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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