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re: oil - Thanks for sharing the goodness on Neptune Cafe I'm delivering a presentation in a couple days, and I've been digging the oil history I've found there!
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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: Lilith - Thanks as always for your very interesting articles. I find the Black Moon Lilith information especially intriguing.
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.
Sept. 16, 2013 - Diana Nyad's epic swim; the Gates Foundation, Google co-founder Sergey Brin
NewsScope for September 23, 2013
By Michael Wolfstar
Rouhani’s Charm Offensive
Ever since Hassan Rouhani took office in August, the rhetoric coming out of Iran has softened considerably. The new president promised to never develop nuclear weapons, tweeted greetings on the Jewish New Year, and released a prominent political prisoner. Last week, Rouhani penned an op-ed piece for the Washington Post urging world leaders to respond genuinely to his efforts, and to engage in friendly dialogue.
October’s Top Five Astro-Events
1. Saturn forms a quincunx (150º) to Uranus on the 5th which forces a shift in priorities. For some, sudden or unexpected developments may lead to a break from routine, while for others, financial concerns, duties and obligations may distract from a more self-reliant path. The concurrent New Moon suggests you have a month to free yourself from excessive limitations or rein in compulsive behavior.
2. The Aries Full Moon on the 18th is an Appulse Lunar Eclipse and brings a time when independence and partnership needs are being re-balanced. Those with their Sun, Moon or other major placement in the 23º to 28º of the cardinal signs will be especially influenced by this dynamic. For example, Obama’s 12th house Saturn at 25º Capricorn is being exactly hit, which stimulates behind-the-scenes wrangling.
3. Mercury turns retrograde on the 21st in Scorpio while sextile to Vesta in Virgo. The next three weeks are especially favorable for researchers and scholars, and re-evaluating investments. Vocalizing opinions becomes difficult without expressing resentment or undue criticism; silence and introspection are favored. This is not a good time to sign onto any new health insurance program.
4. Chiron sextile Pluto is exact on the 28th but in effect all month. Especially beneficial for those on self-improvement programs and for alternative healers in general, this combination is capable of regenerating, rejuvenating, and restoring health. To take full advantage of this cycle, emphasize the mind-body-spirit connection. Psychological and emotional well-being may be enhanced via selfless contributions to the collective.
5. The U.S. progressed Sun squares natal Uranus on the 29th, the peak of major historical trends concerning technological developments, military entanglements, and leadership crises. Technologically, we’ve seen the shift from desktop computers to mobile devices and the truth of the corporate motto “innovate or die”. Geopolitically, the U.S. involvement in Syria is gearing up, while politically, the massive Obamacare program faces a final hurdle.
As described in NewsScope’s July 22 edition, Rouhani’s Mercury (November 12, 1948) makes him a much clearer thinker than his predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. And now, with transiting Neptune trine his well-aspected Mercury, Rouhani is finding creative, imaginative ways to open negotiations over his nation’s nuclear programs. The Iranian people are suffering under the Western nations’ economic sanctions, and have evidently elected a leader who can navigate through these troubled waters.
Rouhani’s progressed Mercury underscores his goodwill gestures. It’s currently at 14º Aquarius where it trines his peace-loving Venus-Neptune conjunction in diplomatic Libra. This makes a double theme, which is the key to understanding his priorities.
Transiting Neptune trine Mercury and progressed Mercury trine Neptune both emphasize his openness to new ideas, his receptivity and sensitivity to others, and his heart-felt communications that help mend fences.
However, Rouhani’s Mars in Sagittarius squares Obama’s Mars in Virgo and opposes the U.S. Mars in Gemini. Obama’s Mars signifies his role as Commander-in-Chief, but Rouhani’s Mars doesn’t necessarily correspond to Iran’s more autonomous military establishment. While Rouhani may extend his hand to Obama at the United Nations this week, transiting Saturn squaring his progressed Mars may represent an internal conflict pitting his charm offensive against the military’s nuclear ambitions.
Jennifer Mee and Black Moon Lilith
In January 2007, Jennifer Mee drew national attention for her incurable case of hiccups, which lasted five weeks before stopping abruptly. Then in October 2010 she was arrested for her part in luring Shannon Griffin to her apartment where he was killed in a robbery gone bad. Last week Mee was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.
Jennifer Mee was born with her Leo Sun conjunct Chiron and opposite Saturn (July 28, 1991*; St. Petersburg, FL; time unknown), a configuration which in youth brings conflicts with authority, inexplicable feelings of guilt, and the sense of being fundamentally wounded or unworthy. What she has working for her is a magnetic Venus-Mars conjunction enhanced by a trine to Uranus. Her social network became her refuge from a difficult family environment.
Her hiccups and murder case are heavily influenced by Black Moon Lilith. The closest aspect in her chart is Lilith conjunct Uranus. Lilith is associated with mysterious, unknown, unseen but deeply felt influences. Uranus is connected to the sudden, spontaneous and uncontrollable contraction of the diaphragm which causes hiccups. Another factor is the Lilith-Uranus pair octile (45º) her Aquarius Moon, which contributes to the emotional stress associated with hiccups.
Jennifer’s hiccups began on January 23, 2007 as transiting Lilith was exactly squaring her natal Lilith-Uranus. On October 22, 2010 when she and two friends murdered an intended robbery victim, transiting Saturn was likewise forming an exact square to her Lilith-Uranus. Last Friday when she was convicted, transiting Uranus was squaring her Lilith-Uranus while transiting Lilith opposed this same troublesome combination. Clearly, Lilith is a powerful archetype worthy of being deployed in every horoscope.
* Birth data is from mugshots.com/JenniferMee
