A Friday Surprise- Marie Yovanovitch Testifies

Marie Yovanovitch has been in the Foreign Service since 1986. She was abruptly removed from her post as Ambassador to the Ukraine this year.  She will be the only witness to testify today.  Rudy Guliani allegedly orchestrated a smear campaign against her.  Donald Trump and his allies will learn today that they were “picking on the wrong chicken”.

Marie Yovanovitch is a Scorpio.  Along with the Sun in that sign she has Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and most likely the Moon.  She is one tough customer. 

The hearings are set to open a 9AM.  At this time Uranus, ready to drop a bombshell, sits on the Descendant.  Mars in the 12^th house, sits on the Ascendant.  The Ascendant/Descendant are important points in any horoscope.  Any planets at these points are prominent and their energy is concentrated and laser like.

The Moon in this chart is in late Gemini opposing Ceres the Dwarf Planet.  Ceres/Women, Moon/Women, I have always felt that women would be part of Trump’s downfall.  Not the bimbos he has paid off, but women in authority.

This testimony is set up for a Friday.  That is when all the bombshells drop.  Marie Yovanovitch has something to say that will change the picture, change some minds and probably shock a lot of people.  Although, I think we are past being shocked.

Written in haste!

Televised Impeachment Hearings. What Can We Expect?

Another dog and pony show?  Or will something substantive come out of this. A look at the chart for the opening of the hearings on November 13, 2019 at 10AM in Washington, DC may provide some clues.

The first thing that pops out is the Ascendant at 29 degrees Sagittarius 56 minutes.  29 degrees of any sign is a critical degree but here it is very close to the Galactic Center at 27 degrees Sagittarius. The information out there about the Galactic Center, both astronomically and astrologically, fills volumes.  This point is the rotational center of the Milky Way, while Earth, Moon and the planets revolve around the Sun, the Sun revolves around the Galactic Center.  So it is an important point in our universe.  Sagittarius is all about truth and justice, at the Galactic Center the task is to separate the wheat from the chaff. This combination knows no party nor has any loyalty to any individual. 

The second point is the Retrograde Mercury in Scorpio.  If you want to do some digging, get at the truth and expose any ugliness in the universe do so while Mercury is in this state. Retrograde Mercury champions revising and reviewing.  Reviewing is basically what these televised hearings are about.  Testimony has been given behind closed doors and the bombshells have been dropped. Now we get to see and hear these folks repeat what they have said.  Maybe some new info will surface.

The aspects throughout the day offer more clues as to what will go down.  Before the opening, Mercury will sextile Saturn.  This is an aspect that favors connections and assistance.  Saturn says let’s get down to business.  Mercury in Scorpio is ready for that.  Just before 1PM the Sun makes the same aspect to Pluto.  Sun rules the head, the leader.  Here it could be the President but it could also indicate who is running the impeachment hearings.  Pluto rules those in power.  There’s powerful forces at work on both sides.  With Mercury in Scorpio and Pluto the ruler of Scorpio involved things are going to get ugly.

The Moon at the open is in Gemini and will remain there throughout until Friday at 11:15 AM.  Moon in Gemini is totally neutral, neither one way nor the other.  Moon in Gemini wants information.  Gemini’s ruler, Mercury in Scorpio is happy to oblige. Throughout the course of these hearings Gemini Moon will roll over Donald Trump’s Gemini Sun, Uranus and North Node.  Thursday night, the Moon will oppose Donald Trump’s natal Moon.  Moon often acts as a trigger setting off what has already been set in motion by the slower moving planets. In this case Saturn/Pluto in Capricorn opposing Trump’s Venus/Saturn, North Node on his Mercury and Jupiter on his Moon and opposing his Sun.  A lot of action hitting his chart over these past months and for some months to come.

Thursday may prove critical, although much may go on behind the scenes.  Around Noon time Venus will square Neptune.  At that moment transiting Moon will be sitting on Donald Trump’s Uranus.  Some shocking news perhaps.  Venus rules women in diplomacy.  Trump’s natal Venus conjunct Saturn can indicate problems with women. 

Overall these hearings will be a big review with some new information surfacing.  I would like to say shocking but I think the public has been inured to so much shocking information in recent years that for something to be considered shocking it would have to be really over the top.  But who knows?

New information will surface but the true impact of it will not be felt until Mercury goes direct on November 20, 2019.  In the meantime, hang onto your hat.

Will Trump’s Phone Call to the Ukraine Bring Him Down?

The phone call to Ukrainian President Zelensky began at 9:03 AM on July 25, 2019.  The chart cast for that moment impacts Donald Trump’s chart as well as the July 4, 1776 chart of the United States.

At the time of the phone call Mercury was retrograde in Cancer conjunct Venus in Cancer at 25/26 degrees.  This conjunction was sitting on Donald Trump’s natal conjunction of Venus and Saturn. Now, in November, Mercury is retrograde again, in Scorpio, and it is in a favorable aspect to the phone call Mercury.  More “stuff” is being revealed.  Mercury will go direct on November 20^th and will not reach this degree again until the first week in December.  Expect a bombshell around December 6^th as more comes out. 

The phone call was made when Donald Trump was having a Venus Return, i.e. Venus had swung around the Zodiac and was sitting on his natal Venus.  This is usually a lovely transit.  Venus rules love, money and all the fun and games in life.  We usually feel pretty good about ourselves at a Venus Return.   Perhaps this return made Donald Trump feel confident, or over confident perhaps.  The interesting thing is that Venus also rules women in international diplomacy.  Marie Yovanovitch described some scary events in her testimony to investigators. 

Trump’s Saturn/Venus conjunction indicates problems with women.  That does seem to play out in his life.  And the problems come about through women with authority.

The Mercury/Venus conjunction in the phone call chart also impacts the chart of the United States.  The chart of the USA has retrograde Mercury at 24 Cancer.  So, this little conjunction was sitting on our country’s Mercury.  Mercury rules national opinion, news media, the Secretary of State and political meetings.  

The phone call was made with Moon conjunct Mr. Surprise, Uranus.  This conjunction squared the USA’s nodal axis.  The nodes are the points in the Zodiac where the Moon crosses the celestial equator going North and South.  Contacts with these points have a “fated” feel to them.  This is bigger than partisan politics.   Trump and his administration are part of a cosmic turn around as the USA heads into it’s first Pluto return in 2022.  Pluto takes 248 years to make a complete circle around the Zodiac.  Pluto eliminates, disintegrates and transforms.  Major sociological upheavals occur when Pluto rolls around.   These are not sudden and unexpected like a Uranus transit; Pluto is slow and inexorable.  With Pluto, the crap gets exposed first.  This will reveal not just Trump and the Republicans but all those in power who abuse that power. 

Another player in this game is Alexander Vindman the US Army lieutenant colonel who testified about his concerns about a July 10^th meeting as well as the infamous phone call of the 25^th.  Vindman is a Gemini, who also has Venus and Saturn in Cancer.  His Venus is conjunct Donald Trump’s Venus, his Mercury is conjunct Trump’s Sun.  They have a rapport.  He “likes” Trump.  Venus contacts attract and bring congeniality and all the social lubricants that make life pleasant.  At the time of the phone call the Moon/Uranus conjunction in the sky was conjunct his natal Moon.  Uranus is the shocker, the bolt out of the blue event that leaves you reeling. With a Taurus Moon, he is loyal, faithful and true.  Something occurred that shook him to his core and prompted him to come forward.  This guy did not do this lightly and it is probably very difficult for him to do this. 

The public hearings begin on November 13, 2019 with Moon in Gemini, information, and Mercury in Scorpio still retrograde.  A retrograde Mercury in Scorpio, reexamines, reviews and revises.  In Scorpio, it’s like x-ray vision.  Here Mercury wants to get to the bottom of things.  The Moon represents the public, in Gemini the message is, the people want the information, good, bad or indifferent, there is a need for the facts.

Mercury goes direct on November 20^th, expect new information to be revealed and some real action by the first week in December.

Stay tuned

First Quarter Moon - Mars and Pluto Mix It Up

Monday, November 4, 2019 brings us the First Quarter Moon.  Most folks are familiar with the New and Full Moons and much is made of these two phenomena but the Quarter Moons are as potent, if not more so.  At these times the Sun and Moon are at a 90 degree angle, in astrological parlance, this is called a square.  Squares are stressful aspects and they make things happen.

The Sun in Scorpio enhances our vision, we see beneath the surface and are sensitive to nuance and mood.  Aquarius Moon, while friendly, keeps it impersonal.  Scorpio Sun wants to get all up into your shit, this Moon in Aquarius, while curious, values freedom and does not have a lot invested in the motivations and secrets of others.  Scorpio Sun is intense, Aquarius Moon intellectual. Water and Air, emotions and intellect, sometimes it is hard for the two to meet.

At this Quarter Moon, Mars and Pluto are in square aspect, becoming exact on Tuesday, November 5, 2019.  This combination can get ugly.  Mars is the warrior, Pluto the transformer.  Both can be very destructive.  Mars/Pluto squares were in range at such horrific events as the Aurora Cinema shooting, the San Bernardino shooting, the RFK assassination.  The energies at this time are powerful, for those on the edge, it can push them over.  On the upside, Oprah Winfrey, Johnny Carson and Margaret Thatcher were all born with this aspect.  This combination can bring you to the heights and to the depths.  Be careful over the next few days.  Mars rules impulsive actions.  Don't run the red light, try not to get impatient with people and remember to breathe.

On Thursday,  November 7th,  the Sun reaches 15 degrees of Scorpio, this is the true Samhain, the midpoint between Fall and Winter.  Some who follow the old ways do celebrate on the correct day and time or celebrate over a period of days.  This is an important point in the wheel of the year as are all points when the Sun reaches 15 degrees of the fixed signs, as it marks the midpoint of the particular season,  Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring.  Our ancestors were great sky watchers, it was their calendar.  At this point in time, they knew winter was closing in and it was necessary to be prepared.  Today we have the 24 hour supermarket, so the need to prepare is not so acute but deep in our being there is a primal response to this turn of the seasons.

During the height of this Scorpio season with Mercury retrograde in Scorpio the energy provides us the opportunity to look at ourselves with complete honesty, no sugar coating.   Look, acknowledge and forgive yourself.   Get ready to release all the negative at next weeks Full Moon.

Be well.

Venus - Desire - Love - Money

Today, November 1, 2019, Venus the planet of love, relationships, artistic endeavors and money moves from intense Scorpio into exuberant Sagittarius.  The intense passions of Scorpio give way to the more lighthearted endeavors of Sagittarius.

Venus in Sagittarius is setting us up for the holiday season, getting us in the mood for all of that frivolity.   Venus in Sagittarius wants freedom, the freedom to explore, the freedom to be.  Relationships formed while Venus is in Sagittarius tend to be exotic and international.   People are attracted to folks of a different background, foreigners or those who seem to be different from what they are used to. 

Venus is a fast  moving planet and will move into Capricorn on the 25th of November.  During her journey through Sagittarius she will square off with Neptune on the 14th.  Venus/Neptune combinations are the ultimate in romantic fantasy.  It can be quite lovely.  Under Neptune we are searching for the ideal.  With Venus it is either the perfect love or the perfect money making deal.  Keep in mind the old saying, love is blind, as well as, if it sounds to good to be true, it usually is.  That does not mean that  you cannot find true love under this aspect.  It does mean you need to take off the rose colored glasses and see things as they really are not how you wish them to be.

On the 24th, the day before she leaves enthusiastic Sagittarius, Venus snuggles up to Jupiter.  These are the two benefics of astrology the Greater, Jupiter, and the Lesser, Venus.  Think big, grand social events, huge productions, everything is "major".  All the "good time Charley's are out" , the Charlene's as well.   Money is no object here, not even a consideration.  If it brings you pleasure you'll buy it, spend it and blow through it like a hot knife through butter.   If you connect with someone at this time it will probably be a lot of fun.  Be wary of someone who promises more than they can deliver.  This may be a fun relationship but not one where the other person will be around when the going gets rough.  This is a fun person.  And that is fine if that is all you want.  Keep their number, you'll have it whenever you want to connect for a good time.

Things will look and feel differently when Venus moves into Capricorn on the 25th.  We start to sober up.  Venus in Capricorn is very different.  Stay tuned.

Mercury Snuggles Up With Venus - Exchanging Secrets - October 30, 2019

My morning routine consists of a cup of coffee and a look at the chart for the day.  The timing of this chart varies, depending on when I get up and when I open my astrology software and click "now". This morning I noticed two little tidbits that will have some impact on our daily routine and perhaps beyond. 

Mercury, stationed, (stopped in the sky), preparing to turn retrograde becomes exactly aligned with Venus. The blended energies of Mercury and Venus usually means pleasant conversation, harmony and agreement.  Venus is the social planet, with Mercury, conversation is the key.  But in this particular instance both planets are in Scorpio.  Conversations are going to be deep and penetrating.   This is not idle cocktail party chit chat.  Scorpio digs to the bottom of things.  No one gets off easy here.

Tomorrow Mercury begins retrograde motion until November 20th.  Retrograde periods are a time for reevaluation, review,  recycle all that re stuff.   Scorpio energy provides a platform for deep introspection.  Secrets are revealed, although this may not become apparent until after the 20th.

Venus is the planet of love and money,  Mercury rules all kinds of communication from the text to the text book.  Mercury also rules transactions and transportation.   With Venus, transactions involving money. 

Scorpio rules sex, death, taxes, and interest rates.   With Mercury poised to go retrograde it is best to scrutinize all legal and financial documents.  And while Venus is usually very sweet and pretty, in Scorpio she is not at home and very uncomfortable.  Venus' usual diplomatic strengths are blunted here. 

Relationships do play a big role here and conversations within relationship during these two days will be very important.  Try to avoid being sharp tongued and keep in mind how much words can hurt. The Scorpio sting is usually the result of a deep hurt.   Yes, Scorpio is sensitive, although they will never let you know it. 

Be kind. 

New Moon in Scorpio November 2019

The New Moon plants the seeds that will sprout and flower as the Moon moves from a conjunction with the Sun, the New Moon, to an opposition, the Full Moon.  This New Moon is in Scorpio.  Some belief systems say that the veil is thin between this world and the next during this time of year.  That belief may stem from the Scorpion energy that penetrates and sees through society's polite veneer to the real and raw human emotions beneath. 

Uranus in direct opposition to the Sun and Moon at this time promises a most volatile, unstable and unpredictable period.  Violent weather extremes, floods, earthquakes and other natural upheavals disrupt normal living conditions.  This is not a pretty aspect, the possibilities for mayhem are endless, Train wrecks, airplane crashes and demonstrations; any and all things that wreak havoc on the daily routine are possible.

President Trump, with transiting Jupiter conjunct  his Moon and opposing his Sun will be dealing with courts, judges, treaties and international borders.  The political situation will not cool down for him and actions from his own party will take him by surprise.  And he is not adverse to throwing out a few surprises of his own.  He is a very Uranian type of person and easily adapts to sudden upsets.

Emotions run high during this period.  Mercury goes retrograde on the 31st and will remain so until November 20th.  Be sure to dot your i's and cross your t's during this period.  Scrutinize news, documents and adhere to that old saying, "don't believe half of what you hear" etc.  

At the Full Moon, retrograde Mercury and the Sun oppose the Moon from the 12th house of secrets.  Expect behind the scenes machinations, covert activities and the kind of things folks like to keep on the down low.  Be wary of false information, lies and distortion.  Check it out, google it, give your friend the benefit of the doubt until you are sure you have the facts.

At the Last Quarter Moon, Mars moves into Scorpio and Mercury goes direct.  November 19-20.  The energy shifts, and things being to move forward.  Mars in Scorpio is at home in Scorpio and very strong.  Mars likes a fight.  As it moves into opposition with volatile Uranus sparks will fly.  The weekend before the next New Moon on November 26th will be explosive and upsetting.  Impulsive actions bring unexpected results.  Mars/Uranus combinations are an accident waiting to happen.  Think before you act.  Look before you leap.  Stay safe.