Yet another Jeffrey Archer pot-boiler (= extremely successful) thriller has appeared – Cometh the Hour. To date he’s sold 330 million worldwide during a life which has been jampacked with more incident and scandal than many novels – bankruptcy, a libel trial involving a prostitute, a perjury trial resulting in four years imprisonment. Throughout, his steadfast wife Mary, an academic scientist and charity worker, led a worthy professional life and stood by her man – and his money.
He was born 15 April 1940 11.45am London and has an ambitious and lucky 10th house Jupiter Sun in Aries with Saturn and Uranus in Taurus (not conjunct) also in the 10th. His Sun Jupiter oppose a 4th house North Node in Libra squaring onto a 12th house Cancer Moon – hinting that establishing a home life and close relationships did not come easily to him. His Uranus is trine Neptune, sextiling onto the Moon – so more focus on a Moon which has an intuitive sense of what the public like.
Mary, 22 Dec 1944, is a Sun Mercury in Capricorn opposition Saturn in Cancer square Neptune – undoubtedly serious, hard-working though obviously with a Neptunian ability not to see what she didn’t want to. Her Neptune is also in an intellectual/communicative, emotionally detached Air Grand Trine.
What is interesting about their synastry are that both have Water Moons (hers Pisces, his Cancer); both have Venus in Air signs (his Venus Mars in Gemini, hers Venus in Aquarius trine Uranus trine Neptune). Both have ambitious Cardinal Sun though her is in hard aspect to Saturn and his to Jupiter – he has the confidence and she lacks self-esteem. Her Jupiter opposes his Mercury and his Jupiter trines her Mars in Sagittarius.
Their relationship chart isn’t memorably passionate apart from a composite Venus trine Pluto; but it has an adventurous Mars square Jupiter and a superficially light-hearted Venus square Jupiter; plus a focal point Pluto keeping them together.
What is also significant is that both their Venuses are conjunct their Sun/Moon midpoint, suggesting the luck to find an affectionate partner – despite all the difficulties.
He had prostate cancer three years ago when his Solar Arc Uranus was conjunct his Pluto and tr Pluto was just into his 6th house of health. This year is sprinkled with good luck with tr Uranus conjunct his natal Jupiter; and three Jupiter midpoints getting a boost. So generally an enthusiastic, upbeat year for him.