conjunct her MC and his Uranus conjunct her Moon; and her Pluto conjunct his Ascendant and her Mars conjunct his Pluto. Their relationship chart has a super-charged composite Sun Jupiter Mars Mercury conjunction for high energy, good fortune and some arguments; and the composite Mars Mercury square Uranus will also make for some heated moments. She’s a Water Sun and Moon while he’s a Fire Sun and Moon – a boiling combination.

Sharp drops and volatility in the global stock markets are being blamed on fears about the withdrawal of the stimulus which artificially kept economies afloat in recent times; and to correct an overpriced market. Though, as ever, the markets don’t bear much relation to the health of the real economy, which at present seems reasonably sound.

Stock market charts are notoriously difficult predictors but for what it’s worth. The NY Stock Exchange, 17 May 1792 11.30am has tr Uranus is a jolting conjunction to its Saturn in Aries and opposition its Neptune in March/April, which will raise neurosis to new peaks. Those these influences were also around last year; this is the final hit. The Lunar Eclipse was triggering the Uranus; and the mid February Solar Eclipse will be conjunct the NYSE Pluto – a tense time.

The FTSE First Trade, 3 Jan 1984 10am London, has tr Uranus exactly on the insecure, overly excitable opposition to its Mars, again a final hit of what was around in 2017. With a depressed tr Saturn conjunct the Mercury, moving to conjunct the New Moon from Jan 2019.

The US Federal Reserve Bank chart, 16 Nov 1914 9 am Washington, DC, is in for an edgy time giving the new chair Jerome Powell a short or non-existent honeymoon period. From mid May tr Uranus will make a highly-strung, nervy square to the ResB Neptune; and within seven months (if not before) there is a Solar Arc Uranus opposition the ResB Sun which will be a considerable shock and forced change of direction.

Powell, 4 Feb 1953, is a Sun Mercury in Aquarius opposition Pluto, square Jupiter and trine Moon Neptune (Saturn) in Libra; with a Yod of Saturn sextile Pluto inconjunct Mars in Pisces. It’s a heavyweight chart, though he could be fairly impulsive with a Yod focal point Mars. His Solar Arc Pluto is conjunct his Saturn through this year which will put him under considerable pressure; with tr Uranus opposition his Saturn in April for a few weeks of even higher tension than usual.

He’s not a harmonious fit with Trump since his Mars squares Trump’s Sun and Moon; and his Pluto is conjunct Trump’s Mars in Leo, so there will be scratchy moments.

On the USA chart tr Saturn is opposition Jupiter at the moment, returning twice before the autumn, and opposing the USA Venus, and then moving to oppose the Cancer Sun in 2019. That needn’t all be financial but it might point towards some economic hard news. The USA is also heading for a Nodal Return this June, which does suggest a need for a re-think about general direction and national purpose. The Nodal Return is a staging point in an individual or a country’s destiny and being in Leo, it does suggest that global leadership qualities are what need to be boosted.

Kylie Jenner, youngest of the Kardashian clan, a reality star and entrepreneur with a huge social media following, has announced the birth of a daughter. She has been uncharacteristically silent through her pregnancy, saying she needed to be stress-free to prepare ‘for this role of a lifetime’. Though it is suspected she had her nine months filmed for her new spin-off series with her boyfriend and baby-daddy, rapper Travis Scott.

The baby was born on 1 February 2018 at 4.43pm, Los Angeles, which gives a charming and sociable 7^th house Sun Venus in Aquarius in an expansive square to Jupiter in the 4^th. She already at five days old has a lavish $70k wardrobe of clothes which would certainly fit with a wealthy and frivolously fashionable upbringing as those aspects indicate. She’s also got a rebellious/independent-minded Uranus conjunct her midheaven so she will walk her own road. Her 2^nd house Virgo Moon opposes Neptune squaring onto Mars in Sagittarius, suggesting a high-wire, quite fractious temperament, inclined to go off in all directions at once, especially at home and with her mother. Her North Node is in her 1st just below a flashy Leo Ascendant, suggesting problems forming a strong sense of her own identity

Her mother’s Jupiter is conjunct her Sun Venus, so she will be spoilt; though with Kylie’s Pluto conjunct the baby’s Mars and Kylie’s Saturn conjunct the baby’s Uranus, there will be some battles along the way. They don’t have the easiest of relationship charts with a competitive composite Sun Mars square Neptune; a volatile, needs-space Mars trine Uranus; and a communication-blocked Mercury square Saturn.

What a family to be born into. Growing up in a sci-fi wonderland like The Truman Show, where her entire life from day one is turned into a reality show won’t be a cakewalk.

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Uma Thurman, star of Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill, has opened up about an alleged assault by Harvey Weinstein. In an interview with the NY Times she said: “I knew him pretty well before he attacked me,” she said. “This was my champion. He had a chokehold on the type of films and directors that were right for me.” After the incident she confronted him and although she continued to work on his movies, relations were strained. A spokesperson for Weinstein confirmed that “Mr Weinstein acknowledges making a pass at Ms Thurman in England after misreading her signals in Paris. He immediately apologised.”

Born 29 April 1970 1.51pm Boston, Massachusetts, three days after Melania Trump, she has the same sombrely sophisticated Sun Saturn in Taurus with her Sun opposition Jupiter; and Venus Mars in Gemini in an enthusiastic and adventurous trine to Uranus.

Weinstein’s Jupiter and Sun fall in her 8^th, so he’d be good for her financial success; and his Venus is conjunct her Descendant which is well-starred for warm feelings. Though what squelches all of that is his ultra-determined Mars in Scorpio opposing her Mercury and Saturn for a gritty and aggravating interface; and his Pluto in a blocked and controlling square to her Mercury Saturn. His Sun is opposition her Pluto. So a relationship with major issues about power.

Their relationship chart has an affectionate composite Sun Venus conjunction in an expansive square to Jupiter. But it’s a see-saw and highly volatile connection since the composite Sun also squares Saturn (good for business) and trines an explosive, needs-space Mars Uranus conjunction. It would always be finely balanced between good feelings and the other variety.

After 22 years of trying and failing, ex-cricketer Imran Khan could have his best shot at becoming Pakistan’s prime minister as he heads to July’s elections. With a reputation as a former Western playboy, the ex-husband of Jemima Goldsmith, has taken to spirituality and surprisingly emerged as the choice for both the Taliban and many in Pakistan’s powerful spy agency (ISI). If elected he hopes to distance Pakistan from the Western Alliance and possibly move towards China.

His birth date used to be questionable but seems to have settled at 5 October 1952, two days before Vladimir Putin. So he has the same stellium of four planets in Libra – Sun, Saturn, Mercury, Neptune – and a ferociously determined crusading Mars in Sagittarius trine Pluto, sextiling onto Neptune; a can-be-fanatical Neptune square Uranus; and pushily confident Pluto square Jupiter in Taurus tied into a T Square by an Aquarius North Node.

He’ll have planets in different houses than Putin, which may explain his lack of success to date. This birth time of 11.55am is questionable but would put a sporting Jupiter in the 5^th; and a hidden Pluto in the 8^th. Whereas I’ve always imagined Putin with a control-freak Pluto on his midheaven.

During this July and August Khan, does have a successful tr Pluto trine his Jupiter so he will be upbeat; though less so in 2019/2020 with heavily pressured transits to midpoints. And throughout 2018/19 he has the highly confusing tr Pluto square his Neptune.

Pakistan does look to be going through a seismic upheaval in its relations with the USA, picking up from mid May and running through into early 2019 as tr Uranus squares the composite Mercury, Sun; with undermining, disappointing Neptune transits to the composite Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus from 2017 till 2020. With a complete re-set or disruption come 2019/2020 from tr Uranus opposition the composite Pluto.

Trump is up to his usual trick of blaming others for precisely what he’s guilty of himself. The upper echelons of the FBI and Justice Department were tweet slammed by him this morning for politicising the ‘sacred investigative process.’ This is the president who demanded that his security and legal chiefs be loyal to him personally rather than their country or their professional principles.

Devon Nunes, a Republican, chairman on the intelligence committee, who already has form for crossing lines in his efforts to toady up to the president, has been described as an ‘Inspector Clouseau’ in his efforts to throw doubt on the FBI’s conduct of its inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in US elections. The memo which is about to be released according to committee members has been doctored from the one which had been agreed and the FBI have, unusually, argued publicly against its exposure.

Nunes, 1 October 1973 is a tough-nut Sun Pluto in Libra trine Jupiter and square Saturn; with an opportunistic Jupiter square Mars in Taurus. His cross-overs with Trump aren’t that remarkable, if anything rather ill-starred. Their relationship chart has a composite Jupiter square Pluto which can be a struggle for the upper hand, but initially it can invoke a joint sense of over-confidence which prompts the pair into unwise actions. Nunes looks upbeat this month and completely blocked after mid March with tr Pluto opposition his Mars/Pluto midpoint on and off till late 2019. But he’s just a bit player.

More interesting is Trump’s relationship with the FBI, 22 March 1935. The FBI chart has a ferociously determined and working-with-the-criminal-classes Mars in Libra square Pluto in Cancer which crashes into Trump’s Saturn Venus in Cancer. When Pluto is conjunct Saturn on synastry it can, if handled well, involve both parties in serious responsibilities. If mishandled it leads to mutual suspicion and competition for power, resulting in intrigues and lawsuits.

The Trump/FBI relationship chart says the same in different ways, a composite Mars Neptune indicates an ego-clash where only one can win and when they do the other feels diminished, so not mutually supportive. Plus there’s a composite Mercury opposition Jupiter square Pluto – leading to one-upmanship games and a struggle for power and control. That T square starts to be seriously rattled from this June onwards with tr Uranus square the composite Pluto, upending the relationship and sending it into new territory. That will continue to rock n’ roll through 2019.

The FBI itself looks infuriated with tr Pluto square its Mars after mid March, on and off till late 2019; with a Uranus return late April/Early May (and again into 2019) also causing upheavals. A troubled time for the agency with Solar Arc Uranus square Mars in 2019. Though they’ll regain their confidence and chutzpah in 2019/2020 with tr Pluto sextile their Jupiter.

Trump at present has tr Uranus square his Venus for an emotionally excitable (shocking) time all this month; plus tr Neptune opposition his Jupiter/Pluto till early March which Ebertin describes as : ‘the inclination to deceive, to cheat and seduce; a general disappointment, suffering damage or loss through others without being aware of it.’ And exactly now till Feb 13^th tr Saturn is square his Neptune, which is usually uncertain, neurotic, panicked. His Solar Arc Uranus conjunct his Mars in Leo is now only four months to exact, with the probability of catastrophic events triggering earlier.

Jim Carrey has been cleared in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of his ex-girlfriend Cathriona White, who committed suicide. Her estranged mother and the dead woman’s former husband had sued Carrey, claiming he gave her sexually-transmitted diseases and provided the drugs she used when she took her own life in 2015. His lawyer claimed Miss White forged medical records to make it appear that she had no STDs before meeting him. He had already been blackmailed into paying her money to avoid a messy lawsuit previously.

Born 17 January 1962 2.30am Newmarket, Ontario, he started life as a stage comedian and impersonator before graduating to movies Ace Ventura: the Pet Detective, The Mask, Dumb and Dumber and went on to do Batman, The Truman Show amongst other hits, mopping up awards and critical acclaim. He has admitted to suffering from depression and has had two marriages and various relationships.

He is a Sun Venus Mars in Capricorn with his Sun conjunct Saturn in Aquarius – all these planets sit in his jam packed 3^rd house along with Jupiter Mercury in Aquarius, so mentally highly strung, prone to self-doubt, argumentative, intelligent. His Gemini Moon is deeply buried in his 8^th and square a controlling 10^th house Pluto; with the contradictory Uranus also in the 10^th conjunct his midheaven; and illusory Neptune on his Scorpio Ascendant.

Last August’s Leo Solar Eclipse was conjunct his MC and Uranus, along with a welter of damaging publicity when the lawsuit was publicised; with the disruptive tr Uranus square his Sun on and off into early this year. The February’s Solar Eclipse will conjunct his IC and oppose his Uranus so he will be rattled by the whole disaster. He is anyway at the lowest ebb of his career with tr Saturn moving now through his 2^nd, the middle segment of his first quadrant and staying there till 2019. Towards mid 2018 tr Uranus squares his Saturn for a jolting few months thereafter. The pressures on him will stay heavy for the next few years, with 2019 to 2022 replete with frustratingly trapped and discouraging Pluto transits to his Sun/Mars, then Mars/Saturn, then Sun and finally Sun/Saturn.

His creative 7^th Harmonic is strong which can also be connected to a fine mental balance. His obsessive 11H is also marked; as is his ‘genius/breakthrough’ 13H. The latter was also emphasised for comedian Peter Sellers.

His former girlfriend Cat White, 14 September 1985, Ireland, was a New Moon in Virgo with Mercury Mars also in Virgo.