Transit Saturn, Transit Neptune, NSA and Obama

Here is the chart (natal, transits and progressions) of Barack Obama and what do you see?

natal-t&p-october2013

Transit Saturn is square his Sun. 
Transit Saturn is in the ninth house (the house of 'abroad')
Saturn rules the 12th and is in the 12th house of secrets and the media
Sun rules the 7th house of 'them' and allies.

Perfect description of the present situation (given the circumstances). Allies like Angela Merkel are angry about the NSA spying on them. Obama said that he didn't know. Now the papers say he did ( http://www.dw.de/new-media-report-suggests-obama-knew-nsa-spied-on-merkel/a-17185662 ) Transit Saturn square Sun makes you face mistakes.

Transit Neptune inconjunct Mercury adds confusion.
Transit Neptune inconjunct his Mercury is a bad sign if you want others to believe what you say. Mistaken words, unclear statements, gossip and hiding facts work against you when Neptune comes along. Neptune is the symbol of mist, fantasy and all that is hidden and fake. It seems that those who work in or with the NSA can't stop leaking. And leakage is Neptune, the in conjunction is lack of balance and possible loss, Mercury is about KNOWING.

Is that enough to illustrate the situation? There is more if you want it. The progressed Moon conjunct cusp III, entering the 3rd house of communications, on her way to a quindecile with transit Saturn, promises worries ahead and a focus on communications. There is a lot of repairing to do in the next days and weeks.

It would be very bad if the progressed Sun didn't trine the Moon and if progressed Venus didn't square natal Moon. The moon is the symbol of popularity and Venus-Moon represents the need to be loved and all that eases feelings. Germany and the USA aren't enemies.

The NSA-revelations in a period of Saturn-Sun and Mercury-Neptune are difficult to deal with. Barack Obama is still an ally and a friend. Maybe this bad moment has a feel-good-ending, anyway? But not after a dramatic change in Angela's opinions, I guess, because transit Pluto and transit Uranus (the combination of revolutionary change, revolt and nervous stress) are making hard aspects with her Mercury.

Barack Obama and Angela Merkel ( Hamburg, 17 juli 1954 ) share an aspect (more on sharing...). Both have a difficult connection between Sun and Neptune. Being an idol and having to deal with the media isn't always easy and they both know it. They also share idealism or beliefs. Nevertheless: sharing Sun-Neptune doesn't mean everlasting sympathy. Both have a square between Sun and Neptune. This hard aspect, in the end, mirrors disappointment.

Sun and Neptune shared in aspect gives you shared ideals, dreams and faith or even a shared idol! But with hard aspects you might share the same disillusions as well or this relationship is disillusive. Cooperating could work out best in an asylum or in a non-profit organization where they can help others, and each other.

Another possible combination is between enemies and with Sun in hard aspect with Neptune shared. Ideology stand between you as was the case with the murderer of director Theo van Gogh who shared Sun square Neptune. 

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The scandal in the chart of Weiner

Anthony Weiner keeps coming back in the news and it is again about sex. I have mentioned Weiner in the post on Venus-Mars-Uranus combinations: http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2011/06/venus-mars-and-uranus-in-midpoint-and.html. I said:
Venus, Mars and Uranus together are the symbol of sudden passions and adventures or acting on impulse when attracted to someone. 
His chart has Venus/Mars semi square Uranus, which is about as much as 'news -Uranus- on sex -Venus/Mars', but not always. There are always more reasons and more indications. There are a few things that 'catch the eye', like:

1. the position of the Sun between Uranus and Pluto
It is about dramatic and radical changes in life (see http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2010/02/radical-uranus-pluto.html ) Uranus+Pluto is 'ultra-'. Quote:

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. 

So let's say: he is not the kind of guy to make it easy on himself when he makes choices.

2. Uranus rises before the Sun and Saturn is calling! (no major aspects in sign)
Saturn and Uranus are prominent in this chart. They are the combination of 'breaking free' and 'limited freedom' as an issue.

3. His progressed Sun sign has by now changed to Scorpio. When the progressed Sun sign is changing, your life and life style tends to change. It is always a hectic period.
This year the progressed Sun in Scorpio will be trine his natal Saturn and that means: self respect or being respected, possibly after a goodbye or after closing down a period in life.

He is married. Above is the chart of his day of birth with (in green) the transits of the day of birth of is wife Huma Abedin (assistent of Hillary Clinton), who was born on July 27, 1976. The synastry of their charts shows a lot of holes.

a. Their sun signs don't match.
b. They share a Leo Moon. They may have the same kind of needs and habits, usually.
c. There is no aspect between their Venus. Perhaps there is a Venus-Ascendant connection (but as there is no hour of birth, that is a big ?).
d. Their Mars are in compatible signs. Her Mars is conjunct his Sun.  I wrote about the Mars-Sun synastry of the Dutch royal couple, title 'When Mars kicks you'. It is a little competitive, this synastry aspect. And yes, she has a top position in society.
e. His Neptune square her Venus is romantic, but could be disappointing, like all romance is.
f. They share Sun-Uranus aspects. His is conjunct, hers is square. I quote myself:

Sun and Uranus shared in aspect might indicate: joined rebellion. How long this will last in a proper family home in a suburb, especially when the aspect is hard? But in a group of inventive people or in a place where news items are made you certainly can go for ‘sensation’ together. This relationship could have an unusual start. Too much tension could lead to stress, even if the surprises are nice. Both being independent and willing to be free it will be hard to stay together as a couple. With harmonious aspects this tendency for doing things the way you want it, will be tempered and then your unique qualities come to the light, better than if you were alone. 

Transit Neptune is now inconjunct her natal Sun and before that Saturn square her Sun. Those are difficult transits to deal with.  I just published an article on Sun inconjunct Neptune in the progressed chart. It is a very confusing aspect combination.

Of course, not everyone born on September 4, 1964 does as Anthony Weiner does. Genes, gender, position in society, culture and circumstances AND the choices that you make define a person, not his chart. The chart says how you deal with certain challenges and issues. Three of the hundreds of others born on September 4, 1964 are:

- Guy Donald Boros,  golfer
- René Pape, German bass
- Tomas Sandstrom, NHL forward 

But there can be only one Anthony Weiner and only one such chart...

Mr. Weiner is hot news again today: transit Uranus inconjunct his natal Sun likely provides nasty surprises...

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/30/weiner-spokesperson-apologizes-for-trash-talking-ex-intern/
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/weiner_beat_goes_on_and_on_KiaFcnHnvC9vUYQc1ieMWI


Also visit: Astromarkt.net for example on sharing aspects (that is when you and your lover have the same aspect combination): http://astromarkt.net/sharing-aspects.html

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The astrology of the Bone Wars

The Bone Wars started when two competitive paleontologists came across 'themselves' in the ‘Great Dinosaur Rush’ of 1877-1892. Episode 4 of O'Hanlons Heroes - a series of discoveries through the 19th Century – is about the competition between Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh. They collected numerous bones of dinosaurs and tried to be number one in the field. They ended without a penny, partly because of the ‘war’ between them. They had a lot in common. Same 'job', same attitude towards each other, same dirty method to discredit the other one. 

I want to show you how their charts looked at each other and how the synastry between the charts tells us that the heroes ‘deserved each other’. 

Edward Drinker Cope was born on July 28, 1840,  a Leo with a Leo Moon, Sun sesquisquare Uranus, most probably Mars rising before the Sun (and Moon) and Mars inconjunct Neptune.

Othniel Charles Marsh was born October 29, 1831, a Scorpio with a Leo Moon, Sun square Uranus, Mars rising before the Sun and Mars square Neptune, tightly.

From what they share (Leo Moon, Sun afflicted by Uranus, Mars afflicted by Neptune and Mars rising before the Sun) it is without doubt that they were active, competitive and in a way tending to negative ways to fight or compete. Both longed to be the star in their field. Both were outsiders with the will to be ‘different’ and a tendency to be controversial. Those rather arrogant macho men were competing each other in remote places, digging for bones. They were enemies, but not from the start. There is a Venus sextile Venus synastry that tells us about sympathy in the past. But:

- They have Sun square Sun. Such a synastry aspect raises the question:’ Who is the boss, who is the real star?’

- There are two inconjunctions between the charts. Mars of Edward Cope is inconjunct Jupiter of Othniel Marsh and sort of a vice versa: Pluto of Marsh is inconjunct Jupiter of Cope. Inconjunctions cause lack of balance. Mars-Jupiter and Jupiter-Pluto are combinations of success and progress. Inconjunctions however don’t match. If they had joined forces, could they have had the same extraordinary result and amount of bones? Perhaps it was the competition that contributed to the results.

- Saturn of Cope is square the Pholus of Marsh. Though many of their contemporaries shared this synastry aspect, we can conclude that it is not a favorable one. Marsh as the catalyst of the guilt and restrictions for Cope?

- I would not be surprised if both had Sun/Moon in aspect with Uranus. That would have motivated them to go on and on and on…

Here is the chart of the day of birth of Edward. The positions outside the circle (the 'transits) are the positions of the day of birth of Othniel.

Anyway, they were two of a kind (rather macho outsiders) and they were competing in the same field with not matching sun signs and apparently they stimulated each other in their competition. They made a great contribution to science that way. And their story is a contribution to astrology, too. Their charts confirm the characters and the competition. I particularly like this quote, that seems very Moon Leo to me:

"The patrician Edward may have considered Marsh not quite a gentleman. The academic Othniel probably regarded Cope as not quite a professional."

They didn’t match, they tried to ‘beat’ each other the hard way, but if they hadn’t met, there wouldn’t have been such a storyJ. Sometimes people meet in order to stimulate each other to do what they always wanted to. On Astromarkt (http://www.astromarkt.net/sharing-aspects) you see this about sharing Mars-Neptune (I mean when both have an aspect between Mars and Neptune in the chart):

Mars-Neptune: Being without job, sharing drugs or alcohol or medications. Maybe they are working together in a health or non profit organization. Or having affairs...Sorry, this is an aspect that does not cheer up…

Apparently with this aspect you can also have ‘dirty’ competition…

LINK

http://www.nposales.com/?article=24298&template=program

About the program with Redmond O’Hanlon

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DOB's of Kirsan Iljumzhinov and Muammar Gaddafi, playing chess

Ilyumzhinov, picture by A. Savin (on Wiki Commons)

He just played chess with Muammar Gaddafi, he claims to have met aliens on his balcony and for almost a decade (since April 12, 1993)  he was the President of Kalmykia (part of the Russian Federation: that is Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (Кирса́н Никола́евич Илюмжи́нов), born April 5, 1962 in Elista at ??? hour. The chart says that he has Sun biquintile Pluto (perhaps illustrating the creative talent to be an authority). With Venus sextile Jupiter he likes the nice sides of life. , but he is first of all a driven person, an activist, a fighter, a promotor (of chess and religion). The fact that he is an Aries with Moon in Aries and is Mars 'calling and rising before the Sun fuels this chart. He is first of all a driven person, an activist, a fighter, a promotor (of chess and religion).He was in Africa to promote chess for Fifa.

Ilyumzhinov is certainly not stupid, see Wikipedia  and he is very rich, too. He benefitted from the rise of the new Russian economy (watch Jupiter/Pluto semi square Quaoar and Venus in Taurus sextile Jupiter). 

MERCURY+PLUTO: mental strategy

What is interesting in his chart is, that there are just a few narrow aspects and mostly minor aspects. Mercury doesn't make any aspect at all. Mercury is the symbol of communications and language. He speaks several languages. Pluto also doesn't make a major aspect within orb 5 degrees. That makes Pluto special. Pluto is the symbol of power, strength, values and intensity or authority. With Mercury and Pluto 'calling' mental strategy is 'calling'. Chess is one of the fields to use that ability.Politics is another one. Don't ask me why he claims to have seen aliens. Maybe that is part of the strategy, too? 

NOT ENEMIES...

Gadaffi (born June 7, 1942) might have the Moon in Aries, too. Lots of friends have the Moon in the same sign (see Astromarkt...). Having the Moon in the same sign makes you feel at home. But...Is this Gadaffi's real day of birth? In that case, the Suns of the men are sextile. Both have Venus in Taurus (they like each other and have the same sort of preferences and hobbies: Venus conjunct Venus). And that explains, perhaps...


Here are the positions of their birthdays (Gadaffi's possible d.o.b.'s positions are on the outside):

Here above you see the possible chart of Gaddafi, for noon of June 7, 1942. If that is the day of his birth, he is now in a period of stress and obsessed survival (Transit Pluto quindecile Progressed Sun; facing issues of life and death) and is about to see a turning point in life (Transit Pholus opposition Natal Sun). The present transit of Uranus trine Pluto makes it easy to make changes and revolutions. Or is it as this site (Horoscopes within) says (quote):

A time during which you reach new levels in understanding life and death

Given the circumstances, that could just be it...

Also visit: Astromarkt.net for example about Sun-Pluto...

Jeopardy: charts, Prada, Callas, Gies, elevated Uranus?

The answer is: ' Subjects of posts on Astropost on February 15, 2009'. Was that easy? I wish I could give you ' Jennings' or 'Rutter' or 'Watson'  so that you could ask: "Who won Jeopardy on February 16, 2011?". But I can't. I don't have hours or places of birth for the three of them and I don't know at what hour and minute the final moment of the competition is, tomorrow. Also, I keep waking up at about 2:45 a.m. (since the Mars return, but now I FEEL it) and so I take it easy tonight...This post has some links to earlier posts and an alinea about Jeopardy. I will start with the links.

On February 15, 2009 I had a more productive day than today: 4 posts. One about Jaya Prada, politician and Bollywood Actres who was attacked on that day but fortunately not hurt. She was born April 3, 1962 and had transit Jupiter conjunct Saturn in that period and the transit Sun trine progressed Venus. It was, in other words, a good day and there was some help (Jupiter) in hard times.

http://astropost.blogspot.com/2009/02/astrology-chart-jaya-prada-and-escaped.html

I also wrote about Aristoteles and Maria Callas, who loved him more than he loved her. 

http://astropost.blogspot.com/2009/02/astrology-of-maria-callas-and.html

There was a post about the 100th birthday of Miep Gies, the woman who kept the diary of Anne Frank till after the war. Miep Gies died in 2009.

http://astropost.blogspot.com/2009/02/chart-of-day-of-birth-of-miep-gies-100.html

And last but not least there was a post about Uranus on top (I mean: elevated and square Ascendant) or in aspect with Midheaven. 

http://astropost.blogspot.com/2009/02/uranus-on-top-or-in-aspect-with.html

That post brings us back to ' transit month February'  because of the mentioned transits of Uranus with Midheaven and Ascendant.

JEOPARDY

Today's post could have been about Jeopardy only, but I can't make up my mind about who wins:). How could I, without hours of births, hours of the final minute and without the 'natal chart'  of the computer, Watson? And without being able to watch the show!? 
All I can tell you is, that the battle is between two human beings  and a computer. Their names are:

• Brad Rutter (born on January 31, 1978 and the biggest all-time money winner in Jeopardy) and 
• Kenneth Jennings (born May  23, 1974 and not only a Jeopardy record winner. He also won the Rookie Divisioin of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournement in 2006)
• Watson, an artificial brain

The men both have a wider trine between Sun and Pluto and that they share Venus square Uranus. That tells us that they have sense of rhythm and that they love excitement and surprises (Venus-Uranus). They will also find ways to self esteem and authority (and they did, didn't they, with Sun trine Pluto). Because they SHARE these aspects it also tells us that they are able to join forces against a shared enemy. And that they will have fun together! 


When they broke a record a few years ago they had a minor aspect between Jupiter and Sun (see their - progressed - charts) and one of them had a Mars-Uranus trine. On February 16, only one of them has a transit Mars trine Uranus. The other one has transit Jupiter opposition Pluto. And for the rest: only difficult aspects, like Progressed Sun inconjunct Progressed Neptune or transit Pholus conjunct Neptune...I don't know about Watson...:) I heard one of the man say that Watson doesn't have nerves or emotions, like humans do. But he also doesn't have a compact brain. Anyway, may the best 'man' win! Tomorrow we will know the name.

Also visit: Astromarkt.net for example about sharing aspects.... Quotes:

If Sun and Pluto make an aspect in both of your charts living together will not be easy. Two strong wills, two fanatics, both wanting to win and to have the power. If harmonious both will finally win in some way or win and survive together after making a difficult start


Venus-Uranus is for sharing the same love of music, dancing and adventures. Venus-Uranus could be the shared aspect for falling in love for a short period of time.

The match between Prince William and Kate Middleton

Prince William and Kate Middleton (soon Princess Catherine, I presume) share a strong Moon in Cancer. I quote myself:

When lovers have the same position of the Moon, they feel close and comfortable. Friends often have the same Moonsign. It makes you feel as if you belong together ('We are family').

This Moon might be important for keeping them together, as their Sunsigns don't match and their Mars are conjunct (for a lot of fire, and risk of quarrel). There is a lucky synastry aspect: Venus tredecile (108d) Venus. That means that although their preferences don't match (as the Venus signs don't match) they will find creative ways to settle things because of love. And that is what matters most when you want to get married...Continue for the links and for the chart drawing of Prince William with the transits of the day of birth of Kate Middeton.

Relationships and sharing aspects

 This post is about sharing the same aspect. For example when you have the same aspect in your chart as your partner, boss, family or enemy has.
Sharing aspects are reflecting shared experiences. 

People live and work together. Sometimes the planets in their chart interact. Sometimes people share an aspect. I mean, that in their charts both have a meaningful connection between the same two planets. When it is exactly the same aspect, this aspect is vivid and active in their relationship. It is exactly what they share. Continue for an indication of how to interprete shared aspects and for examples (like the shared aspects of Joran van der Sloot and Natalee Holloway).