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Andrew and Tristan Tate, social media influencers for hypermasculinity have been arrested in Miami as the UK seeks extradition on charges of rape, sex trafficking, sexual exploitation, ‘extreme pornography’, assault and indecent images of a child. The charges stem from events that allegedly took place from July 2010 to August 2017, the CPS report said. Andrew is facing a total of 42 charges in the UK and Tristan faces 17.

 They were previously freed from travel restrictions in Romania after several White House officials took an interest in their case. Though the president denies all knowledge.

See previous post:  Andrew & Tristan Tate – friends in high places. 28th February 2025.

Andrew Tate, 1 December 1986 6am (maybe) Washington DC, was a professional kickboxer and self-described misogynist who has amassed more than 10 million followers, most of them boys and young men, on X. He has been banned from platforms like YouTube, TikTok and Instagram for violating hate speech guidelines. He also runs an online academy where he says he teaches young men how to get rich and attract women. The brothers are avid supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump.

 They had an English mother and an African-American chess champion father who served in the US Air Force and was a fluent linguist. His parents divorced when he was 11 and he returned to live with his mother in her home town of Luton in an infamously rough ‘sink’ estate.

 Andrew has a New Moon in Sagittarius conjunct Saturn square Mars Jupiter in Pisces. Mars Jupiter can be opportunistic and while I am prepared to believe his social influencing which hit a chord amongst net goblins may have started as a money-making chancer’s dream, it hardly explains away his rancid behaviour (all denied). His Sun is conjunct the pugnacious, war-like Antares and  his Saturn square Mars can be abusive, both victim and victimiser. He also has a manipulative and can-be-sexually obsessive Venus Pluto conjunction in Scorpio.

 Since families are fascinating it is worth pondering how he ended up as he has. His mother worked in menial jobs as a single mother after the divorce supporting the children. Those who know say she is quiet and pleasant though Tate himself evidently once described her as” mean and hard.” Moon Saturn square Mars does suggest a harassed mother – though three children, no husband, and a poor, tough upbringing and subsequent life in difficult living conditions might explain it. He does support her now financially.  

 The main influence appeared to be his father, Emory, 27 December 1958 Chicago, Illinois, whose Pluto sat on Andrew’s Midheaven opposition his Mars and square his New Moon Saturn so a controlling, dominating, suppressive influence. As a chess player he was known for his aggressive tactics. Other players suggested the prowess was tinged with madness. “Emory Tate was a lunatic, a creative genius – who tread a fine line between brilliance and insanity,” said one grandmaster.

 Emory also appeared to have been homophobic and misogynistic, with perverse views on supporting under-age, post-pubescent sex. One of nine, he was beaten severely by his own father so aggression was a streak that ran down the generations though he channelled his anger into chess and promoting an attack-dog attitude in his children.

 His relationship chart with Andrew had a close composite Mars opposition Pluto; and a composite Sun Saturn sextile Uranus, maybe square Moon. He may not have beat his children but he surely instilled them with his rage.

 Tristan, 15 July 1988, Chicago, Illinois, has a mini-Grand Trine of a Sun Cancer sextile Jupiter and the destructive star Algol trine Mars in Aries. That sextile is further ramped up by being the legs of a tricky yod inconjunct Saturn Uranus in Sagittarius. His stressed Mars in Aries is also square Saturn and Uranus in late Sagittarius. Quite a ragbag of jangled, short-fused, impatient and aggravated energy.  His Leo Moon may be square Pluto, and if so he will fear being controlled by women.  

 His relationship chart with his father does suggest a strong influence with a composite Mars trine Saturn trine Jupiter with Mars opposition Uranus. Motivating and uplifting as well as explosive and uncompromising.

Families!

Andy Burnham was announced as Labour leader today at around 12.15pm and will become prime minister on Monday after Keir Starmer resigns at Buckingham Palace, presumably around 11.30 – 12pm.

  In a speech he promised “the most significant change moment in our politics for 40 years”, arguing that the UK took a wrong turn in the 1980s under Maggie Thatcher. His policies are vague to date but seem to revolve around more devolution to the regions (which considering what a dog’s dinner devolved Scotland and Wales are, may be naive); more nationalisation and a revamped social care set up (presumably expensive).

  The political/economic auguries are not great and yet the astrology seems – at least better than for poor Keir Starmer whose leadership chart had a Mars Saturn in Aquarius square Uranus which transiting Pluto was heading to pummel.

 Burnham’s leadership chart from today has a Midheaven close to the UK IC and tr Saturn in Aries exactly conjunct the UK 7th house North Node – so does look ‘significant’ in terms of persuading the UK to leave its past behind – maybe in terms of relationships within and without the kingdom. But it may also suggest a degree of discipline and hard work which won’t sit comfortably with an electorate wedded to welfare benefits and split into tribal communities, who don’t want to compromise. His leadership Sun is conjunct Procyon which is the wheel of fortune Fixed star – what goes up must come down.

 Barbault’s Basket does not seem to be providing much in the way of global hope even in seed form. And Burnham’s leadership chart does have Mercury retrograde; as well as Moon Venus square Uranus Mars in Gemini which hints at emotional upsets, uncompromising attitudes and a tendency to leap into decisions which have not been thought through.

 Jupiter opposition Pluto which forms Half of the Grand Sextile of the moment is not always positive – on the negative side it is associated with fanatical aims, wastefulness, squanderers. In aspect to Uranus – an obsessive, uncritical striving for improvements. In aspect to Neptune – disappointment, deception.  Those are the absolute worst sides but there is a tendency to be overly hopeful especially in gloomy times.

 On the synastry, Burnham’s Uranus is conjunct the UK Ascendant so change will be his mantra; with arguments from his Mars square the UK Mercury. His Venus is conjunct the UK Sun for a friendly connection. Though I wonder about his Jupiter in the UK 2^nd = over spending, opposition his Saturn in the UK 8^th = dampening effect on business finances, due to Saturn opposition Jupiter’s usual failing of poor planning, bad timing and lack of experience.

  Burnham’s relationship chart with the UK has a high-vitality, argumentative Sun square Mars and an enthusiastic Sun trine Jupiter; with simmering-resentment Mars trine Pluto. But it is considerably better than Starmer’s UK relationship chart which has  a toxic-dislike Mars opposition Pluto and is riddled with doubt from Saturn Neptune.  

   But what is most noticeable in the Burnham/UK relationship chart is a yod of Neptune sextile Venus inconjunct Saturn which again leans heavily on the notion that discipline, responsibility and hard work will be required on both sides to make it work. Mending the division within communities, immigrant and other, will be one test.

 Time will tell but I confess to being somewhat ambivalent at this point.

[Maggie Thatcher took over as PM when Jupiter was conjunct the UK Jupiter, as is the case at the moment.]

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100 years ago 1926 produced a tranche of notables who became embedded in the culture some for ill as well as good or their work did, in a way which makes it a peak year for influencers. Their effect lives on well after their death.  

 Examples: Queen Elzabeth 11, David Attenborough, Marilyn Monroe, Ruth Ellis, Jimmy Savile, Dame Joan Sutherland, Hugh Hefner, Claus von Bulow, James Hillman, J.P. Donleavy, Harper Lee, Peter Schaffer, R.J. Lifton, Ian Paisley, Fidel Castro, Buddy Greco, Jan Morris, Louise Hay, Michael Foucault, Chuck Berry, Klaus Kinski, George Martin (Beatles), Michael Bond (Paddington Bear), Valery Giscard d’Estaing, Stanley Baxter, Miles Davis, Allen Ginsberg, Mel Brooks, Elizabeth Kubler Ross, Tony Bennett, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger (NY Times), Kenneth Williams, Jerry Lewis, Alan Greenspan, Ingvar Kamprad (IKEA founder), John Fowles.

  I was trying to work out what it was astrologically that made it a standout year.

 Chiron was on the cusp of Taurus, moving in after May 1926. Eris was in the early stages of Aries having moved three/two years earlier. Jupiter was in Aquarius all year from January onwards. There was also a Saturn Neptune square in Fixed signs giving an urge to produce a better society (in some cases), a creative streak or neurosis.

 Two recent examples in the news. One is Brother David Steindl-Rast, 12 July 1926, Vienna, Austria, celebrating his 100th birthday. After a troubled WW11, he helped set up refugee camps, then took a degree in Fine Arts and Experimental Psychology and emigrated to the USA with his family. He became a Benedictine monk and pursued Buddhist-Christian dialogue, studying with Zen masters and later co-founded a Center for Spiritual Studies with Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu and Sufi teachers.  

 His Cancer Sun is conjunct the North Node and Pluto square Mars in Aries which could suggest a reservoir of anger and resentment; though it is to an extent balanced by Jupiter in Aquarius in an optimistic, idealistic opposition to Neptune and in a controlled square to Saturn in Scorpio – and no doubt mellowed by years in solitary meditation for months at a time.

  I met him years ago at a workshop in Big Sur, California though I am not remotely religious – and he came across as not only mild mannered but ‘good’ – and I have not met many people I would describe as good.

 The other from a totally different arena is David Austin, 16 February 1926, Shropshire, England, a horticulturalist who was the maestro of rose breeders, named in 2018, named a “Great Rosarian of the World” the year he died aged 92. He had an Aquarius Sun and Mercury in a creative opposition to Neptune square Saturn in Scorpio; with a colourful, design-conscious Venus Jupiter conjunction also in Aquarius.  Plus an uber-determined Mars opposition Cancer.

 All very different skills and talents but they all hit the zeitgeist and most live on in reputation after their passing.

 Any additional ideas gratefully received as to why astrologically.

  The US Democratic Party is floundering faced with a single-minded and enmeshed Republican Party, with no obvious front runners who will appeal to the electorate.

‘The party is split between a radicalised younger vote, which is increasingly Maga-like in tactics and tone, and an ageing establishment that is short of ideas.’

  The Graham Platner debacle was one indication. A candidate for the Maine Senate he had not been properly vetted, was not a blue-collar candidate of his advertisements but from a wealthy background and in addition to a questionable record with women, he had an SS-associated tattoo on his chest. His two chief campaign consultants both come from generational wealth and are closely associated with the Democratic Socialists of America – officials include Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and NY mayor Zohran Mamdani. All of which allows Trump to rant on about the communist threat.

 In reality their economic policies advocate public healthcare and fair taxation of the AI oligarchs, but seemingly they also come across as anti-American which is never a winning platform. “They channel the Berkeley campus, not America’s suburbs.”

 At present the Democratic Party has an approval rating much the same as the Republicans.

  What follows below are random thoughts and I would -respectfully – be grateful not to be deluged for astro-info on  other Democratic possibles.

 The US Democratic Socialists was founded 20 March 1982 in New York – a late Sun Pisces square an idealistic though not always realistic Neptune, it has a tougher streak from a dogged Saturn conjunct Pluto on one side and a sometimes-unlucky Saturn conjunct Mars on the other side.

  Tr Saturn is opposing the Mars this year for setbacks and continuing on to oppose Saturn Pluto in 2027 which looks a challenging, discouraging year with, additionally, a high-tension Solar Arc Saturn conjunct Uranus, curbing their progressive instincts; plus SA Uranus conjunct their South Node hinting at maybe pride getting in the way of compassion plus money troubles.

  By the 2028 election tr Jupiter will be just over their Mars for an upbeat moment and heading to conjunct their Saturn – and tr Jupiter will then conjunct their and Pluto exactly at the Inauguration in 2029 so there will be an uplifting spot of cheer.  

 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 13 October 1988 11.50am New York, has tr Jupiter moving across her career 10^th running into and after the 2028 election, conjunct her Mars a few days before and conjunct her Sun in the interim, boosting her Pluto/MC midpoint (birth time being accurate) at the Inauguration. Though the run up to the election will also be uncertain with tr Neptune square her Saturn until mid September 2028 and returning in 2029.

  What caught my eye was that Rahm Emmanuel, Obama’s chief of staff and then Mayor of Chicago, might be considering a run. Born 29 November 1959 2am Chicago, he is an enthusiastic Sun Jupiter in Sagittarius in a pushily-confident square to Pluto; with a super-determined and outspoken Mars, Mercury, Moon conjunct in Scorpio in a high-octane square to Uranus.  His Neptune in Scorpio will be rattled over the 2028 election and just after with the tr Saturn in Taurus square tr Pluto in hard aspect causing confusion and uncertainty.

  But what intrigued me is his Solar Arc Jupiter is opposition his Uranus and square his Moon through 2028 for a lucky break; with his tr Jupiter moving across into his 1^st house  also through 2028 giving him a confidence lift; and tr Uranus opposing his Jupiter in June, December 2028 and March 2029. Equal quantities of sudden luck and meltdown anxiety.

 Barack Obama, 4 August 1961 7.24pm Hawaii, has the same mix of Jupiterian bounty and major setbacks. On the upside he has a confident tr Pluto square his Sun/Jupiter midpoint over the 2028 election and tr Jupiter conjunct his Pluto/MC as well in mid November 2029. With tr Jupiter conjunct his Mars/North Node midpoint over the Inauguration which hints at success. But but but – the run up to the election looks horrific with tr Uranus square his Mars/Pluto midpoint from mid August to mid October, which will be high risk as well as upsetting, repeating in June 2029. And like Emmanuel, his Neptune is catching the tr Saturn opposition in late October  and again in March 2029 for great uncertainty; with the disorienting and massively confusing tr Pluto square his Neptune throughout the middle months of 2028 and exactly over the Inauguration.

 The usual muddle and guddle of election prediction especially in a peculiarly high-stakes one with a rancid Republican Party no doubt up to dirty tricks never mind the global scene causing havoc.

  The Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie blended family split into warring factions since the rancorous (and not yet settled) divorce a decade ago has widened with two more children dropping the surname Pitt from their legal identity.

To clarify:

Maddox, adopted Cambodia, 5 August 2001

Zahara, adopted Ethiopia. 8 January 2005

Shiloh – biological, 28 May 2006 1.40am Namibia

Pax, adopted Vietnam, 29 November 2003

Twins – biological, 12 July 2008, 8pm Nice, France

Brad: 18 December 1963 6.31 am Shawnee, OK

Angelina Jolie, 4 June 1975 9am Los Angeles

  There are intense, potentially bitter and angry influences in several of the charts but not all aimed at father.

 Angelina herself, a Sun Gemini opposition Neptune, has a staggeringly difficult chart with a Moon Mars opposition Pluto, with Moon Mars trine Saturn, a legacy of her dysfunctional upbringing so she will have trigger responses and a tendency to feel victimized and carry grudges. With Uranus in her 4^th she would always have an unsettled adult domestic life.

  Her Neptune in her 5^th house can suggest sensitive, creative or psychologically challenged children – and sometimes adopted children. Sakoian & Acker perceptively comment: “Sometimes the position indicates broken families, creating for the children a situation similar to one in which the parents had never been married.” Antares is conjunct her Neptune which can be shrewd, cunning, unbalanced, secretive but apparently candid. She also has her North Node in Sagittarius in her 5^th house which point to children being a way to boost her sense of self-worth.

 Brad Pitt, a Sagittarius with a Capricorn Moon and Venus, is money-oriented with a determined and rebellious streak from Mars trine Pluto Uranus. But he has Jupiter in his 4^th suggesting a comfortable childhood home though it is conjunct Eris which can amplify feelings of being marginalized, ignored, or treated as the outcast in the family. Sedna (betrayal) is in his 5^th house of children. His Neptune on the cusp of his 12^th hints at his alcohol/drug problem. His Sun/Moon midpoint conjunct his Mars does suggest stormy relationships in marriage which would be likely to trigger his anger.

 Of the pair, Angelina looks most troubled, with major issues around children and anger/power in relationships.

 The two adopted boys both have prominent Mars Pluto hard aspects, especially Maddox (Mars Pluto opposition Saturn) which may relate to their pre-adoption predicament but giving rise to lifelong problems with anger especially against male or controlling figures.

 Shiloh (biological) has Pluto inconjunct a 4^th house Mars so she would experience an angry father and arguments in her childhood home. Her Gemini Sun and Moon square a 12^th house Uranus hint at a need to separate from both parents.

 The twins (biological), with a deeply buried 8^th house Mars Saturn conjunction trine Pluto Ascendant have inherited issues from grandparents in terms of anger and abuse; though will cover it over with a creative Water Grand Trine of a Cancer Sun trine a Scorpio Moon trine Uranus, formed into a Kite with Sun opposition an upbeat 1^st house Jupiter. Plus a yod with apex Sun, so will be keen to make a name for themselves.

   In varying degrees the children have challenging issues with both parents. With a fair number of the child-parent relationship charts with repeating Saturn Pluto hard aspects to both – stuck together and resenting it. The twins and Maddox appear to be the ones with the greatest problems with Brad.

 The relationship chart between Brad and Angelina has a can’t-let-go composite Sun opposition Pluto; with Sedna (betrayal) and Algol (destructive) in their 8^th house of joint finances and an angry Mars plus Moon in the 5^th house of children.  

 In one way the children are acting out their parents’ problems. And as is usually the way children, even in adulthood, they tend to split into all-good parent and all-bad parent camps since it is easier than accepting both are flawed.

   I am not excusing him but Angelina is by far the most damaged, and the children may be protective of her vulnerabilities especially since she was the one who was around.

ADD ON: And down the generations the damage rolls.

Angelina’s mother Marcheline Bertrand, 9 May 1950 was a Sun Taurus square Pluto, trine Mars and Saturn.

Grandma Lois, 14 February 1928, a Venus Mars in Capricorn opposition Pluto with Pluto inconjunct Saturn.

Great grandma Virginia, 11 September 1909, a highly strung Uranus opposition Neptune square Venus opposition Saturn. Her Mars is square her Sun/Saturn midpoint and her Pluto conjunct her Sun/Mars midpoint.

Great great grandma Mary, 20 April 1975, stressed Mars in midpoints.

 Before that in Poland.

 So a long line of angry, probably suppressed women. No surprises Angelina has been an activist for rape victims in the Congo – which laudable though it is, hints at a darkness in her family genes.  

ADD ON 2: The other point of note is Brad’s previous relationship with Jennifer Aniston, 11 February 1969 10.22pm LA, who has a truly difficult chart with some similarities to Angelina’s – with an Aquarius Sun square Mars Neptune; and two yods of Mars sextile Pluto inconjunct Saturn and Sun sextile Saturn inconjunct Pluto.  The Brad-Jen relationship chart has a composite Mars square Pluto Uranus, and a Sun trine Uranus Pluto sextile Neptune.

 He does not have an especially challenging chart but he does seem to fly straight into the bullseye.  

Jannik Sinner, the Italian tennis player, won Wimbledon for the second year running earned praise for the technical quality of his game from Boris Becker who compared him to Novak Djokovic. Though there was a feeling that the tournament lacked the spark and exuberance that injury-sidelined Carlos Alcaraz, the Spanish player, would have brought.

Jannik Sinner, 16 August 2001 12.52am Sexten, Italy, currently ranked world No.1, started skiing at three and competing in  ski races at eight. He began playing tennis at age seven though it was only his third priority after skiing and football. He moved into professional tennis at 16 and started to win immediately.

 He has a 4^th house Leo Sun opposition Uranus on his midheaven so could have turned out erratic and wayward. But what anchors him is a formidably determined Pluto Mars conjunction opposition Saturn. That is an awesome combination hinting at iron control. His Sun is also trine his resolute and tenacious Pluto Mars.

  He also has a yod of Jupiter and North Node in Cancer sextile Mercury inconjunct Neptune – which seems incongruous having a dreamy quality beside the rest of his chart, but a prominent Neptune is surprisingly common amongst top notch athletes.

 Novak Djokovic 22 May 1987 11.25 pm Belgrade, Serbia,  has a Gemini Sun on the cusp of his sporting 5^th house, tied into a yod sextile an Aries Moon inconjunct Pluto with his Pluto trine Mars. So he also packs quite a punch in terms of temperament with such a focused Pluto. Plus his Mars opposes Neptune squaring his Aries Moon – for publicity and engaging with the public. Another yod of Pluto sextile Neptune is inconjunct his Sun for a strong-minded temperament.

 Carlos Alcaraz, 5 May 2003 3am Murcia, Spain, has a Taurus Sun in his restless, communicative 3^rd house on the focal point of a Fixed T square to a lucky, flamboyant Jupiter in Leo in an enthusiastic, risk-taking opposition to Mars and a publicity attracting Neptune. His Pluto opposes Saturn Moon in Gemini in his sporting 5^th house for spine-straitening toughness and determination to counter-balance his lively Mars Jupiter.

  All three have this mix of hard and soft – single-minded Pluto Mars and/or Saturn with a Neptunian streak.

Sam Neill regarded as one of the most versatile actors of his generation has died aged 78. His five decade career spanned independent films and blockbusters, including the Jurassic Park film series and television drama.

He was born on 14 September 1947 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, no birth time, with an English mother and a New Zealand father and the family relocated to NZ when he was seven.

 He had several relationships, three children one of whom was adopted early on and reunited 25 years later.

  He had a New Moon in Virgo conjunct Venus on the midpoint of a mini-Grand Trine of Mars in Cancer trine Jupiter in Scorpio – hard working, high-vitality, enthusiastic and lucky.

 His Sun was also in an independent-minded square to Uranus so a constantly-changing career of movies and dramas would suit him. He had the tough generational Saturn Pluto in Leo; and a creative though vague Mercury Neptune conjunction in Libra.

  He latterly owned vineyards in New Zealand and shared his farm exploits on social media, naming his farm animals after film industry colleagues. Which suits his North Node in Taurus to perfection. It can be one of the more troublesome Nodes but when handled well and the tumultuous Scorpio South Node issues left behind, it brings peace and contentment through nature.

 His creative, building-a-life 5^th harmonic is exceptionally strong with an innovative and determined Grand Trine of Uranus Pluto Mars formed into a Kite with Pluto opposition the 5H Sun – making his personality the driving factor.

Lindsey Graham who died suddenly after a trip to Ukraine where he was hopeful that pressure on Russia would end the war was a latter day supporter of Trump as Republican senator for South Carolina. In 2015 mounting his own campaign for the US presidency, he denounced Trump as a “race-baiting, xenophobic religious bigot”; and criticised his role in the January 6 Capitol Hill attack. But he nonetheless became a firm ally and  helped persuade the White House to launch a full-scale war with Iran. His ultra-hawkish, interventionist stance on US foreign policy also led him previously to be a firm advocate for G.W.Bush’s Iraq invasion.

     He was born on July 9 1955, no birth time, in South Carolina to a blue-collar family. When his parents died in his twenties he raised his much younger sister, while attending university and training for the US military.

  He had a stellium in Cancer ranging from Venus to his Sun and a late degree Uranus Mars conjunction; with a Pisces Moon. His Sun was trine a conscientious Saturn in Scorpio. His volatile, excitable Mars Uranus was in a highly-strung, dogmatic square to Neptune. And his Mercury in Gemini trine Neptune was sextile Pluto making him a forceful communicator.

Puzzling over his flip flop approach to Trump – odd thoughts. One is that Cancer is tuned into the public pulse of the moment so although he wasn’t very Mutable he might well have opted to go the way the political wind was blowing. Mercury trine Neptune can be evasive if not downright duplicitous.

 His Sagittarius North Node would also make him chameleon-like – his Gemini South Node giving him problems with loyalty and a tendency to be used by others if it suited his purpose.

 His Mars Uranus would incline him towards dramatic even violent interventions.

 Three of his Saturn midpoints have been triggered or are about to be this year which might suggest that karma was at work. He strayed too far from his Sagittarius North Node which needs to seek higher knowledge.

 Houses will make a considerable difference.

 His relationship chart with Trump was extremely odd for a pair who appeared to be allies. There was a differing-agendas composite Sun, Uranus, Mercury conjunction; a power-struggling composite Mars Pluto conjunction; and a Jupiter Saturn conjunction.   The Uranus hinted at incompatibility but the toxic Mars Pluto pointed to total submission being the only remedy. Jupiter Saturn? – luck first followed by a price to pay for bad choices. That is not so much an anti-Trump thought, more that he went against his own inclinations and sold his soul for ambition.

 Graham’s Pluto was conjunct DT’s Mars and his Mars Uranus was conjunct DT’s Saturn Venus.

 It was a mess of a relationship.

Amnesty International set up to promote and defend human rights has designated Beira’s Place, an Edinburgh women’s support centre for sexual assault victims founded by JK Rowling as  “anti-rights”. Amnesty UK’s latest report, A Growing Threat – the Anti-Rights Movement in the UK, identifies organisations it categorises as part of the UK’s “gender critical” movement.

  The report states: “Human rights are interconnected and mutually reinforcing. When the rights of one group are restricted, protections for others can also be weakened, even where the effects are not immediately visible.”

  The opposing view from FWS (For Women Scotland) comments it “is only ‘anti-rights’ if you don’t consider women to be entitled to any rights in law or public life. It’s a sad state of affairs that Amnesty has sunk so low as to defame prominent women’s organisations, including a rape crisis centre and support networks for abused wives and children.”

  The UK Supreme Court 16 April 2025 ruling was supposed to put an end to the argument when it stated that sex is rooted in a person’s biology at birth and there is no retrospective classification for sex, though there may be for gender for certain purposes. The biological definition allows for single-sex services and facilities (such as changing rooms, domestic abuse shelters, and hospital wards) to restrict access strictly to biological women.

  And so it goes on. 

  I have given up on trying to pin an astrological timeline on the furore. Recently since 2012 Neptune in Pisces = delusional. Uranus in Taurus = anti-the-biology, rebelling against nature since 2019. The UK trans children’s centre set up as Uranus moved into Aquarius in the late 1990s, having been conjunct Neptune. Historically Neptune Uranus appears to have some connection.

See previous posts: Gender – deny the past, self-create the future, 1st March 2024.

Transactivism stalls – Pluto in Air sign? 10th March 2024.

The Supreme Court ruling, 16 April 2025 came as Neptune put a toe into Aries sextile Pluto in Aquarius; with Uranus in last decan Taurus; and Saturn, North Node conjunct Scheat in late Pisces – so not quite into the new era.

 Amnesty, 28 May 1961 London, has a Gemini Sun in a controlling square to Pluto; with Mars in high-vitality Leo in an enthusiastic, opinionated, zealous opposition to Jupiter square an idealistic Neptune (Moon). The Sun is sextile Jupiter and inconjunct Neptune and Scorpio Moon – upbeat but not always realistic.

 Not a good fit with J.K.Rowling, 31 July 1965, though you would imagine they would in general be on the same side. But JKR’s Leo Sun clashes with Amnesty’s Mars for an argumentative chemistry and her JKR’s Uranus Pluto squares the Amnesty Sun for differing agendas.

 The relationship chart has a toxic composite Mars Pluto conjunction hinting at a bitter, unyielding fight. Though it is in a composite yod sextile Neptune inconjunct Jupiter in Aries. Which might suggest a fated coming together which could have a beneficial effect for society.

 Amnesty is set for an upheaval this August from tr Uranus square their Pluto; and ongoing pressure thereafter as tr Pluto is conjunct their Jupiter for over confidence in 2027/28 and a rapid fizzle out as tr Pluto moves to square Neptune and oppose the Mars into the end of the decade.

 Stonewall, 24 March 1989, London, which hitched its wagon to the trans-cause after the LGB argument was largely won, is another Gemini organisation facing major changes with tr Uranus conjunct the Sun this year and tr Neptune as well starting the long haul in square to its triple conjunction Capricorn planets – square Uranus this year and moving onto Neptune Saturn towards the turn of the decade.    

 There is also a militant transgender group on the go, urging urging supporters to identify “transphobic” targets and then “hit them repeatedly until they desist from their activities”. 

  Calling themselves “Bash Back”, they have their origins in  a historical radical LGBTQ+ anarchist network active in the US from 2007 to 2011 who embraced militant, confrontational tactics. More recently Bash Back (Modern UK Direct Action Group) surfaced in the UK in 2025, to oppose anti-trans legislation and the restriction of puberty blockers with  illegal direct actions, including property damage and hacking.  They vandalised the constituency office of Secretary of State for Health Wes Streeting, during the night of 31 July 2025 after he was responsible for an indefinite ban on provision of puberty blockers. The group declared the beginning of a ‘new era of trans rage’ against events they perceived as hostile to trans safety.

 That incident occurred when Saturn Neptune were conjunct in Aries sextile Uranus in Gemini and Pluto in Aquarius.

“The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs or impede their efforts to obtain it.” John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

Add On: Amnesty International has apologised for blacklisting JK Rowling’s charity for women.

Amnesty’s 22-page briefing has since been withdrawn and an internal review launched. The charity has said it was published without the usual checks.