If You Want to Rule a Latin/South American Country, What Sign Should You Be?

Posted on August 9, 2011 by ohioastrology

Leo.

If you’re not a Leo, you have a chance if you’re one of the other two fire signs – Aries or Sagittarius.

In other words, you’d better have an extroverted, confident, ebullient, gregarious personality if you want to rule a Latin/South American country. Ostentatiousness is accepted and some fluffing of the feathers encouraged.

Earth signs need not apply.

Here’s the current lineup:

Like the United States, Latin/South America likes fixed signs (Leo, Aquarius, Taurus and Scorpio). Almost half of the current Latin/South American rulers are fixed.

Fixed signs have intensity, forbearance and determination. It seems appropriate that anyone wanting to rule any country in this world have determination and force of personality. The challenges are many so that mutable signs will be off onto something more fun and cardinal signs just get too frustrated.

The two greatest Latin/South American adversaries to the United States are Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Fidel Castro of Cuba. Both are Leos, the great centers-of-attention. Chavez even goes on TV every Sunday and talks for hours (or used to). Both bring the pride of Leo to the fore to thumb their noses at the US.

Hopefully Fidel and Hugo are thumbing their noses at being dominated by the US for the good of their people. I know Fidel said goodbye to the US only to say hello to the former Soviet Union. From the bed of one abusive lover to the arms of another abusive lover . . .

I fully support national self-determination and don’t like that wealthy countries are forcing less-developed countries to sell their natural resources in order to stay solvent. It does take strength to say “no” to the pressures of the developed countries who sometimes even invade your country if you don’t sell them what they want at the price they want to pay.

So, if you want to rule a Latin or South American country you need to be:

  • Strong
  • Expressive
  • Confident

Leos also love their hair so nice hair should help.

If you’re not a Leo, be sure to act like one.

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The Most Beautiful Sign of the Zodiac is . . .

Posted on August 7, 2011 by ohioastrology

Wait, wait. How can beauty be described in the horoscope when the horoscope is about personality?

Many, many moons back while in Taiwan I studied Chinese Ba Zi (Eight Characters) which is a shortened version of the Chinese astrology Zi Wei Dou Shu.

My teacher showed me her eight characters and said how a specific combination made others see her as “beautiful.” That was the first time I considered beauty in the horoscope. Like intelligence, I saw it as something handed out at birth in a certain amount, not a quality.

I see beauty in the horoscope under two types: classical and ethereal.

Classical Beauty

I see classical beauty as falling under the sign of Aquarius. The late Linda Goodman saw Aquarius as the most beautiful sign and I see her point. When Aquarius is beautiful, it is the classical, evenly aligned beauty of perfection.

Aquarius, to me, is the sign of the “perfect universe,” or utopian vision. The beauty of Aquarius seems to fall into this perfection that the universe can create, albeit randomly.

Beauty is also in the realm of Libra which is a sign I see as loving beauty itself. Libra needs beauty to survive where others need food and air.

While Libra may not be classically beautiful, pure Libra carries a charm that always emanates as beauty. Libra knows how to enhance whatever physical form was provided and add beauty in the way we take a plain tree and turn it into a beautiful Christmas tree.

Ethereal Beauty

Ethereal beauty to me is the type that is not about physical features. It is the essence of both beauty and otherworldliness. I see that type of beauty represented by the planet Neptune (which rules the sign of Pisces).

Today’s age of information overload produces many, many beauties. I’ll have to go back to the 1960’s when certain women, such as Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor, stood out as being the beauties of their time.

Marilyn Monroe had sun in Gemini, moon in Aquarius opposite Neptune in Leo. Elizabeth Taylor was sun in Pisces, moon in Scorpio with Neptune opposite the sun.

Both women represented more than their beauty – they represented an ethereal femininity, one without menstrual cramps, motherly cookie baking or political feminism.

Magazines like Vogue find cover models that aren’t classically beautiful but have unique (Aquarius) features that make them ethereally beautiful. Vogue does not sell beauty, it sells an image. That’s why it’s so full of beautiful photographs (Neptune) that project feelings of beauty.

Ethereal beauty is like a mythical image of a faraway wonderland. It must have been difficult for someone like Elizabeth Taylor to carry such a mythical beauty. Maybe that’s why she had so many husbands. Her beauty was so far beyond an earthly, day-to-day partnership.

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Folie a deux

Posted on August 6, 2011 by ohioastrology

A few weeks ago there was a “Bonnie & Clyde” style bank robbery in Columbus, Ohio. I once heard a bank security officer explain how stupid it is to do a high-risk bank robbery when you can earn much more through credit card theft.

So why in the digital age would a couple go shooting guns in the middle of a bank for a wad of dye-pack triggered cash? It had to be more than money.

The French term “folie a deux” is a psychiatric phenomenon of shared delusion between two individuals. Some examples are Bonnie & Clyde and Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold (Columbine).

Bonnie & Clyde

Bonnie Parker had sun in Libra and moon in Virgo. Clyde Parker had sun in Aries and moon in Taurus. Clyde appears to have been the stronger personality here, with his Mars conjunct Uranus in Capricorn adding ambition to an already strong and driven personality.

Bonnie was the relater, the Libra who seeks reflection in the other with a critical and perfectionist Virgo moon. While our image of her is a brazen moll, she probably worried a lot. Pluto square Mercury probably provided the provoking language façade while she probably was shivering in her shoes with nervous indigestion.

A look back at the times of Bonnie & Clyde shows Uranus was in Capricorn causing sudden changes to society’s structures, Neptune was in Cancer spiritualizing the family and Pluto was in Gemini transforming communications.

What drove these two to folly?

Clyde’s Saturn in Aries on his sun in Aries suggests great insecurity and restraint in his Arian warlike nature. Mars in Capricorn squaring the Aries energy is great, great frustration. Clyde was a man held back by somebody or something and he only knew how to break out of the chains through violence.

Why was the poetry-writing gentle Bonnie attracted to this? Libra is opposite Aries and it’s easy to think Clyde was the shadow side of a peace-loving soul. However, two aspects make me wonder about Bonnie’s attraction to Clyde – her Saturn in Taurus on his moon and her own Pluto (in Gemini) square Venus (in Virgo).

Bonnie may have felt some material lack in her life and Clyde brought home the bacon. He brought home lots of bacon in a very hunting Neanderthal way. Libra loves nice things and he was simply a provider.

Pluto square Venus suggests Bonnie had other abusive relationships and really didn’t know a relationship of respect. Clyde has this same aspect (Pluto in Gemini square Venus in Pisces) so played the part.

Bonnie & Clyde were shot to death in their car on May 23, 1934 with Mars in Taurus on Clyde’s moon and Bonnie’s Saturn (Bonnie may have given them away somehow) and Neptune in Virgo moving to those Pluto/Venus squares. If they hadn’t been shot to death, they probably would have harmed each other in some other way.

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold

I read an interesting book on Columbine where the author portrayed Harris as the psychopath and Klebold as the follower.

Harris was the sun in Aries, with both Venus and Mars conjunct his sun. Klebold was the sun in Virgo, with five planets (Saturn, Mercurity, Jupiter, Pluto and Venus) in Libra.

Aries meets Libra/Virgo again, ala Bonnie & Clyde.

Harris’ moon was in Gemini or Cancer. From his inability to feel, Gemini might be more accurate. Klebold’s moon was in Aquarius.

Klebold was not as gentle as Bonnie Parker. Moon in Leo suggests a handsome ego while moon in Aquarius is someone who can’t express his feelings very well and takes a scientific, analytical approach to emotions. While he may have been gentle, he really didn’t “get” where people were coming from. Mars opposite that moon suggests he was actually very demanding of others.

Harris had Pluto opposite Venus and Klebold had Pluto conjunct Venus. As with Bonnie & Clyde, these two probably didn’t know a good relationship from a bad one. Both were involved in power struggles in love and friendship. Both probably had dysfunctional friendships well before they met each other.

Harris and Klebold killed themselves on April 20, 1999 while Pluto was in Sagittarius. Pluto in Sagittarius had not yet reached the Neptune in Sagittarius aspect in their charts.

It’s interesting that Pluto in Sagittarius brought us 9/11 and religious wars. Many involved were born when Neptune was Sagittarius. Neptune in Sagittarius spiritualized the “spiritual quest.”

Folie a deux

When I want to do something bad (like call in sick and go to the zoo), I know there are certain friends I would call to accompany me and certain friends I would not. And when I do something stupid, I also call certain people first.

But I have a mixture of friends who will drink with me and friends who will remind me it’s not good for my health.

I think Bonnie & Clyde and Harris & Klebold just didn’t have a set of friends in their lives to say, “Hey, you’re being stupid.”

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Ohio is a Mysterious Pisces

Posted on August 4, 2011 by ohioastrology

Ohio’s official birthday is March 1, 1803. That makes Ohio a Pisces.

In researching Ohio’s birthday, I learned that Ohio’s boundaries were actually set and approved on February 19, 1803 and later the date was set retroactively to March 1, 1803.

I don’t know what time on February 19, 1803 Ohio’s boundaries were set. If it was after 8:30 am or so, Ohio is still a Pisces. I don’t know what time work started for Congress back in 1803.But February is still kinda cold so maybe they didn’t talk about Ohio until lunch.

Pisces is a mutable water sign. It is the most psychic of all the signs, being tuned into the mass conscious to the point of having no boundaries. Pisces is associated with both spirituality and vulnerability. Because Pisces is so open, it is also open to manipulation – both giving and receiving.

It makes sense that Ohio is a water sign. Ohio’s natural boundaries are a big lake (Lake Erie) and a big river (the Ohio River). From the site Info Please I learned that Ohio is an Iroquoian word meaning “great river.”

Ohio is also the home of very ancient Indian civilizations – the Adena, the Hopewell and those that created Serpent Mound in Adams County and Alligator Mound in Licking County. Ohio may look like cow country, but if you look very closely you will see that there is very quiet mystery in this state.

As a native of Cleveland, I didn’t realize the treasure trove of ancient remnants that exist in central and southern Ohio until moving to Columbus. At the time of contact, this land we call Ohio was littered with Indian mounds, both effigy and burial, as well as abundant earthworks including Fort Ancient, Highbanks and the Octagon Earthworks. The Octagon Earthworks just happen to be aligned to the moon’s 18-year cycle.

The Ohio River Valley is the Egypt of the United States.

Don’t forget that Ohio was once the Wild West. If you read early Ohio writings such as “The Ohio Frontier” edited by Emily Foster, you will learn that Ohio produced allergies and sickness as far back as the 16th century. It was hunting ground for Indians and dangerous territory for European settlers.

Neptune has just moved to the sign of Pisces. It’s now retrograde in Aquarius bobbing back and forth between Aquarius and Pisces. If Ohio was born on February 19, 1803, that means Neptune is bobbing on EXACTLY on Ohio’s natal sun.

As we are a land of water, Neptune on our sun means a spiritualization of our consciousness as a state. I’ve just tuned into the fact that the world is running out of water and I’m guessing Ohio, the land of water, will be in the middle of any future water politics. We may also be involved in some sort of religious politics.

Neptune hopping all over Ohio’s sun has definitely brought a lot of rain. Possibly this will continue and we will deal with increased flooding.

Ohio’s natal moon is not so easy to determine. On March 1, it was in Gemini. On February 19, it was either in Capricorn or Aquarius.

Because I don’t have Ohio’s “time of birth,” I also can’t tell which planets are in which houses.

Oh well, I can’t fully unravel the mystery of Ohio. I can tell you it’s more than cow country.

My favorite books on Ohio archaeology and history:

Ohio Archaeology by Bradley T Lepper

Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley by Susan L. Woodward and Jerry N. McDonald (if you’re going to visit Ohio mounds, you need this book)

The Ohio Frontier edited by Emily Foster

My favorite websites on Ohio archeology:

Ohio Historical Society

Licking County Historical Society

Native Americans in Ohio

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Luke Fickell – No Time for Whining

Posted on August 2, 2011 by ohioastrology

Luke Fickell, the new Ohio State University football coach, is a fiery man. His sun is in sunny fixed fire Leo and his moon is in headstrong cardinal fire Aries.

Fire is about expression and intuition, action and energy, getting up early with a smile on your face, opening the drapes to let the sun in, greeting the new day and wondering how you can make an impact on mankind.

Leo is all about having adoring fans, so Fickell has stepped into the right job because his job involves stepping into the spotlight. Leo loves, loves, loves the spotlight.

The spotlight, like all lights, casts a shadow. It’s the “shadow side” of this job where Fickell may encounter some problems.

An eagle-eye in the astrology group I attend noticed that Fickell has two yods in his chart. Yods are called “The Finger of God” aspect. Two planets are 60 degrees apart and both are 150 degrees to a common planet. That makes a Y shape with the bottom of the Y pointing to the planet that is supposedly dishing up the fate to the chart owner.

The yods are:

  1. Saturn in Cancer / Mars in Taurus – finger to Neptune in Sagittarius
  2. Neptune in Sagittarius / Jupiter in Aquarius – finger to Saturn in Cancer

Neptune and Saturn are in both yods. Mars in Taurus and Jupiter in Aquarius are squared.

Cancer is the sign that traditionally represents mothering, comfort and nurturing. I believe the deeper meaning of Cancer is about belonging. Saturn in Cancer, the only water in Fickell’s chart, means he doesn’t have a strong sense of family, mothering or belonging.

Fickell doesn’t understand others’ emotional realities.

Fickell acts, he doesn’t whine or complain. He probably doesn’t like whining or complaining in others and will not soothe you just because you scraped your knee. He’ll tell you to get back up, dust yourself off and “start all over again.” That’s what he would do.

Much of sports fandom is relating to a team as though you were a member. When I watch an OSU game, I’m not just watching eleven boys I don’t know play a game. The eleven boys represent me. If they win, I win and feel good. If they lose, I lose and feel bad.

That relating is in the element of water. That sense of belonging is Cancer and Piscean.

Fickell might not understand that in his role as coach of OSU football part of his job is to relate to 100,000 fans so that feel they are also part of the team. This, I believe, will be Fickell’s greatest challenge. Leo seeks attention – Fickell will have to turn that attention back to the fans.

From that Mars/Mercury/Jupiter T-square, I believe his will drive the team very hard. What he won’t understand is that driving the team alone does not make happy fans. Happy fans don’t just come from winning, they come from belonging.

I can imagine a scenario where Fickell drives the team to success but will not receive the accolades he feels he deserves. There may be a “We’re glad you won, but we don’t like exactly how it happened,” feeling.

I’m also imagining a tidal wave of new experiences for him in dealing with fans, administration, donors and everyone else who has an opinion to offer but has never thrown a pig skin.

Sunny Leo and driven Aries can overcome just about anything. But it will take some introspection that is unfamiliar to the element of fire.

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The Astrology of Neil Simon

Posted on July 31, 2011 by ohioastrology

Neil Simon is a playwright of such famous works as “Barefoot in the Park” and “The Odd Couple.” I’m a fan of both works because they have the simple premise of pitting opposites against each other. The results are entertaining and funny.

Barefoot in the Park

In “Barefoot in the Park” a young, newly married couple, madly in love, move into a Greenwich Village apartment to begin married life. All is going well until a night on the town when the extroverted wife (Corie Bratter) is upset that her introverted husband (Paul Bratter) won’t let loose and paint the town red. He’s more worried about getting some sleep and starting his law career.

To counterbalance the young married couple, we have two older folks, one who acts old, and the other who acts young. So we have in terms of “real age” and “acted age” these four combinations:

Young/young (the wife)

Young/old (the husband)

Old/old (the wife’s mother)

Old/young (the eccentric male neighbor)

I see the wife as Aries and the husband as Capricorn. Aries is an impulsive, headstrong cardinal fire sign ruled by Mars, the god of war. Capricorn is a cardinal earth sign, practical, serious and stable. It likes to be authority, such as becoming a lawyer.

After a night on the town, the Aries wife gets angry that the Capricorn husband won’t relax, get drunk and have some fun. He’s so boring and unspontaneous, in fact, that he won’t walk barefoot in the park in winter.

The wife then has a bit of Aries impulsiveness and wants a divorce. It resolves, of course, with a happy ending with the Capricorn husband loosening his tie and the Aries wife realizing that stability has its merits.

The older couple also has some realizations. The stuffy mother realizes she can spend one night without worrying about her ulcer and the eccentric neighbor accepts he’s not 20 years anymore but can still enjoy life in a more mellow way.

The Odd Couple

In the very famous “The Odd Couple,” we have two divorced men trying to live together. Oscar Madison is a relaxed sports writer who is irresponsible and self-indulgent.

Oh, and he’s messy.

Felix Ungar is the opposite – a neat nick, picky, demanding, hypochondriacal and critical.

I see Madison as a Sagittarius, a mutable fire sign and Unger as a Virgo, a mutable earth sign. Virgo Ungar nags Sagittarius Madison about some things in life that Sagittarians rarely worry about – what to have for dinner, cigarette ashes on the floor, mud tracks on the carpet and burnt meatloaf.

Sagittarius is not one to cry over spilled milk or a burnt meatloaf.

Virgo, ever the perfectionist, can’t serve a burnt meatloaf to guests and can’t go out to dinner because money has already been spent on meatloaf.

Of course it all heats up into a big blowout with Madison walking on the drapes and Ungar running away, apron on, ladle in hand. And, of course, they learn a little of each other’s’ ways which betters both men.

As an aside, “Two and a Half Men” is simply “The Odd Couple” with more modern “bad boy” and “good boy” habits inserted. This theme still sells!

Neil Simon

Not surprising, Simon has a few opposites in his chart.

Simon’s sun is in Cancer, a cardinal water sign known for its shyness and extreme sensitivity. His moon is in mutable earth sign Virgo, the Felix Unger sign of perfection which is accompanied by over-concern for health and neatness. Virgo is also shy, being the sign of servitude. Who can have a big ego and be a servant?

Neither Cancer nor Virgo picks a fight in a bar.

Fire signs pick fights in bars (or while you’re driving on vacation or while you’re at the movies or any other inconvenient place).

Simon has a grand fire trine with Jupiter/Uranus in Aries, Mercury in Leo and Saturn in Sagittarius. In addition to this exact trine, Simon has Mars, Neptune and Venus in Leo.

That’s a lot of fire to have inside of a Cancer/Virgo shell. I wonder if all that fire inside creates skin eruptions of some sort.

Clearly the opposites Simon writes so well about exist in his own psyche. His psyche may be dueling as do his characters. And, hopefully, like his characters each side of Simon sees the need of the other side. From the humor of his writings, I suspect Simon can see the humor of his own opposites.

Simon is currently experiencing a Uranus return. This Uranus return triggers the energy of that grand fire trine.

I’m guessing he’s out doing something extroverted.

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When is the Best Time to Challenge Authority?

Posted on July 29, 2011 by ohioastrology

I’ve always wished I could have been there when Rosa Parks, in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955 during Jim Crow laws, refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger.

We all have times in our lives when we forget about our fears, accept the ramifications of our actions and just say, “No.”

What does it take to make that happen?

Parks was 42 when she stubbornly refused to budge. As with others that age, she had both a Saturn and Uranus opposition to their natal positions. In this country, the mid-40s is known as the time of the “mid-life crisis.”

Traditionally a mid-life crisis is seen as the last attempt to capture hopes and dreams that are unfulfilled or break out of a stale pattern.

From an astrological perspective, Uranus relates to sudden awakening and sudden events. Saturn relates to the structure of life and society including laws, codes and authority.

How did Parks feel on that day in 1955?

Wikipedia provides a quote from Parks’ autobiography, My Story:

“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”

Parks was tired of giving in.

I believe it’s the Saturn opposition that makes us challenge authority, if we feel the need. Uranus comes into play by having us take sudden action or bringing the realization that something just isn’t right.

We could be challenging our own limiting beliefs or the beliefs of our society. That’s when we leave our family, flee to Tahiti and paint natives for the rest of our lives, which French painter Paul Gauguin did at the age of 43.

Saturn has a 29-year cycle. It returns to its natal position around the age of 28-29. Halfway around the circular horoscope, it is opposed to our natal Saturn. So the first opposition occurs around the age of 14-15 and the second around the age of 42-43 and the third, and probably final around the age of 72-73. The next would be around 101-102.

Sound familiar?

As a teenager you are challenging authority, your parents. At age 42-43, you can take on yourself or society.

Parks was a sun in Aquarius and moon in Capricorn. My vote for most stubborn sign of the zodiac is Aquarius and Parks proves why stubbornness is needed in this complex universe. She needed the force of stubbornness to say “no” and stick with it.

Capricorn, where Parks’ moon and Mars were placed, was also thought of by late astrologer Linda Goodman to be the sign most likely to say “no.”

Incidentally, Capricorn represents authority. That people perceived her as older than her actual age attests to a maturity of personality that Capricorn brings.

Parks was simply one tough cookie. When the time was right, she took on a very big authority – the United States.

We tend to challenge authority most when our Saturn opposes is natal position – in our teens, in our 40s and in our 70s.

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Obama and Boehner: Political Marriage Counseling

Posted on July 28, 2011 by ohioastrology

Let’s say Barack Obama and John Boehner were a couple and came into the astrologer’s office for some marriage counseling. I imagine it would go like this:

John Boehner: We were so attracted to each other when we first met! It was like the 4th of July. Then it all changed and he became cold as ice (Scorpio sun square Leo sun).

Barack Obama: It’s not me that runs hot and cold. It’s you (Leo sun square Scorpio sun).

BO: We have different values about money which is why we argue. I like to spend money on family (Venus in Cancer) and he likes to spend money on things that impress others to earn their respect (Venus in Capricorn).

JB: I believe you should buy the best that’s out there (Venus in Capricorn, moon and Neptune in Libra), that’s all. I’m not trying to impress anyone (moon in Libra denying need to be popular).

BO: Every time I spend money on family (Venus in Cancer) you get so nasty and critical (Saturn conjunct Mars in Virgo).

JB: I’m critical? Didn’t you tell me the other day that my shirt was ugly (Mars in Virgo)?

BO: Yes, because I bought you a new shirt to go with those khaki pants (Venus in Cancer).

JB: I thought you said you hated those khaki pants? One day you say one thing, the next day another (moon in Gemini). Besides, why did you go shopping without me (Scorpio hurt feelings and need to control)?

BO: I wanted to surprise you (Gemini moon lie).

JB: Why didn’t you take me? I love shopping. It’s like you want to have fun without me (BO Saturn on JB Jupiter).

BO: How can I buy you a present if you’re with me (Gemini moon need for freedom)?

JB: Are you seeing someone else (Suspicious Scorpio sun)?

BO: Absolutely not (with Gemini moon, we’ll never know). I love you more than a sunflower loves the sun (Mercury in Leo dramatic expression).

JB: Then why, last October 14 at the Anderson’s party, the night with the crab cakes where you wore that gauzy white shirt, did you turn away from me when I offered you a second glass of champagne and tell the handsome man next to you that single people had such freedom (Saturn conjunct Mars in Virgo attention to detail with Scorpio grudge attached)?

BO: What party (Leo sun and Gemini moon lives in the present)?

JB:  Don’t pretend you don’t remember (Scorpio pressure to agree or suffer the pains of a lifetime of revenge and banishment).

BO: Oh that night (Gemini moon lie and ability to adapt and change the situation). I said to him that Swedish people had such freedom. He was an international lawyer, remember (Gemini moon subterfuge)?

Obama then opens his arms for a big hug. Boehner, not able to resist affection and intimacy, leaps right into his arms.

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Donald Trump Doesn’t Care About Money

Posted on July 27, 2011 by ohioastrology

You can fool some people, but not your astrologer. Donald Trump has no interest in money. Or business.

He has no earth signs in his chart.

Trump’s rising sign (aka ascendant) might be in an earth sign, but we would need his time of birth to determine rising sign.

Trump has sun in Gemini (conjunct Uranus in Gemini) and moon in Sagittarius. Here’s what Trump does love:

  • People – he likes the stimulation of new and exciting people. After the newness wears off, which could be in 15 minutes, he’s off to the next stimulating person.
  • Talking – both Gemini and Sagittarius love to talk.
  • Risk – Both Gemini and Sagittarius are risk takers.
  • Ideas – Gemini is about facts and Sagittarius about meaning. He’s constantly processing ideas, like a big computer focused assimilating ideas together into a congruent philosophy.

 The hair, I assume, is a Mars in Leo trait. Leo loves, loves, loves its hair.

Neptune and Jupiter are conjunct in partnership-oriented Libra. Trump is a charismatic partner.

Watching TV, I wonder the appeal of Trump. Looking at his chart, I can see he is a VERY lively companion. He’s probably tremendous fun to be around. Spending an evening with Trump is probably an adventure in the unexpected. And if you go out with him more than once, he will probably make sure you do something different this time.

Saturn conjunct Venus in Cancer suggests that for all the fun-loving companions Trump gathers, only a very few select are considered close friends. And if you are a close friend, you are family.

The sense of belonging to family is not strong with Trump. He probably didn’t have a nice early home life so just left the house to find his own people, those he enjoyed being with rather than those who fate called his companions.

This Saturn/Venus also suggests Trump isn’t always what we call “nurturing.” He may be food for the mind, but he’s not going to comfort you just because you had a bad day. If you want his attention, you’d better have an interesting idea to talk about, not a complaint about your boss.

So why is Trump so focused on business?

I don’t know. I can only guess that the world of business and finance provides the kind of intellectual stimulation he needs to survive. If that same intellectual stimulation was involved in stamp collecting, he’d have the biggest stamp collection in the world.

Trump is a man of ideas, not a man of business.

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Amanda Knox – There’s No Place Like Home

Posted on July 26, 2011 by ohioastrology

Amanda Knox is currently in prison in Italy convicted of killing her English roommate in 2007. My usual disclaimer when writing about a sensitive issue is that I don’t believe delineating the horoscope can say whether someone committed a specific act. Any act from watering the garden to murdering someone.

Like others, I definitely get curious and run scenarios through my mind when a high-profile trial hits the airwaves. Maybe these types of events capture our collective attention simply because we have a desire to solve a puzzle. Maybe we should create national crossword puzzles instead of lotteries where we all try to solve a puzzle together and the winner gets millions of dollars.

Curiosity does get the best of me and I had to take a peek at Knox’s chart.

She has three planets in the sensitive water sign of Cancer (Venus, Mercury, sun) and three planets in the fiery Sagittarius (Saturn, moon and Uranus). Mars is in Leo, Jupiter in Aries adding two more fire signs to the chart. Pluto is in watery Scorpio.

There is only one planet in earth – Neptune in six degrees of Capricorn. Pluto is currently transiting that planet.

The signs of Cancer and Sagittarius are a little at odds. Cancer is about home and belonging while Sagittarius is about exploration and traveling. In traveling, Knox may have been looking for a place she felt at home.

Both signs have a bit of indulgence in appetite – Cancer for food and beverage and Sagittarius for sublime experience.  Self-restraint is not strong. This is the person who eats the last cookie on the plate and may have eaten just one cookie too much.

Cancer is sweet and Sagittarius is gregarious. I haven’t heard Knox speak, but I’m guessing she has a broad sense of humor and an infectious laugh.

Knox may teeter between shy, self-protective Cancer and also shy but expressive Sagittarius. Saturn and Uranus are conjunct that moon in Sagittarius suggesting unexpected events with women and possibly foreign women. Of course, that has happened.

Because that aspect is in the natal chart, Knox may have encountered in the past other unusual or unexpected situations with foreigners. Her quest for foreignness will probably not subside even though this current situation is quite horrible.

The current transit of Saturn in Libra, Uranus in Aries and Pluto in Capricorn creates a T-square. It’s square in your chart and mine and finding where that square resides indicates how these relationship issues (Libra) are manifesting in your life.

For Knox, Pluto in Capricorn in her natal Neptune suggests the lifting of illusion. Because this Neptune in Capricorn is the only earth in her chart, this situation has clearly grounded Knox. She is an emotional and intuitive person. The situation has made her a practical person. She’s had to deal with authority and structure, possibly for the first time in her young life.

Knox was probably a bit in her own bubble, having fun, enjoying life and then wham!, suddenly she had to deal with AUTHORITY – the government of a foreign country. That would ground the most grounded of us.

Transiting Pluto opposes natal Venus and Mercury. Both her values, love interests and communication are undergoing change from their emotional style (Cancer) to a more authoritative style (Capricorn). This situation is probably bringing her closer to her family. If she does get released from prison I suspect she will continue to travel, but will probably bring her family along.

I don’t know what Knox’s life was like before this horrific situation. I suspect she didn’t have to take care of herself the way she does now.

Uranus in Aries will be transiting natal Jupiter in Aries in the next few years. Jupiter just transited Aries. Both transits, according to Robert Hand’s book on transits, seem to involve positive outcomes and turn of events. According to yesterday’s news, there very well may be a turn of events with regard to evidence in the case.

In about a year, Saturn will move onto natal Pluto in Scorpio and square Mars in Leo. At that time, Knox may be releasing some inner anger. This is a very intense aspect that is much like a volcano blowing its top.

I think that after Saturn transits Pluto and Pluto transits Neptune, Knox may return to some enjoyment of life (or maybe has already).  That transit doesn’t affect the Sagittarius energy in her chart; it appears to be something else.

Neptune in Pisces will trine Knox’s Venus, Mercury and then sun. There may be some new spirituality going around. Knox will probably hook onto it.

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