Astrology of Today’s News

 

The stupendously expensive Grand Tour, a hasty rehousing of Top Gear in Amazon after Jeremy Clarkson was ousted from the BBC for bad behaviour, is getting lacklustre reviews in its fourth season. Though more have been commissioned ahead.

The intrepid trio of Clarkson (11 April 1960), Richard Hammond (19 December 1969) and James May (16 January 1963) are a good mix for a speed-freak, macho, petrolhead show with Clarkson’s Aries Sun chiming with Hammond’s Sagittarius Sun and May’s Mars in fiery Leo.

Clarkson may drive the show but it’s the relationship between Hammond and May that really points to the extraordinary success of the long running venture. Their relationship chart has a lucky composite Sun Jupiter; with an Earth Grand Trine of Mercury trine Mars trine Uranus Pluto, formed into two or maybe three Kites with Uranus Pluto opposition Saturn, Mars in a showbizzy opposition to Neptune and perhaps Mercury opposition Moon.

All of them have prominent confident Jupiters – Clarkson with his in Capricorn trine Pluto; Hammond in Scorpio trine Mars; and May in Pisces opposition his Pluto Uranus and square Venus.

But the tensions run at a high octane level as well, not surprising given Clarkson’s Mars in Pisces opposition Pluto leading to his legendary temper. That clashes with Hammond’s Mars in Pisces; and Hammond’s Uranus Pluto in Virgo opposition Jupiter. So there will be sniping and snapping and flare-ups.

Clarkson has been labouring through two years of tr Pluto square his Sun and hitting on his Saturn before that – which all finishes this month – and that would bring about a radical change in his life and outlook.

James May has tr Pluto conjunct his Capricorn Sun to look forward to in 2021/22 which looks like an all-round bumpy phase for him with tr Uranus square his Saturn as well.

There’s a fair sprinkling of Neptune ahead for all three with the likelihood of the Grand Tour stuttering to a halt at some point. But none of them will be short of a bob or two, so the only concern will be how to fill the idle hours.

 

The troubled marriage of Colin Firth and his eco-designer Italian wife Livia has finally come to an end after 22 years. It’s hardly surprising given the lurid tales that emerged last year as she mystifyingly sued a secret lover over stalking claims – thereby dragging the sad marital tale into the headlines.

From a previous post March 9 2018.

Never believe red carpet smiles and cuddles. It now transpires that Colin Firth and his Italian wife Livia were separated during several togetherness-outings onto the paparazzi-walk last year. All of which has emerged since she reported an Italian journalist whom she was having an affair with during their spousal time apart for stalking her after she broke up with him and returned to Firth.

Colin Firth, born 10 September 1960; Livia Giuggioli, 4 September 1969.

This makes them both Sun Virgos. He with Pluto, North Node and Mercury also in Virgo; she with Pluto. Her Venus is in Leo and his in Libra which isn’t a bad combo at all. His Moon is in steady Taurus while hers is in restless Gemini.

It is an odd match. She describes herself as a ‘ball-breaker’ and she certainly has a challenging chart with Mars in Sagittarius probably opposition her Moon and square Pluto, so controlling and ultra-determined. Her Pluto is conjunct Colin’s Mercury with her Mars in square – so she’ll tend to dominate discussions. His Mars opposes Jupiter squaring onto his Mercury, which will make him enthusiastic, optimistic, quite nervy with a focal point Mercury. Her Saturn in Taurus opposes his Neptune for uncertainties and suspicion and her Saturn may conjunct his Moon, certainly is trine his Pluto. Her Jupiter, Mercury, Uranus is conjunct his Venus – so a superficially glamorous connection though a widely travelled schedule will suit, giving her space. His Neptune is square her Venus – so she’ll have problems pinning him down.

Their relationship chart would make you wonder how they’ve stayed together this long. There is a composite Venus, Uranus, Sun, Pluto, Mars opposition Saturn possibly square Moon – so a constant roller-coaster; chained-together by Saturn Pluto; possessive from Sun Pluto; but disruptive with differing agendas from Saturn Uranus. There is an idealistic, head-in-the-clouds Jupiter Neptune. It has had tr Neptune in an undermining opposition to the composite Venus Uranus and conjunct Saturn recently and tr Neptune is now moving to oppose Sun Pluto through this year and next. So the future looks highly uncertain.

The once-feted Aung San Sui Kyi sank deeper into ignominy and dealt her already tarnished reputation another blow in the Hague this week. She argued that charges of genocide for the treatment of the Rohingya people should not be laid against Myanamar. The atrocities were carried out by the same military who held her under house arrest for 15 years, which turned her into an international icon for democracy and won her a Nobel peace Prize along the way.

Born 19 June 1945 in Rangoon, she’s a late Sun Gemini with Uranus also in Gemini and both in an expansive square to Jupiter in Virgo. And she has a tough-minded, hard-edged and obstinate Venus Mars in Taurus square Pluto. It’s not a sentimental chart.

This July’s Solar Eclipse was conjunct her Saturn which should have brought a sharp reality check.

In general she’s in a period of some turmoil with an insecure tr Uranus conjunct her Mars continuing from this year into early 2020, tr Uranus in a disruptive square to her Pluto from mid 2020 and conjunct her Uranus in 2021 – so it’ll be a rocky path. With a ‘car-crash’ Secondary Progressed Mars conjunct her Sun in about two years’ time.

She’s the daughter of the founder of Myanamar and her Jupiter falls in the country’s 10^th so she’ll feel it is her destiny to lead, but she’s Stockholm Syndrome-ed herself into a corner with the generals from whom she couldn’t escape even out of house arrest, and has ruined her good name in the process.

 

Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican congressman, rabid pro-Trumper, purveyor of ‘deep state’ conspiracy theories and a bit of a drama queen is in his element tilting at windmills over the impeachment process.

Born 7 May 1982 in Hollywood, FL, with a senator father, he’s a stubborn Sun Taurus with an intense Scorpio Moon and Jupiter. His chart has three oppositions so he’s a fairly see-saw personality. His Mercury in Gemini is in an outspoken opposition to Uranus; his probably Full Moon will have him unsure what he wants at any given time; and his Mars in Libra opposition Venus in Aries squaring onto Neptune in late Sagittarius will be emotionally excitable and insensitive as well as evasive. Plus he has an unyielding Saturn Pluto in Libra. It’s a high-energy chart but without much cohesion.

He’s in for an uphill struggle from late January 2020 with tr Pluto and Saturn opposition his Sun/Mars midpoint, which repeats on and off till late year – final aspect late November and December 2020. That’s trapped and frustrating. Though he’ll have some lucky breaks July to September 2020 with tr Uranus square his Sun/Jupiter midpoint. 2021 looks a definite downer with depressing Solar Arcs and loss-making Pluto transits to a career midpoint.

It’s an odd relationship with Trump since Gaetz’s Neptune sits on Trump’s Full Moon. But even more so the relationship chart has a composite Saturn, Uranus square Sun; and a composite Uranus, Mars, Pluto – and that’s very fractious, power-struggling and unstable a connection. 2020 will see a shift in the dynamic between them with tr Saturn dampening enthusiasm as it squares the composite Jupiter from February onwards, repeating in the run up to the 2020 election. And tr Neptune undermines their joint influence as it opposes the composite Neptune from late January 2020 for a few weeks.

 

Boris Johnson was sworn in by the Queen just after 11 am this morning. That puts an ultra-determined, opinionated and vengeful Mars in Scorpio in the 9^th (foreign neighbours) in a publicity-attracting trine to Neptune which is also in turn square the Sagittarius Sun. It’s not quite as Neptunian a swamp as Theresa May’s Government chart but he will still find it difficult to be decisive and push through for closure on key issues.

The restrictive Saturn Pluto conjunction sandwiching Venus is in the 12^th and it sits on the focal point of the Mars trine Neptune – which is messy and tough-going. Saturn in the 12^th is not normally overly practical; conjunct Pluto and sextile Mars it could be resourceful in crises but it will tend to attract them, so there’ll be running hitches, glitches and setbacks.

There’s a lucky Jupiter trine Uranus and Jupiter opposition a 5^th house Cancer Moon which suggests there will be fortunate opportunities turning up and popularity with the general sentiment in the country.

It’s not a disastrous chart and his government will be voluble with both Sun and Mercury in Sagittarius and that 9^th house Mars. But when it comes to real constructive progress in the material world, the 12^th house Saturn Pluto will prove a drag.

 

Hindsight being a wonderful thing it was perfectly obvious why Trump won the 2016 USA election since his chart was littered with Jupiterian goodies of a considerable magnitude. Only disbelief that a showboating reality star could conceivably romp into the White House obscured the astrology – which it shouldn’t have done but we’re only human.

The same could not be said of Boris Johnson’s sizeable victory in the UK election. Apart from a few Jupiterian transits in trine to his Uranus, Solar Arc Midheaven and Pluto – and they aren’t due till the spring 2020 – there is precious little cheerful on his chart apart from those breadcrumbs. Everything else is downbeat, panicky, blocked, bad-tempered even over this election few days till next Thursday. And the undermining influences run into February 2020.

Girlfriend Carrie Symonds looks thoroughly dismayed over these few days up to the 19^th with tr Saturn conjunct her Sun/Pluto and square her Sun/Venus midpoints.

Dominic Cummings, former adviser, out for health reasons, looks more than devastated at the moment till the 20^th.

The two Conservative Party charts are no help either for what has been their biggest win since Maggie Thatcher in 1979. The 10 May 1912 chart looks confused if not devastated and completely blocked and panicked until this New Year.

The 18 December 1834 chart is equally stressed with a blocked tr Pluto square Saturn and tr Saturn conjunct the Solar Arc Mars square Saturn till the New Year. Part of the explanation for that may be the splits within the party with former PMs advocating members voting their own candidates. Or that political party charts aren’t too illuminating full stop.

The UK 1801 chart has one cheerful tr Pluto square the Sun/Jupiter midpoint at the moment – perhaps an indication of Brexit fatigue and hell-mend-it just-get-on-with-it. A hung parliament would just have dragged the agony out longer. But that enthusiastic influence disappears within days; and there are simultaneously confused, panicky and depressed influences of tr Neptune square the Solar Arc Mars and then Mercury next year; with a discouraging tr Saturn opposition the Moon exactly now.

There’s a hint of a radical shift late this month from tr Uranus sextile the UK Pluto running through January – on country charts, even soft aspects act like hard.

But I would have to say given what we now know I’m not sure I would have changed my interpretations that much. Which isn’t much help – but election predictions are always tricky and this one is a head scratcher. Either Boris’s birth time is way out or he’s in a flat out meltdown at having won and now being faced with having to deliver.

Add on: Mark Cullen of Skyscript and Paul Saunders on facebook both got it right, concentrating on traditional astrology methods and in Paul Saunders’ case by looking at Venus, the UK ruler, sandwiched between Saturn Pluto in Capricorn – which couldn’t be more conservative if it tried.

I tend to stick to personal birth charts which isn’t perfect since it’s difficult to distinguish between the panic of being landed with a beyond-weighty job, no matter how wished for in advance, and the panic of losing. Though there’s usually some Jupiterian cheer in there to balance up the more sombre aspects.

When Tony Blair was first elected in 1997 he had tr Jupiter moving through his 10^th and tr Jupiter opposition his Pluto.

John Major in 1990 had tr Jupiter opposition his Mars; Solar Arc Jupiter square his Uranus; and tr Jupiter square his MC.

JFK in 1960 had his Solar Arc Jupiter Mercury conjunct his Pluto; tr Uranus just over the square to his Jupiter; and tr Jupiter moving to trine his Solar Arc MC.

Margaret Thatcher had less Jupiter visible though it was conjunct her leadership North Node in Leo exactly. And tr Saturn was just into her 10^th – and she was very Saturnine and danced to its tune more closely than some.

What Blair, Maggie, Major and JFK shared on their election were strong Saturn Pluto aspects which Sakoian & Acker associate with serious matters of a corporate nature and responsibility for the masses – tr Pluto conjunct Solar Arc Saturn, tr Saturn conjunct Solar Arc Pluto, tr Saturn trine Solar Arc Pluto; and tr Pluto conjunct Solar Arc Saturn respectively.

Boris lacks Jupiter influences on his chart at the moment which is bizarre given his obvious jubilation at least in public. He does have Solar Arc Pluto coming to trine his Saturn, exact within weeks.

His natal Saturn is conjunct the UK Pluto with his Uranus in opposition. That UK Pluto is due a final elbow from tr Uranus in sextile from late December to early February 2020, so it may be that he can be seen, a touch like Trump, as a disruptor – a wrecking ball at the end of an era, in Kissinger’s concept, with no clear idea of what comes next but a necessary trickster with the ‘ability’ to lay waste the past.

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Camila Cabello, a Mexican-Cuban American, singer, dancer and songwriter, having cracked the music scene to become one of the biggest pop stars on the planet is now embarking on an acting career as well. She’s playing Cinderella, due to start filming with Pierce Brosnan as her father and to be released in fourteen months’ time.

Her manager describes her as a ‘force of nature’, all the more extraordinary since she suffered from crippling shyness when young. But she comes from a family of go-getters with her architect mother and immigrant father scraping by on menial jobs until they got onto their feet and started a construction company.

She was born 3 March 1997 9.50am Havana, Cuba (from memory) which makes her a Sun, Mercury, Venus in musical Pisces; with creative/musical Neptune conjunct her midheaven. She has a lucky, adventurous Jupiter Uranus in her 10^th in a talented Half Grand Sextile from an ultra-determined Saturn in forced-to-be-self-reliant in a disciplined opposition to Mars and sextile Pluto as well as Jupiter Uranus. She has confidence, good fortune and a really tough streak. Her Sagittarius Moon is deeply buried in her intense 8^th house.

She looks to be in for a longish run of success with tr Jupiter heading for her 10^th in 2021; her Solar Arc Jupiter aiming to conjunct her Venus and Mercury and then Sun in the years thereafter. With tr Saturn moving through her upper quadrant till 2028 which is usually hard-working. Though tr Pluto crossing her Midheaven in 2023 does point to a sea-change in her ambitions.

 

More musical chairs amongst football’s top managers as Carlo Ancelotti is fired from Napoli and is being mentioned as a hopeful to take over at Everton or Arsenal. He’s been manager at nine different clubs and had the winning team at the Champions League and World Cup several times.

Born 10 June 1959 1pm Reggiolo, Italy (birth certificate) he has a restless 9^th house Gemini with communicative Mercury in Gemini on his Midheaven. He also has a flamboyant collection of Venus, Moon, Mars conjunct in Leo with Uranus also in Leo. With a tough-minded Pluto trine Saturn, sextile Neptune and Jupiter in money-attracting Scorpio. Despite his restless and scattered Gemini Sun, Mercury, he’s fairly Fixed and enduring.

He’s had a run of setbacks recently with tr Pluto square his Mars//Saturn midpoint over the past two years but that is now gone. Tr Uranus is square his Venus at the moment for an emotional upset or change, which repeats in early 2020 with tr Uranus square his Moon (for a change of residence?) and then square his Mars in April for more gear-shifts.

Across this New Year and through January he looks heartened with a lucky break or lucky opportunity as tr Uranus opposes his Jupiter/Node midpoint. And what will also work in his favour is tr Pluto sextile his Jupiter and conjunct his Solar Arc Jupiter from late February 2020, on and off till late 2021, which will bounce up his enthusiasm and his chances. Although Neptune squaring his Sun also from late February 2020 to January 2021 will be a touch lacklustre.

 

Impeachment articles were announced at 9.09am 10 December in Washington, on abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, which could be voted on by the full Congress next week before the recess. If passed, it would then move to the Republican-controlled Senate.

The announcement chart has the heavyweight Saturn Pluto conjunct Venus in the 1^st house, fitting for a historical moment. There’s a determined Mars in Scorpio in the 10^th but it’s tied into Neptune and Saturn Pluto, with Neptune also square the Sagittarius Sun. Neptune was the undoing of Mueller producing a damp squib result and this may go the same way.

Which doesn’t mean that Trump will be in the clear since there are mountainous pressures building up in his chart courtesy of the tr Pluto Saturn conjunction opposing a series of his Mars midpoints picking up from this December 21^st across the New Year and through January; worsening late January to late February; and escalating even further from late February till June, repeating across the election and into early 2021. All of them will bring intense frustration, rage, a sense of being wounded and trapped. With everything turning further upside down from July onwards as tr Uranus squares his 12^th house Pluto, on and off into early 2021.