Karl Rove, Lunar Eclipse, Solar Eclipse and Pluto

Karl Rove was George W. Bush’s Senior advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff but his connection to the Bush family goes back to 1973 when Bush Sr., then chairman of the RNC, chose him to be the chairman of the College Republicans after a contentious and controversial convention where the College Republicans had 2 votes and 2 winners. At that time transiting Saturn opposed his natal sun and transiting Pluto was on his natal Saturn. These two planets were in their waning square phase, as they are now. Saturn is about society’s structure, organization and authority figures. Pluto’s nature brings issues of power and control, most often beneath the surface or behind the scenes. When playing on the world stage Pluto manipulates on a mass scale through propaganda and psychological warfare. This relationship between Rove and Bush, father and son, is a Plutonian one. In the May 27, 2010 issue of Rolling Stone there was an article entitled “Rove Rides Again” about Karl Rove’s involvement with various conservative 527 organizations. 527’s are tax exempt organizations that avoid regulations by the Federal Election Commission. In essence, Rove is capturing all the big money donors that normally contribute to the Republican National Committee. This is a Plutonian end run around the official front of the Republican Party. They are amassing huge funds because Barack Obama, through his collection of hundreds of millions in small donations, has changed the game. This group loves all the hoopla around the Tea Party, Sarah Palin and the like because it allows them to work quietly behind the scenes, Pluto again. What sparks may astrological interest is that this week’s Full Moon Lunar Eclipse falling at 4 degrees of Capricorn, has the moon and Pluto joined at the hip, as they oppose the sun at 4 degrees of Cancer. They sit right on Karl Rove’s natal sun at 3 degrees of Capricorn. In July, the New Moon of the 11th is a Solar Eclipse with sun and moon at 19 Cancer opposing his Mercury and Venus. His moon in Cancer, with no exact time I cannot tell where, may configure in as well. With Pluto so strong in the picture here my guess is that Karl Rove is making a major move now. Pluto on the sun is a powerful, transformative transit. Pluto sucks you in, leads you down the garden path and fills you with hubris. It is very important with Pluto transits to maintain a high spiritual purpose otherwise Pluto will bring you down. Expect news and events concerning Rove, fundraising tactics and techniques to surface now. With Uranus and Jupiter in the picture the “big news” will be big on the shock factor. This summer promises to be one that we will all remember. And keep your eye on Karl Rove.

Summer Solstice, Full Moon, Lunar Eclipse

The Summer Solstice, the moment when the season changes from spring to summer, takes place on Monday, June 21, 2010 at 7:30 AM EDT. The Ingress Chart, the chart cast for the moment the Sun enters Cancer, is a useful tool to forecast what the season will bring. This Summer Solstice chart reflects the current turmoil in the world and promises more to come. The Sun in these Mundane Charts represents heads of state, CEO’s, leaders and any person who is in charge. Where the Sun is situated and aspects from the other planets point to the types of activities our leaders will be up to. Here in the US, with the Ingress Chart set for Washington, DC the Sun falls in the 12th house of secrets and behind the scenes manipulation and machinations. The Sun is under a lot of pressure receiving stressful aspects from the heavy hitters of the Zodiac, Saturn, Uranus and Pluto. President Barack Obama, a Leo, will put a good face on it all but he faces battles on many fronts, Wall Street, bankers, Congress, Courts as well as an international crisis or two to keep him on his toes. The season should get off to a rousing start as the Sun quickly squares off with Uranus, Mr. Surprise, and then Jupiter, Mr. Abundance. At the end of the week, the Full Moon Eclipse on June 26th sits with Pluto. This is not a happy little aspect. Pluto brings major upheaval. With Uranus and Jupiter in the mix, it is anything goes, from natural disasters, like earthquakes, volcanoes, storms and fires to manmade disasters like we are seeing in the Gulf of Mexico. It is going to be a roller coaster ride so hang on to your hat. I expect something really bizarre, seemingly from out of nowhere that will shock and dismay many people. Some of that shock comes from the actions of heads of state. Expect the unexpected. Meditate and take the higher path always. The highly spiritual individuals withstand these tumultuous periods easier than those who cling to social status and material things. Remember, this too shall pass.

David Cicilline a Rhode Island Kinda Guy

Yesterday David Cicilline formally kicked off his campaign for Congress. David Cicilline has a brother who is a convicted felon, a father who is a mob lawyer and he is gay. He’s a Rhode Island kinda guy, you know what I mean? Cicilline’s a Cancer with, I am fairly certain, a Leo Moon. Cancer’s love to nurture and be nurtured, they are sensitive and at times moody. His Leo Moon loves the spotlight. With Mercury in Cancer he speaks what he feels. David also has a wide, out of sign conjunction between Saturn and Jupiter. Saturn is strong in Capricorn. Saturn rules the father in a natal chart. His father is strong and powerful making a deep impression upon him but the relationship was not without problems. At the same time the relationship brought great benefits. A familiar conundrum many of us face. We have known for months that David Cicilline is running for Congress but the formal kick off is an important event and the chart for that time offers clues to how the campaign will go. Yesterday transiting Venus was sitting on top of David’s Sun. Venus is considered the “lesser benefic” bringing good fortune wherever she goes. Venus attracts. Venus is an important planet in David Cicilline’s natal chart. He leads with that Venus. Transiting Mars had just shifted gears moving from Leo to Virgo bringing a lot of energy to his Leo and Virgo planets. He is going to attract a lot of money, make important connections and put on a “really big show”. On Primary day transiting Mercury (the vote, the polls,) hugs his natal Pluto (power, control, masses of people) and transiting Pluto opposes his natal Mercury. He has a lot of action going on between his natal planetary positions and the current planetary positions, as all the candidates usually do and like Patrick Lynch, who is running for Governor, he has made his candidacy formal under the very powerful conjunction between Jupiter and Uranus. The planetary lineup on Primary Day indicates to me that that is where the action is. It is going to be an interesting day and not without a number of surprises. Cicilline is running with that energy. His opponents are Bill Lynch and David Segal with Anthony Gemma expected to join the race. This campaign season promises upsets, surprise and unexpected events. Stay tuned and keep your eye peeled for the proverbial monkey wrench.

Patrick Lynch's Run for Governor

Saturday, June 5, 2010 Attorney General, Patrick Lynch formally launched his bid for Governor of Rhode Island. He faces a Primary election on September 14, 2010 against Frank Caprio. Patrick Lynch is an Aquarian with a Pisces Moon. Without a time of birth it is impossible to pinpoint the exact degree of that Moon, but a noon time chart places it at 19 degrees Pisces. This tells me that given the speed of the Moon that the Moon was in Pisces at the beginning of the day as well as at the end of the day. So Pisces Moon it is. Now an Aquarian Sun is intellectual, original, independent, and usually a humanitarian and reformer. Aquarians depend upon the rational; they look to topple the old in order to bring about the new. Pisces Moon, pardon the pun, is another kettle of fish. Pisces Moon is gentle, intuitive, dreamy and sensitive. There is a tendency to be self sacrificing, sympathetic and empathetic. Often these individuals have trouble defining their space, their sense of “I am” as they seem to meld and merge with those around them. The Sun is what we are conscious of; it is the heart of the person and all other planets and points are filtered through that Sun. The Moon is our unconscious, our emotions, and signifies what we need. Patrick Lynch needs to talk to God, to escape from the harsh realities of this world. Some with strong Pisces in their chart do this by bellying up to the bar; others sink to their knees before their favorite altar. Most are somewhere in the middle. With Patrick Lynch this Aquarius/Pisces combination brings a strong desire to serve, help and assist. The Aquarius Sun does this intellectually, while the Pisces Moon does it through the gut, it “feels” like the right thing to do. On the day that his formal announcement took place; the waning Moon was in Pisces, a Lunar Return for Patrick Lynch. Waning Moon is not good for starting something you want to grow, but transiting Moon on his Natal Moon pumps him up for action. Emotionally he’s in sync with the prevalent energy. What intrigues me most about the planetary positions on that day is that between the transiting planets, (where the planets are in the sky at a given moment) and his natal planets a combination was created that astrologer’s call a YOD, or as it is sometimes called, “the finger of God”. People born with this aspect are generally unique and kind of special, like Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo. (To be clear, Patrick was not born with this aspect, he’s no Da Vinci) This set up between the transiting planets and Patrick Lynch’s natal planets says a lot about what kind of campaign he will run. The planets involved speak to the type of energy expended. On this day of formal announcement Patrick Lynch’s natal Venus at 29 Capricorn was sextile (60 degrees) to transiting Jupiter at 29 Pisces (where Jupiter was in the sky that day). Venus was also Inconjunct (150 degrees) from transiting Mars at 29 Leo. A sextile is nice and easy, creating flowing connections while an Inconjunct is an aspect of agitation and adjustment. Mars is the apex of this configuration. This is a competition, a fight and Mars wants to win. Also, transiting Saturn was conjunct (right on top of) Patrick Lynch’s natal Mars. What this means in plain old English is: Saturn on his Mars tells me that Patrick is going to have to work hard and his victories will come in increments. Any advances will be hard fought and hard won but they will be advances that are worth the fight. Mars at the apex of the YOD also indicates a great deal of energy expended and with Jupiter in that configuration, think abundance of energy. Venus, the natal planet involved in this configuration signifies what Patrick wants. Moon is what you need, Venus is what you want. Venus in Capricorn is all dressed up in her business suit and wants to be the executive, the head of state, chief of staff. All this energy is focused on that Venus. On Primary Day, Jupiter, through retrograde motion, comes back to that Venus. This can be good but Jupiter; running with Uranus on that day tells me that there is going to be a certain element of surprise. With Uranus, if you can think of it now, that isn’t it. I mean surprise, straight out of left field, the cosmos, the bolt from the blue. For sure, Primary Day will start out one way and end up in a totally different place.

Volatile Times with Jupiter and Uranus

The key word these days is volatile. Back in January when I wrote about the upcoming year I had said to pay attention to the period between April and August and that actually we would not be able to ignore it. Well we have had a few natural disasters, earthquakes, volcanoes and floods as well as the huge manmade disaster that is currently going on in the Gulf of Mexico. It is painful to watch. As painful as watching the stock market dive again. The roller coaster ride is not over. At the Full Moon of the 27th Uranus moved into Aries. This is a major shift in energy, from dreamy, foggy, meditative Pisces to the action oriented sign of Aries. Aries wants to move, to be first and is eager to initiate. Uranus rules the innovative, the shocking and unexpected. So expect the unexpected. On Sunday, the 30th, Saturn went from retrograde to direct. On Monday, Neptune went from direct to retrograde. When planets change direction the energy of those planets is strong and concentrated. Saturn is all about structure, form and the concrete facts of this world. Neptune melts and dissolves all of that Saturn stuff. Neptune is hopeful and optimistic, Saturn is melancholic and reality based. On Sunday the 6th Jupiter will move into Aries and on Monday, Mars will enter Virgo. Mars in Virgo likes to get down to work and find solutions. Tuesday brings the exact conjunction between Jupiter and Uranus in Aries. Prepare for the fireworks. Mercury connects with all the major players this week, making quick connections, transferring information or bringing the news then quickly moves on. Tuesday with Saturn, Wednesday with Neptune, two very different conversations. Thursday, Mercury moves into home territory, Gemini and the pace picks up and the news and events are hard to keep up with especially when Mercury hooks up with Jupiter than Uranus on that same day. Friday Mercury squares off with Mars in Virgo. Mercury rules Virgo as well Gemini so little Mercury carries some weight here tying up some loose ends and delivering the goods to Mars so he can take action. Events will happen fast on the world stage as well as in individual lives. When planets change direction and sign then hook up with one another in rapid succession the energy moves and shifts. Some things slow down and others pick up. Where these planets fall in an individual’s horoscope tells the tale of who, what and where. This upcoming week is the dark of Moon time, when the Moon is dwindling down until it is no longer visible in the night sky. This is the time to assimilate what has gone on for the past lunation period and to plant the seeds for the new cycle which will begin with the New Moon on Saturday June 12th. Waning Moon is a great time to meditate and look inward. With all the disruptive action going on this is not a bad idea. Keep your focus, your feet on the ground, and don’t let outside events knock you off your true path in life.

I'm Back!!

After two weeks in Italy I am home again. I am now recovering from the climb into the dome at Saint Peter's Basillica. My legs feel it today.