Marjorie

Another USA government shutdown has started with the prospect (at the minimum) of lay-offs – 750,000 federal employees expected to be placed on enforced leave, with pay withheld until they return to work, essential workers like military and border agents may be forced to work without pay, parks will be closed, rubbish pile up and there is likely to be disruption at airports.

 Though Trump has posted online that Republicans should use it to “clear out dead wood” and see which “Democrat Agencies” to cut with the possibility of permanent job losses. In a shutdown, the White House and Office of Management and Budget have full control over which arms of the executive branch will stay running

  J.D. Vance is spouting nonsense about Democrats holding out about funding for illegal aliens when US law bars undocumented immigrants from receiving the health care benefits and the Democrats have not called for changes to that.

 Democrats are motivated by grassroots anger over expiring healthcare subsidies. Though Marc Thiessen in the Washington Post writes this is less about Obamacare and more about the  American Rescue Plan, brought in as a temporary covid emergency plan, which he argues was inflationary and should not continue. At the time evidently former Clinton treasury secretary Lawrence H. Summers cautioned against it because it would “set off inflationary pressures of a kind we have not seen in a generation.” And Obama economic adviser Jason Furman said he didn’t know of “any economist that was recommending something [that] size.” [I am not familiar enough with the detail to know what weight to put on any of the arguments.]

  The last shut-down under the first Trump administration lasted a record 34 days, starting 20 January 2018.

 There is not much to add to previous thoughts on the USA and Inauguration charts. The USA 4 July 1776 chart has the Solar Arc Saturn exactly square Neptune at the moment for high uncertainty and paralysis with the Solar Arc Sun square the Mars for a collision-type event in six months and SA Sun in a lacklustre discouraging opposition to Neptune exact by mid 2026 but trailing on in effect to early 2027. That will see the end of this two year plus process of a disruptive existential crisis starting in early 2025 as the USA Sun square Saturn by Solar Arc collided with the USA Mars square Neptune.

 Not that the shutdown will last that long since the Democrats are likely to cave but the high anxiety will roll on.

 The USA Federal Reserve. 16 November 1914 9am is not in a good phase with tr Neptune (Saturn) square its Saturn Pluto in Cancer this year till January 2027; a lacklustre, disappointed Solar Arc Neptune conjunct Sun exact in six months; and a high-insecurity tr Uranus square Mars from June 2026 to April 2027. So economic pressures will mount.

 The 2025 Trump Inauguration chart with its afflicted Moon in the 6^th house of health has been pressured as the Progressed Moon squared Mars recently and then moves on to square the Inauguration Pluto by March 2026 – so again a long, heated wrangle with deadlock along the way which will extend in effect after.

 Trump’s personal chart, birth time being accurate, does have his Solar Arc Midheaven conjunct his Pluto exactly now and lingering on for months ahead at a time he does not seem to be winning too many battles – Putin, Netanyahu, his boy Milei on the skids, Epstein lurking in the shadows etc etc. He has tr Pluto opposing his Saturn/Pluto midpoint now till early December which suggests tough conditions and an uphill struggle to make progress. Plus November 9^th to early December and again in April 2026 tr Uranus square his Saturn/Neptune midpoint hinting at stretched nerves, irritability and even illness brought on by underlying panic. This last influence at the same time as tr Uranus squares his Ascendant for an image jolt.  Plus, of course, his Solar Arc Neptune continuing to wend its way over his Moon and opposition his Sun to late 2026 and beyond into early 2027 which won’t improve his clarity of thought or his energy.

 None of this helps to put a date on the end of the shutdown but it is part and parcel of an extended period of muddle and mayhem in the USA.

Conservationist Dame Jane Goodall, a world-leading expert on chimpanzees, has died aged 91. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio said that she “inspired millions to care, to act, and to hope”, and called her a “a true hero for the planet”. Biologist Stephen Jay Gould said her discoveries “revolutionised science” and Roger Fouts, a psychologist who studies the chimp’s linguistic abilities said, “her work is almost comparable with Einstein’s.”

 Born 3 April 1934 11.30pm London, England, she was given a toy chimpanzee as a two year old and later said, “I cannot remember a time when I did not want to go to Africa to study animals.”

  After leaving school with no scientific training, she was offered a holiday at a friend’s home in Kenya from whence she went in search of Louis Leakey, the paleontologist who was trying to prove his controversial, now accepted,, theory that man originated in Africa, and not Europe or Asia. He thought a study of the great apes would yield important insights into the behaviour of early man which set her off on her life’s journey of living amongst chimpanzees living on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Her career spanned more than 60 years and was pivotal in proving the similarities in primate and human behaviour. More recently she switched to become an advocate for the natural world.

  She was married twice, the first time to a wildlife photographer, the second to a member of the Tanzanian government and head of their national parks.

  Her chart reflects a lucky, successful though not easy temperament and life. She had a pro-active (and argumentative) Sun Mars in Aries in her domestic 4^th house with Mars and a 5^th house Uranus in Aries opposition a 10^th house fortunate-career Jupiter squaring an 8^th house Pluto. Restless by nature and a go-getter, lacking fear, with an attraction for adventure and an unorthodox emotional life (Uranus in 5^th) she was keen to explore below the surface with an 8^th house Pluto which also ultimately brought her increasing influence. Pluto on the point of a Cardinal T square can be ahead of its time in insights and meet with resistance though ultimately will be proved right. She also had Saturn Venus in scientific Aquarius in her communication 3rd house as well as a crusading Aquarius North Node.

 Her kindly, spiritual, visionary Neptune in the 9^th in Virgo opposed her Mercury widely square her adventurous and nurturing Sagittarius Moon on her Ascendant.

 Relocating her chart to Tanzania put her Moon in the 10^th suiting her for a public career; her scientific Saturn Venus in Aquarius moved to her 1^st establishing her image and identity; Neptune was in the influential 8^th and Pluto in her 6^th house of animals.

  She had a marked global-personality 22nd Harmonic; a creative 5H; humanitarian 9H and an enduring 11H.

Patricia Crowther, known as the “high priestess of the Moon Goddess”, and considered the spiritual heir to Gerald Gardner, the founding father of modern Wicca, has died at 97. She made it her mission to dispel myths about witches and their practices. “Witchcraft simply means the craft of the wise people.” She was adamant that modern witchcraft contributed to society through its promotion of women’s equality.

Outside her coven she gave talks, made radio appearances and published books, as well as designing three of the Tarot cards (The Sun, Karma and The World) used for the Tarot of the Old Path set.

  She was born Patricia Dawson in Sheffield on 14 October 1927 with a Breton great-grandmother who had been a herbalist, clairvoyant and fortune teller and lived next door as a child to a palmist who predicted she would develop clairvoyant powers.

She had a Sun conjunct Mars in Libra square Pluto, so not short of determination and courage with an interest in wielding power. Her publicity-attracting Mars sextile Neptune was inconjunct Jupiter and Uranus giving her confidence, a vision for creating a better society as well as a wish to follow an unorthodox path. Her Mercury in Scorpio was trine Pluto for a need to explore below the surface.

 Gerald Gardner, 13 June 1884 Liverpool, no birth time, was a trailblazing Sun Gemini square Uranus. With an intense Mercury Pluto conjunction square Mars; and trine Uranus sextile Venus. His Jupiter was sextile Pluto.

 What they both shared was an ultra-determined Mars square Pluto – which hints at a fearful childhood with a resulting wish to find ways of not being powerless. Both had Mercury Pluto interlinked which is often associated with a) firm views) but also b) digging into the darkness for answers.  Both had notable Uranus for unconventional interests.

Dion Fortune, another Occultist, magician, white witch and writer, 6 December 1890 2.11 am Llandudno, Wales, was a Sun Venus in Sagittarius opposition a 9^th house Pluto Neptune in Gemini square Saturn in Virgo – – Neptune Pluto does have supernatural overtones. She had a wide communicative Air Grand Trine of a Libra Moon trine Jupiter trine Neptune Pluto, giving her the confidence to get her ideas across.  Her Mars in determined Aquarius was trine a 1^st house Uranus emphasizing her road-less-travelled.

  I am not familiar enough with the distinctions between Patricia Crowther/Gardner’s Wicca and Dion Fortune’s Inner Light philosophy handed on by spiritual masters – but I am surprised marginally by the Wicca pair’s formidable and darker Mars Pluto and Mercury Pluto – and Dion Fortune’s lighter Fire Air temperament.  

Julie Andrews, is an amazing 90 today – ‘crisply accented, sweetly tuneful and girlish in her most famous movie musicals, but always with a sense of humour about her angelic image.’

 She won the 1965 Oscar for playing a “practically perfect” English nanny for Walt Disney and mischievously drove around Los Angeles with a “Mary Poppins Was a Junkie” bumper sticker on her car. Her Hollywood nickname was “the nun with the switchblade”.

  Forever associated with The Sound of Music, her childhood during the London blitz was when her extraordinary vocal talent was discovered. At the age of eight, she had an adult larynx, and a clear soprano voice with a four-octave range. She started out in music hall, and did the Royal Variety Performance aged 13, and ended up on Broadway while still a teenager, in The Boy Friend and then in Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady.

 Her second husband director Blake Edwards, expanded her range in movies in the 1970s in The Tamarind Seed, a romantic spy thriller and 10, a sex comedy with Dudley Moore; thence onto Victor/Victoria, a queer musical farce about a singer who masquerades as a man.

In 1997, botched surgery on her vocal cords more or less ended Andrews’ singing voice and she would rarely sing on screen again. Though indefatigable as ever she starred in The Princess Diaries with voiceovers for the Shrek and Despicable Me films. Most recently she has narrated Netflix’s raunchy regency drama Bridgerton – ‘every consonant of Lady Whistledown’s wicked whispers impeccably articulated.’

 Born 1 October 1935, 6 am Walton-on-Thames England (biography) She is not surprisingly an ice-cool Sun Libra with a hard-working and heavily aspected creative Venus in Virgo conjunct Neptune, sextile Mercury in Scorpio, square Mars, opposition Saturn and trine Uranus. Her Jupiter (Moon) in Scorpio trine Pluto will give her confidence and attract success while her Mars in Sagittarius in her communicative 3^rd  will give her clarity and strength in projecting her voice.

 She also has two yods of Uranus sextile Saturn inconjunct Sun and Sun sextile Mars inconjunct Uranus which would out her on a singular path in life though not without the need for adjustments in how she directed her will and her zanier streak. A definite one off.

 When a botched throat operation in 1997 damaged her vocal chords, for which she sued the hospital – tr Pluto was square her 6^th house Saturn putting immense pressure on her health, with ensuing depression; her Solar Arc Sun was approaching the conjunct in to her 3^rd house Mars for a shocking event; tr Neptune was square her Mercury, undermining her voice. And her Progressed Mars was in a dead-halt, enraging, frustrated opposition to her Pluto as was tr Neptune for a devastating time.  

Emma Watson, Hermione in the Harry Potter films, and more recently in Beauty and the Beast and Little Women, has caused some merriment by taking to the public airwaves to announce she was giving up acting because she disliked the attention it attracted. Shades of Prince Harry.

  She has also been getting skewered by J.K. Rowling for publicly attacking her over trans rights especially in a Bafta speech at a time when “the death, rape and torture threats” were being aimed at Rowling. Despite which  Emma passed on a handwritten note saying ‘I’m so sorry for what you’re going through’. On Twitter X Rowling wrote. “Emma had just publicly poured more petrol on the flames, yet thought a one-line expression of concern from her would reassure me of her fundamental sympathy.”

  Emma Watson, 15 April 1990 6pm Paris. France, has an intense 8^th house Aries Sun trine a Sagittarius Moon on her IC sextile Mars in Aquarius with her Sun square Saturn  – so not short of Fire and a forthright approach. Her equally intense 8^th house Mercury in stubborn Taurus is amped up in opposition to Pluto and square an activist Aquarius North Node so she will be opinionated, dogmatic and sure of her beliefs.

  She is also of the Uranus Neptune in Capricorn generation who can get entangled with ideas and attitudes that are not open to scrutiny. Her Jupiter in her 10^th will bring her luck and career success. Her Jupiter opposing Uranus can be idealistic and well-intentioned but can lead to eccentric viewpoints and be overly blunt.

  J. K. Rowling, 31 July 1965 9.10 pm Bristol, England, has a hard-working 6^th house Leo Sun with a Virgo Moon in her 7^th at the far end of a stellium of Pluto, Uranus, Venus conjunct and Mercury. Her Pluto opposes Saturn in Pisces squaring onto a 4^th house Jupiter. Communicative with all that Virgo, keen on pushing ahead with changes from Uranus Pluto and stubborn with Saturn involved. Her focal point Jupiter will soften the rough edges of the tough experiences aroused by Pluto Saturn. Her Jupiter is also square her Moon for a softer view of mother/women. With an angry 8^th house Mars in Libra trine her Jupiter for passionate action.

  Emma’s obdurate Mercury in Taurus forms one leg of a yod sextile Rowling’s Saturn inconjunct Rowling’s Mars – so she would spark off deep seated reactions. On Emma’s chart, Rowling’s Jupiter is conjunct her Midheaven bringing her success. But Rowling’s intense Mars square’s Emma’s Uranus Neptune for a considerable clash.  Emma’s uncompromising Pluto (opposition Mercury) is conjunct Rowling’s 9^th house Neptune for a divergence of outlooks/philosophies.

 Their relationship chart has an intertwined Grand Trine (in Air)  of Pluto Sun and Saturn hinting at a relationship sensitive to ideological differences, formed into two Kites by Sun opposition an argumentative Mars and Pluto opposition the composite North Node – which is an almost perfect example of a twosome at loggerheads over a current cultural obsession.

  Apart from a few ripples there is nothing much ahead between them as Emma presumably sinks into obscurity (maybe) and the argument anyway recedes in the rear-view mirror.  

  Emma’s Ascendant in late Virgo did catch the recent Solar Eclipse for an image crisis and need for a rebrand. By next year tr Saturn Neptune will square her 10^th house Jupiter for a confidence dent and career slump.

 J.K.Rowling was also in the line of the September Lunar Eclipse keying up her Uranus Pluto and Saturn; with the Solar Eclipse rattling her Moon – perhaps why she has let fly now.

Nicole Kidman and her husband musician Keith Urban are to split as their marriage heads for the 20 year mark. They have been kept apart recently with her back-to-back filming and his touring schedules; with some speculation about her recent daring roles ‘with some of the kinkiest sex scenes of her career’ perhaps causing problems on home base.

  Their wedding on 25 June 2006 was immediately followed by a stint for him in rehab with alcohol and cocaine problems so was hardly an auspicious start but it had seemed a surprisingly strong match thereafter until this.

 She  was born 20 June 1967 3.15 pm Honolulu (from memory) and he 26 October 1967 12.05 am (unverified) Whangarei, New Zealand.

 She is a final degree Gemini Sun widely square Uranus (Pluto in Virgo) with a showy, charming Jupiter Venus in Leo in Sun; and a hard-edged Mars in Libras opposition Saturn in self-reliant Aries.

 Born only four months apart they have the same outer planet placings; with his Scorpio Sun sitting on her Ascendant square her Jupiter for good feels and a good look for her; and his Cancer Moon trines her Neptune for an idealistic, sympathetic connection.  His passionate Venus in Virgo conjunct Pluto is close to her Pluto which would also give a sizzle of attraction.

 Their relationship chart has an affectionate composite Sun Venus conjunction though that has been upended by tr Uranus in square earlier this year and on into 2026.  There is a cool, too-much-work Moon opposition Saturn; and a Jupiter square Neptune Mars  = over hopeful and not always mutually supportive of each other’s career dreams.

 Her personal chart hints at a career high ahead as transiting Jupiter heads for her midheaven in 2026 into 2027; and a confident push for success as tr Pluto opposes her Jupiter in 2026/27. But she also has a raft of tricky Solar Arcs in 2026/27 which hint at sadness and angst-ridden moments. If her birth time is accurate tr Pluto is heading to cross her IC into her 4^th from 2027/28 onwards pointing to a reorganisation at home.

 He looks relieved in a way with tr Uranus square his Jupiter now and into 2026 though there will be ups and downs with a pressured and challenging tr Pluto square his Sun continuing through 2026 as well as tr Neptune Saturn square his Mars in Capricorn. Plus a collision-type SA Sun conjunct his Mars in 2026 and a confused SA Pluto conjunct his Neptune in 2028 at the same time as SA Jupiter conjunct his Sun. It’ll be a long haul but may end well for him.

 Their wedding chart from 25 June 2006 has a Cancer Sun opposition Pluto which has been under strain in the past two years and more so as the separation takes place through 2026; with emotional upsets from tr Uranus conjunct the Venus. There was also a destructive, self-defeating Mars Saturn conjunction then which was an omen of a one sided match to come.

 Her previous marriage to Tom Cruise lasted ten years and perhaps her choice of partners can in part be attributed to her Sun/Moon midpoint being conjunct her Uranus attracting her to unconventional mates – though the first would be more restrictive than would sit comfortably with her free spirit.

Larry Ellison, a giant of the tech world, co-founder of Oracle, now doubling his fortune via AI, is expanding in a worrisome fashion along with his son David into buying vast expanses of the US media – from TikTok’s US assets, to Paramount, preparing bid for Warner Brothers Discovery as well as HBO and CNN, a combination that would create one of the biggest media giants in the US. All backed by Trump and his regulatory loyalist Brendan Carr.

“The Ellison duo taking over both CBS and CNN, as well as controlling a major social media network like TikTok, would be dangerous for democracy. And given their closeness to the Trump regime, that seems to be the point,” the media watch group FAIR warned recently.

  An erstwhile supporter of Bill Clinton, Ellison senior has been moving rightwards politically over recent years. Trump praised the elder Ellison earlier this year as “an amazing man and amazing business person”.

  In addition Ellison Snr is one of the largest donors to the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI); £52 million in 2023 with promise of another £163 million, according to the Guardian. ‘Matched with interviews, they revealed an organisation unusually close to the British government, holding regular meetings with ministers in which they push policy recommendations that serve Oracle’s interests.’

  Oracle appears to be in line for the new digital ID cards and has expressed interest in data from the NHS.

Multiple staff working for TBI during the Ellison cash injection speak of a sea change in culture towards pushing aggressive tech solutions which caused unrest amongst staff from humanitarian and development backgrounds.  “It’s hard to get across just how deeply connected the two [organisations] are,” a former TBI staffer said.

 Ellison Snr in 2017 donated $16.6 million to the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces and his contribution to funding an archaeological excavation project in East Jerusalem has attracted criticism from Palestinians and Israeli peace activists and some archaeologists. A 2019 lawsuit accusing Ellison and others of conspiring to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Israeli-occupied territories, committing war crimes, and funding genocide  was dismissed in early 2024. He appears to be close to Netanyahu.

 Born 17 August 1944, New York, Larry Ellison is a Sun and Moon in Leo with a stellium in Virgo ranging from a Jupiter Venus conjunction to Mercury Mars conjunction at the other end. His Uranus in Gemini is trine Neptune sextile Pluto; and squares Jupiter Venus. It’s a chart that needs a birth time to make sense. But one of the key factors will be his Jupiter in Virgo which is conjunct his Neptune/Pluto midpoint. Neptune Pluto can have supernatural overtones but it is also associated with megalomania = inordinate ambition.

 His Solar Arc Jupiter is square his Sun now; tr Uranus will square his Jupiter in 26/27; and his Solar Arc Uranus is conjunct his Jupiter by 2027; with a lucky tr Uranus square his Sun/Jupiter across this winter – so he’s on a roll. Not everything ahead is plain sailing since his midpoints and a couple of Solar Arcs do indicate some calamities, career setbacks and the like moving into 2026/27 but his pluses almost certainly outweigh his minuses.

 His relationship chart with the USA is an eye-opener with a composite Sun, Jupiter, Venus, Mars square Pluto conjunction, hinting at great enthusiasm which will be tested in coming years with tr Pluto opposing the composite Sun, Jupiter, Venus, Mars. I couldn’t even begin to imagine what that will result in.

  Ellison’s relationship with the UK has a tussle-for-the-upper-hand composite Jupiter square Pluto which can start as a ‘together-we-can-be-successful’ push but often ends in rancour. With a defensive composite Sun square Saturn which will be under pressure in the next few years.

 Ellison Snr’s relationship with Blair will be less than harmonious moving ahead with a high-tension tr Uranus quare the composite Saturn over this winter plus tr Saturn square the composite Uranus Venus. And worse a disappointing tr Saturn Neptune square the composite Sun in 2026/27. So not all happy campers together.

ADD ON: Oracle, founded 16 June 1977, has a communicative, multi-tasking Gemini stellium of New Moon, Jupiter, Mercury trine Pluto plus an enthusiastic, ultra-determined and can-be-autocratic Mars Venus in Taurus opposition Uranus square Saturn in Leo.

  There are hints that 2027 will be a crunch year with setbacks from Solar Arc Sun conjunct its Saturn; a collision type feeling from Solar Arc Mars conjunct its Sun; sudden changes from Solar Arc Uranus opposition its Sun and a road-blocked tr Pluto square the Mars in 2027/28.

Selena Gomez, actress, singer, owner of a $2 billion cosmetics company and the most-followed woman on Instagram, married record producer Benny Blanco yesterday in California.

 Born 22 July 1992 7.19 am Grand Prairie, Texas, she has had it tough with split parents, a poor childhood and multiple health problems in her adult life ranging from lupus and a kidney transplant as well as depression, anxiety and a bipolar diagnosis. Last year she revealed her inability to have children naturally due to her health issues and said she wanted to explore either surrogacy or adoption in the future.

  Her final degree Cancer Sun falls in her creative, hidden 12^th house square her 9^th house Aries Moon, hinting at her incompatible parents. She also has a can-be-fearful 4^th house Pluto which will make her controlling in her domestic life. It opposes a super-ambitious 10^th house Mars in Taurus conjunct Algol and squares a 7^th house Saturn in Aquarius, which in turn is opposition Venus Mercury in Leo.  Her Saturn in the 7^th suggests a marriage later in life than some and one which either requires hard work or in which work gets in the way of togetherness.

 Venus Mercury in Leo on her Ascendant will help to give her a charming and showy appearance.

 Her 6^th house of health has a highly-strung Uranus Neptune in Capricorn square her Aries Moon which hints both at family disruptions and emotional sensitivity.

  Not an easy life or temperament but she pulled herself up to shine in her career. Her lucky Jupiter in Virgo in her 2^nd would help when it came to money making schemes.

 Her husband, Benny Blanco, 8 March 1988, Reston, VA, no birth time, has a Pisces Sun and Scorpio Moon which will suit her Cancer Sun though less so her Aries Moon. His Sun falls in her 8^th for a deep connection. His charming, sociable Venus Jupiter sits on her Midheaven which will be an asset to her career. He has the triple conjunction in Capricorn of Uranus, Saturn, Neptune and Mars so is a high-vitality, excitable and scattered personality.  His Moon Pluto in Scorpio fall in her 4^th close to her Pluto which at best means they will understand each other’s emotional conditioning as far as home and family are concerned. Though it may lead to a few domestic tensons.

  Their relationship chart has a sensible, workmanlike composite Sun Mercury trine Saturn, sextile Mars. Saturn gives longevity and Mars adds self-discipline. The composite Pluto opposes the Sun Mercury and trines Mars which looks pressured but in such a high-profile match it may not be surprising. The composite Jupiter opposes Uranus for luck and an adventurous and impulsive streak.

 The wedding chart (time unknown) has a musical though perhaps unrealistic Sun opposition Neptune; which is luckily balanced by a steady Jupiter trine Saturn. Though the yod of Neptune sextile Uranus inconjunct Mars in Scorpio may cause a few teething troubles through 2026 as tr Pluto squares the Mars.

   Her own personal chart hints at a quiet, private year ahead with her Jupiter and Progressed Moon moving through her 12^th. With her Pluto in her 4^th house of domestic and family matters  being unsettled in 2026/27 by Solar Arc Neptune Uranus in square to Pluto.

 She’ll bounce out in good spirits when Jupiter crosses her Ascendant from August 2026 onwards.

Sir Tony Blair wants to run Gaza once the war between Israel and Hamas is over – runs a surreal headline which evidently has the backing of the White House. He has the support of several powerful figures, including Jared Kushner, and Steve Witkoff, the US president’s special envoy. He would head an interim government in Gaza with a UN mandate as the “supreme political and legal authority” for five years, on the proviso that power eventually would be handed over to the Palestinian Authority. He would not support any proposal that displaced the people of Gaza.

 After his departure from Westminster in 2007 post the Iraq debacle from which he has never recovered, he became Middle East envoy for eight years and resigned with little progress made.

 Relocating his chart to Gaza/Israel does little that looks effective with his exuberant Mars Jupiter pushed deeper into his 12^th and nothing much notable on his relocated Midheaven, bar a Mars square – which will be exacerbated by tr Uranus conjunct Mars and square the Midheaven in 2026/27 = explosive, insecure, rattled. He has his Progressed Mars square his Saturn now and into 2026 which indicate setbacks; with emotional and career discouragement in 2027/28 with his 10^th house Moon in its Solar Arc position opposing his Neptune and Saturn.

 His relationship with Trump has a friendly composite Sun, Venus, Mercury conjunction though that squares Saturn  – and all will be jolted and jangled by tr Uranus in hard aspect from now till 2028; with a nerve-stretched tr Saturn Neptune square his Uranus now and into 2026.

 Blair’s relationship with Netanyahu which is explosive and distrusting at best will be sagging badly with tr Neptune Saturn opposition the composite Saturn in 2026. His relationship with Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestine Authority, leader is not much better.

 Cuckoos flying, clockwork orange – in this post-reality world anything is possible but Blair’s ego trip/messiah complex is startling to behold.

James Comey, former FBI director, has been indicted on one count of making false statements and another of obstruction of justice, which is widely believed to be the latest example of Trump targeting critics based on a sense of personal grievance and retribution. He called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute not just the former FBI director but also New York Attorney General Letitia James and California Senator Adam Schiff – figures he has accused of conspiring against him. The federal prosecutor who had been investigating Comey and James resigned amid the pressure, and was replaced by a former personal lawyer to Trump.

“This is unprecedented, to have the president basically direct his people to indict a specific individual because he’s angry at that person,” Laurie Levenson, a law professor at Loyola Marymount University, told the BBC.

Comey maintains he is innocent and will prove that in court. Both counts relate to his video appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September 2020, being questioned about his handling of the Clinton email case and another investigation on pro-Trump election interference by Russia.

 Comey, born 14 December 1960, no birth time, New York, has his Sagittarius Sun conjunct Trump’s Moon and South Node opposition DT’s Sun which might suggest an overly emotional interaction and one which pulls Trump back into his less evolved self. But the real problem comes from Comey’s Uranus conjunct DT’s Mars in Leo for an explosive interface; and Comey’s Pluto falling in DT’s 1^st house giving him the ability to control or damage Trump’s image.

 Their relationship chart hints – perhaps – at some relief of tension over the winter with tr Uranus opposition the composite Jupiter – in December and mid March for three weeks. Though thereafter it heats up into a no-win standoff with an enraged frustrated tr Pluto opposition the composite Mars from spring 2026 till late 2027.

 Comey’s personal chart with its disciplined, tough-minded, short-tempered, can-be-unlucky Saturn opposition Mars having moved by Solar Arc to clash with his Sun from the election last year and through till 2027. His Solar Arc Neptune will conjunct his Saturn for a time of high uncertainty also late 2026/27.

 Comey will not be relaxing any time soon.