“There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat;
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.” Shakespeare, Julius Caesar.
Out of the shallows and shadows for a brief spotlight of attention have popped a handful of 1970 minnows hoping for the big time. Which after consideration of the astro-coincidence could well be the effect of the Aries/Libra eclipses hitting their Pluto and Uranus respectively.
Kristi Noem, 30 November 1971, right-wing governor of Dakota, a Trump VP hopeful, is an imaginative though not realistic Sun Neptune opposition Saturn with Jupiter and Mercury also in outspoken (=no filter) Sagittarius. She dashed her chances with ill-advised bragging about putting down an ill-mannered dog. Even in gun-loving US this seems to have been a misstep as she discovered when tr Saturn squared her Jupiter, dampening her enthusiasm. She was born only five days after Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s weird, wild and wayout aide, who is never short of an acerbic barb of criticism.
Natalie Elphicke, 5 November 1970, a Tory MP who has defected to Labour despite being noticeably right-wing, causing consternation to a deserted Sunak as well as Starmer heavily-criticised by his own followers. She is a Sun Jupiter Mercury Venus in Scorpio with Neptune also in Scorpio – and more significantly her volatile, overly excitably Mars Uranus conjunction in Libra is in line for the upcoming October Eclipse with her Pluto in late Virgo catching the late September Lunar Eclipse in opposition.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, 27 May 1974, a Gemini who is another loose cannon with her Uranus in Libra square Mars in Cancer and her Pluto in Libra square Saturn. The two Solar Eclipses and March Lunar Eclipse are all rattling up her Uranus and Pluto.
Russell Brand, 4 June 1975, fending off allegations of sexual assault has taken the unusual step of embracing religion in a much publicised immersive baptism. A Sun Gemini opposition Neptune, he has his Mars Jupiter in Aries as well as his Pluto and Uranus in Libra – all catching the eclipse fever this year.
As indeed does his buddy Bear Grylls, 7 June 1974, tv presenter, survival expert and adventurer, with whom he dunked together. Grylls is another Sun Gemini opposition Neptune with Pluto and Uranus in Libra.
And last but not least Jay Blades, 21 February 1970, tv presenter of The Repair Shop, now on sabbatical after the breakdown of his 18 month marriage and murder of his uncle. He is a Sun Venus in Pisces with Uranus in Libra and Mars in Aries and Pluto in late Virgo. All of this year’s eclipses are rattling up his Uranus, Mars and Pluto.
The Saros cycle of the April Solar Eclipse hinted at relationship strains and a need for freedom – presumably whether wished for or not. That would be magnified as the eclipse collided with their respective Uranus above. Eclipses connecting with Pluto hunt at the need for a radical change or stagnation will set in. The October Solar Eclipse is in a Saros series of separation or at least closure, finishing up what belongs to the past.
All eclipses have a potential for making positive changes if handled in the right way.
Interested to see D Cummings’ astro chimes with Noem’s, Marjorie. Meanwhile, in wordplay corner we now have Noem, Neom, and the winner of Eurovision, Nemo! Nemo’s chart is quite fierce and appears to date from August 1999, so may have connections with that momentous Solar eclipse we’ve talked about before. ‘Nemo’ means everyone, or nobody – see the Odyssey for tricksterish details.
Isn’t the Thames polluted enough already without Brand adding to its woes by dunking himself therein?
Both Noem and Elphicke have Jupiter sitting on their Sun/Mercury midpoint. Does this means tendency to boast?
Marjorie, following on from this comment- doesn’t Noem’s chart have Jupiter as the final dispositor? I am at a loss to see how this is playing out in her life… unless one deduces that she is living out the ‘lower octave’ of Jupiter- arrogance, self-righteousness, dogmatism etc etc?
(I am not seeing much in terms of wisdom, Broad mindedness, interest in other cultures etc).
To add on:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Sun/Mercury Midpoint at 16’51″Gemini square Jupiter in Pisces
Russell Brand Sun/Mercury Midpoint at 17’40” Gemini sextile Jupiter in Aries
Jay Sun/Mercury Midpoint at 21 Aquarius sextile Mars in Aries and sextile BML? in Sag
I used astro seek midpoint calculator.
Watching this year’s remaining eclipses cautiously, being of a similar vintage to Elphicke. The eclipse at 19 Aries last month (exactly conjunct my 6th house cusp) has manifested some health changes already. Some good, some disappointing, but changes that were necessary whichever. The Saturn Neptune conjunction exactly opposite my Pluto coming into orb gives me some concern, but it’s also sextiling my Sun.
Thanks Marjorie, I wouldn’t trust Noem farther than I could throw her not just due to killing her dog but also lying about meeting Kim Jung Un and “staring him down.” So easily verified especially since not many Western politicians have met him and I doubt she’d be among the chosen few.
Totally agree, Maggie! What is it with these MAGA women Republicans, some formerly reasonable pols like Stefanik, who feel they have to out-Trump Trump to win his approval and grab attention?
Does it show up in their charts? Bizarre.
You are right, hadn’t thought of it before but out Trumping Trump does seem to be a thing with quite a few.
It’s so interesting… I was born just 6 days after Kristi Noem and have an eerily similar chart.
But I am nothing like her! Have totally opposing views to her.
I had a bit of a FML moment when I realised that my mother in law is astro twins with Vladimir Putin, but she’s actually lovely 🙂
Fascinating to see the solar/lunar ripples across these charts, Marjorie. Being dyslexic, I read ‘Noem’ as ‘neom’. Before I noticed my mistake I was amazed to see the following sinister news item on the BBC website today:
“Saudi authorities have permitted the use of lethal force to clear land for a futuristic desert city being built by dozens of Western companies, an ex-intelligence officer has told the BBC.
Col Rabih Alenezi says he was ordered to evict villagers from a tribe in the Gulf state to make way for The Line, part of the Neom eco-project.
One of them was subsequently shot and killed for protesting against eviction.
The Saudi government and Neom management refused to comment.
Neom, Saudi Arabia’s $500bn (£399bn) eco-region, is part of its Saudi Vision 2030 strategy which aims to diversify the kingdom’s economy away from oil.”
But the mysterious ways of cosmic coincidences had a plan! The announcement of plans for this massive (Sun conjunct Jupiter) project came on 24 October, 2017. Venus was 11 Libra inconjunct Neptune 11 Pisces – Solar Eclipse in October. Chiron, 25 Pisces square Saturn 23 Sagittarius – Lunar Eclipse in September. April’s Solar Eclipse was square to Pluto at 17 Capricorn.
Only a month ago, the project was scaled back – by a lot! From 170 kilometer to 2,4 kilometer.
See https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-05/saudis-scale-back-ambition-for-1-5-trillion-desert-project-neom
Really interesting points across all these charts. Noem is a particularly odious character-watch her start some sort of animal sanctuary next in the tradition of all sincere,heartfelt politicos 🙂 can’t believe she has anything in Sag (says Sag) but there you go….