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!
In my assessment of the Full Moon chart for May 18 (click here to see the article and the chart) I expected that economic issues would dominate the news. However, it was really a much more mixed bag. The administration was able to mollify the impact of the tariffs on China by delaying an increase on tech products and giving government aid to farmers. Of course, now Trump is talking about imposing tariffs on Mexico.
However, the fundamental shift I expected from this chart came when America’s favorite sphinx, Bob Mueller, spoke to the public for the first time. Mostly, he seemed intent on telling people that everything he wanted to say was in his report, but he did make clear that what he found in his investigation in no way exonerates President Trump from wrong-doing. This contradicts the “case closed” narrative that the administration and Republicans is congress have been advancing, but it remains to be seen if anyone was paying attention.
It’s going to be an interesting summer. For the past few weeks transiting Jupiter has been opposed to Mars in the Sibly chart for the United States (done for July 4, 1776.) This has coincided with heightened tension between the US and Iran. The US is sending ships and troops to the region and our President is promised an “end” to Iran if they don’t behave.
Jupiter expands whatever it touches, and when you expand Mars you get conflict. The good news is that Jupiter is currently moving retrograde past that opposition aspect. I think that this will signal a lessening of war talk and a return to the regular level of tension in that region, which is still considerable. Jupiter will oppose the Sibly Mars again in late Oct. but this will be a quick passage and, hopefully, will go by without incident.
Along with Jupiter, Saturn will also be moving retrograde this summer. It’s going to go all the way back to where it was at the beginning of the year and, in September, repeat it’s square to the Sibly Saturn. Transiting Saturn will stop it’s retrograde motion just a few minutes of the arc away from also repeating its opposition to the Sibly Sun.
The announcement that Theresa May was stepping down as the leader of the Conservative Party in Britain probably didn’t surprise even of us “yanks” who pay scant attention to politics in the United Kingdom. She had been struggling to make a deal on the Brexit issue that would please her party, and it seems that now they have given up on her.
May is a Libra by Sun sign. (Click on Therese May to see a partial horoscope done for noon on her date of birth.) The Conservatives will be looking for a new leader who they hope will have better luck building a consensus on the Brexit issue, however if a Libra couldn’t persuade members of Parliament to compromise, it might just be an impossible task.
A friend recently informed me that Bill de Blasio’s time of birth is known. New York astrologer Shelley Ackerman got it from someone on his staff. So, I’m updating the partial horoscope I did for de Blasio earlier with the real thing. (Click on Bill de Blasio to see the chart.)
The outstanding feature in this chart is the placement of Neptune on his Ascendant. I predictied that in the horoscopes of both Cory Booker and Joseph Biden, the prominent placement of Neptune would make it difficult for these candidates to define their aims to the public in a clear and emphatic way. De Blasio might have similar troubles as the campaign continues, but Neptune in his chart works a little differently.
First of all, it echoes the influence of his Moon in Pisces, the sign Neptune rules. Not only is de Blasio’s Moon in an emotional Water sign, it opposes Pluto. De Blasio is a man who feels things deeply. The fact that both the Moon and Pluto aspect his Neptune and his Ascendant (which is in Scorpio, the sign Pluto rules) indicate that those heavy emotions often rise to the surface of his personality. Of course, with Pluto and Pisces involved, those feelings are going to always be as complex as they are deep.
