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"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!"
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Recent NewsScope columns
Jan 2, 2012 - Obama-Clinton in 2012?, Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Maryl Streep as the Iron Lady
Jan. 9, 2012 - Rick Sant-orum, Eris and the job market, Stephen Hawking's State of the Universe
Jan. 16, 2012 - Corporations are people, Americans Elect hold online nomination, the glamorous Marlene Dietrich
Jan. 23, 2012 - Gingrich wins in SC, the Costa Concordia disaster, Eris and Madonna: Chaos as art
Jan. 30, 2012 - Gingrich's 12th house Mars, top five astro-events for february, and the journey of OR-7
February 6, 2012 - Pluto stimulates the U.S. economy, Israel tempts fate, a UFO in the Baltic Sea
Feb.13, 2012 - Santorum and Super Tuesday, Whitney Houston slips away, Linsanity spreading
Feb. 20, 2012 - Xanax: addictive and profitable; Assad and the Lunar Eclipse; Bobby Brown
Feb. 27, 2012 - Obama's progressed Mars, Top Five Astro-events for March, will Jeb Bush save the GOP?
March 5, 2012 - Obama's Interview, the swing state Ohio, Maria Menounas - something to talk about
March 12, 2012 - Billionaire Sara Blakely, Rush Limbaugh and the feminazis, yoga teacher Kristin McGee
March 19, 2012 - the Goldman Sachs elite, journalist Chris Hedges, George Clooney arrested
March 26, 2012 - Afghan War chart, April's top five astro-events, Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence
April 9, 2012 - Ann Romney and Gender Gap, Trayvon Martin and George Zimmer-man, Matt Damon's guru
April 9, 2012 - Ann Romney and Gender Gap, Trayvon Martin and George Zimmer-
man, Matt Damon's guru
Reader feedback
re: economy - I am on your site every day and I keep looking for a "Financial Forecast" for 2013 as I have read several astrological articles stating that we might fall into a recession in 2013 lasting into 2015. What is your take on the future of the U.S. financial status? Thank you for sharing with the world all of your insights.
re: election - Don't forget that Florida's election returns were not fully certified until Thursday after the Tuesday election. Luckily these returns were not conclusive, but I believe this fulfilled the Mercury Retrograde motion hanging over the election night. Thanks for your honest assessment on the morning after of your predictions. I think it boils down to: Americans were not going to elect a new president when Mercury was stationary on Election Day and going retrograde. I look forward to your columns every week.
re:election - I've been reading your newscopes about the election and have to say that you did a very good job of describing how that election was going to go and what the end result would be. In your newscope today a reader suggests you eat humble pie....I disagree.
re: election - You had me completely prepared/depressed about Romney's election as President. Thank you for helping me be so happy today. I keep remembering how you called the 2008 election, and predicted really good things for Hillary and Bill Clinton after the election. That's part of the reason I've trusted you so much. So the next question is: Will Obama do the same with Romney -- give him a significant cabinet post/responsibility that will effectively use Romney's managerial skills? It's something I would love to see.
A. As for Romney, yes, I missed that one, but it sure was close going down to the wire. If Hurricane Sandy hadn't shown up, or the unemployment rate was still at 8.0 percent instead of 7.9 percent, it could very well have gone the other way. Neither of these last minute, random events were visible in the candidates' charts.... Obama may ask Romney to come onboard, but I don't know if Romney would accept. It might be a very useful tactic to get some bipartisan action, and Obama does like to make a Team of Rivals.
re: election - Love your column. I now think that the more a candidate has of 25 degree natal planets/bodies, that determines the winner rather than progressed. Obama has the most. Thus Romney lost...thank goodness for our nation's sake!
A. I'm glad you feel the Scorpio Rising chart is the best way to assess a candidate's chances.
re: election - In your anaysis of how the election would go, you kind of set aside Obama's aspects to the US chart and the Moon, and instead reached for Romney's progressed aspects, some already past, to predict him the winner. You did not mention that Obama has his progressed Mars tightly trine the US natal Moon.on Election Day! In my book, that is a far more powerful indice than asteroids, and a square from progressed planets. That same progressed Mars, squares the US Pluto, ruler of the US first house. Interesting. Okay, then.
A. Your insights about Obama's chart and its comparison to the U.S. Moon (uniquely at 25 AQ in the U.S. Scorpio Rising horoscope) may be the best interptretation of why he won. I would add that Obama's progressed Mars does indeed trine the U.S. Moon, but it's about 1/4 degree past the exact trine, which makes it a waning influence. Still, he did tout his strong resumé as Commander-in-Chief. Yes, his progressd Mars in diplomatic Libra goes on to square the U.S. Pluto in 2014, which may very well bring a marshalling of U.S. allies against a recalcitrant foe, such as Iran.
re: election - In NewsScope Q & A, you recently wrote: "If he [Romney] becomes the Commander-In-Chief, It likely won't be long before the U.S. is engaged in a major military conflict, and a potential devastating one." QUESTION: Now that Obama has been re-elected, does the above forecast still stand, or was that forecast strictly unique to Romney's chart?
A. I was definitely concerned that Romney would lead us into a major military conflict due to his progressed Mars in Aries and that his military advisers were 70 percent taken from Bush's neocons. The U.S. progressed Sun will be squaring natal Uranus next year, and that will likely present a military challenge. Hopefully, Obama's progressed Mars in Libra is better equipped diplomatically to manage that crisis.
re: election - I am so glad your prediction about Pres Obama did not come true!!! I am looking forward to your column this weekend to read what happened astrologically!!!
re: election - I'm sure you've gotten mail from many readers about the election. I'm so glad you were wrong. I was convinced Romney was going to win, very much in part because of your predictions and reasons why but also because of my own beliefs that the Republicans will do anything to steal an election and I fully expected it. Perhaps what you're seeing on Inauguration Day for Romney involves something entirely different in his life.
re: election - Just as I predicted! A Pisces Sun can no longer be elected president.
re: election - Thank you for your great column each week. I have not missed any article for several years. Even though Mitt Romney was not elected president, you are probably correct in predicting than Romney enjoys a better transit than Obama on inauguration day. Mitt Romney will have a much easier time than Obama, who will face the daunting task of the fiscal cliff.
re: election - As to the election results, I fully agree with you that the answer to who would be the winner was exceedingly difficult this time around. I voted for Obama because I am greatly concerned about climate change and Romney offered nothing but the "drill baby drill" rhetoric. I emailed you back in the summer on the possiblity that Obama might lose and that we could only hope for a miracle to change the tide. Looks like that miracle was Hurricane Sandy: Obama was in his finest presidential mode and climate change is back in the spotlight once again.
re: election - Even the best can sometimes get it wrong. It just goes to show how hard real astrology can be. Looking forward to the next newscope.
re: Neptune - You were obviously on-the-money as to Neptune playing a pivotal role in the 2012 presidential election.Superstorm Sandy’s massive devastation on the eastern seaboard may well affect an individual’s ability to get to a polling place and vote.
re: trioctile - You said in the Top Five Astro-Events Oct. 2012 that Jupiter and Saturn form a Trioctile... I was wondering if that Trioctile is the same as the Sesquisquare? Anyways... love your site... thanks.
A. yes, same thing - 165 degree aspect. And an octile is the same as a semisquare. I prefer the terms "octile" and "trioctile" because they're clearly aspects made by dividing the circle into eighths, while "sesquisquare" is such an archaic tongue-twister...
April 16, 2012 - The Chiron-Pluto Generation, Bobby Petrino's issues, and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
April 23, 2012 - The Secret Service scandal, May's top five astro-events, and the Titanic 100 years later
April 30, 2012 - China's Uranus cycle, France's next president Francois Hollande, DWTS' Katherine Jenkins
May 7, 2012 - Romney blames Obama, Michelle Obama's rectified birth chart, writer-director Joss Whedon
May 14, 2012 - Same-sex marriage, Venus and the financial markets, and Tom Gabel's transformation
May 21, 2012 - FB's IPO, Will Greece leave the Eurozone?, Wis. Governor Scott Walker's recall
May 28, 2012 - Mohamed Morsi - Egypt's next president, June's astro-events, Jupiter and the SE
June 4, 2012 - Obama or Romney? Spain's financial T-square, cyberwarfare's General James Cartwright.
June 11, 2012 - Part Two of Who will win - Obama or Romney? A deeper look at each candidate's chart
June 18, 2012 - Pluto and the billionaries; Putin and the patriarchs, and the NBA finals with Kevin Durant
June 25, 2012 - The Vatican's protector of predator priests, July's top five, Larry Ellison buys Lanai
July 2, 2012 - Roberts and Obamacare, European leaders reach accord, Katie Holmes files for divorce
July 9, 2012 - Michelle Obama and Ann Romney on Election day, Henry Higgs and the UR-PL cycle
July 16, 2012 - Ceres and commodity prices, Condi Rice rumors, Woody Guthrie, dustbowl troubadour
July 23, 2012 - Black Moon Lilith Rising, James Holmes' split personality, celebrity CEO Marissa Mayer
July 30, 2012 - Romney's gaffe at the Olympics, August's top five events, Kristen Stewart's love life
Aug 6, 2012 - The Dawn Mission, Oscar Pistolius the blade runner, and James Holme's timed chart
Aug 13, 2012 - Paul Ryan wins the Veepstakes, the U.S. progressed Moon-Mars,Angelina wedding day
Aug 20, 2012 - The activated Uranus-Pluto, Russia's Black Moon, Jessica Alba's busy life.
Aug 27, 2012 - Romney's victory and the fiscal cliff, September's top five, Lance Armstrong's career dives.
Sept. 3, 2012 - The clash over Medicare, Clint East-wood talks with a chair, Mariah Carey's horoscope.
Sept. 10, 2012 - the astrology of QE3, Black Moon in Israel's chart, Leann Rimes and Patsy Cline
Sept. 17, 2012 - Chaos in the Middle East and Peace Day; women doing well; Kate Middleton's dilemma
Sept. 24, 2012 - Romney's 47 percent video, October's top five astro-events, Lindsay Lohan's attitude
Oct. 1, 2012 - Special Black Moon Lilith Issue, Romney's progressed Lilith; Iran's Lilith; Lilith celebrity profiles.
Oct. 8, 2012 - candidates' progressions, Turkey's Grand Cross, Miguel Cabrera wins Triple Crown.
Oct. 15, 2012 - Ohio, the bellwether state to win; Malala Yousafzai, freedom fighter; Ben Affleck's Argo...
Oct. 22, 2012 - Cyber Pearl Harbor, November's top five astro-events, and Justin Timberlake and Jennifer Biel
Oct. 29, 2012 - Neptune and the election, the Solar Eclipse hits Ohio's Neptune, and Queen Elizabeth II
Nov. 5, 2012 - Hurricane Sandy, the astrology of hurricanes, and Taylor Swift's philanthropy
Nov. 12, 2012 - Paula Broadwell, Election result commentaries, Spielberg's Abraham Lincoln
Nov. 19, 2012 - Mars along the Hamas-Israel border, Saturn and Obama's Neptune, Twinkies Gone?
Nov 26, 2012 - Mohamed Morsi - Egypt's new pharaoh, December's top five, Alfred Hitchcock
NewsScope for December 3, 2012
By Michael Wolfstar
The Fiscal Cliff and the Mayan Calendar
Those with a metaphysical way of looking at geopolitics have noted with alarm that the looming fiscal cliff falls very near the end of the Mayan Calendar, which is the December 21 Winter Solstice. The main feature of the Winter Solstice chart is a Yod formation involving Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto – all at 8º of their respective signs. Saturn and Pluto are harmoniously sextile, and each of these forms a quincunx (150º) to Jupiter.
Traditionally, the interaction of Jupiter and Saturn corresponds to the business cycle, and Pluto intensifies everything it touches. Pluto’s aspects are recognized for their role in power plays, especially when it comes to finance. What makes this Yod relevant to the fiscal cliff is that these planets are exactly aligned with the U.S. Ascendant at 8º Scorpio. These three planets suggest that a “Grand Bargain” is in play around this time, and that the financial markets are hyper-reactive to what happens in Washington.
Obama feels he has the mandate to forge a Grand Bargain and is sticking to his campaign pledge to raise taxes on the rich and to protect the middle class. Republicans will eventually have to give an inch or two. Will it be enough? In the U.S. chart, the progressed Moon is in the bargaining sign of Libra, and in the 12th house of behind-closed-doors negotiations.
On December 27 this progressed Moon forms a trine to the Part of Fortune in the 8th house of budgets and debts. This is a promising indicator for a bipartisan deal, forged away from public scrutiny. Since Saturn comes back to the U.S. Scorpio Ascendant in 2013, the current deal may be only a temporary fix or the first stage in a long and difficult process.
Tesla Motors
Last week a financial consultant asked for an astrological analysis of Tesla Motors (TSLA). The electric car company has been in the news recently since its top end product, the Tesla Model S, won Motor Trend’s coveted Car of the Year award*. Among its many praises, the magazine noted the car goes from zero to sixty in four seconds and gets 118 mpg.
TSLA’s first trade chart (June 29, 2010; 9:30 am; New York, NY) features the Cancer Sun’s square to an innovative, exciting Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in bold Aries. When this Jupiter-Uranus pair gets activated by major transits or progressions, the stock price can jump quickly. What keeps the natural enthusiasm of Jupiter-Uranus in check is the opposition to Saturn. TSLA’s stock price cycles spasmodically (Uranus) between bullish (Jupiter) and bearish (Saturn) sentiment.
On October 26, five weeks ago, TSLA’s price broke out of a descending triangle pattern when a number of analysts rated the company an “outperform”. The favorable breakout can best be seen by using tertiary progressions (P3). P3 Saturn had advanced past its opposition to Uranus (releasing its practical concerns), and P3 Jupiter and P3 Pluto were exactly squaring each other, pointing to the infusion of Big Money.
Also, over the last month transiting Pluto has been opposing the TSLA Sun, which corresponds to the captains of financial markets (Pluto in Capricorn) focusing their attention on the company. Pluto goes on to oppose Mercury on December 22, by which time we can expect a slew of upgrades. In 2013, the transiting Uranus-Pluto square activates TSLA’s Sun-Mercury, keeping this company in the spotlight as a pioneer in technological innovation.
Park Jae-sang’s Gangnam Style
Last week “Gangnam Style” surpassed Justin Bieber’s “Baby” to become the most watched YouTube video in history. PSY, the Korean hip-hop artist who created this irresistible mix, has become a super-celebrity on the world stage. The singer has made numerous appearances on American talk shows, and UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon wants to work with PSY because of his “unlimited global reach”.
Park Jae-sang (PSY) was born with an artistic Sun-Venus conjunction in the business-first sign of Capricorn (December 31, 1977; Gangnam, Korea; time unknown). His father is the CEO of DI Corporation, a manufacturer of semiconductors. Capricorn is the premier patriarchal sign, and PSY was being groomed to take over his father’s company. In 1996, he went to Boston University to study business administration.
PSY’s Mars in Leo is a natural leader and entertainer, but with its square to Uranus, his path to success took several odd twists. When his first album PSY from PSYcho World debuted in 2001, his dance style was considered bizarre and crazy – certainly fitting for his Mars-Uranus square.
PSY’s Sun squares Pluto, adding to the pseudo-psychotic nature of his music, while the Sun’s perfect quincunx to Mars gives him the manic energy that comes across so clearly in the Gangnam Style video.
In 2012, the epic Uranus-Pluto square that is currently transforming our global culture has aligned with PSY’s Sun-Venus, allowing him to personally facilitate the process of becoming one people on one planet. In 2013, transiting Uranus and Pluto will re-activate his Sun, so his comet-like rise can be expected to continue for at least another year. On December 9, as transiting Uranus turns direct while squaring his Venus, he visits the White House for perhaps his most exciting venue yet.
