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Christine Blasey Ford, the professor who has made allegations of sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh, is being trashed by Republicans and right-wing commentators. So much for #metoo making a difference. After the alleged incident when she was 15 years old she evidently dropped out of social circulation for several years and has said it ‘derailed her’. Ultimately she moved to study psychology and only recounted the incident in detail a few years ago when in couples therapy with her husband.

Mark Judge, a friend of Kavanaugh’s, whom she claims was present and is refusing to give testimony, wrote a memoir in recent years about his time as a ‘teenage alcoholic.’ One of Kavanaugh’s mentors, who spoke on behalf of him when he was seeking confirmation to a federal judgeship in 2006, Judge Alex Kozinski, abruptly retired from the appeals court last December after several female former law clerks and colleagues accused him of sexual misconduct that included touching, inappropriate sexual comments and forced viewings of pornography in his chambers. And a Yale professor was known for instructing female law students who were preparing for interviews with Kavanaugh on ways they could dress to exude a “model-like” femininity to help them win a post in his chambers, according to sources. (That latter from the Guardian).

Christine Ford, 28 November 1966 is a Sun, Venus in Sagittarius trine Jupiter in Leo; with a Gemini Moon; and Pluto, Uranus, Mars conjunct in Virgo opposition Saturn in Pisces. Half confident and upbeat; half troubled.

Kavanaugh, 12 February 1965, is a Sun, Mercury in Aquarius squaring onto Jupiter in Taurus opposition Neptune; with a Cancer Moon; and Uranus, Pluto and Mars spread out through Virgo with Saturn in Pisces across the zodiac.

Both have Mars in Virgo within less than a degree; her Saturn is opposition his Mars which does suggest cross purposes; and his Sun is square her Neptune. But there’s nothing much to be concluded from that.

Their relationship chart has a composite Sun in a changeable, chaotic trine to Uranus Pluto and sextile Saturn; with a composite Mars, Uranus, Pluto square Jupiter (maybe Moon). Which again isn’t too informative.

She has been receiving death threats, had to move home and hire security guards to protect her family since her privately made allegation was leaked. Although in some ways she may be relieved she spoke out which a Solar Arc Jupiter conjunct her Mars could suggest; she’s also got a run of agitated, insecure, risky and jolting transits to midpoints right through into early 2019; with more pressures in 2019/2020 with tr Pluto sextile her Saturn and trine her Uranus, then later trine her Mars – which will run on for several years ahead.

The redoubtable Jane Fonda, actress, activist and keep-fit guru, is still going strong at nearly 81 and looking twenty years younger. In a new HBO documentary, Jane Fonda in Five Acts (out Sept. 24), she opens up about growing up with a bipolar mother who suicided when she was 12 — and how she eventually learned to understand and forgive her.

Born 21 December 1937 at 9.14 am New York, with actor Henry Fonda as a father, she studied art, did some modelling and had her life turned around when she met acting coach Lee Strasberg. She said: “It was a turning point in my life. It was like the roof had come off my life.”  A prolific stage and screen career followed, littered with awards and some controversies, especially over her anti-Vietnam War activism and support for the Black Panthers.

In her forties she was the leading influence in the fitness craze that kicked off and has never flagged with her best-selling fitness videos. She took more than a decade off after sixty, then re-emerged to relaunch her career in her seventies on Broadway and in TV series like Grace and Frankie and several highly acclaimed movie roles.

She has a staggeringly strong and complicated chart with two Grand Trines in practical Earth and emotional, self-protective Water, two T squares one stubborn/enduring Fixed and one scattered Mutable; and a powerful Yod of her Sagittarius Sun sextile Mars inconjunct Pluto. A Yod most often produces a fated turning point in life which leads to a single-minded sense of purpose. Pluto on a Yod can be immensely influential but can also mis-use power.

Her 7^th house Leo Moon opposes Mars, which reflects some of the difficulties with her mother and that squares onto her midheaven, so she’d channel her angst into her career. She’d need a relationship in life for security but with her Yod apex Pluto on her Descendant, marriages would be tempestuous and she’s been married and divorced three times.

Like many movie stars she has ethereal, filmic Neptune in her 8^th in a creative, neurotic opposition to Saturn square her Sun and Venus in Sagittarius.

When she met Lee Strasberg in 1958 her Yod had moved by Solar Arc to have Mars on one leg in a showbizzy opposition to her 8^th house Neptune; her natal Sun on the other leg was being anchored by a tr Saturn conjunction and  her Solar Arc Pluto was conjunct her 7^th house Moon – so all three ends of the Yod were being triggered sweeping her into a long and illustrious career.

She suffered badly for decades from bulimia as her mother did. And has been active in women’s rights since the 1970s and campaigning for Native Americans.

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J Paul Getty, whose name became a synonym for great wealth (made from Middle Eastern oil) and extraordinary frugality, is the subject of FX’s TV drama series Trust along with his splintered dysfunctional family. He married five times, had five sons, was a serial womaniser, manipulated his relatives over his will and took stinginess to extreme lengths, including infamously refusing to pay a ransom for his oldest grandson. Eventually he lent his son money at 4% interest to pay it, but only after an ear arrived through the post.

Born 15 December 1892 8.43 am Minneapolis, MN (biography), he had no planets in either of his financial houses or an especially afflicted Saturn. His Sagittarius was in the 12^th square Mars in the 3^rd, so competitive, secretive and outspoken.

What leaps out is Neptune Pluto conjunct in his 5^th house of children and love affairs, which is tied into a so-called Mystic Rectangle in opposition to Mercury and trine/sextile Saturn opposition Jupiter in upfront Aries. Neptune Pluto is associated with megalomania, scandals, the supernatural, and a tendency to deception. Neptune would give him commitment problems while Pluto made him possessive, hence the unkind games of dangling carrots of money before relatives and then pulling his promises back.  His North Node in Taurus on his IC would also prompt him into secret battles over money and property.

His Scorpio Moon Uranus in the 10^th suited him for an individualistic career in the public eye which he pursued with ferocious determination.

His love life was clearly driven by that Pluto Neptune in the 5^th, plus Venus in Scorpio trine Mars.

His 9^th Harmonic which shows what brought him pleasure is exceptionally strong with a New Moon; a confident, lucky Jupiter trine Pluto; and a cruel Mars Saturn Venus trine MC, Uranus. The 9^th often shows up as heavily aspected with money-men.

Clare Foy who won the Emmy for lead actress playing the young Queen Elizabeth 11 in The Crown has had a sterling career from the start with acclaimed theatre and television performances in Little Dorrit and Wolf Hall amongst others. She is playing Stieg Larsson’s flawed heroine Lisbeth Salander in the film The Girl in the Spider’s Web out later this year.

Born 16 April 1984 in Stockport, England, she has a see-saw chart with Sun Venus in Aries and Mercury in Taurus on one side and a fearsome collection of Pluto, Moon, Saturn, Mars in Scorpio on the other; along with Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter. Not quite the steady HM Queen she played to perfection.  She will have problems finding a balance in her life, constantly hopping between opposites. Aries and Scorpio are a tricky mix.

She has charm aplenty with her Venus in a frivolous square to Jupiter in Capricorn and in a sparkling trine to Uranus.

Her Solar Arc Uranus was conjunct her Jupiter when she was cast in The Crown in 2014 for a considerable lucky break.

Her actresses’ 15^th Harmonic is exceptionally strong joining Sun to Venus to Jupiter Pluto.

The USA Constitution has been shaken by in recent times by a president who clearly dislikes restrictions on his personal power. Which was why it was written 231 years ago by the founding fathers to put balances and checks in place.

Signed on 17 September 1787, the chart is showing the stress of life since late 2016; with worse to come into the 2020s.

Not surprisingly for a political framework guided by a definite ideology it has an Air Grand Trine of Jupiter in Gemini in an idealistic trine to Neptune which trines onto a formidably enduring Saturn Pluto in Aquarius. The Virgo Sun is in an expansive square to Jupiter. And there’s a Yod of Sun sextile Uranus inconjunct Saturn suggesting inner strength, social responsibility, steadiness of purpose. Such a Yod demands a great deal of self-discipline for it to operate well.

That central Pluto Saturn in the Constitution chart opposes Trump’s 12^th house Pluto and Mars, so will arouse his anger and run slap bang up against his need for control.

The relationship chart between the two has a chained-together-and-resenting-it composite Sun Mercury square Saturn Pluto. There will be upsets this November and next February as tr Uranus squares the composite Mars. But it will be 2020 when it is put to its severest test with tr Uranus square the Sun and conjunct Saturn – so there will be an almighty set to.

The Constitution chart itself was showing signs of concern and devastation over the 2016 election with tr Pluto square the Neptune; with Solar Arc Sun in a blocked square to the Constitution Pluto; and six months ago Solar Arc Mars conjunct the Saturn.  Where it shows even more strain will be during the next presidency, kicking off with Solar Arc Moon conjunct Uranus mid 2021, and Solar Arc Saturn conjunct Neptune late 2021. Followed by Solar Arc Uranus opposition Sun in 2022; tr Neptune opposition Sun and square Jupiter in 2022/23; and tr Pluto square the Uranus in 2023/24.

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Looking back to similar planetary occurrences:

Pluto in hard aspect to the Constitution’s Neptune: during Jimmy Carter’s presidency in 1978/79. And in 1927/28 for Calvin Coolidge, small government conservative. Both are thought of as below-average presidents.

Neptune in hard aspect to the Constitution Sun: 1981/2 – exact over the first three months of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, exact over his attempted assassination. Iran-Contra scandal kicks off in secret.

1940 – WW11 running in Europe. Pearl Harbour in the aftermath, a year later.

1898/99: William McKinley president – shot 1901.

The USA Civil War in 1861 was just after tr Neptune had opposed the Constitution Sun (1858/59) and tr Pluto squared the Constitution Pluto and, following that, Saturn in the bitter aftermath.

Actor Donald Sutherland is still going strong after five decades of highly respected work, most recently dominating as J. Paul Getty in FX TV’s Trust. Before that in The Hunger Games, Cold Mountain, The Italian Job, way back to Kelly’s Heroes, Mash, and The Dirty Dozen.

Born 17 July 1935 11.30am St John’s Canada, he started acting early but was in his 30s before he made his breakthrough and from then on never looked back.

He has a 10^th house Sun Pluto conjunction opposition North Node square Mars in Libra, so a powerful, controlling, influential and determined personality, who would come on very strong in his younger days – impulsive and aggressive. His maverick Aquarius Moon is in his performing 5^th square an 8^th house Uranus, suiting him for oddball roles, as well as villains from his Mars Pluto. Jupiter in money-magnet Scorpio in his financial 2^nd will have given him luck. Though his emotional planets are not that easy with a 12^th house Venus Neptune opposition Saturn plus his Moon Uranus. He’s been married three times, with two children from his second marriage (Kiefer being one) and three from his third.

His actor’s 15^th Harmonic could not be more notable with an Earth Grand Trine formed into a Kite with Jupiter as the leading planet.

Now 83 and still working as hard as ever.

Sandra Oh, much loved Cristina Yang in Grey’s Anatomy for nine years, is the first Asian to be nominated for an Emmy as lead actress in Killing Eve, playing a Brit spook hunting a female serial killer. She’s already won multiple awards and been Emmy nominated before but never taken the prized statuette home.

Born 20 July 1971 in Ottawa, Canada, to Korean immigrant parents, she has a powerful chart with a Cancer Sun trine Jupiter in Scorpio, sextile Pluto – ambitious, confident, lucky, tuned into the public mood. She has a feisty Mercury in Leo opposition Mars in Aquarius squaring onto Jupiter; and a creative Saturn opposition Neptune Jupiter. And a wide yod of Sun sextile Pluto inconjunct Mars – so quite a force to be reckoned with.

Her actor/actress 15^th Harmonic is forceful in the extreme tying together Sun in opposition to Mars Pluto and squaring Saturn – so roles involving psychopaths or which walk on the dark side will suit her.

There’s nothing much showing up on her chart (without a birth time) for the Emmy’s this week. But she’ll power ahead in 2022 when tr Pluto sextiles her Jupiter; with a lucky break in 2020 with her Solar Arc Uranus conjunct her Jupiter then.

The turbulent Mars Uranus square tied into the North Node on the recent eclipses is certainly making its presence felt with a deadly typhoon striking the Philippines with 60 dead from landslides, now making an assault on the China coast. And that’s on top of the Carolina tropical storm deluge.

The Philippines 4 July 1946 9.15 am Manila chart has Solar Arc Neptune square the Moon in effect now and for the next few months, with economic damage to farmland causing concern as well as the mortalities. And tr Neptune is also square the Phil Moon this year and next; with Solar Arc Saturn conjunct the 2^nd house Neptune for financial devastation.

The Philippines 10 December 1898 8.45pm Paris, France chart, for the start of US rule also seems to hold good. Tr Neptune is square the Pluto exactly now and returning to square the Saturn in 2019 and then the Sagittarius Sun. So the recovery will be long and hard.

The 1946 chart had the Leo Solar Eclipse conjunct the Venus for an emotional upset; and the 1898 had the eclipse conjunct Ascendant, for another challenge.  Locating the Eclipses to the Philippines puts Jupiter on the MC and Mercury Node on the Descendant for the Leo Solar and Pluto on the descendant for the Lunar.

If anything the China coast looks even harder hit with the Leo Eclipse Mars sitting on the Ascendant. It’s an unholy combination – Neptune blowing up a tempest boosted by the explosive Mars Uranus.

Eliud Kipchoge, the Kenyan reckoned the best distance runner of all time will compete in tomorrow’s Berlin Marathon. He has won nine of the 10 marathons he has entered, including Berlin twice, is the reigning Olympic champion and has never sustained a serious injury. His formula is –  Motivation + Discipline = Consistency.

Born 5 November 1984 in rural Kenya, he ran to school since there was no transport and was helped into competitive sport as a teenager by a local athlete who had returned home from the US to run training programmes.

He has his Sun in Scorpio conjunct Saturn with Pluto and Mercury also in Scorpio – so he’s not short of determination or endurance, despite his slight size and weight of 5 foot 6 and 115 pounds. His Saturn is in a disciplined sextile to Mars in Capricorn; and his Pluto is in a confident sextile to Jupiter, with his Mars in aspect to his Jupiter/Pluto midpoint. His Uranus is conjunct his Mars/Pluto midpoint and his Pluto aspects his Sun/Mars – all of which make sense for a brutal sport requiring a punishing training schedule and extreme mental discipline to overcome pain and fatigue. Which just goes to show there are ways of using difficult aspects in a chart and turning them to constructive ends.

His chart has some similarities to Dennis Kipruto Kimetto, the present marathon world record holder, 22 January 1984, who has an Aquarius Sun square Pluto Mars in Scorpio with Saturn also in Scorpio. He also has Jupiter sextile Pluto; and his Pluto aspects his Sun/Mars midpoint.

Of the other four marathon champions’ charts I looked at – Kiprotich, Tergat, Bikla, Gebrselassie – all have their Jupiter/Pluto midpoint in aspect to one of their planets, as well as either Mars/Saturn or Mars/Pluto.

Kiprotich has a formidably tough-minded Mars, Saturn, Pluto in Libra inconjunct his Pisces Sun which squares Neptune. And Tergat has a powerhouse Pluto, Jupiter, Uranus in Virgo square his Gemini Sun, with his Sun inconjunct his Neptune.  Neptune also surprisingly often turns up in athletes’ charts, giving the lie to its reputation for wimpy low energy.