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Earlier this month, when writing about the Sept. 9 New Moon, I pointed out that Neptune was interfering with the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, and that even if this was not enough to stop his confirmation (at the time it seemed assured) it would certainly “muddy” the process. Well, now the mud around Judge Kavanaugh is good and deep and the wrestling is about to start.
A few days later, also before Senator Feinstein produced that infamous letter, I made a stab at reading Kavanaugh’s horoscope without a time of birth. (Click here to see the article and the chart.) I was particularly interested in the contrast between Kavanaugh’s Aquarius Sun sign and his Cancer Moon. He is a man conflicted, pulled between the firm rationalism of Aquarius and the inconstant emotionalism of Cancer. I wrote that this conflict made him prone to sudden shifts in behavior.
At the time, I was thinking about how he might vote on certain cases brought before the Supreme Court, but it also applies to his behavior away for the bench. Adding to the confusion, Kavanaugh has Neptune square his Sun and Mercury. I said that this aspect indicated that Kavanaugh didn’t really know himself. What I didn’t say then, because I felt it was too partisan, was that Neptune is also associated with lying.
In my last “Following the Moon” entry I had talked about the opposition to the Sept. 9 New Moon by Neptune. (Click here to see the article and the chart.) Since the Sun and Moon were in the 9th House of justice and the law (when set for Washington D.C.) I had said that Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing would dominate the news. I also wrote that the process was going to be messy and filled with intrigue because of the influence of Neptune. I made the prediction that Kavanaugh would be “muddied.”
Well, two weeks later and a very muddy Brett Kavanaugh is still waiting to be confirmed to the Supreme Court. I had said that I didn’t think that the Neptune opposition was enough to stop his nomination, but it has been sufficient to delay it. Now we are entering a new lunation cycle with a very different horoscope.
Before I get into that, I want to point out something I didn’t write about in the Sept. 9 entry. The traditional reading of Neptune in Pisces is all about water. The hurricane that hit the Carolinas during this last lunation brought a lot of destruction, mostly caused by flooding. This was an occasion when two sides of Neptune’s symbolism were actualized: the planet’s social connection to scandal and its elemental connection to water. One thing I missed in the Sept. 9 chart was the placement of Jupiter, which is trine Neptune and sextile the Sun and Moon. Jupiter expands. It creates excess. The fact that the aspect is positive indicates that the hurricane was not as destructive as it could have been, but still the excess of water has brought this area much misery.
I don’t watch a lot of Fox News, though I know of people who say they can’t live without it. However, I saw a clip of Jeanine Pirro ranting about the Brett Kavanaugh mess the other day and I said to myself, “That woman has got some serious Mars issues.” I ran a partial horoscope for Pirro (without a time of birth) and, sure enough, she has Mars in a close conjunction with her Sun. (Click on Jeanine Pirro to see the chart.)
That got me to thinking, so I did partial horoscope of another Fox News personality: Sean Hannity. Hannity is known for his vocal defense of, and close relationship with President Trump. (It has been reported that they talk on the phone every day.) Hannity’s Sun is in Capricorn and it is also in a close conjunction with Mars. (Click on Sean Hannity to see the chart.)
Sensing a trend, I searched my memory for other well-known conservative commentators. Ann Coulter’s name immediately came to mind. Coulter had made a career out of bashing the left in books and various other media. Again, we have no time of birth for Coulter, but a partial chart (click on Ann Coulter to see the horoscope) shows us that she too had the Sun conjunct Mars.
After a long period of retrograde, (apparent backward motion as seen from Earth) Saturn is moving forward again. That means that it will soon be entering the Second House of the Sibly USA chart. (Click here to see the chart.) The Second House is associated with money and resources and the movement of restrictive, “let-get-real” Saturn into that sector has a lot of astrologers worried.
This concern is exacerbated by the fact that Saturn is in Capricorn, the sign it rules, giving it extra authority, and adding to its restrictive tendencies. To make matters worse, Pluto is already in the Sibly Second. Having two malefic planets is the same house is never a good thing and having them in the sector that rules you pocketbook is particularly nerve-wracking.
