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re: guns and Lilith - Had a chill go up my spine when the breaking news of the LAX shooting hit today. I had just read the article this morning on Neptunecafe relating BML to guns in the USA Scorpio rising chart. Caused me to check the tri-wheel for the US chart and sure enough the transiting Moon is on the progressed Mean Black Moon Lilith at 15 Libra. Wow!
re: top five - First the 4th U-P square on the 1st, then the eclipse on the 3rd, then Merc going direct trine Neptune: Does this bode well for the ACA (Obamacare) going through a difficult transformation, and coming out much more positively later in the month, much as the administration is saying? I hope so. I know too many people who need reliable health coverage for this to fail. As always, great info on your site.
re: Obamacare - Our President and country are headed for more dysfunction over the next 15 months. Is Affordable Health Care ever going to succeed? Other than being the first black president, will Obama ultimately be considered a great president?
re: Scorpio Rising - The latest development in the embarrassing scandal concerning the close Allies of the USA , has to be a text-book happening between Uranus and Pluto. It also supports your belief , that the USA has a Scorpio Ascendent. Love reading your stuff, you are the Best.
re: graphics - Love reading your column every Monday morning. It's quite informative and well written. I was wondering how you make the horoscope graphics for your columns. If you could let me know where I could obtain software that re-creates images like these that would be great. Thanks very much! Keep up the great work!
A. I use SolarFire to create the charts, and then fine-tune those and add some artistic touches with some very simple graphics software, so it's a combination.
re: neptunecafe - I really like reading and thinking about your articles; they offer the best information on the internet. Recently I read about the asteroid Juno. Please help me understand it better in my chart.
A. Juno and Venus are both about relationships. Juno is more interested in forming a long term commitment than Venus, while Venus is interested in sex, romance, and intimacy. If Venus and Juno are harmoniously aspected in your chart, you can marry for love, otherwise commitments may suffer from wandering affections. You can get a full description of your natal Juno and the other three major asteroids (Ceres, Vesta, and Pallas) by ordering an Asteroid Goddess Report.
re: Rahm Emanuel - Take a look at Rahm Emanuel's chart. He says he is running for re-election in February 2015. He has to file petitions at the end of 2014. How does his chart look for re-election?
re: Obama's Chiron - That's kinda neat. He may be able to heal the nation but not himself. Typical Chiron. Healthcare will be what makes him noteworthy (that Fomalhaut thing) but he will suffer for it (Chiron).hat's kinda neat. He may be able to heal the nation but not himself. Typical Chiron. Healthcare will be what makes him noteworthy (that Fomalhaut thing) but he will suffer for it (Chiron).
re: Tea Party - The current articles at NeptuneCafe are more indicative of a well written article with less COMMENTARY compared to other articles around the net that had me so dismayed---until you get to the Tea party nasty-ass comments. As a former upstate (Communist state of) New York Tea Party Founder and Leader during the 2010 mid-terms, I have to wonder how many Tea Party people like myself you may know. If you met me in person, would you hate me and call me the kinds of things you call the Tea Party?
re: Tea Party - I have gone searching for astrologers who do political astrology...but have been sorely disappointed so far because of the liberal/progressives being so hateful towards anything that they don't like which is usually anything about FREE MARKET CAPITALISM, Freedom, Constitutional, etc. They are all for SOCIAL JUSTICE which has a communist history of its own.
re: Ted Cruz - Your assessment on him is incorrect. Saturn in Scorpio will cause him to "Crash and Burn", politically speaking..
re: Ted Cruz - The stellium of 8th house planets (3 of them in Scorpio, natural ruler of the 8th house) can indicate he would do well with and for other people's money. But can it also lead to life-threatening plots against him? Cruz does have 1st house chiron (which I find to be a little worrisome) opposed 7th house of open enemies Uranus but it is not quite in orb.
Yes Sun Pluto can have a 'fascination' with power. But Cruz' 'fascination with power' may indicate his ability to work successfully with power and his 7th house/Libra placement of planets shows indomitable ability towards discernment and fairness - and holding the line.
I suspect that balancing the budget and refusing the debt ceiling will be next on his list - which might upset a lot of people who want the 'free' goodies to continue, caring not what debt they straddle future generations with - but we will see.
A. Please note that Cruz's birth time is unknown, and so I use 12 noon by default. This means we don't know which houses his various planets fall in...
re: NewsScope slant - why is it that there are no really fair astrologers out there anywhere??? I was hoping you were different. the leftist slant on EVERTHING is such a disappointment. You have good insight astrologically but then wreck it by inserting your hatred of conservatives.
A. I know, it's really difficult. I go the same reaction from Democrats when I forecast that Romney would win.
re: slant - I really enjoy your site and send the link to many people frequently. You would be a person I would trust on the astrology of the US and how it will probably be consumed for the next 100 or so years under socialists/communists /progressives----but only IF you would write it with NO SLANT whatsoever. You are better than the rest, that is certain. As a metaphysical conservative - I am an anomaly. But, I still think that there is an answer someplace within astrology for why this is happening.... hoping you will go in depth at some point SOON on what our future may hold as foretold by the heavens.
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!
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: 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: 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: 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: 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.
Sept. 23, 2013 - Rouhani's charm offensive; October's top five astro-events; hiccup girl Jennifer Mee.
Sept. 30, 2013 - Ted Cruz fights Obamacare, IPCC's wake-up call, Chris Hemsworth stars in Rush.
Oct. 7, 2013 - Government shutdown; The Republican Party Split; Ronn Farrow and Ol' Blue Eyes
Oct. 14, 2013 - The Pallas-Fomalhaut connection, Fomalhaut in presidents' charts, Sandra Bullock
Oct. 21, 2013 - UR-PL scrambles Washington, Nov. top five, Cheryl Strayed's wild walkabout.
Oct. 28, 2013 - Mercury RX and the UR-PL square; JFK Re-Visited; DWTS Elizabeth Berkley's perfect score
Nov. 4, 2013 - The U.S.oil boom, North Dakota's Bakken formation; Vladimir Putin is Forbes #1 top dog.
Nov. 11, 2013 - Christiana Figueres in Poland; Oil in the Lone Star State; Jen Aniston's makeover.
NewsScope for November 18, 2013
By Michael Wolfstar
Caroline Kennedy goes to Japan
Several years ago, when Caroline Kennedy was considering a run for New York’s senate seat, I adjusted her birth time slightly from the widely accepted 8:15 am time to 8:08 am* to account for her political interest. Now that she actually is starting her political career as the U.S. Ambassador to Japan, the 8:08 am time rings true, since it puts 9º Libra at her Midheaven.
For her new job Ms. Kennedy is relocating to Tokyo as Uranus transits across her 4th house cusp. Astrologers often forecast relocation during this kind of transit. But in this case, Mars, the ruler of the 4th house of home, is also activated. The Solar Eclipse on November 3 landed right on her Mars-North Node conjunction, launching her into this new phase of her life.
Kennedy was born with Saturn conjunct her Sagittarius Ascendant, a position which naturally infers a sense of responsibility. Saturn is given a humanitarian lift by the sextile to her Aquarius Moon, and intellectual gifts via favorable aspects to Mercury, Jupiter and Pallas. However, fear of being assassinated may have kept her in the background until now: her 12th house Sun squares Pluto, and Black Moon Lilith squares her Mercury and Ascendant.
Ever since progressed Mars arrived at her Ascendant in 2008, Kennedy has taken stronger political stances. Her New York Times op-ed piece at that time supporting Obama for president was a breakthrough for the candidate, which led to her current “thank-you” appointment. Now her progressed Mars and Saturn are conjoined, bringing action and responsibility together. Transiting Uranus passing through her 4th house is making her a global citizen, and perhaps the world’s most glamorous diplomat.
* This rectified time was first published at StarIQ in 2008, see stariq.com//P0009176
The JFK Conspiracy Theories
Recent polls indicate that 59% of Americans still believe that the assassination of JFK was the result of a vast conspiracy. Yet the “magic bullet” theory has been debunked as has the mysterious second shooter on the grassy knoll.** Fidel Castro probably did know about an attempt ahead of time since Oswald swore, in the bugged Cuban Embassy in Mexico, that he would do it.
Adding Black Moon Lilith to the relevant charts helps explain the dark shadow that crossed the American landscape that fateful day. In the U.S. Scorpio Rising horoscope, Mars had progressed to 9º Libra. This in itself is a critical degree, since the Mars/Pluto midpoint is also at 9º Libra. The U.S. progressed Lilith was nearby at 10º Libra, making a lethal combination of mystery and violence.
Thirteen months earlier, this progressed Lilith-Mars conjunction was conjoined by transiting Lilith. At the time, JFK narrowly avoided the world’s first nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis, proving his courage and establishing his place in history. When he was gunned down on November 22, 1963, transiting Mercury, Jupiter and Uranus produced an extremely tight three-planet configuration, all aligning with the U.S. progressed Mars-Lilith.
After 1963, progressed Mars and Lilith drew closer to each other, and were conjunct in July 1966 when a flood of conspiracy theories involving JFK emerged following the 1964 Warren Commission Report. Currently, progressed Lilith is slowly advancing into a second conjunction with progressed Mars, though this time Mars is retrograde and in the U.S. 12th house. This important connection becomes exact in January 2023, ensuring an escalation of vast conspiracy theories of all kinds, and undoubtedly, increased random and irrational violence.
* For some lucid background, read Fred Kaplan’s article in Slate magazine.
Read about the Castro connection in The Telegraph.
Joseph P. Kennedy III, the Next Contender?
Joseph P. Kennedy III is currently the most prominent politician in the Kennedy clan’s fourth generation, and is in his first term as a congressman from Massachusetts. Young Joe has the Kennedy good looks and charisma, but is it enough to make him a liberal Lion like his great uncle Ted Kennedy?* At least in Massachusetts, he consistently draws intense curiosity and admiration.
Joe Kennedy III was born with his Sun in friendly, charming Libra (October 4, 1980; 9:42 pm; Boston, MA), a placement given a dose of responsibility and power by wide conjunctions to Saturn and Pluto. Joe’s Mars-Uranus conjunction in Scorpio is a family signature, carried by his grandfather Robert Kennedy, his father Joseph Kennedy II, Caroline Kennedy, and many others. The exciting, volatile nature of this aspect is intensified by its square to the Leo Moon.
This lunar position suggests there’s some truth to the criticisms that he’s being crowned as a member of political royalty. The Moon is aligned with Regulus, the first magnitude star associated with royalty. Neptune opposite the Gemini Ascendant further suggests that he’s fulfilling an
American dream, meeting expectations of ascendancy. Neptune allows him to adapt to these expectations like a chameleon.
The main drawback in Joe’s chart that suggests he won’t get far in politics is that he has no planets in the 10th house of public service. In fact, the only planets above the horizon are the political asteroid Pallas and Chiron, buried in the 12th house. Yet with his Sun in line with the current Uranus-Pluto square, we may expect him to make some noise over the coming year. Kennedy fans need not worry, since there are some five dozen more members of this fourth generation.
