Astrology of Today’s News

High-drama Harry arrives in the UK in a dust storm of chaos, with his will-he-won’t-he approach irritating the Royal Household so much they barred his late acceptance (previously OKed and then rejected) of an offer of a Buckingham Palace stay.

 He also chose to arrive as the judgement of his privacy case against the Daily Mail was due, a tendentious matter which King Charles would wish to keep at arm’s length. As it transpires Harry has lost, with the dismissal of every single one of the 97 claims made by himself and the six other claimants. A hearing on costs which could be as high as £50 million will be heard later this month.

  Paul Dacre, former DM supremo described him as a ‘confused and angry young man’ which could be taken with a pinch of salt given the speaker.  But there is a sense of whirling mayhem around Harry, a force field of havoc and turmoil, fuelled by a cauldron of anger and paranoia. Which aged nearly 42 is not  good. Don Quixote still tilting at windmills.

 Part of it must be his intense 8^th house Virgo Sun square a volatile Mars in Sagittarius and also square a less-than-realistic 12^th house Neptune (in an overly hopeful conjunction with Jupiter). His Mercury in the 8^th is in a headstrong and outspoken square to Uranus.

  His Taurus North Node in the 4^th is also not a help since he will tend to reject all constructive advice. Behind his smiles he will be defensive, ‘like a wounded animal’, constantly plotting and planning intrigues against others he instinctively assumes as having ulterior motives.  Moderation is not an aptitude easily acquired. Family relations are one area where the turmoil is likely to hit hardest. Only once he recognises  that what he sees in others is a reflection of his own unconscious will he pull away from self-destructive behaviour.  Schulman says: ‘ As he reaches his Taurus North Node he is reaching at last for stability… Ultimately he is destined to reach a state of contentment as the seething volcanoes of Scorpio melt.’

 Since his North Node falls in his 4^th he needs to build stronger, emotional foundations for his life, instead of achieving a great destiny. Put his own house in order before setting out to solve the world’s woes – of which this court case could be seen as a distraction from his rightful path. Pride, vanity and status (all 10^th house issues) need to be pushed aside in favour of matters of the heart.  

  His Chiron falling in his 5^th house will make him feel he is constantly denied an appreciative audience and in opposition his Uranus will make him question all traditional and conventional approaches – which is tricky with a Royal background. His Chiron is also opposition Antares which is exactly conjunct his Uranus – which latter can bring about ‘abnormal and extreme ideas, hypocritical, lies and exaggerates, disharmony with relatives’. (Astrology King.)

 Several other asteroids are concentrated in his 3^rd house of communication and siblings – Eris (conflict and catalyst), Scheat (unfortunate), Black Moon, Sedna (betrayal)  – which might suggest that he is not designed to win medals for his views and brotherly love may be lacking. In the 4^th house of family and roots – the destructive Algol and Chariklo (eternal suffering).

  His notable harmonics all have a conspicuous Mars and seem to veer towards the negative.

5^th harmonic: Can be creative but also freedom-loving, irresponsible, sensationalist, self-indulgent, deceitful

7H: Can be spiritual and a seeking soul. Also sceptical, critical, sarcastic, self-centered, attracted to alcohol/ drugs.

10H: “The wheel of Fortune” contains the seed of both rise and fall, of the good and the bad.

13H: Upheaval, change and rebirth. Exploration and breaking with the orthodox. It requires adaptation to change to be successful.

18H: Strength, material success, but also conflicts and enemies.

19H: Not a lucky number, ‘karmic’ in the sense that the person is forced to develop their individuality.

  I am genuinely sorry for him since behind all the pandemonium he could be a likeable soul. My initial thought from years back was that he was a spoilt brat, born into privilege and wanting all the trappings with none of the responsibilities. Probably also with a few mental quirks coming out of a hothouse family. I never bought the poor-me ‘spare’ argument which Princess Margaret used as a hobby horse as well. Everyone walks behind someone in life and they both could have/had a fulfilling life developing their talents had they so chosen.

  But excuses wear thin after the midlife crisis which he is in the middle of now. Tr Pluto squared his Pluto two years back, and Neptune squared his Neptune last year with the final piece of the mid-life passage to come as tr Uranus opposes his Uranus next year. Carl Jung believed those who made this transition successfully by wakening up and sorting themselves out went on to live a vibrant second half of life, while those who didn’t, would stay stuck in old negative patterns.

  He looks directionless at the moment with his Solar Arc Midheaven conjunct his Neptune this year; and his 8^th house Mercury being rattled by tr Uranus in square this year and early next which will bring strain – some of it financial. Tr Neptune is also square his Jupiter for disappointment (some financial as well) which runs on and off till early 2028.  Plus a handful of undermining Solar Arcs running on to the end of the decade.

 Jupiter moving through his 8^th from this August for a year may help on the financial front and also in promoting psychological growth. By 2031 his Solar Arc Midheaven will conjunct his 12^th house Jupiter for a glimmering of sunshine breaking through metaphorically speaking so he may be en route to a more together life thereafter.

“The Odyssey” buoyed up with rave reviews for Christopher Nolan’s ‘astonishing, epic and ‘flawless filmmaking’, will be released on cue on July 17^th to soak up the largesse of Barbault’s astrological bread-basket. Jupiter in Leo opposition Pluto, sextile/trine Uranus in Gemini and Neptune in Aries – all lined up in a talented Half Grand Sextile.

  Based on Homer’s epic poem from the 8^th Century BC, about Odysseus’ fraught 20-year journey to return to his besieged wife and son, it is a story of  middle-aged love, family, war and wisdom, using contemporary dialogue and a star-heavy ensemble led by Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway and Tom Holland.

 Chris Nolan, 30 July 1970, London – The Dark Knight trilogy,  Dunkirk and recently Oppenheimer – is one of the highest grossing directors, his films earning over $6 billion worldwide.

 What is intriguing is he works consistently with his wife Emma Thomas, 9 December 1971, London, together since she was 18, who is described as a “dream producer for both talent and studio”. Robbie Collin, The Telegraph critic, regards her as the “driving force” behind the success of “cinema’s most formidable power couple”. John Fithian, former president of NATO, hailed the duo as “two champions of cinema” and said “no one has done more to advance the theatrical experience” than them.

  They married in 1997 and have four children.

  It is certainly an inspirational and high-octane coupling since he is a Sun Mars conjunct in entertaining and determined Leo; with a Cancer Moon and a creative Saturn in Taurus opposition Neptune in Scorpio trine/sextile Venus Pluto in Virgo.

 She has a lively, outgoing and optimistic Sun Jupiter conjunction in Sagittarius in an impulsive square to Mars in Pisces perhaps opposition a Virgo Moon. And an Air Grand Trine of Saturn in Gemini trine Pluto trine North Node, with Saturn opposition Neptune – making filmic Neptune her driving planet.  Her adaptability from her seven Mutable planets and detachment from an Air Grand Trine will help her cope with his five Fixed planets which give him endurance and also make him stubborn.

 Their relationship chart does not look like a bed of roses with an unconventional, freedom loving composite Sun Uranus conjunction and an extraordinarily-pressured and gritty composite Saturn Mars conjunction opposition Jupiter and Neptune and trine Pluto. In a different lifestyle that would be one tough relationship. But as ever, context is all.  It clearly suits their dynamic, working partnership in a pressure-cooker industry.

 Matt Damon, 8 October 1970 3.22 pm Boston, MA, stars as Odysseus, previously a winner in Oppenheimer, with the Bourne franchise behind him, as well as Good Will Hunting and The Talented Mr. Ripley.

 He is a lively Sun, Uranus and Mercury in Libra with a hard-working Capricorn Moon; and the creative Saturn in Taurus opposition filmic Neptune in Scorpio on his Midheaven trine/sextile a determined Mars Pluto in Virgo. Charming with his Libra planets but with a tough streak from Mars Pluto trine Saturn.

  A good fit with the Nolans and around the same vintage.  

In an act of breathtaking entitlement Trump demanded Fifa to lift the one match suspension of US striker Folarin Balogun after a red card foul. What was worse was Gianni Infantino in craven and immoral response giving in and lifting the ban. Uefa, European football’s governing body, said that intervening to effectively cancel a suspension at a tournament “crossed a red line”.

  Of the 189 other red cards at the World Cup, only one other time has a player escaped a suspension – in 1962 before automatic bans were in place and the failure to impose a sanction was shrouded in allegations of political interference.

 Infantino, 23 March 1970 Brig, Switzerland, is having a bad year with his Solar Arc Saturn (Mars) square his Aries Sun Mercury – and later through the autumn tr Neptune conjunct his Sun as well. Plus a rules-don’t-apply-to-me tr Pluto square his Jupiter exactly now. Which is followed by tr Pluto conjunct his Jupiter/Saturn midpoint later which can lead to loss of a job, and worse in a depressed square to his Saturn in 2027/28. The repercussions may toll on.

 Infantino’s relationship chart with Trump has tr Neptune square the composite Mars now which suggests a panicked decision and gross mistake which will extend through 2027.

 Even UEFA, 15 June 1954, looks shocked through this year and next with tr Neptune square their Jupiter exactly now, repeating later; a discouraged tr Pluto square Saturn this year and more consternation in 2027.

 I am not (ahem) a sports fan but there really does come a point when Trump’s fairy godmother gives up in disgust and lets him face the music.

Russia’s woes are mounting with high military spending leading to havoc in the economy with petrol queues, falling wages, redundancies, soaring prices and cripplingly high interest rates with a recent poll showing 81 per cent of Russians want the Ukraine war to end. It is estimated that between 400,000 and 450,000 Russian troops have been killed since the invasion, out of a total of 1.4 million casualties. The Ukrainian army has suffered between 125,000/150,000 fatalities with 525,000/625,000 casualties during the same period.

‘Russian fatalities in Ukraine are more than four times greater than all US fatalities in all wars combined since World War Two.’ The ratio of Russian to Ukrainian casualties has likely risen to about eight to one in the first half of 2026. Russia’s spring-summer 2026 offensive has failed to achieve significant gains thus far and the rate of advance in June 2026 a fraction of that achieved in June 2025.

 The drone blitz has led to 56 Russian regions enforcing fuel restrictions.

 But the concern is that Putin may be pushed into deploying nuclear weapons, against the Ukrainian frontline and European nations lending their support. The tipping point would be the loss of the Crimea.

  The Russia 8 December 1991 7.45 pm Moscow chart is showing major insecurity as of now with the Solar Arc Mars conjunct the Uranus, exact over coming months, which can sometimes lead to an explosive over-reaction to prop up machismo. Tr Pluto is conjunct the Saturn for a time of deprivation, hardship and an increasingly hard struggle running on till mid December this year. That is followed by Solar Arc Mars conjunct the Moon in 2027 hinting at an angry populace.

 The Russia 8 November 1917 2.12 am Leningrad, Russia, chart was being rattled last month by tr Uranus square the Mars, and that returns on and off into spring 2027, bringing high insecurity and anger. 2027 will see an undermining tr Neptune square the Pluto; and the equally devastating tr Pluto opposition the Neptune on and off till late 2028. With worse by the turn of the decade as tr Pluto opposes the Saturn/Neptune midpoint and into the early 2030s is opposition the Saturn for hardship and square the Sun for forced changes.

 If the start time is accurate there will be a sharp change of direction in 2027 with tr Uranus conjunct the Midheavan.

[Neptune Pluto is the hallmark of nuclear incidents.]

 Putin’s 5^th Term chart, 7 May 2024, is not overly descriptive, though 2027 looks like failure year with tr Neptune conjunct the Mars.

 His initial Presidency chart, 31 December 1999, is more illustrative – with a de-stabilising Solar Arc Uranus square Pluto now; a meltdown tr Pluto conjunct Neptune on and off till mid December this year. With a blocked in Solar Arc Pluto conjunct the Sun this year until late on; and a confidence-denting 2027 from tr Saturn conjunct the Jupiter.

 Putin’s dream of restoring Russia back to its former glory in the golden age of Catherine the Great, who ascended the throne as Pluto entered Capricorn in 1762 and remained at the helm through the Enlightenment until Pluto was nearing the end of its term in Aquarius in 1796.

 Born 2 May 1729 2.30 am Stettin, Germany, she was a force to be reckoned with – a Sun Mars in Taurus sextile Saturn in Pisces was inconjunct a yod focal point Pluto. Putin seems a minnow beside her.

Sighs of relief all round as astrologers are presented with a new and improved Ephemeris for 2027, having struggled through 2026 with difficulty. For non-practitioners of the starry arts, the ephemeris is a celestial railway timetable of planetary movements.

 In addition to monthly planetary positions by degree and aspect, there are Moon phases and planetary ingresses, with Retrograde phases clearly marked.

 This is an invaluable, must-have little book for working astrologers.

A Wessex Astrologer – Astrocal Production, all the more commendable since it was pulled together at speed to fill a gap.  Many congratulations to both and long may it continue.

Available from Amazon and Wessex Astrologer.

What would the founding fathers and Rushmore presidents be thinking as the USA makes it to a 250 year anniversary with nary a mention of the Declaration of Independence?

  Of the illustrious five, Abraham Lincoln would undoubtedly have been the most hostile to the present grifting, anti-democratic White House.

To start at the beginning:

Thomas Jefferson  Born 13 April 1743 Virginia, no birth time. He was a Sun Aries in a reforming, freedom-loving square to Uranus in Capricorn. His Sun was in a dynamic and sensible trine to Mars and Saturn in Leo and possibly trine an Aries Moon for an inspirational Fire Grand Trine. With an intense Pluto opposition Venus square Mars in Leo.

 His Cardinal Sun square Uranus will be under discouraging tr Saturn hard aspects in 2027; with his cherished dream from Neptune in Cancer sagging this year with Saturn in square. Plus tr Uranus upending his Saturn Jupiter through the winter and this year, will be unnerving.

  DT’s Mars in Leo clashes badly with TJ’s Saturn and DT’s Pluto with TJ’s Mars for a hostile chemistry. With DT’s Saturn Venus opposing TJ’s Uranus and square his Sun – chilly in the extreme.  Their relationship chart has a differing-agenda composite Sun square Uranus.

 George Washington, 22 February 1732 10 am Viginia, a freedom-loving Sun Pisces square Uranus; with Uranus in an inventive opposition to Neptune, a determined Mars in Scorpio and a super-confident Jupiter Pluto conjunction. His ‘ghost’ chart is edgy and unnerved at the moment.

 His Mars clashes with DT’s Mars and his Mercury in Aquarius opposes DT’s behind-the-scenes power game 12^th house Pluto. DT’s Uranus also triggers his Neptune.

 Benjamin Franklin, 17 January 1706 10.30 Am Boston, MA, was a Capricorn Sun in an expansive opposition to Jupiter; with an inspirational, ambitious and determined Fire Grand Trine of Mars in Sagittarius trine Neptune trine Pluto. His Saturn in Taurus is on the focal point of a Fixed T Square to Mercury opposition Uranus – giving him executive ability and a reforming streak.

His Mars in Sagittarius clashes with DT’s Gemini Sun Uranus and Moon. DT’s Saturn Venus in Cancer clashes with his Sun opposition Jupiter for a depressing effect.

 Abraham Lincoln, 12 February 1809 6.54 am Kentucky, was a Sun Aquarius trine Mars in Libra with a late Capricorn Moon and a hope-for-a-better-society Saturn Neptune conjunction. That last is being upended at the moment by tr Uranus opposition Saturn this year and Neptune in 2027. His Aquarius Sun clashes with DT’s bombastic Mars in Leo; and his Capricorn Moon and Mars in Libra collides with DT’s Venus Saturn conjunction. His Pluto is in an unbudgeable square to DT’s Mars.

 The relationship chart with DT is toxic and hostile with a composite Saturn Mars trine Pluto.

 Franklin D Roosevelt, 30 January 1882 8.45pm New York, a Sun Venus in Aquarius with a stellium in earthy Taurus – with hope-for-a-better-society Saturn Neptune conjunct an idealistic Neptune and a late Pluto in Taurus. With Mercury in late Aquarius in a straight-speaking trine to Mars in Gemini. His chart looks more pressured in 2027 though the past year will also have caused unease with tr Saturn Neptune square his Mars through last winter.

 His Sun Venus square Saturn Neptune clashes with DT’s 12^th house Pluto; and his Uranus with DT’s Full Moon Uranus – at cross purposes.

 Odd thoughts – Trump’s 12th house Pluto, hinting at nefarious deals out of sight, understandably sets up various clashes above, as does his narcissistic and blowhard Mars in Leo. But I am intrigued by his Venus Saturn conjunct in Cancer also causing friction. The standard meanings are of an emotional woundedness, feeling unloved, escaping into sexual overdrive to escape feelings, but beyond that there seems to be another meaning that escapes me.  

Furhter thought: Saturn in the 11^th in negative mode uses friends and others (11^th house equals society at large) for reasons of personal gain – he’s un-empathic (cold hearted) and a user of people and position.

 His Saturn is badly aspected on midpoints – being conjunct his Mars/Uranus = lacks adaptability, tendency to use force to effect separations.

Saturn conjunct Mars/Node = fractious team relationships, quarrelsome.

Saturn conjunct Sun/Mars = difficulties in career, pessimism.

Saturn conjunct Mercury/Pluto – quarrelsome.

  Plus a brutal and ruthless Pluto conjunct his Mars/Saturn midpoint.

 Not the founding fathers’ kind of guy.

Also the natal Uranus aspects above in the early reformers appears to work in a different way to Trump’s defiant, lawless, careless of convention Uranus.

  Overall the founding fathers and later notables must be looking askance at cage fighting on the lawn which is the least of the woes at present but fairly representative of the crass state of affairs.  

Thomas Jefferson quotes:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal… Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”

“Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.”

“When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.”

“I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country.”

“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”

“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.”

“A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.”

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

Lady Louise Windsor, daughter of Prince Edward and the Duchess of Edinburgh,  has graduated with a degree in English Literature and International Relations from St Andrews University and intends to take a gap year before settling into a career.

 She was born 8 November 2003 11.32pm Frimley, Surrey by caesarean and because of significant blood loss was transferred to another hospital, being reunited with her mother five days later. She had an eye condition in childhood which was corrected.

 She has a 4^th house Scorpio Sun opposition a Taurus Moon North Node in her 10^th house square Neptune in her 6^th house of service and health. A helping career is likely to be her priority since she will be focused on achievements rather than settling down to a quiet domestic existence. With Uranus in her 7^th she will need an unconventional though home, family and roots will be important to her.

 An extremely complicated and talented individual she has a creative, healing and self-protective Water Grand Trine of her Scorpio Sun trine Saturn in Cancer trine Mars in Pisces, formed into two Kites with her Sun opposition Moon and her Mars in a high-vitality opposition to Jupiter in hard working Virgo. Being born at the time of the Full Moon she will see her parents as being two entirely different kinds of personalities. The effect of this can be to give her difficulties in getting together what her heart wants and what duty demands.

  There would be tensions and undercurrents in the family home given her Pluto in the 4^th, making her defensive and fairly controlled emotionally. Her Pluto in Sagittarius is heavily aspected being on the focal point of a T square to Mars opposition Jupiter and also on the apex of a yod inconjunct Saturn sextile Moon. Neither of these will be easy to handle, making her highly strung and easily over stressed, but handled well could make her a radical thinker and activist, though ahead of her time and running into resistance because her ideas will be new.

 Her mother has her Jupiter  conjunct Louise’s Midheaven for a supportive relationship where work and appearances are concerned. Her father is a deeper connection with his Sun on the cusp of her 8^th hinting at the intergenerational legacy he brings to bear.

 Their relationship charts: show a good deal of enthusiasm with her mother, though also an awareness of their special position and the restrictions it brings. Her father brings joint status though a sense with a Uranian yod of a need to tread an independent path.  

Swatting aside Mercury retrograde as less important than drowning out the USA’s the 250th anniversary celebrations, Taylor Swift may or may not take the initial plunge into marriage to Travis Kelce at 5.30pm today in New York. Though caveats abound with a maybe private ceremony out of sight earlier (which would be the marriage chart). Time will tell. Whatever – New York is awash with police, security as Madison Square Garden prepares for a deluge of showbiz VIP guests.

Marina Hyde in the Guardian has her usual wittily acerbic view on the gargantuan event. ‘During her unprecedented, record-breaking Eras tour a couple of years ago, Taylor moved beyond the status of mere pop star and began to be perceived as a travelling mercantile city-state. It seems entirely appropriate to read reports that her and Travis’s wedding organisers have built a castle within Madison Square Garden (venue for at least part of the marital celebrations).’

  If indeed 5.30pm today is lift off then it has the super-confident Pluto opposition Jupiter sextile/trine Neptune and the explosive Mars Uranus conjunction in Gemini (conjunct the tragic but survivalist Sedna). The Sun is also square Saturn for a work-comes-first union. The 3^rd house Moon is in a superficially charming and frivolous opposition to Venus in Leo and inconjunct Mercury – designed for show and trivial gossip.

 Wedding charts usually echo the themes of the relationship chart though not so in this case.

 Taylor Swift, 13 December 1989 8.36 am Reading, PA.

Travis Kelce, 5 October 1989 5.49 am Cleveland, Ohio. Her birth time is maybe questionable; his is birth chart but it makes no difference to the essential nature of their relationship chart.

 It has a tightly bound, possessive composite Sun Pluto Mercury conjunction which is trine a lucky Jupiter. Jupiter is further emphasised being in a high-vitality trine to Mars, as well as opposition Uranus Neptune Saturn. Venus is conjunct Uranus which demands freedom in contrast to the Sun Pluto.

 The composite Moon does square Venus which slightly echoes the ‘wedding’ chart.

 It certainly is a high-octane relationship which it would have to be to withstand the pressures of her level of fame and money. Both are the triple conjunction in Capricorn generation so quite highly strung.

 His Sun/Moon midpoint, his marriage significator, is conjunct his Pluto, which makes sense of a high-voltage, powerfully possessive relationship. His Venus is also in Scorpio giving an added depth to his passions and yearnings.

 He is a Sun Libra Moon Sagittarius; while she is a Sun Sagittarius with a Cancer Moon – which has good compatibility.

 He has a successful Jupiter in his 10^th and her Jupiter Moon also fall in his 10^th so he was always destined to be drawn to a high profile partner. An athlete’s dynamic Sun Mars conjunction in Libra in his 1^st squares his Jupiter opposition Neptune, Saturn (Uranus), so he is spilling over with restlessness and initiative.

 His triple conjunction in Capricorn falls in his 4^th so he grew up with an unsettled home life. Her triple conjunction also falls in his 4^th so cosying down with popcorn on the domestic sofa will not be what either is suited to.

 His Jupiter falls in her 7^th which is great for relationships; with her Mars in Scorpio conjunct his Venus for an intense physical attraction.

  Towards the end of the decade could be problematic with tr Pluto square his Sun/Moon midpoint and both their triple conjunctions in Capricorn having to negotiate swampy tr Neptune in square.

 But it is not a relationship that would split easily.

[The wedding chart may be amended as more details emerge. Cosmopolitan is hinting about a small, private Tennessee wedding some days ago.]

Lebron James, deemed one of the greatest basketball players of all time and one of the greatest athletes in modern history, is to leave Los Angeles Lakers after eight seasons to continue his career with another team.

 Golden State Warriors of San Francisco has been mentioned as a possibility which would certainly suit since it puts his Jupiter exactly on the midheaven there.

 He was born December 30, 1984 4.04pm Akron, Ohio with an absent criminal father and a single mother who placed him for stability with a local football coach and his family, who introduced him to basketball.  

 He has a 7^th house Sun conjunct Neptune in Capricorn with his Sun square an Aries Moon on the cusp of his 11^th so he will have looked to friends and team-mates for emotional support as well as a close partner. He has an ambitious Mars in Pisces close to his Midheaven in a determined trine to Pluto in his 5^th house of sport. Mars in Pisces is often found in dancers’ charts since it gives fluidity of movement.

 He also has Saturn in conscientious Scorpio in his 5^th, which may at the end of his playing career prove useful if he decides to move into the organisational and management side of the game.

 Jupiter in his 8^th in Capricorn will give him a lucky streak and an aptitude for attracting money; and squaring his Moon will mellow the emotional downside of his disjointed childhood. His Moon is also trine an experimental Mercury Uranus in Sagittarius in his 6^th of health. According to his business partner he was in the habit of spending $1.5 million per year on his body, paying for personal chefs and trainers as well as recovery therapies such as cryotherapy and hyperbaric chambers.

 He is married with two sons, one of whom plays for the Lakers.

 Tr Uranus this year is squaring his Midheaven and exactly now his Mars, so a dramatic change of direction accompanied by some insecurity and trepidation was to be expected. The late August Lunar Eclipse approaching falls exactly on his 10^th house Mars.

His Solar Arc Mars conjunct his Moon may reflect public surprise and disquiet about his move. His Solar Arc Jupiter conjunct his Mars in 2027 indicates a surge of dynamic vitality and success. Though it won’t be without its problems with a frustratingly stuck Sun/Mars midpoint afflicted by Pluto in 2027/28 as well.  2029 also looks like a downer.

  I would think from his chart he has been edgy in the recent past, so this may have been coming for a while.

  A lively, not to say erratic and edgy start to the month comes courtesy of Mars in argumentative Gemini colliding with sparky Uranus and across from determined Pluto on the 4^th and 5^th. A day later it will all fizzle out as Saturn brings realism and restrictions to bear.

 The Cancer Sun for three weeks would prefer peace to conflict, and happy-home times rather than too much racing around. And while the month will not offer much rest and relax opportunities, there should be better times coming around mid month and just after.

  Andre Barbault, the French astrologer’s much vaunted Bread Basket with Jupiter opposition Pluto tied into Uranus and Neptune runs between the 17^th and 20^th. While I am leery of getting overly optimistic in these troubled times, it could bring unexpected, significant and lucky changes.

 The final ten days sees the Leo Sun enter with a flourish, content to know that the enthusiasm and good fortune of Jupiter will be giving the sunny, entertaining energy a boost. Pluto may put a minor damper on the show but overall it should be upbeat.

PLANETARY ASPECTS:

4: Mars conjunct Uranus in Gemini  – self-willed, overly impulsive, uncompromising, can be accident-prone.

5: Mars sextile Neptune in Aries – publicity attracting, creative.

Mars trine Pluto – dominating, determined, stuck.

6: Sun in Cancer square Saturn in Aries – delays, difficulties, negative thinking, hard work needed.

7: Neptune retrograde till mid December – subtle effect, creative projects need a rethink.

9: Venus into Virgo till August 6^th – pleasure from being helpful and working hard.

13: Sun conjunct Mercury – chatty, in mental overdrive

Venus square Uranus – emotional upsets or surprises, wanting romantic freedom.

14: New Moon in Cancer

18: Uranus in Gemini trine Pluto in Aquarius  – deep insight, changes, move away from the past.

2): Jupiter in Leo trine Neptune – kind, sympathetic, hopeful.

Jupiter opposition Pluto – confident, over-confident, clashes with authority, a mood that rules don’t apply to certain individual’s actions.

22: Sun into Leo for four weeks – sociable, entertaining, attention seeking

23: Mercury direct in Cancer – communication hitches and glitches of past three weeks disappear.

25: Neptune sextile Pluto – otherworldly, supernatural, ambitious.

26: Saturn retrograde in Aries until nearly mid December – practical projects may need to go back to the drawing board for a rethink.

27: Sun opposition Pluto – requires persistence to overcome obstacles, stuck.

 Sun trine Neptune – kind, creative, vague

Sun sextile Uranus – bright ideas, positive small changes.

29: Venus square Mars – passionately enthusiastic, impulsive, not tactful.

Full Moon in Aquarius

OUTER PLANETS

Jupiter in Leo until from July 1 2026 to July 2027 – socially outgoing, confident, brave and boastful.

Saturn: Saturn in Aries from May 25th 2025 for the first time in 29 years. There will be a need for grit, self-reliance, initiative, patience and resourcefulness. It can lead to selfish behaviour on the part of some and a lack of cooperation since the tendency will be to pursue an independent course. Though Neptune close by may soften its effect bringing more sympathy for those in need.

Uranus: From April 26^th 2026 into Gemini staying until 2032. Inventive, multi-tasking, technological advances.

Neptune in Aries from late April 2025 till 2039 (with a brief retrograde back into Pisces from late October to late January 2026) can prompt individuals to submit themselves to a bigger cause than themselves. In the past it has led to an increase in individual rights and advances for disenfranchised people.  When back in Pisces it reprises the mood of the past decade plus with conspiracy theories running rampant.

Pluto in Aquarius from late November 2024 till 2044. Can be enlightening, fosters social movements and equality, changes outlooks and attitudes, brings intense discussions and scientific advances.