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!
Back in March 2017 I wrote that this was going to be a rough year for Paul Ryan. (Click on Paul Ryan’s Identity Crisis to see that article.) My reason for making this prediction was he fact that his secondary progressed Sun was moving into an opposition with his natal Pluto. This is an aspect for pervasive frustration and anxiety. That frustration has finally forced Ryan to announce that he will not be seeking another term in office.(Click on Paul Ryan to see a copy of his chart.)
Ryan reminded people in his announcement that he had never asked to become Speaker of the House, that he had more or less been pushed into that role after the resignation of John Boehner. He complained that the responsibilities of that job have made it impossible for him to have the kind of family life he thinks his wife and kids deserve. This is an understandable reason for stepping down, and it would follow the symbolism of the Sun opposed to Pluto, an aspect typically leaves us feeling blocked from doing the things we really want and need to be doing.
The problems just keep coming for Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. They began after the 2016 election when it was discovered that Russian computer “bots” had used Facebook to pour divisive political sludge into the American social media mainstream. The it got worse as we learned that a data mining company called Cambridge Analytica was using personal information obtained through Facebook to make sure that these hate messages got to just the right people.
Today, Facebook is supposed to notify the millions of users whose personal information was compromised, and tomorrow Zuckerberg is scheduled to testify before two congressional committees. Meanwhile, many Facebook users are abandoning Zuckerberg’s billion-dollar ship, either in protest over the way the company has handled these scandals or because they fear that will be more to follow.
This got me interested in what might be going on in Zuckerberg’s horoscope right now. We don’t have a time of birth for Zuckerberg, so I did a chart for noon on his birthday. (Click on Mark Zuckerberg to see the horoscope.) I didn’t see much in his current transits, (not surprising since I only have a partial horoscope) but when I looked at his secondary progressed chart the source of his troubles became very clear.
I’ve always been willing to admit when I’ve been wrong about a prediction or opinion I’ve offered on these pages, so I have not shame in saying “I told you so” when I'm right. Back in Dec. I wrote that during the Spring of this year Donald Trump was going to be especially prone to “bad ideas”. The events of the past couple of week seem to have proven me right.
The aspect I was looking at when I wrote that article (click here to see the article) was the opposition of transiting Saturn to Trump’s natal Mercury. Mercury represents how we think, our method of solving problems, and since Mercury rules Gemini (Trump’s Sun sign) it is particularly important in his horoscope. The opposition by Saturn stymies the problem-solving ability of Mercury. It narrows thinking and makes it difficult for us to process new information. It also can make the way we express our thoughts seem harsh and judgmental.
With the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s death (Apr. 4) approaching I thought it would be interesting to look at his chart and that of the man generally considered to be his assassin, James Earl Ray. The birth data for James Earl Ray comes from his birth certificate. According to his mother, Martin Luther King Jr. was born at noon. Rectified times have been offered, but I’m sticking with a chart done of 12:00 PM on Jan. 15, 1929.
Of course, the first question to be addressed is whether or not James Earl Ray was the man who killed Martin Luther King. Ray at first pled guilty to the charge and then recanted, claiming that he was not the shooter and that the assassination was a conspiracy involving federal, state and local government agencies along with a mystery man named “Raul.” Even though two investigations and a lie detector test indicated otherwise, Ray was able to convince the King family that he was telling the truth.
Personally, I’ve never been one for conspiracies. I’ve seen how difficult it is for one person to keep a secret. It seems unlikely to me that a secret that involved scores of people in a variety of government agencies would have lasted five months, let alone 50 years. With that in mind I’m proceeding with the assumption that James Earl Ray was Dr. King’s killer.
