Solar Eclipse – Relationships, Like It or Not, You’re Going to Have to Deal With It.

The New Moon of May 20, 2012, as always, marks the beginning of the monthly cycle.  This cycle is a bit different because it begins with a solar eclipse. A solar eclipse that occurs just minutes into the tropical sign of Gemini. Eclipses in Gemini often bring windy days but the gusty winds often spring from mouths that are all talk and no action. 

There are a couple of real interesting configurations going on at this eclipse.

Venus in chatty Gemini is in an aspect of ease to Saturn in Libra. The eclipse chart set for Washington, DC puts Saturn, already strong in Libra, in the 11^th house which he naturally rules.  Saturn is the big dog here and he usually does not bring tidings of great joy. Saturn in Libra connected to Venus in Gemini speaks relationships, partnerships and negotiations. Saturn in Libra often tests relationships or brings them to a more serious level.  Venus in Gemini wants to flirt, is changeable and above all wants to talk about it.

Another powerful pattern has Pluto in Capricorn, Mars in Virgo and the asteroid Vesta in Taurus creating a Grand Trine.  Vesta rules the hearth and home; Mars makes war and Pluto, into power and control, plumbs the depths in order to bring about transformation.

The asteroid Juno in Scorpio opposing her lover, consort and cheating husband, Jupiter in Taurus further emphasizing relationship issues.  

The final little tidbit has Neptune in Pisces, mystical, magical and illusionary, in aspect to the eclipse and the moon’s nodes. This is like a blanket of fog spreading over all activities obscuring the truth while offering tantalizing glimpses of prophetic clarity.

We can expect legal issues involving money, marriage and partnerships.   Ongoing discussion and activism involving marriage equality and the so called war on women bring out the powerhouses on both sides of the issues. Powerful women step up and take part.  Mars in Virgo at the top of the Washington, DC chart digs into details. Involved with Pluto and Vesta those details expose financial, agricultural, military and labor issues.

Relationships on a grand scale, those that catch the public eye containing issues that trigger the collective psyche, stand out. Curiously the John Edwards trial goes to jury deliberation at this eclipse that has Juno, the long suffering wife opposing Jupiter, the philandering husband.  Perhaps not so curious, perhaps more in the nature of cycles, what goes around, comes around.

Rielle Hunter on Oprah

Just when you thought it was all over and you did not have to hear anymore about the sordid mess of Rielle Hunter and John Edwards, up pops Ms. Hunter spilling her guts to Oprah. She talked about the spirituality of it all and how her first words to him we’re “you’re hot” in the same breath. She’s about as spiritual as a trader from Goldman Sachs. I’m not surprised that these two are in the news again. The 4th Saturn/Uranus opposition, (of 5) occurred on Monday night, April 26, 2010. The dance of these two planets moved into opposition range right around the time the story first broke in the National Enquirer. (Which says a lot about the state of journalism these days, but that is another story). This week transiting Uranus and Jupiter are straddling John Edwards’ Midheaven. The Midheaven is the highest point in the chart and is the most public. It indicates career and destiny path. Uranus is all about the shock factor, the unexpected and unusual. Jupiter is considered a benefic, a good guy. Jupiter brings abundance and whether it is good or bad depends on who he’s hanging with. Opposing this group is Saturn in Edwards’ 4th house. Saturn speaks to responsibility, contraction, and structure. Saturn brings the chickens home to roost. Home is not a happy place these days for John Edwards. The mess with Rielle is only part of it. Elizabeth Edwards’ illness weighs heavily upon him. May 10th is a date to watch for Edwards to be in the public eye again. The next opposition between Saturn and Uranus occurs on July 26, 2010 along the Aries/Libra axis at 0 degrees, 25 minutes. Prior to this, Uranus and Jupiter will hit Rielle Hunter’s Sun at 0 Aries followed by and opposition from Saturn just before the final and last Saturn/Uranus opposition. For Rielle this is the proverbial whack upside the head. The first week of June Ms. Hunter should be riding high. She should enjoy it while she can for in mid to late July the hammer falls when Saturn comes to call. Saturn has a way of revealing the truth in the harshest terms. Be ready for it, because you know you will not be able to avoid it.

The Sordid and Sleazy Tale of Rielle Hunter and John Edwards Continues - You Can't Escape It.

It is interesting to note that Rielle Hunter’s interview in GQ hit the headlines just as the Sun was moving over John Edwards Midheaven, the highest, most public point in a person’s chart. And Monday’s New Moon is at that point as well. So John Edwards and this sordid tale once again saturate the media. Rielle Hunter was born on March 20, 1964, a day when the Sun moved from Pisces to Aries. I have no time of birth for her, so cannot say if she is a Pisces or an Aries. She is a cusp baby, meaning she is at the end of one sign close to the beginning of another. Cusp babies, especially as close to the next sign as Rielle is are a blend of both signs. Under Pisces there may be a bit of not being realistic, under Aries there’s a charge ahead, impulsive piece to her character. I am leaning more towards a morning birth time for her because it would put her Gemini Moon snuggled up to John Edward’s Gemini planets, Sun and Mars. It would explain some of the attraction between them. For the past couple of years John Edwards has been receiving some tough transits from the outer planets. An interesting note is that Rielle Hunter stated in her GQ interview that she told him not to run until April of 2007 because her “intuition and astrology” told her it would be a difficult time for him. The astrology of it is this, Saturn was conjunct, together in the sky, with his natal Pluto and Neptune was in aspect to his Sun, while transiting Pluto was square his natal Mars. Neptune is all about deceit and deception, Saturn brings the chickens home to roost and the Pluto/Mars combination brings powerful forces to bear, i.e. becoming President, a fated affair, a compulsion. Today, transiting Neptune is in aspect to John Edward’s natal Mars and Uranus is square Mars as well. This guy does not know what hit him. Neptune to the Sun like that can give one delusions of grandeur. The Pluto/Saturn/Mars combination that hit him makes him think that he can rule the world, but Pluto and Saturn will bring you down as low as you can go. And that is just what is happening. He cheated on his wife, got another woman pregnant and denied the child was his. She, Rielle, filmed him having sex with her and when she wants to get rid of it, does she destroy it, no. She tosses it in the trash. The Andrew Young’s fish it out of the trash. This is quite a set up. I find it hard to believe that John Edwards would willingly participate in a film that showed him having intimate relations with anyone. He is a low down skunk but he is not that stupid. So what is really going on here? The only people profiting from this sleazy tale are the Young’s and Rielle Hunter. John Edwards is ruined. It smells like a setup to me but who would want to bring John Edwards down? That is the real question and I think the true answer would explode like a mega ton bomb. Perhaps time will reveal the truth of this matter. Until then we can only turn off the TV if it all gets to disgusting.

Cheating husbands, Lame Apologies and The Bullshit Excuse, "Men Are Like That".

Friday Tiger Woods publically apologized for his low down cheating ways. The Providence Journal published a piece about the differences in the reaction to this apology based on gender. Guys think it is no big deal that he cheated, after all, guys cheat, they need to have sex with different women, and it’s the nature of the beast and other such nonsense. (Way to go, Tiger) That is a cop out and an excuse for bad behavior. But that is the prevailing attitude, among men, whether it is Tiger Woods, John Edwards, Clinton, Sanford or Spitzer. That’s the way guys are, so let’s just move on. No. Married and/or men in a committed relationship who can’t keep it in their pants are self centered, self serving and into instant gratification. You can’t brush it off as, “oh that’s the way guys are” not when it is a betrayal of trust. What is Tiger Woods going to say to his child, his daughter, when that child is twenty and asks him about all of this? “Guys are like that and you can expect your husband to do the same." That is when his true punishment will begin; little girls marry men just like their daddies. Thank God we were not subjected to his long-suffering wife by his side. And women the world over cheered and jumped for joy at the sight of Jennifer Sanford moving out of the South Carolina State House. Way to go Jenny!

John Edwards The Juggling Gemini

Gemini John Edwards certainly lives up to the special capabilities that Gemini has for multi-tasking. Think of it, he was running for President, his wife has cancer; he’s having an affair, and diverting campaign funds to his Mistress. Oh yea, and he’s got his campaign worker taking responsibility for the child. Now that’s a juggling act any Gemini can be proud of. The National Enquirer broke the story in late 2007. In August of 2008 he gave an interview in which he stated that the child was not his, he knew this because the affair had ended 2 years prior. Ha! In 2009 the investigation into his tricky diversion of campaign funds began and on January 21, 2010 he finally admitted the child was his. The Astrology of it all is a fascinating study of planetary cycles. When the story first broke the planet Mars was retrograde in Cancer. Mars goes retrograde about every two years or so. When he finally admits parentage, Mars in retrograde in Leo. A little bit of serendipity there. Up until 2008, Pluto had been traveling through Sagittarius, opposing John Edwards’ Sun, Moon, Mars and Jupiter in Gemini. Pluto can raise you to the heights and bring you down lower than the low. The 5 Saturn/Uranus oppositions that began in November 2008 fall across Pisces/Virgo (all except the last one in July 2010) form a square aspect to his Gemini planets. (Tiger Woods has these two spoiling his game as well) Transiting planets that square or oppose natal planets can be very trying and stressful times. They are aspects of strain. They put the pressure on you and force you to act. Through all of this, Neptune, the planet of illusion and delusion has been sending happy smiley faces to his Gemini planets. He really thought he could get away with all of this. The planetary shifts in January 2010 have accompanied some startling events in the world. The devastating earthquake in Haiti and the Democrats loss of Ted Kennedy’s seat in Massachusetts are but a few. Many of the earthquakes occur in personal lives. Astrology can help you weather the storms. Although his political career is toast, I don’t think we have heard the last from John Edwards.