1-15 MLK had a dream or two because his Moon was in Pisces conjoining his Venus in a trine to Pluto, so he was trying to change the world and got things rolling nicely, until they shot him. They always kill the real voices of social change but never the evil guys who need bumping off. Jupiter trine Neptune and Saturn in a grand trine gave him wisdom and perspective few had and many who heard would follow, as there was so much inspirational truth he was speaking. With Mars opposite Saturn, he would arouse the wrath of those whose lives would be changed by his peaceful marches and the growing civil rights movement. Powerful white men were among those enemies of Dr. King and when he said, “Free at last…” I wonder how many of them were sad for their own stupidity? His Mercury in Aquarius shows a bright intellect but it’s lack of close contacts tells me that without connection, the mind is a terrible thing to waste, but leading a cause for freedom would help him connect to all of humanity. Pluto in the 9th house made this transformation as far away as South Africa, as Steven Biko and Nelson Mandela would have read about and heard about him.

Jan 20 Fareed Zacharia is a writer for Newsweek magazine and frequent guest on The Daily Show as well as a regular on This Week in Washington with George Stephanopolis. He has Mercury in Cap rising before his Sun, labeling it the oriental indicator and indicating a career in some form of communications. Mercury trine Uranus makes for genius, intellectual brilliance and lightning quick thoughts that lean on progressive ideas. Mercury also is sextile Venus in Pisces, allowing him to be sensitive in interpersonal relationships. Saturn square Neptune is the case of the disappearing or absentee father, sometimes through mysterious circumstances, other times because of alcohol or drugs. Moon in Pisces shows a family history of such tendencies, so watch out, kids, if you have these aspects in your chart. You may just be delusional enough to think you, too, can write for Newsweek.

1-31 Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball player and was a star for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947 until he retired a decade later. His 4 planets in Aquarius made for a natural talent in almost anything he did. The Sun/Moon conjunction was close and the Venus/Uranus was about a degree apart but in a tight opposition with Saturn. This was all the limitations, prejudice and resistance he had to deal with for years, until he became an accepted star in what had become an integrated league. Mars in Pisces trine Jupiter/Pluto in Cancer made for his superb speed and intensity, stealing home more times than most people ever even try. After baseball, he moved into the civil rights movement and became involved with humanitarian causes. For some inexplicable reason, he was a staunch Republican and I think it was because Branch Rickey, the Dodger president who brought him in the Majors, encouraged Jackie to become one, too.

1-31 FDR was president for longer than any other American president, serving just over three terms. He was a charming and intelligent man and very sensitive, with Moon in Cancer sextile Jupiter/Neptune in Taurus and Uranus in Virgo, which trine the Jupiter/Neptune. This is also the family wealth and powerful and connected friends. His physical ailments might have something to do with Virgo rising or the Sun/Venus square Saturn/Neptune in Taurus and the Mercury square Pluto, also in Taurus. Mars in Gemini was retrograde in a sesquiquadrate to the Sun, even though it’s trine Mercury. Mercury trine Mars gives a quick and agile mind, capable of reason through things a little fast than most. These caused him the infirmities and the tragedy of a form of polio, although it may have been caused by a virus contracted while swimming in stagnant water. He had some issues like withholding love as it came from a deep-seated anxiety and social perception of inadequacy, the hallmark of Venus square Saturn. There may also be drug use with Sun square Neptune, but that could also be the water-born virus that debilitated him.

2-12 Abe Lincoln certainly had some issues and I could also look at the death chart with forensic astrology, but we already know who shot him and with what and that it was part of a conspiracy, as most presidential assassinations must surely be. Lincoln was a double Aquarius with Moon in Capricorn in the 12th, a sign of depression and a sacrificial sense of duty, wherein he was committed to the betterment of all humanity, as the idealistic Aquarian he was. He had a deep and profound faith that he felt it unnecessary to parade it in front of anyone. Uranus was on his North Node at birth, an aspect our current president has, a symbol of change that affects humanity. Lincoln changed the economy of the South forever by abolishing slavery and changed the face of the country because of things that happened during the Civil War. At the time of his murder, Saturn was on his Libra Mars, so powerful people wanted him killed. It was also square to his Moon, exactly, which could well be considered a death aspect. Transit Mars was in his 5th, square his Venus and transit Neptune was on it, hence his death was in a theater during a play. Mars is the gun, Neptune is the theater and Venus was Mary at Abe’s side. The transiting Sun as well as the minor Sun on his South Node shows the life drain out of him. Natal Mercury conjunct Pluto square Neptune/Saturn near his MC that gave him a deep sense of impending doom and an obsession with death is likely. It made him quiet and introspective, pondering deeper issues than most ever consider. At his death, minor Uranus was exactly square his ASC, showing the suddenness and the radical rebel group involved. Progressed Venus opposite Saturn shows the lack of respect he had from many separatists. His progressed Sun closely opposed progressed Mars in Libra, also showing the assailant as a handsome Southerner. Progressed Moon was nearing his Sun in the 12th and he must have had a premonition of his death because his minor Moon was also conjunct Pluto, as well. Transit Pluto had been opposed to his Uranus since his election, so the plot to kill him had been brewing almost since he was sworn in, I would speculate. Minor Saturn was exactly square his progressed Sun and if you use a maximum orb for the Sun, in the natal chart it squares Saturn, too. Minor Venus opposed natal Mars, so things weren’t so hot in the bedroom, I take it because Mary was moping about something or other, perhaps and wanted to go out to the theater. Progressed Mars square minor Saturn would certainly stop sexual desires, anyway, along with some other power plays I can think of. I suppose I could still do a deep analysis of his natal chart but some other time, perhaps. I’m just so obsessed with this new Forensic Astrology book I’m reading, so it’s fascinating to look into the astrological reasons people die or are killed. I’m just an 8th house kind of guy.

2-22 George Washington was indeed a man ahead of his time. According to our esteemed and knowledgeable AG, it seems Washington was not only “First in War, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen”, he was also first to use electronic surveillance to prevent our enemies from having strategic advantage over us. Old George was a very bright man and cultured in many of the arts and sciences of his day and was known for his dancing ability. Mercury in Aquarius trine Neptune gives good intuition and musical understanding and Mercury sextile Saturn gives the strategic sensibility to plan an attack or advance to the rear. Mercury trine Jupiter made him a visionary speaker and leader, able to get the message across for the greater good. But I believe AG is mistaken regarding his use of anything electronic. Venus in Pisces conjunct Saturn in Aries reveals his long marriage to a powerful woman. Moon in Cap square Pluto has lot to do with the transformation of the homeland and may even hint at the problems with his teeth. They weren’t, by the way, made of wood. His Scorpio Mars is trine Venus and sextile Moon, so women found him charming, engaging and fascinating, although he wasn’t the big flirt that Franklin was. Here’s one aspect pattern that contributed to his political acumen; Jupiter in Libra sextile Uranus in Sag and Jupiter trine Neptune in Gemini, opposite Uranus. He knew some people would feel disenfranchised the way the government was structured, but there was little to be done about it due to the circumstances of his day. Neptune trine Pluto shows his deep inspirational influence over his men in battle and the men of congress, as well as the people of this land.

2-27 Ralph Nader has always been an advocate for the people and an industry watchdog, so when they try to disparage his ideas, they are really attacking the man to reduce his credibility. He has done more for the consumer than most politicians have ever done and most recent ones have had the reverse influence over corporations, being in bed with them and catering to influence peddlers. I looked at his chart a couple of years ago, but let’s take another look at the Saturn on the Aquarius North Node and we see a responsible citizen, working for humanity’s advancement in a sustainable way. Saturn is sextile Uranus for the progressive nature of his soul and the square Uranus makes to Pluto is the attack from corrupt powers that are threatened by the very ideas he proposes as it would break their stranglehold on the American political system. Jupiter trines Saturn and opposes Uranus, so this reinforces his attainment of his social programs as a future reality that he hopes to implement in this lifetime. His Moon is in Leo and on the South Node, so he may have neglected his family, his kids, his home and his own personal needs at times in his life when he was so dedicated to a cause that it wasn’t a priority to check back home or take care of himself. He has a greater purpose but at 72, he needs to pass that baton on to someone who can carry it as high or higher than he did. Mercury retrograde in Pisces conjunct Mars is the battler to get things fixed and he understands why they are wrong in the first place. Jupiter square Pluto can see the government as broken by corporate corruption controlling congress. Uranus square Pluto would have those forces broken free of the destruction of the American political way. Mercury/Mars trine Pluto shows his ideas would change things for the better but few in power want to listen to him. Maybe this year...we’ll see.

3-2 Russ Feingold, the Jewish Senator from Wisconsin, is looking into running for president in 2008. A nice Pisces, growing up he was fascinated by JFK, RFK and MLK, so he’s a very progressive humanitarian, as his North Node in Aquarius and Sun trine Uranus reveal and add in Jupiter in the middle in Taurus, sextile both and you have an advanced soul who wants to teach humans how to evolve in a positive way. Venus and Mars in Aries can be too assertive for some and the square Mars makes to Uranus can cause accidents and unexpected conflicts. And with Venus opposing Saturn and Neptune, we can guess the cause of two failed marriages. He was drawn to abusive, alcoholic control freaks, although I have yet to investigate further, but what political man would drop a wife who wasn’t a liability? His Mercury is direct and right on the Pisces cusp of Aries, so bold ideas are designed to benefit those who have been victims of deregulation and tax cuts causing cuts in services and funds to the poor. His Moon is in Libra, after all, and his Mercury is in an opposition, so he’s instinctively attuned to the needs of others, which you really want in a senator or congressman. Duke shows what happens when a self-serving arrogant asshole holds the office of a trusted public servant! Russ shows what a dedicated civil servant can accomplish for the American people and his fellow cheese heads.

3-15 Ruth Bader Ginsburg is considered the second most liberal of all the Supreme Court after Stevens. They were both tops in their respective classes and are supremely intelligent. She has a Grand Trine in water with the Sun and Venus in Pisces, of course trine Neptune in Cancer and Moon in Scorpio. Whoa! Could that be freaky? Well, no, not with a square to Saturn but it is sextile Jupiter for good judicial instincts. Mercury in Aries is retrograde, which has to be good for a deliberative mentality as a judge. Her Mars and Neptune are in Virgo on the South Node, so she would have a problem with war and religion running this country, which is how it seems to be going. Ruth, you need to scream at the other justices that we’re heading down a dangerous path. Take Scalia out and dress him up like a quail and then call the Vice President. Her Sun and Venus oppose Jupiter, which makes me think she often deals with lawyers and politicians and others in government service. Oh yeah, I guess she would. Having Venus rising right before her Sun, it would make sense that she was a major champion of women’s equality issues. I guess it’s just a little bit of a coincidence that her birthday is one week after International Women’s Day. Uranus square Pluto is one of those wake up calls at a particular time in history when major changes appear and people like Judge Ruthie need to battle for truth, democracy and the Underdogs of the land, especially women.

3-16 James Madison was the father of the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights as he pushed for it because of a promise to Tom Jefferson. His friend, Aaron Burr introduces him to a young Philadelphia widow named Dolley Todd, who was a Taurus and they remained together until the end. She loved him for his gentle ways with women, especially her. As for his chart, his moon in Scorpio opposite Dolley’s Sun was the big attraction and connection as well as sextile Suns. His Sun is in a Grand Trine as the aforementioned Moon is also trine Neptune in Cancer. His passion and commitment in relationships is revealed by Venus in Aries trine Saturn and Pluto near the ASC in Sag, making for an intense, compact presence, as Saturn on the ASC usually makes someone small, frail and sickly as a child, which he was. His genius is indicated by Mercury/Uranus in Aquarius in a quintile to the Saturn/ North Node conjunction. Mars in Cap trine Jupiter in Taurus make for strong leadership qualities and great drive to succeed and help others to as well. It goes with the story about teaching a man to fish in order to feed him for a lifetime. This position of Jupiter is why he favored the American farmer and the agrarian life of the South, as he was from Virginia. Venus in Aries square Mars may have made him impatient with certain types of people who wear out their welcome rather quickly. The North Node/Saturn in Sag is also a path of political leadership and responsibility for the destiny of many, as his wisdom has led us down a long path of success and world leadership in a relatively short time in political history. Our greatness has been sabotaged by a certain crazy faction of extreme right wing nuts that has put our country on the brink of economic collapse.

4-13 Thomas Jefferson is the author of the Declaration of Independence and the father of our democracy, perhaps more than Washington and the others. He and Ben Franklin had some similar ideas and they came up with a good document upon which to build a new nation. Conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. His words, not mine. I would have said all people. And they really meant white men, since the black man wasn’t equal to the white man at the time. Let me lay out a view of his chart that is clear and direct for as complex a man as he was. With the Sun in the Sag decan and the Moon in Sag, law, education and travel were his constant callings, but so was extravagance and living beyond his means. He had too many interests and talents to go into and any good bio will inform you so I will stick to the chart. Venus on the Taurus North Node and Pluto on the Scorpio South Node would make for some heavy financial karma, too be sure, always borrowing and owing. This is the deepest-rooted issue because the ruling planet of each sign is on the respective node. Mars square the polarity means his impulses and temper or lack of follow through may have been a difficult detriment. Mercury in Pisces sextile Uranus is the genius and intellectual brilliance with the touch of the poet and the Capricorn Uranus conjoined his zero degree Aquarius ASC, giving a tall appearance and a bit of a know-it-all attitude. Moon square Jupiter made for exaggeration of emotional reactions and the need to makeover his home many times, always bigger and better. The engineering skills necessary for the task would have been so beyond so many people of the time in this country. Sun trine both Mars and Saturn in Leo was a major contributing factor to his authority and assertiveness in expressing his views. His friend, Aaron Burr, was the man to have killed TJ’s archrival and supreme political foe, Alexander Hamilton, a Capricorn Federalist. TJ’s party was actually called the Democratic-Republican Party until the first Republican came along but that was a very different party under Abe Lincoln. We were fighting to maintain a republic at that point anyway, while under TJ, we were expanding a new government and it was getting bigger all the time. His secret problem is the Saturn inconjunct to Uranus, a severe lack of patience and committed long-term focus. Aries do have short attention spans and with Sun square Uranus, you would have to expect the unexpected with the man, anyway.

5-14 Senator Byron Dorgan is from North Dakota and Ed Schultz likes him a lot, not that they are an item, mind you. He has been active on the policy committee and sets the agenda for the Democrats in the Senate. His Sun and Moon both conjoin Uranus, leading him toward the future with progressive ideas that humanity needs and they all trine Neptune, so he’s a spiritual man who really cares and understands the plight of the downtrodden. Saturn is also conjoining this little ensemble, increasing his sense of duty and responsibility. Venus in Aries is in a trine to Pluto, which could make the temptation of illegal contributions attractive but he gave back the Abramoff money, which was from Jack’s clients, not Jack directly. Mercury sextile Venus considers the impact his actions have on others, yet with Venus square Mars he was under pressure to act on impulse and take the money. Jupiter is square Neptune and that may have created a pervasive culture of corruption and he got accused along with many others.

5-15 Madeline Albright was Sec’y of State under Clinton in the 2nd term and has been seen and heard on TV but not much by the Bush administration. It seems that they would rather be like ostriches than be aware of how to deal with real governments in the world. What’s a bit funny is that she’s born one month after her successor, Colin Powell and less than three weeks after Saddam Hussein, in the same year! This reflects the power she wielded and it shows in her Moon in Leo conjunct Pluto trine Saturn and her Sun/Mercury/Uranus in the 10th house. Mars in Scorpio opposite her Sun shows the kind of men and people in general she had to deal with and yet she’s managed to acquit herself and fulfill her duties in a turbulent time. Mars trine the Moon/Pluto adds the assertive intensity and depth of feeling to the whole affair.

5-16 Senator Ben Nelson is the conservative Democrat from NE who has a similar chart to Byron Dorgan but oh, what a difference a year makes! Nelson has Saturn on the Sun, seven degrees away but he still has four planets in Taurus and likes the money aspect of politics and doesn’t mind the suspension of our civil liberties as they can be bought with the right congressional credit card. Moon in Aquarius conjunct Mars in Pisces makes for a fighter but also one who has a hard time going 16 rounds. Perhaps the Neptune trine to all his Taurus planets has allowed him to accept his faith as part of his nature. I actually think he’s got a compulsive side to his nature, so let me explore that tack. His Mars in Pisces can flow into addictive patterns with the erratic emotional instincts on the Moon and he could flip out and surprise someone in not a good way. Fear and loathing in Washington DC, would be a title for his life.

His Moon is conjoining Jupiter in the 11th, making him a noble, generous and positive leader who’s own need for security is enhanced by putting out his own effort in a giving way and getting in return from the universe. The more you give, the more you have, yet the less you need, so the more you give. It might be considered that the woman he married, Elizabeth, is a lawyer and his number one advisor. She’s also indicated by his Juno/Pallas conjunction to the Moon, showing her wisdom and partnership skills as well as her weight problem, which may be connected to her son’s death. His Sun is conjoining Mars, also in Gemini, indicating that he is a fighter and takes action, standing toe-to-toe with all comers. He would also have been a hero in Viet Nam had he been a little older and not just missed the draft and the war, having graduated as the war ended.
I’ll tell you this…he won’t be the frumpy, grumpy, Snidely Whiplash (Backlash) that Cheney is. He won’t be pressing the flesh with huge corporate interests who seek to bribe him or Kerry because they are already rich men who can’t be bought…or so we like to believe. Since JE has Jupiter rising before his Sun and it’s in a close conjunction with the Moon, his message is one of hope and optimism for a better future (11th) and he has ideas to make those things a reality. It can also mean a favorable relationship with the mother, or a guy who takes advice from his wife, while Saturn square Uranus may indicate a cold or detached association or even separation from the father. I know about that, having it in my chart. As such, he was able to come into his own without restriction and aim as high as he wanted to go. The Jupiter oriental appearance makes him a natural for law and government, as well as jovial, enthusiastic and optimistic.

6-10 John Edwards
Here is a man of the people, having 4 planets in Gemini, reflecting others’ ideas and experiences. As most of you know by now, he was a trial lawyer and had won many of his high profile cases so as to amass several million dollars. Now, that doesn’t make him a bad guy but I can tell you right now, he won’t be supporting the Bush proposed law to limit class action suits to the federal level. First of all, the president, who places those judges on the bench, can control the federal courts.
Now John boy was born and raised in the Carolinas but it doesn’t mean he’s a country hick. Gemini is the sign of the city dweller, whereas, its opposite, Sag, is the country boy, the adventurer and world traveler. It’s interesting that he was on the intelligence committee in the senate and Pluto is at the midpoint of his Sun and Saturn/Neptune conjunction, sextile to all of them. His Gemini curiosity seeks to understand all the information available about what goes on in the world that escapes the notice and avoids the control of the powers that be.
Edwards has Mercury, his ruler, in Cancer, the sign of family and homeland. It’s a mind with a great memory and sentimentality, sensitivity and responsiveness, as in the need to care for his neighbors and constituents. Venus in Taurus is sextile to his Mercury, so he connects with others in a one-to-one relate-ability very easily. He can see your view and appreciate your need for security and the basics needs of life.
Along with the Moon/Jupiter are Juno and Pallas, so he has wisdom in his relationships, as people attest upon meeting him. He comes across as genuine and interested in their concerns and finds a way to remedy the situation. He needs to make things better in a way that relates this wisdom to those who can benefit from it. He would want to interact with people who had a level of intellectual expertise and experience, and, as a lawyer, made many friends of intellectual skill. Not all of them are worthy of his respect, however, just as the remainder of the Senate isn’t all his good buddies. Colleagues are one thing, but close intimates…quite another thing.
He has Cancer Rising, an indication that he has family at the forefront of his mind (Mercury’s there) and the core of his experience. With Uranus in the 1st house, he projects liberal values to a degree, but the Cancer ASC gives him more traditional perspectives of the middle class son of a mill worker. He is a protector of those too weakened to stand up for themselves and he knows what the common family has to go through to survive. Rich and privileged sons who go to Yale comprise the other candidates, Edwards comes from the masses, and has aspired to the classes, a real American rags to riches story, the American Dream itself. The GOP will tear him apart but they do that to every opponent, without regard for the truth. Since Edwards has the Moon as his ruling planet, he stands for the families how have been affected by the rising and falling economy. His mom may have been a major influence in his morality and demeanor.

7-11 John Quincy Adams was our sixth president and was the first whose father was president but he had a strongly developed mind of his own and made it clear that his ideas would continue to affect the course of American politics after he left the White House, since he ran for congress and remained there until his death. That is the life of a public servant. For him, there was none of this current day crossover to the private sector, which just breeds more corruption, special interests and lobbyists. Born on a Full Moon in Capricorn, his Mercury conjunction to Mars made for an intelligent, direct and forceful speaker with a flair for always being right or at least in tune with his personal ideals. His Venus conjunct Neptune and trine to Uranus would have appealed to the Christian right and the liberal left if he were alive today. He had Scorpio rising, which makes sense having had a Scorpio dad and his Sun, Mercury and Mars were all in the 9th house, excellent for a lawyer and politician. Finally, his Moon was trine Jupiter, a likable and honest fellow, he was only defeated in 1828 because Andrew Jackson ran against him and was a very popular hero in the War of 1812. In addition, it was also a slavery thing, with the New Englander being against it and the South, as you all know, for it, and Jackson was a Southerner.

7-15 Arianna Huffington is my favorite political writer because her Jupiter in on my Sun, so I light up at her honesty and wisdom about the political scene. Her Sun, Moon and Mercury are all closely conjoined in Cancer but only a trine to the North Node connects them to anything else. Cancer is the sign of the historian and she knows her history and she studies current events with a great deal of scrutiny. With Mars conjunct Neptune in Libra, she was in denial about her own power, especially with them square her Sun, she deceived herself into believing the lies of the Right and married a GOP politician who turned out to be gay. Aware of the deception and corruption of an extensive part of the Right, she switched to become the Lovely Lefty Liberal, policing the lies of the opposition. Her Chiron trines Pluto, so as she transformed her life, she healed a large wound in her soul and began to win those who could be inspired by her and guided by her revelations and insights. Juno on the South Node would indicate major problems with marriage or passionate relationships. To top it off, her Venus squares Saturn, so she never got a whole lot of love from daddy and transferred her desire for that onto the patriarchal party on the right. As she became aware that she didn’t need that validation, which didn’t validate anyway, she moved on dot org. Jupiter trine Uranus gives her an unexpected source of good fortune and luck with reaching the public which opened up a whole new life for her, and she has embraced it with every fiber of her being.

7-18 Nelson Mandela is a man who could not just accept fact that his people were being beaten and imprisoned for insignificant reasons. With Venus trine Uranus, he felt he had to help his oppressed people, even if it meant sitting in prison for years as a symbol of apartheid. Moon in Scorpio trine his Sun gave him deep feeling for the people of his country and felt he needed to make changes there. Mercury Saturn in Leo square his Moon show his depression and frustration at dealing with people in positions of authority and power, as they tended to be corrupt of have old world attitudes of colonialism. His Jupiter/Pluto in Cancer (homeland) trine Uranus allowed him to lead his people into a more democratic form of government, in fact, they are leading the way in the southern part of Africa, as they are investing in the smaller, unstable countries.

7-18 John Glenn was the first man to circle the Earth in a single man space capsule. With four planets in Cancer and three of them opposite the Moon in Capricorn, he was always going places. His Mercury/Pluto trine to Uranus made for a thoroughly scientific mind that probed and investigated every possible clue. The Moon trine to Saturn and Jupiter in Virgo was his choice to serve his country in multiple capacities. Venus in Gemini sextile Neptune but square Uranus gave him a faithful and understanding wife who would accept separations and sudden departures. Venus square Jupiter makes one want more than they have and can also make them foolishly generous. It all depends on how you were raised.

7-23 First and foremost of birthdays today, I must celebrate and elevate Woody Harrelson to the top of my list, especially since I wrote a treatment for a movie with him as the star. It’s a battle of the political movie stars, as Woody wipes the state with Arnold, one of the only times in his whole career he has been beaten. Woody is so ready for this challenge because his progressed Moon is approaching a conjunction with his Sun, uniting two major life energies into a unified whole. His progressed Sun is approaching natal Mars, sending power coursing through his body as he readies to take on one of his greatest roles that will change a state, a region, even a whole nation. But I hint at what I am writing about, so let’s get back to him. He was born with his Leo Sun in opposition to Saturn in Cap and Jupiter in Aquarius, showing his opportunities to govern to be very potent, yet he has experienced the law fighting for his personal expression and he has won in court. It also represents his being at odds with his father and his interests in the darker side of politics. His Uranus is on the North Node in Leo bringing liberation, leadership and personal freedom for a new age. Moon in Sag makes for a traveler and one who likes adventure and truth as well as personal freedom and independence. His Mercury is in Cancer sextile Mars in Virgo and trine Neptune giving a quick and intuitive mind, able to understand and act upon that knowledge. They also trine Chiron and bring in the healing and mentoring element of his purpose. Moon square Pluto might indicate the corruption in the family of origin and how murder and mafia or CIA might be involved. His Sun square Neptune in the 1st made him a victim of the childhood circumstances. The Moon is also square Chiron revealing the deeply wounded mother and feelings of pain that won’t go away as the Pluto square shows obsession and even self-destructive behavior. Venus in Gemini square Mars in Virgo would prove a challenge to stable and harmonious relationships, as well as having multiple relationships simultaneously.

8-5 With the return to space, if only for this one trip, it is obvious to salute the first man on the Moon, Neil Armstrong. He is a man who symbolizes what is great about America. JFK put it all into motion with his promise to land a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth before the end of that decade. So does it show that the all-American Armstrong would fly? Did you need to ask? As a Leo, he has always liked the spotlight and showing off is what flyboys did back then, whether they were top guns or second bananas. His Sun is trine Uranus, planet of outer space and they have a sextile from Mars in the middle, giving the strength and leadership ability, assertive and boldly going where no one has gone before. Three planets are in Virgo, with Mercury conjunct Neptune early and Venus late in the sign, so hard work and attention to detail have always been strongly involved in his life. His imagination was always potent and he worked to make his dreams come true. Venus square his Moon in Sag would be a problem in personal relationships and cause apprehension in forming intimate bonds, as with a Sag Moon he’s always on the move, anyway. Saturn trines the conjunction of Mercury/Neptune and reinforces his work ethic and sense of duty. He has a sense of his place in history, with Mercury trine Moon, which nobody can take from him nor will anyone forget.

8-19 Bill Clinton has been examined by me in previous years but he is so well-loved by the world, especially Africa and Democratic Americans, that he’s going to be around for a while. He has a stellium of 4 planets in Libra near his ASC and his Sun squares his Taurus Moon in the 8th (BJ likes BJ’s) and shows his sex addiction. Mercury is sandwiched by Saturn and Pluto, so the devil and the darker demons always plague his mind and tear him in indecision with all that Libra. I could cover a lot of things, as in the fact that he’s born just over a month after Bush, but let’s look at his Solar Return, since it’s on a Full Moon, which conjoins Neptune and trine Jupiter, so he’s going on an overseas vacation. Mercury conjoins Saturn, as he just had his second Saturn return and they oppose the Moon. Mars squares the Moon/Mercury opposition, so he should expect arguments and discussions about his past, especially as the issues involve his wife and she is considering the presidency. If he’s in New York or on the East Coast, he’ll have a Capricorn rising and will work for food, debt relief, discounted medication, better education systems and health care. He won’t stop until he drops because he cares about others so much. It comes from being a disciple of JFK.

8-22 Norman Schwartzkopf, the former General who led American forces into the battle for Kuwait in the Gulf War, has Mars conjunct Pluto opposite Moon, a warrior’s aspect if there ever was. Venus in Leo on the South Node square Uranus gives him very unusual tastes for his position. He’s an opera lover and the divas of old music are represented by the Venus and South Node conjunction. It could also be divorce or separation from loved ones. Moon square Jupiter is his large size and makes one a big eater. His Sun and Mercury trine Uranus allowed him to think independently, applying his genius for surprise tactics to beat the enemy rapidly.

8-24 Max Cleland is the former Senator from Georgia whom Bush people destroyed when beating him out for his seat in the 2002 mid-tern election. They used lies, deception and dirty tricks to sway the voters away from a decorated Vietnam veteran, even questioning hs patriotism. His chart shows the sacrifice he made for his buddies, as his Moon in Aquarius and Sun square Uranus attest. The three lost limbs are suggested by Saturn in Gemini square Mars in Virgo. Four planets in Virgo certainly puts him in uniformed service as well as congressional service to his country. Venus conjunct Pluto opposite the Moon probably made him some corrupt enemies in high places. The lawmaker aspect is the quick, detailed and intelligent mind of Mercury conjoining Mars sextile Jupiter in Cancer. The liberal attitudes could be Aquarius Moon trine Uranus, while his status as a diplomat is the Moon conjunct Pallas.

8-27 LBJ was the last Democrat to sweep the South, but then he passed the Civil Rights laws and knew he would have no chance to change the hearts and minds of a deeply ingrained but prejudiced sector of the country. He also had four planets in Virgo but all of them were personal; Sun, Moon, Mercury and Mars, with Venus conjunct Neptune in the 12th house, to deceive the American People about the reasons for war. He, too, was serving rich donors with power and influence, specifically Brown and Root, now a subsidiary called KBR of Halliburton. Mercury trine Uranus made for the progressive Great Society concept but he caused the beginning of the Great Divide in this country, or perhaps, rekindled the North/South battle of the Blue and Grey over civil rights. He would have lost the 1968 election based on his awful conduct of the war and after RFK was assassinated, Humphrey didn’t stand a chance.

9-13 In Costa Rica, Oscar Arias, the Noble Peace Prize winner, was again elected President in March of 2006 and he will bring great things to that little Central American country. If only we had a president like this genius, who has Moon in Aquarius and Mercury/Neptune trine Uranus along with Sun/Mars trine Jupiter/Saturn. His Venus/Pluto and Juno are all very close together in Leo, giving the passionate Latin lover some credence but that’s not what he’s really all about. He’s more about sharing the wealth of the nation with its people, in fact…all of Central America has benefited from the Arias Peace Plan, which stabilized the region in 1987, the year of the Harmonic Convergence. As a result, he has no love for the Bush regime or the Bush family. His Mercury is only four degrees from Neptune, which makes for a poet, dreamer and a practical idealist, since it is in the workingman’s sign of Virgo. Pallas Athene is only three degrees away from Mercury but in Libra, making for great diplomatic skill and ability to negotiate with discordant circumstances to bring about a peaceful resolution without violent revolution. Mars is within five degrees of his Sun in the oriental position, so he is a fighter for the worker. Moon square Uranus would indicate time away from home and family with a sense of separation anxiety for a time. He has several quintiles, an aspect of creative genius, although Venus/Uranus is the only one that involves two planets. There’s also a Jupiter/Chiron quintile, which could be healing the way government functions. He would be my choice for Pan-American President, if we ever had one…and it could happen.

9-17 David Souter is the appointee of Bush the 1st and he turned out to be more liberally moderate than conservative. Who knew a Virgo would serve in a way that worked properly as opposed to from an ideological perspective? He’s a compassionate, considerate, analytical and understanding judge and may have been perceived as a conservative early on as he has Saturn on the South Node. As one matures, they advance toward the positive traits of the North Node while repudiating the negative traits of the South Node. The Libra North promises compromises, awareness of the rights and values of others and takes a back seat when it comes to leadership. You rarely hear much about him or his opinions, as he is merely doing his job to the best of his ability with the detailed astuteness and a lack of any partisan agenda. His Moon is in Scorpio, so he digs deeper into research material than most and loves his quiet time. The 4 planets in Virgo trine Mars in Capricorn and Uranus in Taurus to form a Grand Trine in Earth bringing an ability to build a solid foundation and excellent reputation. His detractors will call him weak or wishy-washy but he believes in this country, having his Chiron and Pallas Athene in Cancer near the US Sun degree, which is the same degree as his Nadir. Mars is opposite Pluto, so he will have to face down the corruption that seeks to influence his vote. It is my opinion at this time that he might actually be the best Justice for the Chief position. Except for Mars square the nodes and Saturn, he has little in the way of planetary conflicts. He’s more like an abbot or old monk. It’s better than sending in a rookie to lead the team.

10-1 Wm Rehnquist and Jimmy Carter were born in the same year on the same day, so it’s fascinating that they were both at the highest level of their fields at around the same time, in the late 70’s. So it isn’t the aspects that make a person conservative or liberal, it’s their influence and upbringing. It is almost deflating to an astrologer to have certain ideals derailed by the stark contrast of people born on the same day in the same year. The key difference is the ASC and house placement of the planets as they influence character and attitudes as well. One thing they share is a high level of intellect, with Mercury in one of its ruling signs, Virgo and its opposition to Uranus, always wanting to know, so asking questions…at least, in most cases.
The Peanut President has Libra rising, so his sentiments are with the common man, appreciating the balance between the need for business to be done and the requirements of the people to live life without fear of want. His Jupiter in the 2nd shows his abundant money, and generosity of his building experience, manifesting in Habitat for Humanity
The Right Wing Chief Justice may exhibit the intolerance of individuality and freedom to be different with his Aquarius Mars on the South Node. I cannot judge the man as he never really judged me.

10-2 Johnnie Cochran was a Libra with North Node in Sag, so was born for the law and believed in the justice system. He had four planets in Virgo, Venus, and the Moon closely conjoining Neptune and Mercury. He believed in people and he believed in our system of justice, yet he was shrewd enough to know how to read the law in such a way as to benefit his client. If the glove doesn’t fit, you must acquit. His Sun in opposition to Saturn put him in competition with very conservative and powerful people and yet, he managed to get justice in most of his cases. If you got a legal problem in the hood, come to Johnnie and he’ll make it good. His Venus trine Uranus is the friendly ease of dealing with celebrities because he’s a sociable guy, anyway, and being a Liberal, he’s a social activist on a case-by-case basis. The aspect that led to his death is the natal Mars opposition to Chiron and square to Saturn, a chronic pain or old wound would cause a blockage in the brain when he reached a certain age, as indicated by the aspects unfolding as they did. His chart was hit by transiting Saturn entering Cancer in a square to his Saturn in Aries and opposite his Mars right on his Chiron. It was then he had the first stroke that would lead to his death this past week. Actually, I think he started really going downhill when Bush started going after the trial lawyers. And when he got reelected, Johnnie decided it was definitely time to check out and head up to the big courthouse on the sky.

10-8 Dennis Kucinich, the congressman from Ohio, came to national attention last year in the presidential primaries. He was the one most against the war in Iraq, along with Howard Dean. They are the farther left wing of the party. Dennis is highly intelligent and forward thinking with Mercury conjoined to Jupiter in early Scorpio but with Moon in Pisces and Sun conjunct Neptune, is a gentle, sensitive and spiritual soul, with natural anti-war tendencies, no matter what the situation. Yet, the little firebrand he is, he has Aries rising, making him a fighter, and took Kerry and Edwards all the way to the end of the primary season before admitting defeat, although it was the numbers that forced him out. His Sun trine Uranus is what makes him so progressive, but his Mars is square Saturn/Pluto in Leo so has to fight against powerfully corrupt forces all the time. He’s in Ohio, which is a Blue state that was turned Red from the blood of unions dying in the cities as the factories close from outsourcing and people pressured by church to vote against their values and economic concerns. The Congressman has Moon square Uranus and was a bachelor for the longest time, but I think he’s gotten engaged this past year.

10-9 John Lennon would be 64 right now, if he were alive, but 25 years ago, he was assassinated by a guy who was programmed by GHW Bush, formerly of the CIA, although, you’re never cut off unless they want it that way. There’s enough on him to fill a book, even if you only focused on the conspiracy and the assassination itself. There’s enough material just on his struggle with drugs and various therapies he tried to fill a psychological thesis or dissertation. Of all the Beatles, he was the most passionate, articulate, militant and peace loving of them, although George was the mellowest and most spiritual, hence least confrontational, except for Ringo, who just nodded in smiling ascent in his quiet Cancer way. In 1981, he would have been eligible for US citizenship and GHWB didn’t want that to happen, so after he was assured of being elected, he had Chapman programmed and committed to the dirty deed. Too many things add up and John was on an FBI watch list for the last decade of his life, at least, maybe longer. Briefly, his chart has Moon in Aquarius opposite Pluto in Leo square the opposition of Mercury in Scorpio to Jupiter and Saturn exactly conjunct in Taurus. Growing up in the first four years of your life wondering if the Jerries are coming to kill you or take you prisoner would have been traumatic. Sun conjunct Pallas Athene and the North Node show his destiny to share wisdom in peace and love with the world, and that would be his service. Mars conjunct Neptune trine Uranus gave him the natural rhythm and blues it took to make music work, but it was an era of no TV and a lot of kids grew up learning to play an instrument. Even when he was older, TV wasn’t anything worth watching at that time and getting together to play music was a cool thing to do, anyway. His assassination was a time when minor Saturn for authority figures squared his Neptune (victim) and was quincunx his progressed Sun (the ego of Big Brother), which, in turn, opposed natal Uranus (the liberator). The minor Moon opposed Neptune, so deception and secret government cover-ups abound. The transits were stark as Mars squared his Sun and nodes, Jupiter and Saturn conjoined them, the North Node was on the asteroid of sacrifice, Vesta and Chiron was on his natal Jupiter/Saturn, showing the wounded governmental leaders. Uranus opposite Uranus is the suddenness of his exit and the South Node in the 12th in Aries show the secret orders that someone other than the mastermind took the shot; someone very far from the source, the true enemy hidden away.

10-26 Hilary Clinton might be the first woman president and she has a chart similar to Kevin Kline, who portrayed the president in the movie Dave, since she’s born two days after him in the same year. She has her quirks and talents and was also a lawyer, but not just on TV or in the movies, but in real life, so she must be pretty smart. She has Mercury retrograde on the South Node and has brought in past life knowledge that she is compelled to share with the world. Her Moon is at the last degree of Pisces, so she would have very deep and compassionate feelings but it squares Uranus so it seems she can be cold and detached. Her Venus squares Mars/Pluto, so she has had issues with her partner’s philandering ways and has some deep resentment but has maintained a tolerant approach. Saturn is sextile Uranus, which is her ideal goal to reach a cooperative relationship with the conservative centrists and the liberal individualists. When you have free thinking independent people, you get many differing views. I was reading about the early days of Christianity, as the formulation of the established church came into creation. It sounded like the orthodox traditionalists had to wipe out the radical believers in teaching of Jesus that weren’t approved for mass dissemination. Hilary has a spiritual connection to the source with that Moon in Pisces, as does everyone else, no matter where your Moon is. She also knows that she has a duty to serve humanity as her Uranus is on her ASC and her North Node is in the 11th. The Moon trines Mercury and Jupiter, giving her a good memory and a lot of wisdom from a deeply rooted memory, as Scorpios are known to never forget. I’ve known some who added ‘never forgive’ to that thought.

10-27 Teddy Roosevelt was the president who established the National Parks System and with Jupiter on the ASC, had big dreams and visions of how great a country this was and could be. He wanted to preserve the bounty of nature for future generations but members of his own party have destroyed much of the legacy he built. He has a load of oppositions, such as Sun/Mercury opposite Pluto, Venus in Sag opposite Jupiter on the ASC, the big, burly bear of a man is this position. Neptune square the polarity shows high levels of romantic idealism and fantasy, perhaps with expectations too great to be manifested in reality. Moon in Cancer opposite Mars in Commander Capricorn brings the fighting man charging up San Juan Hill in the Spanish American War yelling, “Bully!” and swinging a sword.

10-30 John Adams was our second president and of course, never measured up to George Washington or even his successor, Thomas Jefferson, even though he was pivotal in helping to win the War of the Revolution and helped develop the world’s greatest democracy. He has the same Scorpio planets as Halley, Sun, Mercury and Venus. Mercury opposes Saturn, so he always seemed to have an image problem with the populace, since he had a rather surly side. The impatient Moon in Aries opposite Pluto is a rather intense and difficult placement, for emotions need to be kept in check, as the delicate diplomatic disposition dictates. His Jupiter in Capricorn made for a little too rigid control of the government and that Mars was square to it almost got us into another war not long after the first one was almost just barely ended. His chart shows his reason for fighting to win the freedom of the American people…his Mystic Rectangle has Moon opposite Pluto and Uranus opposite Neptune. The Moon is the homeland and family, as extended as it may have been, while the opposition to Pluto reveals the corruption of the absolute power of royalty. Uranus opposite Neptune is the escape from religious oppression that was the basis for the founding of some of these colonies. He had Saturn in the 4th but near the cusp of the 5th and his son, John Quincy Adams, also became president.

10-30 Richard Clarke is the former NSA advisor to the president, who told the Bush administration that they had better watch out for Osama and Al Quada but they ignored him and fired him. He’s got the right chart for his line of work, though he works better with women than men, it seems. He has Sun/Mercury/Venus in Scorpio, the sign of spies, secrets and assassination…and they are all trine to his Venus/Uranus in Cancer and all of those, except for Uranus, trine Jupiter at the end of Aquarius, which is why his views on justice transcend political divisions and was able to work with both parties. After all, protecting the homeland and keeping it terrorist free is beyond party lines. Mars in Sag sextile Jupiter is excellent for the energy and wisdom of action as well as taking a risk and making a leap of faith for something that one judges to be the right thing to do. His new book, Scorpion’s Gate, is set 5 years in the future as the results of the present debacle in the Middle East become the next problems we have to face. Perhaps his Saturn on the South Node in Virgo betray his obsessive weightiness with detail, but the trines to Uranus of all his Scorpio planets is his ability to see the future in pretty realistic terms. He’s a very rational man, having no challenging aspects to any of the outer planets with Mars square Saturn the exception. All of his intelligence, of both kinds, makes him a modern hero of the war against Bush-aholism.

11-6 Joe Wilson I mentioned back in July when I found out his birthday. Now we know more about what all he did means. Happy Birthday, Joe…Scooter is the first to go. Let’s hope next is Karl Rove, after Cheney, we can crow and maybe to the top, you know. The former Ambassador has his Sun in Scorpio sextile Saturn, so has a great deal of respect for those in high office and knows how to deal with them through proper channels and at the correct time. Moon in Taurus trine Jupiter in Capricorn reinforce the international diplomatic corps and indicates that he comes from a well-to-do family or one that prospered as he is also able to continue to do, since is often an instinct for luck and fortune. Mercury would have to be well positioned as it is in a trine to Uranus, with sextiles to Venus in Cap and Mars in Virgo, which are trine each other. So, he’s brilliant, quick, responsive and appreciative of other people’s priorities and has a friendly demeanor. It may be that he wasn’t even aware of his wife’s true career, as many keep secrets from their own spouse. Still, with these aspects and his suspicious Scorpio Sun square Pluto would have figured it out quickly enough. With Neptune on the Libra South Node, he’s easily swept away by love and Valerie has Moon and Venus in Pisces, so he was captivated. And as an Aries, she shares the Martian energy with her husband. The have a Sun/Venus composite conjunction, and Mars/Pluto in Leo, so have a good relationship going. Her chart seems to bear out what her role was and that she would be outed is certainly there when you dig deeply enough. Her career was ruined two years ago by non-elected GOP operatives appointed to White House positions due to their extreme right wing nature and loyalty to the head honchos of the Neo Cons. Scooter studied at the feet of his teacher Wolfowitz and Rove has been the Bush’s propaganda minister for over 15 years. They had an agenda to go to war in the Middle East and gain a foothold in Iraq after toppling Saddam and use to control all the oil fields. What a play they thought they had! Joe thought he had better make sure they were lying about the Niger Uranium and present that to the American people and after he did, the outed his wife and the cover operation that had taken years to set up right. Apparently, Scooter, Cheney, Rove and company felt the CIA was undermining their plans to go to war under false claims because the truth would come out and they knew it since they are the Intelligence Agency. Bush has no intelligence because when he said it was good intel, it was the opposite. Somehow, the people who voted for Republicam congressmen need to call their reps and tell them to side with the Dems in all upcoming votes, just to upset the balance of power. This is what happens when a president lies us into a war and forces a guy to go to Africa to find out what was really going on.

11-11 Barbara Boxer Her birthday being Veteran’s Day makes her sympathetic to the military volunteers who have risked their lives and some who have lost theirs. She has Mercury retrograde very near her Sun in an opposition to Uranus, so she wants to know what the RRR has been covering up about the war. Obsessive, passionate and will repeat the question if it isn’t answered and you know how those politicians are. I now like Barbie better than Hilary as far as female candidates these days. Currently on the Foreign Relations Committee, she needs to be on the Senate Investigation Committee as soon as they win back the Senate in ’08. Americans will see the truth and will demand accountability in their representatives and she and Henry Waxman in the House are trying to keep up with all the incredible amount of Bush shit they have to deal with. Henry has 5 planets in Virgo and Sun trine Mars and Uranus, like me, so has ceaseless energy to keep fighting for the truth, justice and the American Way. Boxer has the South Node in Aries with her Moon there, so has always had some fight in her and with her Libra North Node graced by the presence of Venus, she appeals to those who are fair and appreciate the harmony of civil discourse. She was born in the Year of the Dragon in 1940 and looks great for a senior citizen, but it also means she was born the year Jupiter conjoined Saturn in Taurus and squared Pluto to start the conflagration that was WWII. She is also blessed with the insight of Uranus trine Neptune so her spiritual understanding comes directly from the source without need of an intermediary, as many spiritual people are accustomed to experiencing. Her progressed Sun and Mercury trine Jupiter/Saturn from Capricorn, so this is an empowering and insightful time for her, wherein her book is now in print and is proving to be prophetic or even prescient. With her progressed Moon in Leo, her character and personality are particularly strong about now and her star is on the rise because her truth to power has born fruit. Jupiter transiting over her Sun will happen next year and she might become more powerful or influential by March of 2006. We’ll see what Jupiter bears.

11-15 Bill Richardson is the governor of NM who was born in Mexico to a Mexican mother, so he’s another mixed race popular politician like Barack Obama. They are the future of the party, along with Hilary and Boxer. Bill has strong instincts for the law and government, as his Mars/Saturn in Leo trines Moon in Sag and his Jupiter is conjunct his Venus near to his South Node, which leads me to suspect he has done this type of thing in past lives, especially with his Sun on the South Node. He was probably derailed from pursuing this course in a past life by someone murdering him to get him out of the way. Moon opposite Uranus is his big tent and varied constituents and the attraction and appeal to freethinkers and progressives. His Sun squares the Mars/Saturn, so may have endured resentment, anger, frustration and the slings and arrows of children who had a hard time accepting people who were different. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, would be an apt description of this aspect. He will come into more national attention in the next year, especially as he speaks out during the mid-term election campaigns.

11-20 Joe Biden is running for president in 2008 but will he even make it past Iowa? He voted in favor of the credit card companies to take you to the cleaners and eliminates bankruptcy as an option, since it will now only protect the large corporate offenders. He’s a leader on the Foreign Relations and the Judiciary Committees. That he is a good, positive and personable fellow is indicated by the Sun/Venus/Mercury in Scorpio trine his Jupiter in Cancer. His Taurus Moon square Pluto might cause his ethical dilemma regarding which side of his bread is buttered. There could be some suspicions about the integrity of his financial decisions, which is probably why he’s not on any of the finance or monetary committees. His Uranus is in Gemini square the Virgo/Pisces Nodes and he could have some issues regarding principles, as in they change a little rapidly for some. His Mars is square Pluto and could bring up some anger issues that explode at the wrong moment. Think of Howard Dean after a third place finish in Iowa. I don’t think I’m buying Biden, but rather biding my time until the real deal comes along.

11-28 Jon Stewart has gained respectability by disrespecting the establishment in a respectable way, so I want to do a respectable and objective analysis on him since I like him so much and don’t want to over-praise him. His Sun. Moon and Mercury are all in Sag, curiously like Randy Newman, Jacques Chirac, and Jean Schmidt, but unlike her, his Mercury is heavily engaged in the chart. While she has angry liar stamped on her Mercury aspects, Jon has lovable wacko who strays into profanity with a smile and a wink. Here’s a funny thing, though…he has several of the same liar aspects that many Republican players have but being a Sag, his primary motive is to be funny, express the truth and find out more for himself. Venus is retrograde and conjunct Neptune in Scorpio, so he has a deep and passionate, almost transcendent love with his wife and the square to Saturn is the long time it took for him to settle down and have a family. He didn’t really have super well-paying steady work until The Daily Show became a hit with him at the helm. His chart is one big T-Cross, with the Sun/Mercury square the opposition of Jupiter for the humor and truth opposing Uranus (TV) and Pluto, investigative research and exposing corruption. Saturn on the South Node might have made it take extra time to really grow up and take responsibility and make a commitment. But it sextiles his Sun and Mercury, so when he got it, he really got it for good and it made sense what he was supposed to do. It’s what any good Sag wants to do…tell the truth in a humorous way and be able to have free time to travel and see places and meet people he would never otherwise experience. A real comedian doesn’t usually have strong financial maturity, so the retrograde Venus in its detriment in Scorpio square Saturn and on Neptune means that he needed a good woman to set him straight and get a handle on the reality thing. With his talent, he has no problem earning it, just how to spend it without going broke, because now he has three other mouths to feed. Chiron and Jupiter are a mere two degrees apart and it might be that he would want to produce an astrological or spiritual show, as he has shown an interest in astrology. I have a few ideas…

12-4 Paul O’Neill was the Secretary of the Treasury who was the first Cabinet member to walk out in protest of the horrible policies that Bush was putting forth. Jupiter in conjoining his Sun and Mercury, so he is a smart and wise man with the experience to know a fool, because the one he had worked for didn’t seem to know what to do with the money in the surplus! Then he wrote a book that explained that Bush had the intention of going to Iraq from the outset of his administration and certainly wanted to invade as soon as it could be made to happen. That Paul pissed off plenty of people in his party is probably true. He was never for anything less than the truth in his life, which explains why he angered so many, but there it is in his chart, with Mars opposite Pluto square to Venus opposite Uranus, so it was always bigger issues and never personal. He had spoken truth to power and power couldn’t handle the truth. Even his Moon in Aries is trine his Jupiter, so he couldn’t help himself, which is why he was the first one of prominence to leave and write a book. With Saturn in Pisces square his Mercury and Jupiter his selection of career opportunities might be damaged by those in government who pull strings in secret. Ultimately, his Sun square Neptune would prefer to escape from the runaround world of Washington and get away to some quiet little town and forget about everything. Where is the saxophone solo now? Tyra Banks, who was born on this day, is the model who has done well on TV even though it may not be a very good show. I guess the runway is different than the TV camera.

12-11 John Kerry is a double Sag with Moon in Gemini along with Mars, Saturn and Uranus, so it’s no wonder so many people oppose him for re-nomination, myself included. I feel there are better candidates for the highest post in the land. It could be the Mercury in Capricorn formality squaring Neptune to make it confusing to try to follow his reasoning, since he has so many hyphens, semi-colons and triple dots that his paragraphs are just singularly long sentences. Had he focused on a music career instead, his speechmaking mannerisms wouldn’t have been a problem and there would have been room for someone else to express their political views in the senate from Massachusetts. Venus in Scorpio square Pluto on the North Node in the 8th may call in to question his motives for marriage, as there is a certain advantage marrying the widow of the ketchup fortune. Quite a pickle he found himself in last year, losing due to dirty tricks with fixed voting machines and fudged vote counts, as well as long lines and polling places changed or reported to have been changed. Kerry won in ’04, just as Gore won in 2000, just with a different state and tactics. This is the conciliatory senator not being forceful enough in his rigidly diplomatic and measured speech. Here’s my vision of how things could have gone…Gore wins in 2000 and the country avoids war in Iraq. Bush loses and goes on a bender leading up to driving his SUV into a ravine in Crawford to die in a ditch. The economy booms, environmental disasters are avoided and cleaning up the planet is a priority. 9/11 still happens but due to fast Air Force response and with some advance intelligence, three of the four flights are prevented from taking off and the fourth is shot down by the Air Force. CIA and Allied military forces find and capture Osama and bring him and his higher lieutenants to International war crimes court and they are convicted of conspiracy to commit terrorist acts. Like John Kerry, I like to see things from a positive perspective, but I’m an unrealistic dreaming Pisces.

12-18 Ramsay Clark is monitoring the insanity that is the Saddam Hussein trial but he’s such a defender of freedom and the American way that even if he is appearing to be for the defendant, he’s really on the side of justice. He doesn’t want to see Saddam freed to go back to his murdering ways. He wants the trial to be fair and allow each side to present its case and let there be a judicious period of deliberation before sentencing, which should be running Iraq as a US puppet. Ramsay’s Jupiter/Uranus conjunction in Pisces squares his Sun, so this is an attack on him by the Right, since he has been behind an Impeach Bush campaign for a while. Sun trine Neptune gives tremendous compassion but it doesn’t translate to helping people who are alleged Christians to share his views. Sun in Sag and Moon in Libra is about as just and fair as anyone could ever hope to be. Mars/Saturn/Mercury in Sag make for a dynamic, take-charge energy, brimming with ideas that help make things work better. Venus in Scorpio trine Pluto makes him passionately loyal to those values that transform our lives into something that is more meaningful. Four planets in Sag, including Mars/Saturn, so truth is always worth fighting for…and Mercury conjunct Saturn gives a serious mind, focused and committed to finding the source of the problem. Seeing a vision or a goal, it works back to the beginning and then through to the end and envisions a new goal.

12-22 Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the Federal Prosecutor, is digging into the connections between the leakers and leakees and where it all came together. Bob Novak says the President knows who leaked. Why is this little guy no one had ever hear of coming into such prominence now? Well, taking down Libby, and next is Rove, could lead to taking down Cheney and Bush, as well. It’s clear they have lied and if they perjure themselves, that’s it! Patrick is a Capricorn with his Jupiter and Saturn conjoined in the sign, but not near his Sun, which is conjunct Mercury in Sag, rising before the Sun, so will someday write his story and make lots of money off one of the most vicious scandals in Washington DC history. Mercury trines Uranus, making for the A student who really knows more than he thinks he does. The guy has a strong intuition with Moon in Pisces on the South Node trine Neptune in Scorpio and Mars in Cancer, so he’s a pit bull with a soft heart for those he likes. Venus in Aquarius square Neptune shows how his ideals have caused disappointment with failed relationships on which he had given up. But at this point in his life, there are so many women who have fallen in love with a hero of the left that he could get laid in any Blue state in the country as well as the Blue cities in Red states. This is the guy who could easily become Attorney General in the next administration, which will be a Democrat. Then he could run for president after that, along with Elliot Spitzer, they will clean up American government.

12-23 Wesley Clark is the former presidential candidate as well as Commanding General of the Allied Forces in Bosnia, and is known to those who watched the Democratic candidate’s debates last year. I felt he acquitted himself well and could have held up and won if he had been the nominee and the election hadn’t been fixed. If he were to get the nomination next time and chose Jack Murtha as his running mate, the hawks in the Democratic Party would love it, but that’s the minority of the party. If Hillary were to win the nomination, she would need a progressive like Barrack Obama to balance out her centrist views. It’s actually the working class that fuels the economy and makes up the bulk of the Democrats but too many people have been blinded by the Religious Right and have voted against their own economic interests. Sorry, but I have strayed away from General Clark’s chart and for a Capricorn who achieved the rank of 4 Star General, that’s disrespectful and we would be slammed into the brig for that kind of insubordination. Except now he’s a civilian and that means no more brig. He has Moon in Aries, which is why he became a fighter and soldier in the first place. The Moon is your instinct and in Aries, it’s fight or flight, but without hesitation and he is never the type to back down. He is realistic enough to know when to regroup his forces after a strategic withdrawal, but that’s most Caps. Mercury retrograde is conjoining the Sun in the earliest degrees of Capricorn and they oppose Saturn and all square Neptune, so the challenge is being aware of the reality of the situation that faces him from oppositional forces and the deceptive tactics they throw at him. It could also be a retiring nature after having lost in the primaries. Moon in Aries trine Pluto in Leo and sextile Uranus in Gemini gives him an ability to work with large and powerful groups, like armies and marine forces and commanding multiple units on the field. Venus in Aquarius sextiles the Moon and makes him socially progressive, once he doesn’t have to deal with the limitations of the military life structure. Jupiter is elevated in the 10th and he would make a good lawmaker, administrator or cabinet member at whatever level of government he might serve. There is a square from Jupiter and Chiron nearby in Libra to the Sun/Mercury as well as Mars square Jupiter, so there has been some excess in his life and some risky activities, which might well be modified by his Capricorn energy. Venus opposes Pluto, so some of his enemies have been very sneaky and underhanded and while it might indicate the attraction to very dark and sinister people, dealing with them is part of government life. But he has the benefit of balancing that out with Venus trine Uranus and Neptune, so as to bring understanding and enlightenment to those who live in darkness. His North Node is in Cancer, so he is here to take care of other people in his homeland.

12-31 Simon Wiesenthal just died after spending much of his adult life hunting down Nazi war criminals. It is ironic that the Iranian president would start ranting about the holocaust being a myth at this time. If there is any crime worse than committing one it is spreading lies about it not having happened. Simon would track down war criminals that escaped the Nuremberg trials and who assimilated into other cultures elsewhere in the world. There were many in South America and a few in the US, as well. With the organization and ingenuity of the Sun/Mercury/Uranus stellium trine Jupiter in Virgo, it was his service and duty to bring those criminals to justice. Neptune opposing the stellium sheds the light on a focus of the victims and their families, as Neptune was in Cancer, and the escaped criminals who needed to be imprisoned. Moon in Taurus gave a stubborn tenacity that never permitted him to give up for a just cause and his longevity bears this truth out. He would have been 97 today. Saturn in Aries in the 7th, square his Sun made authoritarian oppressors his open enemy, which would have been the Nazis, as he was born in the Ukraine and they roared through there on there way to a stunning defeat at Stalingrad. Having Pluto on the North Node in Gemini, he was obsessed with learning as much as he could and did his research thoroughly, so as to know where to go to get his man. Mars in Scorpio in a close inconjunct to it made some of his methods less than honest or discreet.

Some of the lesser presidents have little effect on the positive or negative efforts of our country…

Jan 7 Millard Fillmore was the president who tried to maintain the unity of the country in the decade before the Civil War and made the Compromise of 1850 to allow California to enter the union as a free state, among other things. He took over the presidency from Zachary Taylor, who died of acute indigestion, or else he had something caught in his throat and no one knew the Heimlich maneuver. Who really knows? And Fillmore is the last president who was neither a Democrat nor Republican, but rather a Whig. And he had no Vice President! Fillmore was given his mother’s maiden name for his first name, as the Moon in Gemini denotes an affinity to his mother, although it is opposite Mars, signifying some emotional conflicts and a certain impatience and combative responsiveness. The Moon sextile Saturn shows a working relationship between his parents as a role model for what he would become. Jupiter in Gemini square Uranus in Virgo made for many political differences of opinion, especially since he was of a different party than his predecessor, yet he was adaptable and worked things out. Venus square Pluto shows him having people he loves die as well as saboteurs around him, waiting to undermine his plans. But this was a man with Mercury in Sag opposite Jupiter squared by Uranus and he probably said too much more often than too little.

1-29 William McKinley was a teacher, soldier and lawyer before entering public office and becoming a governor, a congressman and then president. Born with Jupiter on the Aquarius ASC rising just before the Sun, it was fitting that those were his fields. Warrior Mars in Scorpio is the elevated planet, in the 9th house of law and teaching. The Moon in Capricorn was sandwiched in between Jupiter and Saturn, a natural leadership position, at the midpoint, making it very powerful. Saturn square Pluto might be why an anarchist at the Pan-American Exposition shot him when he was caught while not wearing his lucky red carnation, an obsession with him and having his Sun conjunct Jupiter, he was naturally rather lucky. He liked to wear a white vest, for some eccentric reason like the South Node in the 6th house and Hygeia in Virgo. Mars square Neptune is a tendency to be addicted to some substance and be passive-aggressive. Venus in Sag square Uranus in Pisces is intimacy issues and aloof detachment in dealing with too many people to get close. With most of his planets clustered around the ASC, he was a very strong willed man with frightful nightmares and possible OCD along with a little depression. He might have been using Freud’s favorite remedy.

She plays the president on TV
Jan 21 Geena Davis portrays the first female president in Commander in Chief and shows the difficulty of balancing a family and running a government and dealing with international issues as leader of the free world. Her chart shows her ready for just about any challenge, as Aquarius is the sign of surprises and her Sun opposes Uranus, so she seems be to attracting them everywhere. Her Moon in Taurus opposes Neptune, and for all the actors she has dealt with in life, she knows them well enough to marry someone outside the business. Her Venus in Pisces squares her Mars/Saturn in Sag, so her strong yang energy is a little offset by Venus in its exaltation. Her Mercury is retrograde in Aquarius at the same degree and condition as Ben Franklin, but he has aspects to it, whereas, she doesn’t and may not invent anything or write a new constitution, but she is very bright and progressive. Aquarians envision the future as they idealize it but can also see it as it will be, when they are in the moment of clarity in the now. Her Moon square Sun and Uranus makes it difficult to form deep intimate emotional bonds. The Neptune could be about acting or victimization in a past life, leading to compassion on this life. Venus trine Neptune is enough for her to have significant acting talent. Venus opposite Jupiter might attract a lot of Sag types and the Pluto opposition Venus is that deep, compassionate soul that wants to help you redeem another dark, tortured soul. Mars/Saturn is square the Jupiter/Pluto as well, so there might be a lot of anger and highly explosive temperament. With North Node in Sagittarius, the world of politics opens up new dimensions in her experience and may lead to another career as a politician, although she should act as long as she gets good roles.

2-9 W H Harrison was the president with the shortest tenure, having given the longest Inaugural Speech in freezing rain and became sick from pneumonia and died after just 31 days as president. His campaign slogan is better known than he or his successor today; Tippecanoe and Tyler too. As a general in the army, he led troops into Idaho to defeat the Nez Pierce Indians and Chief Tecumseh’s brother, a Medicine Man, laid a curse on him. Ironically, it would be he who was the first to fall, as it was he who began the streak that the president elected on a year ending in zero would die in office that ended when Reagan literally dodged a bullet and Bush should have been targeted on 9-11. They could have had a plane hit the White House except, he was in that school reading and listening to children reading The Pet Goat. But I digress from the president under consideration, so let’s look at his chart. Jupiter in Pisces opposite Saturn is a strong leader aspect, as it gives an honest projection of the truth tempered by the patience of hard work and effort. His South Node was conjoining his Aries rising and the ruler, Mars the attacker, in Cancer, was opposite Mercury, Venus and Pluto in the 10th, hence a powerful leader would be threatened from outside forces. Saturn, Neptune and the Moon in Virgo suggest the military life he loved as well as his instinct to help those he perceived as charity cases, as when he served as head of Indian Affairs. Sun square Uranus is the suddenness of his death and it’s tie-in to the Moon/Neptune with a trine to Uranus. When he became president, his Moon had progressed to a conjunction to progressed Jupiter, his minor Saturn was opposing his progressed Mercury for the lung problem. Mercury opposite Mars is a congenital lung irritation and proneness to infection. Progressed Sun had come into a square with his natal Mercury and minor Uranus in Gemini squared Saturn in Virgo in the 6th of health. To top it off, his minor Mercury came into an opposition with his progressed Saturn. A two-way Mercury opposite Saturn, just the perfect explanation of his cause of death. By the way, I just found and bought a book called Forensic Astrology, a title I had thought of a while back. This one is solving crime with astrology, which I have actually done with the Sam Cooke murder. As for President Harrison, well, he really didn’t get to do much of anything. It reminds me of Jonathan Kent keeling over after being elected senator in Kansas on Smallville, the TV show.