Chart of Rajendra Pachauri (IPCC)

When Jupiter is in aspect with Saturn, you are to expect 'ups and downs', slow (but steady) growing careers and hierarchy might be an issue. Mr. Pachauri, who joined Al Gore in winning the Nobel Prize for the global warming story is now the object of controversy, because of the mistakes about the glaciers in the Himalaya and because he has written a romantic novel that increases the temperature just by reading it:).

TALENT
There is no known hour of birth, but...it is easy to see the man of controversies (Sun exactly square Uranus) and the fact that communications (and writing) are part of the 'ups and downs': Mercury is square Jupiter and Saturn.
Is he an artistic talent? With Moon in Pisces, Venus quintile Neptune and Moon probably opposition Neptune, I'd guess so. I also like his Venus quintile Quaoar, reflecting the talent to creatively shape new worlds and new concepts.

PLUTO
Pluto (the symbol of strategy, politics, power, influence, money and potential) is the first outer planet rising before his natal Sun and that means that his orientation is in the Plutonic field. Noel Tyl writes that Pluto oriental is the symbol of the importance of knowing the right kind of folks. Pluto doesn't make any aspect in sign or orb 5 degrees. That is an important reflection of power and knowing people - networking - at any possible level. Mr. Pachauri knows the most important opinion makers in the world.

About two years ago he had a life changing aspect: progressed Sun squares his important Pluto! That is when he got the Nobel Prize, together with Al Gore, whose Pluto is conjunct the Mercury of Pachauri (and that means influence on his ideas). The influence is mutual: Pachauri's Pluto is conjunct the Ascendant of Al Gore.

CHARTS

Here above is the chart of the day of birth of Rajendra Pachauri, born in Nainital, India on August 20, 1940. He is Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Economics and just like with Al Gore, his Mercury is in conflict with Saturn. In the article about sharing aspects on Astromarkt I wrote:

Mercury and Saturn: sharing the same hard convictions, being serious about that. With hard aspects you are both mistrusting the world outside and that is what joins you.

RELEVANT
All posts about (or with) Al Gore on this blog are here...

Read more about Mercury-Saturn on this blog Astropost!
Science and Mercury-Saturn
Mercury-Saturn, just thinking...

More about the pattern of artistic talent in a chart, see Art&Astrology....


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Chart of colonel Tom Parker, Quaoar and Elvis

Remember Colonel Tom Parker, who was in fact Dries van Kuijk, a Dutchman who left his past and family behind when he moved to the USA? This post is about the chart of Tom Parker, that you can see when you scroll down. In short, Tom Parker was a man with a lot of self confidence leading to success and a focuss on money, power and influence who had difficult personal relations (and was not very popular). He also had a talent for being a manager. He was the manager of Elvis Presley. The singer and his manager influenced each other's lives. It is easy to see in the synastry between their charts...

SYNASTRY

Tom Parker's Quaoar*) is precisely inconjunct the Sun of Elvis. Elvis created a completely new world for Tom Parker, who had Quaoar trine Midheaven. But there was little balance in the way that the new world of Tom Parker was connected to the life and lifestyle of Elvis.

QUAOAR AND URANUS
Elvis’ talents made him a millionaire. Tom Parker used to say that it was his influence that made Elvis a millionaire. Of course, he was important at the start of Elvis' career. Fact is, that the Ascendant/MC of Elvis is square the Midheaven of Tom Parker. That shows us how the essence of being Elvis was related to the position of Tom Parker. Also Elvis’ Jupiter (symbol of prosperity) is square the natal Quaoar of Tom Parker. That tells us that Elvis had a positive influence in creating a new world for Parker. Elvis' Quaoar receives a trine from Tom Parker's Uranus: that means that Tom Parker was the spark to create Elvis' new world. They changed each other's lives.

NEPTUNE-SUN
Parker's Neptune is opposition the Sun of Elvis. That means that there was little reality in the way that they saw each other. See Cafe Astrology about this synastry aspect....

CHART OF THE COLONEL

Success is written all over Tom Parker's chart! Sun, Jupiter and Pluto are the most important objects. Here is the chart, with the positions on the day of birth of Elvis Presley on the outside.

Tom Parker's Pluto rises before the Sun, reflecting the importance of power and money. Pluto doesn't make major aspects in sign or orb 5 degrees. I use to name that a 'calling' Pluto. The fact that there is no major connection with the rest of the chart allows the planet to function at any kind of level. That important Pluto is quintile the angular Jupiter, the dispositor of Midheaven. It means that he was able to find creative ways to a successful position in society with a focus on money and influence at any possible level. It made him a rich man. The combination of success is prominent in his chart: there are a calling Jupiter, Pluto AND Sun. The unaspected Sun points at leadership and drawing attention.

MANAGEMENT
The Sun is quintile Saturn and Saturn trine MC for drawing attention in a creative way, managing to be in charge in a professional way. The Pluto of Parker is trine the Saturn of Elvis, who had Saturn inconjunct Pluto. Maybe that was a warning for bad influences. The fact that they shared a Saturn-Pluto aspect and that there was a connection between their charts, might point at problems with management and control in general, with Tom Parker stepping into the gap.

COMMUNICATIONS
He also was a good liar and communicator: Mercury makes major and minor aspects with all other positions in the chart, including a 15d distance with the Sun and a binovile with Jupiter, a 75 d aspect with the Ascendant (if the B time of Astrodatabank is correct).

FAMILY
When he emigrated to the USA transit Uranus was square his natal Sun and the progressed Sun was semisquare Jupiter, which is a combination for a positive change. Two years earlier his progressed Sun was conjunct Venus and later square Saturn, so maybe a sad love story made him decide to leave the country and the past behind. But there is another possibility: avoiding military service! Later, in 1948, he was given the honorary title of 'Colonel'.

Well, nobody knows why he was such a secretive person, but the Moon opposition Saturn and square Neptune and Uranus, in the equal eight house mirrors the ill relationship with his relatives. As the Moon is afflicted and in Libra, he would feel the need for company, but there was that wall...(see the post about Moon-Saturn aspects).

QUAOAR
I suppose that he was born 4 to 5 minutes earlier than 11, because when he started to work with Elvis Presley in 1955 the progressed Midheaven was at 2.1 Aquarius in the 11 0'clock chart. A little earlier and transit Chiron would have crossed the Midheaven that recently would have changed sign. It was with the progressed Sun inconjunct Mars, so maybe it was not the best period in life for Tom Parker. The progressed Sun would soon be inconjunct Uranus, too. His life would change in a disproportionate way. But, in April 1954 the progressed Sun was conjunct Quaoar! That is when a new period in his life started, the creation of a brand new world that would bring him into contact with Elvis Presley. He opened a booking agency in Nashville, TN!

Right now, Tom Parker alias Dries van Kuijk has transit Pluto opposition and transit Saturn square natal Sun. Maybe someone is investigating his life story?

RELEVANT LINKS

See all posts about Elvis Presley on this blog…
See: 'Managing to be in charge' about Sun-Saturn aspects...
About the effect of Sun-Neptune combination, see this post...

*) Quaoar is the symbol for creating new worlds. See the label (below this message on my blog) for more examples of the effect of Quaoar.

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Jon Favreau, the President's speech writer

Obama is a gifted speaker (see the post about his oratory skills. What he says is written by a team of speech writers. The team leader is Jonathan Favreau, born June 2, 1981. He also worked for John Kerry. I guess that he was born in the afternoon or night, with the Moon before the Sun, both in Gemini, the sign of communications.

Jon Favreau has 60% of the placements in air signs, the signs of communication. There are three very tight aspects between the planets in his chart (two of them with the planet of communications):
Mercury square Saturn (business communications)
Mercury biquintile Uranus (creative findings)
Mars biquintile Pluto: a creative way to fight in politics, using influence.

The combination of Mercury, Saturn and Uranus is the combination of restricted freedom of speech and the biquintile between Mercury and Uranus refers to a creative way to say things the different way or to express uncommon opinions. Mercury square Saturn is the aspect of 'slow answers'. I quote myself:

There are several ways of lying. You can simple not give any info, you can lie as a habit and you can twist the facts. (...) Most of them are specialized educated persons who are aware of the impact of what they say or of the responsibility that they have as an official spokesman. That is why they are careful and that is why they like to limit themselves to established facts only. (...) You just don't tell it all, sometimes because it is not official, or allowed or decent.

Aren't those aspects the essentials of what he is doing: using influence in a creative way, special kind of writing within limitations (like protocol, political restrictions)?

AFTER THIS...
Jon Favreau announced that his work for Obama will be the final political job as far as he is concerned. He thinks of starting a creative writing career, writing screenplays, and yes, he can! He has Mercury square Jupiter (orb 3 d) AND biquintile Uranus. This combination is for inventive writing. Mercury is semi quintile Mars, for creative discussions. He can write very fast, too, and quickly (Mars) change (Uranus) subject (Mercury).
With Venus in Gemini opposition Neptune there is the question of artistic talent. Venus is in aspect with Jupiter AND Neptune and that promises a lot of devoted fans. He won't have problems to find an editor.

The positions in the chart are unknown, but perhaps Mercury and/or Jupiter have an important position on the angles. That would add even more success to the other nice combinations of aspect on the day that he was born: Venus and Mars in aspect with Jupiter and Pluto. That is a combination for a successful passion.
There is only one 'but' and that is Venus inconjunct Uranus. That aspect might refer to misbalanced sense of rhythm and losing balance when he falls in love. For a speech writer the aspect might mean that he gets carried away by the love of change, and that happens to be a word that he uses quite often:)! Just like President Obama, Jon Favreau has an unaspected Quaoar, so that creating a new world is an important mission in the lives of both.

MATCH WITH OBAMA
When two people cooperate, it is important to have a good match. That is a fact in the relationship between Obama and Favreau.
Their Suns match and that is important for sharing a vision.
Their Moons are in the same sign (often friends have the moon in the same sign!)
His Jupiter is trine his so that their convictions are in line.

But their Venus and Mercury don't match at all. They couldn't be lovers and they might not share the same ideas always. The Saturn of Favreau is exactly trine the Moon of Obama and that is perhaps a statement for shaping the emotions of the president.

SATURN AND URANUS FOR PROTOCOL
Obama's Saturn and Uranus are related to the Venus of Favreau. I wonder what that is. The natal Sun of Michelle is also in hard aspect with her husband's Saturn and Uranus. The protocol (another form of limited freedom and independence) seems to be of importance. Barack Obama has Saturn ruler 12 inconjunct Uranus ruler 1. More about that aspect in the chart of the President here.... For all posts about Obama, see the label

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Dr. Conrad Murray charged

The doctor who was with Michael Jackson in his final hours, will be charged for unvoluntarily murder. I have written about Dr. Conrad Murray's progressed Sun opposition Saturn and his Saturn related to Michael Jackson's Sun before in a post that you can read here...http://astropost.blogspot.com/2009/07/conrad-murray-saturn-and-michael.html
I quote:

... this year, the progressed Sun of Murray is opposition natal Saturn, highlighting his bad sides and the disadvantages of life in general. It is a depressing aspect.

His natal Saturn is conjunct the progressed Sun of Michael Jackson and his progressed Sun is opposition MJ"s Sun. (In other words: the progressed opposition of Sun and Saturn in the chart of the doctor is related to the progressed Sun of Michael Jackson. This relates his depression and bad times to the vitality (or not) of MJ. Perhaps he is and maybe he feels responsible for the death of MJ.)

Here above is the chart of the day of birth of Murray (for noon), with progressions and transits for today. Notice that Saturn is rising before his Sun. That makes Saturn an important planet (it means: first comes business, responsibilities, professional education...) Saturn is the symbol of guilt, blame and fear, too.



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MPs and a peer, Jupiter and Uranus

Uranus'transits often come with a shock and turn your world upside down. For public persons it is often a moment of being in the news by 'surprise'. We can see the effect of the transit of Uranus in the charts of the MP's and the peer who have to face the judge charged for false accounting and theft.

Natal combinations of the Sun with Jupiter and Uranus often reflect being inventive.
We can see this combination in the charts of the 3 MP's who have to face the judge charged for false accounting and theft.
For the charts of their days of birth, scroll down...

MORLEY (July 6, 1952, London)
Elliot Morley has Sun conjunct Uranus in the natal chart. By transit Uranus is now quindecile (165 degrees) progressed Sun.
Transit Jupiter is about to oppose Progressed Sun and sometimes the opposition doesn't help and is just reflecting a 'positive' by the jury. There is no hour of birth.
The natal Sun is sextile Jupiter and conjunct Uranus, tightly, reflecting being inventive.

DEVINE (May 21, 9153 Blackburn)
His fellow MP John Devine has Sun conjunct Jupiter and both semi square Uranus, the same 'inventive' combination. He also has Venus trine Pluto for the swift way to make money. Transit Uranus is trine his progressed Sun with progressed Mars square Saturn at the same time (for blocked energy). Interesting how the trine changes his life and lifestyle easily this way...

CHAYTOR (August 3, 1949, Bury)
The inventive combination focusses on Jupiter, connected with the Sun by quindecile (165d) and with Uranus by half semi square (22.5 degrees). Transit Uranus is now quindecile his Sun and sesquisquare progressed Sun. Transit Neptune is also sesquisquare progressed Sun and quindecile natal Sun. Neptune's transits are confusing, misty and sometimes related to gossip. David Chaytor says there is just an accounting error.

LORD HANNINFIELD (September 16, 1940, West Hanningfield)
Lord Hanningfield claimed over 115.000 euro in 7 years for hotel bills while they are suspecting that he was at home. Paul Edward Winston White, Baron Hanningfield DL, has transit Uranus opposition natal Sun and 112.5 degrees (square + half semi square) progressed Sun for being in the news the hard way. Venus conjunct Pluto prompts the issue of money in his chart.
His natal Sun is trine Uranus. Could I name the 11,25 degree a semi half semisquare, and should 127.5 degrees be considered an aspect, than I could have added the third person with a Jupiter-Uranus-Sun connection:(. But that would be considered fraud among astrologers, wouldn't it? Well, maybe his Jupiter-Uranus is connected to Midheaven or the Ascendant.

CONCLUSION
All four of them have difficult transits of Uranus now that there is a public scandall and their fotographs are on the front page of the Times.
Three out of four definetely have a Sun-Jupiter-Uranus connection in their chart, which is reflecting being inventive or benefitting from a sudden windfall. It is also the combinaton of having a helicopter view. In fact it is the combiation that I found in the charts of almost everybody who is studying astrology. Maybe they should have done that instead or why not consult an astrologer? Anyway: maybe the Jupiter-uranus connecting makes them inventive enough to win the case. Without an hour of birth, it is just speculating...The MP's happen to be a member of Labour and perhaps that is also related to Jupiter-Uranus. Anybody reading this who studied the aspect combinations of Labour and Conservatives? I'd like to place a link here...

More about Jupiter, Uranus and astrologers here http://astropost.blogspot.com/2009/02/jupiter-uranus-and-charts-of.html
More about Jupiter, Uranus in general (including for winning the lottery)...: see the label!





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Radical Uranus Pluto

Mix Uranus and Pluto and what you get are the ingredients for radicalism, for extreme (Pluto) differences (Uranus) of lifestyle (Sun), habits (Moon), ideas (Mercury), sympathies and preferences (Venus), in competition, war or fights (Mars), goals and reputation (MC) or in the way that a person presents himself (Ascendant). Often Uranus-Pluto is reflecting dramatic changes in a person’s life, too.*)
Here are some examples.

EXAMPLES
A radical is a person who shows a strong political stand point, like Berlusconi. Berlusconi (see his chart… ) has Mercury inconjunct Uranus and quintile Pluto and he keeps saying the 'wrong' words; the kind of words that journalists all over the world are so fond of because they fill the newspapers. The combination of Mercury, Uranus and Pluto is reflecting radical ideas. Radical opinions were also expressed by Theo van Gogh and Pim Fortuyn. They had Mercury conjunct Uranus/Pluto (and both were murdered because of their opinions). Pluto sometimes means 'danger' and Mercury-Uranus is the combination for differences of opinion...

How about Cat Stevens? He changed his name into Yousouf Islam and has the Sun between Uranus and Pluto.
I am also thinking about the change in the life of Father Damian (whose chart you can see in the linked post here…. He had Sun square Pluto and sextile Uranus.

MORE RADICAL OR EXPLICIT THAN OTHERS
When there are fewer voters, of course the more radical minded persons become active politicians easier than other persons do. That is why you see a minister in the Dutch government with Sun semi square Uranus/Pluto (who is of course also rather controversial:). George W. Bush and Netanjahu have Sun in hard aspect with Uranus/Pluto. Osama Bin Laden's Aries Point is connected to Uranus/Pluto. Even John F. Kennedy had Uranus/Pluto square Sun!

ULTRA…
In times of conservatism, the Uranus-Pluto person might be ultra left. Today, when most of the western democracies seem to be operating on the originally left side of the political spectrum, the rebel (Uranus-Pluto) is often seen as ultra right. The controversial politician Geert Wilders lives in safe houses since the murder of Theo van Gogh. In his chart Uranus and Pluto rise before the Sun. Uranus and Pluto together often provoke the enemy and/or forces to or obliges a new life style. The Australian conservative Tony Abbott has a Scorpio Sun (the equavilent of a Sun-Pluto; Scorpio is ruled by Pluto) square Uranus. The progressed Sun of Abbott is now conjunct Pluto and square Saturn and those are difficult aspects for a politician.

One of the worlds' most controversial persons is Christopher Monckton. See the news about him on the Guardian. He is an ultra right conservative and known for his views on AIDS and climate change.
Quoting Wapedia:

After attending one of Monckton's talks, Ethan Baron of the Canadian newspaper The Province criticised Monckton's assertions as the product of a "whacked-out, far-right ideology, combined with an ego the size of the Antarctic ice sheet."

Wow! Neptune (the one that offers a negative view) was conjunct his natal Sun and Progressed Sun was opposition Neptune last year, when he was an anti-climate change activist (Mars is oriental for acting). It is no surprise to astrologers that his Sun is sesquisquare Uranus, the symbol of controversy, upheaval and being different than the rest of the group (in this case: aristocrats, peers). Mr. Monckton wants to change the world or reshape the world according to his dreams, in a rather radical way. This is being reflected by the combination of the aspects of the Sun:
- sesquisquare Uranus (change)
- trine Neptune (ideals)
- opposition Pluto (transformation)
- sesquisquare Quaoar(new worlds)
Again you see the combination of Uranus and Pluto.

REVOLUTION
One more example of the radical change that Uranus-Pluto might reflect:
In 1966 there was a conjunction of Uranus and Pluto. This revolutionary combination made a sqaure with Mao Zedong's progressed Sun. Did his life change? Maybe not much. But it changed China: the cultural revolution.
The Russian October Revolution was with Uranus sesquisquare Pluto!

YOUR URANUS/PLUTO
The midpoint Uranus/Pluto in a natal chart is the point where your own 'radicalism' is cantered. When the progressed Sun or Midheaven reaches that point, your lifestyle or goals might change in a revolutionary way, or you are being forced or urged to consider doing so. There is also an hughe chance of changes when Uranus and Pluto make (separate) aspects with planets or angles by transit. See the post about indications for changes.

MICHAEL JACKSON
Michael Jackson is another example of the influence of Uranus/Pluto. He was and is one of the most controversial artists in the worlds' history. In the natal chart Uranus and Pluto are on either side of Mercury and Venus. The four planets are rising before his Sun. Could we read this as a controversial (Uranus-Pluto) vocal talent (Venus+Mercury) focussed on a radical renewal of vocal entertainment?

I corrected the earlier guess chart of MJ to 23:50. You see, Michael Jackson's hair got on fire on June 27, 1999. In a 23:50 chart that is with progressed Ascendant sextile Mars and transit Uranus trine Ascendant (reflecting the perfect moment for an accident) and transit Neptune sextile Midheaven. Also progressed Mars is inconjunct Neptune, 75 degrees from the natal Moon and square natal Pluto (for getting hurt). It was shortly after progressed Sun trine Midheaven.
Here is the chart with transits and progressions of the day of death. When he died transit Saturn was square natal Ascendant, at the lowest part of the chart, a rather important spot in the circle. Also Saturn is ruling the eight house (see the chart below). The Moon in Pisces remains on top.!His true hour of birth is still not known!.

RELEVANT
*) See ‘Astrological signs of changing times’ on this blog http://astropost.blogspot.com/2009/06/astrological-signs-of-changing-times.html

Terrorism is one of the most extreme ways to express Mars combination with Uranus and Pluto, mixing aggression with violence and explosives. See Astromarkt for more about Mars-Uranus and Mars-Pluto combinations.

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Chart of d.o.b. of Dorice Donegan Moore

Dorice Donegan Moore was born July 25, 1972., says Websleuths. She is the Florida woman arrested for the murder of Abraham Shakespeare, the lottery winner with bad luck…This is not a ‘who-dun-it’. I like to find an explanation for the reason why she was Shakespeare’s friend and to see if the suspicion matches with the possible profile as seen in her chart (and that is mostly also the way people see you). Here you see the positions on their days of birth.

Dorice Donegan Moore has Venus and Saturn rising before the Sun. The Venus-Saturn combination refers to business related to love and relationships (a business woman or a woman in business). Her natal Sun is in aspect with Saturn (semi square) and Uranus (quintile) reflecting a period of limited freedom. The amount of sextiles in her chart might reflect the quest for the easy way out (or in): I mean, to achieve something without much effort. The Capricorn Moon with the Leo Sun is an ambitious combination, however. A relationship with a not very intelligent millionaire is a great way to get rich without having a 9 to 5 job. (Of course, the chart of a day of birth just shows a potential or profile and the Ascendant, MC, positions in the chart, genes, gender, social and economical conditions and more, all have a great influence in the way that the blueprint turns into the eventual individual. So don't worry if you were born on her day, too).

MATCH
A very good reason for becoming friends is the possible trine between their Moons. Moons in the same sign or in a corresponding sign are moons that feel at home together. Friends often share moonsigns.

That is a match, but they didn’t match much. His Sun is square hers (who was the boss?). Her Venus is square his (different taste). Her Mars is square his (hot hit at first, fighting later). Her Jupiter is opposition his (differences of conviction).
But more significant are the conflicting combinations of planets, like:

Her Mars and Saturn are in conflict with his Venus and Pluto.
His Saturn is in conflict with her midpoint Venus/Pluto.

Venus/Pluto is the combination of money issues.
Mars-Saturn is related to death.

But there is more: her Neptune is inconjunct his Sun!

SUN-NEPTUNE
The Sun is trine Neptune in her chart: she might be a great actress... Perhaps she even loves dogs and she has a vivid imagionation. Coincidence or not: her Neptune in the 3rd of Sagittarius is inconjunct his Sun in the 3rd of Taurus. Her ability (trine) to realize her dreams (Sun-Neptune) cost him (inconjunct) his life (Sun). Sun inconjunct Neptune is reflecting the 'fallen angle'. It is obvious that such a combination in synastry is very disappointing at least.

All in all, she is a serious person trying to find an easy way to live up to her standards and she met a millionaire who was not able to control his millions and who found a place to stay in her house. But why kill him? Marrying him would have been easier to do. Unfortunately, they didn’t match THAT much. That might explain what followed.

For more about inconjunctions or the sextile or other crimes, see the labels on my blog. For more about matching signs, see the label or see my blog Astrology&Love.

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Astropost: Philips and Fritzl: Mars-Pluto

Mackenzie Philips likes to reframe the word ' consensual' (about her sexual relationship with her father) and she explains here and tonight on tele (see link).

There are two post about the relationship between the Papa and his daughter as reflected in their charts and the nature of Mars-Pluto, that you can see here:
Astropost: Philips and Fritzl: Mars-Pluto (with link to the earlier post)

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The benefits of Jupiter: Don Gelmini

Jupiter is the Roman name for Zeus, who came to Leda in the form of a swan. This post is about the effect of having an important Jupiter when you are a priest in Italy, accused of paedophilia. Jupiter is the symbol of support and that shows in the case of Don Pierino Gelmini, in two different ways. He is being supported and he created a chain of communities as a filantropist.

Recently Pierino Gelmini celebrated his 85th birthday January 20 and that was news in Italy. He had gifts, two men jumped out of an airplane to surprise him and the Provincial Counsel of Ragusa Giovanni Occhipinti gave him a plaque and multimedia. Don Gelmini is still very popular in spite of the accusations of paedophilia. He still has a lot of followers and supporters who believe in him. Among them: Silvio Berlusconi! Gelmini 'loves' Berlusconi, at least: that is what he said.

Why is he so popular? Of course, he is a filantropist! It might also be because he has Sun in hard aspect with Jupiter/Neptune, the combination of religion and the devoted audience or...fans and followers. Also, on his day of birth Jupiter was rising before the Sun and Jupiter made a lot of nice quintile aspects. Jupiter is the symbol of help, protection and successes. When a person has Venus conjunct Jupiter, he/she likes to have parties and is almost always popular. Gelmini has Venus conjunct Jupiter, rising before the Sun. He is first of all a social success! Venus is opposition Pluto (raising the question of problems with sympathies and love, preferences or money issues). The combination of Venus with Jupiter and Pluto is a combination that grants you great social success and/or lots of money (but he is a priest, so he gathered the money for his communities, I guess).

ACCUSATIONS
Pierino Gelmini founded the Incontro communities where drug addicts are being 'rehabilitated'. There are communities in Italy, Spain, Thailand, Canada, Bolivia, Costa Rica, the USA, Brazil and more. Jupiter is the symbol of the international. In 1963 he started to help children. Now two of them say that he abused them. In March 2008 the judge found their stories plausible. Since then nothing much changed; Gelmini is working on his defence.
(There have been problems with the law and accusations before. Gelmini was convicted in 1971 to 4 years in prison for fraud, but he never entered jail. In 1997 a mysterious group on the web launched a hoax about an arrest for child pornography related to the business in Thailand. That was with transit Neptune on his Sun: being set in a negative light.)
Here is the chart of the day of birth of Don Gelmini.

JUPITER
Jupiter is very important in his chart. The optimistic Jupiter in Capricorn rises before his natal Sun. Jupiter in Capricorn is a good placement for a public person.
Jupiter is conjunct Mercury and Venus. This trio (Mercury, Venus and Jupiter) is quintile Uranus (for being inventive in a creative way), sesquisquare Neptune (for creative talent) and opposition Pluto (for his successes). Venus, Jupiter and Uranus are all 3 biquintile the Node: being creative and inventive in a community or group.
Quintiles and biquintiles allow us to be creative in finding solutions.

QUAOAR
Maybe it is significant that this important Jupiter is exactly trine Quaoar*), too? Could we read this combination of Jupiter trine Quaoar, quintile Uranus and biquintile Node as the possibility of creating new international communities (worlds)? The fact that Neptune and Pluto are making hard aspects with Jupiter could be seen as the spiritual world (or discretion or drugs problems) related to it.

SATURN IN SCORPIO SQUARE NODE
Of course there is a Saturn, too, to show us where the hard sides are. Saturn is in Scorpio, the sign of the challenges, strategy, power, influence and sex.
On Astromarkt I wrote about Saturn in Scorpio:

Making a problem of your career and status, so that limitations are your challenge (...).

Priests are supposed to live with sexual limitations. As his Saturn is square the Node, the combination of the communities that he founded and his limitations as a priest has been challenging enough...

BTW Gelmini was born in Pozzuolo Martesana. As this place couldn't be used in the Astro.com computer, I used the neighbour town of Gorgonzola. There is no known hour of birth.

See the labels for more examples of quintiles, Quaoar, Jupiter Neptune and Venus Pluto.

*) Off topic: Should it be just coincidence that Quaoar is a 'rising star' and that there is the movie Avatar (also about creating new dimensions)?

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Chart of day of birth of Pauly Fuemana, Mary McCormack and Shiva Rose

He had one big hit, five children and once he owned more than a million dollar, but yesterday he died, age 40: the singer of ‘ How bizarre’, Pauly Fuemana of OMC. Remember? See YouTube
I found February 8, 1967 for his day of birth. If that is true, it means that his progressed Sun sign was changing to Aries this year.

ANOTHER LIFE
When the progressed Sun sign changes, life style changes or …you start another life. It is not the first time that I see a changing progressed Sun sign in the chart of someone who dies. It just takes the 'right' conditions (bad health issues, old age) to turn the meaning of the changing way of living or a changing life perspective into ‘starting another life’. And that is only true if you believe in the possibility of life after death. To keep it neutral for those who don’t: it is reflecting another way of being, namely: dead. But not necessarily!
Two actrices were born on his birthday, too: Mary McCormack and Shiva Rose. They are alive and well and not bankrupt.

Hours of birth, gender and your situation make an important difference…!

NEW AND BETTER, BUT....JUPITER INCONJUNCT URANUS
Of course there are indications for success (like Sun sesquisquare Jupiter and Uranus, the combination of inventiveness and sudden windfall). The Sun is also biquintile Pluto. Now we have the combination of sudden (Uranus) success (Jupiter-Pluto)!

This natal aspect makes it easy for the transit of Jupiter inconjunct Uranus to have a strong effect. Jupiter-Uranus mostly mirrors a happy change. I once had transit Uranus conjunct Jupiter and experienced a great relief and there are several Jupiter-Uranus contacts in my chart related to moving to a better place (on earth!). In other words: the progressed chart and transits of Pauly show a sort of a move to a better state of being (or the hope to get into that state). The inconjunction however is pointing at a possible loss related to it. He lost his life.

Uranus is the symbol of 'new' and Jupiter is the symbol of ' better' , while the inconjunction is the symbol of ' but'....and having to give up on something. So Jupiter inconjunct Uranus is the symbol of a lost that may have been felt like a relief, like ' better' for the person involved.

PROBLEMS IN 2006
Around 2006 there was an abundancy of difficult transits and progressions, for example transit Saturn square Mars and Pluto. And transit Pluto square natal Pluto and Progressed Sun. In the natal chart Mars is inconjunct Saturn and sextile Pluto,, the same dangerous combination.

SPENDING IT: VENUS OPPOSITION JUPITER
In the post about lucky lottery winners I mentioned the example of a person who spent it all on parties. He had a Venus-Jupiter affliction (Venus in Taurus inconjunct Jupiter in Sagittarius). So had Pauly Fuemana..

AND THE ACTRICES?
It is possible that they change their life style or move to another place and give up on something (or are relieved to get rid of something) after a challenging period.

The same kind of aspects and indications may have a different effect. The vocabulary of astrology allows a wide range of meanings for the same manifestation or combination of transits and progressions. For death or serious changes it almost always takes more than just 2 major indications and influences coming from the Ascendant/Descendant, Midheaven/IC or the eight house. ALMOST always...Charts and statistics don't work the other way around.

RELATED:
Case of the lottery winner who was found murdered lately...

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Pluto, Mary J. Blige and Michael Jackson

Recently I saw ‘This is it’ and I was deeply impressed by the show and by the interaction between the energetic and professional Michael Jackson and all the people involved (excellent musicians, dancers, perfect organization).
I don’t know if they cut the nasty pieces, but Michael Jackson was always polite, kind and grateful to the always worshipping group of people that worked with him. He showed an admirable control over his behaviour and over the show as he wanted it, without being arrogant or nasty. On the contrary! (And what a drive, what energy!) Michael Jackson was great AND real nice.

What a difference with the way that Mary J. Blige, a great singer with a heartbreaking voice, treated her own band! See the Daily Mail… After they started playing she made them stop and asked when they were going to play the real Mary J. Blige music.

Mary J. Blige now has progressed Sun inconjunct Pluto, right after a square with Jupiter and recently transit Jupiter was conjunct the progressed Sun. Perhaps that is a little too much success and stress. Progressed Sun inconjunct Pluto is reflecting a period of lack of balance in self esteem. Maybe that is it. Or it is more easy to be polite and kind when people need nOt to be convinced that you are a person who deserves the very best? Or when you have been trained to control yourself in public so much, that you are just not capable to explode anymore? Michael Jackson had Sun square Pluto from the start and he controlled it by means of medication.

Anyway, Pluto can be the symbol of stress and difficulties and maybe that explains the anger of Mary J. Blige. Here above is the chart of the day of birth of Mary J. Blige, progressed and with transits (no hour of birth available). For Michael Jackson’s chart, click here…


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Chart of John Edwards

There seems to be a sex tape made during the campaign, showing Edwards and his lover. That is news, and that is why we see Uranus on his Midheaven. Uranus is often there when there is some kind of a revelation. John Edwards tried to keep it a secret and he denied for a long time that he is the father of the baby of his lover, Rielle Hunter. John Edwards is now divorcing his wife (who is a breast cancer patient).
Transit Pluto is inconjunct progressed Mars and quindecile (165 d) natal Sun now that the sex life of senator John Edwards, former candidate for the presidency, is highlighted (again). The inconjunction between Mars and Pluto forces him to defend himself (at the cost of energy) and the quindecile between Pluto and Sun shows the obsession with his sex life right now.
Where are the astrological excuses? And is his chart the right chart?

IS THIS HIS CHART?
In an accurate chart we can count on the positions of Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven in the natal and progressed chart. The accuracy of the time of birth of John Edwards is in question, so we can't trust some of the data. However, there are a few indications corresponding with what happens and they are related to the positions of the Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven. So, the Astrodatabank chart might be correct.

1. Moon
The Moon sesquisquare Saturn and Neptune seems to be very appropriate considering the fact that his wife is seriously ill. The aspects of the Moon with Saturn and Neptune are also two of the four indications that the astrologer Ram mentioned as indicative for possible divorce (or not marrying at all) in the charts of males.
The other two are hard aspects between Mars and Uranus and between Venus and Neptune; John Edwards has Venus quindecile Neptune (and Saturn)! That is 3! But, Capricorn is on the Descendant! See 2.

2. AC
In the Astrodatabank chart Cancer is the Ascendant. The dispositor of Cancer is the Moon. The seventh house is ruled by Saturn as Capricorn is on the cusp of the Descendant. Afflictions between the rulers of the first and seventh house are also difficult for a marriage. Yet, he didn't divorce at once. Capricorn on the seventh house might have kept him in a marriage because of responsibilities, parenthood or other obligations. Capricon is for consistency! And the ruler, Saturn, is in Libra. Libra is the sign of 'being together'.

3. Progressed Sun/Moon
The progressed Sun/Moon midpoint was square progressed Saturn recently. That is an indication for a depressing period in family life.

4. Midheaven
Last but not least: transit Uranus (ruler 8th house in 1) on Midheaven doesn't seem wrong for a period in life when you are in the news with sexual activities related to your career.

ASTROLOGICAL EXCUSES
John Edwards is a good looking Mr. Nice Guy and probably well to do. That is attracting a lot of ladies. With Moon in Gemini conjunct Jupiter rising before the Sun, he is the popular and positive looking guy. John Edwards also has Venus quintile Uranus, so he has a creative desire for 'something new', 'excitement' and adventures. Uranus is on the Ascendant shows the individualistic approach and an independent and free presentation. The unbearable load of being married, in the chart of good looking individualist...that is asking for problems. It may be lonely at the top sometimes, but not alone!:)

Look at Mars (square MC): Mars is not making aspects within 5 degrees orb. Mars is 'calling', reflecting energy (drive, work or sex) at any possible level. Jupiter is rising before the Sun and Mars is 'calling': that is a statement for success in life and.. for reproduction. He officially has five children now.

There are probably a lot of astrological 'excuses', but I think that Saturn ruling the 7th in Libra and quindecile Venus are what kept him in a marriage that might have ended sooner if his wife hadn't been ill and if there hadn't been children or other material or fundamental issues to remain man and wife. There is a very strong focus (if not an obsession) to be officially married and keep it that way. Also Ceres is on his natal ascendant and Ceres is the symbol of motherly love and care and (in the chart of males) of women.

There are strong indications for separation or adventures and equally strong indications for feeling responsible and sticking like glue to a marriage that in fact might have ended. They match with the story of his life as we know it from the press.

PS GOLDEN YOD
The Astrodatabank chart gives a golden yod between Jupiter, Pluto and Midheaven, with a focus on Pluto, the symbol of power, politics, money and sexual potential. It is the combination for a creative way to achieve success, pointing at Pluto (politics, money). John Edwards tried to become a (vice-) president twice, but he didn’t succeed. One might wonder about the effect of golden yods. They sometimes seem to reflect the opposite (in this case: the difficulties, challenges and problems of the man in a position of wealth and fame).

RELATED
About hard aspects between Moon and Saturn (also an aspect for 'keeping up appearances')...
Astrology, Love and Romance blogspot.comAnd see the labels below the post on my blog...

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Michael and Cameron Douglas: Uranus opposition Saturn

Michael Douglas’ son pleaded guilty in the case about selling chrystal meth and using drugs. He can get life in prison for this (more than a rapist or a murderer gets)! It must be hard for the family to see a son in jail.

Some of the transits of Michael today:

Transit Jupiter inconjunct Sun and square progressed Mars
Transit Saturn will soon be conjunct Sun and square Moon again (highlighted worries)
Transit Uranus about to be inconjunct Midheaven (upheavel)
Transit Neptune opposition Midheaven (negative publicity)

Michael Douglas has Sun conjunct Neptune and square Moon, reflecting his own addiction and the fact that addiction is ‘ in the family’. Cameron also has Sun conjunct Neptune (he was born December 13, 1978). Neptune is the symbol of visions (fantasy, movies, religion, ideals, art, dreams and...drugs).

Michael Douglas’ Jupiter rises before his natal Sun and that means that he is first of all on optimist. Nevertheless, transit Saturn’s passage is reflecting a difficult period. His son has Neptune rising before the Sun, That doesn't make it easy to get a grip on life.

Here is the chart of Michael Douglas with the transits of the day of birth of Cameron.

Cameron’s Saturn is opposition Michael’s Uranus and Cameron’s Pluto is conjunct Michael’s Mars. Cameron’s natal Mars is quintile Pluto. Michael’s Saturn is trine Cameron’s Venus. The combination of this tells us that there is the love of a parent, firework (…) and a typical father-son opposition. The aspect introduces the issue of restricted freedom and trying to break free as part of their relationship. A few months ago, Michael Douglas said that he hoped that the period in jail was a wake up call for his son. But he also mentioned the fact that his son now lives amid hard criminals.

In The Huffington Post Anthony Papa pleads for treatment instead of prison for Cameron Douglas and other drugs offenders…
See http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anthony-papa/cameron-douglas-faces-mor_b_440539.html


RELATED
Post about Sun-Neptune combinations...('Am I who I think that I am, or am I who they say that I am?)

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Lottery winner with bad luck

One of the most desired things in the world is: to win the lottery. But sometimes the results are sad. Abraham Shakespeare (born April 23, 1966) was found murdered and there are reasons enough to relate his tragic faith to winning the lottery (an amount of 31 million dollar). Read the story on Polk Sheriff.... There is no indication for a lucky (!) winner in the natal chart, transits and progressions.

I have written about winning the lottery before.
I wrote (and quote):

The three charts convinced me that you need to have a ‘lucky chart’ to start with. All three of them have Jupiter-Uranus as the reflection of winning the lottery. Jupiter-Uranus is accompanied by Mercury-Jupiter and Mars-Jupiter aspects. Those are - in general - lucky combinations for successful decisions. Yes, some persons seem to have all the luck…

Abraham Shakespeare was not lucky. There were dangerous people after his money…He disappeared in April 2009 and it seems today that they found his body burried in a garden in Plant City. The transits of Saturn and Pluto with natal Mars and the square of progressed Sun with Uranus are reflecting the fact that he is in the news today (Uranus) because of unnatural death (Mars with Saturn and Pluto).

In November 2006 when he won the lottery there were little indications for joy. Progressed Jupiter was square natal Mercury (for successful idea), but Jupiter/Uranus and Jupiter/Pluto both were semi square the natal Saturn. Also, transit Saturn was inconjunct natal Saturn. That is reflecting the bitter side of success and ‘sudden windfall’… and the disadvantages of status and ambition.
Another bad sign is transit Pluto square natal Saturn. There is an affliction of transit Saturn and Pluto with his natal Saturn and Nodes. It doesn’t ‘ sound’ like a happy winner at all. Those are aspects reflecting serious problems.*)

In the natal charts of the other 3 lottery winners I found:
1. Mercury-Jupiter
Abraham Shakespeare has no combination of Mercury-Jupiter.
2. Mars-Jupiter
There is no such combination in the chart of Shakespeare
3. Jupiter-Uranus
But, Abraham Shakespeare doesn’t have a Jupiter-Uranus aspect or midpoint combination. Mabye Jupiter and Uranus are in aspect with the Ascendant, but we don’t know.

4. Venus-Saturn
Venus is making a wider conjunction with Saturn> (the sextile with Neptune is the bridge between the two).
5. Venus-Pluto
The combination of earning or getting money is Venus-Pluto.
Abraham Shakespeare has Venus opposition Pluto, tightly!

In fact, Abraham Shakespeare has only 2 out of 5 of the above mentioned aspects: Venus conjunct Saturn in Pisces and opposition Pluto. Of course, I don’t know if the other winners had problems because of the demands of family, friends, neighbours en the danger of criminals who were after the money. But Abraham Shakespeare had all of those problems. And it is easy to read Venus, Saturn and Pluto together as the nasty side of having and wanting money. There is no compensation for this (like in the charts of the other winners, as reflected by successful combinations of Jupiter with Mercury, Mars or Uranus!)

QUAOAR
Saturn is the oriental planet and Saturn is inconjunct Quaoar. Perhaps this is a ‘ mene tekel’ : bad luck is linked to changes with a lost involved.
Somehow this chart doesn’t seem to be a lucky winners’ chart at all.

*)(I read that a former co-worker accused him of having stolen the winning ticket and he had to defend himself in court in 2008 for this. He has Mercury sesquisquare Neptune and that is the kind of combination that I see more often in the charts of suspects)

CONCLUSION
Be careful what you wish for and don't buy (or find) a ticket in the lotery if your chart doesn't reflect lucky changes. Or just wait for the next post about lottery winners. Maybe this is just an exceptional example of the way that money doesn't make happy. And the bones that were found have not yet been identified...

RELEVANT
For more about Venus and Pluto combinations, see the label below this post on my blog Astropost.


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Biography John Paul II (flagellation)

The biography of John Paul II mentiones that he hit himself with a belt and slept on the floor from time to time, this in order to come closer to his faith. John Paul II was a religious person above all. That is why Neptune is on his Midheaven (conjunct Jupiter) and quintile the Sun (he had a creative imagination and was creative in being ' a saint' ). Six quintiles/biquintiles in his chart are reflecting a special creativity!
The combination of Jupiter and Neptune refers to a belief (having a conviction related to the amorphous) and to having fans (devoted supporters or a believing audience). It is an aspect (or midpoint combination) that is often seen in the charts of religious persons like popes are.

Uranus is important in John Paul’s chart. It is the first outer planet rising before the sun. In his natal chart Uranus is inconjunct Midheaven: he wanted to make changes, but (there is always a ‘ but’ when there is an inconjunction) when he died conservatism returned. Now that his biography is being mentioned, transit Uranus is inconjunct his progressed Sun. This flagellation news might disturb the process of ' becoming a saint'. Or maybe it is in the news to highlight his devotion? Uranus often reflects a person's peculiarities. For a ' saint to be' being devoted enough to harm yourself might just be a pro!

Sun and Mars don’t make Ptolemaic aspects (the major aspects) and that means that he can be a ‘ star’ or a ‘leader’ or someone drawing attention at any possible level. And that there is a drive, aggression or sexuality at any possible level, too. We know that popes don’t have sex. So the ups and downs of energy and drive had to find another way to express itself. Mars is on the Ascendant. He hit (Mars) himself (Ascendant).

RELEVANT:
See the labels! And read about planets without aspects and 'missing' elements in ' Conspicuous in absence', on Astromarkt.

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Tony Blair's tense transits

It is a stressful period for Tony Blair, now that transit Uranus is conjunct his progressed Midheaven and transit Pluto is inconjunct his natal Ascendant. Those are two different difficulties, reflecting two different things.

First: there is a lot of fuss about the ways that the former socialist MP earns his millions. Uranus is in the 3rd Placidus house of communications (he is mostly doing speeches for about 2.000 pounds per minute) and in the 2nd equal house (of money).

Second: transit Pluto, inconjunct the natal Ascendant, is in line with the investigations about the Iraq war. Uranus and Pluto are the symbols of tension related to upheavel, news, incidents, inqueries and (political) problems.

The fact that transit Uranus AND transit Pluto are making an aspect with the natal and progressed chart tells us, that it won't be easy for him to have to face the Chilcot Committee. However, transit Saturn is trine his natal Ascendant. And transit Jupiter will soon be making a square. Maybe it is tense, but Tony Blair is a 'die hard' and he will be supported by the best lawyers money can buy.

More about Blair:
Tony Blair and religion - 2007-
The autobiography of Cherie Blair - 2008-


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Could Stieg Larsson write?

Stieg Larsson (real name: Karl Stig-Erland Larsson) is a famous Swedish author. He wrote best sellers like 'The girl who played with fire'. He died five years ago and his long time partner, Eva Gabrielsson, was left without a penny. She now wants part of the millions saying that she did more than just editing his detectives...Now a journalist (Anders Hellberg) says that Stieg Larsson couldn't even write! So the question is: what does his chart say about writing talents?
(For more background info about the controversy, see the links below.)

WHAT DOES HIS CHART TELL US?
There is no hour of birth for Stieg Larsson. Here you see the chart with the positions at noon on his birthday and the transits for the day that he died with transit Saturn exactly inconjunct Mars ('unbalancing end of energy, with a lost involved'). There were a few calling planets in his birth chart: Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. This trio is the combination of having a talent for communications. He was a communicator at any possible level (Mercury without major aspects), he was talented (Venus calling) and he was a success (Jupiter). There are 2 quintiles on his day of birth: Sun quintile Saturn and Venus quintile Uranus. Quintiles promise creativity in a certain field. His chart shows possible talent and success. The isolated Moon in Pisces with the ' calling' Venus in Libra is part of the pattern of artistic talent that is so common in the charts of authors, artists and musicians (as you can see on Art&Astrology).

It is also clear that he would write detectives or mysterious books. The Sun is sextile Neptune and conjunct Pluto. The combination with Neptune and Pluto is the combination of the 'silent force' and is often seen in the charts of discrete people who deal with secrets and mysteries, like Agatha Christie. I also like to point at the combination of Sun quintile Saturn and sextile Neptune (illnesses) and Sun quintile Saturn in combination with the conjunction with Pluto (the 'die hard'). The effect of the combination don't only show up in the nature of his books, they also match with the way he lived (on a secret address because of death threads coming from ultra right extremists; Larsson was a communist.).
The first planet rising before his Sun is Mercury, 'calling'. Next is Uranus. He was a journalist first, communicating news items. Later he started writing thrillers (very Uranian).

NOT A WRITER?
Maybe the syntax really was mad and the language as bad as Dagens Nyheter journalist Anders Hellberg says on Lesley Riddoch's site. Maybe it is true that Larsson asked him to have 'a look 'at what he wrote, because he was a weak writer. And maybe it was his partner who did most of the writing. But then, how did he manage to become a famous and wealthy author? Was he so good at delegating? Mercury is semi sesquisquare Neptune in his natal chart. It is a combination of planets that seems to be part of suspicion and rumours. It is also the combination of miscommunications (weak - Neptune - writing - Mercury-). Also the Sun is quintile Saturn. That is the combination for a creative manager, someone who is creative in being the one in charge. The minor aspects in his chart show us a man with fantasy who might communicate (write and speak) at any possible level, with a frustrating 'mist' around his words. He was successful in finding editors. Jupiter is 'calling' and Jupiter is the planet of the helpers and...editors.

SO...
His critics say that he was good at research and a bad writer. Perhaps that is true. But he was also a creative person with great ideas (Mercury and Jupiter 'calling') and he managed to earn a lot of money (Jupiter semi quintile Pluto) with HIS name on the cover. The chart of the day of his birth shows the potential of a creative writer or at least a messenger with talents.

Charts don't judge. Charts show potentials. Charts also show controversies. The chart of the day of his birth shows the potential of a creative writer, someone with great ideas or at least a messenger with talents. It's also the chart of a creative manager and of someone who doesn't write or speak clearly. I would have loved to have his hour of birth and to know the day of birth of his partner Eva Gabrielsson to see how they cooperated and matched. It is an interesting mystery...

LINKS
Read about it on The Local or read the interview with his partner on Publishing Perspectives

RELATED Neptune-Pluto posts:
http://astropost.blogspot.com/2009/03/tsjernobyl-secret-neptunepluto-accident.html
http://astropost.blogspot.com/2008/11/chart-of-birth-day-of-daniel-craig.html
http://astropost.blogspot.com/2008/06/neptune-and-pluto-combination-of-silent.html

PS
Now that there is a movie based on one of his books (see this link: http://www.stieglarsson.com/the-movies) and his partner is demanding her part of the millions, transit Uranus is inconjunct his Sun, Pluto and Neptune. There is a lot of upheavel in Sweden about the position of Larsson's 'widdow' and there is even a site that asks you to donate for her.
*) (I wonder why she didn't ask her lover to acknowledge her as a co-writer when he lived? And why she didn't ask for an arrangement in his will? Well, too late now...)

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Keith Richards gives up drinking

For some reason I like Keith Richards and I use to follow the news about the man 'who will be lucky if he manages to become as old as he appears to be' (quoting someone on the net). Now I read that he quit drinking a few months ago. Did he? That must be have been hard to become sober! So I am not surprised to see hard aspects made by hard planets right now.

As you may see in the chart below, he has a Saturn-Pluto conflict and Neptune semi square Ascendant in the natal chart. Neptune-Ascendant might reflect apparent weaknesses (such as addictions are). Saturn with Pluto is the combination of the ' die hard' (see Astromarkt).
Transit Saturn and Pluto (in the 5th degree of Libra and Capricorn) are making hard aspects with the natal Neptune (5th of Libra) of Keith Richards right now and also with his natal Ascendant in Scorpio. The same ' die hard' combination as in his natal chart is now in aspect with his Neptune-Ascendant (apparent weaknesses). Let us read Saturn-Pluto afflicting Neptune as ' death end to 'alcoholism'...or is it: the disadvantage of an inquiery about addiction?

Luckily, transit Jupiter will very soon be conjunct his natal Sun. Jupiter might reflect help, support and success! And if he won't succeed to beat his addiction, maybe he will be happy, too:). Anyway, the progressed Sun changed sign a few years back, mirroring another lifestyle. Perhaps this attempt to quit drinking is part of that.
A few months back there were stories about Keith falling off a tree just like that (how did he get into that?:). Maybe his doctors gave him advice about the risks of using alcohol.

There is more about Keith Richards on this blog and on Art&Astrology. See the post about Keith and Johnny Depp in ‘ The pirates’ …I quote:

Keith Richards (18th December 1943 at about 6 in Dartford, UK) has Jupiter on top and Neptune is oriental (sort of a reverse of Depp!). Now that he finally can be and actor Keith has both Mars and Pluto trine Jupiter (a combination of success).
For music we see in the chart of Richards: Venus and Uranus both in aspect with the MC. And as astrologers we are immediately struck by the combination of Moon, Jupiter and Pluto on top: indication for an enormous popularity!

I also wrote about the friendship between Keith and Mick Jagger
I quote:

In spite of his wild reputation, the Moon on Midheaven in Virgo reflects the need for perfection in his job. The artistic talent is shown by the aspects of Moon conjunct Midheaven, sextile Venus (sense of art related to the career). Venus is semi quintile Neptune (conjunct Venus/Jupiter) for succes in arts and again: creative artistic talents.

You see, Keith Richards happens to be one of the world’s greatest guitar players and his chart tells us about sense of rhythm (Venus-Uranus), artistic talents (Venus with Jupiter and Neptune) and popularity (Moon, Jupiter, Pluto)! And about apparent sensitivity that easily turns into being too soft to handle alcohol and drugs. It is one of the ways to reflect Neptune semi square Ascendant


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