November 26, 2001
Bush Poised to Expand War
"Afghanistan is just the beginning on the war against terror," said President
Bush last week to the renowned Screaming Eagles (the 101st Airborne
division). The speech to a roaring crowd of soldiers was the strongest hint
yet that President Bush is preparing to take the war against terrorism to
other nations. "Across the world, across the years, we will fight these evil
ones."
December should be a big month for Bush as the nation's Commander-in-Chief.
All the outer planet transits are making big hits to his natal horoscope
(July 6, 1946; 7:26 am; New Haven, CT), and he is also in the midst of two
major progressions. Making sense of these various measurements can be grouped
around one central vibration which is embodied by the war planet Mars.
Bush's progressed Ascendant squares Uranus in mid-December, a progressed
aspect lasting many months, but now at it's most intense. This connection
highlights the crisis-oriented atmosphere surrounding military action since
his Uranus aligns perfectly with the U.S. Mars. Dovetailing with this
astro-event is transiting Uranus opposing his Venus (exact on December 6),
highlighting the rapid-paced, electrifying developments in Afghanistan.
In addition, transiting Saturn's retrograde square to natal Mars is a
compelling force throughout December. By the New Year Bush's progressed Mars
(which squares the Sun in March 2002) begins to kick in with great force.
With Mars ruling the Aries Midheaven, his destiny point, Bush's military
plans must be monumental, and we're all along for the ride.
Harry Potter Makes Magic for AOL Time Warner
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone beat out Star Wars and Jurassic Park by
bringing in $32.9 million on its opening day, the highest single-day gross in
movie history. The 2-hour mega-hit was also the fastest to reach $100
million, and continues to break box office records in the U.S. and Britain.
The sequel is now being filmed, and a host of merchandising programs launched.
The owner of this hot property is AOL-TimeWarner, a many-headed media giant
with the financial resources and political clout of a major nation-state.
Astrologers may track the developments of AOL-TimeWarner through its merger
horoscope (January 11, 2001; 6:00 pm**; Washington DC) set for when the FCC
announced its approval.
Saturn square Uranus shows the dichotomy between the old economy (TimeWarner)
and the new economy (AOL). The Leo Moon reflects the emphasis on
entertainment, and fits right into the Saturn-Uranus dynamic, creating a
powerful T-square to drive the company. The lunar nodes, as in personal
charts, shows fateful developments and connections: Harry Potter was released
as transiting Jupiter, the bringer of opportunities, came to a full stop
precisely on the beneficial north node.
AOL-TimeWarner's horoscope shows remarkable similarity to John D.
Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company which was incorporated on January 10,
1870. Both charts feature an ambitious Capricorn Sun enhanced by trines to
outer planets in financially-savvy Taurus. AOL-TimeWarner is already on the
road to success, and will gross about $2.2 billion worldwide on the first
Harry Potter movie, with at least four more on the drawing boards.
Mary Kay, The High Priestess of Pink
In 1963 Mary Kay bought a skin care formula for $500, and then with $5,000
financing launched what eventually became the largest direct seller of
skin-care products in the country. By the time she died last week Mary Kay
Cosmetics had annual sales of $1.2 billion and 850,000 sales consultants in
37 countries.
Mary Kathlyn Wagner was born a salt-of-the earth Taurus on May 12, 1918 (in
Hot Wells, TX; time unknown) with her Moon in the door-to-door sign of
Gemini. The Sun squares Uranus, a classic planetary signature of the
super-rich. This combination blends the natural business sense of Taurus with
an independent spirit. Mary Kay's successful business strategy offered
personal freedom and wealth to every sales representative, mostly liberated
women.
Beauty comes under the auspices of Venus, and in Mary Kay's horoscope Venus
is strongly placed. Venus resides in Aries next to Chiron, a socially
aggressive, even loud influence, especially when it comes to personal style.
In her successful years she was fond of driving a pink Cadillac, and lived in
a $5 million, 30-room pink palace, establishing herself as the High Priestess
of Pink.
Venus is also at the center of a T-Square with Ceres and Pluto. The
Ceres-Pluto link often brings painful loss of loved ones. When Mary Kay was
preparing to launch the company with her second husband in 1963, he died
suddenly a month before they were ready to open, just as her progressed Sun
was conjunct Pluto. Against the advice of her lawyer and accountant, she
decided to go ahead with the business. And then she was reborn.
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* see NewsScope June 11, 2001 for more info on the first passage.
** 6:00 pm is an estimate until further research clarifies the actual time
of the FCC announcement which was somewhere between 5:00 pm and 6:55 pm. For
more info see
http://biz.yahoo.com/smart/011120/20011120sectpatr.html
