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!
Now that it looks like Nancy Pelosi is about to turn over the impeachment process to the Senate, all eyes are on the wily boss of that body, Mitch McConnell. McConnell has already made it clear that a Senate trial would in no way be impartial. He has been openly conferring with the White House on how to handle matter. However, true his Pisces Sun sign, McConnell has been less than precise about what he plans to do.
As we might expect, McConnell’s horoscope (like that of President Trump) is currently being hit by the conjunction of Saturn and Pluto. (Click on Mitch McConnell to see a chart done for noon on McConnell’s date of birth.) The two planets are trine McConnell’s natal Saturn. Previous to this, both planets were trine his natal Mars (using a one degree orb). Pluto has been trine McConnell’s Mars since the impeachment inquiry in the House began in September.
Since we don’t have a time of birth for Mitch McConnell there is much we can’t see in his horoscope, but it is clear that the conjunction of Mars and Saturn in his natal horoscope has been activated by both transiting Saturn and Pluto. That will continue though the month of January. Mars conjunct Saturn is a conservative aspect and it occurs in a conservative sign, Taurus. We can see this as confirming McConnell’s political philosophy, but it also gives us a hint as to his motivations.
We all see the tension that the conjunction between Saturn and Pluto is creating on the international and political scene. However, this influence of this conjunction also seeps down into the daily lives of just about everyone. This particularly true for people born with planets in their horoscope at around 22 degrees of Capricorn or any of the Cardinal signs.
For example, Justin Bieber recently announced that he has been infected with Lyme Disease. Bieber has Neptune at 22 degrees of Capricorn conjunct his Uranus at 24 degrees. Both are square his Moon at 24 degrees Libra. He made the announcement to counter rumors that his ill health was caused by lifestyle issues such as drug use.
Another example is Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex. Her Ascendant is at 24 degrees of Cancer, so Saturn and Pluto are currently two degrees from her Descendant. The planets are also square her natal Pluto which is at 21 degrees of Libra. She and Prince Harry recently shocked the world (and his family) by announcing that they were stepping back from their royal duties and moving to Canada.
The chart for the New Moon on Dec. 26 was dramatic and I promised you events that would be “big and loud” and capture your attention. (Click here to see that article and the chart.) I was expecting the action to involve the upcoming impeachment hearings in the Senate. Instead, the noise turned out to be a drone strike that killed an Iranian general. Then the Iranians responded with their own loud noise, a missile attack on military bases in Iraq.
I also said that the combination of Jupiter conjunct the Sun and Moon on the I.C. and the trine from Uranus should provide us with good fortune. We can see that good fortune in the fact that no one was killed in the missile attack and President Trump has indicated that there will be no further escalation of the conflict by the U.S. However, tensions remain high.
Much of this trouble has to do with the conjunction of Saturn and Pluto. In my reading of the Dec. 26 New Moon chart I didn’t sufficiently consider the sextile Mars made to that conjunction. The planets involved in this aspect all have a violent potential but the sextile is a peaceful aspect. That seems to explain why, after this interval of violence, we’ve returned to an uneasy standoff.
Watching the news with an awareness of the current conjunction of Saturn and Pluto is like watching a deadly automobile crash unfold in slow motion. All the vehicles are in motion and you can’t be sure where they’ll end up, but you know it won’t be good. The kicker, of course, is the fact that you are sitting inside one of those careening vehicles.
Right now our attention is on Iran. The escalation of tensions there is classic tit for tat. Shiites supported by Iran attacked an American base in Iraq and killed an US citizen. We responded with a rocket attack on the Shiites in which we killed a bunch of people and a drone attack that eliminatied an Iranian general. This sparked massive protests against the US embassy in Iraq and a promise from the Iranians to raise the ante.
Of course, Iran and Iraq is not the only trouble spots in the Middle East. Syria is still a mess and it’s hard to say what Erdogan in Turkey is going to do next. Then there’s the protests in Hong Kong and the possibility of a Chinese reaction. Kim Jong Un’s promise of a “Christmas present” for the US turned out to be an empty threat but there’s little doubt that North Korea has resumed its nuclear program.
