Meryl Streep is back in a sequel to the 2006 fashion magazine hit The Devil Wears Prada described by a reviewer as “sprightly and amiable”. With an all star cast including Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux, Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci it looks a tempting distraction from woes elsewhere.
Meryl Streep, born June 22, 1949 8.05 am Summit, New Jersey, has had a prolific, award-winning and versatile career. From Kramer vs Kramer, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Sophie’s Choice, Out of Africa, A Cry in the Dark through to the musical Mamma Mia! and The Iron Lady, she has moved seamlessly through a wide variety of roles. She is noted for her technical precision and command of dialects. Off screen she is an advocate for gender parity and labour protections.
In an interview she confessed she was ready to retire when she was offered the first Devil Wears Prada in 2006 but flippantly asked for double the money and they said yes.
She was married to an actor who subsequently died of cancer; and more recently to a sculptor with whom she has four children but now separated.
Her Cancer Sun sits in the 11th house of friends and social causes conjunct Uranus so she will have her own individual view on what changes she thinks are necessary. Her steady Taurus Moon North Node in Aries both in the 10th suit her for a public career and a life dedicated to working. Her Moon squares a 1st house Pluto so she will be invested in her family but her ambitions and creative talents will always have pulled her away from cosy domesticity.
Mars conjunct Mercury in Gemini in her 11th will make her outspoken and argumentative, particularly if she sees unfairness, given that her Saturn sits in square. What is striking is a yod which dominates her chart with her rebellious Sun Uranus sextile her meticulous, workaholic Saturn in Virgo inconjunct Jupiter in Aquarius and her Descendant. What a mix – wild and wayout, conventional and self-doubting as well as super confident.
Her caring Venus in Cancer hidden in her 12th is in a creative square to a 3rd house Neptune and sextile her Moon which softens the harder edges of her Mars square Saturn and controlling Moon square Pluto.
A complicated lady.
Her creative 5th and 7th harmonics are strongly aspected, as is her humanitarian 9H and thespian 15H.
Francisco Goya’s horrific paintings of Saturn (Kronos), the Greek god, eating his children get to the heart of his astrological meaning, highlighting his obsession with time and mortality. Scared of dying he knew his children represented a future he can never possess, since his was limited by his mortal span. He tries and fails to abolish the boundaries of his life.
Saturn is essentially about facing reality, which presents in many forms involving practicalities, structure in earthly terms, duties and responsibilities. At its starkest it involves acceptance of death.
It plans, prepares, thinks long term to a feasible goal, gets foundations laid, builds slowly and securely so its achievements stand the test of time. The end result of its endeavours is not necessarily aesthetic but it is enduring.
Saturn restricts, so oversees limits and boundaries which may not feel like fun but are essential, psychologically as well as practically, in life. It stands firm for order, delineation, marked borders. In action, it is like a gardener who prunes plants back, lopping off overgrown branches, to stimulate fresh growth.
In Roman mythology, he was a god of generation, dissolution, plenty, wealth, agriculture, periodic renewal and liberation. Saturn’s mythological reign was depicted as a Golden Age of plenty and peace. He showed his positive face at the autumn festivals of the harvest, when the bounty of the year was brought in and drunken celebrations ensued after the hard work was done. Earthly delights are his preserve and his reign was seen as one of peace and plenty.
Capricorn, ruled by Saturn, has this duality marked as the two-headed god who looks back to the past year and forward to the new. He both mourns and celebrates. The old Capricorn symbol was half goat half fish. He operates in two realms, arising out of the watery realm of ideas and creative visions to make solid achievements a reality.
Not that Saturn is a delight at close quarters in intimate relationships. It can be cold, putting up a defensive wall against any encroachment, tending to put things above feelings, and is better at ‘doing’ than ‘being’.
Having Saturnine parents means facing two things – their envy and their ability to induce misplaced guilt on their child. The Saturnine father pushes and pushes his children to be a success, being excessively critical of any failures, making them feel they never achieve enough to satisfy him, so damaging the child’s self-esteem though it can helpfully induce a driving need to be a success. But deep down the father’s fear is that they might outdo him, become more successful and outlive him. It’s difficult to cope with since if the child-grown-to-adult became successful, the father would shrivel, feel worthless himself and be consumed with envy. So it’s a no win situation, until the child/adult separates enough to understand it’s the father’s issue, not theirs.
The Saturnine mother on the other hand insinuates into the child a sense that they are responsible for her depression; and their role in life is to look after her and make her happy. She makes an under-nurturing mother but expects her offspring to give her the caring she never gave them.
Successful people tend to operate in a Saturnine way. Maggie Thatcher with Saturn on her Ascendant pursued a career which moved to the transits of Saturn – into the Cabinet when tr Saturn moved up across her Descendant into her third quadrant, became PM when tr Saturn moved across her midheaven. She ignored its hints in the latter years of her tenure as it moved into her lower-profile first quadrant, when she should have been winding down. Her ego got in the way and she was ejected when her Solar Arc Saturn was exactly square her Sun. Saturn can raise to great heights through excessively hard work, but it is a hard taskmaster when lessons are not learned.
Richard Nixon on the other hand was forced to resign facing impeachment charges when tr Saturn was moving through his 10th (supposedly the peak). That was when Saturn’s iron rule ‘you reap what you sow’ came into play, and Nixon’s chickens came home to roost. The god of the harvest knows that only careful preparation at the right time, clearing the ground, sowing seeds, tending to the growing crops, sticking to the rules, will provide the cornucopia. If you don’t put in the sweat and planning and try to bend the rules, it brings retribution.
On my own chart tr Saturn was conjunct my Sun when my mother died and years later when my stepmother died. An inbetween tr Saturn conjunct my Sun came when I left (by choice) a long-running job which was quite a wrench though the right move.
Uranus moving to rattle up the UK yod of Jupiter sextile Uranus inconjunct Pluto from mid May this year as it is sextile the Jupiter trine the Uranus and then square the Pluto, on past experience has coincided with transformative experiences. It makes sense astrologically though it is not obvious yet what magician will appear to pull a rabbit out of a hat.
In 1858/59 Uranus moving into Gemini saw the “Great Stink” of London (untreated sewage in the River Thames) which spurred the creation of modern sewage systems. The British Raj in India was established after the East India Company’s rule was transferred to the Crown. The first reading of Darwin’s evolution theory too place. There was increased trade access to China. The 1859 election led to a coalition government under Prime Minister Lord Palmerston, marking the rise of the Liberal Party. The Royal Opera House in London opened and the Big Ben clock tower in London started ticking. Overall it was a pivotal time for political change and industrial progress.
Next time round in 1941/42 during World War 11 in the aftermath of the devastating blitz on London, Belfast, and Clydebank in 1941, American troops arrived in 1942 for a major military shift. There were increasing British successes in the war culminating in the victory at El Alamein in North Africa, in what was a year of critical change for the better.
Looking back it followed on from bleak events under Uranus in Taurus which spurred on a change for the better. Here’s hoping. Maybe King Charles’ resounding success in the US is an omen for future good news.
And tr Uranus is also poised to move out of the UK 8th house of joint finances etc from July this year onwards which should help to stabilise the economy moving forward. Again not sure how but there it is.
The Iran impasse continues as the world waits and watches with gloomy predictions about rising prices and rising inflation as well as food shortages the longer it lasts.
Trump initially said the war would last four to six weeks. The conflict has lasted two months and Democrats are threatening to sue if the war continues beyond Friday, the 60-day deadline by which point the Trump Administration is obliged to seek congressional approval under the War Powers Act. The cost so far is mooted at $25 billion, though that is likely to be way below actualite. The Pentagon is reportedly seeking an additional $200 billion to refill its depleted stocks of missiles and bombs.
The Trump administration has announced a mammoth $1.5 trillion budget for the Pentagon in 2027 — about a 40 per cent increase on American defence spending in 2026 adjusted for inflation. So much for campaign promises.
Though talk of an Iraq quagmire is almost certainly off the mark. It launched on 20 March 2003 with the last degree Pisces Sun exactly conjunct Scheat square a war-mongering Saturn opposition Pluto. There is nothing similar even for this calamitous misjudgment. The Iraq foray came to an end in 2011 when tr Uranus was conjunct the 2003 Attack Sun.
On the Iran attack chart, 28 February 2026, tr Uranus will trine the Pluto through this July which might give cause for hope. With tr Jupiter moving across the IC into the peaceful 4th in July as well. Late May however does not look equable with a heavyweight Mars in Taurus square Pluto, which is ruthless and destructive and rattles the Attack Pluto in the 10th (= struggle for the upper hand).
The Iran (22 December 1501)/Israel relationship chart also hints at a shift in July with tr Uranus trine the composite Pluto. With the USA there may be glimmerings of daylight breaking through from now onwards (not visible at present) and again July looks hopeful.
The Iran country chart is formidably difficult with Mars in Taurus opposition Pluto in Scorpio square Uranus at zero Pisces. And has been rattled badly in recent months with Uranus exiting Taurus. It will not be any easier to negotiate with in future but there may be a shift with tr Uranus clearing the hard aspect to its T square after mid May. 2028/9 looks a critical, potential history-changing moment with the SA Pluto conjunct the troublesome Taurus North Node.
Given that eclipses give longer term hints (six months at least) it may be the recent February Solar Eclipse is still carrying the imprint of the final days of Uranus in Taurus. Uranus may have moved into Gemini but the old bulldozer is not quite gone.
The August 12 Leo Solar Eclipse is the first to carry the new era Air Fire outer planet combination moving forward. In a cheering Saros series that points to stuck situations finding a solution, this August eclipse will have an effect for a month or so before the date itself. Set for Teheran it has a confident New Moon Jupiter Mercury in the upbeat 5th house and for Washington it has a happy-news-from-abroad New Moon Jupiter in the 9th. Whatever solution turns up it will have to be a facesaver for both sides. For DC it has a ‘seething’ 8th house Mars inconjunct a 3rd house Pluto – so there will be gritted teeth.
Trump’s relationship with the USA will be sagging badly now to late May with tr Neptune square the composite Sun; high tension in July with tr Uranus square the composite Saturn with eruptions of bad temper (on both sides) – and those run on into 2027. He might finally have managed to shoot himself in the foot – at great cost to everyone else.
His undermining Solar Arc Neptune is now exactly opposition his Sun and staying there for several months. And his Solar Arc Midheaven is still sitting on his 12th house Pluto (= Mars/Saturn) which may have been an impetus for this ‘Epic Fury’ fandango.
One oddity is his Progressed Moon now three months into is 4th which is usually an inward looking, family-focused, quieter time. ‘It is a time for deep emotional processing rather than seeking public recognition.’ Tr Jupiter is also moving into his 12th from early this July for a year which is also a time for quiet reflection. Seems unlikely.
Best I can do on a timeline but crossing fingers it comes before July.
A celebrity wedding approaches (maybe) to distract from political murk as singer Harry Styles gets engaged to actress, singer, and filmmaker Zoe Kravitz.
The gossip rags are alive with chatter with sources saying that Styles is head over heels: “He is completely smitten. He would jump off a cliff for her.”
Born 1 February 1994 at 12.05 am (unverified) Redditch, England, he is a Sun conjunct Venus on one side and conjunct Mars on the other, all in Aquarius, so a live spark. His Libra Moon in the hidden 12th is trine his Sun Venus for charm and he has his Jupiter in money-magnet Scorpio with Pluto in late Scorpio square Saturn in Pisces – a quirky mix of softness and hard-edged determination. His flamboyant fashion has had a significant impact on popular culture. At the moment his Solar Arc Moon is conjunct his Jupiter which will bring a warm upsurge of feelings.
Zoe Kravitz, 1 December 1988 2am Venice, California, has an upbeat, upfront and assertive Sun Mercury in Sagittarius trine Mars in Aries. Her 12th house Virgo Moon is trine Neptune, Saturn in Capricorn which hints at a less than straightforward childhood. She also has Venus Pluto in Scorpio for an intensely emotional (can-be-manipulative) approach which may over time not sit comfortably with Styles’ more detached Aquarius Sun Venus.
Kravitz was with actor Karl Glusman from 2016, engaged in 2018, married in 2019 and filed for divorce in 2020. Thereafter she dated actor Channing Tatum, announcing their engagement in 2023. In October 2024, it was reported that they had split up.
The Styles/Kravitz relationship chart has a highly-strung, needs-space composite Sun, Uranus Neptune conjunction; a superficially amiable Jupiter trine Venus; and a power-couple Jupiter square Pluto which can eventually turn into a tussle for the upper hand.
Not on the face of it designed for a 24/7 bond but presumably two busy careers will give them spaces in their togetherness. Their relationship will be rattled in July when tr Uranus squares the composite Mars. 2027 sees her marriage significator Sun/Moon midpoint under strain from tr Saturn in opposition and late decade finds tr Neptune undermining their composite Sun by square.
Assassination attempts on the president of the United States have been numerous, ranging from the early 19th century to the present day
Four sitting U.S. presidents have been killed: Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy. Ronald Reagan was wounded and survived. Theodore Roosevelt was wounded as a former president. Donald Trump was wounded in an assassination attempt in between his two terms and escaped another attempt unscathed three days ago, but there have been several other security scares involving him as well.
What is curious is how often Uranus or another planet was in a final degree. This latest it was at 29 Taurus. For Reagan it was at 29 Scorpio. J.F.K Sun at 29 Scorpio. Abraham Lincoln Jupiter 29 Sagittarius. Theodor Roosevelt Uranus 29 Capricorn. Gerald Ford, 1st assassination attempt, Uranus 29 Libra. William McKinley, Chiron at 29 Sagittarius. James Garfield, Pluto at 28 Taurus. Trump’s first assassination attempt Neptune at 29 Pisces.
The anaretic degree (29°) tends to bring a sense of urgency, a now or never leap which may be misjudged. A dither-and-dash approach in an individual chart. Some link it to fame or recognition. In transits I tend to regard the final degree as the swansong of an old era, often having an impulsive push to have an effect before fading into the past, and on occasion marginally vengeful as well.
Planets in first decan Cardinal signs also proliferate. This recent Trump attempt has Mars, Saturn, Neptune in Aries, while Reagan’s had Venus, Sun, Mars in Aries opposition Saturn Jupiter in Libra. Abraham Lincoln’s had Neptune in early Aries square Mars in early Cancer. William McKinley’s had Saturn Jupiter conjunct in early Capricorn opposition Neptune in Cancer. J.F.K’s had Jupiter in Aries conjunct Eris. James Garfield had a Cancer Sun. Theodor Roosevelt’s had North Node, Sedna, Chariklo in first decan Aries and Pluto at zero Cancer. Gerald Ford’s 2 attempts had Pluto in early Libra.
The similarities are striking.
The early Cardinal placings of the above will have been in hard aspect to the USA chart’s Venus, Jupiter, Sun in Cancer. At the moment tr Neptune Saturn in Aries is squaring those planets – tr Saturn till early 2027 and tr Neptune into the early 2030s. The USA Eris, planet of discord, at 8 Capricorn will also have been rattled up at the assassination attempts.
The fates spin in mysterious ways.
Add On: Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli prime minister who was crucial to the Bill Clinton fostered peace negotiations with Arafat and the PLO was assassinated on 4 November 1995 by a right-wing extremist who opposed the signing of the Oslo Accords. (Various Palestinian militants also opposed the process.) His death occurred with Pluto at 29 Scorpio and Netanyahu won his first premiership the following year and peace has been a fading hope since then.
Certain assassinations are pivotal and that is certainly one. History might have been different up to today if Rabin had lived.
The tech gods are battling it out in the rarefied altitudes of the fabricated brain-game giving Zeus a run for his money in the hubris stakes.
The bitter rivalry between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over OpenAI heads to trial in California. The case will feature some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, and its outcome could affect the course of the AI boom. Musk alleges that Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, broke the company’s founding agreement by restructuring the company and converting much of it to a for-profit enterprise. Altman and OpenAI counter that Musk is essentially a sore loser.
The case also carries sizable stakes for OpenAI, which is expected to go public later this year at about a $1tn valuation.
Altman, 22 April 1985 5am Chicago, Illinois, is an ultra-determined Sun Taurus (trine Neptune) opposition Pluto; with an even more rigorous, hard-ass Mars Moon in Taurus opposition Saturn in Scorpio. Birth time being accurate, he has his Solar Arc Midheaven squaring his Mars opposition Saturn now and in 2027 which hints at a considerable setback.
Musk, 28 June 1971 7.30 am Pretoria, South Africa, however does not look like racing off to wave the victor’s wreath, Tr Uranus will rattle his Neptune opposition Saturn from now into 2027 for jolts, jangles and panics; in 2027 as well tr Neptune moves to an undermining square to his Cancer Sun; with a grind-to-a-halt and spit-teeth frustration in late 2027/28 as his Solar Arc Pluto squares his Mars.
Elsewhere Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir has issued a manifesto championing US military dominance and of AI weapons, implying some cultures are inferior to others, described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain.’ The post exhorted the US to reinstate a military draft, saying that “free and democratic societies” need “hard power” in order to prevail. It also predicted a future dominated by autonomous weapons.
This is the latest pronouncement from Karp, which appear to indicate he views himself as not simply the head of a software company, but a pundit with important insights into the future of civilisation. In an interview with CNBC in early March, he suggested that AI would “disrupt” the power of “highly educated, often female voters who vote mostly Democrat”, and instead empower “vocationally trained, working-class, often male, working-class voters”.
It led to criticism from several MPs, who said that it raised yet more questions about the UK’s contracts with the company, including a £330m contract with the NHS, and deals with the police and Ministry of Defence.
“Palantir’s manifesto, which embraces AI state surveillance of citizens along with national service in the USA, is either a parody of a RoboCop film, or a disturbing narcissistic rant from an arrogant organisation,” said Martin Wrigley, a Liberal Democrat MP who is a member of the commons science and technology select committee.
Karp, 2 October 1967 New York, has a Libra Sun opposition Saturn in Aries with the innovative Uranus Pluto (Moon) conjunction in Virgo square Mars – again super-determined and ruthless. Plus a flamboyant Jupiter in Leo in a high-finance, over-optimistic square to Neptune. The ground will turn swampy under his feet from 2028 onwards with tr Neptune conjunct his Saturn and opposition his Sun with a devastating/confused 2029 as his SA Pluto is conjunct his Neptune.
Along the same timeline, Palantir, 6 May 2003, looks jammed up in 2028 with tr Pluto square its Mars, moving through an opposition to its Jupiter and then a conjunction with its Neptune in 2031/32 – that looks like an over confident push which may not end well.
Peter Thiel, co-founder of Paypal and Palantir, was born only a few days after Karp, 11 October 1967, so has relatively similar placings – the formidably determined and ruthless Mars in Sagittarius square Pluto Uranus and a Libra Sun opposition Saturn. Later in the decade won’t be his shining hour either with tr Neptune in an uncertain conjunction to his Saturn; his Solar Arc Mars conjunct his Neptune and SA Pluto square his Neptune – with the same suspicion as about Karp with an over-the-top drive across the turn of the decade, starts well and ends badly.
In astrology Uranus, the lightning god, has a reputation as a disrupter – for good as a liberator and innovator when faced with overdue reforms, not so great when in a contrarian mood as it rocks the boat out of sheer mischief. Usually cast in a favourable light by astrologers who will have it prominently in their charts, it shares with Mercury a trickster quality making it difficult to determine in advance whether the effect of Uranian influences will be progressive or chaotic. Defiance and lawlessness are in its repertory.
Family and close personal relationships are not made easier by the presence of Uranus with its dislike of compromise, lack of adaptability and insistence on protecting individuality and independence over cooperation. Connected to the nervous system, it leads to a highly-strung temperament, prone to impulsive actions. Strongly Uranian types can come across as selfish and obstinate. They demand partners be just as independent as themselves, so relationships can drift apart since there is no real engagement. Often underlying the detachment or the ‘I’ll jump back and leave first’ is a fear of abandonment. They pre-empt what they see as the inevitable by baling out in advance. Uranus in hard aspect to Sun or Moon suggests parents who were erratic, unpredictable, didn’t relate well and fostered a forced independence on the child.
The house that Uranus falls in is always where the individual wants to go against the grain. Uranus in the 6th dislikes the corporate team world, so prefers to go freelance. Uranus in the 9th veers towards alternative philosophies or ideas. In the 7th dislikes conventional relationships, opts for open marriages or constant travelling; in the 8th has a leaning towards experimenting in sex; in the 4th rarely stays living in the same house for long. Whatever everyone else wants, Uranus wants something different.
Its negative manifestations can be damaging. Located in the 10th house it appears in Trump’s chart and Joseph McCarthy’s, exhibiting its ability to cause division and spread disruption; and murderers Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer, intent on lawless lifestyle. The other counter-intuitive Uranian type is Prince Andrew who has it in his 1st house on the focal point of a yod inconjunct Saturn and an 8th house Mercury. No poster boy for progressive causes, he defiantly walks his own road in contrarian fashion, is intolerant of convention.
Uranus shares with Aquarius of which it is co-ruler that odd paradox of being both the epitome of tolerance and dictatorially stubborn. Ideas can be prized above empathy, on occasion leaning towards an obsessive ideology that reduces human beings to a secondary concern. It significantly appears in a considerable number of fascist and extreme right-wingers amongst its number.
The outsider, the troublemaker, the flag-waver for freedom at all costs, more than anything Uranus wants to stand out from the crowd even if seen as a maverick and an oddball. It doesn’t care what others think, isn’t one of the crowd, so it can think out of the box and lead the way into the future. Uranus hates barriers, boundaries, cages of any variety and will rattle the bars until they collapse.
The myth of Ouranos, the sky god, married to Gaia, the earth mother, is telling. He rejected one or more of his children for being earthly and gross, so another son, Kronos (Saturn), at the behest of his mother, castrated his father. The sky-god’s blood fell on the earth, producing the avenging Erinyes and the Gigantes (Giants) leading to an eternal war between the sky (= ideas and ideals) and the earth (= the flesh, practicalities, money and the limits of time.)
The sky god rules the Uranian/Aquarian inclination towards ideas, scientific knowledge. Matters up-in-the-head (in the sky) comes at a significant cost in terms of the physical body. There is something against-the-biology about Uranus, in contrast to his earthy, prolific wife. Which, if the myths hold true, causes great anger (the Furies) and suffering (liver also = anger). Consciousness, ruled by Uranus, was a splitting away from the animal kingdom, the key factor which separates human beings from nature.
What is intriguing is that many of the ‘sexperts’, who studied and wrote about human sexuality were Aquarius – Havelock Ellis, Alex Comfort, Germaine Greer, Betty Friedan, Helen Gurley Brown and Rabelaisian writers like Lord Byron, William Burroughs, Robert Burns. Some plunged happily into the experience but the impression left is that a detached interest in sex was part of the equation.
Detachment is a key word for Uranus/Aquarius, which has a dislike of jealousy or possessiveness, since it brings with it a fear of being corralled and tied down.
The other myth about Uranus is Prometheus, an immortal god seen as the champion of mankind who defied his Olympian brothers by taking fire from them and gifting it to humanity to allow for developments in technology and knowledge. For this he was punished, bound to a rock, and an eagle (symbol of king god Zeus) was sent to eat his liver, the seat of human emotions. His liver would grow back overnight, only to be eaten again the next day in an ongoing cycle. In true Uranian spirit, Prometheus split from his arrogant brother gods to benefit the formerly powerless, but at a physical and emotional cost to himself.
Uranus rules television (as opposed to Neptune ruling film) and rules IT/computers/the internet. Television was an early form of digitalisation which seems to strike a chord with Uranus, as does the here-today-gone-tomorrow feel of much television. The social networking world suits Uranus admirably since it gives a sense of connection with a wide circle of friends without the hassle of messy, face-to-face engagements.
Rock musicians often have Uranus in the performing 5th house, so it promotes a quirky, anti-authoritarian, highly individualistic creativity which is not great art, but appeals to the young at heart. Where high artistic ability comes is when Uranus is tied into visionary Neptune. Historically religious art was connected to Uranus Neptune, which is an inspirational mix.
In a personal chart conjunctions or hard aspects to other planets ramp up the volatility of Uranus.
Uranus Mars is explosive, literally in conflicts, and reckless in personal behaviour. It leads to over-reactions since sudden events threaten to dent self-esteem and leads to macho gestures in response.
Uranus Saturn – can be autocratic, ‘do as I do not as I say’. In good aspect it can merge the best of the old with the best of the new.
Uranus Neptune – can be fanatical, hanging onto beliefs despite incontrovertible evidence. Associated with earthquakes. And with religious art.
Uranus Pluto – revolutions and rebellions which can sweep away outdated regimes and situations. But can also lead to chaos and anarchy if stability is not established after the upheaval.
Uranus Chiron – brings a desire for freedom, to experiment and kick aside limitations not just in individual life but out in the broader culture.
From a previous post on Moon Uranus Mothers.
Uranus constantly seeking excitement, adventure and perpetual change sits at cross purposes to the Moon which yearns for stability, security, sameness and protection. Babies appreciate routine, not a roller coaster ride.
Moon Uranus types tend to have had an unusual, unstable or broken domestic and family life growing up, sometimes with frequent changes of residence. For some their mother neglected them out of boredom with child-raising; or were odd, absent, or emotionally detached. As a result the child learns to shut off their emotions and as a consequence develops a rebellious and contrarian approach.
The positive outcome is a strong intuition, original imagination and resourcefulness but it tends to go alongside erratic emotional impulses, sudden changes of mood and a tendency towards odd or eccentric, strongly independent behaviour. Settling to long-term emotional commitments isn’t easy. Boredom can be a problem, since there’s a need for constant excitement and also a difficulty with compromise. Uranus demands freedom of emotional expression and kicks against any attempts by others to restrict or manipulate feelings.
The classic Moon Uranus is Princess Diana whose mother Frances Shand Kyd was a bolter and left her children and Diana when she was six. Diana had an Aquarius Moon opposition Uranus and found difficulty settling to a long term relationship.
Amanda Knox, tried and found innocent ultimately of the murder of Meredith Kercher, was the product of a broken home and brought up for a while by a resourceful single mother. She has a Moon conjunct Uranus and Saturn. Her mother said she had ‘always been a unique girl. A lot of kids want to conform, but she was always just who she is and never worried about it.” Her odd, unempathic reaction at Meredith’s death was what first aroused police suspicion.
Gordon Ramsay, the Scottish chef, a Moon Uranus Pluto conjunction in the 4th opposition Saturn, described his early life as “hopelessly itinerant” with his family moving constantly owing to the failures of his father, an occasionally violent alcoholic. The Moon rules childhood as well as mother.
Chernobyl, forty years on, remains the worst and most expensive nuclear disaster in history. Complicated technical reasons were given for the meltdown but a drama series on Sky points firmly who was really responsible for the disaster — ‘the rotten, rotting Soviet state.’
‘It presents a view of politics where ideology is unassailable and allegiance to the motherland is more important than the lives of thousands. As scientists piped up about the gravity of the radiation situation and were shouted down as if they were insolent schoolboys telling lies, you also began to realise how little you knew about this disaster.’ “Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later that debt is paid. That is how an RBMK reactor explodes: lies.”
A catastrophe of this magnitude is usually the portent to history-changing events to follow and sure enough three years later the USSR collapsed.
The Chernobyl blowout occurred on 26 April 1986 at 1.23 AM with a 4th house Taurus Sun conjunct the North Node opposition a 10th house Pluto, trine/sextile Neptune in Capricorn. A major blockage from Sun Pluto in fixed signs channels its intensity through an unstable Neptune. The Sun was conjunct Sedna, the myth of betrayal. The wounded Chiron was in the 6th house of health and opposition Saturn conjunct Antares, the heart of the Scorpion.
Astrology King: Saturn conjunct Antares: Materialistic, dishonest through circumstances created by the environment, many failures, hampered by relatives, unfavourable for domestic matters, much sickness to and sorrow from children.
The Scorpio Moon was opposition Venus conjunct the destructive Algol square Nessus, which last rules risks and danger. Uranus was on the Ascendant for sudden, unpredictable change.
The Lunar Eclipse two days before located to Moscow puts the disruptive Uranus on the IC hinting at the shifting foundations to come.
Transiting Pluto at 5 degrees Scorpio over the Chernobyl meltdown, had from early 1986 started a two year square to the Russia 1917 Neptune, hinting at the devastation facing the Soviet state in the three years following until its collapse in late 1989.
Much the same as Russia is facing in 2027/28 with tr Pluto opposition its Neptune.
