August 12, 2002
Martha Stewart and the Art of Insider Trading
Home fashion guru Martha Stewart came under intense pressure last week to
explain how she managed to sell her 4,000 shares of ImClone stock the day
before the FDA rejected its experimental cancer-treating drug. As her friend,
the CEO of ImClone, faced new charges of bank fraud and insider trading, a
congressional committee investigating the matter is preparing to subpoena
Stewart if she isn't more forthcoming.
A peek into Stewart's horoscope (August 3, 1941; 1:33 pm; Jersey City, NJ)
reveals how shaky her corporate empire is right now, especially the
conditions surrounding her personal finances as described by the second
house. Astrologers can judge the financial picture by weighing planets in the
second house, their aspects, and the ruler of the second house.
In Stewart's case, her second house contains a Ceres-Moon conjunction,
generally a very favorable combination. However, these two are squared by
Neptune, the planet associated with nebulous, secretive affairs. On December
27, 2001 her Ceres-Moon-Neptune configuration was under powerful activation,*
an astrological indicator that she was indeed privy to insider information.
With Scorpio Rising, Martha Stewart's situation closely mirrors conditions
for the entire country, since the U.S. also has Scorpio Rising. She
personifies some of the financial upheavals that can happen when transiting
Pluto goes through the second house. Jupiter, the ruler of her second house,
is located in the eighth house of corporate finances. As described four
months ago (see NewsScope April 22, 2002), her biggest challenge will occur
as Pluto turns direct on August 26, exactly opposite her Jupiter.
Colombia's Uribe Takes on the FARC
Colombia's new President Alvaro Uribe was inaugurated last Wednesday as
several mortar explosions landed around him, killing 19 people and wounding
at least 40. The unruffled President vowed to press ahead with his plans to
equip one million citizens with radios to report on rebel activity. Colombia
has been in a civil war for the last 30 years with insurgents fighting for
control of the cocaine market.
Alvaro Uribe was born on the Fourth of July, 1952 (Medellin, Colombia; time
unknown) with his Sun conjunct radical Uranus. This Sun-Uranus influence
marks Colombia's new leader as a sharp turn from the previous leadership and
its policies of trying to peacefully negotiate with the rebel group FARC.
Uribe is expected to get tough with FARC, and with his Mars in Scorpio he has
the will to do it. His Mars squares Mercury in Leo, and these two are closely
aligned with the U.S. Scorpio Rising horoscope, further indicating his
alliance with U.S. interests. During his visit to the U.S. two months ago,
Uribe secured additional military and financial support to fight cocaine
trafficking and to protect oil pipelines.
Uribe's Sun is locked in a tense configuration with Saturn and Chiron, a
highly dynamic blend that can bring great personal tragedy, but also much
ambition and responsibility. Uribe's father was assassinated by the same
rebels he's fighting now. His Chiron Return becomes exact in December when
his personal vendetta with FARC should reach a dramatic turning point.
The Tiger and the Nanny
Although golfing great Tiger Woods never talks about his private life, he
confessed last week that Swedish model Erin Nordegren is his new love. The
two met a year ago when she was living in Jupiter, FL helping golfer and
fellow Swede Jesper Parnevik take care of his four children. And now the PGA
gossipteers want to know if she can play the traditional adoring wife/fan.
Tiger Woods was born a serious Capricorn (December 30, 1975; 10:50 pm; Long
Beach, CA) with athletic Mars near his Midheaven, the career point. Woods'
ability to focus on his game is legendary, and can be attributed to the
strength of his Mars with its very favorable trine to Pluto and sextile to
Jupiter. Also, Virgo Rising confers technical mastery and a devotion to the
task at hand.
Woods' love planet Venus is conjunct Elin Nordegren's Uranus, often a sign of
love at first sight. She (January 1, 1980; Stockholm; time unknown) has Venus
in free-spirited Aquarius, a placement which makes a Grand Trine with his
Mars-Pluto, and naturally qualifies the two as a "super couple." However,
this relationship is not all smooth sailing.
Her Mars squares his Mars, indicating that their career demands will keep
them apart much of the time, and that they may often have strong differences
over shared plans. Her Mars operates from within his twelfth house, the house
of hidden influences, undermining his ability to focus on the game. Perhaps
this is why he unexpectedly fared so poorly in the British Open, cutting
short his goal of winning the coveted Grand Slam.
* by the progressed Ascendant, applying to conjunct Ceres. Resonating with
her Ceres-Neptune square, transiting Ceres and Neptune were conjunct and
opposing her Sun.
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