The Labour Party conference instead of aiming brickbats at Boris Johnson’s manifest failings appear to be more concerned with internal left-right ructions over methods of choosing a leader and now the minimum wage, never mind getting themselves in a tangle in the trans swamp.
Keir Starmer’s Leadership chart does have a blip of confidence giving him the motivation to push hard till late this November with tr Pluto square the Jupiter. But the real clincher will be the Solar Arc Saturn conjunct Mars, exact in 10 months which occurs alongside Solar Arc Mars square Uranus – so that will be explosive, make or break time with a fairly catastrophic setback.
He does have a talented and influential birth chart with a Water Grand Trine of Mars trine Jupiter trine Neptune formed into a Kite by Jupiter opposition Sun Pluto in Virgo but he’s not showing much spark – there’s no birth time which doesn’t help but it may just be the Ed Milliband/William Hague syndrome – wrong job, wrong time.
Starmer will be embroiled in bitter no-win discussions through this year and all of next;; and is certainly running into the buffers come 2024/25, so it is unlikely he’ll continue.
Angela Raynor, 28 March 1980, the Labour deputy, has been catching the headlines for her ‘scum’ description of Boris Johnson, and tales of her difficult childhood with a bipolar suicidal mother, a teen pregnancy and her subsequent rise up through trade union ranks.
Not surprisingly she has an upfront Aries Sun with an emphasised Mars in flamboyant Leo conjunct the North Node squaring Uranus opposition Venus in Taurus – she is loud, attention-seeking, dislikes being hemmed in, tends to go over the top and gets overly emotional. She’s looking deflated, anxious and prone to calamities this year and next with tr Neptune opposition her Saturn and her Mars/Pluto midpoint; with some blips of confidence in 2022 but shocks as well and major jolts in 2023. Her plans won’t bring results.
Andy Burnham, 7 January 1970, now Manchester mayor, is talked of with prospects of becoming Labour leader in future. He has a practical and charming Sun, Venus, Moon in Capricorn sextile Mars in Pisces; with a persuasive and intense Mercury in Capricorn trine Pluto; and a wobbly up-and-down Saturn in Taurus opposition Jupiter.
He will make a confident and perhaps successful push in 2023 when his Solar Arc Jupiter is square his Pluto but will run into a few blockages by 2024.
I’m not wild about any of the Labour Party charts but the 12 February 1906 did flag up enthusiasm in 1964 when Harold Wilson got in. That was when tr Jupiter was in the last decan of Taurus – which doesn’t come round again till 2024. Though Saturn was also in late Aquarius in 1964, which it will be again in early 2023. The ‘Leadership’ North Node in Leo in this chart seems sensitive to wins and tr Uranus will be square that in spring 2023 which could be a pointer – but these are all straws in the wind.
Linda Evangelista, the Canadian supermodel, who was one of the most famous women in the world in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, has been understandably devastated by a cosmetic procedure five years ago going disastrously wrong. Instead of decreasing fat cells, it increased them leaving her in her own description “permanently deformed”, engulfed in self-loathing and depression. She is suing the CoolSculpting company for damages of $50 million.
It is a lunchtime procedure which doesn’t involve surgery, cuts or anesthesia so is less invasive than liposuction though also less effective. Risks are put at 1 in 2,000 treatment cycles in one study and 1 in 20,000 patients in another. A cosmetic surgeon says the adverse reaction is “totally benign from a health standpoint. It is purely cosmetically and psychologically disturbing.”
She was born 10 May 1965 in St Catharines, Ontario, and is a Sun Taurus opposition Neptune trine a formidable collection of Pluto (Moon) Mars, Uranus in Virgo. That hyper-charged, volcanic Virgo stellium is also in Johnny Depp’s chart though he was born two years earlier. Evangelista also has Venus in late Taurus as Depp has (and Amber Heard) all conjunct the destructive Fixed star Algol.
Evangelista’s romantic life has been fraught, with an early marriage to Gerald Marie of the Parisian Elite Model Management, who has been the subject of allegations of sexual harassment over many years. She later hooked up with actor Kyle McLachlan, then a footballer through a miscarriage and two break ups and finally was involved in a rancorous child custody suit with a fashion billionaire who married Salma Hayek. So the chaos of Mars, Uranus, Pluto, maybe Moon, opposition Saturn took its toll.
When her cosmetic surgery went wrong in 2016, the neurotic tr Saturn in Sagittarius square tr Neptune in Pisces was impacting those Virgo planets. Tr Uranus was in a ‘shock’ conjunction to her Mercury in Aries; and – maybe pointedly – tr Saturn was conjunct her South Node pulling her backwards.
Her Venus in late Taurus is conjunct Jupiter in early Gemini – and those two planets of frivolity and indulgence often show up in fashion and design charts.
There is a terrible karmic lesson in here somewhere of having to face a life without the beauty which brought her fame and gave her an identity.
Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, daughter of the founder, was released in Canada after a three year tug of war over financial fraud charges. She agreed she had made untrue statements that put HSBC at risk in violating U.S. sanctions on Iran, but was allowed to formally plead “not guilty”. In return China released two Canadians – a former diplomat turned analyst and an entrepreneur who had been held in what was described as hostage diplomacy.
Meng Wanzhou, 13 February 1972, a determined Sun Mercury in Aquarius square Saturn in Taurus, has her Solar Arc Jupiter conjunct her Mercury at the moment for a morale-boost and moving to conjunct her Sun by 2023 for another high. When she was arrested in late 2018 tr Uranus just into Taurus was conjunct her Mars in Taurus, bringing a shock and high insecurity.
Huawei, founded 15 September 1987, is moving through a confusing, indecisive phase till late 2022 with tr Neptune opposition the Virgo Sun and square the Uranus. But there will be a confident push nonetheless from March 2022 onwards till late 2023 as it underscores its presence as a major player, if not the major player, in the smartphone and domestic electronics market.
The golf Ryder Cup has been a disaster for Europe with the US team winning by a record margin. Northern Ireland golfer Rory McIlroy unusually broke down in tears afterwards saying he felt he had let his team-mates down. He was out of form over the first two days and suffered heavy defeats in his three matches, but ended on a high note with a victory in the top singles match on Sunday.
McIlroy, 4 May 1989 Belfast, is a stalwart Sun Taurus opposition Pluto trine/sextile Saturn Neptune Uranus in Capricorn. Although he can be unpredictable with the triple conjunction, he’s normally rock steady. But his Solar Arc Neptune is now exactly square his Sun and Pluto making for confusion and disappointment. As if that wasn’t enough he also has the tr Uranus square tr Saturn also colliding with his Sun and Pluto – a life-changing phase. Plus he has a couple of undermining Neptune transits in hard aspect to two Jupiter midpoints.
The Europe captain Padraig Harrington, 31 August 1971 Dublin, a charming Sun Venus in Virgo square Neptune; with a cool Air Grand Trine of Mars in Aquarius trine Uranus trine Saturn in Gemini is not having his best year with his Mars catching the tr Uranus square and tr Saturn conjunction through this year into early 2022. But he’ll pick up from March 2022 in confidence with a potentially successful two years thereafter.
Michel Barnier, the dull technocrat who was the EU negotiator for Brexit has pitched his name into the ring as a right-wing hopeful for the French Presidential election next year. He has also just published ‘My Secret Brexit Diary: A Glorious Illusion’ in which he makes clear his view of Brexit as irrational and self-damaging – “I still don’t understand what the point of it is, even from the perspective of the British national interest,” he writes.
“— every passing day shows that they have not realised the consequences of what is truly at stake here.” There was a failure, according to him, to grasp everything from the economic damage to the implications for Ireland and the Good Friday agreement.
Even if conclusions are to a degree self-serving it is fascinating if appalling to read his views on how a succession of British ministers and two prime ministers managed to misread the EU and according to one review “ended up with a flawed withdrawal agreement and a deeply disadvantageous future relationship, both of which will cause us major problems for decades to come.”
He remarks that Boris Johnson never took Northern Ireland seriously, proposing fictional technological solutions for the border; and says Johnson knew absolutely what he was agreeing to when he signed up to a border in the Irish Sea.
Barnier was born 9 January 1951 4.40pm La Tronche, France and has a 7th house Capricorn Sun making him competent as a negotiator and it squares a 4th house Neptune. But what makes his chart unique is a Yod of Sun sextile Midheaven North Node inconjunct Pluto with Pluto opposition an 8th house Mars. He’s pretty unbudgeable and will have had to learn how to wield power effectively and fairly. He also has Mercury in Capricorn opposition Uranus squaring onto Saturn in Libra – dutiful, hard-working with executive ability.
The Brexit endgame wasn’t a resounding victory for either side which is reflected in tr Neptune conjunct Barnier’s Pisces Midheaven. But from next March his star will begin to rise with tr Jupiter moving through his career 10th house till mid 2023 which usually accompanies success. He also has a confidence-boosting tr Pluto trine his Jupiter/Pluto midpoint in February/ early March 2022, repeating later in the year and through 2023. So even if he doesn’t replace Macron or even clinch his nomination, he’ll still be doing well.
The life of the late Tammy Faye Bakker, a peculiarly American phenomenon – a brassy blonde, over-made-up, money-generating televangelist – has been turned into a bio-pic starring Jessica Chastain. She rose out of poverty, the daughter of Pentecostal preachers to make millions with her first husband Jim, until he fell from grace into prison, convicted on multiple counts of fraud. She divorced him when he was inside and married a contractor who built megachurches, who was later convicted of bankruptcy fraud and landed in jail as well.
She was born 7 March 1942 3.27 am International Falls, Minnesota, and had a 3rd house sharp-witted Pisces Sun in an expansive, over-confident square to Jupiter in chatty Gemini and trine an intense Scorpio Moon. Her Moon was on the focal point of a Fixed – and clearly acquisitive – T Square to a 2nd house Venus opposition an 8th house Pluto. Her Moon would design her to interface with the public and her 8th house Pluto would give her influence. She also had Saturn Uranus in Taurus in her 5th giving her an ability to organise ‘entertainment.’ Her Neptune fittingly was in the religious 9th in a creative trine to Uranus and a publicity-seeking trine to Mars.
Her 8th house Pluto would also arguably attract her to the dark side and to partners who wanted to wield power and money.
Scientologist Ron Hubbard’s thought that the best way to make a million was to invent a religion had more than a smidgeon of truth in it where the USA is concerned anyway.
A surge in energy prices and shortage of gas is causing anxiety to spike along with bills across Europe. The UK appears to be harder hit than most with a perfect storm of energy companies going bankrupt as well as petrol stations closing and supermarkets going bare-shelved because of a shortage of lorry drivers. There is evidence of similar shortages across Europe, but the UK has been among the worst hit because of Brexit as well as the pandemic. Inflation in the U.K. jumped by 3.2 percent in August the largest rise in almost a quarter of a century. EU inflation was 3%.
Parallels are being drawn with the 1970s when a three-day week was imposed on 1 January 1974 to conserve electricity after industrial action by coal miners and railway workers. It was followed by an election when Tory Ted Heath had to hand over to a minority Labour Harold Wilson government.
There are not too many similarities to that 1974 period which occurred when Saturn in Cancer squared Pluto in Libra, redolent of hardship. But there are in what followed two years later when Wilson’s replacement James Callaghan had to go cap in hand to the IMF, for the largest loan ever to have been requested, to shore up a balance of payments/currency crisis.
Through the mid1970s there was a global recession, an oil crisis in 1973 and UK inflation by 1975 was running at 26%. It was eventually brought down to single figures by 1978 – and in 1979 Margaret Thatcher swept to power on the slogan ‘Labour is not working.’
During the mid 1970s on the UK chart the Solar Arc Neptune was conjunct the 8th house Mars in Taurus which would bring major uncertainty and panic and the economically-challenging tr Saturn in Leo square tr Uranus in Scorpio was hitting the UK’s financial planets; in particular tr Uranus was opposing the 8th house Mars. So a triple whammy of the wrong variety.
The astro-pressure on the UK 8th house economic Mars was always going to be a major headache over the next few years. Tr Saturn in Aquarius will be exactly square in the first half of this December before moving on with tr Uranus to hard aspect the UK 2nd house financial Neptune and ‘speculation’ Venus in early 2022 and retrograding through the year. And worse the Solar Arc Uranus will conjunct the Mars by late 2024.
Below a rerun of a previous post: May 14 2020.
Cataclysmic descriptions about the economic damage caused by the virus lockdown are difficult to gauge since no one knows whether it’ll be a V-shaped dip with quick recovery or an L-shaped slog. The more dramatic couch it in terms of a historic first in direness. Though parallels are being drawn with the 1976 humiliation for the UK when it was forced to go cap in hand to the IMF for a loan. PM James Callaghan said: “We used to think you could spend your way out of a recession and increase employment by cutting taxes and boosting government spending. I tell you in all candour, that option no longer exists.” What followed was a reduction in government spending, tax increases and rises in interest rates. The economy did recover and it was paid back within three years but it ultimately paved the way for Margaret Thatcher’s 1979 victory.
The IMF Bailout came in December 1976 when tr Uranus was in early Scorpio and squaring Saturn in Leo, in the months running in and after. Tr Uranus in hard aspect to tr Saturn is traditionally associated with economic recessions and another such turns up in 2021 with tr Uranus half a cycle on in Taurus square Saturn in Aquarius.
On the UK chart around the time of the bailout tr Uranus was poised to oppose the 8th house financial Mars by January 1977 with tr Saturn in square. This time round tr Uranus will conjunct that UK Mars with tr Saturn in square in 2021 – so very similar. The Solar Arcs were marginally more damaging in 1976/77 with Solar Arc Saturn conjunct the financial Venus with tr Saturn in opposition to the UK Venus; and tr Uranus square the Solar Arc Venus.
But it’ll still be a very rocky ride ahead economically for the UK with the tr Uranus square tr Saturn hitting on the financial planets badly in 2021 with more disappointment by 2023 with the Solar Arc Sun square the 2nd house Venus; and more shocks in 2025 when the Solar Arc Uranus is conjunct the Mars. Tr Uranus doesn’t clear the 8th house of international trade till 2027 so it’ll be a bumpy ride ahead.
The Bank of England chart, 27 July 1694 JC, with its natal Sun Jupiter in Leo and Solar Arc Uranus in Taurus will catch the tr Saturn square tr Uranus next year for high-stress challenges. With 2023/2024/25 keying up as high-anxiety phases as well.
An IMF bailout hardly seems likely since they haven’t the money to prop up the world, but similar cutbacks and shocks look unavoidable.
ADD ON: See previous post: UK and Boris – a folie a deux ++ Tory Party 2023 turmoil4th September 2021.
‘The Conservative Party chart, 10 May 1912 is showing the Spring 2023 as a crisis point. There will be sinking moments and disappointments before then; as well as major calamities flagging up exactly now till mid October and again mid January to mid February 2022. 2022 looks nerve stretched and seriously jangled with the Solar Arc Uranus conjunct the Sun. But 2023 is the significant juncture when it could be derailed when tr Uranus is conjunct the Taurus Sun, followed by tr Uranus conjunct the Saturn at the same time as tr Neptune in an undermining square to Pluto’s power point.
Boris’s relationship with the Tory Party is sagging badly from May 2022 onwards with tr Neptune square the composite Mars; and then into a disruptive phase from May 2023 with tr Uranus in hard aspect to the composite Mercury opposition Uranus.’
Boris’s relationship with the UK is showing signs of increasing disappointment and an ebbing-away of good feeling with tr Neptune square the composite Jupiter this year and next until January 2023. There will be great irritation and confusion this December; with angry frustration and a sense of being completely trapped from March 2022 on and off till late 2023. There will be high anxiety in 2022 but it may be the explosions of 2023 as tensions spill out into public reactions that are the trigger for departure.
I’ve always thought 2022 was when the Brexit economic damage and Covid overspend could no longer be swept under the carpet as at present.
Not having an effective opposition will give Boris undeserved luck. But by this time next year Keir Starmer’s leadership chart will be passed its make-or-break Solar Arc Saturn conjunct Mars – which means either he’ll be gone or over the hurdle and there will be a more functional block standing up to the Tories.
The Trump volcano gives an occasional belch about returning to the political arena but there must be more going on with his finances than is obvious in public given his astrology. The case against the Trump Organization and former CFO Weisselberg in the criminal tax fraud case is expected to hit court in the fall of 2022 but does not include the boss man himself.
Trump is suing his niece Mary for and the New York Times over a 2018 article detailing allegations that he “participated in dubious tax schemes … including instances of outright fraud” involving money from his father. But litigation is his knee-jerk, distract-and-deflect response when trouble looms.
His Solar Arc Saturn is exactly conjunct his 2nd house Neptune now which will invoke great uncertainty and paranoia . His Progressed Moon is also poised on the cusp of his financial 2nd house in preparation for a worrisome two-year stint ahead trying to shore up his security.
Tr Neptune is in an undermining square to his Sagittarius Moon and Gemini Sun through till January 2023 for a lacklustre phase; and picking up several of his midpoints – lowering his confidence and potential for success.
Tr Pluto is making him feel unloved as well as trapped and frustrated is it opposes his Venus/Saturn midpoint and his Sun/Mars midpoint till late this November and then ramps up his emotional responses in December.
His controlling, power-hungry 12th house Pluto is also getting rattled by the tr Saturn square tr Uranus from mid December right through till early February 2022. With worse to come when he hits a towering wall of problems late 2022/early 23 when his Solar Arc is in a catastrophic square to his Pluto at the same time as his Solar Arc Pluto squares his Saturn which will be depressing and tough-going.
Nothing much is going right for him – no doubt more will emerge in time.
Problems are mounting for the Biden Administration over the next two months to add to the calamities of August. His approval ratings are underwater over his handling of the pandemic, Afghanistan, immigration and the economy. And all is not well in his strategy for getting his booster plan through, with September 27 being one moment of truth for its progress.
The Inauguration chart, has the confidence-denting tr Saturn conjunct Jupiter throughout this month until the 29th and repeating 23 October to November 16. Picking up from September 30 to October 22 is tr Saturn square Mars Uranus which points to setbacks, delays, high levels of insecurity, irritation and tension.
His personal chart is also under considerable pressure with his do-or-die-determined and prodigiously stubborn Mars in Scorpio square Pluto being battered by tr Saturn square tr Uranus in hard aspect. Tr Saturn has been opposing his Pluto this month and again late October to mid November. And in many ways more damaging his Mars is being upended by tr Uranus in opposition from 30 October to 24 November.
He’ll make a confident push to get back on track through December with tr Pluto opposition his Jupiter but it will be a rocky ride especially with the Lunar Eclipse in late November triggering his Sun Venus in Scorpio.
