A fun spin on serious cosmic stuff! Wendell C. Perry has 40 years experience studying astrology and how it impacts personalities & relationships. He's written two books & published articles in astrology magazines. He's happy to share this website so that you, too, can have fun with astrology to help you in everyday life!
Uranus didn’t let us down. It was a significant player in the New Moon chart of Nov. 4 (click here to see the article and the chart) and it provided us with some striking events. The most prominent of these was the passage of the infrastructure bill.. On top of this we had the arrest of Steve Bannon. The idea that Congress would charge someone who so obviously holds that body in contempt with Contempt of Congress might not seem all that surprising, but in today’s political climate it is actually a very Uranian disruption of the status quo.
I had also said that the New Moon chart was not good for people in authority. Even though the infrastructure bill is historic in its scope, polls indicate that the American people are not impressed. It did nothing to improve Joe Biden’s dismal approval ratings and Democrats seem to be having trouble convincing their constituents of the bills importance.
The focus on the Seventh House in that New Moon chart indicated the possibility with a conflict with a foreign government. That didn’t happen, though concerns about China’s military buildup and Iran stockpiling enriched uranium are rumbling in the background. Also, I was fearful that the strength of Mars in that chart would bring us an outburst of violence. Though we certainly had some of that (after all, this is America), it was not at a remarkable level.
One of the drawbacks of being an astrologer is what I call the “Doomsday Syndrome.” We see a particular configuration of the planets and automatically think of all the worst ways in which that aspect could manifest. We walk around with our jaw clenched expecting something absolutely awful to happen, which is very close to “wanting” something absolutely awful to happen, and that’s not a healthy outlook for anyone.
There are some aspects coming up in the week to come that could easily bring on the Domesday Syndrome. Transiting Mars will be opposed to transiting Uranus pretty much all week. Then the transiting Moon will be conjunct Uranus and opposed to Mars on Nov. 17 at around 10PM (EST). This is an explosive combination and it could be particularly troublesome for anyone with a personal planet (Mars, Venus, Mercury, the Sun or the Moon) at 12 degrees of a Fixed sign (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius.) People with their Ascendant or Midheaven at 12 degrees of a Fixed sign are also in the crosshairs of this aspect.
Transits often come at us in bunches and sometime what one transit promises is contradicted by the meaning of another. To put that is biblical terms, “What one planet giveth, another taketh away.” A good example of how this works can be seen in what happened to President Joe Biden last week when he was being hit by transits from both Uranus and Neptune. (Click on Joe Biden to see his horoscope.)
Uranus can be cranky. You never really know if a Uranus transit is going to leave you jumping for joy or hobbling around in a cast. However, Uranus transits do often bring us important breakthroughs, breakthroughs that allow us to transcend obstacles and shatter expectations. The passage of the infrastructure bill represented one of those Uranian breakthroughs for Joe Biden.
I said that the Full Moon Chart for Oct. 20 was a mixed bag and that has certainly been the case. (Click here to see the article and the chart.) On the one hand, the news about COVID-19 has mostly been good. Infection rates have generally declined and there have been positive movement with regard to vaccinations for children and new drugs that seem to alleviate the worst symptoms. Though a sigh of relief might be premature, the prominent placement of Venus in that Full Moon chart seems to have brought us a lessening of tension.
On the other hand, the power plays described by the big T-square in that chart were also evident. In Congress, progressive Democrats have been fighting with moderates. Former president Donald Trump has been fighting with the committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, while current president, Joe Biden, is fighting to just to keep his head above water. Since the T-square is placed in succedent houses, these power plays have mostly involved nothing more than a lot of wolfing and shoving. However, we have to assume that all this noise had something to do with tilting Tuesday’s elections toward the Republicans.
