Ron Paul – The Practical Extrovert

Posted on October 20, 2011 by ohioastrology

Ron Paul, Republican presidential contender, has an interesting horoscope. He’s made of entirely earth and water with the exception of a Leo sun. I don’t know his rising sign because I don’t have time of birth.

The mental image that arises from this chart is a man who would spend all day in the library researching some topic, say how to build your own house (with your own hands) in 30 days avoiding a 30-year mortgage. He’d read and read and read only so that he could go to a Toastmasters meeting that night and present his findings in front of a crowd.

Now I get a sense of what Paul is doing by running for president – he’s simply trying to get you to understand something that he figured out and wants to share. He’s done the work so you don’t have to.

If Paul didn’t have that Leo sun, he’d probably still be in the library, reading and reading. When not at the library, he’d probably be busy in the basement with one of his pet projects, such as developing a new vitamin.

The emphasis is on building and practical application of ideas because that is what earth does. Paul’s Uranus-moon are in Taurus and Mercury-Neptune-Venus are in Virgo. Taurus likes to build, grow and accumulate. Virgo likes to organize, categorize and make perfect.

The remaining planets in Paul’s chart are in water (Pluto in Cancer, Mars-Jupiter in Scorpio, Saturn in Pisces). That means Paul is able to understand and relate to the feelings of others. With Mars in Scorpio, he might even respond emotionally to perceived slights and make some attempt to get back at you.

That lone Leo sun is probably saying, right now, “Hey, pay attention to me.” It’s a lone wolf in the chart yet Leo is the opposite of lone wolf. Leo is about attention.

Leo sun squares the Taurus moon. Leo says, “Do whatever you need to get attention” while Taurus responds, “Let’s not. Life is more peaceful if you don’t rock the boat.” Then the Mars in Scorpio, shouts out, “Get under their skin.”

Leo, Taurus and Scorpio are fixed signs which are strong, determined and forceful. Fixed signs find their ways into leadership from the presidency, to religious leaders to cult leaders. An abundance of fixed signs means an abundance of stubbornness. Stubbornness, fortunately or unfortunately, is needed for leadership.

Saturn in Pisces indicates Paul doesn’t feel entirely connected to his time and place. This image, again, of a dedicated man who helps you by sharing what he knows, comes to mind. He probably shares and then doesn’t understand why you don’t listen or care.

You don’t listen to or care about what Paul is saying because you have to experience life for yourself. Paul can be the nurturing/overly protective parent type that thinks you can learn from others’ mistakes. The Mercury/Neptune/Venus combination in Virgo adds to the sense that he’s discovered the ideal way and he’s saving you the trouble of doing something in a haphazard way. He’s finished the crossword puzzle; there’s no need for you to do it as well.

Wanting you to do things his way stems from a practical nature, not ideological one. There is no air in the chart. Paul is not interested in ideas for ideas sake or for pure mental gymnastics.

In other words, Paul has to learn to understand that others don’t understand. He’s Leo enough to keep on trucking even though the water in his charts suggests he sometimes feels sadness and/or depression because he can’t get through to others.

Paul is close to a Neptune opposition. He’s going to get some lessons in how the public is swayed by emotion. It will sadden him.

We often say of people that they “mean well.” That phrase keeps arising as I look at this chart. Paul simply wants to share what he knows. And maybe get a little Leo love for doing so.

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Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore – The Astrology of Age Difference

Posted on October 18, 2011 by ohioastrology

When an older woman (Demi Moore) marries a younger man (Ashton Kutcher), it makes some news. The opposite, an older man marrying a younger woman, is more common and considered normal, possibly due to women’s declining fertility with age.

Regardless of gender, age differences do have an impact in a relationship and, of course, are represented symbolically in astrology.

Each planet has a cycle. The farther out a planet, the longer the cycle. The longer the cycle, the more that planet represents a generation.

Cycles – Jupiter and Beyond

We need to start at Jupiter for generational cycles. The cycles are the time it takes the planet to revolve around the sun.

Jupiter – 12 years (1 year in each sign)

Saturn – 29 years (2.5 years in each sign)

Uranus – 84 years (7 years in each sign)

Neptune – 164 years (14 years in each sign)

Pluto – 248 years (21 years in each sign)

Generation Gap

If you meet someone 12 years older or younger than you, Jupiter will be in the same sign. If you meet someone 6 years older, Jupiter’s sign will be opposite your Jupiter’s sign.

Uranus takes 7 years to go through a sign. Your partner has to be 40 years older or younger to have Uranus in the opposite sign. However, every 21 years, Uranus will square its position in your horoscope. Someone 21 years older or younger will agitate you, will have a different 7-year “itch.”

If you meet someone 29 years older or younger, they will have the same Saturn. You don’t often see this age gap in marriage, unless one of the partners is filthy rich.

You do see, however, half of 29 which is a 14-15 year age difference. In this case, the Saturn placements of the two people will be opposite.

Get it?

Kutcher and Moore

Kutcher and Moore, lo and behold, have a 16 year age difference. They have opposing Saturns and Jupiters in signs that square each other.

Saturns

Saturn is about structure and boundary. In a chart, it is an area of weakness, an area of overcompensation and striving.

Kutcher’s Saturn is in Leo and Moore’s Saturn is in the opposite sign of Aquarius.

Leo is about creative self-expression. Aquarius is about group activities and ideals. Kutcher is an Aquarius sun indicating he loves groups and is constantly surrounded by friends. Kutcher is not as comfortable taking all the credit for himself in a creative endeavor.

Moore, on the other hand, probably avoids groups. In addition to Saturn in Aquarius, she has sun in private Scorpio and moon in homebody Taurus.

The Saturn conflict is self-expression versus group expression. Kutcher prefers groups, Moore prefers individual attainments. Since Moore’s Saturn in Aquarius is conjunct Kutcher’s Mercury and in the same sign as his sun, moon and Venus, it suggests that she tries to limit the time he spends in groups.

Jupiters

Kutcher’s Jupiter is in Gemini and Moore’s Jupiter is in Pisces. Both have Jupiter trine the sun.

Kutcher’s Jupiter in Gemini says – “talk and move on.” Moore’s says, “empathize and help.”

Moore will bring people into her inner sanctuary if she feels a close connection to them and believes she can help them heal. Kutcher, on the other hand, brings everybody into the environment at all times. His kitchen is like a sitcom kitchen where characters walk in and out daily.

Personal Differences

Age differences, then, have inherent generational conflicts. In addition to generational conflicts, Kutcher and Moore have different fundamental personalities.

Moore is has sun in fixed water (Scorpio) and moon in fixed earth (Taurus). She is an intense, stubborn and sensual individual.

Kutcher has sun and moon in fixed air (Aquarius). He is a zany, impersonal, aloof individual.

Need I say more?

The abundance of fixed signs can create some very intense encounters. However, for Moore intensity is both physical and emotional and for Kutcher the intensity is in the realm of thought. For her, he is too superficial and flaky. For him, she is too clingy and possessive.

Opposites attract

Kutcher and Moore are opposites in many ways. The age difference represents a different generational learning. The sun and moon differences indicate that regardless of age differences, they are motivated from fundamentally different energies.

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Ben Bernanke – A Risk Taker is Minding the Store

Posted on October 16, 2011 by ohioastrology

It’s national “Banker Horoscope” month, in case you didn’t know. Since Wall Street tends to crash in the month of October, it was determined by the National Astrology Awareness Department that October would be the month that astrologers should blog about bankers.

Ben Bernanke is the current Chairman of the Federal Reserve, the entity that serves as a central bank for the United States. Running the Federal Reserve is a great responsibility as its decisions drive fiscal policy.

Much to my surprise, the man heading the Federal Reserve has zero (0) planets in earth signs. You’d think someone dealing with the practical matter of fiscal policy would have these grounded, material signs in his chart.

In a way it makes sense. The US went off the gold standard back in the 1971. If the greenback isn’t backed by earth product, why should the man heading its fate?

Bernanke has sun in mutable fire Sagittarius and moon in mutable water Pisces. I have to stop here and wonder if this is a man who even balances his own checkbook. He can, of course, but does he?

The combination of Sagittarius and Pisces creates an expansive, generous dreamer. This is a risk-taking personality with thin emotional boundaries. Jupiter is Gemini opposing the sun creates additional excess to an already gregarious, exuberant personality.

Sagittarius and Pisces say “yes” to some more pie, one more day off work and spending that last $10 on the slot machine.

Sagittarius and Pisces often say “no” to set appointment times, boring routine and stopping after just one drink.

I would love Bernanke’s personality if I wasn’t aware of his role in the economy. Yikes, what to do?

To give a sense of Bernanke’s risk-taking personality, let’s take a look at someone born just 18 days before him – Jeffrey Skilling.

Do you remember Jeffrey Skilling? You probably haven’t heard much from him lately as he is serving a 24-year prison sentence for felonies committed during his time as President of Enron. Skilling, with sun in Sagittarius and moon probably in Leo was a competitive, energetic risk taker.

Reading the Enron story is really reading a primer of 101 Ways to Cook the Books. I don’t believe Enron was a lone wolf in this regard. The optimism of Pluto in Sagittarius made the mountain climbing business people think the peak experience would last forever.

On paper, everything lasts forever! In the world of physical reality, debt must be paid off eventually.

Back to Bernanke, who also has Neptune conjunct Mars in Libra, which indicates a romantic and poetic soul.

If I meet Bernanke I’m going to ask why he didn’t become a traveling folk singer rather than a banker. He would have had more sex that way, which would probably be pleasing to someone with Saturn in Scorpio.

For the life of me, I can’t figure out how this man found his way into such a Capricornian institution. Sagittarius likes high stakes so maybe running the Federal Reserve is more exciting than it appears. It’s certainly important, but I wouldn’t guess it to be exciting.

In looking at the chart of the Federal Reserve itself, it appeared that this institution will be going through some radical changes. Now it makes sense since the man heading it is far from conservative, at least in his fundamental personality (versus political ideology).

Bernanke seems to be a really fun, laid-back kind of guy. He’s the kind of guy you meet at the bar, the day your car breaks down, your wife leaves you and your dog runs away. You stop for a beer after work, something you stopped doing since the wife clamped down on it.

Bernanke’s the guy sitting next to you who listens, makes you laugh and even lends you a twenty. Talking to him you feel it’s okay to have another beer after a day like you’ve had. There’s no judgment. He allows you to be who you are.

Bernanke’s an okay guy. But is he the guy you want running the money supply?

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Rick Santorum – The One-Question Candidate

Posted on October 14, 2011 by ohioastrology

Having finally streamed the entire Republican debate from last Tuesday, I see why the papers thought Mitt Romney looked good. He got all the questions.

As front-runner, at the time, it makes sense the debate would focus on Romney. However, Charlie Rose, moderator and cantankerous control freak, clipped off any two-way dialogue where one participant or moderator challenged another. For me, that’s where it becomes interesting.

It was clear that Rose was taping a show, not moderating a debate.

If there is a God, I pray that he allow Christopher Hitchens to moderate the next debate. This would make for a great, and real, debate and also prove to Hitchens that there is a God.

Rick Santorum

One candidate I would have liked to hear more of is Rick Santorum. He had something to say. But Uncle Charlie practically slapped him in the face to get him to shut up.

As a gift to Santorum, I devote the rest of this blog expressly to him.

That Santorum can fight for himself, and the right to speak during a debate where he is an ostensible candidate, is clear from his chart, which is filled with determined and strong fixed signs.

Santorum has sun in the fixed earth sign of Taurus and moon in the fixed air sign of Aquarius. Pluto in fixed fire Leo opposes the moon. That is Ohio Astrology’s “mark of a politician.”

Having that mark means the need to control the environment is great. If you didn’t want to control the environment, you wouldn’t run for president. Politics is part of the personality, not something encountered in the world.

Moon in Aquarius is an odd duck. This is why the Ohio Astrology debate prep sheet suggested that Santorum try to connect the dots on his ideas. Aquarius is a mental, visionary sign that sees connections between ideas that others don’t even believe fall into the same category.

Taurus as a sign is in some ways simple – there is right and wrong, good and bad. Just do right and good and everything will be okay. Aquarius is the sign to me of “the perfect universe.” Combined, this is a man who has holds a very strong image of “how things should be.”

How things should be doesn’t just include politics. He probably gives lectures on how to put the cap back on the tube of toothpaste.

The combination of Taurus and Aquarius creates aloofness and detachment. That’s not so fun in a one-on-one relationship, but can work well in politics. This is one who can stomach “the ugly” to focus on the goal.

Mars in Pisces lends a little empathy to an otherwise detached person. He can feel your pain, but he won’t indulge in it or suggest that you do. Ultimately to appeal to Santorum you must appeal to ideas of right and wrong.

Saturn in Sagittarius suggests that Santorum doesn’t always see the big picture or a bigger meaning unless it already corresponds to his beliefs. This trait, you might say, is common, but it is very strong with Santorum.

Mercury and Venus are in Aries in Santorum’s chart. Aries is the aggressive warrior which is why Santorum was able point out to the cranky Rose that he’d only had one question.

Uranus is currently transiting Aries so Santorum’s love life and speech are going to become more erratic. Or possibly his speech about his love life.  Or maybe his love life will speak about him.

Who knows with astrology?

Saturn in Libra is transiting Santorum’s Jupiter in Libra – another indicator of some issues with the loved one. Maybe the loved one isn’t cooperating with Santorum’s role in the perfect universe?

I wish we could have heard more last Tuesday on Santorum’s universe. In his brief moment of speech, he asked for the audience’s response (rather than the camera’s response). That’s true Aquarian moon – ask the people.

Hopefully next debate, if Santorum shows up, will allow him more time to speak. I’m a liberal so I think everyone invited to the party should have a chance to talk, not just the front runners. I’m also of the left-wing notion that challenges between the candidates is a good thing. If they were all the same, there would be no need for a debate.

Please, Charlie Rose, stay home.

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Hermain Cain – Fire Breathing Dragon

Posted on October 13, 2011 by ohioastrology

Herman Cain, former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza and Republican Presidential Candidate, is now at the top of the polls after Tuesday’s Republican debate.

I find this pleasing for one reason – news stories after the debates appeared, how shall I say it, biased toward Romney.

Two headlines I saw online were “Romney Looks Past Rivals as Debate Focuses on Economy” (New York Times) and “Mitt Romney solidifies his front-runner status in Republican debate” (Washington Post).

Clearly the actual people watching the debate did not agree. Romney might have “looked past rivals,” but he didn’t actually outperform his rivals according to the folks watching.

The Rise of Herman Cain

Cain, the fire-breathing dragon of a candidate, exhibited what a grand fire trine in one’s chart can do – leap past adversity.

Cain is a Sagittarius sun, moon probably in Aries and Mars in Leo. The current transit of Uranus through Aries adds spark to the fire trine.

From a purely political standpoint, I have trouble understanding why the Republicans want Romney in the White House. My political guess is that he is pliable enough to do the bidding of his backers.

Cain is not a puppet. If his moon is in Pisces, there is some impressionability. However, a Sagittarian sun does not like to follow orders or be told what to do. The opinions Cain speaks are most likely truly his own.

With his natal Saturn in Cancer, Cain does not feel the joys of cooperation. He’s the leader and may have trouble accepting that coooperating doesn’t mean being a “follower” or being weak-willed. It just means someone else had a a good idea.

Natal Uranus opposing Cain’s Sagittarius sun indicates that Cain is also not one to follow habits. If the urge strikes him to eat pizza for breakfast, even if there is no cold pizza in the fridge, he will eat pizza. He does what he wants and what he wants varies from minute to minute. He probably has erratic sleeping habits as well.

Sagittarius is the archer, the half man half horse sign of the zodiac that looks upward. That means Sagittarius is optimistic. Gemini, the opposite of Sagittarius, wants facts. Sagittarius wants meaning.

With the abundance of fire and air, Cain is one talker. He probably talks all day and night and then, in his sleep. You can try to get him to stop talking. Good luck.

Cain’s Image

From an astrological viewpoint, what Cain has to offer is optimism and hope and a wider meaning to our struggles as a nation. I know — that’s stealing Obama’s tag line.

Cain’s 9-9-9 plan was brilliant. Nine is the number of fulfillment. 9 + 9 + 9 equals 27. 2 + 7 equals 9.

Is there a numerologist on his staff?

Abundance is the gift of Sagittarius. What Cain must guard against is having his optimism come across as “let them eat cake.” He has to appear hopeful without appearing deluded. He has to find a way to make people feel fulfilled while their pockets are empty.

Thanksgiving falls, sometimes, in the sign of Sagittarius. This year it does. Cain could make Thanksgiving his campaign theme – be thankful for what you have, hopeful for what you want.

Sagittarius and his fire-sign compatriots (Aries and Leo) are prone to inflated egos. Cain must also take pains to look humble. He may have learned humility while Pluto was transiting his sun back in 2005-2009. But if he hasn’t, he’d better just act the part.

In other words, don’t get cocky.

Fire says, “It’s all about me.” Cain must turn that into “through me it’s all about you.”

Fire razes, so Cain is impulsive. With that Uranus opposing the sun and widely opposing Venus and Mercury, Cain has foot in the mouth disease. As the pressure mounts, he will need to find some way to think about what he’s going to say. That won’t be easy.

Sideburns

And lastly, Ohio Astrology recommends, again, that Cain grow sideburns. Cain is a handsome man who could pull this off. Since Cain has guts he could challenge the idea that to look presidential you have to look boring. Cain, with so much fire and air, is hardly boring.

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Everything You Need to Know About Astrology You Learned Waking Up This Morning

Posted on October 13, 2011 by ohioastrology

I don’t have to get up as early as I used to, so my life has been “slip sliding away” into some lazy behaviors. I blame the nice weather, but as a Capricorn I know discipline comes from within so I decided to set my alarm to wake up at an earlier time.

The alarm, then, represents discipline.

SATURN

As I don’t transition from dreamtime to wake time easily, often upon hearing my alarm it takes me a while to remember who I am and what day it is.

The alarm is Saturn because it has set a limit to my sleep. Remembering who I am and what day it is brings me back to REALITY. You must get up. You must go to work. You must, you must . . .

Saturn is a slap in the face, like your alarm. It’s not a Uranian awakening to intuitive levels. It’s an awakening to the world of the five senses. It’s the three dimensional world in which your body resides.

You are you, it’s late, get your butt up, it’s time for work.

MERCURY

Next, for me, comes Mercury. After I remember who I am, the thoughts begin to flood in –

OMG, I’m late. I’ve got to shower. Should I eat breakfast here, or buy something on the way to save time? Crap, I was going to go in early today to work on that document. I’ll just skip lunch instead. Is that meeting at 1 or 2? Cat, get out from under my feet. I’ll feed you. Just let me wake up.

And on and on.

Mercury is the wing-footed messenger of those things we call thoughts. He’s flying around in my head wiping away all traces of last night’s dreams.

SUN

Remembering who I am is the sun.

I am not sitting on a beach in Cancun sipping margaritas living la vie boheme having made millions writing an astrology book. That was a dream.

No, I’m the person who does this and that and needs to get up to do it. What will I wear today to look both stunning and professional at that important meeting?

That reminds me that I’d better slap my name all over that report so my boss doesn’t take credit for it.

MOON

The moon is about reaction and comfort. The alarm says, “Get out of bed” and the moon says, “I don’t want to get out of bed? Why do I have to?”

Sounds like a child, right?

It’s more comfortable to stay in bed every morning. If we didn’t have Saturn in our charts, we might spend our whole lives in bed, not doing anything that caused the least discomfort.

When the alarm goes off, that scenario doesn’t sound too bad. Writing about it now, it seems positively appalling. I’m glad I listened to Saturn.

Food is comfort. No surprise that it’s often our hunger that gets us out of bed.

JUPITER AND VENUS

As I write, I see that Jupiter and Venus visit me together so I will explain them together.

As Mercury tells me of all that I need to do, I think about all the ways I can do it. I then start to see how I can derive a little pleasure (Venus) from a busy day and then even plan lots of extra activities I will never have time for (Jupiter).

I’ll stop and get something for breakfast. That will save me time. Plus a McDonald’s bacon-egg-cheese bagel and coffee is more appealing during my mad rush than oatmeal and tea.

That’s Jupiter saying, “Yes, indulge.”

Saturn is the opposite that says, “No, it’s not good for you.” I left Saturn sitting at the alarm clock so now Jupiter is running free.

So I’ll stop and get breakfast, skip lunch to prepare for that meeting which will allow me to leave on time!

Yeah, sure.

Since I’m going to leave on time, I’ll go out tonight. I’ll call some friends and see if they want to do dinner. I forgot I need to pick up my laundry, books from the library, get cat food and call my dad. I’ll just do that before dinner. My, what nice weather we’re having today. I’ll see if my friends want to go for a walk before dinner.

Way too much. Venus is the pleasure I want to have and Jupiter is the planet leading me to believe not only that I can have pleasure, but lots of it, in this limited 24-hour time period we call “a day.”

MARS

Mars is the God of War. You probably have already figured out where Mars first occurs in your busy day.

The drive to work.

The drives to and from work are called “rush hour.” Mars is goal-oriented action. I’m going from home to work (and back) in the least time possible. Get out of my way so I can get there more quickly. And if you don’t get out of my way, I will give you the finger.

Now that I write, I realize that most angry faces and fingers directed at my driving do occur early morning.

Mars on coffee makes it all worse.

Enough said.

THE OUTER PLANETS (URANUS, NEPTUNE, PLUTO)

The outer planets relate to the “times” and generational cycles and patterns. Kind of like the business cycle.

You don’t meet the outer planets in the morning, per se, but the energy of the times is the backdrop of your morning.

Pluto

Pluto is currently transiting Capricorn and destroying this thing we call “the economy.” So as I lay in bed fighting with my moon which wants to lie there and dream, Mercury brings a message from Pluto: “You’d better get your butt into work. If you are late, they will fire you and hire one of the 500 people who want your job.”

Uranus

Uranus is currently transiting Aries, causing impulsive actions directed toward enhancing the sense of self. After thinking about the 500 people who want my job I now tell Mercury, “Let them have it. It sucks anyway. I’m going to write an astrology book and sit on a beach somewhere, not necessarily in that order.”

Neptune

Neptune is teeter tottering between Aquarius and Pisces, moving into Pisces. Neptune in its own sign is about spirituality. Thinking about it, I tell Mercury that it would be better for me not to sell my soul to the devil we call the workplace. I want to do something spiritual anyway, like sell all my possessions and visit spiritual sites across the world!

It is important to let go of Neptune before the drive to work. Misty dreaming doesn’t help with focused driving.

Congratulations, you now know astrology!

Congratulations on reading this far. You now know astrology. Now get to work, you’re late!

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Romney and Obama – Nothing in Common

Posted on October 12, 2011 by ohioastrology

I didn’t see the debates last night so have scanned the news coverage. The coverage seems slanted toward Romney, probably because he is leading in the polls.

The New York Times headlined their story “Romney Looks Past Rivals as Debate Focuses on Economy.” The Washington Post story is titled “Mitt Romney solidifies his front-runner status in Republican debate.”

How does one “look past rivals” and “solidify front-runner status” during a debate? Isn’t “winning a debate” in the eyes of the beholder?

I’m probably just getting politically rusty as I haven’t followed an election this closely in a long time. Or maybe I’m just sad that it’s being decided so quickly ending the fun.

It’s clearly about Romney.

It’s About Romney, stupid

Comparing the charts of two individuals to determine compatibility is called synastry.

Obama has sun in Leo (fixed fire) and moon in Gemini (mutable air). Leo is strong, proud and needs to be center of attention. Gemini is about mental agility and seeks constant stimulation.

Romney has sun in Pisces (mutable water) and moon, probably, in Scorpio (fixed water). Pisces is sensitive, emotional and empathetic. Scorpio is emotional, intense, perceptive and vengeful.

These two don’t have much in common. Obama is fire and air while Romney is entirely water.

With ten planets in each chart, there is a lot to compare. It’s interesting, though, how little these two are connected. It’s almost like they are different species or from different planets.

Communication

Romney’s Uranus in on Obama’s moon (in Gemini) and his Saturn is on Obama’s Mercury (in Leo). Romney’s Uranus squares his own Mercury (in Pisces) and Obama’s Mars (in Virgo) opposes that Mercury.

I can’t wait to watch these two argue. When I watch the US presidential “debates,” I see only individual monologues and very little debating. I suspect if/when Romney and Obama debate, there will be more actual debating with lots of facts thrown out to foil the other. Mental and verbal fencing will occur.

Romney appears to have the upper hand with his Saturn on Obama’s Mercury. He seems to intimidate Obama intellectually. It feels as if Romney knows a secret about Obama (Pisces and Scorpio both love secrets) and speaking around the rim of that secret keeps Obama from getting too nasty in response.

(This energy excites me, as a voter. A real debate would be cool. I never thought I’d say it but I will — I miss William F. Buckley Jr. He knew how to throw a debate. I’d also love to see someone like Christopher Hitchens ask real questions and challenge rehearsed answers. I’d cancel my plans to watch that debate.)

Dominance

Romney’s Pluto (in Leo) is on Obama’s sun. Obama’s Mars (in Virgo) is opposite Romney’s sun (in Pisces). Obama’s Pluto (in Virgo) is opposite Romney’s Mars (in Pisces).

These aspects suggest a fight for dominance. I know, duh. This time it’s going to be very intense and maybe even a little nastier than usual. Some of the nasty may be plays the voter never sees.

Romney will have an almost animal instinct about how to trigger Obama. Romney’s political connections will also make it difficult for Obama. Romney will fight in a covert, mafia sort of way. He will be attacking Obama’s pride.

Obama will attack more openly. He will try to lure Romney from the environment where he is protected. Obama’s efforts to force Romney to admit certain things will probably fail as Pisces is good at emotional empathy and appearing the victim.

Pisces and Scorpio are manipulative. Leo and Gemini are better at making up complicated, colorful stories to move attention onto other subjects. We’ll see which prevails.

Transits

It’s interesting to me that the current transiting cardinal T-square of Pluto (in Capricorn), Uranus (in Aries) and Saturn (in Libra) doesn’t have a profound impact on either of these men’s charts. Maybe that’s why they have the energy to run for President. The rest of us are laboring in jobs and relationships under this transit.

Uranus in Aries energizes both men. Neptune in Pisces will be affecting Romney, but that’s not here yet. If he does win the presidency, he will probably rule like a religious leader.

Saturn in Libra is squaring Obama’s natal Saturn in Capricorn. His role in the world is challenging to his relationships. When he’s done being president, he will probably have to make a new set of friends as this set will move out of his sphere.

Nothing in Common

The synastry makes me suspect that Romney has some very powerful supporters who can move events. Obama might want to have a fair fight, but it’s not going to be fair.

Once the fight is over, these two will probably never interact again. They have nothing in common.

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Republican Presidential Candidate Debate: The Ohio Astrology Prep Sheet

Posted on October 10, 2011 by ohioastrology

As a public service, Ohio Astrology has put together this Republican Presidential Candidate Debate Prep Sheet for use by any of the candidates. Ohio Astrology is offering advice, free, to the candidates based on the idea that they should express their true selves.

Disclaimer: Ohio Astrology is not responsible for the reactions caused by being one’s true self. Information provided is based on knowing date of birth only, not actual time of birth.

Check out the Politicians – Republican Presidential Candidates section for blogs on candidates’ charts.

In alphabetical order:

Michele Bachmann

DO: Express that zany Aquarius moon and aggressive Aries sun. Now that Palin has confirmed she is not running, soak up her Aquarian quirky femininity like an alligator soaks up the sun after a meal of human flesh. You are a noisemaker so make some noise. It’s your last chance.

DON’T: Interrupt or look pushy. It’s better to appear unusual than hysterical. Unusual is maverick, hysterical will brand you “female,” a liability for a US Presidential candidate.

Herman Cain

DO: Dress as dashing as possible and wear your fire-sign dignity on your sleeve like a 5-star general wears a pentagon of stars. To the viewers, ask the question, “If the Chinese were to invade tomorrow, which one of us would you want to see leading the troops?”

DON’T:  Don’t yell, just speak with dignity. Don’t wear fake sentimentality. You’re the one they want leading the troops, right?

Newt Gingrich

DO: Continue to show the Republican Party how Gemini-Sagittarius intellectual ability can be useful in a president. You know facts about stuff which sets you apart from your colleagues. Explain why knowledge of subjects, say history, can help in the role of president.

DON’T:  Get flip or smug. You may know more than the others on the stage, but your party doesn’t like people who are flip or smug. Save that for the blackjack table.

Jon Huntsman

DO: Tell the audience tales of your Aries bravery, especially if you’ve saved someone’s life. Republican “debates” are not really debates, so tell a Mars-like war story as one of your answers. Let the viewers see and hear about your boundless energy and self-assurance.

DON’T: Let them see your cruel side. Be nice.

Gary Johnson

DO: Allow the audience to see that you are a serious Capricorn person. Don’t put on false frivolity. In fact, explain why the country needs a grounded, realistic president. Appear traditional by comparing yourself to the Founding Fathers.

DON’T: Appear too staid. Serious is your style but boring is bad. Make sure to laugh a little, especially at yourself.

Ron Paul

DO: Show that you are unflappable in the most extreme circumstances due to an abundance of fixed signs. Compare yourself to revered presidents past and show how you possess the same fixed sign qualities of fortitude and determination.

DON’T: Get too intense. Feel the mood of the room and find a way to adapt your responses to the mood. It’s about the people, right?

Rick Perry

DO: Admit to your vulnerable Pisces nature. Sometimes when answering questions you appear, how shall we say it, not too sharp. Looking at your chart, I suspect it’s simply Virgo moon nerves. Admit it, you’re human, you get nervous. If you didn’t, you’d be a sociopath, right? In other words, be your sensitive self.

DON’T: Use the canned answers you are fed. Answer honestly instead of repeating pre-packaged responses you don’t really feel deeply about.

Buddy Roemer

DO:  Admit that you like to collaborate like a Libra with others, than you’re not a renegade. What’s wrong, really, with seeking others’ opinions and collaborating on decisions? Dare to say “multilateral.”

DON’T: Forget to say “I” instead of “we.” Collaboration is good. Accountability is also good and means saying, “I.”

Mitt Romney

DO: Like Perry, admit to having feelings and sensitivity. Pretending you don’t will make you look weak as you try to look stoic. Show your intense Pisces and Scorpio passion for the things you care about.

DON’T: Look to your wife for confidence. Get it from inside.

Rick Santorum

DO: Express how ideas that appear extremely traditional can, if fact, be quite radical. Explain, for example, how it’s radical to believe in simplicity or to stop drinking coffee. Just explain yourself – you’re difficult to understand with fixed Aquarius squaring your fixed earth.

DON’T: Let your mind wander while others are talking. Most importantly, don’t forget that others will try to synthesize ideas in ways that you don’t. Prepare to explain how you put the pieces of the puzzle together differently.

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Prince Harry is Growing Up

Posted on October 8, 2011 by ohioastrology

After his brother Prince William’s marriage, the press turned their heads to Prince Harry to check in on his marriage plans. Royal weddings are rare, as is royalty itself. Royal weddings are like comets, they come around only once or twice in a lifetime. Even if you don’t like comets or royal weddings, you have to at least take a glance.

Prince Harry is reported as saying he didn’t plan to get married for a long time.

I wonder what his chart says?

Marriage Plans?

As I write, transiting Saturn is in Libra sitting on top of Prince Harry’s Venus in Libra, like a hen on an egg. Something is incubating.

Venus in Libra suggests romantic ideals of partnership. Saturn on that Venus says contraction of the Libra urge to partner. Saturn is not associated with love and romance; Saturn is about grounding. Many astrologers look for a Saturn aspect in a chart or between charts to see if love will really become marriage.

If you think about it, contracting of romantic social life is exactly what marriage is about. Theoretically, you will date no longer; you will cease to flutter those flirtatious eyelashes.

There is some fire in Prince Harry’s chart – Uranus, Mars and Neptune are all in Sagittarius. That suggests love of travel and study. Trine that Venus, it also suggests love of things foreign, including people. As Saturn moves to the later degrees of Libra and into Scorpio, it will be in Prince Harry’s 9th house, the house ruled by Sagittarius.

A More Powerful Prince

Using Astrotheme’s horoscope, Pluto will cross Prince Harry’s ascendant around the beginning of 2013. Pluto on the ascendant makes one more powerful. On Prince Harry’s Capricorn ascendant, it suggests a coming into power itself as Capricorn rules authority and structure.

Pluto is currently transiting Prince Harry’s Jupiter in Capricorn in the 12th, the house of secrets. For all the British history I’ve been reading, I still don’t understand all the nuts and bolts of royalty (and, frankly, don’t care). This aspect suggests that some position of responsibility is being developed and the egg will hatch in about a year.

Maybe Prince Harry is being honest and instead of creating marriage plans, he’s making plans for something that actually takes him away from marriage, like a life in the church.

Prince Harry’s sun is in Virgo and moon in Taurus, both earth signs. Pluto coming into Capricorn will form a grand earth trine. The responsibility Harry will shoulder is something that he desires.

In other words, he’s going to grow up.

With moon in Taurus in the 4th and sun in Virgo in the 8th, Prince Harry appears to be responsible for family and group assets. Maybe this new responsibility involves overseeing a budget or assets.

Both Neptune and Uranus will be transiting Prince Harry’s 2nd house of money. Neptune is in Pisces and Uranus in Aries, quite different energies that are working in the same house. This new financial plan is both spiritual and innovative.

A Marriage Alliance?

Maybe, as in royal history, Prince Harry will marry the princess of another kingdom and combine the wealth and power of two countries. This little fairy tale fits nicely with the aspects occurring in Prince Harry’s chart: more power, more money and a grounded partnership.

I can’t wait. I love a royal marriage. A royal alliance would be even more delightful – the stuff of history.

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If you want to start a cult, what sign should you be?

Posted on October 8, 2011 by ohioastrology

I’ve been interested in cults since I was a teenager, but it took me another decade to realize the word “cult” is simply a shortened version of “culture.” A cult, then, is a subculture. A nation’s culture is simply the current cult.

When a group is given the label “cult,” it’s usually because it threatens the dominant culture in some way (such as early Christianity) or has done something nasty.

One of the salient characteristics of a group deemed a cult is that it has control over the members’ environment. So Cult, capital C, involves separation in some way from the dominant culture. Those are the cults that make news.

If we consider that cults manifest both positively and negatively, there are many more cults in existence than reported. Some cults challenge the dominant culture in a more subtle fashion.

Looking at cult leaders who make the news, I found that fixed signs prevail.

Hey wait, isn’t that what you say about US Presidents and rulers of Latin American countries, Ohio Astrology?

Yes. But it makes sense. To rule a culture or a cult are the same thing. You need a fixed, strong, dominant and charismatic personality with unwavering beliefs. No waffling.

If you want to start a cult, you should have sun or moon in a fixed sign. TAURUS seems to do well in cult leadership.

Cult Leaders and Fixed Signs

The fixed signs are Taurus (earth), Leo (fire), Scorpio (water) and Aquarius (air).

Here are some men labeled “cult” leaders:

Charles Manson: sun in Scorpio, moon in Capricorn or Aquarius

David Koresh: sun in Leo, moon in Aquarius

Sun Myung Moon: sun in Pisces, moon in Taurus

Jim Jones: sun in Taurus, moon in Pisces or Aries

Marshall Applewhite: sun in Taurus, moon in Taurus

Cult Leader or Motivational Speaker?

When I pointed out to my Meetup astrologer that Manson never really killed anyone (that we know), he pointed out that you could then call him a “motivational speaker.” That’s hilarious and also true.

Manson, the Scorpio, persuaded others to kill. Jones and Applewhite convinced others to kill themselves. Koresh doesn’t appear to have had an interest in murder or suicide. Being a Leo, maybe he just wanted love. And Reverend Moon is clearly interested in earning money. My Korean friend told me that Moon offered to pay off the entire debt of South Korea if they would recognize his church.

The characteristics of each cult are based on the personality of its motivational leader.

Jim Jones and Marshall Applewhite

Jones and Applewhite were born four days apart (May 13, 1931 and May 17, 1931 respectively). I don’t have a statistician hanging about, but it seems statistically relevant that two men born within a week would become cult leaders who convince a group of people to commit collective suicide.

The chart differences between the two men involve mostly the moon and house placements (which is dependent on time of birth, which I don’t have).

Jones had moon in Pisces or Aries. I’m guessing Pisces as his followers killed themselves by drinking poisoned liquid. Pisces is a water sign.

Applewhite had his followers kill themselves as the only way to “evacuate the earth” and have their souls picked up by a passing UFO to ascend to other levels (per Wikipedia).

Clearly Applewhite felt stifled by having both sun and moon in the fixed earth sign of Taurus. Saturn trines the sun and moon which would suggest someone grounded in reality, not someone fleeing reality.

The T-square in both mens’ charts consisting of Pluto/Jupiter (in Cancer), Saturn (in Capricorn) and Venus/Uranus (in Aries) does suggest a bad time in love, but I never would have guessed they’d get so upset as to want to leave the earth and take others with them. It’s almost as though disappointment in love made them challenge the loyalty of those around them. The ultimate challenge being, “If you loved me, you would kill yourself for me.”

If you want to start a cult, you should be . . .

So if you want to start a cult, you should be a fixed sign. If you decide cult leadership is not for you, fixed signs do well in other types of charismatic leadership such a politics and religion.

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