Full Moon in Gemini

For some reason I have problems sleeping during Full Moon, even with the curtains (and my eyes) closed. This is especially so now that the Moon is in Gemini, opposition my natal Sun. It is almost 2 at night and I didn't feel sleepy at all! Only, now that I mention it...

My aunt, who learned a lot about Moon positions from her father, my grandfather, tells me that the end of Full Moon helps to solve problems. She also has specific ideas about what to eat on a certain day. Tomorrow it is Thursday. That is the perfect day to eat purple food (...) and the Moon in Gemini is a good moment to start walking and have a deep breath. More about the Moon and diet on Astromarkt...I am giving it a try and go to bed!

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Tiger Woods and transit Uranus

Uranus is the symbol of incidents, accidents and sensational news. The inconjunction is reflecting lack of proportion. So when a person has transit Uranus inconjunct progressed Ascendant, it is to be expected that there is a lot to do about his relationship and there is a risk for accidents. Tiger Woods has transit Uranus close to the natal Descendant right now and inconjunct progressed Ascendant. He is in the news because of an accident by car (but, he is not seriously injured) and there is a story about a very angry partner...here is the chart with transits and progressions.

For more about his chart and the similarities with the chart of Surav Ganguli, see the earlier post...(click here)

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Skipped by Jupiter?

Jupiter has many meanings in astrology. Jupiter is the symbol of successes, growth, wealth, optimism, support, internationality, travelling, being helped and understood, being cured, the doctor, a professor, someone born in another country, progress, overdoing things, overweight, fat...etc. etc. and all that is because Jupiter is big and because Jupiter is protecting the earth by catching many objects coming from space. Your knowledge grows when you study or travel, and when you grow you get bigger, so that is Jupiter (simply stated, of course). Santa Claus looks a lot like Jupiter. Most people are happy when he pays them a visit. So when he passes bye, without even leaving the smallest packet, you feel..eh...skipped, left out, and disappointed. Like I do;(

TO SEE THE DOCTOR WITH JUPITER SEXTILE SUN AND MIDHEAVEN, OPPOSITION PLUTO
I had transit Jupiter conjunct progressed (SA) Sun, sextile natal Sun and sextile MC, exactly on Monday November 23 2009, last Monday, right after transit Jupiter and progressed Sun opposition Pluto in the sixth (house of daily work and illnesses). Mail me for the chart if you want to, I can prove it!

Monday afternoon...That is when I saw the doctor and she told me that I had Mexican Flu (H1N1) but I was on the right track to health. Great, and 99% chance to survive, but great, OK!

Only if I am a cynical astrologer (and sometimes I am) I should translate this perfect transit like this:
'You will have a curable international dangerous illness and you will meet an academic person in that period of time'.
You'd start doubting astrology for less!:)

Don't tell me that astrology doesn't work 'the other way around' or that you need to prepare for it! Many people managed to be 'prosperous and happy' without any astrological knowledge or preparation, and yet exactly on 'Jupiter time'. I have even seen it work 'the other way around'. Examples?

- Herman van Rompuy (transit Jupiter square Midheaven, becoming a President and a grandfather). http://astropost.blogspot.com/2009/11/eu-jupiters-favorite-van-rompuy.html
- Marc Dutroux, any time when he found a nice judge willing to release him (see the article on Astromarkt). http://www.astromarkt.net/artdutroux.htm
- Genarlow Wilson was released out of prison on October 26, 2007 with transit Jupiter trine Sun. http://astropost.blogspot.com/2007/11/genarlow-wilson-free.html
- A fired mayor in my country just got a new job with progressed Sun square Jupiter, and that was to be expected when he had transit Saturn on his Sun.

So I am certain that there ARE people who benefit (Jupiter-related word, by the way) from Jupiter.

EXCUSES FOR JUPITER
Some say that Jupiter and/or the Sun need to be prominent in the chart to have an effect of Jupiter-Sun transits. My Jupiter is conjunct Ascendant, quintile Sun on Midheaven! Are these placements prominent, or aren't they!? Last transits of Jupiter conjunct natal Sun was in November 2007 and I can’t recall that there was an important issue at the time, except that we planned a renovation of the house. Jupiter makes me aware of a positive perspective, perhaps. I have seen athletes being tested 'positive' with Jupiter, too:) Uhmm...that is one excuse.

There are many more excuses for Jupiter to skip my door and chimney or just drop a curable version of the flu instead of something that I call 'big' or ‘comforting’.
- Sextiles are the symbols of 'letting go' and 'the easy way out'. I had progressed Sun sextile natal Sun (yes, I am coming of age...:) and sextile natal Midheaven. Maybe the sextile is no good for health issues. Maybe Jupiter came bye just in time (HAH!)
- Conjunctions with progressed Sun or SA Midheaven are not as influential as those with natal Sun or Midheaven (in my chart)
- The focus on the 6th house (Pluto in the sixth, Sun ruling the sixth)
- The fact that statistics (and experiences from the past) don't work the other way around. It is easier to post-dict than to pre-dict...I shouldn’t try to predict my own future either.
- What else could I have expected with this transit, anyway? The examples that I see in my books and on the internet speak of 'being positive' and 'contentment'.
- The doctor judged that I had H1N1 (because all of the symptoms were there). Maybe that is about enough to expect? Maybe I should be grateful? (I am, I am!)

Yes, I keep looking for excuses and I humbly keep waiting for Jupiter to send me a forgotten present by mail. Perhaps with Sinterklaas (December 5) or Xmas? Who knows? I can still make fun of it, but all the while, I am still desperately coughing...

RELATED
About Mexican Flu and Jupiter...

About Jupiter and positive athletes….http://astropost.blogspot.com/2008/10/sun-jupiter-connection-with-doping-new.html and latest story about Agassi, Jupiter and his chart...

PS I hope that I haven't started to live 'under the Moon', just because my progressed Moon is almost changing sign and almost conjunct Aries Point and now semi square progressed MC? About living under the Moon, see the post (link)...

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Chart of Gary McKinnon's day of birth

As if the USA prisons are not overcrowded already, they want Gary McKinnon, a hacker with Asperger syndrome (autism with high functioning) to come over and join in.
Gary McKinnon risks to spend 60-70 years in an American jail. That is because the British government agreed to extradite the man instead of giving him a trial in the UK. McKinnon's idea with hacking government computers in 2001 and 2002 was to prove that the USA knows about UFO's, he says. But he also left a threat...See Wikipedia about the case (link below).

POSITIONS ON DAY OF BIRTH
McKinnon is of course a man with a mental handicap and not everybody born on his day (February 10, 1966) is about to be sent overseas. But still, I was curious about what is in the chart of that day that is reflecting (part of) the possibility or explanation of the events and the act itself? Here is the chart for time unknown (12 noon).

TELLING BIG TALES
Neptune rises before the Sun and is square the Sun. If any aspect refers to isolation and fantasy, it is this one.
But he also has Sun trine Jupiter. The combination of Jupiter and Neptune mirrors beliefs and...the support that he gets. With the conjunction of Mercury this combination of aspects could also be read as 'telling fantastic stories'. And believing them, too, perhaps...

POLITICS AND LIMITED FREEDOM
Notice the square between Saturn and Uranus, in hard aspect with Pluto. It is a generational aspect. Some of those born in that generation will be subject to political (Pluto) restrictions of freedom (Saturn-Uranus). Only a few will experience the hard effect of the combination...when for example this combination is linked to the chart's angles.

TRANSITS AND PROGRESSIONS ACTIVATING NATAL CHART
Just for the record:

In 2001/2002 - when he committed the crime - transit Uranus was conjunct his Sun. In the natal chart the Sun is inconjunct Uranus (more if he was born earlier).

He has Sun trine Jupiter and square Neptune. Not so long ago transit Neptune was conjunct his natal Sun (last year, when the first protests against his extradiction started). Jupiter will soon be conjunct his Sun. Although Jupiter is usually a fortunate symbol, in this case it might also mean that he will travel or go far (to the USA...). Jupiter symbolizes prosperity, growth, the judge or doctor, judgement and help, travelling, the international and more.

BORN SAME DAY
Daryl Johnston was born on the same day (in the USA). He is a successful football fullback and known for his contributions to charity. Yes, that is another way to express an oriental Neptune (idealism) and a 'calling' (unaspected) Mars (drive, energy) and another way to have support(ers). Johnston works as a color commentator right now and that is perfectly mirroring the Sun, Mercury, Jupiter and Neptune combination for using a lot of words in the media:).

So...you don't need to try to get into government computers just because you were born this day. But there is a great chance that you will have a special drive and will get a lot of support in a specific period in life.

LINKS
More about the case...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_McKinnon
For UK citizens who want to try to help Gary McKinnon to remain in the UK: see this site...http://freegary.org.uk/ A petition hasn't helped much so far.
Click the labels below to see more related examples on this blog...

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EU: Jupiter's favorite (Van Rompuy) President

Not surprising and happy result for astrology: Van Rompuy is the 'President'(in fact chairman) of the European Union with transit Jupiter - the planet of successes - conjunct progressed Midheaven. Dutch MP Balkenende (who was named even though he kept saying that he was not a candidate and nobody asked him to be one) had transit Saturn inconjunct Midheaven. So now we now for sure that it is better to have Jupiter on your side than Saturn on a slide.

See Van Rompuy's chart and transits here

And Balkenende's chart is here:


The posts about Van Rompuy and Balkenende can be found easily. Just type their names in the upper left corner of my blog.