John Kerry, former Secretary of State under Obama from 2013 and who stood against George W Bush in the 2004 election, is considering whether to stand again in 2020 against Trump.

Born 11 December 1943 in Colorado, time in dispute, he’s a Sun Sagittarius opposition Moon, Mars and Saturn in Gemini with Jupiter in Leo as well as Pluto conjunct a Leo leadership-quality North Node.

On the downside he has tr Neptune square his Moon and his Mars/Saturn midpoint from this April, on and off till early 2020, which are low-energy and not helpful in terms of health or morale. But he’s also got tr Pluto square his upbeat and successful Sun/Jupiter midpoint from this mid February on and off till late 2020, including being exact over the election itself. Plus his Solar Arc Mars is conjunct his Jupiter exact fairly soon as well which will give his enthusiasm a major boost.  And with tr Uranus square his Pluto in November 2020 his life is certainly due for a major change.

It may just be good news from another quarter, since there’s nothing to nail it to the election. And those Neptunian influences won’t be remotely useful. But one way and another he’s not looking on bad form.

Billionaire Howard Schultz of Starbucks fame intent on standing as an independent centrist candidate (to much dismay since they usually split the Democratic) vote) is facing an uphill battle with tr Pluto in a panicky, uncertain square to his Saturn Neptune at the moment and then in a trapped, frustrating opposition to his Mars from April onwards. The latter of these runs on and off till late 2020. Plus he has the ‘false happiness’ dashed-hopes tr Neptune square his Jupiter till late 2019 which won’t help either; and Solar Arc Pluto square his Sun exact in early 2020. He looks almost certain to fall by the wayside.

Wendy Williams, the syndicated talk show host, ‘shock jockette’, author and fashion designer, is taking a break from her show for health reasons. She has Graves Disease, an auto-immune thyroid disorder, and fractured her shoulder recently.

Born 18 July 1964 9.30 pm Asbury Park, New Jersey, she has a Cancer Sun which will tune her into the public mood in her 6^th house of health and work trine an intense Scorpio Moon. She has an expansive Jupiter in her 3^rd making her a confident communicator, in an indulgent opposition to her Moon Neptune and square a flamboyant Mercury, ramping up her need to talk in an attention-seeking way. Her Jupiter is also in a lucky sextile to her Sun. A 7^th house Uranus Pluto will add punch to her delivery and her relationships.

She’s got Jupiter moving through her 10^th since December 2018 for a year so it seems unlikely she’ll be out of the public eye for long. Though she does have accident-prone Uranus transits to several Mars midpoints, running from late last year right through till April. She’s also got tr Pluto trine her Jupiter on and off all year which will boost her confidence and again make it unlikely she’ll be lingering for long on the sidelines.

Though in general she’s moving towards the end of an old career phase with tr Saturn gradually heading for her Ascendant by 2021 onwards which will give her a yen for a quieter life – or it will force the issue.

            The make-or-break round of trade negotiations between China and the USA, due imminently, has almost certainly crashed with the filing of charges against Huawei. The Chinese telecommunications equipment maker is accused of corporate theft, violating sanctions against Iran and the two indictments include almost two dozen alleged crimes ranging from wire and bank fraud to theft of trade secrets and obstruction of justice. “These charges lay bare Huawei’s alleged blatant disregard for the laws of our country and standard global business practices,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray. The Chinese vehemently deny everything.

If agreement is not reached on the trade deal by March 1^st Trump has said he will more than double the punitive tariff rate currently assessed on about half of all Chinese exports to the US.

Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Huawei and daughter of the founder Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in Canada in December on the basis of a US extradition warrant. She was born 13 February 1972 Chengdu (net sources) which if accurate makes her a Sun Mercury in Aquarius square Saturn in money-minded Taurus and trine Uranus – ideal for a high-tech exec. She also has Pluto in Libra opposition Venus square Jupiter in expansive, materialistic Capricorn; with her Pluto inconjunct Mars in Taurus – she’s quite a formidable lady. Though she’s looking fairly strung out at the moment with her Solar Arc Uranus conjunct her Neptune and tr Uranus moving to a highly insecure square to her Mars come late March. Though since it also trines her Jupiter some deal may be struck.

Her father Ren Zhengfei, 25 October 1944, founded Huawei in the late 1980s and it is thought had Chinese government support financially at crucial phases of its development. It’s now worth many many billions.

He’s a formidably determined Sun, Mercury Mars in Scorpio square Pluto and trine Saturn – hard, ruthless, controlling, secretive.

The China/USA relationship chart is deflated exactly now with tr Saturn square the composite Jupiter, lowering enthusiasm, and will get more aggravated by mid March with tr Saturn opposition the composite Mars. These two influences will repeat till late in the year. Tr Uranus will oppose the composite Pluto in 2020 which will reset relations, either up or down.

China is a hot spot for Trump since his chart relocated to Beijing has his flashy and aggressive Mars in Leo in the 7^th house of partnerships. With his Mars/Pluto midpoint close to the Descendant. So the relationship with the Chinese was always going to be hostile, despite Ivanka’s business interests there.

Glenn Close has won the SAG Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for The Wife pitching up her hopes for the Oscars which she has never won despite many nominations.

Born 19 March 1947 2.12 pm Greenwich, Connecticut, she has an intense 8^th house Pisces Sun and a talented Air Grand Trine of Uranus trine Neptune trine Venus in Aquarius. Exactly now tr Jupiter is opposing her Uranus for a lucky break and a morale boost. Unfortunately that will have moved on by late February and the only two transits she has then aren’t helpful. Though tr Jupiter will continue through her 5^th house boosting her presence in the spotlight all year into 2020 and there’s a good deal ahead for her.

If she doesn’t make it this year then her best bets looks around 2022/23 when tr Pluto is sextile her Jupiter and conjunct her Sun/Jupiter midpoint.

For a fuller run down on her chart and life see post September 23 2018.

Is there method in Rudi Giuliani’s madness? Or has he become “a shell of himself talking gibberish” according to one political strategist, who mourns the passing of a once serious man. Giuliani was renowned as the fearless prosecutor who took down the mafia, the mayor who cleaned up a crime-ridden New York and the hero of 9/11. But ever since he joined Trump’s legal team he has been leaping in with both feet on cable TV to push the president deeper into jeopardy on various topics – payments to Stormy Daniels in violation of campaign finances rules and Russian collusion for two. And then promptly having to backtrack when his remarks raised eyebrows.

Born 28 May 1944 2.30pm New York, he’s fairly similar to Trump with an erratic, scattered Sun Uranus in Gemini but in his case it’s pulled together in a mini Grand Trine to Neptune, sextiling a formidable Mars Pluto conjunction in Leo. So he’s not short of courage or relentless determination. His Mars Pluto is also square an 8^th house Mercury in Taurus so he’s got trenchant opinions which he’ll fire off aggressively.

His torrid love life will come not just from a wayward Gemini Sun but also an indulgent Venus in Taurus square a flamboyant Jupiter Moon in Leo which will also make him a publicity junkie.

This year will upset his applecart with tr Neptune opposing his Sun/Saturn midpoint in April, which Ebertin describes as ‘a mental, emotional or physical crisis’ and that is at the same time as a loss-making tr Pluto opposition his Jupiter/Saturn midpoint which often affects careers negatively. With high insecurity and considerable jolts in May onwards as tr Uranus squares his focal point Mars Pluto on and off for the rest of the year.

It’s not that sensible a connection for Trump since Giuliani’s Saturn is conjunct Trump’s Sun which will have a dampening affect. Their relationship chart which has an overly confident composite Sun Uranus square Jupiter is on a disappointing downhill slide at the moment, worsening through February, more so in May onwards.

UK actor Richard E Grant has received his first ever nomination for an Oscar for best supporting actor for his performance alongside Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me?  He’s had a quixotic career, constantly in work but moving across the genres. He says he intends to enjoy the LA feste since he says everyone knows that Green Book’s Mahershala Ali will win in his category. But for all that he looks fairly chipper.

Born 5 May 1957 in Swaziland he grew up in southern Africa before relocating to London in his mid twenties.  He’s a Sun, Mercury, Venus in Taurus with his Venus in a charming square to Pluto and sociable trine to Jupiter in Virgo. Over the Oscars tr Pluto will be exactly trine his Jupiter which will boost his confidence and attract success. Though perhaps being nominated will be enough reward for him and lead onto other work.

Olivia Colman, 30 January 1974, is nominated for Best Actress for The Favourite, having already won a Golden Globe for the role.  She’s definitely on a roll with her Solar Arc Pluto square her Jupiter still in effect from last year; and Solar Arc Jupiter opposition her Pluto in 2019.

She’s a Sun, Jupiter, Mercury in Aquarius onto an Air Grand Trine to Saturn and Uranus – intelligent, chatty, detached. She’s also got tr Uranus square her Venus over the Oscars so a time of high emotional excitement.

Bryan Singer, director of the very successful Freddie Mercury bio-pic Bohemian Rhapsody until he was fired just before the end of shooting, has been the subject of an expose by The Atlantic alleging sexual misconduct that has haunted him throughout his career. See url below. Over the past two decades his movies have earned over $3 billion, so no surprises the industry is reluctant to sideline him.

Singer was born 17 September 1965, the same day as the Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and a week after Bashar Assad of Syria.  He is a Sun Virgo, with chaotic Uranus Mercury Pluto in Virgo opposition Saturn in Pisces probably square a Gemini Moon, and sextile Mars Neptune in Scorpio. He also has Venus in Scorpio.

Not an easy personality, that’s for sure, and emotionally all over the place. Over the years various allegations have been made against him from underage boys (see wiki) which were dismissed but have revived with the Spacey scandal erupting.

Tr Neptune has been undermining his Uranus, Mercury, Pluto through last year and this; but more significantly his Solar Arc Sun has moved to conjunct his Neptune now and then his Mars in a year’s time – the first of which will weaken and compromise him; and the second usually brings a collision of sorts. So instead of victims being buried beneath a tsunami of denials, it’ll be his turn to sink below the surface.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/bryan-singers-accusers-speak-out/580462/

A peaceful activist for women’s rights is still imprisoned in Saudi Arabia along with nine other women who say they have endured torture. Loujain Al-Hathoul campaigned for years to allow women the right to drive. The Crown Prince Bin Salman was applauded by the west when he granted women such rights but shortly beforehand he mystifyingly had her and other campaigners rearrested. “She said she had been held in solitary confinement, beaten, waterboarded, given electric shocks, sexually harassed and threatened with rape and murder. She was shaking uncontrollably, unable to hold her grip, to walk or sit normally,” said her sister, Alia al-Hathloul.

Born 31 July 1989, she’s an ultra-determined Sun Leo square Pluto in Scorpio; with the triple conjunction of Uranus, Saturn, Neptune in Capricorn which can have a focus on improving society and bringing in reforms.

Her Pluto is conjunct the Saudi Arabia 10^th house North Node and Midheaven in vengeful Scorpio and squares the Saudi Mars in uncompromising Aquarius – so she will pose a threat to the country’s archaic attitudes.

Her chart also clashes with MBS’s controlling Fixed Grand Cross of Jupiter opposition Venus square Pluto opposition Taurus North Node; and their relationship chart has an argumentative, competitive composite Sun Mars conjunction.

She’s looking at a low ebb at the moment with her Solar Arc Neptune opposing her Sun with Solar Arc Saturn following behind in a year’s time. She will get some cheer from a couple of transits to Jupiter midpoints this month and in July but on the whole looks very discouraged.

Mind you even if international pressure forced her release from prison (unlikely) she’d still be a broken woman for a long time after these experiences.

“Loujain’s abuse exemplifies the methods of Saudi thuggish and lawless leadership, hellbent on exacting sadistic vengeance against any citizen who dares to think freely,” Sarah Leah Whitson of Human Rights Watch said.

The Saudi Arabia Sun, Saturn, Jupiter in Capricorn will get pounded by the tr Saturn Pluto conjunction over the next couple of years which might crush some of their arrogance; and tr Neptune is moving round their Mutable T Square involving the Moon from this year till the mid 2020s which might – or might not – see an end to their mediaeval attitudes to women.

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Michel Legrand, the French composer, who won three Oscars during a career spanning more than half a century, has died. He first won for The Windmills of Your Mind from The Thomas Crown Affair, and again for his music for Summer of ’42, and  Yentl.  He worked with everyone who was anyone in the music business, popular as well as jazz and latterly in classical music writing a piano concerto and a ballet. He was indefatigable and had been scheduled to hold concerts in Paris in April.

Born 24 February 1932 12.21 pm Paris, France (astrotheme)  with a composer father who left when he was young and a mother herself the daughter of a conductor, he turned to music very young. He refused to go to school and taught himself to write music while left alone at home.

He was a Sun and midheaven in Pisces opposition Neptune so well-suited to a musical and filmic career; with flamboyant Jupiter in Leo in an adventurous trine to Uranus Venus in Aries. His Venus Uranus also squared Pluto, so he’d be constantly seeking change and excitement both emotionally and creatively.