Astrology of Pope Benedict stepping back

There have been a number of posts about Pope Benedict on this blog and they were often wrapped in a blanket of worries about his condition, but...as a true 'Saturn calling' *) he remained on his post. Now he steps back and even though he is 85, the head of a world church in trouble and apparently not healthy, people are surprised. They are surprised because popes tend to be pope until they die. Watch the chart, progressions and transits, consider the man and his situation, and see that there is reason enough to have some rest.

1. The progressed chart has Pluto on the Ascendant. Pluto rules the 8th natal house of life and death and is in the 4th of endings. Pluto on the Ascendant describes stressful situations and pressure (though he says there was no pressure on him when he decided to stop on February 28). Something transforms when Pluto is on one of the corners of the chart.


2. Transit Uranus square progressed Mars (important because of the opposition with Midheaven in the natal chart) means change, too.

3. Progressed Sun quintile Progressed Chiron might be creative in a healing process or point at the creative attendance of doctors.

4. On February 28 transit Jupiter is novile Progressed Sun for rejoycing that life gets better.

5. The most negative aspect is transit Neptunus quindecile progressed IC. It focusses on a weak basis.

6. Transit Pholus square midpoint AC/MC mirrors the crucial point of no return.

Today he surprised (transit Uranus) the world by breaking (Saturn) free (Uranus).


LINKS

See:
http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2012/06/sun-pluto-sun-mars-synastry.html (June 2012, about the cardinals around him)
http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2011/12/concern-in-chart-of-pope.html (December 2011, concern...)


Also visit: Astromarkt.net about popes

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Example of 5 times transit Pluto at once

Today I had the sad opportunity to see how transit Pluto changes the life of someone close. She went to see the  cardiologist because she was tired and had a strange feeling on the chest. What happend was that he found an almost completely closed coronary artery.  He placed a stent. This was exactly what she was afraid of. And it was with 5 transits of Pluto:

• Pluto conjunct her Sun
• Pluto conjunct her Moon
• Pluto conjunct her midpoint Sun/Moon
• Pluto inconjunct het progressed Descendant
• Pluto opposite Ceres (heart issurs are in  the family)

All 5 transits were within less than 0,5 degree orb...

Those transits were accompanied by:
Transit Chiron (healer/pain) conjunct progressed Sun. 
Transit Saturn inconjunct progressed IC

And:
Very soon transit Saturn will be square MC and inconjunct Progressed IC

All three (Pluto, Chiron and Saturn) are hitting the lights and the angles, the key points in the chart.
It is the reflection of dangerous, changing and hard times. The 8th is involved, too. Pluto is in the progressed 8th house. She is safe in hospital tonight and her family hopes for her safe return home, feeling better. 

Question is now: is transit Pluto reflecting the surgery (and in a way that saved her life...)? Or did the conjunctions mean that she is starting a difficult period in life, with medication and in the 'survival' mode? 

Transit Pluto is always complicated. As an astrologer, you see it coming and all you can do is make a wish that this force is WITH the person and not against. Even if transit Pluto is considered to be helping you get rid of a problem, it is still difficult to deal with. May this force with be you:)!

Links

http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2011/02/transits-of-pluto-with-sun.html or
http://www.astromarkt.net/sun-pluto.html Quote:

With transit Pluto conjunct Sun something in your life might be destroyed. A vital problem will be highlighted and action is needed. Sometimes your life or lifestyle is in danger or health issues demand action. Physical challenges, a problem with an authority or enemies force you to be strong and brave. You will have to learn to live with problems and forces beyond yourself, often related to life and death*) issues. Stress is with you, all along the period of the transit.

http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2011/02/transits-of-pluto-with-moon-mercury.html Quote:

Transit Pluto with the Moon intensifies emotions and habits/needs. Getting back to usual (at home) is difficult and challenging with such an aspect, even if it is a trine (though you might feel stronger than ever).  It often gives stress at home or in the family. Sometimes this is because of a family problem or a memorable event regarding life and death. Michael Moore had this transit after his chemo therapy (and with his son in jail).

http://astropost.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/transits-of-pluto-with-progressed.html
This post is about transits of Pluto with Midheaven or Ascendant

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Death of Ed Koch

Ed Koch was the mayor who cured (the financial situation of) New York. It is in his chart like this:

Sun in Sagittarius in the 2nd house of money trine Chiron = cures 

Simple!

But there is more, of course.

• There is the Moon in Cancer is 'calling' (not making any aspects in sign or orb 5 degrees). Cancer is economic:). He had the need (at any possible level) to economize and … to be popular. He was. He had Moon opposition Jupiter and Jupiter biquintile MC.
• Just like most of the American president (and many politicians) there is a Mercury-Saturn-Pluto combinations  for political correct answers and strategic communications together with this Moon-Jupiter aspect.
• The chart also contains Saturn in Scorpio for the thorough and bold manager who dares to cut expenses. Saturn rises before the Sun: duties first, the true manager.

Now he died. We see transits and progressions accompanying this moment:

• transit Pholus inconjunct Mars
• transit Pholus semi square Progressed MC
• (transit Pholus square progressed Sun on his birthday)

Those two transits of Pholus refer to a frustrating point of no return with a loss of energy involved.

• transit Saturn trine progressed Descendant can be seen as an easy way to go (saying goodbye)
• transit Pluto conjunct Mercury means stress or difficult decisions/talks
• transit Jupiter in 8, inconjunct progressed MC that is help and assistance accompanying loss. Jupiter could also have meant: a definitive journey, leaving something behind.
• progressed Moon opposition Uranus for a memorable moment of excitement and change
• transit Mars trine Ascendant, activity in relationships or in situation
• Saturn had recently been on his progressed MC = step back in condition

For people of his age this might have been enough.

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Mars, Uranus-Pluto, Nessus and Salman Khan

Indian actor Salman Khan faces charges of culpable homicide for killing a street when he drove his car into a bakery in Mumbay, in September 2002, BBC news reports. He is hugely popular but he is also often been described a a 'bad-boy', they say. I like to involve Mars-Uranus-Pluto in this story.

MARS SESQUISQUARE PLUTO AND URANUS
Mars in conflict with Pluto can be the reflectioin of using violence, abusing force and of a problem with male hormones. Salman Khan has Mars sesquisquare Pluto. Mars is also sesquisquare Uranus. That is symbolic for a hot temper. Mars with Uranus and Pluto tends to act (Mars) on impulse (Uranus-Pluto) or to be the rebel (Uranus) using force (Mars-Pluto). In an earlier post I refer to it as the aspect combination of terror (see http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2012/07/mars-uranus-pluto-neptune.html ) that we also see in the chart of Anders Breivik, the man who murdered so many in Norway. I quote:

 In 1940 Reinhold Ebertin (click for his chart) wrote about this stellar combination. I quote 'The combination of stellar influences":"Fanatism, act of violence, mania of destruction".He was right.
The Mars-Uranus-Pluto combination doesn't mean that such an incident has to happen. Astrology doesn't work vice versa!

But sometimes it looks that way...

Here is the chart of his day of birth with today's transits and progressions. Transit Uranus (symbol of controversy, nerves, shocks and news) is square his Sun now. That is often so when a VIP is discussed in the news papers.

NESSUS
On the day of his birth the Sun was inconjunct Nessus, the symbol of wrath after death and the return of angry persons from the past. The quincunx or inconjunct is the symbol of losing balance and of loss.

It is interesting that in this case, 10 years after the incident, the killed street sleeper sort of 'returns after death' in a trial. Khan is also accused of hurting 3 others in this incident.

Salman Khan denies that he drove the car in the event of September 2002. That was when Transit Saturn was square his Progressed Sun and Transit Pluto conjunct Mercury.

PS with Uranus, Mars, Pluto and Moon on the angles of the solar return chart, my mother had an accident. She fell and broke her hip on two places. The first surgery went wrong, so that she underwent surgery two times. The result is that she now lives in a home for the elderly, unable to walk on her own.
Uranus and Pluto are on the list of planets reflecting change.

MORE LINKS
Astromarkt on Nessus: http://www.astromarkt.net/nessus-astrology.html

Chart of day of birth of Anders Breivik: http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2011/07/anders-behring-breivik-and-his-day-of.html

More Mars-Uranus-Pluto:  http://astropost.blogspot.nl/search/label/Mars%20Uranus%20Pluto

Also visit: Astromarkt.net about Mars-Pluto and the drive to win

Australian rules footballer Chris Mainwaring, born on the same day als Salman Khan, died in 2006: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Mainwaring

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Super Bowl two brothers and astrology

When you click on the label 'football' you find a few posts in which I try to 'predict' the results of a match or game by using the MC of the final moment to see if there is a 'hit' with the coach's natal chart.
I also use the transits and progressions of the coach. I wanted to try it on the Super Bowl of February 3, 2013. It is a special match, because the two coaches are brothers (John and Jim Harbaugh).

SUPER BOWL CHART?
I thought it would be very interesting to see who wins and to see how the charts of the brothers are reflecting this. The problem with the chart of the SuperBowl is, however, that there is no indication for the eact time of the end of the match! The average SuperBowl lasts for about 3,5 hours, but it could be more (or less), depending on the length of shows and commercials. That makes it hard for to use my method. But I still want to have a look at the charts of the brothers.

THE HARBAUGH SYNASTRY
The sun signs of the brothers don't match. Their synastry is sun square sun. Both are starts, both want to draw attention and both want to be the boss. It must be very hard to be their mother and give both of them the attention that they need! They are two superstars fighting each other in the Super Bowl!
Also, Uranus of Jim is conjunct the Pluto of John. That is stimulating for tension and stress. Perhaps they are the sources of each other's level of adrenaline:)! They will certainly feel the heat on February 3, 2013, day of the match.

Position of day of birth John with (transit) those of Jim Harbaugh

JIM

Jim Harbaugh, San Francisco 94ers, was born on December 23, 1963.  In the natal chart Jim has a tight trine between Mars and Pluto, for the strong drive to win, strong muscles and tremendous energy. He is a typical 'strong man'.

Here is what is in his chart right now:
1. The match takes place on a day with transit Sun conjunct his Pholus. That is a yearly 'turning point' day. Mine was on Friday January 18, when the pedicurist hurt my foot. So Jim, don't stamp your foot!:)
2. Transit Pholus is sextile progressed Sun: an easy way out to a point of no return.
3. There is a minor Jupiter transit (105d) with progressed Sun: a merely visible success.

JOHN
John Harbaugh, Baltimore Ravens, was born on September 23, 1962. In the natal chart of John, Pluto rises before the Sun so that he has a strong focus on strategy and strength.

His transits and progressions are:
1. Progressed sun in minor (75d) aspect with Saturn (merely visible set back?)
2. Transit Pluto trine Pluto offers a great challenging moment for a win and stronger value
3. Progressed Venus trine Mars is good for passion
4. Progressed Sun conjunct progressed Venus (great for love life)

RESULT?
How can these lists offer any insight in the results of the Super Bowl? They can't because I don't have the chart of the final moment. I want to know who is happy in the end. I think that Jim has 'better astrological cards' because of the Jupiter and because of the fact that his team is favorite while John has a minor Saturn progression. On the other hand, those trine see to bring luck, too (and John has them). So:

Can anybody give me the hour of that final moment please? 

Also visit: Astromarkt.net for example about not matching suns and sun signs http://www.astromarkt.net/not-matching-sunsings-in-astrology.html

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