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The party in with the majority in either the House or the Senate has the power, but that power often comes with some complications. You have to get everyone to agree on how to use the power. Republicans struggled with this during the last years of the Obama administration and, to some extent, during the first years of Donald Trump. Now it’s the Democrat’s turn.
The battle that has been brewing for a while between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and some of the younger, more liberal representatives has recently become more open. These younger reps are mostly women and their leader (at least in the eyes of the press) is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (a.k.a. A.O.C.). I thought it might be interesting to see what the horoscopes of Pelosi and A.O.C. have to tell us about this conflict.
Unfortunately, we don’t have a time of birth for Nancy Pelosi. (Click on Nancy Pelosi to see a partial horoscope done for noon on her date of birth) but we know that she is an Aries by Sun sign with the Moon in Scorpio. This is a fighting combination. Aries fights in the open, trading punch for punch. Scorpio fights behind the scenes, always waiting for an opening. During her long career in politics, Pelosi and proved to be a capable warrior on both levels.
We had one of our contenders, Eric Swalwell, drop out last week and very quickly another has taken his place. Tom Steyer is a billionaire who made his money by managing other people’s money. More recently, he has become a noted philanthropist and a vocal advocate for several liberal causes. He is probably most known for his self-funded campaign for the impeachment of Donald Trump.
Steyer is a Cancer by Sun sign. Depending on his time of birth, he may also have the Moon in Cancer. (Click on Tom Steyer to see a partial horoscope done for noon on his date of birth.) The fact that he is a Cancer and has Mercury and (possibly) the Moon trine Neptune indicates that Steyer's compassion for people less fortunate than himself is genuine. However, it also indicates that his goals might not always be realistic.
Steyer was born at the end of the first wave of the baby boom generation, with Pluto in Leo and Neptune in Libra. (Click here to see my generational breakdown of the candidates.) However, with the exception of Marianne Williamson, he is the only candidate from this generation who does not have a long record of public service. Steyer is famous for giving money to support liberal policies but he’s never had to make decisions regarding their implementation.
In my analysis of the July 2 New Moon I noted that aspects between Mercury and Uranus involving the Ninth House of publications could bring us shocking news stories that would “upset the status quo.” I have to admit that when I wrote that I wondered what kind of story that could be. Afterall, since 2016 we have been fed a constant diet of scandals involving Donald Trump and his administration. After two and a half years of that, what could shock us?
And then along came Jeffrey Epstein. What makes Jeffrey Epstein’s story so attention-grabbing, aside for the general sleaze and pedophilia, is that it is nonpartisan. Both Donald Trump and Bill Clinton were known to pal around with him. Moreover, Britain’s Prince Philip and attorney Alan Dershowitz have both had their names crop up in lawsuits connected with Epstein’s first arrest in 2006, and there are hints that other famous names could emerge as the new investigation continues.
Let’s look at the history. In 2006, after an 11 month investigation, Epstein was charged with luring underage girls to his Palm Springs mansion and having sex with them. He was also accused of “giving” these young women to powerful men at parties and other occasions in his mansion in Palm Springs. Epstein did this, it was alleged, both to gain favor with these men and to blackmail them later on.
Astrology at Work: The Day George Lucas Nearly Died
The 18 year-old George Lucas was not much a science-fiction fan. He wasn’t even a fan of movies. His primary interest at that age was cars and speed. His prize possession was a tiny, European sports car that he had bought with money he earned doing odd jobs while in high school, and his dream was to become a race car driver. All that changed on June 12, 1962 when Lucas was t-boned in his roadster by a much larger vehicle.
The impact was such that it tore Lucas out of his seatbelt and threw him out of the car, which was tumbling down the street like a kicked can. Bystanders who witnessed the accident assumed that the unconscious young man was dead on the scene but paramedics thought otherwise and they rushed Lucas to a local hospital. Lucas spend the next two weeks there hovering between life and death.
Looking at Lucas’s horoscope it is easy to see where he got his need for speed. (Click on George Lucas to see the chart.) Mars is placed very near the IC, giving that planet special prominence. Speed is just one of the things we associate with Mars. A more common association is the military or sports. However, Lucas is a Taurus by Sun sign with Taurus Rising and the Sun in the First House. He was not interested in the tough discipline and hard work that joining the military or seriously pursuing athletics would have entailed. Instead, he was attracted to the sensual pleasure of going very fast.
