Age of Androgyny, Interrupted

Posted on January 25, 2026 by ohioastrology

As one ages, it’s common to hear the cliché “age is just a number.” If someone says this to you, you know that you – or the person you’re involved with – is old or age inappropriate in some way . . . It’s one of those “reverse” statements that intends to support by calling out the problem.

Amongst the cliches of my times, this one is particularly onerous to me. Age, in my experience, is not a number.

It’s a reality.

You’re allowed to have temper tantrum at the library when you are age 4. Try that at age 34. It’s not allowed. It’s not a number.

At some ages, you are planning a future. At other ages, wondering how long the body will last.

In youth, hormones are functioning properly and often others are wildly appealing. Later you wonder why you didn’t see that rehab rather than marriage was a better choice for the beloved.

It’s an entire reality.

When we enter a new reality, we often forgot or don’t care about prior realities. A visit to Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame taught me that I must have had a lot of time while young because some of the clothes I saw there were etched in my mind – think Andy Gibb in white on the cover of Young Miss. If you don’t know who/what I’m talking about, point made.

A pre-teen reality from the pre-digital age.

Which brings me to my reality at this age.

The Age of Aquarius

The age of choosing your pronouns – deciding if you wanted to be “he” or “she” based on how you defined internally – was short. It began at the end of Pluto in Capricorn and seems to have been paused or interrupted as Pluto began moving toward Aquarius where it currently resides. Pluto in Aquarius may not be the “Age of Aquarius” to some astrologers, but all the signs are there which began with Uranus then Neptune in Aquarius in the 1990s – information in the “cloud,” increased usage of frequencies, and migration from physical to digital.

Uranus inspiration and Neptune glamorization in Aquarius are now facing Pluto’s transformation. If you believe the astronomers that Pluto is not a relevant planet, you will learn during a Pluto transit the power of small – think nuclear energy which comes from splitting or fusing atoms.

That’s small – and extremely powerful.

We’re in the age of “air;” Aquarius the water bearer is a fixed air sign, not water as can be misunderstood by those not studying this ancient art. Air is about thoughts and ideas and in the fixed Aquarius is about making those thoughts into three-dimensional reality (spiritually called “manifestation”).

One of the ideas that has taken hold is that birth gender is not always how an individual self-defines – air is known for defining and categorizing. And in rebellious Aquarius said, “Sorry, just ‘cause I was born into this gender doesn’t mean I’m going to follow the social mandate for that gender!”

My own mental Saturday Night Live skit involves Bruce Jenner coming out as Caitlyn Jenner and being handed an infant and asked to change its diaper.

Welcome, my friend, to the female gender. Can you do my laundry?

My Pronoun

Picking pronouns informs others of how one sees oneself in terms of gender regardless of birth. While there are two genders available as a human, “non-binary” means not identifying solely with one gender. In addition to he/she, him/her, individuals were choosing “they/them.”

My first thoughts were, “Youth!” “Identity!”

Very much air sign qualities.

Yet one day I realized that if I were male, I would not be expected to attend shopping parties; you know (if you’re female): Tupperware and expensive candles and costume jewelry at crown jewel prices. Yeah, pretend I’m a dude when sending out those invites. My dislike is gender related as it’s assumed I will shop based on social pressure and that I’m willing to pay stupid prices for common goods (although I believe Tupperware superior for the record).

Yes, I understand. We are all “they” in some way, facing gender social roles and finding some, if not all, unpalatable. I considered applying a new pronoun but decided it could confuse in as many ways as it clarifies.

And just as I experienced my pronoun awakening, pronouns seemed to be eradicated by the forces of Pluto. Pluto in Capricorn from 2007 – 2024 transformed governments. Empowered with new technologies of which we all walked into (and are now forced into) innocently, governments have more power than ever over individual.

Today’s authoritarians are not your grandmother’s authoritarians.

Pronoun picking has faded, quietly in the midst of chaos, as though being eradicated by a pesticide or natural gas.

Why’s that?

Pluto in Leo vs Pluto in Aquarius

The leaders of the three superpowers – United States, Russia, and China all have Pluto in Leo. Leo is the sign opposite of Aquarius, the fixed fire sign associated with personal self-expression, being center of attention (now it makes sense, right?), romance, and creativity.

Aquarius as polarity is group consciousness, social groups, utopian societies, and technology (now it makes sense, right?).

Leo dresses up for work with beautiful and unique attire meant to impress or shock or have some other impression. That’s personal consciousness. Aquarius puts on the band T-shirt for the concert or medieval costume for the Renaissance festival. That’s social consciousness.

Leo is not “old fashioned;” it’s passionate and romantic. Our images of romance stem from “men being men” and “women being women” which has a 2,000-year history.

How can male-male and female-female (or they-they) romances catch up?

The global leaders are seeking traditional gender roles syncing with Leo passion: the dashing swashbuckler saving the damsel in distress. China bans effeminate men on television. The United States Department of Homeland Security in 2025 displayed images of “Homeland Heritage” which are 19th century images of wagon trains and settlers chasing Indians off their land. Russia considers LGBT movements extremist.

American women – regardless of political persuasion – probably aren’t interested in breast feeding a child on a wagon in a bonnet while crossing Kansas. Images evoke emotion. The reality is different and kinda sucks.

The Pluto-in-Leo generation are some of the oldest on the planet as the Pluto-in-Cancer generation, older even, is passing. At a collective level, the Pluto-in-Leo ideas are passing as well yet these leaders – one actually chosen by vote – are trying to force the energy of a time that has passed.

Energies are polarities. Pluto in Leo brought hippies which were very Aquarian in nature. Now Pluto in Aquarius is bringing extreme individualism in the face of collective challenges. Leo is not gone; we are just on the other side of it balancing personal and collective expression.

Those attempting to force a mythical Pluto-in-Leo past are working against the energies of the times. They could, you know, try to attain the Pluto-in-Cancer past of families living together listening to the radio on Saturday nights. But they are recreating their youth, not their parents’ youth – very Leo centered.

They don’t want Leo to evolve into Aquarius.

Evolutionary Pluto – Androgyny Interrupted

The thing about Pluto is you have no choice.

When I see a Pluto transit coming in a horoscope there’s no way to know or warn about how it will manifest. All I do know from experience is you will be a different person after it occurs. And you won’t see that during the transit – you’re too busy evolving. But one day you wake or look in the mirror or receive feedback from the world that you are not the same.

In the three-dimensional world we are born male or female. In spirit – air – we are neither. Aquarius is androgynous. It’s friendship which in pure form exists between spirits, not genders trying to possess each other.

Pluto in Aquarius may have been interrupted. But it – or “they” – will return.

Related blog:

Pluto in Capricorn Strikes Back
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Dry Capricorn

Posted on January 23, 2026 by ohioastrology

It’s January again. Time for new year resolutions and “dry January.” Dry January is a movement to encourage folks to stop drinking alcohol for a month. While any effort toward health and away from toxins seems well intentioned, I do wonder with all the mood-altering drugs on the market (legal, illegal, and prescribed) if focusing solely on alcohol is worthwhile.

And what does one month mean?

If we tuck January into a six-month period beginning with October and ending in March, we have the fall/winter season where during waning light we often balance with cheerful events. At Halloween (Scorpio) we dress up and eat lots of candy. Several religions have holidays at the end of fall, beginning of winter (Sagittarius) where we are encouraged to give and to love which involves socializing, lights, and food.

Then in January (Capricorn) we are supposed to hit pause.

In February (Aquarius) we hit play again with love, chocolate, and candle-lit dinners. That holds us until Mardi Gras and St. Patrick’s Day (Pisces) where boundaries dissolve and drinks are poured again without judgement.

Then spring starts and we’re busy with longer days, outdoor activities, and more interaction until the fall. Alcohol is involved but not the primary focus of the events.

Does dry Capricorn help us?

Capricorn, Saturn, Discipline

The planet Saturn rules Capricorn which is the law of contraction. No wonder we make resolutions, try to lose weight, stop bad habits, and plan routines in this month. Saturn is discipline and by nature is serious, cautious, fearful, and status seeking. This is the sign of authority as it rules “success” or what we “become” in the world which used to be called “reputation” and is now called “brand.”

Saturn transits contract energy and are associated with difficult periods in life: not enough money, opportunity, fun, or . . . alcohol. Saturn is studious, not looking for the next party. It’s more likely setting an annual budget, planning a career advancement, or deciding if learning golf will help with networking with the big guys.

Dry January might have some benefit helping folks understand not just the discipline of sobriety (Capricorn is maturity) but discipline itself. However, tucked between drinking and eating holidays, the message might get lost.

Astrology, of course, is here to help.

Saturn in the horoscope

Saturn in the horoscope represents an area of life that is up for development this incarnation. As such, it’s like a weak link that is being trained. While this isn’t the “fun” part of our horoscope, you’ll see how folks are drawn to it if you study astrology.

The 12 signs of the zodiac are six polarities. Let’s look at discipline in the polarities.

Saturn in Aries / Libra

Aries (fire) is the first sign of the zodiac associated with self, motivation, and energy; Libra (air) as polarity is the sign of the other, reflection, and pleasure. Aries is headstrong, Libra accommodating of the partner. Aries is always defining and promoting self and Libra is always looking for its other half.

Saturn is exalted in Libra – it’s considered the best placement. In Aries, it’s in its “fall,” contrary to the energy of the planet. This polarity is critical for the higher message of astrology – balance. Balance of polarities creates peace and harmony. Saturn discipline applied to balance itself allows us to enjoy all energies of life. We balance our needs with the needs of everyone and we’re all happy, right?

Saturn in Taurus / Scorpio

Taurus (earth) is the second sign of the zodiac associated with body, self-esteem, values, and material life; Scorpio (water) as polarity is intimacy, boundary crossing, shared resources, and fixed emotion.

Saturn in these signs feels a sense of want. In Taurus, there can be material poverty but even if growing up in wealth, there is a desire to acquire and accumulate for fear of loss and continued want. In Scorpio, it is difficult to cross the boundary of intimacy and there can be frustration in having sensual needs met. Scorpio as other people’s money can indicate the desire to live off others rather than being self-reliant.

Saturn discipline in this polarity is finding comfort in body, feeling good about self, and cherishing material goods whether in short or abundant supply. Intimacy by nature isn’t about volume of experience but depth of experience. While those who love us may give us things, things aren’t the love itself.

Saturn in Gemini / Sagittarius

Gemini (air) is the third sign of the zodiac associated with siblings, education, stimulation, and experimenting; Sagittarius (fire) as polarity is similar but expands into what information means, philosophy, seeking, and experiencing.

Saturn in these signs limits the information or education provided to us. Saturn in Gemini fears it’s not as smart as others, was raised with little or restrictive education, had issues with language (cognitive or due to foreign birth) so is afraid of asking questions or trying something new. In Sagittarius, there’s a restraint on seeing life in broader, more expansive and generous terms. Life at face value can be important in certain circumstances but in human and global relationships can cause damage.

Saturn discipline in this polarity is the studious learner and patient teacher choosing words carefully and garnering experience with which to teach. Saturn also assures that information is useful and not pie-in-sky advice that works only in Hollywood movies. Exploration expands and then can lead to wisdom and understanding of others’ realities. And as humans, exploring is fun and exciting.

Saturn in Cancer / Capricorn

Cancer (water) is the fourth sign of the zodiac associated with personal emotions, emotional security, home, and family; Capricorn (earth) as polarity is the social emotions, role and reputation in society, and authority.

As Saturn rules Capricorn, it doesn’t much like being in Cancer because Cancer feels and Saturn contracts so expressing emotion is difficult or one has been taught that emotions are bad and therefore need to be suppressed. In Capricorn, Saturn is happy but may also be extra Capricorn with all work and no play feeling that in every moment of life one must be mature, serious, and the ultimate authority.

Saturn discipline in this polarity creates personal and professional life that is structured and formal for the benefit of all those involved for a sense of emotional and social security. It’s knowing that family is always there; that your certification and professional efforts are honored as being valid. It’s remembering to take care of family and emotional self. Your loved ones don’t care if you’re on the bottom or top rung of the ladder.

Saturn in Leo / Aquarius

Leo (fire) is the fifth sign of the zodiac associated with personal self-expression, romance, confidence, and positive outlook; Aquarius (air) as polarity is group expression, shared ideals, development of the perfect society, and rebelliousness.

As Leo is heart-centered and expansive, it doesn’t much like discipline in general. Aquarius doesn’t mind discipline for its mental concerns as long as it agrees with them.

Saturn discipline in this polarity involves loving self and others and feeling connected to others. It’s discipline in rebelliousness meaning a true effort against restrictive authority but not as reaction for provoking others. Experiencing joy and cooperation in collective experience (think rock concert or sports event) rather than experiencing alienation due to need to be center of attention which makes others not want to play with you.

Saturn in Virgo / Pisces

Virgo (earth) is the sixth sign of the zodiac associated with work, health, diet, and pets. Pisces (water) as polarity and last sign of the zodiac is emotional health, service to humanity, compassion, and collective emotional expression.

Virgo was traditionally considered the sign of service as its mutable nature and earth element makes it willing to help, to set aside ego for the benefit of others. Pisces as last sign of the zodiac and mutable water can be compassionate to the point of sacrifice and might be a savior to some, a scapegoat to others.

Saturn discipline in this polarity involves “feeling well.” Saturn in these signs can manifest as the traditional hypochondriac who never feels just okay. Management of nervous system is very important because this polarity more than others picks up the physical and emotional dregs of life and must self-nurture to clean both body and soul. Saturn in this polarity means boundary setting both physically and emotionally. Others may take advantage of the helping nature of these signs. Saturn helps say, “No.”

Related blog:

Saturn in Pisces – Dry January and Beyond
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Michael McKee: Tenacity and Impulse

Posted on January 13, 2026 by ohioastrology

Like many who follow true crime, the real lure is the “why.” That’s the lure of life itself, right? Why are we here? What does it all mean?

Death makes the question even more elusive. And with murder, it seems so pointless, so wasteful.

The recent murders of Monique and Spencer Tepe in Columbus, Ohio on December 30, 2025 brings the question closer. Tonight’s drive home passes their house. So real, so wrong.

Monique Spencer’s ex-husband is currently arrested as primary suspect in the killings. He’ll be in Columbus soon.

There’s no chart for a . . .

The brilliant astrologer Liz Greene pointed out in one of her lecture series that when we see a horoscope, we don’t know if it’s a man or woman. Or human or chicken. Or maybe it’s the time of a marriage or signing of a contract.

A horoscope is energy, a theme of one’s birth that involves not just the personality but the events of one’s life. There’s a lot of psychology that explores this, the idea of projection and falling into relationship patterns. In studying astrology, I would go further and say that if we are working on, say, self-confidence, we will draw events and people who are also working through these issues. So, we may lack self-confidence and look out into the world and think, “People really don’t have a lot of self-confidence.”

That we meet the themes of our lives doesn’t mean others are not working on the same lessons. It’s that we may see them through the lens of that lesson.

12 Shades of Everything

When someone lied to me in 1988, I searched through my existing charts (many by hand dear readers) to identify what astrologically made someone a liar. What I learned was that they tend to communicate in water or fire where I prefer communication in earth or air (more “realistic”).

Did the folks with Mercury in water and fire lie? Sometimes, sure. But really what they were doing was offering more drama or what I’d call exaggeration. What I learned from that exercise is that storytelling involves these elements so while I may not appreciate a colorful story when asking for directions or wanting to know if someone took my watch, this communication style is can be very enjoyable. So I learned to enjoy it.

Likewise, in the blog 12 Shades of Lying, the idea is that we all lie, we just do it differently. (And, as an aside, earth signs don’t admit to lying much. They do it by providing a bunch of irrelevant truths).

While we may all lie, we don’t all murder. But if someone does murder, he/she will do it in the way of their horoscope.

There’s no way to really look at the horoscope and answer “why?” And if and when the why is provided, it will not satisfy anyway.

Tenacity and Impulse

Michael McKee, the accused, has sun in cardinal water Cancer and moon in cardinal fire Aries. Cancer like the other water signs (Scorpio and Pisces) can be emotionally obsessive. Tenacity is one of the keywords (or mine?) for this sign as it never (ever) lets go of something emotionally. Scorpio might let go after making sure you know why (and why it’s also forever and ever). Pisces may appear to let go then appear in the shadows or simply stay home and fantasize, leaving you alone.

Cancer traditionally rules personal emotions, mothering, and home. Its goal is to belong and is very sensitive to ostracization. Cancer is known for moodiness being ruled by the moon which moves quickly through the skies and signs. We know the moon rules tides and our bodies are mostly water. If water is emotion, then the self is mostly emotion.

In contrast, the moon which is about reaction is in fire sign Aries. As first sign of the zodiac, Aries is self-oriented, willful, impulsive, and competitive. Aries ruled by Mars is associated with warfare which whether good or bad is in the eyes of the beholder. Valiance and violence are both in the realm of Aries.

Cancer and Aries are in square aspect which creates tension as the energies are not compatible. Cancer hides in the shell due to sensitivity and Aries is always up for the next fight.

Fight or flight response in constant conflict?

There are also other cardinal, or conflicting, energies in the horoscope with Mars and Neptune in success-driven Capricorn. This is the aspect of the self-made man, calculating and shrewd.

Many charts have squares, or conflicting energy. In cardinal, it tends to center around relationships. (In fixed there is super drive on one’s goals; in mutable, there is avoidance).

What’s the trigger?

This astrologer knows of no aspect that sends someone from regular human foibles and dysfunction into the energy of crime.

Of the four elements – fire, earth, air, and water, one is lacking in McKee’s horoscope: air.

Air is the element of thinking function, socializing, stimulation, and education for enjoyment. Air is creative in so many ways, having natural erudition and ability to analyze, synthesize and perceive. Air observes so often is aloof or there but “not there.”

Air for McKee would allow some of life to be analyzed rather than felt in a personal way. In other words, it’s not always about me. Sometimes folks do mean things because they feel bad about themselves; it’s their problem.

Transiting Pluto in Aquarius (the fixed air sign) is square McKee’s natal Pluto in Scorpio. Pluto is the god of the underworld and when you get involved in Pluto, or evolutionary, lessons, it’s a black hole type force that allows no retreat.

Did transiting Pluto in Aquarius cause some issues with a group energy? I’m sensing some sort of run in with authority in some other way. Scorpio desire for revenge appears to have been triggered although from what’s reported it seems that the marriage to Monique Tepe was short and much time has elapsed.

Was there misplaced revenge? Was this one woman, “every woman?” This one marriage “every marriage?”

Monique Tepe

Monique Tepe’s horoscope is gentle, caring, and creative/artistic with sun in Libra and moon/Jupiter in Pisces. Both McKee and her husband Spencer have/had moon in fire signs (Spencer in Sagittarius). The fire may have been attractive to Tepe as she is more cautious and the fire moons would encourage exploration, spontaneity, and play.

Tepe also has natal Pluto in Scorpio with a square to Mars in Aquarius. Transiting Pluto in Aquarius triggers that aspect. In the normal course of events, it would represent group expression – seeking groups with shared idealism or goals rather than cult-like groups that have rigid ideas of loyalty.

In this course of events, the group expression is the great outpouring of love, support, and concern by community. That is the best of Aquarius.

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Ilia Malinin: The Drunken Monkey Skater

Posted on January 12, 2026 by ohioastrology

Watching US Olympic Team figure skater Ilia Malinin this weekend, I was reminded of the Chinese martial arts form called “drunken monkey.” The drunken monkey style is meant to confuse opponents by rapid, erratic movements. Like a monkey. A drunken one.

Malinin’s skating is fast, like a monkey, with lots of frenetic energy including back flips and quadruple axel rotations amidst the regular movements done by most skaters. It’s intense.

After his performance, Malinin mentioned that he tossed around playing it safe versus taking risks. Astrology indicates that playing it safe isn’t in Malinin’s horoscope.

Risk Taker

Malinin’s sun, Mercury, and Pluto are in the risk-taking fire sign Sagittarius. Ruled by the planet of abundance – Jupiter – Sagittarius all about exploration, expansion, experience, and leaping before it looks. It can be accident prone for this reason.

Moon in Leo is also fire – the fixed sign associated with acting. It loves being the center of attention. And it loves. It’s charismatic but also, combined with fire sun sign, a bit overbearing for the personalities with less fire in the horoscope.

Malinin may have had a passing thought about playing it safe, but I can’t imagine this horoscope ever truly planning to play it safe. Safe is boring. Safe doesn’t discover. Safe doesn’t explore.

Being a risk taker is quite exciting when the risks pay off. With so much fire, some risks don’t pay off but the amazing thing about fire is that it’s the element that guided the phrase, “pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.”

In other words, one risk leads to another.

Intensity

On the intensity of Malinin’s personality and performance, Leo moon provides much of that. That passionate moon is squared by the equally intense placements of Venus/Mars in Scorpio.

Both Leo and Scorpio are associated with passion. What’s the difference?

Leo is ruled by the heart and Scorpio the genitals. Leo enjoys both romantic love and parental love in equal measure. Scorpio love can often come with more need for control, or fear of loss and betrayal. Betrayal for Leo is a drama that includes the stereotypical fun of making up after a fight. Betrayal for Scorpio is a life-long policy that must be maintained.

Scorpio, however, in pure form can be more emotionally honest where Leo is reluctant to give up the more colorful story that can couch emotions in grand theater.

Grounding

Malinin’s horoscope lacks the element of earth (time of birth is unknown so possibly there’s an earth rising or focus on earth-ruled houses). Earth is grounding, the day-to-day stuff of most human lives. Sagittarius sun kind of hates this stuff. So, lack of earth doesn’t bother Malinin although it may bother those around him who wonder if he will ever pay off that credit card bill.

The asteroid Chiron is in earth sign Capricorn opposite Saturn (ruled by Capricorn) in Cancer. Chiron is the “wounded healer” opposite Saturn which is the law of contraction. Capricorn rules the knees and Cancer the stomach. This is the traditional parent axis with Cancer as mother (personal consciousness) and Capricorn as father (social consciousness).

Athletes must always watch those knees. Stomach issues would arise from hidden worries that normally Sagittarius doesn’t care to embrace. With Saturn in Cancer, Malinin carries a deep belief that he doesn’t “belong.” Cancer is family but ultimately feeling that one belongs to a unit – a family, a community, a country.

In response to this feeling of not belonging, Sagittarius will simply travel and explore looking for a more amenable environment, one that allows Sagittarius to expand, learn, and grow. A rolling stone gathers no moss . . . Escape through heightened experience is also a way to avoid the blues.

T-square Focus

Natal Neptune in Aquarius creates what’s called a T-square with moon in Leo and Venus/Mars in Scorpio. These are fixed signs which create a tension that builds drive and focus. It’s an itch that must be scratched. Fixed squares aren’t known for rest.

The missing fixed sign is the earth sign Taurus. Uranus has been transiting this sign for the last seven years which brings the ability to make that focus into something tangible. That’s clearly a place on the Olympic team for this winter’s competition. Uranus will remain in Taurus through the event, moving into Gemini in July of this year.

Uranus in Gemini will create opposition to the sun in Sagittarius. With natal Neptune in Aquarius – which will be visited by Pluto in coming years – suggests air sign issues with breathing or circulation.

Uranus brings the unexpected to jar us into enlightenment. Malinin likes the unexpected; the challenge is to avoid excess and indulgence. And instability from over stimulation.

The Gentle Side

While Malinin’s fiery chart is optimistic, fun, and energetic, fire enthusiasm can lead to self-centeredness and impatience with more methodical or cautious personalities. Sagittarius, to quote late astrologer Linda Goodman, can curl your eyebrows with outspoken truths.

So “gentle” is not part of the personality. But there are two placements that when activated can lead to a more cooperative type of encounter – natal Uranus in loving, water sign Pisces and Jupiter in partner-seeking, pleasure-loving Libra.

There’s a little poetry there, in those rare moments when Malinin is not in motion, busy, occupied and consumed with consuming life.

Uranus in Pisces has its moments of empathy and with Sagittarius can become active for causes. Sagittarius loves the underdog and with Saturn-in-Cancer feelings of not belonging, may side with groups that are marginalized.

The Olympiad

Malinin’s skating is his personality – bold, energetic, confident and exuberant. Avoiding excess and over-confidence is important as the best-of-the-best meets the rest-of-the-best.

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Art Karma at The Louvre

Posted on December 15, 2025 by ohioastrology

Several summers ago a friend and I saw the movie Jaws. In the weeks after we saw the movie, there were numerous shark attacks in the news.

Then this same friend was near the Louvre Museum in Paris this summer and since that time the museum has experienced the theft of the French crown jewels, a water leak that damaged hundreds of books, and now a worker’s strike.

Coincidence?

I think not.

Karma, now that’s different. Let’s see what’s occurring in the horoscope of the Louvre that is creating this difficult energy.

The Royal Presence

“Born” August 10, 1793, the Louvre is a regal and royal Leo sun with Uranus also in Leo. That makes sense as the building was once a royal palace. The Louvre is also the most visited museum in the world, bypassing even the Vatican according to a recent search. That’s some Leo popularity! Very center-of-attention.

Venus and Mars are both in family-oriented, emotional Cancer. Again, the royal palace was “home” to many a family and folks living there probably did get emotional both in sticking together to fight enemies while at the same time keeping vigilance against ambitious relatives. Family! The best and worst of human connection. But the food was probably good (Cancer rules the stomach).

Neptune in 29 degrees of artistic, pleasure-seeking Libra meshes well with both royalty and art museums. It’s the ultimate in physical art expression. It’s beautiful. Wipe your feet at the door and please comb your hair before entering.

The Physical Experience

Natal moon is in Virgo – that squirrely, mental earth sign that takes notes, studies hard, and worries about the test. Who doesn’t get sensory overload in a museum such as the Louvre?

How many pieces of art can you look at before you get a little punchy? How many placards can you read in a day before your eyes hurt? How much history can you absorb in one visit? How many “Louies” were there?

Virgo overload causes nervous exhaustion and health responses such as headaches and rashes. Don’t get a Louvre rash!

What’s up with all the trouble?

Let’s talk about that wide grand fixed cross with sun/Uranus in Leo, Saturn in Taurus, Pluto in Aquarius, and Jupiter in Scorpio.

Let’s start with Pluto in Aquarius, which in about 15 years will “return” to its 1793 placement which was during the French revolution. The workers strike of today with Pluto in the early degrees of Aquarius is a direct energetic link to that time. In 1793 when the museum opened to the public was also the “Reign of Terror” when revolution led to chaos and violence.

It’s interesting in these early days of Pluto in Aquarius how the desire for fraternal connection leads to a very cold and detached attitude toward those not in the fraternity. It’s inadvertently cruel (although there exists always the deliberately cruel).

Pluto is evolution. We’re at the beginning of this evolutionary cycle. So over time we will hopefully move from detached and disassociated cruelty into Aquarian polite (even if detached) rationality.

Pluto in Aquarius opposite sun in Leo is group self-expression versus personal self-expression. Much art is personal expression. T-shirts at the concert are group expression. Individuals can’t achieve social change alone which leads to group expression.

The next polarity is Taurus – Scorpio which involves body, material goods, self-esteem, and values. Taurus created the word “mine” while Scorpio created the word “intimacy.” Taurus is boundary and Scorpio is where we cross boundaries. If we separated the Taurus and Scorpio bankers, Taurus manages the savings accounts and Scorpio the loans. The savings are yours; the loan is owed to the bank. Taurus is your earned income. Scorpio is the tax taken out.

This is an interesting polarity for one of the largest museums in the world. How many objects in the largest museums (British, Met, etc.) were acquired through conquest, invasion, or political dominance? How many “mines” were “theirs?” (Museum junkies know that some countries / peoples want their stuff back from museums).

Saturn also rules karma, or cause-and-effect. Rather than a brownie-point system, it’s more about cosmic law and energy exchange. How many of the peoples migrating to Europe are from countries that were affected by those same countries in past conflicts? Maybe they are following the trail of their art objects.

Uranus recently transited Taurus and the Louvre’s Saturn-in-Taurus so theft is a bit of karma. It’s not nice to take other people’s stuff. We all want to share in the viewing of these Neptune-in-Libra beautiful objects.

Jupiter in Scorpio is the magnetism of the museum, its allure as the largest and most beautiful and precious collection. And Scorpio is “our” stuff or other people’s stuff. Scorpio is a water sign so maybe it was Jupiter that created the water leak, Jupiter being the planet of expansion.

Art Karma at the Louvre

Pluto will be in Aquarius for quite a while – it takes up to 20 years to transit a sign. Through this evolutionary transit the grand square will continue to be energized. Possibly there will be more repatriations of objects. Or maybe financial changes from how the museum is supported to additional donors.

As my friend won’t be visiting France for a while, the “troubles” may decrease. The British Museum and Metropolitan in New York beware!

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What does Pluto Transiting Your Venus Feel Like? Ask Comey.

Posted on December 2, 2025 by ohioastrology

The United States has been likened to the ancient Roman Empire in terms of power and influence over other areas of the world. During the last few presidencies, I’d add that it’s the Eastern Roman Empire we most resemble – Byzantium. That empire’s culture spawned the adjective byzantine.

One of the definitions of byzantine according to Merriam Webster is of, relating to, or characterized by a devious and usually surreptitious manner of operation. Sounds familiar.

Some rulers in Byzantium lasted just days before being overthrown or assassinated. It’s funny how there are always folks lining up for this kind of work. Maybe they didn’t have a good job market, and certainly no unemployment insurance.

The current president is particularly byzantine in behavior and for this astrologer even resembles Russia’s Ivan the Terrible who eventually turned on everyone in reach in rather ruthless, medieval, ways. A modern psychologist could easily slap a few labels on that type of behavior both past and present.

While the current United States president appears to turn on everyone except his children, folks still line up to work near him. I suppose a few minutes of suffering is worth a resume golden nugget even if being tarred and feathered on the way out. Memories are short these days and “White House” probably gets folks an interview at least.

James Comey

Speaking of tarring and feathering, of the many who have experienced this under the current president, one character has reappeared – former FBI Director James Comey. In addition to learning from Comey’s situation how byzantine politics creates unnatural alliances (I shed a tear for the former Director of the FBI!), we can also learn some astrology from this Sagittarius sun.

When transiting Saturn – the great malefic – was conjunct (on top of) Comey’s sun, he had the repressive, restrictive boss and unfair treatment. Saturn contracts and often it feels like someone is wringing us like an old washcloth. During this transit (circa 2017), Comey was fired from the FBI by the president.

A little later Jupiter – the great benefic – was conjunct Comey’s sun (circa 2019) and he wrote a book about his Saturn boss. So there! Jupiter – and the book – probably gave Comey some much needed cash. As a Sagittarius sun, there’s a habit of spending more than earned or taking risks with money or not paying enough attention to budget.

For the next seven years (2019 – 2025/6), Uranus in Taurus was opposite Comey’s moon/Neptune. That’s a time of emotional and physical reconciliation – and tying the two together. Were you thinking about that mean boss when you tripped down the stairs and broke all the dishes in the process? Are physical challenges (Taurus) creating worry about intimacy (Scorpio)? Is there financial worry (Taurus – Scorpio axis)? Moon could also be late Libra which would add to the spending worries but reduce the intensity from moon in Scorpio.

We can ask Comey when we see him. This was clearly a private seven years. Wikipedia indicates health issues in 2006 timeframe – some may have returned with Uranus in Taurus.

Saturn turns to Pluto

And now Comey’s Saturn boss is back with some Pluto characteristics – i.e., unchecked power. Transiting Pluto in Aquarius is now in orb of Comey’s Venus in Aquarius. Pluto may also be squaring the moon in/out of sign. In other words, power is coming at Comey’s anima, or feminine side.

Venus’ sign describes how we seek pleasure. In Aquarius it’s through thinking and interaction with others who are different, unique, or foreign. It’s not a huggy-kissy sign but enjoys social interaction with wide swathes of people. When Pluto comes around, the social experience completely transforms. Pluto has this habit – if you don’t let go – of forcing release and then evolution.

Café Astrology has this to say about Pluto transiting Venus:

Pluto transits conjunct Venus Your romantic life, social life, and value system are undergoing a complete transformation with Pluto transiting conjunct natal Venus. You are seeking depth of experience in your social and love relationships with Pluto transiting conjunct your natal Venus; or, this kind of experience comes into your life now. Someone may enter your life– or circumstances arise– that completely changes your outlook, alters your value system, or consumes much of your time, thoughts, and energy.

Intimacy, passion, and intensity are what you seek (or these find you!). Anything less will not satisfy. Your relationships can have a compulsive quality to them, and you are unlikely to listen to reason or rationality. Irrational fears about your lovability and love, in general, come up for inspection now.

Your relationships, in general, will become more intense, but especially those involving love and sex. You will experience emotional extremes, and, if a relationship is in a rut, you are likely to decide to break it off.

“All or nothing” may become your motto, and the “all” includes a depth and intensity of emotional response. You want to feel your love to the very core of your being, and you want to play an important part in someone else’s life.

Obviously, any relationship that only stirs lukewarm responses won’t be able to stand up under the demands that you make of it now. Keep your eyes open; someone you meet now may teach you some important lessons about love. You may have a love relationship with this person, or they could be someone who plays the role of teacher or guru. Your sex drive is strong and may find an outlet in either a new or existing relationship or through a creative medium such as writing or painting.

While this may not describe Comey’s relationship to the president, it may be that the president is forcing this type of transformation within Comey by pulling him out of the house where he appears to be living quietly and persecuting him in public. Situations like this can spark Venus in that we learn more about our level of self-esteem in the face of assault and the type of community in which we want to be part.

Comey appears to have prevailed again with a legal action tossed out and most likely will continue to vote Democrat, at least. What other Venus changes are on the horizon?

What does Uranus opposite your sun feel like?

Soon Uranus will move into Gemini (where it was for a bit before going retrograde) and begin to trine (a nice aspect) Venus. In a few years Uranus will oppose Mercury and then sun both in Sagittarius.

Comey will probably be doing something different by then as Pluto in Aquarius refines his social life. Maybe we’ll see him on the picket lines fighting for human rights – Aquarius is the sign of the humanitarian you see. Or maybe he will grow his hair long and play guitar on Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco. Or maybe he will become a fractal artist. Or maybe he will write a play. Or maybe he will teach transcendental medication to bureaucrats.

We’ll have to ask Comey.

Ask Comey blogs:

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Neptune in Aries: Outsourcing the Self

Posted on October 5, 2025 by ohioastrology

Aries, the first sign of the zodiac, is ruled by Mars, the God of War. Whenever an Aries energy swings into life, war, strife, and contention are possibilities called out by astrologers. That is the low level of Aries but, unfortunately, one so very common on this planet that you’d think we were living on Mars, not earth.

The highest level of Aries/Mars is there too but might not make the news – honoring and accepting self as is and refusing to accept treatment that does not honor the self. People throughout history have fought for the rights of self (the individual) from the basic human right of self-determination to the right to secure housing, safe food, clean air, and clean water.

In the tarot deck The Emperor represents dominion over self – positive Aries energy. Those who have a strong sense of self often become leaders of groups of people or countries. Often the energies of leadership are a mixture of fire and fixed – Leo being the pinnacle of this. It matches energy (fire) and possibility (fire) with focus (fixed) and determination (fixed).

Aries as cardinal fire sign also makes a good leader if it can curb the desire to start but not finish efforts and avoid impulsive decisions. Aries tends to leap before it looks.

To “live like a king” in our minds is to live in a way where all needs of the self are met and we have the power to make our own decisions. The real life of kings, historically at least, was a constant vigilance and battle to retain power.

Aries – Libra Polarity

In life I’ve learned that giving folks a blank slate – tell me what you want – is often more challenging to them than providing an option and having them react: do you want this or that? I’ve noticed some have more trouble finding a parking spot when there are many spaces over a busy parking lot with a few spaces: too many choices can cause confusion. You’ll notice this too if you go to an ice cream shop with lots of flavors.

Reaction is easier than action, multiple choice is easier than blank slate. Aries is the open slate, the choices made based on one’s very individual wants and needs. Aries isn’t looking for the instruction manual of life – that’s not very energizing.

The opposite of Aries is Libra, the other. As human selves, we seek the other in family (Cancer), partnerships (Libra) and social interaction (Capricorn).

In these cardinal signs, we are given the parking lot, the templates of human interaction. In Cancer, we have the model for family life, in Libra we have the ideal partner, and in Capricorn, our place in society. Each culture defines these relationships differently.

And then there’s Aries, which says, “hey, it’s still me here,” within all these experiences. Aries is the first to challenge the family, the partnership, or the social hierarchy. Aries can lead us out of negative social experiences. Aries leaves the bad marriage; Aries challenges the family structure; Aries defines new social roles.

People want kings

When we want to subsume ourselves in family, partnership, or social position, we avoid Aries self-determination. It takes some energy to be “Aries” and define our own lives in our own ways. It’s much easier to react. It’s easier to follow a template.

When reading the Christian Bible so long ago, I was struck by the warning against kings. It’s right there! (Of course, every religious work tells us not to kill but we do it anyway, socializing and normalizing it in some way).

Here we are being told that Kings (Capricorn authority) will use us for their own ends.

From the Bible Gateway

1 Samuel 8:10-22

English Standard Version

Samuel’s Warning Against Kings

10 So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking for a king from him. 11 He said, “These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots. 12 And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots. 13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. 14 He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants. 15 He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants. 16 He will take your male servants and female servants and the best of your young men[a] and your donkeys, and put them to his work. 17 He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. 18 And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”

The Lord Grants Israel’s Request

19 But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, “No! But there shall be a king over us, 20 that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.” 21 And when Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of the Lord. 22 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey their voice and make them a king.” Samuel then said to the men of Israel, “Go every man to his city.”

Neptune in Aries: Outsourcing the Self

Messiahs and Martyrs

Neptune glorifies and glamorizes what it touches. In Aries, it will put a halo around both positive (self-dominion) and negative (warrior) Aries. Messiahs are those who hold our power for us, who show us what it’s like to be fully within ourselves. Martyrs are the power of victimization, representing those that died for a cause, who died asserting their rights of self.

Vigilantism is Aries taking the law into its own hands. For some, this is a criminal, for others a martyr. Vigilantism is already occurring with Neptune in Aries and we’re only a few months into the transit which will last 15 years. When the culture is ready, the lesson appears.

Outsourcing the self

Social structure demands hierarchy and roles to function. There’s a leader at the top that represents the interests of the entire hierarchy. All normal stuff. No one of us can be responsible for the whole. Ideally within this Capricorn structure we have chosen (Aries) our role within it based on our abilities and needs.

Working within a healthy, functioning hierarchy is not the same as giving away one’s power. Abdicating responsibility for self can come from many seeds: lack of personal power in the hierarchy, desire to control others, lack of energy to define one’s path, and disconnection from the self.

“I was just following orders.” “This is how it’s always been.” “It may be wrong, but it’s the law.” “Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights.” Ninety Five Theses. The Bill of Rights.

All Neptune in Aries.

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Ohio Astrology Q&A – September 2025

Posted on September 19, 2025 by ohioastrology

As it’s been a long while since Ohio Astrology (OHA) has gone through the stacks of mail and sorted through the questions, it’s time for some Q&A (questions and answers).

Q: If Pluto in Aquarius is this golden “Age of Aquarius,” why’s everybody killin’ each other?

A: Great question! All astrology is polarity and the opposite of Aquarius is Leo. This is the polarity of self-expression (Leo, fire) versus group expression (Aquarius, air). When you fall in love or paint picture or perform on stage that is Leo. When you go to a rock concert and wear a T-shirt, dress up for the “SomethingCon” or join a club/organization/cult, that is Aquarius.

When Pluto was in Leo in the 1950s and 1960s, folks sat together in parks dropping acid to share the experience of love and heightened awareness. They also dressed the same and grew their hair long. A bit of Leo, a bit of Aquarius.

Today with Pluto in Aquarius, we communicate with the ends of the world on our special interests from the isolation of home, office, or basement. We’re more connected but separate. We’re alienated together. A bit of Leo, a bit of Aquarius.

Polarity means that self and group expression is a continuum of experience which we all (hopefully) do in different measure at different times. There’s Leo in Aquarius and Aquarius in Leo.

Aquarius is an air sign so lives in the mental plane where group expression is planned and orderly with a goal of perfection (utopia). Leo is a fire sign that lives in the possibility of more life with the goal of admiration (romance).

In the Aquarian effort to perfect society, the bit of Leo may confuse personal expression with the needs of the whole. Both air and fire signs get caught up in the trends of the times so need earth energy to balance what is practical.

Q: Why do folks worship the past like it was perfect? I mean, yeah, in the 1800s Thomas Jefferson was doing all kinds of interesting things, but there was slavery, and people were dying of tooth decay and smallpox while struggling for survival.

A: Fascinating question for sociologists and psychologists! As they are not present, we’ll blame Neptune. As we get older, Saturn time limits become more pressing – we are going to die, and friends and family may already be doing so. All the while, young people are prancing about with boat loads of energy defining self through personal appearance and style which seems shallow and irrelevant. With more young people wearing T-shirts of people you’ve never heard of and fewer contemporaries to relate to, the mind often goes into the past when someone else worried about the electric bill and how to buy groceries in times of inflation.

Neptune glamorizes and idealizes and gives us the sense of life being more than the day-to-day humdrum. Today in Aries (just transitioned in March but bouncing between late Pisces and early Aries) there is a glamorization and glorification of self which for Aries includes war and battle. Survivors of war often feel connected for the rest of their lives to their comrades. The intensity creates an intimacy.

When you get older, you may miss something from today you barely consider in daily life such as a walk in the park or some activity that later has vanished, like reading a book or paying with a credit card.

Q: If the 40th US president Ronald Reagan were alive today, what would he think of US politics?

A: Funny you should ask. The other day my cat said he had a dream about Ronald Reagan. I asked what happened in the dream. Reagan, said my cat, wished he were still alive for this “Age of Aquarius” as he had Aquarius sun. Reagan said he wished he could rise from the dead and take over. He thinks he would be worshipped as a god which my cat, in the dream, agreed with.

Then he said, according to the cat, that if we really want an autocracy, it can at least be done nicely and quietly, like with surreptitious back-room negotiations instead of out in the open like bad community theater. Taurus moon Reagan went on to say that speaking nicely in an even tone is simply what gentlemen do or at least did in the 20th century.

Reagan did add, said the cat, that leaders should all look nice with natural colored skin tone and realistic hair. Dress for the presidential job you want, Reagan said in the dream, not the one you have.

Q: Why is everyone driving crazy with one taillight and putting on their left signals when they are turning right and generally driving recklessly?

A: This is the traditional, “Why has the world gone mad?” question. The answer is simple and again we’ll blame Neptune. Neptune has been in Pisces since 2011 and has dissolved our shared reality as Neptune “rules” Pisces which is other-worldly and imaginative by nature, and sometimes escapist through excessive media/entertainment, drugs or alcohol.

The drivers you speak of may have spiritually transported themselves to the Indy 500 raceway and believe they are winning some very important race. Others may feel that all material controls in the car are the works of evil entities and choose to drive by intuition. Others may be writing an opera in their minds and deciding if the oboes are needed in act three.

Before going into Pisces, Neptune – and Uranus – was in Aquarius giving us a preview of today’s Pluto in Aquarius. These two outer planets in their travels connected us to a constant stream of billions of bits of incoming data which assails us from waking until dropping off into overstimulated sleep. Chances are the drivers you refer to are being asked about their favorite ice cream, are responding to an invite, are taking surveys from the last three office visits, and addressing a work fire drill all at the same time while rushing to an appointment in which they are late.

If you missed the answer because you received 50 texts while reading, just pop back to the top where it says “Q:”

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Robert F Kennedy’s Astrological Wellness Check

Posted on September 12, 2025 by ohioastrology

Ohio Astrology does not usually offer medical advice having no background in health, biology, virology or any medical science. Expertise is an idea that has gone extinct – in the US at least – with the rise of the Internet so Ohio Astrology will, as always, follow the times, offer what it can, free of charge, as service to humanity.

Robert F Kennedy: Public and Private

Robert F Kennedy, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, has sun in Capricorn and moon in Cancer. That’s an opposition, a natural polarity of personal consciousness (Cancer) and social consciousness (Capricorn). Kate Middleton, wife of Prince William, also has this opposition and lives on the public stage with style and grace while maintaining family privacy.

Kennedy, however, has Uranus conjunct moon. With this polarity (Cancer – Capricorn) family and social standing is a prominent theme for the individual – no mystery here for a man from the Kennedy clan. However, Uranus conjunct moon – in any sign – but also in nurturing, needy Cancer indicates the “mothering” was a bit inconsistent. Mothering and family and clan was sometimes supportive with steaming bowls of chicken soup and other times – unexpectedly – irritable over insinuated or perceived insults and slights. Kennedy’s emotional responses are similar. Flower-bearing one day, grouchy the next.

Five of the ten planets in his horoscope are involved in this opposition. From a health perspective, Capricorn rules skin, teeth and bones. Cancer rules stomach and digestion. Food sensitivity is suggested here, trouble digesting milk and many other items which could then lead to problems with Capricorn skin, teeth and bones.

Stomach aches indicate emotional upsets for Kennedy. If, say, during a Senate hearing on school lunches he suddenly rises for a potty break, assume that nerves are to blame. Moon is reaction. While Capricorn’s poker face meets the social interaction with emotional armor, the moon in Cancer is having its own gurgling reaction.

Reproductive Health

With Saturn and Mars in Scorpio, this adds to Kennedy’s emotional nature. While Capricorn doesn’t like to be anything but perfect in public, the underlying emotions are anything but neat and tidy. Close family and associates may be the recipient of volatile emotions.

Saturn and Mars indicate an obsessive emotional nature, one that often seeks revenge for perceived slights – Capricorn can be vengeful as well. Mars and Saturn indicate sexual frustration and even sexual cruelty. The gonads are under the stomach so Kennedy from the belt down is very different than from the belt up. Like the Nile, there’s an “upper” and “lower” Kennedy. Upper is conscious, upstanding behavior. Lower is emotional, sometimes irrational, and often inconsistent childlike response.

As a strategist, Capricorn and Scorpio do well, especially in medieval environments where the penalties for even minor infractions are the rack. Capricorn is a rule-follower and rule-creator and loves tradition, authority, and respect. Capricorn and other earth signs (or those with prominent Saturn) can say things like, “I don’t agree with slavery and beating runaway slaves but it’s legal.”

From a health perspective, Kennedy needs to watch for prostate issues resulting from suppressed emotions and anger. He may also need some check on hormones like testosterone. At his age, this would be a normal procedure (in a normal environment). Ulcers and hernias are also likely.

Air and Fire

Most of Kennedy’s horoscope is earth and water, traditional, conservative, emotional, feeling, personal, private, and sensitive. Cancer moon has a tendency to hide and Capricorn sun has a tendency to overwork so at times Kennedy is emotionally and physically unavailable (although with moon in Cancer, Happy Hour and supper are both enjoyed and routine).

There’s a wee bit of air with Jupiter in Gemini and Neptune (outer planet) in Libra. When Kennedy is feeling balanced and whole – rare for his chart – he does enjoy some lively company and purposeless fun. Neptune in Libra likes art, culture, beautiful people, and fine food. With sun in Capricorn, guessing there’s a wine cellar filled with expensive rarities shared only with close family and friends.

Gemini is twin – double – so Ohio Astrology always looks for two of something – two jobs, two families, two personalities, etc. Can’t look for two cars or homes as this is so common in our culture.

What’s double? Gemini is language so possibly two ways of speaking. At home, may have an entirely different style of speech or use a foreign language. With moon in Cancer, when he does joke around, it’s so different than his other persona that it may be surprising. Cancer is also known for the belly laugh so he may even giggle (you can fool everyone but your astrologer!).

Kennedy’s Pluto in Leo is generational as well – the American voters can’t “quit” this generation for some reason, a puzzling mystery to this astrologer. Not sure why we don’t like the subsequent generations. Leo is proud, vain, and defined a lot of personal right to self-expression. I suppose the leftover proud and vain energy (the self-expression seems to have gotten lost) sells.

Note to voters: You might want to consider a Virgo for Health & Human Services as rules work, health, and diet and thinks about such things about 25 hours a day (every day). Add this to criteria for your next presidential vote (if you get to vote).

In Kennedy’s chart Pluto and Jupiter make a wide yod aspect (finger of God) to his Capricorn planets (Venus, sun, Mercury). Pride, vanity and ability to speak in flexible ways allows the authority to be demonstrated. It also points to Capricorn responsibility and the importance of it for personal, spiritual growth.

Final Health Assessment

Ohio Astrology’s final, unauthorized, non-professional, non-binding, non-refundable health assessment for Kennedy is:

  • Critical need for colon cleanse to clear out emotional debris from stomach and colon areas
  • Exercise to release any sexual frustration
  • Seek air (outside fresh air)
  • Socialize more with diverse individuals to stimulate the Jupiter in Gemini desire to learn
  • Understand the needs of others as cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn) can be self-centered
  • Get some sunlight
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Critical Mass: Outer Planet Trends

Posted on August 10, 2025 by ohioastrology

Driving home one day and seeing a cell tower, I finally understood critical mass.

Thoughts move quickly and cell towers became critical mass when I wondered, “Who decided all this?” While I’m rarely an early adopter, I was early to both eReader and iPhone having people approach me in airports to ask how I liked these devices.

That feels like yesterday and was about 15 years ago. Today I’m far behind in technology compared to others. And I’m uninterested in keeping up.

Critical mass is a physics term and business term, according to a search:

  • Physics: the minimum amount of fissile material needed to maintain a nuclear chain reaction
  • Business: the minimum size or amount of something required to start or maintain a venture

In the New Age movement since my entry in the 1980s, critical mass was often thrown out as the method to raise awareness: when that critical mass was reached, we might stop destroying ourselves and instead focus on peaceful, harmonious existence.

La-la-land, I thought. But now I see the power of critical mass and fully agree that it can be achieved for any purpose, business, physics, or human awareness shifts. It’s simply our choice. This is what we choose.

Critical mass chose cell towers.

Critical Mass Trends

Critical mass may have a mathematical calculation for physics or business, but I don’t know that it has one for human consciousness. The news isn’t going to report on raised awareness.

From an astrological perspective, critical mass trends are seen in the outer planets of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. With long cycles, these planets describe both the build-up of critical mass shifts and the shifts themselves.

In the 1990s – 2000s the shift was through Capricorn and Aquarius with both Uranus and Neptune transiting those signs. Capricorn supports social structure, rules, and traditions. Aquarius then rebels against such for new group consciousness and new ideals and goals.

Uranus brings sudden changes and Neptune idealizes. Our heroes have changed from astronauts and cowboys to techies who sit in enclosed spaces all day thinking about data and systems. Unlike astronauts and cowboys, they also think about Capricorn control.

Pluto recently entered Aquarius for a 20-year journey. Uranus brought sudden shifts in technology, Neptune brought idealization and critical mass to technology, and now Pluto will destroy and transform.

Uranus recently moved into Gemini, an air sign that is compatible with air-sign Aquarius. More change is coming in the next seven years to anything related to communication and learning.

Neptune has moved into Aries, the first sign of the zodiac and a fire sign which brings idealization of self and self-assertion. Calls for equality and vigilantism are two extremes of this energy. I’m imagining some technological vigilantism in addition to those who use the old-fashioned weapons.

Air and fire creating critical mass brings both optimism and enthusiasm. Air and fire live in the world of possibility and with enough earth element bring those ideas into reality. Without earth, much stays in the realm of possibility and creates the dreamer or the talker-but-not-doer.

Without earth, we also become divorced from our body and earth. Pluto in early Aquarius has brought a great deal of physical destruction in its early degrees not because Aquarius is violent in any way – it’s quite civil and organized – but because it ignores the physical and emotional effects of ideas in action. Aquarius is seeking the perfect universe, perfect society, perfect plan – if it makes you uncomfortable physically or emotionally so be it.

Critical mass of the next 15 years will be in the “air” which also means our heads, our thinking. What we think and what we do may not be in sync, a common enough habit of being human but particularly wide a gap in the next 15 years. Possibility may outweigh probability, and the optimism of air and fire may ignore the problems that arise from perfect plans which involve imperfect people.

After the years of Pluto-in-Capricorn lockdown and restriction, air and fire want to play, have fun. The excessive and heavy earth energy of that time has fueled the desire to enjoy life – fire is joyful by nature. Air is motivated by interest and stimulating experience. More interesting ideas and gadgetry are on the horizon.

Spiritual Critical Mass

During the Capricorn/Aquarius transits of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, we fed our life’s data into “the machine.” Now the machine is presenting it back to us – at a cost sometimes.

Sending our data into the processing machine and having it return like a boomerang to tell us what we think is a fascinating way to examine the entire workings of the mind. We send the thought out, it returns and agrees with itself since it sent out the original thought. Our returning thought reinforces our existing beliefs.

Confirmation bias is only a part of this dynamic. Our value systems drive beliefs so some “confirmation bias” may involve the response to challenged values.

What’s different here is that we can see how our mind works – not what it thinks.

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