Astrology of Today’s News

Democratic hopefuls for 2028 are normally a matter for internal consumption but since the world deserves better, a brief run round follows. To be remembered – astrology is a fairly imperfect instrument for making absolute political predictions. Though can be a reasonable guide so worth keeping in mind.

 J. B. Pritzker, 19 January 1965 1.01.pm Palo Alto, California, Governor of Illinois, and part of the Hyatt Hotel family, originally a financier himself, has a final degree Capricorn Sun in the opinionated 9^TH with Venus Mercury Capricorn in his financial 8^th trine a Virgo Moon, Uranus Pluto in Virgo with Mars also in Virgo; plus a high finance and overly hopeful Jupiter in Tauris opposition Neptune. Thus an Earth Grand Trine, materialistic, good for business, formed into a Kite with Jupiter opposition Neptune making Neptune his driving planet. An executive ability Saturn in his 10^th opposes his Moon.

 Uranus is moving into his 1^st from this April so he will be stepping out to promote a new image ahead – or be forced to by circumstances. This looks a bumpy year with tr Uranus square his Moon and then Saturn, knocking him off course on the career front. His Solar Arc Uranus is also creeping towards the conjunction to his 6^th house Neptune, on the degree before the end of the year. This will be a test of nervous stamina, could involve health issues and/or pull in the Jupiter opposition which was what pulled Boris Johnson down – scandals and the like.

 Ahead there is nothing striking in terms of luck and success – indeed he’ll aggravated considerably at the 2028 election with his SA Mars square his Moon. Not a chart I would trust.

 Kamala Harris, 20 October 1964 9.28pm Oakland, California, a Libra Sun exactly opposition an Aries Moon; also has a Jupiter in Taurus opposition Neptune widely square Saturn in Aquarius opposition Mars – so both lucky from Jupiter and unlucky from Mars Saturn. Her Saturn at 28 Aquarius caught the recent Solar Eclipse for a sobering moment and tr Uranus will square it within days for a series of jolts running into April.

 This year and next her midpoints will be jittered and jangled with a few calamities along the way in June and late year. And more in 2027. Her fortunes change for the better into 2029 but too late really for the election. At the Inauguration she does have tr Jupiter almost conjunct her Sun for a ray of confidence.  But later in 2029 will be grid-locked with SA Pluto square her Mars.

  Andy Beshear, 29 November 1977 11.50pm Lexington, Kentucky, a Sun conjunct Neptune in Sagittarius trine a 12^th house Mars in Leo with Saturn in Virgo on his Ascendant looks fairly low key in personality terms.  He has Jupiter in Cancer on the cusp of his 11^th with a Cancer Moon – so will probably be friendly, a good team player and empathetic. He does have an outspoken Uranus in his 3^rd.  

  Tr Uranus will conjunct his Midheaven within weeks which hints at a sudden change of career direction in the years thereafter. Pluto moving into his 6^th house of health and work hints at an uphill struggle and tr Neptune into his 8^th might be less than helpful for raising money. He does have a smattering of helpful influences tr Uranus square his Jupiter/Uranus midpoint in 2027 to May 2028. And tr Jupiter conjunct his Pluto in the days after the election. But he also has his Solar Arc Pluto conjunct his Sun through 2028/early 2029 which looks stuck. And worse from March 2029 till late 2030 with a frustratingly trapped tr Pluto opposition his Mars.

 Mark Kelly, 21 February 1964, a former astronaut and Arizona senator, is a Sun Mars in Pisces opposition Uranus (Pluto) in Virgo; with a Gemini Moon maybe on the leg of a yod sextile Jupiter inconjunct Neptune. His chart certainly reflects a Neptunian cosmic thrust. He has another yod of Neptune sextile Pluto Uranus inconjunct a charming Venus Jupiter in Aries.

  He looks devastated at the moment with his Solar Arc Pluto conjunct his Neptune – and agitated, accident-prone and facing a setback when tr Uranus squares his Mars/Saturn midpoint from mid this month into April, arguing bitterly through April. There will be smatterings of luck along the way in April as well.  But in general he looks agitated and aggravated right through till early 2028.

 Without a birth time there is nothing much in late 2028 bar tr Jupiter maybe trine his Moon and trine his Solar Arc Venus Jupiter which will be a consolation but is not super-strong.

Mojtaba Khamenei has been named successor in Iran despite him having little theological background and reservations about the Leadership being handed down the family line.

 Born 8 September 1969 Teheran (wiki), if accurate, makes him a Sun Virgo conjunct Pluto square Mars in Sagittarius – not dissimilar to Hassan Nasrullah, the former Hezbollah chief, assassinated in 2024, born 31 August 1960.

 On this data he looks undermined late March to late April and at considerable risk late April to mid May. Bu there is no birth time and I would not necessarily trust wiki birth dates.

 The survival of Iran and continued resistance in some form with strongmen still in charge will depend on the IRGC (Revolutionary Guard) 5 May 1979. While under stress there is nothing much to suggest a total collapse, nor indeed does the Iran Islamic Republic chart from 1979 look like overturning in the near future.

Trump’s relationship with the new Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei (assuming data and his continued existence) does not look half as stressful as Trump’s with Starmer or Pedro Sanchez. Trump also seems more relaxed with the IRGC, a touch more distrustful but he has a penchant for dictators and bullies.

  It takes me back to something posted from the FT a few days ago. “Trump cares not a jot about democracy.’ If new “strongmen” emerge with roots in the Revolutionary Guards, a deal may be struck for them to stay in power if they stop blitzing their neighbours and let the US share in the oil. If such a deal is reached which is by no means certain, the Gulf could return to stability and it could reduce the most dangerous possibility of a state collapse.”

 Trump and Putin have a relationship based on control which together can make them influential but if it turns inward can set up a real tussle. There is a sense of a possible one-up-manship battle through this year, more visibly August to late December with tr Pluto opposition the Jupiter. Plus the August Solar Eclipse will conjunct their composite Sun Pluto conjunction which will certainly stress test it in the extreme. There are serious tensions showing on the midpoints before then from now onwards with panic and upheavals right through and worsening mid year onwards especially August. Whether Putin spills any Kompromat it does not say and Putin will be fighting for his own survival in trying economic times. But they will not be singing off the same page for sure.

 The Trump Organization, 27 July 1999, with hotels and golf courses in various global locales could be under threat from terrorist activity amongst other pressures. The Leo Sun opposition Neptune square Jupiter opposition Mars is certainly bullish enough in ambition; with hints of confidence/success from tr Pluto square the Jupiter this year but the Organization will be facing unrelenting challenges, culminating in a gridlocked 2029/30. There is nothing to suggest any explosive activity.  

A civil court case against the former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has opened at the High Court in London.  Three IRA bomb victims are seeking a ruling that he is personally liable for decisions to plant car bombs in London and Manchester in 1973 and 1996 and are suing him for a nominal £1 in damages for “vindicatory purposes”. He has stated he had “no direct or indirect” involvement and has repeatedly denied ever being in the IRA.

Gerry Adams, 6 October 1948 Dublin, Ireland, is a Sun Neptune in Libra with an ultra-determined, can-be-vengeful Pluto square Mars in Scorpio. His Venus in final degree Leo will catch the upsetting tr Uranus square across the middle of this April followed by tr Uranus square his Saturn in the second half of May and again in early 2027 – so a high-tension phase with arguments likely to flare. Not improved by having a nerve-stretch Solar Arc Sun Neptune opposition his Uranus through this year; and tr Pluto square his Mercury late this month to late June bringing bitter arguments (and that repeats through 2027).

 The IRA has existed in many and fragmented forms over the past century plus. The most recent is dated to 28 December 1969, which has a Capricorn Sun in an uncompromising square to Uranus; and even more significant a yod of Mars sextile Saturn inconjunct Uranus hinting at a rebellious drive against authorities. The Sun is also trine/sextile an up-and-down Saturn in Taurus opposition Jupiter. Plus a second yod of Neptune sextile Pluto inconjunct Saturn.

 The recent Lunar Eclipse triggered the IRA North Node in Pisces on a Half Nodal Return so a significant moment. With tr Uranus moving to oppose the Neptune across April. And a downbeat SA Saturn opposition the Venus across this year.

  The Sinn Fein chart, 28 November 1905 also looks rattled this year and on with tr Neptune starting to square the Uranus Neptune opposition. There may be luck from tr Uranus conjunct the Jupiter late April to end of May but over confidence could cause problems. 2027/28 looks deadlocked with tr Pluto conjunct the Mars.

  The Northern Ireland 7 December 1922 chart does have Mars in late Aquarius catching the recent Solar Eclipse and the tr Uranus square so in addition to the global chaos they may well be on edge over this court case bringing up a troubled past.  

 Meghan Markle’s flower sprinkled hostess show has been dropped by Netflix after low ratings with brave words about the virtues of going it alone. Showbusiness and the public arena is no place for the faint-hearted when the best efforts of PR puffs and a loyal fan base don’t produce the numbers.

  She does have upbeat Jupiter moving through her 1^st house to keep her spirits up from this June onwards for a few months followed by Jupiter through her 2^nd house till late 2027 bringing money in.

 But there is a gathering storm behind that as tr Saturn this month opposes her Moon, Saturn, Jupiter for hints of gloom and family worries; and tr Neptune picks up the opposition to her Moon from late this May and through this year and on into 2027/28 opposes her Saturn Jupiter for uncertainty and dashed hopes.  Along the way just to be complicated tr Pluto will trine her Moon Saturn Jupiter through 2026/27 which could bring positive changes though in challenging circumstances with good luck coming in. At the same time tr Uranus is trine her Moon, Saturn, Jupiter. Again ups and downs.

  Tr Pluto will oppose her Mercury in Leo through this year and next for intense discussions and stubborn insistence on what she thinks is right. At the same time her Solar Arc Neptune this year will oppose her Mercury for confusion and indecision.   On midpoints as well this year there will be a few catastrophes in May and early 2027 from tr Uranus square her Mars/Pluto midpoint.

 Around 2028 she has a whole calamity collection of Solar Arc Uranus opposition her Mars; Solar Arc Mars square her Uranus; and Progressed Mars in a collision with her Sun. In 2028 as well tr Saturn in Taurus will square her Sun and by 2030/31 tr Pluto will oppose her Sun – so she will be undergoing massive personal and personality changes.

  Which does not mean she will disappear since tr Saturn is heading upwards in her chart for the next decade almost. But it will be stormy seas. And given her propensity for living a public life it is likely to be all too obvious.

 Her relationship with Ted Sarandos, head of Netflix, was never going to survive tr Neptune’s entry into Aries since it undermined their relationship Mars square Pluto.

  At a personal level I might feel sorry for her – but as an astrological lesson in the effect of transits etc it will be invaluable.

Gavin Newsom, handsome, articulate and fighting back with wit and punch, is apparently the Democratic hope for 2028.

 Born 20 October 1967 5.13 am San Francisco, with his father a state appeals court judge, he took a degree in political science, went into the wine business and then into local politics as Mayor of San Fran for two terms and then Governor, now on his second term.

 He has a Libra Sun close to the USA Saturn in Libra which in the USA’s case should but clearly doesn’t put fair minded behaviour and respect for rules and agreements up as a priority. So he will be sensitive to transgressions. He has the reforming, rebellious Uranus Pluto in Virgo in his 1^st with a self-reliant Saturn in Aries in his 7^th house of relationships. His 4^th house Mars in Sagittarius square his Uranus Pluto will give him a steely edge.

 His relationship chart with the USA has an upbeat and popular composite Jupiter Uranus Venus; as well as a strong controlling Pluto square the Sun and sextile Mars.

  Although at the 2028 election he has tr Jupiter trine his Midheaven which is lucky and successful in a mild way, he has much stronger negative indicators – tr Pluto square his Mars/Pluto midpoint at the election is frustrated in the extreme and blocked. (Could be enraged at dirty tricks?) Tr Saturn in Taurus also opposes his Mars/Pluto midpoint across mid November which is equally not good news for him. His Solar Arc Mars is also square his Neptune across the electoral/Inauguration period which usually indicates that plans do not succeed. Across the Inauguration he looks (explosively) unsettled with tr Pluto square his Mars/Uranus midpoint.

 James Talarico born May 17, 1989, with a background in education and divinity is seen as a “rising star” among Texan Democrats and is the Democratic nominee for the 2026 U.S. Senate election in Texas.

 A late Sun Taurus he is part of the triple conjunction generation with high-energy, marginally chaotic Uranus, Neptune, Saturn in Capricorn in a volatile opposition to Mars in Cancer. He looks in good spirits around this coming November senate election and just after with tr Jupiter square his Sun and conjunct his Mercury/Pluto midpoint and Venus/Pluto midpoint; with a lucky tr Uranus conjunct his Sun/Jupiter.    

The wondrous Cillian Murphy is back as the war-damaged gypsy gangster Tommy Shelby in a one-off film The Immortal Man bringing the six series of TV Peaky Blinders into World War 11. Nearly 50, he says he has been playing the role for a quarter of his life. Lauded also for his Oscar-winning role as the lead in Oppenheimer (2023) and reputedly the best thing in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk (2017), he has had a quality career.

 Born 25 May 1976 in Cork, Ireland, with no birth time, the son of teachers, he wanted first to be a musician but turned to acting with notable results both on stage and on screen. Not only is he talented but his looks are striking which makes me wonder whether he has Neptune on a Sagittarius Ascendant. A reviewer writes: “When he smiles his blue eyes seem to ignite.”  “Murphy is the iceberg of actors — you have no idea how deep he goes.” 

  Neptune on the Ascendant can go along with mesmerisingly good looks and a sense of mystery.

 He is also described as “internal and wired”. “He has played men who, like himself, seem made up of hinterland.” Which would fit with Saturn in Cancer conjunct Mars in Leo in his 8^th.

 He gave up meat at one point since he was wary of mad cow disease which could come from a health-conscious 6^th house Sun, Venus and Mercury. Much of his activism is focused on children’s charities and campaigns – Jupiter in his creative and child-friendly 5th house.

  All special pleading and I am usually wrong but he does look like a Neptune Ascendant.

 When Peaky Blinders hit the screens in 2013 his Solar Arc Pluto weas opposition his Jupiter for luck and a confidence boost. With his Solar Arc Uranus conjunct his Ascendant for a shake-up of his image; and tr Uranus was opposition his Pluto.  A turnaround in his life.

 The Peaky Blinders chart certainly illustrates the violent content of the drama with Mars in flamboyant Leo square Saturn, trine Uranus and inconjunct Pluto.  There is a yod with apex Neptune hinting at the Nick Cave music soundtrack which was an integral part of the mood setting in soot-drenched Birmingham. And a marked Uranus Pluto Grand Cross involving Jupiter as it straddled the troubled period between World War 1 and on with social unrest and striving for wealth and status.

Although Cillian Murphy insists he is nothing like Tommy Shelby – and seems to live a quiet family life – his chart does have echoes of the Peaky Blinder ethos – Mars in Leo conjunct Saturn, sextile Pluto square Uranus and square Jupiter.

  Trying to get a cohesive sense of where the present Middle Eastern debacle is heading is not easy. Qatar says the crisis will bring world economies down as oil runs out. There are ominous reports from the fear-mongering Daily Mail that Russia is feeding Iran info on where to bomb US warships. Other more substantial indicators are that Trump is trying to persuade the Kurds to move in on the ground which analysts say would open a Pandora’s box, risking fragmenting Iraq as well as Iran and presumably upsetting Turkey.

  On the other hand Iran says mediation has started despite the bombardment in all directions continuing.

  Strategic motives on Trump’s part are hinted at in knocking out China’s ally in the region and depending on who is writing it is either a good thing or not for Taiwan.

  All is the usual Trump chaos with strategic planning or awareness of collateral damage neither in evidence nor expected.

 One commentator wrote: “Trump prides himself on smashing the status quo. So while Powell had his pottery rule (‘you break it you own it’) Trump’s tagline might be more “You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs — and the eggshells are someone else’s problem.” “Mess is a feature, not a bug, of Trump’s world — and it will not be easily tidied up.

 What follows are disjointed astrological thoughts.

 Tr Uranus in an explosive (reckless) square to the Israel 10^th house Mars in Leo from March 12^th to April 7^th does not suggest a ceasefire instantly. And tr Uranus square the Mars in late Aquarius on the Iran Attack chart of 28 February 2026 over the same time frame also hints at extended conflict. Tr Uranus is also at the same time rattling up the Mars opposition Pluto in the Iran 1501 chart.

 Both the Iran attack of 28 February and the Iraq attack chart of 20 May 2003 started with Pluto conjunct the Midheaven pointing to a need to control and to destroy any opposition to plans for domination. Pluto rarely lets go easily which might in this case also point to a long drawn-out conflict.

  In varying degrees most of the Gulf countries are unsettled in the extreme over coming months – UAE, Lebanon, Bahrain, Libya, Dubai, Qatar.  What is worth noting is how many have planets that will be triggered by the upcoming August Leo Solar Eclipse – Dubai, Kuwait, Libya, Sri Lanka, Bahrain and the 1979 Islamic Republic Iran chart. Not all the effects will be easy but the eclipse falls in the Saros Series 10 South, which brings a time of breaking out of a negative, hopeless situation into positive phase with more options. A worry will disappear as solutions appear that need to be grasped.  There is no saying definitely it will last that long or miraculously clear up then but it does look marginally more cheering.

 Turkey which is desperately trying not to get dragged into the mess had the recent Lunar Eclipse opposition its midheaven and Uranus; and from late this month has tr Pluto square its Scorpio Sun, on and off till late 2027 so will be facing challenging conditions.

 Keir Starmer has made himself unpopular as his active dislike of Trump and his errant ways comes out into the open. Their relationship chart has an argumentative composite Sun Mars; with a chained-together and resenting-it Saturn trine Pluto with Pluto in a power-struggling trine to Jupiter; all capped off by a distrustful Saturn opposition Neptune in a highly-strung square to differing-agendas Uranus. Not happy campers for sure.

 Pedro Sanchez, the Spanish PM has been equally vociferous in opposition and his relationship chart with Trump has a calamitous composite Sun opposition Neptune trine/sextile Mars and Pluto – visceral dislike and distrust.

 A somewhat obscure thought. Eris and Chiron were conjunct when the Iran Attack took place and indeed were close to the Midheaven when Trump gave the order on board Air Force One on the way to Texas on the 27^th February at 3.38pm. Eris is the planet of discord, but a catalyst as well as an indicator of conflict, so has a positive purpose of bringing an overdue reckoning. Chiron is the wounded healer. So from that angle it could be seen as an act of chaos on Trump’s part spurred on by the hurt of domestic failures and looming Epstein taints.

 The Hamas Attack of 7 October 2023 on Israel, also had Eris conjunct Chiron and the North Node – a brutal act emerging from a sense of vengeance for past hurts but also one which would have wider repercussions through the North Node into the zeitgeist, and arguably the instigator for what followed including this Israel-US attack on Iran.

 Daniel Fiverson in a fascinating Substack posting talks about Eris making nine squares to the USA 1775 chart Pluto between 2026 to 2030 – slightly later into the mid 2030s for the USA 1776 chart – which will bring a time of reckoning and a need to face the contradiction between the USA ideal and the reality both now and in the past.    

Liza Minelli has written a ‘rip-roaring new memoir’ Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! about her extraordinary and damaged upbringing with her mother Judy Garland from whom she inherited an addictive streak and an inclination to fall for gay men.

  Garland battled serious addiction and mental health problems, having been pumped full of slimming, stimulating and sleeping drugs by the MGM studio system – and, Minnelli believes, by Garland’s own mother – from the early days of her career, when she’d starred in The Wizard of Oz at just 16. Minelli clearly adored her mother whom she describes as  “hilarious, wise and magnificent” even if she was bombarded with her mother’s “terrifying” and unpredictable screaming fits; and her jealousy having dragged her on stage as support and discovering Liza got enthusiastic applause. Garland died at 47 from an overdose.

 Liza married at 21 a songwriter whom she caught in bed with another man; then a TV director on whom she cheated with Martin Scorsese, and Mikhail Baryshnikov; a sculptor Mark Gero; and ‘a monster’ in David Gest with an affair with Peter Sellers amongst others along the way.

 Throughout her rumbustious and talented, award-strewn career, life, she has struggled with many health issues  – scoliosis, miscarriages, encephalitis, crushed discs and hip replacements.

 Born 12 March 1946 7.58am Los Angeles, she has a Sun Pisces in a restless, independent-minded, erratic square to Uranus and trine a horrific assembly of Mars, Saturn, Moon in Cancer.  Her father was not available and her mother was unfair to the point of cruelty, angry and laid a guilt trip on her. Unsurprisingly she had a fearful Pluto in her 4^th house of childhood. Her 6^th house of health and work has Jupiter, planet of luck and excess, Neptune for a delicate constitution which would not take kindly to her addictions. Her Chiron was also in her 6^th hinting at a split between her body and her spirit, with relationship difficulties and too often being made to feel inferior or a servant, which she certainly was with her mother.

Judy Garland, 10 June 1922 6 am Grand Rapids, Minnesota, had a creative and erratic 12^th house Gemini Sun opposition Mars in an explosive square to Uranus conjunct her Midheaven; with her Uranus on the apex of a yod inconjunct Neptune sextile Jupiter. Such a yod would make her stand out from the crowd, be contrary and rebellious, high spirited and unconventional. Her 4^th house Saturn square Pluto on her Ascendant hinted at a bleak childhood.  She also had her Moon in her 6^th house of health. If ever a pair should have avoided drink and drugs it was this one with health sensitivities so marked on both their charts.

  In some other ways they were similar with excitable Sun Uranus hard aspects, a strong sense of emotional deprivation from Moon and 4^th house, both with Jupiter in Libra and neither with any practical or grounded Earth planets.

 Their relationship chart was emotionally cool (partly because of Judy’s career commitments) with a composite Venus square Saturn. Angry with Moon conjunct Mars; and subject to constant upheavals and turbulence with Uranus square Pluto; with an underlying hint of a one-up-manship struggle from Pluto square Jupiter.

 A sad and tragic life in many ways but Liza survived to 80 as a trooper.

  After initial consternation about the Middle Eastern conflagration and the closing of the Straits of Hormuz which control a fifth of the world’s oil and seaborne gas supply there are slivers of not exactly hope but possible ways out of the disaster without setting off World War 111.

 There are still those who reckon there will be the ‘worst oil supply crisis of the modern age, outstripping even the Arab oil embargo of 1973 or the first Gulf War in 1990.’ Balanced against that is a view that since those days alternatives have been found, not the least in the US shale revolution. Oil prices in the US rose 6.3 percent on Monday, as opposed to a 57 percent rise during the 1979 Iranian Revolution and a doubling of the price of oil during the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

  The FT hints at a possible scenario ahead given that ‘Trump cares not a jot about democracy.’ If new “strongmen” emerge with roots in the Revolutionary Guards, a deal may be struck for them to stay in power if they stop blitzing their neighbours and let the US share in the oil. If such a deal is reached which is by no means certain, the Gulf could return to stability and it could reduce the most dangerous possibility of a state collapse.

  “When considering this administration (Trump), the best bet is the most cynical.”

 Not ideal but a good deal better than a total catastrophe.

 Looking back at past Middle Eastern fracas starting with the Suez Canal Crisis of 29 October 1956. A British–French–Israeli invasion of Egypt sought to depose Egyptian president Nasser and regain control of the Suez Canal, which he had nationalised earlier in the year. After heavy political pressure from the USA and the Soviet Union, as well as the UN, they withdrew. At that point there was a war-mongering Saturn (in Sagittarius) square Pluto (in Virgo).

 The Yom Kippur War, 6 October 1973 which caused another oil crisis as the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) implemented a total oil embargo against countries that had supported Israel during the war. Again there was a Saturn (in Cancer) square Pluto (in Libra).

The Gulf War of 1990/91 which caused another oil crisis happened on the triple conjunction in Capricorn with Saturn sextile Pluto in place at the start.

 At present there is a Saturn sextile Pluto which is less harsh than a hard aspect so maybe just maybe a way out of this mess will be found which won’t answer everyone’s dreams but may be better than the alternative.

Another musical icon gone with the passing of Neil Sedaka at 86. He started as a teen idol in the 1950s and his hits are still played today – Stupid Cupid,(Is This The Way To) Amarillo, Oh! Carol, Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen and Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, Solitaire, Love Will Keep Us Together. He blamed the success of the Beatles in the 1960s for pushing him off centre stage but he resurrected his career and was still performing into his 80s.  

  He was born 13 March 1939 in New York with a Turkish-Jewish New York taxi cab driver father. His Russian-Polish grandmother had been a concert pianist and he trained at New York’s Juilliard School but his attraction to pop music won over his classical talents.

 He had a musical Pisces Sun conjunct an enthusiastic Jupiter opposition Neptune square Mars in Sagittarius – a wonderful mix of exuberance and sensitivity. He had a self-reliant Saturn in Aries, a friendly and open-hearted Venus in Aquarius square Uranus. With a steely streak from Pluto trine his Sun and inconjunct Mars.

 His creative 5^th Harmonic was strong linking Neptune to the Sun, Mercury and Pluto – with a light-hearted/frivolous Venus Jupiter North Node. His even more creative and musical 7^th harmonic linked the Sun to Saturn Neptune and Venus and Mercury; with a lucky Jupiterian yod from a determined Mars sextile Pluto.