More Trump nominations (or hot rumours thereof). Most controversial is Scott Pruitt, a climate change denier with commercial links to the fossil fuel industries for environmental secretary. He has fought against transgender rights and overtime pay for workers.

Born 9 May 1968, he’s a Sun Taurus opposition Neptune and trine Uranus Pluto in Virgo – so hugely ambitious, stubborn, innovative in some ways from Uranus Pluto. But since that is quincunx his self-reliant Saturn in Aries he’ll be pulled between innovative side and his harder, everyman-for-himself Saturn. He’s also got a high-finance Neptune square Jupiter.

His relationship with Trump is business-like and bleak with a composite Sun Saturn square Pluto. There’s a few disappointments in store for Pruitt and his relationship with Trump in the near future.

General John Kelly, 11 May 1950, is thought to be in line for Homeland Security. He’s the third top level military to be chosen, along with Flynn and Mattis; he has extensive experience in South America and lost a soldier son in Iraq.

He’s another Taurus, in his case square Pluto and trine Mars in Virgo, so definitely tough. His relationship with Trump would be feisty though friendly; with an element of risk-taking. He looks stressed ahead through this month and into 2017.

Linda McMahon, co-founder of WWE, and reputedly worth $1.6 billion with her ex-wrestler husband, is down for Small Business Admin. Born 4 Oct 1948, she’s a Sun Neptune in Libra sextile Pluto, with Pluto square a hyper-determined Mars in Scorpio. Her relationship with Trump isn’t exactly warm with a composite Sun Pluto Saturn Venus and an un-mutually supportive Mars Neptune; and a Sun Pluto square Jupiter – could be some ego-clashes or envy at work.

She’s bullish ahead through 2017/18 but also muddled and not winning everything she sets out to do.

The Secretary of State is the one everyone is waiting for and Trump has said Romney is still in the running despite his pre-election reservations about Trump.

Born 12 March 1947 9.51am Detroit, Michigan, he’s a Sun Pisces trine Jupiter in Scorpio. He’s got tr Pluto conjunct his Mars/Jupiter this month which looks more than hopeful for him. And if his birth time is sound then his Solar Arc Moon Jupiter are poised to move over his midheaven which is also a great success. Plus he’s got tr Pluto about to move into his 9^th from January 2017 which for a job of constant travel and serious discussions does fit.

His relationship chart with Trump is, oddly enough despite his earlier criticisms, reasonably friendly with a composite Sun Venus Mercury opposition Jupiter square Pluto – though also with an edge of both playing for the upper hand.

Romney’s Sun falls in Trump’s 7^th and his Moon Jupiter in Trump’s 4^th – so could work as a partnership.

Nico Rosberg shocked the motor-racing world when he announced his retirement five days after finally winning the Formula One World Championship, saying he’d done what he wanted. But commentators think the pressure of the competition with team mate Lewis Hamilton was a factor.

Born 27 Jun 1985 to a Finnish racing driver father, he’s an emotionally volatile and determined Sun Mars in Cancer trine Pluto and opposition Neptune; with a cool Venus in Taurus opposition Saturn in Scorpio squaring onto Jupiter in Aquarius – undoubtedly lucky and talented but also marginally wobbly with that Saturn Jupiter square.

Without a birth time, there’s nothing too dramatic showing on his chart; apart from a successful tr Pluto square his Mars/Jupiter as he won. His Solar Arc Neptune is in a confused/devastating square to his Pluto which may have been a factor if it is on the angles. Ahead in 2017 looks tough going and fairly undermining and depressed. I wonder if he’ll regret his sudden decision?

His relationship chart with Lewis Hamilton, 7 Jan 1985, does certainly have a ferociously competitive composite Mars opposition Pluto square Jupiter, but there’s not much showing on that at the moment.

Hamilton is a confident, ambitious Sun Jupiter in Capricorn with a passionate Mars Venus in Pisces in a risk-taking square to Uranus. He’s got some real highs ahead from now onwards though also periods of high risk and frustration also in 2017/18. 2019 will be especially successful with tr Pluto conjunct his Jupiter.

Viola Desmond is to be featured as the first woman on a Canadian ten dollar bill. She was a black business woman who fought against racial segregation.

Born 6 July 1914 in Halifax, Canada, she was one of 15 children whose parents were active in the black community. She trained to be a beautician and hairdresser out of state since Halifax’s beauty schools were whites-only, then set up her own businesses and encouraged others she trained to do the same.  In 1946, she became embroiled in a long series of trials after she was arrested on a spurious charge after having refused to sit in a segregated area of a Halifax cinema.

She had four planets in creative, ambitious and caring Cancer – Sun Pluto Neptune and Mercury; with her Sagittarius/Capricorn Moon opposition Pluto and perhaps opposition Saturn, so a bleak emotional childhood and experience of life. She also had a wide-ish Yod of Mars in Virgo sextile Pluto (Sun) inconjunct Uranus – so would always have a sense of never fitting in, which drove her to become a social reformer (Uranus). She died in 1964.

Her get-it-together 5^th Harmonic is strong as is her healer/victim 12H; and her leaving-a-legacy for history 17H is also well aspected.

Nigel Farage, the UK politician who made it to the shortlist of Time magazine’s person of the Year for his role in the successful campaign for Britain to leave the EU, is sailing high at the moment. He buddied up with Donald Trump pre-the election and gives every sign of wanting to be part of the US-UK relationship ahead. Written off years ago as one of a bunch of ‘fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists’ as David Cameron once described UKIP, he’s understandably jubilant. Cartoonists always depict him with a cigarette in one hand, a glass of beer in the other and a wayward gleam in his eye, so not one for political correctness.

Born 3 April 1964 4.30pm Farnborough, UK, he has an 8^th house Aries Sun conjunct Mars in the late 7^th; with Jupiter also in Aries in the 8^th conjunct Mercury in Taurus – so intensely driven, impulsive, lucky, pro-active. Saturn in Pisces opposes Uranus Pluto on his Virgo Ascendant so a determined rebel, though with a depressive streak that isn’t always obvious.

He has been very chipper through this autumn with tr Pluto square his Mars/Jupiter and now has tr Uranus conjunct his Sun/Jupiter as he contemplates moving to the US whether he’s made a UK Ambassador or not (NOT according to No 10).

He shares a Sagittarius Moon with Donald Trump; and Trump’s Sun falls in Farage’s 10^th, so a career advantage. Their relationship chart isn’t looking too cheerful in 2018/2019 with some ups and downs through 2017 as well.

With tr Pluto now into Farage’s 5^th for many years ahead he’ll want to be taken as a person of substance, so expect more grandstanding. Tr Uranus will conjunct his 8^th house Jupiter in 2018 which will be good for money/business; though he’ll have some major disruptions when his Solar Arc Sun squares his Uranus in 18 months’ time.

Relocating his chart to New York puts his ambitious Mars Sun and Jupiter all in the 10^th so he’d definitely thrive there.

Lady Gaga, the super-successful American pop star with 42 million Twitter followers, has admitted she has been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) since being raped at the age of 19. She first spoke publicly about the rape two years ago and has admitted she blamed herself and did not tell anyone about it for seven years.

Born 28 March 1986 10.55pm New York, she has a 4^th house Aries Sun square a showbizzy Neptune Mars in her 2^nd house of money, trine Saturn on her Sagittarius Ascendant and inconjunct Pluto – so she’ll be emotionally self-protective and private, as well as creative, impulsive and assertive. She has Venus in upfront Aries in her performing 5^th in an innovative trine to Uranus; plus a communicative Jupiter in the 3^rd trine Pluto, sextiling onto Mars Neptune so confident about getting her views across. And a hidden 12^th house Scorpio Moon, perhaps a reflection of her mother, who she said worked 8 till 8 most of the time.

At the moment tr Saturn is moving through her 1^st house below her Ascendant so she’ll want a quieter life for a few years ahead. Her Solar Arc Jupiter is conjunct her Sun in 2016 which will boost her confidence; and she is also just through her Saturn Return, so no doubt spending time thinking about how she wants to live in the time ahead.

When she was 19 tr Pluto was conjunct her Uranus turning her life on its head; with a bleak tr Saturn square her Pluto; and tr Uranus square her Saturn and trine her Pluto – so shifting her onto a different track.

John Key, PM of New Zealand has announced he’ll be retiring after eight years in the job. Given that he was born only five days after Barack Obama, it seems fitting they’ll bow out almost in tandem. An ex-Merrill Lyncher, he’s been a popular leader with little controversy sticking to him. He looks stressed and confused at the moment with tr Pluto trine his Mars/Pluto and square his Mars/Neptune; with a couple of Neptunian droops in early 2017. But he’s also facing a positive change of direction with tr Uranus trine his Sun in a few months’ time.

New Zealand is in a worrying time with a major earthquake in mid November and more minor ones still rumbling away; with the fear of worse to come. Plus Obama’s Trans Pacific Partnership is likely collapsing with Trump’s election.

The New Zealand chart always did look in for a very bumpy few years. Tr Uranus in early 2016 finished an emotionally jolting conjunction to the Aries Moon. Tr Pluto now proceeds to square the Moon from Feb 2017 for two years which suggests an angst-ridden population, with outbursts of feeling amongst the public.

There will be also be disruption/upheavals of a considerable size as tr Uranus squares the NZ MC at 23 Cancer in late March 2017; and then squares the NZ Sun at 26 Capricorn from May 2017 on and off until March 2018; and in 2018 tr Uranus will then square the NZ Mars and conjunct the NZ Pluto. So there’s an extended period where there will be changes in the country’s direction, insecurity, a collapse of an old order and some chaos before a new order is put into place.

NZ sailed through the 2008 recession in better order than most and is now experiencing an economic boom. But with low interests rates and property prices having doubled in a decade, there is some concern about the bubble bursting down the line.

Ivanka is the second child of Donald Trump’s first marriage to Czech Ivana Trump. She has a younger and older brother; and two half-siblings from her father’s subsequent marriages; is married to Jared Kushner with three children. She was a model, is now a businesswoman with her own jewellery and fashion line and works for the Trump real estate organization.

Born 30 Oct 1981 in New York (no birth time sadly), she’s a Sun Scorpio with a Sagittarius Moon, which is an out of element mix that seems to run through her siblings and children as well. And a powerhouse Pluto Jupiter Mercury Saturn in Libra, so confident, determined. Plus an ethereal, charming Venus Neptune in Sagittarius. Her Sun’s only aspect is a sextile to a hard-working Mars in Virgo, so she probably doesn’t have a strong sense of identity. Her Moon may be conjunct Uranus and certainly square Mars, so emotionally quite changeable.

Her Venus Neptune are conjunct her father’s Moon and opposition her Sun which will bring a calming connection; and her Sun is square his Pluto so he’ll be fairly controlling. She’s more sensible about money than he is with her Saturn in his 2^nd conjunct his Jupiter. Her Mars is in his first so she’ll put energy towards promoting his image though it could also lead to ego-clashes.

Their relationship chart is decidedly tricky with a composite Sun Mars Saturn Uranus conjunction. Sun Mars can be competitive and argumentative but that will be blocked by Saturn which tends to be repressive, one-sided and unfair. Saturn Uranus gives rise to tension with one side wanting to be free and the other restricts that. Mars Uranus is also quite volatile and defiant.  Exceptional circumstances could soak up a good deal of that in  hard work, innovative ventures etc but it certainly isn’t a cosy, loving, sentimental connection. She may have struck out for some independence in her fashion business.

Born the same year as Jared, they have relatively similar charts, though his Capricorn Sun squares her Jupiter Pluto Saturn; and his Mars in Aquarius squares her Sun – so there will be some jousting with differing personal ambitions. Her relationship chart with him is much less stressed with a steadier composite Sun sextile Jupiter and Saturn; though there is an explosive Mars Uranus as well.

Their three children:

Arabella, 17 July 2011 9am? NY, is a Sun Venus in Cancer with an Aquarius Moon; and a determined T Square of Saturn opposition Uranus square Pluto. If the time is about right, she’ll be attention seeking with Pluto in the 5^th; with a maverick grandparent with Uranus in the 8^th.

Joseph Kushner, 14 Oct 2013 9.54 pm, NY, is a Sun Libra with a Pisces Moon, Also a strong Pluto in the 7^th widely opposition Jupiter square Sun opposition Uranus – so quite a mover and shaker; with Saturn in Scorpio in his 5^th so perhaps an entertainment business mogul, especially film with Neptune Moon in Pisces on his MC.

Theodore, 27 March 2016 5.43pm, NY, is a Sun Aries with a Scorpio Moon, with a T square of Jupiter conjunct Ascendant in Virgo opposition Neptune Venus in Pisces square Saturn Mars in Sagittarius in the 3^rd. He’ll be short tempered and possibly at odds with his siblings. He’s also got the eccentric grandparent Uranus in the 8^th.

Ivanka’s relationship charts with her children have a fair smattering of Jupiter so she’ll cheerlead them along, though at times be a touch pushy. Again they are not exactly awash with emotion.

She’s in for an intense two years ahead with forceful discussions as tr Pluto squares her Mercury; some losses at the moment into January; and some downers from tr Saturn conjunct her Neptune Venus in January, July and October 2017. Plus a great high come April and Dec/Jan 2018 when tr Uranus opposes her Jupiter Pluto – major changes and major benefits.

Donald Trump has stunned Beijing by speaking directly to the Taiwanese leader, which overturns four decades of US protocol on Taiwan. China sees Taiwan as a province, not an independent state. Taiwan does not have a formal mutual defence treaty with the US, and American commitments on the defence of the island are deliberately obscured. But as China’s military might grows, Taiwan relies ultimately on the US security umbrella in East Asia for protection from invasion.

China was always going to be a Trump hot spot/aggression-zone with his Mars on the Descendant located to Beijing, with his Pluto also conjunct the Desc  (see relocated chart above). [US Presidents who went to war usually had a strong Mars line through that geographical zone. GWB’s Mars MC ran through Afghanistan and to the right of the Middle East.]

The China country chart natally has Mars Pluto conjunct in Leo in its 7^th, and both Trump’s Mars and Pluto fall in the China 7^th, so it will be a considerable clash of wills and temper.

The relationship chart between Trump and China has a formidable and unbudgeable Sun Pluto Saturn Mars conjunction.

Trump’s relationship with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who is pushing for Taiwan’s unification with China against the wishes of the population, has a power-playing, struggle-for-the-upper-hand composite Jupiter Pluto conjunction. Tr Saturn is in the aftermath of a separating opposition to the composite Sun at 16 Gemini; with a disappointing, distrustful tr Neptune square the composite Venus in 2017, and Sun in later years. And there’s an explosive, argumentative tr Uranus square the composite Mars in April 2017 and Dec/Jan 2018.

His other Mars line, on the MC, runs through Libya and down through central Africa, extending north through eastern Europe – Rumania, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine – the countries most worried by Russia’s increasing belligerence on their borders. Not that Trump is likely to declare war on Poland but since his Jupiter MC runs through Russia, he’ll favour Putin over the neighbouring EU countries, which will give NATO a huge headache.

Trump’s relations with the EU, not mutually supportive from square one with a composite Mars Neptune, looks exceptionally stressed this month and throughout 2017 with tr Pluto square the composite Mars; and mired in confusion in 2018/19 with tr Pluto square Neptune. Trump has Pluto on the MC through Brussels so it will spark up his power hungry, controlling streak but that line can also be at high risk of backfiring.

Trump’s relationship with NATO is hostile with a composite Mars Pluto Saturn Mercury; and showing great agitation in 2018/19.

James General James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis, the nominee for US Secretary of Defence, is highly respected within the armed forces in US and UK. Senator John MCCain said of him: “He is without a doubt of one of finest military officers of his generation and an extraordinary leader who inspires a rare and special admiration of his troops.”

Born 8 September 1950, he is known as the warrior-monk-intellectual, having never married, being extremely bright and well read. The monk-intellectual is certainly reflected in his Sun Saturn in Virgo. The warrior also in his ultra-determined Mars in Scorpio sextile Saturn and square Pluto.

He is certainly more hawkish than the Obama Administration could cope with but for all his rather direct speaking, he does appear to be a careful strategist.

If he gets through his confirmation – and it does look frustratingly stuck for him this December/January – he doesn’t look too cheerful through 2017 with a fairly uphill struggle; and more challenging and pressured in 2018/19 as tr Pluto squares his Mars/Saturn and trines his Saturn. Which, if he is in the job, could be signs of an armed conflict.

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