Mark Zuckerburg is front and centre of the anti-trust trial which may force Meta to restructure or sell parts of its business, including Instagram and WhatsApp on the grounds that it is an illegal monopoly. And he is also in the firing line of disaffected former employees who were once devout fans of Meta’s stated social mission of making the world a better, more “open and connected”, place and have turned whistleblower.
One has launched a launched a lawsuit, alleging she experienced a “toxic” workplace for women who raise concerns about products, including safety issues that she claimed put children at risk of exposure to hate speech, sexual harassment and bullying. Zuckerberg’s volte-face since Trump’s election, announcing the end of diversity and inclusion initiatives and content moderation, has also caused a storm of criticism.
Tr Saturn squaring his Neptune (along with tr Neptune) will bring uncertainty and perhaps knock a hole in one of his dreams from late this May – and that runs into 2026. May/June are also beset by calamitous midpoints. Then tr Uranus moving into Gemini in July this year will cause him alarm running through into 2026. He’ll be used to enough to relentless high-level stress so much of this may be swatted aside. Where he runs into major headaches will be 2027/28 with significant setbacks and upheavals.
The Facebook chart, 4 February 2004, will be jolted with tr Uranus square Uranus come August this year but will face more problems in 2027 and 2028/29. And the IPO chart, 18 May 2012, will also be on high alert in 2028.
With his Taurus Sun sitting on Trump’s midheaven a convergence of interests might have been expected – for a while – but it is a relationship destined to constantly churn. The relationship chart (without birth times for MZ ) is not showing a radical split instantly but there will be significant sinking moments with a hint of outrage throughout the next few months and on into 2026.
Japan, one of the world’s most earthquake-prone zones, is awash with warnings about the likelihood of an imminent megaquake. Doom laden reports hint it and the ensuing tsunami could bring 300,000 deaths and cause Japan’s economy to lose as much as $1.81 trillion in such an event.
A 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s eastern coastline on March 11, 2011, becoming the largest ever recorded in the country. It triggered a tsunami and caused the Fukushima nuclear accident, killing nearly 20,000 people.
Traditionally earthquakes are associated with Uranus Neptune or Pluto Neptune influences.
Japan’s Neptune in final degree Taurus will catch the tr Uranus conjunction from the middle of this June into early July, repeating early November to early December and again April 2026. Tr Uranus moves on to conjunct the Japan Neptune/Pluto midpoint which does look ominous through this August to early October, again May 2026 and again January to early March 2027. Tr Uranus then crosses the Japan Pluto for yet more upheaval from June 2026 on and off till April 2027.
The Bank of Japan, 10 October 1882, with its Pluto at 29 degrees Taurus conjunct the national Neptune will be sensitive to the tr Uranus conjunction, at the same time as above – from the middle of this June into early July, repeating early November to early December and again April 2026. Plus a financially undermining tr Saturn Neptune square the Jupiter from now onwards into 2026; followed by a trapped, frustrating tr Pluto square its Mars in 2026/27 – which could be in part the global economic mayhem.
What is not that obvious this year or next are the eclipses set for Japan which usually show up with major natural disasters.
The March 2011 Fukushima quake was flagged up in the previous Lunar Eclipse with Mars Pluto on the Descendant and Uranus Jupiter on the Midheaven; as well as on the two 2011 eclipses and into 2012 as the aftermath rolled on.
Where the eclipses look more ominous would be 2027/28.
The Uranus on the Japan country chart at 21 Libra square the North Node South Node axis seems sensitive the quakes from precious experiences – and it will be disrupted by Solar Arc Pluto conjunct in 2029 and Solar Arc Neptune in 2031.
Nothing ever happens exactly the same as before but the whole period looks very unsettled.
Bernie Sanders and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) are mounting a fight back against the Trump administration with a recent anti-oligarchy rally attracting 36,000 people in Los Angeles.
AOC, 13 October 1989 11.50am New York, an upfront Sun Mars in Libra with a probably Aries Moon opposition Mercury square Uranus is having a rough few weeks ahead with tr Uranus in a calamitous opposition to her Mars/Saturn midpoint from the 27th of this month followed by a panicky tr Uranus opposition her Mars/Neptune midpoint in May, repeating January to mid March 2026. Though with better news this June, December, March/April 2026 with a Jupiter midpoint bringing a lucky break.
She also has the tr Saturn Neptune in Aries starting to square her Capricorn triple conjunction picking up from later this month on on until nearly the end of this decade – as do all of her generation. 2028/29 looks uncertain with tr Neptune square her Saturn. But she also has tr Jupiter crossing her midheaven and through her 10th (birth time being sound) from October 2028 and across the Inauguration; with one upbeat midpoint giving her cheer as results come in.
Bernie Sanders, 8 September 1941 New York, a Sun Virgo with a fiery Mars Moon in Aries, and Uranus conjunct Saturn, will plough ahead with vigour till the end of this year with tr Pluto opposition his Sun/Jupiter midpoint though will hit a slump in 2026/27 with tr Saturn Neptune square his Sun/Mars midpoint. He will get a tremendous boost probably early in 2028 with his Solar Arc Jupiter conjunct his Sun. He also has an upbeat and successful tr Pluto opposition his Sun/Jupiter midpoint on and off through 2027 and 2028, including over the election. Though he will have a disastrous run in during September to mid October 2028.
By and large there may be some reasons for cheer at the next election. Or at the very least it does not look like a total disaster for the Democrats.
Jean Marsh, Upstairs Downstairs co-creator and actress, has died aged 90. The hugely successful 1970s TV drama series she dreamt up with co-thespian Eileen Atkins, became a cultural landmark and inspired later period dramas like Downtown Abbey.
She was born 1 July 1934 12.15 pm Stoke Newington with a 10th house Cancer Sun and Mars in Gemini conjunct her Midheaven from her 9th – and an influential Pluto in her 10th as well. Her Pisces Moon opposed Neptune in Virgo and squared Venus in Gemini. Ambitious and kind natured.
It’s a Water Air chart, not aways easy to handle with a sometimes precarious balance between head and heart, detachment and emotional overload.
When Upstairs Downstairs launched on 10 October 1971 tr Uranus was exactly conjunct her 1st house Jupiter with tr Pluto just across her Ascendant.
Eileen Atkins, 15 June 1934 11.55pm London, born within two weeks of Jean Marsh, has a Gemini Sun and Mars trine an 8th house Jupiter. Her chart with three Earth, 4 Air, 2 Water and a Fire Leo Moon has a better balance across the elements. Tr Jupiter was heading for her Midheaven over the launch of Upstairs Downstairs, with tr Uranus conjunct her Jupiter and tr Saturn moving her career up a notch as it headed across her IC.
Upstairs Downstairs launched 10 October 1971 with a Sun Uranus Mercury in Libra trine Mars North Node in Aquarius – so had the potential to be ground breaking. With Saturn opposition Neptune Jupiter – which can indicate an interest in the under-privileged.
Downton Abbey, 26 September 2010, also had a Libra Sun opposition Uranus Jupiter in Pisces and conjunct Saturn and the Sun Saturn square Pluto – similar but with a tilt towards Saturnine themes (and war).
Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel laureate and leading figure in Latin American literature, has died aged 89. Over a 50 year career he charted power and corruption in a series of novels including The Time of the Hero, Conversation in the Cathedral and The Feast of the Goat. In a colourful life he also launched a failed bid for the Peruvian presidency and nursed a long-running feud with Gabriel García Márquez.
He was born 28 March 1936 12.45 am Arequipa, Peru, with his parents splitting before his birth and he was told his father had died. After an unsettled childhood he started working as a crime reporter when he was just 15. Aged 19 he eloped with his 32-year-old aunt by marriage and was subsequently married twice.
His Aries Sun was in his communication 3rd house and he had the creative Saturn (Venus) in Pisces opposition Neptune of the mid 1930s which is his case squared onto a restless and thoughtful Gemini Moon opposition Jupiter.
An intense Pluto in his 7th house of close relationship square Mars in Aries in his 4th conjunct Uranus which would make for a heated domestic atmosphere and challenging relationships. Not an easy temperament to live with.
Actor Mickey Rourke’s troubled career with major highs and worse lows has added another paragraph of woe as he was kicked out of the Celebrity Big Brother show for inappropriate and aggressive behaviour. He won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA in his heyday, made a sideways move into boxing, returned to movies and caused mayhem on sets, was charged with spousal abuse etc etc
“I’ve made mistakes, many. I have nobody to blame for my ship sinking except myself.” He credited his comeback in the Noughties to years of intensive therapy. “I had to lose my house, my wife, my money, my career, everything, for me to fall all the way down to the bottom.”
Redemption was clearly not meant to be.
He was born 16 September 1952 New York, with a physically abusive stepfather from the age of six.
He has a Virgo Sun with Mercury in Virgo in an irritable, argumentative square to Mars in Sagittarius. What drives his outrageous behaviour is almost certainly a pushily-confident Pluto (Moon) in Leo opposition North Node square Jupiter in Taurus. Rules don’t apply to him will be his essential approach. He also has an autocratic Uranus square Saturn Venus Neptune in Libra – highly strung, does not practice what he preaches.
Oddly enough tr Uranus was square the Solar Arc Mars when he went into the BB house for an edgy, insecure, short-fused mood.
His wheel of fortune 10th harmonic which hints at highs and lows has a yod of Uranus sextile Sun inconjunct Jupiter Saturn. No matter how hard he tries he always goes off track.
Rory McIlroy, the Northern Ireland golfer, whose win at Atlanta yesterday put him up with the greats like Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tiger Woods as the only men to have won all four majors, has sent golf commentators into ecstasies. “He conjured golf from the gods.” What made it all the more emotional was his ‘drought’ of the last decade when he did not win any majors.
Born 4 May 1989 Holywood, Northern Ireland, he is part of the triple conjunction in Capricorn generation with his Uranus, Neptune, Saturn conjunct opposition Mars in Cancer. He has his Sun in earthy determined Taurus opposition Pluto with Venus also in Taurus. At the moment he is just through his Jupiter Return in Gemini; with tr Jupiter exactly conjunct his Solar Arc Sun.
Often on top level sports’ charts the actual victory does not show up clearly since what is more evident is the strain of the event. But in his case there are hints of confidence and luck. The aftermath will be even more upbeat from mid May onwards with tr Uranus in aspect to two of his Jupiter midpoints; and they return on and off till early 2026.
The incredibly successful and prolific writer Michael Crichton is back in the news seventeen years after his death as his estate sues over the idea-copyright of new medical drama series The Pitt. His books sold over 200 million with over a dozen adapted into films. His genre was within the science fiction, techno-thriller, and medical fiction. Best known are The Great Train Robbery, Jurassic Park, Rising Sun, The Andromeda Strain; and he was the creator of the television series ER (1994–2009).
He was born October 23, 1942 11.55pm Chicago, Illinois, and grew to six feet 9 inches tall which made him self-conscious so he turned to psychics and then meditation to give him confidence. He was a workaholic and married five times, all of them brief.
He had a 4th house Scorpio Sun opposition a 10th house Taurus Moon square Pluto on his Ascendant. The Full Moon would make him constantly unsure what he wanted, pulled between his head and his heart – and he’s also be intense and controlling as well as overly controlled. He also had Mars Venus in Libra also in his 4th close to his Sun opposition his Moon, making for an excitable and argumentative mood in his domestic life. Jupiter in his 12th would make him content with his own company. Saturn in his 11th would limit his friendship circle to a few trusted companions.
2nd house North Node – secretive and constantly feeling like an outsider. In Virgo – needing to build his confidence.
An interesting man, driven to an extent as all writers are by his inner demons. He died of cancer in 2008.
Steven Spielberg on Michael Crichton’s death: “Michael’s talent outscaled even his own dinosaurs of Jurassic Park. He was the greatest at blending science with big theatrical concepts, which is what gave credibility to dinosaurs walking the earth again. In the early days, Michael had just sold The Andromeda Strain to Robert Wise at Universal and I had recently signed on as a contract TV director there. My first assignment was to show Michael Crichton around the Universal lot. We became friends and professionally Jurassic Park, ER, and Twister followed. Michael was a gentle soul who reserved his flamboyant side for his novels. There is no one in the wings that will ever take his place.”
Stephen King: “As a pop novelist, he was divine. A Crichton book was a headlong experience driven by a man who was both a natural storyteller and fiendishly clever when it came to verisimilitude; he made you believe that cloning dinosaurs wasn’t just over the horizon but possible tomorrow. Maybe today.”
Add On: ER launched on September 19, 1994 with a total of 331 episodes spanning 15 seasons. It won 128 industry awards from 442 nominations and had grossed over $3 billion in television revenue by 2014. It is considered one of the best medical dramas of all time, pioneering the field of medical fiction and setting a model for other contemporary medical dramas to follow.
It launched fittingly enough with a Virgo Sun sitting as part of a Half Grand Sextile from Uranus Neptune in Capricorn opposition Mars in Cancer and Pluto in Scorpio A powerful chart with Jupiter and North Node also in Scorpio.
At the launch the tr Mars was conjunct Michael Crichton’s 12th house Jupiter; with tr Jupiter just over the conjunction to his Sun.
Actor Noah Wyle, June 4, 1971 8.13 am Los Angeles, started his career as John Carter in ER, earning nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and five Primetime Emmy Awards. He is currently in the Max medical drama The Pitt.
He has quite a challenging and volatile chart with an Air Grand Trine from a Gemini Sun trine an 8th house Mars and North Node in Aquarius trine Uranus in Libra in his 4th. His Libra Moon is also in his 4th with Jupiter Neptune in Sagittarius in his performing 5th house opposition Saturn Mercury (Venus) In Taurus in his 11th. And an intense Pluto is in his communication 3rd house trine Saturn.
He certainly has pent up energy to spare which – emphasized Aquarius North Node – he devotes to various good causes – the international non-profit organization Doctors of the World, the Human Rights Watch Council, the Cover the Uninsured campaign in 2004, the disability rights group ADAPT and was arrested in 2012 during a protest on Capitol Hill to fight against Medicaid cuts for the elderly and people with disabilities. He is also a supporter of animal rights and a spokesman for the World Wildlife Fund. On top of all that he serves as the voluntary artistic producer of the Blank Theatre Company in Hollywood, which stages an annual young playwrights festival and has recently acquired Second Stage Theater (Los Angeles) in Hollywood.
He looks a touch perplexed at the moment with tr Neptune Saturn heading for his midheaven this year and next; and tr Uranus conjunct his Solar Arc Midheaven for jolting changes. Plus a half lucky, half nerve-stretched Solar Arc Uranus conjunct his Jupiter now and then his Neptune within months. That could go either way since Jup Nep can be over hopeful. Plus tr Uranus conjunct his Mercury and Saturn into early 2026. Not a straightforward year.
Actor Jeff Bridges after a run of disasters is in contemplative mood, releasing an album recorded years ago with Malibu friends. The songs are described as “loose, playful and lightly surreal. They sound like Creedence Clearwater Revival jamming with Frank Zappa, or some particularly stoned outtakes from Bob Dylan.”
Best known for movies like The Big Lebowksi and The Fabulous Baker Boys, he has had an award-strewn career, but was diagnosed with cancer in 2020, now in remission, followed by a devastating attack of covid which almost killed him and then this January he lost his house in the Los Angeles fire. Despite which he isn’t feeling sorry for himself. “Only when you get to rub up against that shit,” he says, “do you see the magic of life.”
He was born 4 December 1949 11.58pm Los Angeles, the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and an actress/writer mother, brother of actor Beau Bridges. He has been married to his wife, Sue, since 1977 and they have three daughters.
He has a communicative 3rd house Sagittarius Sun conjunct Chiron and Mercury square a tricky Mars Saturn in Virgo in his 1st house. I wonder whether that Mars Saturn is connected to a brother who died of Sudden Infant Death syndrome the year before his birth having only lived for a few weeks. Jeff arrived as the family would still be grieving.
He has an entertaining and charming Venus in Capricorn conjunct Jupiter in Aquarius in his performing 5th house and his creative Neptune is conjunct his Midheaven, A 9th house Moon will make him knowledgeable and widely read. A 10th house Uranus would have prompted him towards an unconventional career offering freedom.
His Mars Saturn in Virgo has been troubled in recent years by Solar Arc Uranus moving across the conjunction and square his Mercury in recent years; with his Progressed Moon moving through his 6th house of health. He may have a few challenges to face still with several midpoints being jangled for two/three years ahead as well as a highly-strung SA Neptune opposition his Uranus this year. Picking up the pieces from a destroyed house will take time.
