Astrology of Today’s News

Christianity is the world’s leading religion with Islam a close second. Both beliefs came into effect during the 2000- year Age of Pisces. Jesus, whom adherents see as the Son of God who rose from the dead after his crucifixion and was the messiah (Christ) prophesied in the Old Testament.  He was born supposedly around the turn of the new millenia, with the bright star guiding the wise men to his birth being taken by some as the Jupiter Saturn conjunction of 7 BC. But there are a legion of differing dates suggested for his birth.

  What is true of Jesus is not only did he become the figurehead for an enduring religion, he was also at the time a social activist which was the reason the authorities put him to death by. The 25 December 01 BC which is one suggested birth date did have a close revolutionary Pluto in Virgo opposition Uranus in Pisces square a Capricorn Sun conjunct North Node. Which makes sense of him as a rebel leader with a strong father motif in his life.

 The earlier date selected because of the Jupiter Saturn conjunction in Pisces of 7 BC in late February/early March has a Uranus in Pisces opposition Pluto as well as the Jupiter Saturn conjunction. But all is speculation since there were no written records and Jesus’s life has almost certainly been mythologised to fit in with earlier beliefs.

 Islam also rose out of Piscean times with the birth of Mohammed in 570 CE only a decade before the triple conjunction of Saturn–Uranus–Pluto in Pisces square Neptune; and declared himself the leader of Islam in 622 CE under the  Saturn–Uranus–Neptune conjunction in Virgo.

  Carl Jung was fascinated by the symbolism of Pisces, for the Age of Pisces, coinciding with Christ’s birth. He makes the point that Pisces is associated mythologically with two hostile brothers – Christ and the anti-Christ, the spirit versus the flesh – the glyph has two fishes swimming in opposite directions. The early Gnostic Christians believed that Lucifer (the anti-Christ) created the body and the material world; and God/Christ created the soul.  Life’s journey was about rescuing the soul from its leaden overcoat of the flesh.

  Pisces represents the ideal as well as the shadow, eternally at war, both inextricably linked. The central motif for Christianity is one of torture in the crucifixion  which is also part of Pisces’ story – dismemberment, mortification of the flesh. Risking all for the sake of heavenly redemption – which fits into the Muslim ideology as well.

  When it goes wrong and the Pisces/Neptune energy leans too heavily towards the shadow, inhumane cruelty surfaces.   Individuation, Jung believed, was only accomplished when you both contradictory sides are owned.    

Global demographics:

Christianity (28.8%)

Islam (25.6%)

Hinduism (14.9%)

Buddhism (4.10%)

Into the age of Aquarius: the great epochs explained

Astrology’s perspective on the universe takes into account the fact that our view of the constellations shifts as the Earth tilts backwards infinitesimally slowly in the heavens. Every 2000 years approximately, the line drawn through the centre of the Earth moves into a different sign. Hence we are moving into the much vaunted Age of Aquarius, one of the great epochs, and out of the Age of Pisces which started around the time of the birth of Christ. Each of these epochs coincides with a different stage of development of mankind. Though since the constellations have no start and finish line, no accurate date can be established, but somewhere across the next century we leave Pisces to enter Aquarius.

The age of Leo: 10,000–8000bc

Leo, symbolized by the Lion, ruled by the Sun, is courageous, artistic, family-centred, giving out warmth. This is the age of the hunter-gatherer, and the dawn of agriculture, with the cultivation of wild cereals. Animals are not yet domesticated so wild flocks are rounded up to provide sustenance and for breeding. It is also the end of the last Ice Age. Rock paintings record early man’s need to create a lasting record of his presence.

The age of Cancer: 8000–6000bc

Cancer, symbolized by the crab, ruled by the Moon, is home, family and tribe-oriented, worshipping the Great Mother and the Moon as the fertility providers. This is the age when communities started to gather into protected settlements, with defensive protection against wild animals. In Jericho the people lived in huts made of sun- dried mud, which became a widespread method of construction in the Middle East.

The age of Gemini: 6000–4000bc

Gemini, symbolized by the twins, ruled by Mercury, is the communication planet, restless, versatile, wandering. This is the age of the development of written or drawn communication, starting with cuneiform, pictographs and hieroglyphs. Initially devised for trade and barter, and derived from an earlier token system, writing was increasingly used for administration.

The age of Taurus: 4000–2000bc

Taurus, symbolized by the bull, sign of the farmer, coincided with the start of settled agricultural communities, as the nomads formed together in groups to cultivate the land. Taurus is associated with culture, comfort and security. Its Venusian aspects are seen most clearly in the Egyptian civilization, which by 3500bc was flourishing in cities along the fertile Nile Delta. The great bull sarcophaguses of ancient Egypt are testament to the reverence in which this animal was held.

The age of Aries: 2000bc–ad 0

Aries, the warrior sign, symbolized by the Ram, associated with iron, coincides in the great epochs with the development of metal, which replaced stone and wooden implements and was used for agriculture, household utensils and weapons. The first European states were settled under the flourishing Minoan culture, then the Greek. Aries’ entrepreneurial talents were put to good use: trading increased dramatically. Sporting prowess became the greatest achievement in Greek culture, reflecting Aries’ competitive streak. Bronze technology gave way to iron, with an increase in military activity, which saw the construction of Europe’s massive defensive fortresses.

The age of Pisces: ad 0–2000

An age of artistic and religious inspiration, with the great messiahs—Christ, Mohammed and Buddha—carrying the vision of mankind. Pisces is creative, spiritual, concerned with individual sacrifice for the greater good. Suffering for mankind is one of its traits, witnessed in the Christ myth. The early Jesus cults had the fish as their secret symbol, and the Christian New Testament story concerns itself with fishermen and feeding the multitude. Buddhism is the passive facet of Pisces, caring, opposed to killing, living a good life and aspiring to nirvana, a blissful state removed from earthly suffering. Pisces is connected to realms beyond, so revelations from God come directly to the prophets like Mohammed, who bring those revelations to the people. Pisces’ darker side is orgiastic, devouring, savage, impersonal, inhumane.

The age of Aquarius: 2000–4000

A high-tech, computer crazy age; the information revolution and genetic engineering are but two of the wild scientific developments that would have been unthinkable even 100 years ago. These are just the beginning, though, a pointer to what lies ahead. Aquarius is the sign of knowledge, scientific breakthroughs and discoveries. Man takes on god-like powers, manipulating the environment and our species. What he does runs against biology, so the old gender-specific categories and cultures will no longer hold. A world that George Orwell and Aldous Huxley uncannily foresaw.

  Aquarius is detached emotionally, friend rather than family oriented, so the breakdown of the old domestic structures—already in evidence — is part of the picture. Essentially tolerant, and humanitarian, Aquarius appreciates individual differences of culture, custom and creed, so some have spoken of a golden age coming. But Aquarius can be uncompromising in its demand for complete freedom without interference. The old social glue no longer works. What the Prometheus myth, often associated with Aquarius, tells us, however, is that playing with the power of the universe carries with it dangers. There will be a physical price to pay for an over emphasis on the intellect and scientific supremacy. The emotions and the body, split off from natural roots, may rebel.

David Walliams, one of the UK’s most successful children’s authors, with 40 books to his credit that have sold 60 million copies and £100m in sales, widely used in schools and translated into 55 languages has been dropped by his publisher, HarperCollins, for alleged inappropriate behaviour towards young women. He has been a successful TV personality and comedian as well, though in 2022 reports emerged that he had made derogatory remarks about contestants on Britain’s Got Talent, leading to his departure from the programme and a subsequent legal dispute that was settled in 2023.

 He was born 20 August 1971 1.45 am Wimbledon, England, and according to a mother writing in the Telegraph the attitude to women in his books “has always been suspect, even unpleasant.” He has seemed “viciously dismissive of many of his female characters, simply because they’re overweight, unattractive or have some degree of power.”

 He has a Leo Sun close to Venus and conjunct Alphard (like Bill Clinton) = successful but tripping up through self-defeating actions. His Sun (Venus)is also on the focal point of an out-of-element T square to Neptune Jupiter in his 5^th house which rules entertainment and children opposition Saturn. That is quite a statement – ego centric from a focal point Sun, scandal-prone from Jupiter Neptune and creative but neurotic from Neptune opposition Saturn.

  He also has an up-in-his-head  Air Grand Trine of a deeply-buried and angry 8^th house Mars in Aquarius conjunct North Node trine Saturn trine Uranus, formed into a Kite by Mars North Node opposition his Leo Moon. Which is also quite a statement with a fractious and uncompromising collection of Saturn, Mars, Uranus. What stands out is his 8^th house Mars in obstinate Aquarius opposition Moon which would give him deep-rooted issues with women, part of a generational pattern in his family.

  Plus he has Pluto in his 4^th tending to make him emotionally controlling.

  At the moment his Progressed Moon is exactly conjunct his Moon and just off the opposition to his 8^th house Mars, so highlighting that central not-women-friendly strand of his chart, More to the point tr Pluto is just on the cusp of his 8^th staying there for many years to come which is usually financially and emotionally stuck. Plus tr Saturn is in a stuck opposition to his Pluto in late January 2026 with tr Uranus returning to oppose his Neptune in April 2026 and continuing on to rattle up his Saturn in Gemini from July 2026 into 2027. So that driving opposition in his chart tied into a Grand Trine and a T square will be shaken every which way. A life changing phase.

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The shooting of an MIT physics professor at his home two days after two economics students were gunned down at Brown University, Rhode Island  has ended with the suspected gunman found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds.

  The assumption is that the shooter, Carlos Valente, 22 January 1977, Torres Novas, Portugal, had been a fellow student years before of Nuno Loureiro, the professor he killed, but their paths had diverged since then with one successful, the other not. Valente had studied at Brown 25 years ago.

 Valente was a Sun Aquarius, with a Saturn in wannabe important Leo in a can-be-autocratic square to Uranus, and a highs-and-lows square to Jupiter. He had a can-be-hostile Mars square Pluto as well as two yods – Mars in Capricorn sextile Venus inconjunct Saturn; and a wide-ish yod of Pluto sextile Neptune inconjunct Jupiter. He would be lacking in self-esteem from Saturn, needing to mature if his actions were not to be self-defeating – and over grandiose with a stressed Jupiter.

He had been through an undermining phase recently with his Solar Arc Neptune conjunct his Sun so his morale would be low. And he may have had his Solar Arc Mars conjunct his Pisces Moon, triggering his anger. The Libra Moon at the Brown University shooting was conjunct his Pluto triggering his Mars square Pluto as well.

  Brown University was founded 15 September 1764 in Providence, Rhode Island, with a Virgo Sun and South Node, square Mars in Sagittarius (conjunct Pluto) and trine Saturn in Taurus; plus Mercury opposition Uranus square Jupiter in Cancer. High vitality, high in the rankings and good at producing entrepreneurs.

  At the moment it has its Solar Arc Pluto exactly conjunct its Virgo Sun for a shuddering halt, all the more so with Solar Arc Mars following along behind in coming years; and tr Saturn Neptune square the Mars Pluto conjunction through 2026, with SA Neptune conjunct the Saturn in 2027 – the repercussions will be felt for a considerable time ahead.  The university Neptune is also catching tr Uranus in square until April 2026; with both Solar Eclipses of 2026 rattling its Neptune as well. So a confused and shaky time. At the shooting tr Mars was also conjunct its natal Mars for an added alert.

The last survivor of the Tulsa Massacre, the single worst incident of racial violence in American history which occurred in 1921, has died aged 111. Viola Ford Fletcher gave evidence to Congress in 2021 on the 100^th anniversary of the white supremacist attack on a prosperous Black community known as Black Wall Street, destroying hundreds of Black-owned businesses, churches and homes. 10,000 were left homeless and bodies were tossed into the muddy Arkansas River or dumped into mass graves, making it impossible to count the dead though a figure of 300 has been suggested. She also wrote a memoir Don’t Let Them Bury My Story in which she said she had suffered nightmares every night since she fled as a seven year old with her family, losing everything.

  The massacre was sparked by a rumour that a white woman had been assaulted by a young black shoe shiner though she denied it ever happened. After the massacre, ordinances were put in place that prevented residents from rebuilding their homes, and their insurance claims and lawsuits were denied, leaving almost the entire population homeless. Viola would never return to education and was forced to give up on her childhood dream of becoming a nurse.

 Viola Ford Fletcher, born 10 May 1914 Lawton, Oklahoma – some references say May 5^th but 10th fits best – was a Sun Taurus square Jupiter in Aquarius; with Mercury in Taurus on the focal point of a T square to Mars in Leo opposition Uranus. She would be optimistic and enthusiastic as well as lively and outspoken. With Venus Saturn conjunct in Gemini trine Jupiter Uranus and Pluto in Gemini trine Jupiter. Despite her experiences she did have luck and a positive outlook to keep her moving forward.

  The massacre starting at around 10pm 31 May 1921 in Tulsa, OK, had a transiting Mars square tr Saturn prominent which is one signature for assassination. Uranus was also in an opportunistic opposition to Jupiter and explosive square to the Sun (and later) Mars.

  The 5^th house Sun Mars in Gemini was square Uranus in Pisces in the financial 2^nd opposition Jupiter Saturn in Virgo in the 8^th. Resentment over a prosperous black community may have been one trigger with such a pronounced 2/8^th emphasis. As well as pointing to the damage caused which amounted to the equivalent of $32 million nowadays. 10,000 were left homeless and were never compensated which also fits Chariklo (eternal suffering) in the 4^th house. Viola and two other survivors did belatedly get a private donation in 2020 to make up for their wrecked lives.

 When the massacre happened Viola had an undermining and panicky tr Neptune conjunct her Solar Arc Mars and the same from her Solar Arc Neptune conjunct her Mars in the aftermath. The transiting destructive Mars square Saturn was impacting on her Saturn and Solar Arc Venus, pulling her away from security and friends. Remarkably little is registering at that point on the USA chart.

Inconceivable and witless even by today’s standards of reality-twisting – the Journal for Medical Ethics no less has printed a 9000 word essay from global academics proclaiming that objections to female genital mutilation are misplaced. It claims that laws banning FGM are “stigmatising” towards migrant communities and global efforts to end FGM are based on “racialised stereotypes” and “western sensationalism”. Neo-colonial is bandied about; with a suggestion that girls who have been forcibly mutilated are being “objectified as victims”.  

There has been a furious response from survivors, doctors and midwives outraged that a medical journal would minimise the massively-documented harms FGM causes which they fear could set back decades of progress.

More than 230 million girls and women around the world have had their genitalia mutilated, mostly in Africa, but also in parts of Asia and the Middle East, usually on historic religious or cultural grounds.

It is a barbaric and misogynistic practice aimed to remove sexual pleasure from women (and presumably thereby preventing them from straying from their controlling husband) and usually performed on young girls without anaesthetic.

  The Journal of Medical Ethics, founded in 1975 is part of the British Medical Journal Group whose first issue was published on 3 October 1840.

 The 1840 chart has a Leo Sun conjunct Alphard (the water serpent brings honours and danger by poisoning) with both conjunct the South Node. The Aquarius North Node will give it a tendency towards activism. There is also a bleak, can-be-cruel Fire Grand Trine of Mars South Node trine Saturn trine Pluto in Aries giving self-confidence and a hint of self-righteousness.

 At the moment there is a Solar Arc Jupiter square Mars with Solar Arc Neptune square the Jupiter. Mars Jupiter can be opportunistic, extremist and has a tendency to glorify fighting crusades to gain social approval. Jupiter Neptune is scandal-prone, tending to impractical idealism, lacking in discrimination.

  The BMJ midpoints hint at a nerve-stretched and turbulent few months ahead. Which is the least of what they deserve.

  It may not be quite as damaging a scandal as the Lancet in 1998 publishing Andrew Wakefield’s article linking the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine and autism which set off more than two decades of distorted thinking about vaccines despite his findings being exposed as bogus.

 The Lancet, 5 October 1823, like the BMJ has a Libra Sun and Mars in Leo and similarly Jupiter Neptune aspects = purports to be balanced but blows its own trumpet without stopping to double check.

 When that scandal blew up their Solar Arc Neptune was square Pluto and their SA Uranus opposing Neptune.  So some similarities.

Leaving aside the Trump-friendly redactions and omissions in the latest partial Epstein file dump, Bill Clinton does not come out of it well – and not just because it is a skewed hit job on the Democrats.

 Born 19 August 1946 8.51am Hope, Arizona, he has a Leo Sun square an intense and pleasure-seeking 8^th house Taurus Moon. His late Leo Sun is conjunct Alphard Sun which is said to convey power and authority but tending to suffer through own acts and from enemies. Loss of honour. Others who have this placing include Roman Polanski, Nick Fuentes, Sean Penn, disgraced BBC presenter Huw Edwards.

  Clinton also has a glittery and charismatic collection in Libra in his first house of Mars, Neptune, Venus and Jupiter; with a lucky Jupiter trine Uranus sextile his Sun. His Moon is on the focal point of a yod inconjunct Jupiter sextile his Sagittarius South Node = emotionally disorganized, driven by impulses, over-confident and tending to give in to primitive desires.

  At the moment he does have tr Pluto opposition his Saturn until early January 2026 so will be gloomy and rather despairing though he must have known it was coming since that has been around since early 2024.

 Hillary, 26 October 1947 6.45pm Chicago, Illinois, is also under pressure with tr Pluto square her Scorpio Sun. She has been under considerable pressure over the past year plus with an additional Solar Arc Pluto Mars conjunct her Sun as the Biden debacle unfolded with the subsequent Democrat loss. She does look marginally cheered by 2027 with her Solar Arc Jupiter opposing her Saturn and square her Mercury.

 The million dollar question is why she stuck by Bill through his philandering years which were hardly a secret even before Epstein.

 His Sun falls in her domestic 4^th house conjunct her Saturn for an enduring family connection; with his charismatic Libra planets falling in her 5^th house of romance, fun and children so he would bring entertainment to the party.  Her Venus in Scorpio is square her Mars, Pluto, Saturn in Leo which hints at damaged emotional responses from childhood and possibly even a masochistic streak. Her 12^th house Taurus North Node is conjunct his 8^th house Moon which suggests a fated connection and one where she is conditioned to expect  rolling turmoil.

  Hillary’s late Pisces Moon is also conjunct the unfortunate Fixed star Scheat which hints at constant worry, a tendency to become controversial and to attract enemies known and unknown. Can be self-destructive.

  The embarrassment/humiliation must affect Chelsea,  their daughter, though like Hillary she must have long been aware of Bill’s inclinations. He became president when she was 13 which made for difficult teen years. His Sun falls close to her Midheaven so he would be instrumental in setting her career path and with his Moon closed to her Descendant would depend on her for support. But her relationship chart with him is aggravated with a composite Mars Pluto conjunction and a muddle of positive and negative aspects to their composite Sun. That chart looks undermined at the moment up till next April. Though his health is not great so it may not all be the Epstein tangle.

 Hillary’s Sun Venus, Jupiter fall in Chelsea’s 1^st house making her mother a role model; though there will be fractious moments with Chelsea’s Leo Moon being conjunct Hillary’s dogged Mars. Their relationship chart is easier and hints at an emotionally intense though also surprising 2026 with tr Pluto conjunct the composite Venus and tr Uranus conjunct the composite Moon.

 The Hill/Bill relationship chart is muted if not separated at the moment with tr Neptune Saturn opposing the composite Sun Mercury through till February 2026.

Can you sidestep fate? Is the course of events in our life predetermined? The imponderable question for astrologers.

   In Greek mythology, the Moirai or  Fates, were three sisters – the spinner, the allotter and the inevitable. Freewill was not an ancient concept. But the modern mind rejects a pre-ordained ‘destiny’ as a concept. In so far as it is considered at all, the general view is that individuals make their own choices.

  Below is a collection of random thoughts.

  Modern astrology takes an intermediate position. The birth chart, for reasons that are not understood, lays down the temperament, talents, family dynamics and the likely path that lies ahead. Following Carl Jung’s theory – that of which we are unconscious meets us on the outside as if it were fate – psychological astrology says that with more self-awareness, there is greater freedom of decision and the ability to direct events (or avoid troublesome ones.)  

 Though this raises other unanswerable questions. Can anyone become so enlightened they only live out the positive aspects of their chart, thereby ducking fate/negative events  altogether? Nope. Some have inter-generational family issues that can take several lifetimes to work out.

  Why are some individuals temperamentally inclined (or elbowed by events) into becoming more conscious, while others live a life stubbornly unaware that there are choices – and remain blown around by the celestial winds of their deeper unconscious.  

 Is it fair to blame people for attracting negative events? What could have been done differently?

  Astrologers do have tools at their disposal to suss out in advance what is likely to happen within limits since predictions are about possibilities and not set in concrete.

 As an example:

 Years ago I was invited onto a cruise starting in Greece and heading for Turkey, Israel, Egypt. Since my (can-be-ominous) Pluto Midheaven line runs through Greece I was marginally anxious but on checking my transits nothing potentially dangerous  flagged up. In the event we were in Egypt two days before the Luxor Massacre in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt which killed 62 tourists. The Tel Aviv visit was overshadowed by heavy security presence since it was the anniversary of Rabin’s death. I returned unscathed though blinking slightly. The risk was there but did not affect me directly. Had my transits indicated accidents and danger as well as the astrocartography I would probably not have gone.

 But most people do not have the tools or the time – and anyway I have always insisted that astrology should not be the sole decision maker otherwise you end up a neurotic wreck double checking every minutiae.

 A more tragic example is the actress Natasha Richardson, killed in March 2009 after falling when skiing in Canada and banging her head.  She was born 11 May 1963 5pm London and had an 8^th house Taurus Sun on the focal point of a T square to a can-be accident prone Mars in Leo opposition Saturn – with Saturn in her sporting 5^th house. Relocated to Mont Tromblant, Quebec to where the accident happened her Mars opposition Saturn was brought into sharp relief, with Mars sitting on the Ascendant opposition Saturn on her Descendant in the 7^th. That might have flagged up a worry especially since it was magnified up by a destructive tr Pluto square her Solar Arc Mars. Plus a jolting SA MC conjunct her Uranus and an explosive (though minor) tr Mars opposition her Uranus. So tricky place and tricky aspects proved calamitous.

  Tragedies happen and it is ghoulish as well as distasteful to suggest they could have been avoided. And yet and yet, there are indicators.

 The other approach is to say that a lifestyle has to be chosen to fit the chart. A high-pressure, high-risk chart needs to walk a path that lives out the individual’s temperament. Marie Colvin, the war correspondent, and Christine Lagarde, of the IMF/EU Central Bank, both with Mars Saturn in Scorpio square Pluto chose to live out those truly difficult energies. Admittedly Marie Colvin was assassinated in her late fifties in Syria. But had either of them attempted to stay a suburban housewife existence their lives would have been riven throughout with disputes and hostility.

 Bruno Bettelheim, the child psychiatrist, worked at one point with a violent boy patient, who after a good deal of therapy did moderate his behaviour. As an adult he worked in the New York stock market. Bettelheim said he regretted that his former patient had chosen such a conflict-ridden job. Yet it suited his temperament. His Mars may have been turned in more constructive directions but it still existed at an elevated level. He was never going to turn into a nine-to-five  automaton or a softie. He needed thrills, excitement and adrenaline-rushes.

 Jung again:  Freewill is the ability to choose to do what we must – puts it a different way. You are who you are. Accept it and get on with it.

  Another personal story. When I left London to live in France in October 2001, it was an insane leap if I look back on it. Furniture, cats and me. Only later did I reflect it had happened on transiting Saturn in Gemini opposition Pluto = bleak, deprived, hardship, war – which was colliding with my Gemini Moon Uranus and squared my Virgo Sun. The astrology in advance would have seemed scary and deeply depressing. In the event it turned into a great and crazy adventure.  Reflecting on the  astrology what seems important to ask was what would have happened if I had stayed.  Then I suspect the full discouraging weight of Saturn Pluto would have landed on me.

   It indicates that the choices you make even with difficult influences can turn positive. Well I say choices but I am not sure everyone (most) would have made that ’choice’ and I can hardly claim credit for it. Having a super-charged Uranus was handed to me at birth with all its concomitant problems but it made the move possible.

 Fate and freewill – a riddle within a riddle. Choices matter. But is freedom of choice (or self-awareness) a given to all temperaments, never mind to individuals born into certain environments?  My experience would say not.

  No great conclusions except that life ain’t fair. Some are luckier than others. Comments welcome.

Carlos Alcaraz, ranked No 1 in men’s tennis single, has astonished the sporting world by splitting from his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero who has nurtured him since 2018 through all six of his Grand Slam titles. There are no clear reasons given and Ferrero clearly did not want the separation.

 Alcaraz, born 5 May 2003 3am Murcia, Spain, comes from a tennis playing family, with some suggestions his father may have been behind the split. Alcaraz has a quick witted 3^rd house Taurus Sun and Mercury square a publicity-attracting Mars Neptune in Aquarius on his Ascendant opposition Jupiter so fairly ego-centred and confident; as well as enduring and stubborn. With so much Fixed energy he will not appreciate too much change.

  He also has a cool, hard-working Moon Saturn in Gemini in his sporting 5^th house opposition Pluto, so there will be an element of family control/possessiveness in his life.

 At the moment tr Uranus is moving across his IC in late Taurus which completes an entire Uranus cycle with Ferrero which started in 2018 with Uranus in late Aries. Uranus moving into his 4^th does suggest a pull away from the past and an emotional upheaval. Tr Saturn was also recently square his Saturn Moon which again suggests a shift in his emotional and competitive outlook. Plus next year sees his tr Uranus square Uranus which is also often a rebellious time of pulling away from childhood. And he has his Solar Arc Uranus square his Moon two years back and then square his Saturn by 2027 – so yet more pressure to step back from restrictive relationships.

  I cannot find his father’s birthdate but I would not have been surprised if he had (and might ahead) pull away from certain family ties. Though with his Moon tied into a Saturn opposition Pluto he will be fairly chained in.  

  Ferrero, 12 February 1980, Spain, has his Aquarius Sun in Alcaraz’s 1^st house giving his image a boost. His enthusiastic Mars Jupiter in Virgo is trine Alcaraz’s Taurus Sun for an uplifting and motivating link. He also has his Uranus conjunct Alcaraz’s Midheaven so would change the course of Alcaraz’s life. But perhaps the connection being Uranian would not have been expected to last for ever.

  His relationship chart with Alcaraz is super-intense and high-powered with a determined composite Mars Pluto square Jupiter; plus a friendly and serious Sun Venus trine Saturn; and a highly-strung Mercury square Uranus Neptune. Not always easy but it clearly worked.

  Alcaraz ahead has tr Jupiter moving through his 6^th in the immediate future = good for health and work, then tr Jupiter rises above his Descendant until it reaches a successful 2030 – and before then in 2028/29 tr Pluto square his Mars/Jupiter midpoint should bring positive results. But this coming year in 2026 looks a touch confused, uncertain and not productive. The transition may be tricky to handle and bring results. 

The Winter Solstice marking the ingress of the Sun into Capricorn on December 21^st in the northern hemisphere is the shortest day and longest night. Since prehistoric times it has been a significant time of year in many cultures, marked by festivals and rites. Ancient monuments such as Newgrange, Stonehenge, and Cahokia Woodhenge are aligned with the sunrise or sunset on the winter solstice.

 Capricorn associated with Janus, the Roman god, is two faced – not duplicitous, but looking back to the old year and facing up to the new. Which mirrors the astrological glyph for Capricorn, combining two opposites – the goat able to climb mountains and the fish swimming in the ocean.

 Days may be short and the temperature low, but in olden times livestock were often slaughtered so they would not have to be fed during the winter, so it was almost the only time of year when a plentiful supply of fresh meat was available. Less light, more food.

 Whether or not the ingress chart for the Winter Solstice or other Cardinal Ingresses are enlightening is questionable.

 This one has Pluto trine Uranus in late Taurus sextile Neptune (Saturn) and Jupiter trine Neptune Saturn, sextile Uranus which is much the same information as can be gleaned from eclipse charts. Plus a Sun Mars conjunction; and Venus square Neptune Saturn.

This ingress does have the warlike Mars MC through Venezuela which may be significant.