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NewsScope
for November 29, 1999
Mars-Neptune:
A Time for Heroes
For the
first time since 1990, Colombian officials extradited suspected cocaine
kingpins to stand trial in Florida. Colombia, which produces 80 percent
of the world’s cocaine, has recently been the scene of massive public
rallies aimed at ending chronic violence and civil war. Meanwhile, in
Turkey Kurdish guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan’s death sentence was upheld
by a higher court.
These parallel
developments occurred as combat-ready Mars entered ideological Aquarius,
and was nearing its conjunction with the stealth planet, Neptune. Both
Ocalan and the cocaine drug lords are held to be regional heroes, and
their trials by the dominant social order will likely lead to spasms of
terrorism and social unrest. Mars-Neptune people are the true believers,
the martyrs, and the sacred warriors, as well as the dirty tricksters.
In the United
States the Mars-Neptune combination is influencing the WTO summit in Seattle.
Protest leaders have been training activists from unions, environmental
groups and fringe political movements in non-violent ways of confrontation.
Ralph Nader, Pat Buchanan, possibly Fidel Castro, and untold thousands
of would-be heroes are gathering in Seattle to promote their favorite
causes.
In the Dirty
Tricks Dept. unsubstantiated stories have appeared in the national media
about John McCain’s mental instability and explosive anger resulting from
his isolation as a Vietnam POW. The source of these stories has been traced
to Senators Mitch McConnell and Trent Lott. McCain’s campaign against
Big Money in Washington was getting too close for comfort.
Hillary
Turns Direct
 Last
Tuesday Hillary Clinton ended speculation that she was wavering about
her bid for New York’s Senate seat. Coming on the heels of a decidedly
neutral diplomatic visit to the Middle East, Hillary’s announcement kicked
off what will probably be the most intense, hard-fought race in the country.
Ms. Clinton’s
timing and attitude closely followed Mercury’s path, which is no surprise
since she has a Gemini Ascendant and is therefore ruled by Mercury. New
York Jews were outraged that she sat silently during her diplomatic visit
to the West Bank while Soha Arafat accused Israel of using poison gas
on Palestinian women and children. Mercury, as governor of speech and
opinions, was retrograde, and Hillary too held her tongue to avoid an
international incident.
Mercury
turned direct last week, and Hillary declared her candidacy. Although
Mercury makes around six changes of direction every year, this one was
particularly noteworthy for American politics because of its perfect square
to the U.S. Midheaven, the point of honor or destiny. Mercury happened
to be conjunct Vesta, the asteroid denoting one’s sense of mission, focus
or devotion.
Political
astrologers will want to follow the New York race through the lens of
the New York horoscope, which is set for July 26, 1788 in Poughkeepsie.
The contest between HRC and Rudolph Giuliani is bound to get tough come
January (as Saturn turns direct on Ney York’s Moon, and Uranus hits New
York’s Mercury-Pluto axis). These same indicators point to the possibility
of a major natural or man-made disaster.
Chiron Benches
Dudley Moore
In 1995
Barbra Streisand had to fire comic Dudley Moore from a film project because
he couldn’t remember his lines. Rumors grew that the faltering star was
an alcoholic, but the truth came out during Barbara Walters’ recent heart-wrenching
interview where he painfully described his debilitating brain disease
similar to Parkinson’s.
Dudley
Moore was born with the eccentric combination of Sun conjunct Uranus (on
April 19, 1935; 6:30 pm; Dagenham, England). His quirkiness easily translated
into irresistible impishness with Mars in charming Libra, and Venus, the
ruler of his chart, in witty Gemini. Venus and her network of aspects
describe his immense talent in music and as a storyteller, which he parlayed
into instant success in “Ten” (with co-star Bo Derek) and in his Oscar-nominated
role as “Arthur.”
Venus is
conjunct Chiron, and these two are the center of a difficult T-Square
involving Saturn and Neptune. Moore was born with a club foot, reflecting
the physical handicap that so often accompanies Chiron’s stressful link
to the Ascendant or ruler of the Ascendant. On September 29 he announced
he had PSP (progressive supernuclear palsy) when his progressed Chiron
was exactly squaring Neptune.
The nature
of his illness is essentially Neptunian: unknown cause, hard to diagnose,
forgetfulness, and dizziness. However, the holistic astrologer might understand
this disease as the physical manifestation of chronic relationship problems,
as signified by his dynamic Venus placement (plus Juno in the T-Square;
progressed Juno opposite Mars). He developed PSP precisely as he was going
through his fourth divorce.
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