More Trump nominations (or hot rumours thereof). Most controversial is Scott Pruitt, a climate change denier with commercial links to the fossil fuel industries for environmental secretary. He has fought against transgender rights and overtime pay for workers. Born 9 May 1968, he’s a Sun Taurus opposition Neptune and trine Uranus Pluto in … Read more
Ivanka is the second child of Donald Trump’s first marriage to Czech Ivana Trump. She has a younger and older brother; and two half-siblings from her father’s subsequent marriages; is married to Jared Kushner with three children. She was a model, is now a businesswoman with her own jewellery and fashion line and works … Read more
Donald Trump has stunned Beijing by speaking directly to the Taiwanese leader, which overturns four decades of US protocol on Taiwan. China sees Taiwan as a province, not an independent state. Taiwan does not have a formal mutual defence treaty with the US, and American commitments on the defence of the island are deliberately … Read more
Donald Trump has tr Saturn opposing his 10th house Uranus from 25 Nov to 3rd December (ie. now). It then opposes his North Node in Gemini from Dec 21 to 28th; is conjunct his Moon from 29th December to 5th January 2017; and then opposes his Gemini Sun 6th to 15th January. It’ll … Read more
Of the Trump nominees announced so far (bar three I can’t find dates for) – four are Sun Capricorn or five if you include Jared Kushner. Three are Sun Sagittarius including Bannon. Plus one Libra, one Gemini, one Aries. Three of the Sun in Capricorn individuals have Sagittarius planets and some of the Sags have … Read more
There’s a good deal of hot talk about the possibility of Donald Trump being impeached, mainly on grounds of conflict of interest between his international business empire and countries where he has a foothold which have serious human rights concerns, like Turkey and the Philippines, never mind Russia. As I understand it … Read more
Donald Trump has started rowing back on some of his more extreme policies, causing alarm in the Alt-Right which he ‘disavowed’ in an interview with the New York Times. He also admitted to some human cause behind climate change and said he wouldn’t pursue Hillary Clinton through the courts. Mindful … Read more
A little black comedy to spice the approaching tenure of Donald Trump. The UK intends to wheel out its biggest guns for a schmooze fest with the new President, pushing ahead with the hope of a State Visit in July (and crossing fingers for trade deals to follow.) The pomp and glory of HM … Read more
Donald Trump has announced nominations of conservative right-wing hardliners to three top positions. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, CIA head Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser Mike Flynn. In the wondrous way of the internet in the post-truth era, Sessions is labelled by some as too racist to be a judge and anti-civil rights. Yet … Read more
The new First Lady, Melania Trump, the Slovenian third wife of Donald, is a jewellery designer and former model. Born 26 April 1970, she’s a downbeat, tightly controlled Sun Saturn in Taurus trine a Capricorn Moon with her Sun opposition Jupiter in Scorpio; with Venus in late Taurus conjunct Mars in Gemini and Venus … Read more