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!
I thought I would take a break from watching Republicans struggle to paper over the gaping hole that that the Trump/Putin summit left in US credibility and talk a little about how astrology works. I’ve been looking at the horoscope of Joni Mitchell and studying her sudden rise to fame in the late 1960s.
First of all, Mitchell’s chart is all about in Water signs. (Click on Joni Mitchell to see the horoscope.) She has the Sun in Scorpio, the Moon in Pisces and Cancer rising, a Water sign trifecta. This is a personality awash in emotion. Her Pisces Moon is positioned near her Midheaven,opposite her Venus which is at the bottom of the chart on her I.C. A prominently placed Moon often conveys popularity, while an angular Venus is typically associated with physical beauty. For a performer, there couldn’t be a better combination.
But not so fast. Both Mitchell’s Venus and Moon are involved in a T-square with Saturn and Mars. Both these planets are considered malifics. (That’s “bad news” in astrology-speak.) To make matters worse Saturn is in the 12th House of confinement and secrets. In terms of character, this T-square would describe a person who is mistrustful, critical and likely to have difficulty maintaining relationships. In terms of career, it would certainly guarantee some speedbump on the road to success.
The summit between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin that is going on today has a lot of people scratching their heads. Since it’s fairly clear that Trump is not going to chastise Putin for interfering with the 2016 election, despite the indictment of several Russian operatives for doing this, we have to wonder what the U.S. has to gain from this meeting. Putin, on the other hand, seems to have much to gain.
An examination of the horoscopes of the two men seems to concur with this judgement. Not much is going on in the horoscope of Donald Trump right now. The closest transit that’s impacting his chart is the conjunction by the Sun in Cancer to his natal Saturn. This aspect could indicate a business-like attitude, but it also describes a decline in vitality and confidence. It’s hard to imagine Trump lacking in confidence, but just a small dip could be meaningful if it occurs in the midst of dealing with a man as wily and ruthless as Putin.
I described the chart of the last Full Moon, on June 28, as a party for conservatives. (Click here to see that article and the chart.) President Trump made the most of the fun times by drawing out the process of picking a successor to Justice Kennedy and teasing the press. His final pick (Brett Kavanaugh) turned out to be disappointingly bland, an old-guard constitutionalist judge who has all the necessary qualifications and a vague enough record on reproductive rights to make it difficult for Democrats to vote against him.
As I expected with Saturn conjunct the Moon in the 10th House and Pluto also in the 10th, the last two weeks have felt oppressive to many people. Even the conservatives had reason to groan after the North Koreans, as every expert on that regime predicted, suddenly announced that, despite what Kim said at the summit last month, they weren’t ready to “denuclearize.” It looks like a nuclear confrontation might be back on the menu. Meanwhile, business leaders and people who follow the markets are fretting over Trump’s tariffs and their possible impact on world trade. The June 28 Full Moon seems to have left us all with a reason to feel oppressed.
Let’s take a break from politics and talk about something that isn’t going to send the country careening back to the 1950s. It was announced today that Justin Bieber is going to get married. His fiancée is Hailey Baldwin, a model and the daughter of the actor, Stephen Baldwin. None of this is particularly surprising. “Pretty Boy Pop Star to Wed Seriously Underfed Model” is not an alarming headline. Still, I decided to look at Bieber’s chart to see what’s up. (Click on Justin Bieber to see his horoscope.)
I was disappointed to see that Saturn is not currently active in Bieber’s chart. Typically, when someone is considering a serious step like marriage it’s good to have Saturn either close to one of the angles of the chart or in a hard aspect to its natal place. These are times when you are tested, and no one should enter a marriage until they are fully tested and ready for such a commitment.
