The Sign Most Likely to Hold a Grudge is . . .

Posted on December 3, 2011 by ohioastrology

First, what’s a grudge?

Sometimes in your life you decide to disassociate from other people. You don’t want them in your life for one reason or another. That is not the “grudge” I’m referring to.

Dictionary.com defines grudge as “a feeling of ill will or resentment.” Holding a grudge where you don’t acknowledge someone because you want to punish them is the type of grudge I’m referring to in this blog.

This type of grudge involves two aspects: punishment and denial. When you punish someone, you are making yourself into an authority in relation to that person. When you remove that person from your life as punishment, you also deny yourself any joy or pleasure you would have from their presence.

Therefore, a grudge involves a desire to punish and the ability to deny oneself pleasure.

What sign does that the best?

Capricorn.

Capricorn seems to be the sign that carries the most resentment. Resentment involves not just sensitivity, but a judgmental nature.

Capricorn loves authority and is known for its ambition. Whatever the lot in life, Capricorn sees itself at the top of the ladder, whether the ladder is in a corporation, restaurant, store or hot dog stand.

By punishing others through denying company and conversation (i.e., “the cold shoulder”), Capricorn willingly creates self-imposed isolation. Isolation can lead to loneliness which leads to more resentment.

That’s not to say that all Capricorns do this. It’s simply saying that those who harbor grudges as a form of punishment may be influenced by this complex and judgmental sign.

There is another sign that I place second in line for holding a grudge – Scorpio. Scorpio is extremely sensitive and it is easy to offend this sign. Scorpio gone bad is known to “bite its own tail,” meaning there is self-destructiveness.

Scorpio also seeks revenge for perceived slights. If a Scorpio is holding a grudge, they may also be plotting and planning.

Capricorn Grudge vs Scorpio Grudge

The Capricorn grudge is both punishment and self-denial. The Scorpio grudge involves hurt feelings and a desire for revenge.

Both signs can deny themselves pleasures for a long-term goal.

Maybe it was a Capricorn or Scorpio who invented Lent. How many people go through the entire period without sneaking a bit of the self-imposed denied object?

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Ohio Cat Shocked by Claim that Cain Had an Affair

Posted on November 29, 2011 by ohioastrology

My sweet tuxedo cat Lacy was shocked when I told her about the news story of a woman claiming to have had a 13-year extramarital affair with Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain.

“But isn’t he, like, a minister or something?” Lacy asked, whiskers aflutter.

“Yes,” I told her, “But people do not always follow the things they preach, especially Sagittarians. Sagittarians love to find meaning but don’t always have the discipline to follow their ideals.”

“Wouldn’t he feel guilty, though?” Lacy purred quizzically.

“He might feel guilty, Lacy,” I said, “We’ll never know. But sometimes people with a grand fire trine involving the sun, moon and Mars, like Cain has, feel so confident that they don’t believe the rules apply to them. They feel special.”

“We’re all special, aren’t we?” Lacy asked with feline innocence.

“Yes, we are. But folks with Leo in the horoscope feel even more special. Remember when we talked about Cain’s Mars in Leo? When Mars was in Leo this summer, Cain was rocking. Now that Mars is in Virgo, his life has gone to hell in a hand basket.”

“Is Virgo bad then?”

“No, Virgo is not bad. But when you have lots of fire in your chart, you live on possibilities. Virgo brings in the nasty details, like when you realize you left the dishes in the sink before you went on vacation. When you come back from Disneyworld, you have a pile of dirty, nasty, stinking dishes.”

Lacy stared at me with her yellow eyes, thinking about dishes, and then asked:

“Do you think he’ll stay in the race?”

“Even an astrologer can’t know that, Lacy,” I responded. “However, with so much fire in the chart and Pluto conjunct Mars in Leo, Cain may feel he’s invincible.”

“Wouldn’t staying in the race just embarrass his family?”

“I’m sure it would, but with only one planet in water, Saturn in Cancer, Cain isn’t much for other people’s feelings. In fact, with Saturn in Cancer, you’d think he doesn’t really like family life at all.”

“Cain is good looking,” Lacy said, turning her furry little head away in coy embarrassment. “I can see why women like him.”

“Yes, fire is often attractive due to its intense magnetic energy. Cain probably would have been happier as a playboy, but this is America so everyone gets married.”

“Maybe,” Lacy meowed, “Cain will overcome this situation when Mars leaves Virgo?”

“That’s a good thought,” I told Lacy, to encourage her in her astrological studies. “But Mars goes retrograde in Virgo and will not move into Libra until next summer. I fear if Cain stays in the race it will just get uglier and uglier. Mars will be in Virgo until a month before the Republican National Convention. If Cain stays in the race, he will have to cough up some Virgo-like details.”

Just then Lacy coughed up a furball. Sniffing the pile she remarked, “It feels good to cough it all up.”

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John Kasich – A Mars in Virgo Happy Ending

Posted on November 19, 2011 by ohioastrology

Welcome to Mars in Virgo, which began on November 12. Mars will go retrograde in Virgo and spend a longer than normal amount of time in this mutable earth sign.

Mars is outward projected energy in the sign of discriminating choice, health and work. Is this good or bad for you? It depends on the placements in your natal horoscope.

For Ohio governor John Kasich, this is a positive transit. Kasich has Jupiter, Venus and sun in earth sign Taurus and moon in earth sign Capricorn. At the beginning of December, Mars will be the missing piece of a grand earth trine.

Without knowing Kasich’s time of birth, I can’t know in which houses (i.e., areas of life) this grand trine will occur. It’s also difficult to know if the moon will be part of that grand trine.

Regardless, like seeks like and the earthy Kasich will relish in more earthy energy in his chart. Virgo is the “mental” earth sign which plans, worries and gets ailments due to excessive nervous output.

If I cast what’s called a solar chart for Kasich, with the sun in the first house, the trine will affect the 12th (possibly 1st), 5rd and 9th houses. The earth energy will be in the houses naturally ruled by fire.

It means that Kasich can express his true earth self with positive results. Normally when he wants to talk about the one cent discrepancy in the checkbook register, he might see bored, glassy-eyed expressions. From now until next June, he will have a captive audience for his detailed, practical and serious plans. The party will pause, the music will be turned off and people will listen.

The trine could involve Venus and the moon. If so, Kasich’s relationships with women will improve – again, in practical ways. If Kasich and the women around him are arguing about money and property, agreements will be reached. Practical problems will resolve, but not necessarily emotional or spiritual issues.

Jupiter is still transiting Taurus as well, hopping back ‘n forth over Kasich’s Jupiter and Venus and soon the sun. This is a lovely thing which brings abundance in material aspects of life (Taurus).

For the earth sign Kasich, Jupiter in Taurus and Mars in Virgo are like giving a geologist and extra sandbox to play in. Some like to delve into the collective waters, some like to burn like the logs in a fireplace and some like to soar like birds. Others, with strong earth in the chart, like to put their neat fingers into the dirt and plant new life.

I’m guessing that politically Kasich will have a good six months during the Republican Presidential primaries. Possibly he will play a big part in the campaign from now until June 2012. Ohio, then, will be in the spotlight.

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The Astrology of Ayn Rand

Posted on November 16, 2011 by ohioastrology

My observation is that people’s beliefs mirror accurately their personalities. Even those sharing the same belief system will have slight or major interpretative differences based on their personality or cultural differences. I believe angry beliefs come from angry people and loving beliefs come from loving people.

By asserting our beliefs, then, we are merely asserting ourselves. But what else can we do, really?

Astrology, to me, accurately reflects one’s personality and by extension beliefs. Often people ask if I “believe” astrology, as though astrology were a religion. Astrology, to my observation, is a symbolic representation of an individual’s personality. It is not something to “believe.” It’s simply a description. It doesn’t answer “Why?”

Astrology, for me, aids in life in two ways. It creates an acceptance that others view the world differently and it reinforces that we all share the same energies, just in different focus and portion. We all have a chart that contains 12 signs of the zodiac. We are all the same in a unique way.

Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand, the Objectivist philosopher and author, mirrors the strong Saturnian influence in her chart. I’m sure she’d despise the idea that her philosophy springs from her personality (and that astrology would describe it) and not from “objective reality.” Yet having a personality in which we view the world doesn’t mean that there is no reality.

In astrology, earth signs are concerned with the material world. Air signs are concerned with the intellectual world, water with the emotional world and fire with the spiritual world.

Rand’s philosophy makes homage to all these worlds. Where she lacks, I believe, is the emotional world. She believed that emotions spring directly and consistently from conscious beliefs. If our emotions so closely followed our conscious beliefs, it would be easy to quit smoking, but it’s not. Even when the mental and physical aspects of addiction (or habit) are conquered, the emotional aspects still remain.

Saturnian Influence

Rand’s Saturnian influence comes from Saturn in Aquarius conjunct her sun in Aquarius and three planets in Capricorn – Uranus, moon and Mercury. Saturn rules Capricorn.

I call Aquarius the sign of the “perfect universe” as it’s the fixed air sign that rules groups, friendships and ideals. Aquarius has been referred to as the genius of the zodiac in that it views life in unique ways and is willing to stand on its own for its ideals. Being a fixed sign, it can be stubborn in belief and therefore can be rebellious, which is necessary to challenge existing beliefs.

Capricorn is the sign of authority, of control and responsibility. Capricorn is serious and represents father figures. Moon in Capricorn is seen as being cold and uncaring. This is because moon in Capricorn represses its feelings because feelings make one vulnerable. Moon in Capricorn wants to be strong and self-reliant, not vulnerable. Capricorn ultimately wants respect.

Why do I feel Rand’s beliefs accurately reflect her chart?

To me, Rand’s philosophy is a clear-headed, consistent view of the way things actually are, realities that people don’t care to admit. She’s the one yelling to the king that he has no clothes. She’s both an Aquarian rebel for confronting the king and also Saturnian in that she’s promoting the things we do anyway, but deny through social conditioning.

Rational Selfishness

As an example, Rand called rational selfishness a virtue. We are taught from toddler-hood to share our toys, to think of others. But do we really?

The Capricorn moon realism here is that we do expect a return for our actions. Capricorn rarely does something for no reason.

Have you ever held the door for someone? Were you angry that they didn’t say thank you?

Rand acknowledged that all interactions must be, by today’s term, a “win-win.” Whether physical, intellectual, spiritual or emotional, we expect a return for what we give. Ultimately I think Rand just called a spade a spade. We seek return for our output but it’s convoluted through our emotional need to see ourselves as “good.”

Why not just admit and accept that life is about trade?

Rand exposed that much called altruism is simply a way to undermine and gain from others. She did not hide her Capricorn moon, she reveled in it.

By promoting selfishness, she was a rebel. We may all be selfish, but who has the guts to not only promote it, but call it a virtue?

Structures

Saturn and Capricorn are ultimately about structure. I like Wikipedia’s definition of structure:

“Structure is a fundamental, tangible or intangible notion referring to the recognition, observation, nature, and permanence of patterns and relationships of entities.”

Rand liked both intellectual structures (philosophy) and physical structures (skyscapers). Capricorn wants the unruly world to have order, which is why it loves rules. Rand wanted you to think, but if you did not agree with her conclusions you were wrong. Wanting everyone in the entire world to share your beliefs is a way to have order which is the comfort zone of a Capricorn moon.

Emotional Life

Rand’s rational sun and cold moon are also seen in her relationships. She believed that that sharing the same philosophy meant you should enjoy sharing the same bed. What a unique pick up line! The married Rand convinced one of her neophytes, the married Nathanial Branden, to have an openly intimate and sexual relationship with both spouses’ consent.

When, many years later, Branden fell in love and left both Rand and his wife, Rand was furious. Wanting to hug, kiss and mix & merge sex organs with another is not often the result of rational thinking. If it were, how many marriages would exist?

Branden said, in his biography of Rand, that she more of a father figure than a mother figure. The original title of his book was “Judgment Day: My Years with Ayn Rand.” A judgmental father figure fits very perfectly with a Capricorn moon and Saturn conjunct the sun.

Rand’s Appeal

I believe Rand’s appeal stems from three things: 1) few truly live in three-dimensional reality and 2) political motivations present us with dualities (rather than polarities) and force us to pick a side creating internal discord and 3) we want to feel good about ourselves.

Have you ever been driving and realized that you were daydreaming? You got from here to there, but don’t really remember it exactly?

Do we really live in the three-dimensional world or in our thoughts, hopes and fears?

I’ve blogged my ideas on duality versus polarity. Rand’s razor sharp intellect encourages control of your own thoughts instead of accepting prevailing thought by default.

Ironically Rand’s rigid structures provide a stable framework for freedom of thought. Rand believed in man and admired man’s creations. Life, to her, was its own meaning and unearned guilt should not be placed on humans handicapping them from achievement. Rand lived in the present. Rand believed in life.

How many people do you know who love life so much?

And, of course, followers of Rand see themselves as Atlas, not the masses he’s holding on his shoulders. Rand makes you feel good about yourself and believe in yourself.

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Lars von Trier – Dark Isn’t the Only Reality

Posted on November 14, 2011 by ohioastrology

My friend refers to Lars von Trier films (such as “Dancer in the Dark”) as “slit your wrist” films. Slate film critic Dana Stevens wrote after seeing Antichrist that she wasn’t sure if she would watch another of his films (she did).

I stopped with “Dancer in the Dark.” Why feel bad for no reason? I felt bad watching “Hotel Rwanda” but that was based on real events that make you question the world – How does something like this happen? What can be done to prevent it again? How does politics play into what happened? What would I do if that happened around me?

In other words, it’s cathartic.

Watching a von Trier film makes me feel bad with no purpose as though bad were just a flavor of gum to chew today, a gum that unfortunately leaves a residue in your mouth and ruins the taste of dinner.

What drives von Trier to darkness?

Sun in Taurus and moon in Capricorn represent a practical, down to earth being. Taurus, the fixed earth sign, relates more than any other sign to material reality and values stability, reliability and loyalty. Capricorn, the cardinal earth sign, is about power, control and responsibility. Both are serious signs that view the world as a serious place. Moon in Capricorn is associated with coldness and lack of emotion as the moon is meant to express but Capricorn’s nature is to control.

von Trier’s new movie title, Melancholia, probably speaks directly to why his movies are so dark. He is probably chronically melancholy and has an earth sign lack of ability to imagine himself differently. He may be sharing with us how he feels all the time. He may consider anything cheerful to be “unreal.”

Utopia was written by an Aquarius (air), Disneyworld was created by a Sagittarius (fire) and Las Vegas was imagined by a Pisces (water). Air, fire and water dream crazy dreams. Earth plans. Earth pays the bills. Earth cleans the upholstery. Planning, paying the bills and cleaning the upholstery may be necessary but aren’t what many would call fun.

Taurus and Capricorn are very capable signs who work hard. In earth sign fashion, they seek to have practical application of their goals. Earth signs do not sit in their bedrooms scribbling poetry in spiral notebooks. They send their poetry to the New Yorker. If they can’t crystallize the poetry into something concrete, then it has no value for them.

It’s important, then, for earth signs to have a positive focus. Ohio Astrology has looked at the charts of some other Taurus sun / Capricorn moon combinations – Ohio Governor John Kasich, actor George Clooney and German Chancellor Adolf Hitler. Whether the earth sign focus is positive (Clooney), negative (Hitler) or debatable (Kasich), the native will use all energy possible to turn ideas into concrete reality.

An interesting aspect in von Trier’s chart is the Mercury (in Gemini) / Saturn (in Sagittarius) opposition in 0 degrees. Saturn in Sagittarius can suggest a strict upbringing with lots of rules and little conversation about those rules. Mercury in Gemini is a talkative placement, seeking conversation as stimulus to explore the world. It’s like someone said, “Shut up” every time he wanted to talk.

As Pluto transits the sign of Capricorn, von Trier’s moon will be hit with a destructive but ultimately transformative force. He may have problems with women that create the need for him to express his emotions more clearly and openly.

The black-hole view of the universe portrayed in von Trier’s movies may be his Capricorn moon talking. Depression may result from the inability to express feelings rather than from the feelings themselves. Resentment is common in Capricorn and comes when others do not do what you want, which is just about all the time.

Or maybe von Trier transforms his melancholy by filming it. Maybe when he’s done with the film, he kicks back on a recliner, opens a beer and watches some Mickey Mouse cartoons.

I hope so. Otherwise he may have that view that cynical earth signs sometimes have that only negative manifestations are “real.” Extreme negativity is its own delusion as much as believing you were once Napoleon so that you can feel powerful. Extreme negativity is simply a defense that renders the outside world as “stupid” because they believe themselves to be happy. If you are depressed, happy people might be like that light shining on you when you walk out of a theater. It hurts, until you get used to it.

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Mars in Virgo: What it means for the Republican Presidential Candidates

Posted on November 12, 2011 by ohioastrology

Mars has left Leo (bye!) and entered into Virgo. The raw, aggressive and goal-directed energy in the heavens is now pointed to Virgo the Virgin. Mars will be transiting Virgo through July 2012 which takes us through the Republican primary season.

Virgo is the discriminating mind. Remember Sally in “When Harry Met Sally?” Sally was a Virgo who had a very specific way about ordering a meal. Apply meal to anything and everything in life and you have a Virgo.

Somewhere in your chart, and the charts of the Republican presidential candidates, is the sign of Virgo. Mars is now in that area of the chart making aspects to other planets in the chart.

Let’s take a look at how Mars in Virgo affects the men and women running for presidential nominee in the Republican Party. I don’t have times of birth, so will be basing the advice on planetary aspects only.

I will list the candidates in reverse alphabetical order to give the ever-ignored Santorum top billing. He can thank me later. He owes me two favors now.

Rick Santorum

Effect: Mars will oppose natal Mars (in Pisces), square Saturn (in Sagittarius), trine the sun (in Taurus) and sextile Neptune (in Scorpio). While the trine is nice, squares to Saturn and opposition to Mars means your enemies will clamp down hard.

Advice: The same advice Ohio Astrology provided on the prep sheet – CONNECT THE DOTS, RICK. Focus on ONE thing you want to say and connect the dots to the supporting ideas. Your moon in Aquarius square sun in Taurus connects ideas with practicality in an unusual way. And, as Newt pointed out, it’s difficult to talk economic theory in 30 seconds. Figure out how to connect the dots in 30 seconds.

Mitt Romney

Effect: Mars will oppose Mars, Mercury and sun (all in Pisces), square Uranus (in Gemini) and sextile moon (in Scorpio). The opposition will be fierce and when the square to Uranus occurs (June 2012), there will be some strange maneuvering and possibly another individual speaking on your behalf.

Advice: The combination of Pisces, Scorpio and Gemini suggests someone less than totally truthful with the ability to manipulate facts in a desired direction. Facts are going to be pounded into you like nails into plywood. Just answer each question factually.

Rick Perry

Effect: Mars will oppose your sun (in Pisces), conjunct your natal Saturn/moon conjunction (in Virgo) and trine your Uranus (in Cancer). Eeek! That sun opposition to Saturn/moon is difficult enough to live with day-to-day and now it will be triggered in front of a national audience. There is more anxiety on the way.

Advice: Your anxiety is part of your super-sensitive nature. Running for president is clearly putting the anxiety meter off the scale. Do you really want that sensitivity as the American Republican Presidential Primary Blue Plate Special? Reconsider what you are doing in running for President. The issues arising with this aspect are the big clues.

Ron Paul

Effect: Mars will conjunct Mercury, Neptune and Venus (all in Virgo), trine the moon (in Taurus), sextile Pluto (in Cancer), sextile Mars and Jupiter (in Scorpio) and oppose Saturn (in Pisces). You are the candidate most energized by this transit.

Advice: Revel in the details that will emerge as Mars transits Virgo. The dialogue will move in a direction you enjoy where you will be able to pull out that slide rule and explain how things work. The greatest challenges are this month (November 2011) and March 2012 when Mars opposes that Saturn. During that time, others will try to undermine your sense of mission and your connection to your consitituency.

Jon Huntsman

Effect: Mars will oppose Mercury and Venus (in Pisces), conjunct Pluto (in Virgo), trine Jupiter and Saturn (in Capricorn) and sextile Neptune (in Scorpio). Virgo and Aries aren’t natural bedfellows, but general this transit has energizing effects.

Advice: If you can make it through mid-December when Mars conjuncts that Pluto, you will be good until March 2012. You must then pass the same sort of test to get past March. Mars on Pluto suggests nasty, ugly fighting, mostly verbal. As mentioned in the prep sheet, if you can get a handle on your meanness, you might make it through.

Newt Gingrich

Effect: Mars will make T-squares and crosses through your entire chart. Yikes! I can almost feel the pain you will endure when fact upon fact are thrust into your heart like daggers into the heart of a vampire. Rather than daggers they are more like boomerangs that you will throw out only to see return with added force. Mars will square Mercury, Uranus, Saturn and sun (in Gemini), square moon (in Sagittarius), conjunct Neptune (in Virgo) and sextile Jupiter (in Cancer).

Advice: If you weren’t running for President, I’d say just lay low and keep quiet. But I’m going to offer that advice anyway, for the good of your being. This transit through your chart feels like those Christmas tree lights you threw in the box last year, all tangled up. See if you can untangle them.

Herman Cain

Effect: Mars will square Mercury, Venus and sun (in Sagittarius), square Uranus (in Gemini) and sextile Saturn (in Cancer). As already mentioned in blog, this aspect will create friction. Your unpredictable nature will be challenged in every little teensy weensy detail. Sagittarius likes big picture, the entire universe, not one little star 500 million light years from earth.

Advice: As already mentioned, you will have to focus on those pesky details. Find a story, get it straight and stick with it. Also fine-tune the details behind your big picture schemes. Go find an astrology book and read about Virgo. Be like that for 5 minutes.

Michele Bachmann

Effect: Mars will create a T-square with Venus (in Gemini) and Saturn (in Sagittarius), trine Mars (in Capricorn) and sextile Uranus (in Cancer). This is a double-edged sword. You will feel energized by the focus on practical matters, but this aspect will strain personal relationships.

Advice: Mars in Capricorn and sun in Aries make you ruthlessly competitive and provides you with a lot of raw energy. This can make you very self-centered. Be honest and open with those closest to you. Success in life is not truly individual. It involves those that work with you and those that help you along the way. Those that work with you and help you are calling out to you now.

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What sign of the Zodiac is Santa Claus?

Posted on November 12, 2011 by ohioastrology

Santa is clearly a Sagittarius. He is jolly and generous. Santa’s full figure is an indication of his jolly nature – he indulges in all the cookies left for him by the fire. He lives above us (the Arctic Circle) and rides in the sky (above us) and delivers presents in the night, no strings attached. And, most importantly, he shows up in our lives during the sign of Sagittarius.

Now you’re thinking it must be really cool to be a Sagittarius.

Once the sun moves from Sagittarius to Capricorn, we open the presents, go to church and then, during the gloomy month of January, think about how we’re going to pay the Christmas bills and lose the Christmas weight we’ve gained.

Why Santa?

Sagittarius is one of the 12 signs included in our charts. In this area of your horoscope, which depends on your time of birth, you are Santa Claus. It’s a valid and awesome energy.

Santa is the energy of openness, of exploration, of generosity. It is the energy that causes us to seek meaning, to ask “why?”

What’s unusual about the Santa myth in our culture is that it is so intensely developed only to be destroyed later.

Are we then saying to our children that you can’t trust that anyone would truly give you gifts with no strings attached?

Have you ever bought something for someone, off season, for no reason with no strings attached? What was the reaction?

Santa Energy

Building up then destroying our Santa energy suggests a lack of balance. Santa energy is one of many energies that exist. If we were, say, a pagan culture, we’d have Santa energy and a host of other energies to counterbalance the abundance and indulgence of Santa. The beauty is that Santa energy would then exist permanently.

In a way, the energy does exist permanently in our culture. We have children and then bring the myth to them. The destruction of that energy and recreation only to destroy again is what is odd.

As an adult, you don’t “believe” in Santa. You merely experience his energy through your children.

There is a Santa Claus

There is a Santa Claus. You can believe in him always. “He” is an energy, the energy of generous abundance but also the energy of irresponsible indulgence. He seeks meaning “above the world” but can also get lost in the clouds.

Santa says that it’s okay to indulge sometimes. During the dreary late November and early December, as the day shortens, indulgence in a few pleasures helps us make it through the darkness.

Have some bourbon-laced eggnog this year, full of fats, sugars and alcohol. Enjoy. Just don’t do it all year.

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J. Edgar Hoover – the Power of Secrets

Posted on November 11, 2011 by ohioastrology

Slate had an interesting article today about J. Edgar Hoover and his long-time male companion, Clyde Tolson. Hoover was a lifelong bachelor as was Tolson. Hoover and Tolson vacationed and socialized together and were generally accepted as a couple.

Were they homosexual?

No one knows, definitively, if they actually performed the act that would make them homosexual – sex.

Does one need to have sex to be homosexual? If Hoover and Tolson were asexual friends who cared neither for sex nor the company of women could they be deemed homosexual?

What’s most interesting to me about this situation is that Hoover carried out a lifelong male companionship in the open.

How did he do it?

Others kept his secret, I believe, simply because, as head of what is now called the FBI for 48 years, he kept the secrets of others.

Hoover’s sun is in Capricorn and moon in Pisces. Hoover’s chart consists of earth, water and air signs. He has no fire signs. Fire relates to confidence and energy. Fire is in-your-face aggressive. Hoover was not.

Capricorn is sign of the zodiac associated with career and success. The most important recognition for a Capricorn is respect. Capricorn likes to be in control and is known to hold back emotion to handle life in a cold and calculating manner. More than smart, Capricorn is shrewd.

Pisces is not like Capricorn. It is sensitive and empathetic feeling every emotion and reaction in the environment. Because of that, moon in Pisces often retreats from the world to shed the psychic debris collected in regular human interaction. Pisces can be manipulative and/or easily manipulated through emotions. Pisces feels pity for the people of the world and often feels self-pity as well.

Hoover appears to have protected his emotional, sensitive and possibly homosexual self by learning the secrets of others. In other words, he blackmailed himself some privacy. If, in 1924, you wanted to remain and bachelor and socialize exclusively with another male, would you put yourself in the public eye?

Hoover was obviously shrewd. Putting himself in the public eye at the top of the “public eye” allowed him to live any damn life he wanted. Clever.

Hoover’s moon in Pisces is squared by Pluto in Gemini. Hard moon-Pluto aspects are Ohio Astrology’s “mark of a politician.” This aspect suggests a difficult time with the mother with unmet early emotional needs and, in response, a need to control the environment.

The strong Capricorn sun drove Hoover to reach the top, the goal of Capricorn. Top of the ladder, top of the heap, it doesn’t matter, as long as it’s the top.

Hoover’s Mars in Taurus opposite Saturn in Scorpio suggest frustrations in two areas: 1) money and 2) sensuality. This aspect suggests forced but reluctant sharing of money. Maybe Hoover himself was blackmailed or maybe his partner spent all his money. It would be interesting to see in what houses this aspect resides. This we can’t know without the time of birth.

Hoover’s Pluto, Neptune and Jupiter are all in Gemini, the sign of communication. His generation made great strides in communication. Hoover was part of that stride, the covert part. Gathering intelligence and spying involves communication and advanced techniques. That’s the Pisces.

For me, the astrological chart is like the DNA of the personality. It’s fascinating to see how we adapt to the world through our personality. In the end, you have to be you. I don’t know if Hoover was homosexual, but he definitely acquired the privacy and protection to live his life as he wanted.

It’s only too bad he didn’t allow others the same privilege.

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Barbie and her Handler

Posted on November 9, 2011 by ohioastrology

The Astrological Essence of Barbie

Barbie, the blonde beauty doll, was (according to Wikipedia) debuted at the New York Toy Fair on March 9, 1959. I set her “birth time” at 8:00 am although I’m well aware that toy fair attendees who have a chance to party in New York City do not often get up early.

Barbie has both sun and moon in Pisces. Our plastic friend is both the best and worst of Pisces. In her blonde beauty, she is the essence of Piscean etherealness. In her role as a non-speaking, non-sentient projected representation of a mythic ideal, she is manipulating us with images.

Barbie’s ascendant is Aries which indicates her assertive nature. Neptune, the planet that rules Pisces, is in the 7th house of partnerships in the sign of Scorpio. Barbie is a dependent entity, whose “other” is in the throes of idealistic and sometimes deluded sexual attraction.

The 12th house is where Barbie’s sun and moon reside indicating that she hides her true self. In Pisces, she probably doesn’t really know her own self anyway. She’s so sensitive to the environment that she must hide inside a cocoon of plastic.

Barbie is now 52 years old with nary a wrinkle to show for it. She is Piscean otherworldly.

Ruth Handler

Barbie was created by a woman named Ruth Handler. Handler had sun in Scorpio and moon probably in Pisces.

Both Scorpio and Pisces are sensitive water signs. Scorpio is intense and passionate. With moon in Pisces, this is a person who can read every twitch of your eyelashes and divine your feelings. It’s a super-sensitive combination that must be treated like radioactive material lest you have to answer for every word, comment and twitch made in her presence.

Handler, no surprise, had Venus in Libra. Venus is the planet representing how we like our pleasures and Libra is ruled by Venus so delights in this placement. Handler probably loved beauty and luxury and most likely spent great amounts of money on beautiful items.

So far, Barbie is a delightful projection of a woman who felt deeply and enjoyed beauty.

While an emotional person, Handler also shows a rebellious streak in her horoscope. Uranus in Aquarius and Mars in Sagittarius examine the world, have unique ideas, and follow an inner call. Handler may have moon in Aquarius which would make her more eccentric and independent than an emotional, needy Pisces moon.

One aspect in Handler’s chart veers slightly from the essence of Barbie. Saturn and Neptune are conjunct in Leo suggesting that Handler’s self-esteem and self-confidence were challenged by authority while growing up. She may have had a stern parent who told her to keep her grandiose schemes for another lifetime. If that was the case, it’s good that Handler followed her Uranus/Mars sextile and followed a unique path.

Scorpio is an extremely determined sign, so even without the Uranus/Mars aspect, she probably would have told her foes and distractors what they could do with their opinions.

Barbie’s Neptune Transit

Barbie is an ethereal beauty that needs no justification or purpose. Barbie does not teach us to be wives or mothers. She is simply female.

Neptune, the planet that rules Pisces, is just entering the sign of Pisces for a nice 15 year transit. As Neptune transits Barbie’s sun and moon, her ethereal beauty will continue to resonate in a world experiencing the collapse and transformation of its structures.

Beauty will see us through.

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Note to Herman Cain – Mars is now in Virgo

Posted on November 9, 2011 by ohioastrology

It’s time Herman Cain, Republican Presidential Candidate, learn a little astrology.

This month, Mercury and Venus entered the sign of Sagittarius. For Sagittarian sun Cain, that is good news. If his mouth had to be fueled manually, you might say Mercury and Venus were bringing a batch of coal for the fire.

That’s the good news. Now for the bad, which Cain has probably already noticed, although not in astrological form.

Mars will enter Virgo this Saturday. Remember, Cain, when you rose in the polls and felt like a million bucks? That was during your Mars return. Your natal Mars is in Leo which trines your sun and says that you generally feel good about yourself and take actions that enhance your confidence (believe it or not, not everyone does this). Mars transiting Leo added energy to this already energetic aspect.

Mars in Virgo, on the other hand, squares Sagittarius. Mars in Virgo will cramp your style, even more than today.

Pretty soon (mid-December) Mars will create a T-square with your expressive, impulsive Sagittarian sun and erratic, unpredictable Uranus in Gemini.

I will sum it up simply – time to talk DETAILS.

If you want to pass this test, Mr. Cain, you’re going to have to cough up factoids that appear to be details. You are going to have to talk in specifics, not generalities.

Whether your moon is in Pisces or Aries, this Mars will then oppose that moon. You will be seeing more emotional reactions from those around you, especially women.

Also, Saturn in Libra is conjunct your natal Jupiter in Libra. Usually you get along with people, right? They may need a little time to get used to you, but generally like you and find you attractive, right? What’s going on?

What’s Going On?

Astrologically Mars is creating friction. In politics, this means that you have to accept that not everyone will like you. Sagittarius deep down does want to get along with everybody.

What’s the solution?

Politically and astrologically I would suggest determining your story, all the facts, and repeat endlessly. No changes, no outbursts.

This aspect is challenging your Sagittarius sun to walk the talk, as it’s said. Sagittarius talks and has lofty ideals, but often fails at its own rules. Luckily Sagittarius isn’t judgmental of itself or others. However, others will take to you to the cross for saying you don’t like tomatoes then putting ketchup on your hamburger.

Get it?

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