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Instead of trying to determine whether or not Bret Kavanaugh will be confirmed from an incomplete horoscope (which is all we have) I’ve decided to take a stroll down memory lane to a situation that was eerily similar, and for which we have a complete horoscope for the at least one of the main actors.
In Oct 1991 Clarence Thomas seemed to be a lock to be confirmed for the Supreme Court when a woman name Anita Hill came forward with claims that he had sexually harassed her while she was employed as his assistant. We have a time of birth for Justice Thomas (click on Clarence Thomas to see the chart) so we let's compare what was going on back then to what we know now.
A couple of weeks ago I put up an article on Saturn transiting the Second House of the Sibly U.S. chart. That got me thinking about Pluto, which is in the same sector. Pluto first entered the U.S. Second House in Dec. 2012 (using the Koch house system). This is a little late to connect it to the economic crash of 2008, but Pluto’s entry into Capricorn was right on time. Pluto first crossed into that sign in Jan. 2008. Then it went retrograde and back into Sagittarius. It turn direct in Sept. 9, 2008 (just as Lehman’s Brothers’ last attempt to right itself failed) and reentered Capricorn in December.
Of course, the 2008 recession was a worldwide phenomenon and we’re concerned with what Pluto’s passage through Capricorn means to the United States. For that we have to look beyond its journey through the U.S. Second House and look at aspects it makes with all the planets in Cancer in the U.S. chart. That’s where things get interesting. (Click here to see the Sibly U.S.A. horoscope.)
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.
