#Metoo round up.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a vocal supporter of the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment and a fierce opponent of President Donald Trump, has resigned following allegations of assault by four women, which he “strongly contests”. In a statement, he said “In the privacy of intimate relationships, I have engaged in role-playing and other consensual sexual activity. I have never engaged in non-consensual sex.” As New York state’s chief prosecutor, he recently brought legal action against Harvey Weinstein; sued on behalf of 600 students over a Trump real estate investment school which the students said offered no real education. A $25m (£18m) settlement was reached.
Born 31 December 1954, he is a Sun Mercury in Capricorn with a Water Grand Trine of Mars (Moon) in Pisces trine Saturn trine Uranus Jupiter in Cancer – Water Grand Trines can be healing for others if not themselves, and can sometimes live in their own bubble of reality. He’s also got an intensely emotional Venus in Scorpio square Pluto and trine Uranus Jupiter. So he will be passionate as well as adventurous in his emotional life. His Moon may be tied into Mars Saturn and Uranus which won’t make for easy responses to women.
Actor Jeffrey Tambor has been speaking about the sexual allegations made against him which got him fired from Transparent allegations. He claims not to be a sexual predator but admits he’s moody, difficult to work with, volatile and bad tempered. Born 6 July 1944 7.40 am San Francisco, he’s a Sun, Venus Mercury in Cancer; with Pluto on his Leo Ascendant sextile Uranus and Neptune – so will be controlling and highly strung. Plus a high-energy Mars Jupiter in Leo opposition an Aquarius Moon. With his Moon opposition his Mars/Pluto midpoint; and his Venus conjunct the bleak Saturn/Pluto midpoint. No Earth signs. He will find women tricky to work with given his Moon and Venus aspects.
Pulitzer prizewinner Junot Díaz, who recently wrote a harrowing essay in The New Yorker, describing being raped as a child, has also been accused – by one woman as forcibly kissing her when she was a 26-year-old student, and others have given accounts of verbal misogynistic abuse. Born 31 December 1968 in the Dominican Republic, he’s a Sun Capricorn square a lucky Jupiter Uranus in Libra on one side and Saturn in Aries on the other. With Venus in Aquarius inconjunct Pluto, square Neptune; and a Gemini Moon.
One treads warily in these delicate matters but I’m not sure I’d count a clumsy pass as sexual assault. Or get rattled about misogynistic abuse. Manys a time I’ve made disparaging comments about the male of the species to their faces. It’s difficult to assess without hearing what was actually said or done. My worry would be that collapsing all allegations together – crass comments and misread flirtations along with serious predatory behaviour will undermine the long overdue attempt to stop abuse of women.