Astrology of Today’s News

Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, has been banned from standing for office for five years and sentenced to jail after being convicted of embezzling EU funds. She was handed a four-year jail sentence, of which two years are suspended, would only begin once no further legal recourse after appeals remains. She was also fined €100,000. The court ruling is likely to block Le Pen from running in the 2027 presidential election, for which she was one of the favourites.

  Born 5 August 1968 11.20am Neuilly Sur Seine, France she is a Sun Leo but more significantly has a yod onto Saturn in Aries inconjunct Neptune sextile Uranus Pluto in Virgo. Her heavily Saturnine nature tends to indicate that any infractions will be heavily punished.

  Her Solar Arc Saturn is exactly square her Pluto now for a dead-halt moment, more so since it collides with one leg of her yod. And her Solar Arc Mars is sitting exactly on her Uranus/Pluto midpoint which again is fairly calamitous. Her SA Neptune is conjunct her IC opposition her Midheaven for a further moment of loss and disappointment.

  The Aries Solar Eclipse is also conjunct her North Node.  By June tr Neptune will square her Moon for another slump, continuing into 2026.

  A destiny-changing moment and not in her favour.

Add On: For all the screeching about a left-wing conspiracy, what seems to be glossed over is what she was convicted for.

“She and her cronies illegally siphoned off about €4.5m (£3.8m) of EU funds (taxpayers money) to fuel their party’s domestic rise between 2004 and 2016. A fake jobs system, with Ms Le Pen at its heart, facilitated embezzlement on an industrial scale.” “In effect using European public money to finance a debt-ridden party domestically. Under a French anti-corruption law passed in 2016, the guilty verdict rendered against Le Pen comes with a sentence of ineligibility to run for office.”

  But whatever the facts on the ground, France is moving into tinderbox territory.  21 September 1792 3.30 pm Paris. It’s revolutionary, vengeful T square of Pluto opposition Uranus square Mars (MC) in Scorpio is already on high alert with the Solar Arc Sun square both Pluto and Uranus this year. Tr Uranus is also about to oppose the Mars from the 6th to 25^th of this month (April) which will be volatile and explosive; with tr Uranus moving on (start time being accurate) into the France 4^th house for several years to come hinting at domestic unrest. As if that was not enough tr Saturn Neptune will oppose the 29 degree Virgo Sun throughout this year into early 2026 – a discouraging, disappointing and uncertain phase. With the September Virgo Solar Eclipse exactly conjunct the France Sun for an existential crisis. Plus the recent Aries Solar Eclipse is rattling the France Venus in Libra for an emotional upset.  And 2026/27 sees tr Uranus opposition the 10^th house Sagittarius Moon for an overly emotional, erratic and high-wire phase for both the electorate and the ruling classes. That last influence will be exact over the 2027 presidential election. After mid 2026 and through early 2027 the Solar Eclipse in Aquarius will be triggering France’s overly-excitable Uranus Pluto Mars T square.

  Jordan Bardella, 13 September 1995 3.42pm Drancy, France, an ambitious and determined Virgo, who may step into her political shoes, is moving out in terms of visibility later this decade but there’s nothing much to suggest a resounding win in 2027. His relationship with Le Pen will start to distance from this August onwards.

  The other right winger Marion Marechal, 10 December 1989 1.05 am St Germain en Laye, France, a Sagittarius with a stellium in Capricorn and a bulldozer Mars Pluto in Scorpio, like Bardella is making progress in terms of career visibility ahead but there’s no great indicators of success around 2027.  

Actor Richard Chamberlain, once renowned as the “king of the mini-series” for his leading roles in Shogun and The Thorn Birds, as well as in the 1960s medical drama Dr Kildare has died aged 90, a day before his birthday.

   He was born 31 March 1934 6.20pm Los Angeles with an alcoholic, emotionally abusive father. Often seen squiring beautiful women at premieres he finally came out as gay in 2003 and talked of the relief he felt at not having to hide his sexuality any more.

  He had a 10 degree Aries Sun catching yesterday’s Aries Solar Eclipse exactly and it was conjunct Mars in Aries and his Descendant. His enthusiastic and encouraging Libra Moon Jupiter were in his 1^st opposition a 7^th house Uranus square an influential/controlling 10^th house Pluto. His Venus in Aquarius was conjunct Saturn in his performing 5^th house. A powerful chart, with plenty of charm plus hints of relationship tensions.

On Greenland: Trump: “It’s an island that we need. And we’re going to have to have it.”

JD Vance: “I think Greenland understands that the United States should own it. And if Denmark and the EU don’t understand it, we have to explain it to them. We need Greenland for international security.”

Greenland, a former Danish colony, is a semi-autonomous territory within the kingdom of Denmark and its foreign and security policies are run by Copenhagen. Trump argues that the US needs the vast Arctic island for national and international security and has refused to rule out the use of force to secure it.

  See previous post: Greenland 8 January 2025.

  The barefaced gall is breath taking though has had the effect of pulling the Greenlanders together, united in their dislike of the American bully boys.

  JD Vance over there with wife on a curtailed visit, having discovered to their surprise they were not welcome, 2 August 1984 8.11am, Middletown, Ohio, has his relocated chart to Nuuk, Greenland with the Gemini Midheaven exactly conjunct his master’s voice Trump’s Sun. It also has Saturn and Pluto in the financial 2^nd; and an argumentative Mars and Uranus in the 3^rd. More about money unsurprisingly than anything else, no doubt homing in on the country’s mineral possibilities.

 JDV is a Sun Leo square Saturn in Scorpio with Mars in Scorpio conjunct his IC; and an overly hopeful, can be scandal-prone Jupiter Neptune conjunction.

 His chart indicates an emotional upset within 8 months from SA Uranus square his Moon; and if his birth time is accurate tr Neptune will make an undermining square to his SA Midheaven through this May and on and off into 2026 when tr Saturn will also square his SA MC – neither of which will do much for his career progress. He will also experience severe turbulence in twelve months with his Solar Arc Pluto conjunct his Uranus. 2026/27 will dent his confidence and optimism, undermining his lucky streak with tr Neptune Saturn square his Jupiter; and worse with panic and high uncertainty in 2027 with his SA Neptune opposition his Sun and square his Saturn.  He may regain his mojo to a degree by 2028 with an opportunistic push from SA Mars conjunct his Jupiter – though that could well backfire with Neptune lurking in the background.

  Usha Vance, 6 January 1986, if anything more resolute than her husband with Mars Pluto conjunct in Scorpio, will not enjoy this coming year with SA Saturn conjunct her Capricorn Sun; and panicky failure from SA Neptune square her Mars. Trump dislikes her and 2026/27 may see eruptions or worse as tr Neptune Saturn are conjunct their composite Sun and opposition the composite Mercury Mars; with swampy moments through this year into early 2026 as well.

 Trump’s relationship with JD Vance won’t be improved by this year’s two Solar Eclipses both of which collide with their composite Mars for mighty arguments and irritability.

 On relationship charts:

Greenland with Trump – rattled badly by tr Uranus moving into Gemini in July, conjunct the composite Sun, Venus and square the Uranus through 2026/27 as well.

Greenland with USA – in turmoil from this June onwards with tr Uranus square the composite Uranus; and roiled by increasingly bitter arguments in 2026/27.

Denmark with Trump – again tr Uranus into Gemini from July will set flairs under what is at best a hostile, power-struggling relationship.  Ditto JD Vance with Denmark right through till late 2026.

Denmark with USA – chilly, separated at the moment and essentially a troublesome, aggravated combination.  

  The Aries Solar Eclipse of March 29^th is certainly living up to its turbulent Saros Series with a major 7.7 magnitude earthquake hitting Myanamar and Thailand with many dead and injured.  It is the strongest quake to hit Thailand since the 1839 Ava Earthquake, of 8.3 in magnitude.

 The Partial Solar Eclipse of 29^th March located to Mandalay has Venus, Saturn, North Node and Scheat all on the chart axis conjunct the Descendant.

 The previous Lunar Eclipse has Mars conjunct the Ascendant and Mercury on the Midheaven.

 The Burma 4 January 1948 4.20am chart has a Capricorn Sun square Neptune catching the Solar Eclipse and tr Saturn square the Uranus.

 Thailand, 24 June 1932 5 am Bangkok, is even more obviously affected with the emotionally upsetting Solar Eclipse square the Venus in Cancer and the Mars in Gemini trine Saturn in Aquarius under assault from tr Pluto conjunct the Saturn now and tr Neptune sextile the Mars. With more problems looming as tr Uranus heads for Gemini.

Sentebale, the Lesotho charity^[ founded in 2006 to help children and adolescents struggling to come to terms with their HIV and AIDS diagnosis has been torn apart by a rancorous dispute between the chairman, a Zimbabwean lawyer, Dr Sophie Chandauka, and the founders Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso of Lesotho and the board of trustees. It was initially set up in April 2006 in honour of Princess Diana.

 On a quick skip through the tabloids it would seem to be a push to have African-led leaders of the organisation, not helped evidently by a meeting last year when Meghan attempted to sideline Dr Chandauka to distance her from Harry in photographs. So presumably partly a personality clash with overtones of a backlash against colonialist founders and trustees.

Prince Harry continues to be travailed by less than helpful astrology with Tr Saturn having just finished opposing his Sun.

 Dr Chandauka, 19 February 1978, Harare, Zimbabwe, is a Sun Pisces opposition Saturn in can-be-self-important Leo; with an argumentative Mars (Moon) in Cancer in a ruthless square to Pluto and a volatile trine to Uranus with her Uranus in an outspoken square to Mercury. A forceful and difficult personality.

  Her Uranus sits exactly on Harry’s Midheaven throwing him off track; with her argumentative Mars in his 7^th; her chilly Saturn square his Moon and her Neptune conjunct his Mars, which would paralyse his ability to respond. That was never going to work.

  Their relationship chart has a hostile composite Mars Saturn indicating serious dislike.

 Prince Seeiso, 16 April 1966, Lesotho, is a late Sun Mars in Aries – and his relationship chart with Chandauka is even worse with a composite Mars Saturn opposition Neptune square Venus.

Dr Chandauka’s Mars sits exactly on Meghan’s Ascendant for a competitive chemistry – and the relationship chart was worse than the above in a different way with a composite power-struggling Mars square Pluto, and Mars trine Uranus sextile Saturn; and a needs-space Sun opposition Uranus.

  It should have been possible to oust the chairman but for some reason the courts refused to handle the matter. Nothing seems to be going right for the Harry household.

Adolescence, a Netflix mini-series, about knife crime, social media, male rage, toxic masculinity and the impact pernicious, misogynistic online influencers like Andrew Tate can have on young men has become a surprise hit.

 Created by actor Stephen Graham and his wife it follows the case of a 13-year-old boy arrested for killing a female classmate.

 A reviewer wrote: “Adolescence is a loud wake-up call to parents who are raising children in times of social media… I grew up on conversations they speak in emojis… I grew up on books they scroll reels… I grew up on self-discovery they are surrounded by comparisons… the pandemic is NOW! We just don’t see it.”

 Stephen Graham was born 3 August 1973 Kirkby, England, no birth time, with a social worker mother and paediatric nurse stepfather, a Swedish grandmother and a Jamaican grandfather. He started acting very young and has had a memorable career with a recent outing in Peaky Blinders. He has an entertaining Leo Sun in a confident opposition to Jupiter, and in a compassionate trine to Neptune with an ambitious  sextile to Pluto. His Pluto in turn is in a tough, enduring square to Saturn in Cancer. Plus a volatile, excitable Mars in Aries opposition Uranus and a Libra Moon. A complex temperament, both confident and inclined to depression, he will have highs and lows.

  His creative Neptune is heavily aspected being sextile Pluto, square Venus in Virgo, trine Sun, sextile Jupiter and inconjunct Saturn and South Node.

  What is intriguing is to see quite why Andrew Tate has become the figurehead for the latest social mania.

 Tate, 1 December 1986, Washington, DC, no birth time, has a Sagittarius New Moon conjunct a know-it-all, self-righteous Saturn which squares onto an enthusiastic and opportunistic Mars Jupiter in Pisces. He has a litany of criminal and civil cases approaching from human trafficking, rape to financial fraud. All hotly denied.

  He has a sexually manipulative Venus Pluto conjunct in Scorpio trine Mars Jupiter, sextile Neptune which fits.

A sample of his ‘influencing’ – women belong in the home, can’t drive, and are a man’s property; rape victims must “bear responsibility” for their attacks. He dates women aged 18–19 because he can “make an imprint” on them. In clips, the British-American kickboxer – who poses with fast cars, guns and portrays himself as a cigar-smoking playboy – talks about hitting and choking women, trashing their belongings and stopping them from going out.

 In 2022 he became one of the most famous figures on TikTok, where videos of him have been watched 11.6 billion times, though was banned elsewhere. He appeared on InfoWars, the podcast of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones; was pictured with far-right YouTuber Paul Joseph Watson and met Donald Trump Jr at Trump Tower. He met with Nigel Farage and has spoken of ties with the anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson.

  I am less interested in him than in what he represents in the culture and why such extreme views have been given an audience.

 Dying days of Pluto in Capricorn?  The North Node conjunct Algol in 2022?  Tate does have his North Node in Aries prompting him to fight against any backsliding into dependency. If his Moon is conjunct Saturn and square Mars he will certainly dislike women and want to cause them harm. Maybe at a guess he has Pluto in his 10^th also pointing to a dislike of being controlled by women so he has to suppress them.

 No clear answers about the cultural phenomenon though the boys-have-lost-their-bearings worry is a good deal older than the last three years. The rise of feminism threw old certainties out of the window – and further back Pluto in Cancer during World War One broke up the old family structure and gave women independence.

  A friend mentioned, maybe from this series which I haven’t seen, there was a gripe that only 20% of men/boys were attractive to women. The other 80% were rejected which is what gives rise to male resentment. She said in the bird kingdom it was why the male birds adopted brilliant plumage in the hope of attracting a mate. In other mammal species, the males have to fight each other for supremacy to gain the females acquiescence. Animals analogies are not always a good fit. But my sense is we have forgotten what the original laws of nature were. In chimp society (nearest to human), the alpha male has the right to mate but only if the female agrees, otherwise her girlfriends in the troop will attack him. There is also a clear cut ranking/pecking order where the alphas get first go of the food. The low rankers only get crumbs – and no females.

 Maybe it is something to do with a narcissistic culture where everyone expects to get exactly what they want without making an effort. The old tribal initiation rites where boys were separated from their mothers and sent out as teenagers to undergo trials of strength to become men would be regarded with horror nowadays but there may have been a grain of sense in the end result.

  My other – unpopular – opinion is that men and women have a different psychological make up, with men being more dependent on their egos, which is not necessarily a bad thing but just the way it is. Perhaps a half Pluto cycle – from Cancer at the start of the 20^th century to a shift out of Capricorn – is forcing a rethink about the male/female balance and roles.

Rachel Reeves, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, is facing flak from all directions as she is poised to make £5 billion welfare cuts and hack back the civil service at a time when inflation is rising, borrowing costs are up, the economy is flatlining and defence costs are rising.

 She does have tr Uranus square her Aquarius Sun exactly at the moment and moving to square her Mercury in Aquarius from mid May so the over-wrought, excitably irritable mood will roll on. On top of that tr Neptune will oppose her Saturn/Pluto midpoint throughout April which is associated with shattered nerves, instability and evasiveness.  The mood around her will worsen from late May when tr Saturn opposes the Saturn/Pluto midpoint; and even more so from July as tr Uranus is opposition her Mars/Saturn midpoint bringing catastrophes, calamities, high insecurity and will test her nervous strength. That last repeats Oct/Nov and into 2026 as does the assault on the Saturn/Pluto midpoint.  So the good times won’t be rolling along any time soon for her.

 She does have a confident tr Pluto opposition her Jupiter returning September to early December for a confidence surge so she may brass-neck out a deteriorating situation.  

 Her relationship with Starmer at best is built on high hopes that will inevitably lead to disappointment and is very (karmically) tied together with a composite yod of Pluto sextile Neptune, Sun inconjunct Mars. Their destinies will be intertwined for good or ill – and will be under serious stress from this July with tr Uranus opposition the composite Neptune – extending into 2026 with a separating tr Uranus opposition the Sun and Venus on one leg of the yod so something will blow apart.   The composite Uranus this year at 11 degrees Libra is catching both Solar Eclipses in hard aspect – for a change-or-else choice.

 Reeves’ relationship with the UK is more than fraught this year and next – with tr Neptune Saturn conjunct the composite Mars, tr Pluto conjunct the composite Sun, and tr Uranus in a jolting square to the Saturn in 2026. Even if she goes early, she’ll get the blame for subsequent problems.

 The Starmer Government chart, 5 July 2024 12.19 pm London, with an explosive, insecure Mars Uranus in the financial 8^th and Saturn Neptune in the health and employment 6^th house fits the current trends.

A sporting round up with two greats – George Foreman and Eddie Jordan gone and the IOC (Olympic Committee) facing the fall-out from a questionable election result.

George Foreman, 10 January 1949, 9.15pm Marshall, Texas, was a heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medallist who in his career had 76 wins and only five losses, one of them  against Muhammad Ali. After retiring he became a minister as well as a successful businessman leaving behind $300 million (£236.24m), mostly from his trademark George Foreman Grill. He had five wives, 12 children and 15 grandchildren.

 He had a confident, lucky Sun Jupiter in Capricorn in his sporting 5^th house square Neptune, alongside an assertive 5th house Mars in Aquarius widely opposition Pluto. He had Uranus in his 10^th hinting at an unconventional career and it opposed a 4^th house Venus square his Sun/Moon midpoint – one reason for his multiple marriages, the first four very short lived. His Gemini Moon was conjunct his Midheaven suiting him for a public career.

Eddie Jordan, 30 March 1948, Dublin, Ireland, no birth time, the legendary Formula 1 team owner, has also died. He started life as a racer before turning his attention to team ownership.

 He had a go-ahead Aries Sun, catching this month’s Solar Eclipse, opposition Neptune; with an adventurous Uranus opposition Jupiter (Moon) in Sagittarius. Plus an ultra-determined Pluto, Saturn, Mars in Leo. A fiery, entrepreneurial chart, attracted to excitement and risk, as well as doggedly enduring and stubborn.

  Aries always seems fitting for a racing car enthusiast.

 The International Olympic Committee, 23 June 1894 Lausanne Switzerland has elected a new president in Kirsty Coventry, a Zimbabwean gold medallist and sports cabinet minister in the government of Zim President Mnangagwa (widely known as “The Crocodile”). Seb Coe lost heavily which has produced sharp reactions and not all sour grapes.

 Marina Hyde lets fly in the Guardian: “Coe’s decisive loss yet again confirms of the IOC that you can’t win as an outsider in an insider’s race. It’s not that he’s an unknown quantity, more that he’s a known quantity. They certainly can’t be risking a new broom, after all, just as they couldn’t risk looking too hard into a quite staggering array of vote-buying/bribery/corruption/doping/political/sportwashing scandals down the decades. Once you realise that the one thing sport’s biggest wigs really hate is a sporting chance, it all becomes so much easier to understand.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/21/ioc-kirsty-coventry-sebastian-coe-olympic-politics

  The IOC will not enjoy tr Neptune Saturn in Aries conjunct its Mars and square its Cancer Sun from this month right through 2026. With a grind-to-a-halt Solar Arc Pluto conjunct the Saturn in 2026 as well.

Sebastian Coe, 29 September 1956, has his Libra Sun conjunct the IOC South Node – so maybe he reminds them of their failure to strive for progress. His relationship chart with the IOC is explosive and aggravated so he would have wakened it up – and attracted hostility.

 Kirsty Coventry, 16 September 1983, in contrast has an IOC relationship chart dominated by controlling Pluto so she may not deviate too far from the party line.

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A fire which knocked out power to Heathrow Airport, the busiest airport in Europe, has raised questions about how well infrastructure is protected in the UK, whether from accidental damage or from deliberate sabotage.

 What is clear is it fits the pattern of the Solar Arc Uranus conjunct the UK 8^th house Mars drawing ever closer. See previous post: Oil Tanker crash – UK 8th house red alert 11th March 2025.

  The fire broke out at a sub-station close to Heathrow just after 11 pm on Thursday 20 March; with Jupiter on the cusp of the 8^th opposition Moon which sounds overly-amiable. Saturn, North Node, Neptune, Scheat in the 4^th trine a 9^th house Mars is more descriptive.

  Heathrow started as a small airfield and evidently the first experimental flight took off on 25 November 1930 when Uranus was a 11 degrees Aries, catching the up and coming Aries Solar Eclipse later this month.

 Conspiracy theorists have raced to blame Russia since it fits a pattern and Starmer has been vocal in his support for Ukraine. But as yet there is no proof of anything subversive.

 With or without an attack on national territory, relations between the UK and Russia are seriously strained. The UK/Russia 1991 relationship chart does have an explosive tr Uranus exactly square the Mars at the moment and increasing chill from tr Saturn square Venus Sun in coming weeks.  The UK/Russia 1917 relationship chart is equally separated, worse in 26/27.

 Keir Starmer, 2 September 1962, is under huge pressure at the moment – though there are local UK political challenges to his policies ongoing, as well as the global situation. His Solar Arc Sun Pluto is now sitting exactly on top of his Neptune which hints at confusion if not devastation of a significant order. His Solar Arc North Node is at 10 degrees Libra catching this Aries Solar Eclipse so it is a critical turning point for him.

 His relationship chart with Putin (assuming 1952 birth date) is heading into catastrophic territory from the final days of this month with more turbulence to come from this August into 2026.

  His relationship with Trump is being upended exactly now with serious frustrations and aggravations returning later this year.

The Saros Series of this Aries Solar Eclipse on the 29^th (in effect before and for several months after) did point to violence, accidents and a generally stressed time. See previous post: Eclipses, Sun & Moon 2025. 24th February 2025.