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Erin Patterson has been found guilty of poisoning several of her relatives with wild mushrooms in a trial that has gripped Australia for nine weeks. She prepared a lunch of beef wellington on differently coloured plates allowing her to avoid the tainted food herself – within a week, three former in-laws would be dead, a fourth would be fighting for his life

There was a startling backdrop to the story which was disallowed in court but the Daily Mail (typically) has it all, having somehow blocked those stories in the Australia edition.

 Erin Patterson who was tripped up in various lies in court was born 30 September 1974 and has an ultra-determined, probably grudge-carrying Libra Sun conjunct Pluto and Mars inconjunct Jupiter in Pisces. With her Mars in an edgy, can-be-bad-tempered square to Saturn. Her Neptune in Sagittarius conjunct North Node squares her Jupiter.

  Looking at other notable poisoners:

Mary Ann Cotton, 31 October 1832, Durham England was convicted and executed for poisoning her stepson though she is believed to have killed others including 11 of her 13 children and three of her four husbands for their life insurance policies.  She had a Scorpio Sun inconjunct Pluto sextile Mars – which is not that dissimilar to Erin Patterson – and she also had Jupiter in Pisces.

  Although poisoning is supposed to be a woman’s crime, William Palmer, 6 August 1824 Stafford, England,  tops the list as the Prince of Poisoners. An English doctor he was convicted and hanged for one poisoning case but suspected of poisoning others including his brother, mother-in-law and  four of his children before their first birthdays. He made large sums of money from the deaths all of which he lost by gambling on horses.

 He had two yods of a coercive, cold-blooded Pluto sextile Saturn inconjunct Mars; and a lawless Uranus inconjunct a Leo Sun sextile Saturn. His Jupiter is in Cancer – what gives with supposedly compassionate Jupiters? All three in Water signs and not even in Scorpio.

  All three have notable 18^th harmonics which is often the case with serial killers though it can have other meanings. 18 is two time 9 – and 9 in negative mode is acquisitive.

 Why the three above should be riddled by quincunxes is an oddity – it can create a sense of not fitting in though can also produce a singular purpose in life which does not normally lead to wholesale slaughter.   

A memorial service is being held for the July 7 2005 London bombings which killed 52 people and injured 800. Four co-ordinated suicide attacks on London’s public transport during the morning rush hour were carried out by Islamist terrorists.

 The attacks happened when the Solar Arc Mars was square Pluto on the UK 1801 chart which does describe a brutal, deadly event and the explosions happened at 8.51 am when the transiting Midheaven was conjunct the UK’s 8^th house Mars which is a sensitive trigger point for calamities.

London 7/7 bombings. What is intriguing is that the Fixed Star Alphard was conjunct the 26 degree Leo Ascendant when the bombings took place. Alphard is in the Hydra constellation, the single star in the neck of the Water Snake. It has also been called the heart of the snake. On the positive side it can give wisdom, musical and artistic appreciation but in negative mode can lead to turbulence, lack of self-control, immorality, revolting deeds and self-destruction. ‘The danger is marked if either Sun, Moon, Mars, Neptune, Ascendant or MC are linked up with this star.’ (Astrology King.) 

   Looking through the archives at other disasters, man-made and natural, Alphard does crop up in some through not all.

The Fukushima nuclear meltdown of 11 March 2011 was precipitated by an earthquake which resulted in a tsunami 50 minutes later which overwhelmed the nuclear power station around 3.36pm when Alphard was conjunct the Ascendant.

The Bhopal gas tragedy, considered the world’s worst industrial disaster, when 500,000 people in the vicinity of the Union Carbide pesticide plant in India were exposed to a highly toxic gas.  It eventually poisoned more than half a million people and caused as many as 16,000 deaths. Children have become second and third generation victims suffering from cerebral palsy, autism, muscular dystrophy and serious disabilities. Support groups estimate as many as 150,000 people were suffering chronic, debilitating diseases such as cancer, lung problems and neurological disorders.

  The first hint of problems at the Bhopal factory occurred around 11pm on 2 December 1984 when gauges recorded abnormal levels. At that point Alphard was conjunct the Leo Ascendant.

The Gujarat earthquake of 26 January 2001, 7.6 on the scale, killed at least 20,023 people, injured another 166,000 and destroyed about 400,000 buildings. Timed at 8.46 am, it had Alphard closely conjunct the Descendant.

 Alphard is relevant at the moment because of its prominence in Donald Trump’s chart – natally conjunct his Mars and his Ascendant – and equally natally conjunct Netanyahu’s Mars and the Israel Mars in Leo as well.

  The Bhopal disaster registered on the India 15 August 1947 chart with a panicky tr Neptune exactly opposition the India Mars, Solar Arc Mars conjunct the Mercury and it was on a Nodal Return which should have been a wake up call though it did not seem to have that effect in terms of damage clean up on the site and help for those affected which was very slow in coming.

 [What intrigues me astrologically speaking and I don’t know what to make of it. Both the Bhopal Disaster and the Gujarat earthquake show up clearly as damaging events on the united India 1 January 1877 chart, which politically no longer exists after the 1947 partition. It has a a fearsome Mars in Scorpio opposition Pluto Algol square Uranus in Leo conjunct Alphard.

   At the Gujarat earthquake tr Saturn in Taurus opposition Mars in Scorpio square Uranus Moon Mercury in Aquarius was colliding with the India 1877 Fixed T Square. At the Bhopal disaster tr Saturn in Scorpio was in hard aspect to the 1877 Fixed T square with Solar Arc Neptune square Mars; and two South Node aspects as well.]

And that odd but seemingly significant accident in London on 24 April 2024 when two cavalry horses were injured and a blood-covered white and black horse took off galloping through traffic. It happened at 8.40am when Alphard was closely conjunct the IC and opposition the Midheaven.

As mentioned above Alphard is not always prominent at calamities but it was conjunct the Ascendant when Laki, the Icelandic volcano started to blow on 8 June 1783 and continued for several months sending a haze across Europe, and killing people and livestock in Iceland.

 The Afghan War began 10 October 2001 with Alphard conjunct the IC. 

The My Lai massacre in Vietnam on 16 April 1968 had Jupiter conjunct Alphard. William Calley, the officer responsible for the unlawful killings of 22 civilians, 8 June 1943 6.12pm Miami, Florida had Alphard conjunct his Midheaven.

Worth looking out for.  

Jennifer Aniston is gearing up to play a ‘monster of a stage mother’ in the film version of Jeanette McCurdy’s best selling memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died which details her experiences as a child actress living with a ‘narcissistic’ parent. It will be all the more poignant for Aniston since she had a 15 year estrangement from her own model/actress mother Nancy Dow with whom she had a turbulent relationship. She was left with deep insecurities after her mother called her ‘fat, ugly and too Greek-looking’ as a child and constantly criticised her weight. A friend latterly said Nancy was jealous of Jennifer’s success since her own career never flourished and she remained unrepentant about writing a memoir about Jennifer which was seen as a betrayal. They did spend some time together before her death in 2016.

 Jennifer Aniston, born 11 February 1969 10.22 pm Los Angeles, has a tricky chart with an Aquarius Sun on the cusp of her 5^th house square a showbizzy Mars Neptune in Scorpio. She has Saturn in Aries on the cusp of her 7^th house on the focal point of a yod inconjunct Pluto sextile Mars Neptune which is a tough yod to handle well. Her Sagittarius Moon, ruler of her 10^th, is trine Saturn and square Pluto giving her a cold and possessive mother.

  Intriguingly her need-to-be-independent Aries North Node in the working 6^th is conjunct Chiron – and highlighted at the moment by tr Saturn Neptune moving into Aries. This position of Chiron will bring a focus on issues of suffering and healing into the public arena.

 Her mother Nancy Dow, 22 July 1936, had a fearsome Cancer Sun, Mercury, Pluto (and Mars) conjunct Jennifer’s Midheaven and inconjunct Jennifer’s Sun so she would be driven to control her daughter – and put her down to feed her narcissism. Nancy’s Uranus was also in Jennifer’s 7^th creating a divisive atmosphere. Not that Jennifer’s actor father, John Aniston, 24 July 1933, was exactly a great help either with his Pluto on her Midheaven and his Uranus on her Descendant but on balance was not quite as damaging as her mother.

The enigma that is Keir Starmer should be explainable from his astrology except that sadly his birth time is missing which cuts out some useful information. Houses do put a chart and personality in context since, for example, an 8^th house Leo Sun will be very different to a 5^th house Leo Sun.  The 8^th house individua; will struggle to let its exuberance and entertaining qualities shine out. Midpoints to a degree can add detail where houses are missing or where mystifying traits are on show that are not easily seen from the surface chart itself.

  After this week’s resounding debacle, varied descriptions of Starmer have appeared from those who have studied him close at hand.

 He is: “A lawyer, a technocrat, a manager, but not – a storyteller.”

“I spent six weeks trailing after Keir Starmer and the man I saw felt both hidden and remarkably open often naively so – a man recognisable to so many and yet so far removed that he can seem coldly distant.”

“After a year studying Starmer, I can tell you that he is at once a very kind man and a ruthless one.”

  He does have glaring blindspots – cutting winter fuel payments etc just as his acceptance of tens of thousands in free clothes surfaced. His refusal to admit he or his government are in a hole at all, pointing to their achievements and seemingly surprised  that anyone else might not agree. This leads to accusations of being disconnected – from his own party and the electorate. And there is strong evidence of his cowardice/timidity/reluctance to face down opposition to his plans.

Tom Baldwin, his biographer, said on the upside that his style is well suited to winning trust among international leaders. “He doesn’t do big speeches setting out grand visions for world peace. The reason he works on the international stage is that he comes up with ideas to make difficult situations better. I don’t recognise him as an insurgent disrupter. He is a nuanced, pragmatic, patriotic politician, seeking better outcomes. He’s not interested in some kind of ‘Starmerism’.”

 Where does his chart reflect all of the above? 

A Water Grand Trine of Mars in Cancer trine Jupiter in Pisces trine Neptune in Scorpio – self-protective emotionally with an inner, private world, sensitive, impressionable, easily overwhelmed, escapist, vulnerable, self-contained, disconnected, hard to get to know. Lives in his own bubble.

 Formed into a Kite by Jupiter opposition Pluto and Uranus, making them the driving planets. Jupiter opposition Pluto may initially give a misleading appearance of strength since it breeds confidence and a tendency to assume the individual is not bound by the same rules as others. It can be autocratic though that does not appear to be so in his case but it may lead to a tendency to ignore realities that are obvious to others. Jupiter opposition Uranus – ‘characterizing this aspect is a soap bubble that bursts with the slightest pinprick. Promises more than can deliver (for example on cutting back on immigration).

  He also had his Jupiter conjunct Chiron which can lead to messianic tendencies, certainly over optimism, an inner sense of having been specially chosen which added to Virgo’s tendency to be self-righteous could add up to an inability to listen to feedback or to learn from the circumstances around him.

 He also has a cool, intellectual Saturn in Aquarius opposition North Node in Leo square Neptune in Scorpio – which would lessen his ability to be decisive, since a focal point Neptune tends to slip, slither and duck when an outright confrontation flares up.

  I had a quick skip down Astrotheme’s useful Search Tool by Astrological Aspects. What was noticeable was that Jupiter in Pisces opposition Pluto did not throw up any notables other than football coach Jose Mourinho. Whereas Jupiter in other signs (Capricorn, Aries or Aquarius) opposition Pluto did seem to bring higher achievers. Jupiter in Pisces tends to be compassionate rather than anything else.

 On midpoints Starmer has his Pluto conjunct his Mars/Neptune midpoint about which Ebertin cheerfully says: “The tendency to cause damage to others brutally or to suffer likewise. And his Mars conjunct Uranus/Neptune = misdirected energy.

 I am hopeless on second guessing Ascendants. But for anyone else who wants to try.

A dull appearance and enigmatic personality might suggest Sun Pluto Virgo on the Ascendant (6am) but that puts nothing in the legal and international 9^th so seems unlikely.

 Saturn in Aquarius in his 1^st with a late Capricorn or Saturn Aquarius Ascendant (6pm) puts his Moon, Venus in Libra and focal point Neptune in his 9^th with an 8^th house Sun Pluto Uranus which could be plausible, with a hard-working Mars in the 6^th. That has a late Scorpio Midheaven catching the upending tr Uranus opposition at the moment. Have added above but is only a guess.

  The devil is in the detail.

Liam and Noel Gallagher back together on stage in Cardiff after an acrimonious split 16 years ago sent an audience of 75,000 fans into ecstasy with an Oasis concert which made up for in exuberance what it lacked in nuance and subtlety.

 After a brief hug, the once-warring siblings walking out hand-in-hand with Liam firmly in control, looking the more dominant of the two.

  Liam, 21 September 1972 12.56pm, Burnage, England, does have an amped up chart with an ambitious, assertive Sun Mars in Virgo on his midheaven square Jupiter in Sagittarius opposition Saturn so he will tend to be volatile, argumentative and short-fused.

Noel, 29 May 1967, no birth time, Manchester, is a Sun Gemini sextile Saturn in Aries on one side and Jupiter in Leo on the other. He has the unsettled, unpredictable Uranus Pluto conjunction in Virgo and a not-always-sensitive Mars in Libra square Venus in emotional Cancer.

  The main problem between them is Mars Uranus. Noel’s Mars is conjunct Liam’s Uranus and Liam’s ambitious, argumentative Mars is conjunct Noel’s Uranus and Pluto. Liam’s controlling Pluto is also trine Noel’s Sun.

  Mars Uranus can be an explosive combination with a no-compromise response from either side. They would get under each other’s skin from the start, with trivial differences flaring up into major conflagrations – until Noel reached the point of no return.

 Their relationship chart has a close composite Mars Uranus conjunction which is sextile a friendly affectionate Sun Venus conjunction. The fight for individuality would win out over blood ties.

 In late August 2009 when the elastic finally snapped there was an angry, enraged tr Mars opposition tr Pluto square tr Mercury rattling up their composite Mars Uranus conjunction; and an equally high-tension, crockery-throwing tr Saturn opposition tr Uranus which was tugging on their composite Pluto. There was no way they would manage to steer together through the storms that would create for several years thereafter. Tr Pluto was also squaring Liam’s controlling 10^th house Pluto, perhaps hinting at a need for self-reflection and psychological change.

  With maturity – and hopes of a financial windfall from the concert tour – there may be a less scratchy chemistry at the moment. Liam certainly looks likely to be receiving money in quantity over coming months with tr Jupiter moving through his 8^th house. Noel has tr Pluto opposition his Jupiter throughout this year which will help bring success.

 Tr Pluto is opposing their composite Sun Venus this year which on the best interpretation could suggest a transformation of their relationship – though it will cause strains – and that will run side by side with tr Saturn Neptune opposing the composite Mars Uranus midpoint through 2026/27 – so holding their togetherness together won’t be easy.

A sad week with several high profile deaths. Most tragic was Liverpool Diogo Jota, the Portuguese footballer, killed in a car crash at 28 along with his brother, only two weeks after his marriage. 

  Born 4 December 1996 in Porto, Portugal, he was a Sun in Sagittarius square Mars in Virgo; with Pluto  in Sagittarius trine Saturn and sextile Uranus (Neptune) – assertive, high-vitality with a strong Mars and a mix of tough from Saturn Pluto and inventive from a central Uranus. His Neptune was also in an optimistic conjunction to Jupiter in Capricorn.

 His Progressed Mars was around the opposition to his Saturn when he died, which is an accident-prone influence.

 He died at 12.40 am Zamora, Spain when the two yods onto Pluto and Mars were still within orb.

 His wedding to his childhood sweetheart and mother of his three children on 22 June 2025 also occurred when the two yods were in even closer aspect.

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Actor Michael Madsen, 25 September 1957, known for Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill died this week having been through turmoil in his final years, with a messy marriage breakup, his son’s suicide and alcoholism. What is all the sadder is that his childhood was marred by abuse at the hands of his Navy veteran father, Calvin Christian Madsen, a World War II  who subjected him to frequent violent beatings, which often knocked him unconscious and left him living in constant fear.

  Although he played violent characters on screen, friends say that in his private life he was an introspective figure who wrote poetry and doted on his children. He had an upbeat, high vitality Libra Sun conjunct Mars and Jupiter; with his Jupiter on the midpoint of Uranus trine Saturn. His Pluto and Mercury in Virgo were both square Saturn. His Venus in Scorpio was square Uranus. His Moon was Libra/Scorpio probably conjunct Neptune. It is not a chart that reflects the difficulties of his life – without a birth time. Houses would make a significant difference in his case. Though on midpoints his Sun and Mars are both conjunct his Neptune/Pluto midpoint which points towards sensitivity and a tendency towards alcoholism; and also a sense of being blown about by events beyond his control.

 When he died his Solar Arc Mars was around the conjunction to his Saturn and his SA Sun was also conjunct his Saturn.   A sad story of an obviously talented man.  

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Actor Julian McMahon, 27 July 1968 10.20am Sydney, Australia, has also died – in his case of cancer. He was known for Nip/Tuck, Charmed, and more recently FBI: Most Wanted and Netflix’s The Residence

 He had an older father (born 1908) an Australian politician who became prime minister when Julian was two, which saw him left with a nanny. His ‘scary’ mother was an issue with his first short lived marriage to Dannii Minogue. He subsequently married twice more.

 He had an entertainer’s Leo Sun on the cusp of his 11^th with his Moon Venus also in Leo in his friendly 11^th. His communicative and ambitious Mars Mercury in Cancer was in his 10^th. And he had a yod of a 12^th house Uranus Pluto sextile Neptune inconjunct a 7^th house Saturn in Aries which would make close relationships one of his great challenges, despite having his Sun/Moon midpoint conjunct his Venus.  Attracting affectionate partners would not be a problem, but keeping them might be. His Mars Mercury were also square his Saturn hinting at a less than supportive childhood.

 His mother Sonia McMahon, 1 August 1932, like him had a Saturnine yod which are tricky to handle with maturity – in her case inconjunct Neptune sextile Venus (Mars). Her yod apex Saturn in Aquarius opposed his Sun and her Uranus was conjunct his 7^th house Saturn with her Pluto in Cancer in square – so she would criticise him and interfere in his marriages and cause problems.

  He dies this week with his Solar Arc Saturn (square SA Mars) exactly square his Pluto.   

[We will be pleased to see the back of these two Pluto and Mars focussed yods which are mercifully drawing apart now. They have not made the past two or three weeks remotely easy.]

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Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been found guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution but the most serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking were not upheld. He has been denied bail and will remain in custody until sentencing on October 3^rd when he could face 20 years in prison. Though the likelihood is he will get much less.

Born 4 November 1969, no birth time, he is a Sun Mercury in Scorpio, with Neptune also in Scorpio on the midpoint of a ruthless Pluto trine Mars in Capricorn. His Virgo Moon may trine Saturn in Taurus; with his Saturn opposition Mercury square Mars – an assertive go-getter and not one to be thwarted once he heads for what he wants.  His sociable Venus in Libra conjunct Jupiter are also square Mars. Venus in hard aspect to Mars is often insensitive in emotional relationships and he had plus plus plus input from Pluto Mars. Scary.

 His Solar Arc Mars is opposition his Pluto for a grind-to-a-halt moment of a few months with the September Solar Eclipse conjunct his Pluto and a nerve stretched tr Uranus opposition his Neptune over the winter months; as well as a calamitous tr Uranus opposition his Mars/Pluto midpoint now and into 2026.  He does have one glimmering of luck from a Jupiter midpoint but that may be his ever optimistic streak imagining he can wriggle his way out of trouble as in the past but it looks more negative than positive moving ahead.

  His son Justin Combs, 30 December 1993 5pm New York, is also facing his moment of court jeopardy according to a suit filed in a LA court this week by a woman alleging he used his father’s celebrity status to her lure her from Louisiana where she was held prisoner for a weekend and gang-raped.

 He has a hyper-active stellium in Capricorn with his Sun in a passionate and assertive conjunction to Mars, Mercury, Venus and a later Uranus Neptune conjunction in Capricorn. He also has a tough Saturn in Aquarius square an emotionally controlling 5^th house Pluto. His Leo Moon is square Jupiter – spoilt by his mother with a larger-than-life father.

  His slide into disappointment starts with an undermining tr Saturn Neptune square his Venus in 2026 and extends on as tr Neptune squares his Mercury, Mars, Sun towards the end of the decade. 2028/29 look like his nadir.

  The BBC are under fire for transmitting live a Glastonbury act chanting ‘Free Palestine’ and ‘Death to the IDF’.  And will likely be the focus of more criticism once Channel 4 tonight airs Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, which was made by two Emmy award-winning filmmakers and originally commissioned by the BBC but they refused to air it.

Damned if they do and damned if they don’t.

 Tonight’s documentary examines allegations that Israeli forces have repeatedly targeted hospitals in breach of international law; with every one of Gaza’s 36 main hospitals attacked or destroyed by Israel, with people forced to evacuate and healthcare workers reportedly killed, imprisoned and tortured. Channel 4 said it had fact-checked it to ensure that it meets its editorial standards and the Ofcom Broadcasting Code.

  Sections of BBC staff are said to be ‘in revolt’ as they claim bosses are meddling ‘for political reasons’. The top brass are accused of being ‘crippled by the fear of being perceived as critical of the Israeli government’ with coverage being seen as ‘defined by anti-Palestinian racism’; and they raise concerns over people in editorial positions who have a pro-Israel bias.  In addition this week an open letter was published, signed by industry figures like Miriam Margolyes, Charles Dance and Mike Leigh calling the BBC’s reporting about Israel a cause of ‘great shame’; and branding the decision not to show the documentary about medics in Gaza as ‘political’ and ‘nothing to do with the journalism of the film’.

‘Not only is their reasoning pathetic, it goes against how the BBC works. Clearly if they don’t understand the meaning of due impartiality, they should not be in the job.’

 Roger Bolton, a former BBC editor, comments that ‘trying to report fairly and authoritatively is greatly constrained by the Netanyahu government’s refusal to allow independent journalists into the Gaza Strip.’ He recommends that BBC should commission programmes that explore the history of Zionism and of the Palestinians; ‘or exploring the difference between being anti-Israel and antisemitic – a difference deliberately blurred by the supporters of this Israeli government.’

  The trials and tribulations of the BBC and the Director General Tim Davie are hardly of great import except as weather vanes for journalism, its flaws and challenges, with impartial reporting on the Israel-Gaza mess being shouted down by both sides.

  What is of interest astrologically is how the BBC interfaces with Israel. BBC 14 November 1922 6pm London. Israel 14 May 1948 4.16pm Tel Aviv.

The BBC’s stubborn and opinionated 9^th house Mars in Aquarius on one leg of a yod sextile Venus inconjunct Pluto, falls in Israel’s domestic 4^th house opposition its warlike, intransigent Moon, Saturn Pluto Leo in the 10^th.And that is never going to be in agreement.

  The BBC’s Scorpio Sun is opposition Israel’s 8^th house Taurus Sun but more significantly is exactly conjunct Israel’s Chiron at 21 degrees Scorpio.  So the BBC will shine a light on Israel’s deepest wounds and make it overly defensive.

Chiron Sun synastry. ‘When these two meet, there is an opportunity for great growth, but it is also a very painful process – the meeting of light and pain’. Israel’s deep sense of historical injustice will be triggered by the contact making it temporarily worse. There is (normally with individuals) an opportunity for growth through the contact – eventually when the will to heal and grow is there.

 The BBC/Israel relationship chart is argumentative, competitive and bitter with a composite Sun square Mars and Mars trine Pluto. More heat than light.

Apropos of astro-coincidences: Keir Starmer has a Water Grand Trine, the BBC has a Water Grand Trine. And Jimmy Swaggart, recently deceased, disgraced televangelist had one as well.

Millions of Americans will lose health insurance and thousands will die appears to be the prediction if Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is passed later this week. Slashing Medicaid funding to help offset the tax cuts and new spending has unsettled even a few Republicans.

 The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the legislation would slash Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion and that nearly 12 million people would lose their health insurance. When combined with the expiration of Obamacare subsidies at the end of this year and the other regulatory changes being made, an estimated 17 million Americans could lose health coverage over the next decade.

 Obamacare (Affordable Care) was signed into being on 23 March 2010 at 11.56 am Washington, DC, and is under discouraging pressures in the next three years with tr Pluto continuing to oppose the Mars this year for a trapped, blocked mood. And tr Neptune Saturn moving in hard aspect to the Cardinal Grand Cross of Saturn opposition Sun square Moon opposition Pluto till late 2027 which could be devastating. The one hopeful (though contradictory) influence is Solar Arc Jupiter starting to opposes Saturn and then conjunct the Sun in 2026/27 before proceeding on to square the Moon and Pluto by 2030 which looks a good deal more upbeat. Not entirely down and out but the coming year looks highly stressed and distressed.

  Medicaid, 30 July 1965, is road-blocked at the moment with Solar Arc Mars square Pluto; and panicked and undermined in 2027 with SA Neptune square the Mars. In 2027 as well tr Pluto will oppose the Sun for two years of being ground down and put through the wringer.

  The Inauguration chart’s 6^th house (= health) Moon square Mars, now exact by Progression is certainly proving accurate.