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re: Miley Cyrus data - Love your Neptune Café blog.... What is your source for that Miley Cyrus' birthday? Astrodatabank has 6:37 am, but it looks like a solar rising chart to me. Their source is some comment on facebook.
A. Yes, the Facebook data is suspect and rated C. My colleague John Halloran sent me her birth time with this note:
"Source: FCC q. vital registry office/AA
FCC is Frank C. Clifford. I probably got this from an issue of the AFA's Today's Astrologer."
re: Nyad - You should do a bit on Diana Nyad. She's amazing.
re: classes - I have been a fan for over two years now and have learned more from you than any other site. I was wondering if you offer any astrology classes?
A. That's something to consider...
re: Uranus - You wrote: "Still ahead: the U.S. progressed Sun squares natal Uranus in late October, a combination that historically has gotten Americans entangled in war." Seriously? Every single time? Has there ever been such a progression without a war? And if so, what caused that anomoly? (she said, hope hope hoping...)
A. I mean the activation of Uranus, as described two weeks ago. Every major activation of Uranus since WW2 has brought Americans into war. The exception was Reagan's refusal to enter the Lebanon civil war after the U.S. embassy in Beirut was bombed. See NewsScope August 26, 2013 for clarification.
re: election - How do you explain your incorrect call on the election?
A. Black Moon Lilith. See FAQ on the Lilith Front Page as well as the Oct 1, 2012 NewsScope article (before the election) about the role Romney's Lilith played in his defeat.
re: geodetics - One can correlate the zodiac with areas on the planet, which is called geodetic astrology. Zero degres Aries runs through Greenwich and the signs advance east from there. So Washington DC would have 12 degrees Capricorn at the MC. It would be interesting to to see you taking a position on this, with reasons.
A. I just read a book which definitively proves that the 0 degrees Aries meridian goes through Jerusalem. It's called Astrogeographia by Robert Powell. The thing is, I'm already involved with so many controversial stances (Scorpio Rising US chart, asteroids and Lilith), that I don't feel up to deciphering the geodetic puzzle. National charts work very well, so for the time being I'll stick with those.
re: Snowden relocated - Such a nice, clear statement. I've gone on and on trying to share the same point. I began relocating charts in 1970 before I'd seen an ACG map. They are very useful, especially when doing mundane work, but for the refinement, nothing beats a horoscope.
re: Tornado Alley and ACG maps- Your reasoning about tornados in the U.S. may be correct, but you have an obvious technical error. Or at the very least, your wording misrepresents what an AstroCartoGraphy map is. You say, "[W]hen relocating the U.S. chart to Moore, Oklahoma, Mercury is right on the Midheaven and Pluto is three degrees from the 4th house cusp, the IC." What's wrong is that relocating the chart is irrelevant because relocating the chart does not change the AstroCartoGraphy map in the slightest. An ACG map represents where you would have to relocate to get certain celestial bodies on the angles. You don't have to relocate the original chart to see that.
re: royal baby - Thanks for your very interesting Newscope articles -- I always like your topics. I hope someone will be interested in doing the Royal baby's chart---I didn't think it would quite be a Leo - it isn't, right?
A. If George were born 32 minutes later, he would be a Leo. Many astrologers have written good profiles on the young prince, so I'll pass on this story. But I hope you enjoy the Royal Succession angle.
re: economic collapse - Of late there are increasing numbers of astrology posts and websites warning of a financial collapse that will soon affect the entire world—not just the US. Many write this collapse will really “kick-in “beginning later this year” and are reporting the financial signs are overwhelmingly obvious now. My question to you is have you looked into this from an astrological standpoint?
A. No, I don't believe financial collapse will be kicking in later this year, especially in the U.S. While the Uranus-Pluto square is certainly cause for concern, in the U.S. chart transiting Saturn and Pluto are harmoniously related to the Scorpio Ascendant, which strengthens America's corporatocracy. Corporations are holding record amounts of cash and reporting strong earnings. Plus, with transiting Jupiter conjoining the U.S. Sun through April 2014, it won't be until after then that any real pullback kicks in, at least in the U.S.
re: economic collapse, cont. - Your response cheered me up considerably because there is a LOT of doom and gloom about an economic collapse later this year. Your info might cheer a LOT of other people as well, and perhaps drive more people to your site because you will be reporting different information than the doom & gloom prognosticators are providing.
A. Unless an astrologer uses the Scorpio Rising national horoscope, the strengthening of the U.S. corporatocracy isn't apparent.
re: Gold - Thanks so much for your gold horoscope, but I wish you had created it much sooner. However, I feel that gold and silver have bottomed and in August should really begin the blow-off, final third phase of its bull market which should propel the price/value of gold to over $5,000/oz. and silver near $200/oz. as global financial/economic conditions and debasement of currencies scare the hell out of discerning people!
re: Zimmerman - Love your weekly NewsScope. Have you looked at George Zimmerman's birth chart and current transits? That would make a very interesting article with your interpretations (Saturn return, Pluto squaring natal Sun, etc) Thanks.
A. Many readers asked about Zimmerman's horoscope as well as Trayvon Martin's. I looked at both their charts just after the incident took place. They both have volatile, danger-seeking Mars-Uranus aspects. You can see their charts and read the article here: April 9, 2012
re: Iran - An update of the Iran page to reflect current events would be appreciated.
re: NewsScope - Great column! It's my pipeline to international news (and has been now for more than a decade). I adore it. One suspects that the writer has a strong Mercury :)
re: Gold - I just read your piece on Nixon's August 15, 1971 speech taking the U.S. off the gold standard. The time he supposedly started the speech was 9 PM in Washington, DC. I figured that he took around ten to fifteen minutes to get to the part on the gold standard. Using 9:15 PM, I have a chart with Pisces rising and Sagittarius MC. One of my considerations for using the public speech instead of the private signing of the executive order is that gold is a public commodity whose price everyone can know, therefore a public speech makes more sense to me.
A. I'm considering the time he signed the executive order, which was before the TV appearance, and records indicate "in the evening". I guess the proof of the pudding is when you an use one of these charts to profit from buying and selling gold stocks or futures.... I did notice a preponderance of planets in the 9 degree area at key turning points, tops and bottoms, which is why I placed 9 Scorpio at the MC, and Ceres at the Descendant. Another option is 6:14 pm which makes the Ascendant the same as Nixon's Capricorn Sun.
re: Federer - So happy about your response about Federer!!!!! It should be posted on his Facebook page. We, his crazy fans, were just terrified that we may have reached the end of an era.
re: Monsanto - I just got the latest Mountain Astrologer (Aug/Sept 2013), and read the article on Monsanto. They use a birth date for Monsanto Chemical Works of November 29, 1901; 12:00 PM CST (rectified); Jefferson City, MO. Date from company public relations book, Faith, Hope and $5,000. You used a date of November 30, 1901. The early date puts the Moon at 27 deg. 49 min. Cancer, while yours puts the Moon at 11 deg. 40 min. Leo. Can you tell me what the source of your date is?
A. If you do a google search using the terms "Monsanto November 1901" you'll get a list of sites that show both dates. My understanding was that Monsanto filed the papers on the 29th and was incorporated the next day, the 30th. However, I see now that the 30th was a Saturday, so most likely the 29th is the correct date.
re: Lilith - Thanks as always for your very interesting articles. I find the Black Moon Lilith information especially intriguing.
re: USA Moon - Do you consider the Moon in the USA chart to be Void of Course? I hadn't noticed this until I read this blog where the writer uses the Sibly chart, but the same would be true (by most traditional rules) in the Scorpio chart, too.
A. This is a common argument to justify using some other date for the national horoscope. No, I don't consider the Moon to be void of course, and for several reasons: 1) the v/c rule is meant to be applied to horary charts, not geopolitical or national horoscopes. 2) So using traditional aspects, the Moon is trine Mars. Using the so-called minor aspects, the Moon is also quincunx Mercury and Neptune, and these connections form a Yod. When considering the 8th harmonic aspects, the Moon is also part of a Fist of God formation, meaning its trioctile (sesquiquadrate or 135 degree aspect) both the Sun and Saturn. This is a very dynamic formation, and can be said to dominate the chart. 3) When considering the main four asteroids, the Moon is trine Juno, square Vesta, and applying to a conjunction with Pallas in Aquarius, a very powerful connection that reinforces democratic principles. And the Moon is sextile Chiron. So you see it has a network of aspects around the chart, including being the focal point of two major configurations.
re: Newcomers - I want to thank you for your "Newcomers" page. I've been introducing some friends to astrology and this page will be very helpful to them. I'm pleased, too, that my library includes several of the recommended books. I may pick them up and re-read them as a good review!
Recent NewsScope Articles
Jan. 14, 2013 - Chuck Hagel, John Howard's gun control program, Paul Salopek begins his journey.
Jan. 21, 2013 - A brilliant Moon-Jupiter occultation; Natalie Wood's case re-opened; Chelsea Clinton.
Jan. 28, 2013 - Mary Jo White to head SEC, February's Top Five, Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Feb. 4, 2013 - The Dow hits 14,000, immigration reform coming up, Kevin Spacey stars in the House of Cards.
Feb.11, 2013 - CIA nominee John Brennan, Apple shifting gears, and the search for cop killer Chris Dorner.
Feb.18, 2013 - Sequester is coming, the Blade Runner and Beauty Queen, Steve Martin becomes a father.
Feb. 25, 2013 - Lilith upsets the Vatican, March's top five astro-events, racing pioneer Danica Patrick's rising star.
March 4, 2013 - Seven planets in Pisces, the Keystone XL project, Dorothy Hamill joins DWTS
March 11, 2013 - Energy independence and global warming, Kim Jong Un's Saturn return, Bernadette
March 18, 2013 - Mars activates outer planets, Pope Francis, Seacrest and Julianne Hough.
March 25, 2013 - Pope Francis, an accurate birth chart; April's top five astro-events, Zendaya on DWTS
April 1, 2013 - The New Moon's uncharted territory, the Monsanto Protection Act, Amanda Knox's Venus
April 8, 2013 - The coming Lunar Eclipse, North Korea: serious threat?, Jay Leno leaves "The Tonight Show"
April 15, 2013 - politicians make progress, CitiGroup returns to profitablity, Guan Liantang at the Masters.
April 22, 2013 - The Sun-Mars-Pluto dynamic; terrorist Tameran Tsarnaev; Bieber and Selena Gomez.
April 29, 2013 - Syria's crosses "red line", May's Top five astro-events, and Gwyneth Paltrow 's beauty.
May 6, 2013 - The U.S. progressed Moon cycle, Venus and GNH, Warren Buffett on prosperity.
May 13, 2013 - Hillary Clinton as a GOP target; Bangladesh's garment industry, the Great Gatsby.
May 20, 2013 - Jupiter and Big Government, Jupiter and market tops, Jupiter and Angelina Jolie's life.
May 27, 2013 - The UR-PL square, the astrology of Tornado Alley, Kellie Pickler's breakthru dance.
June 3, 2013 - Obama's dilemma, June's top five, super-athlete Rich Roll was a couch potato.
June 10, 2013 - Black Moon Lilith news items, NSA's chart, Sweden's Princess Madeleine weds.
June 17, 2013 - Lilith in the Age of Aquarius, Edward Snowden - traitor or hero?, Superman - Man of Steel
June 24, 2013 - The Water Grand Trine, Edward Snowden update, the Queen Anne's Revenge
July 1, 2013 - The astrology of gold prices, July's top five astro-events, and Paula Deen's fall from grace.
"The natal chart is like a seed and progressions are the unfolding in time of that into the plant it is to become. Transits, are like a daily weather report. In political astrology, these three factors have to be taken into account!"
July 1, 2013 - The astrology of gold prices, July's top five astro-events, and Paula Deen's fall from grace.
July 8, 2013 - Egypt in chaos; U.S. progressed Moon cycle Part 2; Chris Meledandri,Despicable Me
July 15, 2013 - The season of accidents and disasters, Malala Yousafzai at the UN, Randy Travis's demons.
July 22, 2013 - The tech revolution, Iran's president elect Hassan Rouhani, Cory Monteith's other woman
July 29, 2013 - Brtitish succession, August's top five astro-events, Amanda Bynes' troubled Moon
Aug. 5, 2013 - Snowden's chart relocated, Facebook's stunning earnings, Simon Cowell - why so mean?
Aug. 12, 2013 - Jeff Bezos buys the Washington Post, Gov't Shutdown Looms, Major League Baseball.
Aug. 19, 2013 - Sept's top five astro-events, Gov't Shutdown Looms, Major League Baseball.
Aug. 26, 2013 - War and Aldebaran-Antares, Nasdaq halts, Bradley Manning's Sun-Saturn-Uranus.
Sept. 2, 2013 - The Middle East Mandate, Kim Jong Un executes his ex-girlfriend, Miley Cyrus twerks.
Sept. 9, 2013 - Obama pushing Syria, the Golden Age of spying, Dennis Rodman in North Korea.
NewsScope for September 16, 2013
By Michael Wolfstar
Diana Nyad, the Lion-Hearted
Once in a person’s life, if it ever happens at all, progressed Mars will conjoin the Sun, giving the individual a surge of physical strength, courage, and self-confidence. And if the individual happens to be an athlete, it can mark a time of extraordinary success with record-breaking accomplishments. Of course, it would be best if this astro-event took place during the prime of one’s physical prowess.
Unless you’re Diana Nyad…. At the age of 64 (August 22, 1949; New York, NY; time unknown) she just became the first person to swim from Havana to Key West (110 miles) without the protection of a shark cage. With her Sun at 29º Leo, where it picks up the empowering rays of the 1st magnitude star Regulus, she must have instinctively felt that she was destined for greatness. Regulus is also referred to as Cor Leonis, the Lion’s Heart.
It took her five attempts, and she finally succeeded as progressed Mars exactly conjoined her Sun. Natally, Mars is in the watery sign of Cancer, where it squares Black Moon Lilith and the North Node, both in Aries, and also squares Neptune in Libra at the South Node. This configuration describes her being victimized by sexual abuse as a child, and the intense anger that fueled her determination to succeed.
Transiting Saturn and Pluto favorably aspecting her progressed Sun added will power and stamina to her efforts. Another huge factor was an exact conjunction between her progressed Mercury and Neptune, which helped her to imagineer the path forward and visualize stepping onto the distant shore. She summed up the essence of this astro-event when she said “You’re never too old to chase your dreams.”
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
“Regulus indicates power and success and so is active in the charts of successful people,” writes Bernadette Brady in her book on the Fixed Stars. Consider the example of Bill Gates, who was born with a Jupiter-Pluto conjunction in late Leo where it closely aligns with Regulus. Gates’ Jupiter-Pluto is located in his 2nd house of money, and what this has brought him is well known.
Regulus is also a major factor in Gates’ philanthropic ventures since it conjoins the Leo Sun in the horoscope for The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation* (August 22, 1999; 12 pm; Seattle, WA). The Sun is enhanced by a trine to generous Jupiter in Taurus, and closely squares Juno, the partnership asteroid, indicating that Bill and Melinda are in this together. The Sun is also widely square a Pluto-Lilith conjunction in the 2nd house, indicating extremely deep pockets and the potential to make far-reaching global change.
This chart came alive on June 25, 2006 when fellow Plutocrat Warren Buffet pledged to add 10 million Berkshire Hathaway shares to Gates’ Foundation, worth many $billions. At the time, transiting Pluto trine Venus indicated the stunning size of the endowment. Transiting Saturn was conjunct the
Foundation’s Midheaven, which suggested the conditions that went along with the gift, essentially, that both Bill and Melinda had to be actively managing the program.
The Moon at 10º Capricorn (trine natal Jupiter and Saturn) suggests the ambitious agenda that the Foundation is pursuing. The Moon is currently being activated by the ongoing epic Uranus-Pluto square and is being personified by Melinda Gates and her efforts in family planning and the empowerment of women worldwide. This effort was underscored when she recently tweeted: “Women’s empowerment isn’t a side issue. It’s the best leverage we have to fight social ills.”
Sergey Brin’s Office Intrigues
According to the lore, Regulus has not only the potential to bring great honor, but also spectacular failure and collapse. Those with Regulus prominently placed must avoid taking revenge in order to maintain their success. Examples of celebrities with the Sun conjunct Regulus and who have fallen from grace include actor River Phoenix, Nixon aide Scooter Libby, and AOL CEO Steve Case.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin (August 21, 1973; Moscow, Russia; time unknown) is another success story built upon the Sun-Regulus connection. Venus is an unusually important planet in this horoscope due to its close conjunction with Pluto and a network of aspects. Venus’s association with money has helped him become worth some $23 billion but in the relationship department, trouble has been brewing.
Brin’s six-year marriage is on the rocks due to an alleged office affair with Google Glass manager Amanda Rosenberg. The relationship complications also involved Hugo Barra, the former product director for Google’s Android phone. It seems that Amanda had been dating Hugo, who left Google in August to work for a Chinese phone manufacturer following “a thorny situation” between himself, Amanda and Sergey.
Did Sergey banish Hugo to get rid of a competitor for Amanda’s affections? Did Amanda rise through Google’s ranks due to her close connection with Sergey? All these intrigues have been unfolding behind the scenes over the last two years as the transiting Uranus-Pluto square aligned with Sergey’s progressed Sun in the partnership sign of Libra. Over the next several months, his progressed Sun will form a sextile to Juno, indicating a smooth transition to a new marriage partner. It remains to be seen whether his Machiavellian maneuverings have disrupted company morale.
