Astrology of Today’s News

Revelations about the Queen’s private finances in the Paradise Papers, a massive leak about the offshore holdings of mega-wealthy individuals and conglomerates, will send a shiver of horror through Windsor Castle. Around £10 million of her money has been invested in Caribbean boltholes much beloved of money-launderers and tax evaders. She does not manage the Duchy of Lancaster’s investments, pays tax voluntarily on any income and there appear to be no tax advantages from investing offshore. But perception is all where Royal finances are concerned. Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodges said: ‘I think the Queen herself would be completely shocked to find her advisers have used tax havens in which to invest their money and that her reputation has been sullied by the actions of the tax advisers’.

What’s intriguing, astrologically speaking, is that HMQ’s chart relocated to the Cayman Islands, puts her dutiful Saturn in Scorpio on the Ascendant, threatening to damp her image; and puts Pluto in the 8^th house of hidden finances.

This year tr Neptune has been conjunct her 2^nd house Venus in Pisces this year, and continues on and off to late 2018 – an undermining time where it comes to money. With tr Saturn moving later this month to square her 2^nd house Uranus for a jolt or two. She certainly looks in a thoroughly bad humour this month with tr Saturn square her Sun/Mars, Sun/Jupiter and Sun/Neptune midpoints so will regard the scandal as a setback.

Another week, another mass killing. 26 died at a Texas Church yesterday with several injured in the worst mass shooting in the state’s history. The perpetrator appears to be Devin Kelley, with a Texas birth record of 12 February 1991, former US Air Force, who was imprisoned and dishonourably discharged for assaulting his wife and child. He seems to have been religious at one point but turned atheist according to his recent social media postings. Two local residents followed him escaping, ran him off the road and shot him.

Like the New York Truck attack, the Fire Grand Trine was in place, formed into a Kite by the emotionally excitable Uranus opposition Venus. Who’d have thought Venus would have such a negative effect? Indulgent and frivolous yes, undoubtedly selfish. But here acting as vengeful Venus, it is operating on the vindictive plane described in the old mythologies. Jealousy and the desire for retribution are all part of the Venusian playbook. She hates being slighted.

Jupiter, as ever playing its wild card in disasters, was conjunct the midheaven, as it was at 9/11 at which point Venus was also opposition Uranus then as well on the focal point of a Kite to an Air Grand Trine.

The shooter, Devin Kelley, is a controlling and stubborn Sun Aquarius square Pluto; with the highly-strung Uranus Neptune in Capricorn of his generation; and a hard-edged, short-tempered Mars in Gemini trine Mercury, Saturn and maybe an Aquarius Moon. Starkman has a rectified birthtime of 17.51 hrs for a Hays, Texas birth place – this would put a high-tension-family Pluto on the IC; with ambitious and argumentative Mars in the 10^th. The volatile Uranus Neptune would be in the 5^th and that plus a Leo Ascendant would prompt him to demand the spotlight in however erratic a way. His dependent Sun in 7^th also chimes with an intense Venus in Pisces in the 8^th trine Pluto, sextile Neptune (Uranus). Relationships would be a key focus for him. It makes marginally more sense than the previous birth date.

His can-be-mentally-unbalanced 7^th harmonic is heavily aspected, with an explosive Sun Mars linked to Pluto Uranus and Neptune. And his 18H, notable amongst serial killers [See August 29 2017 post], links Pluto to Mars Sun Moon; and also to Saturn Neptune.

The young heir to the Saudi Arabia throne, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) has consolidated his hold on power with a purge of the kingdom’s political and business leadership, detaining 11 princes, four sitting ministers and dozens of ex-ministers.

Surprisingly enough – or maybe not – there are similarities between his chart and that of Louis X1V of France, who pacified the nobles, and became one of the most powerful and absolute of French monarchs, ruling for 72 years.

Louis, 5 September 1638 11.13am St Germain, France and MBS 31 August 1985. Both had/have Virgo Suns backed by a powerfully enduring Fixed planets. Louis had Jupiter in Scorpio square Saturn in Aquarius opposition Venus Moon in Leo. MBS has an even more controlling Pluto in Scorpio opposition Taurus North Node square Jupiter in Aquarius opposition Venus in Leo. Both have Mars in an inspirational Fire sign – Louis in Sagittarius and MBS has his Mars in Leo square an obsessively determined Saturn in Scorpio. MBS has his Virgo Sun square Uranus, so probably more inclined to reform; whereas Louis, although a risk-taker, went for show and flamboyance, as well as power.

MBS’s heavily aspected Pluto is conjunct the Saudi 1902 MC, so he’ll definitely have the ambition to transform the country. If he doesn’t push too hard too fast, since he’s been reckless in the past, certainly in the Yemen war to no good end result. Saudi is heading along a bumpy road until 2020 but should get a major boost then from tr Pluto conjunct Sun Jupiter.

Actor Hugh Grant has seen a second coming in his career after a few turkeys and lack of interest as he veered off into fighting the media. Critics applauded his performance in Florence Foster Jenkins and now he’s the unlikely star of Paddington 2 in which he delights with a performance as the villain, a washed-up, narcissistic actor reduced to making dog food commercials.

Born 9 September 1960, maybe 7.30am, London (astrotheme), he has a Sun Mercury in Virgo on the focal point of a T square to Jupiter in Sagittarius opposition Mars (on his MC?) – not short of an ego, has a tendency to be overly opinionated, self-interested, a touch scattered. He has an 8^th house (on this birth time) Taurus Moon like Bill Clinton, so indulgent, emotionally intense. His Sun, Node and Pluto are all in his 12^th, so he’s quite hidden, keen on his privacy.

A fairly bleak Saturn in Capricorn in his 4^th trines Pluto and his Moon, so not an easy or warm emotional life. But given that it’s an Earth Grand Trine, he is practical. His Moon opposes Neptune making Neptune his driving planet which suits the movies if not commitment to a settled partnership.

Tr Saturn is about to move into his 4^th which may be why his career has seen a lift after a few years in the wilderness; with a good deal ahead. His Mars opposition Jupiter will move by Solar Arc to hit his Uranus in two years’ time so he’ll be off onto another new track then.

Actor Robert Pattinson has packed an illustrious career into a young life, though seems blighted by fame with more interest in his love life than his talents. Shot to worldwide stardom in the Twilight series with Kristen Stewart, he’s made several other critically acclaimed movies since, with his latest Good Times, in which he plays a mentally damaged psychopathic NY bank robber, being described as his “career peak” and “most commanding performance to date.”

Born 13 May 1986 8.32am London, England, he has a Pisces midheaven conjunct Jupiter in a self-protective Water Grand Trine to a Cancer Moon on his Ascendant trine Pluto in Scorpio, formed into a Kite by Moon opposition Neptune – so giving him a Neptunian feel for the movies,  with confidence and luck, but he also lives very much wrapped up in his own bubble. His Taurus Sun trines a 7^th house Mars in Capricorn anchoring him down though also attracting him to feisty partners. Plus a Mutable T square of Venus in Gemini opposition Uranus square Jupiter – highly-strung, emotionally changeable, naïve.

This year has been good for him with tr Pluto sextile his Jupiter and square his Solar Arc Jupiter. Though it has been aggravated on the relationship front with tr Pluto conjunct his 7th house Mars, which continues on through 2018. On this birth time he’s got a great deal ahead of him career-wise, though possibly moving into production with Saturn in his 5^th.

He has just broken off a two year engagement to singer/songwriter/dancer FKA Twigs, 16 January 1988. That started when his Progressed Sun was conjunct his Venus, making it a highly significant relationship. With her Capricorn Sun falling in his 7^th it could have had a chance. But they are both fairly volatile temperaments and it was a very Uranian relationship – switch on, switch off with tensions erupting which broke it apart. With Saturn ruling his 7^th house of marriage and sitting in his 5^th house of children, he could well be older before he settles down.

Margarita Simonyan has been listed amongst the world’s most powerful women by Forbes. She is editor-in-chief of RT, the English-speaking television news network and the state-owned international news agency Rossiya Segodnya. RT is generally regarded as the Kremlin’s international propaganda channel, has been accused of spreading disinformation by former employees; and the UK authority Ofcom has repeatedly found RT to have breached rules on impartiality, and of broadcasting “materially misleading” content.

Born 6 April 1980 she has some chart. A super-confident, attention-demanding and entrepreneurial Fire Grand Trine of an Aries Sun trine Mars North Node in Leo trine Neptune (Moon) in Sagittarius, with the Sun opposition Pluto – making influential and controlling Pluto the driving planet of all that self-expressive, risk-taking fire energy with Mars Neptune attracting her to publicity and glamour. She also has Saturn in hard-working Virgo opposition Mercury in Pisces square Neptune – so definitely drawn to conspiracy, scandal and obfuscation. Plus a T square of Uranus opposition Venus square Jupiter – lucky and scattered.

Her relationship chart with Putin has a supportive composite Sun Jupiter conjunction; with Jupiter opposition Mercury square Saturn – a lucky, business link. With a status-quo-upsetting composite Uranus Pluto as well. But for all that, it’s an uneasy connection with her Pluto conjunct his Neptune Saturn, Sun; her Sun square his Uranus and opposition his Libra planets; her Mars conjunct his Pluto; and her Neptune conjunct his Mars. While it works spreading scandal (Pluto Neptune); and pulling together in the same direction, it’ll be fine. But if he ever feels threatened then woe betide her. Their relationship will get a dent come early 2018 with tr Uranus opposition the composite Mars; and will be cooler through 2018/19 with tr Saturn hitting on key composite planets.

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Sayfullo Saipov, the New York truck attacker, was born on February 8 1988 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, a mainly Muslim country, though strictly controlled to suppress extremists. Evidently he was enchanted with the religious freedom offered by the USA, after he arrived in 2010.

He’s a Sun Aquarius square Pluto, so stubborn, controlled and controlling; with an excitable Uranus Saturn in Sagittarius widely conjunct a crusading Mars in Sagittarius. That trio of planets is square Venus North Node in Pisces, and trine Jupiter in pro-active Aries. So volatile and very much on edge; with Pluto making him secretive.

His Uranus Saturn are exactly conjunct the New York Mars Venus in Sagittarius; and his Neptune opposes the USA Sun Jupiter in Cancer; his Jupiter squares the USA Mercury opposition Pluto. His relationship charts with both NY and the USA are highly stressed. With NY there’s a composite Pluto trine Mars, opposition the North Node; with an ego-clash composite Mars square Neptune (only one side can win). It’s worse with the USA chart – an explosive, virulent hostility composite Mars opposition Uranus square Pluto (Moon), with the composite Mars in an aggravated and paranoid sextile to Saturn Neptune.  Astrology might be a better way to sift out potential terrorists who hate the country they’ve been offered sanctuary in.

Gavin Williamson, former chief whip and holder of the black book of MP misdemeanours, confidante of Theresa May and proud owner of a pet tarantula, has been shoehorned into the top Defence job, with zero experience, to much dismay amongst the military and top Tories. Known as the ‘baby-faced assassin’ he’s seen as an ambitious careerist with his eye on the main chance, possibly even the top job in years to come.

Born 25 June 1976, he’s a Sun Venus in Cancer square Pluto – charmingly persuasive and controlling; with an autocratic Saturn square Uranus (doesn’t practice what he preaches); an opportunistic Mars in Leo square Jupiter in Taurus (echoing TMay’s Mars opposition Jupiter); and a slippery, evasive Mercury in Gemini opposition Neptune.

He’ll have mis-steps, setbacks, jolts, jangles and muddles along the way of the next two years; but significantly tr Pluto trine his Jupiter in 2018/2019 will give him a real boost, with confidence and a few successes to purr over. Then his Solar Arc Jupiter will conjunct his Sun, late 2020/2021 which would position him nicely come the next election – if it waits till then.

Dustin Hoffman is also on the receiving end of allegations of sexually harassing an intern on a movie 30 years ago. He has apologised.

Born 8 August 1937 5.07pm Los Angeles, he has a Leo Sun on the cusp of the 8^th square Uranus; with an Earth Grand Trine of Jupiter in Capricorn on his Ascendant trine Uranus in Taurus trine Moon Neptune Mercury in Virgo. So again Earthy and Fixed. He does have an intense Pluto in his 7^th house of relationships, so he will come across powerfully. His Pluto is trine Mars in Sagittarius trine Saturn in early Aries, which is marginally similar to Kevin Spacey – it gives him grit, courage, endurance, but also a good deal of internal frustration and angst, as well as a lack of sensitivity to others’ feelings.

Tr Uranus is square his Solar Arc MC now which does hint at a jolt in his career; and tr Pluto is about to conjunct his Ascendant which often accompanies a period of soul-searching and will impact on his image. Though tr Pluto then moves on to conjunct his Jupiter, which will put him into confidence overdrive. At 80 he’s hardly likely to suffer career-wise and with tr Jupiter moving through his 10^th for a year he probably won’t be badly affected.

I met him years back and he homed in on me as the only woman present, which felt more complimentary than predatory. He certainly told a highly sexualised joke which I thought very funny. Admittedly I wasn’t 17, when it might have been scarier, though for what it was I doubt it. Some of the more minor allegations flying around do tend to pull attention away from the egregiously damaging ones.