February 17, 2003
Saturn and the President's Fate
On October 25, 2003 Saturn turns retrograde while making an exact conjunction to the U.S. Sun. Taking a look at the historical record will help understand what we can expect for this extraordinary astro-event. Transiting Saturn (responsibility) conjunct the U.S. Sun (the president) has occurred three times in the last century, and has always brought profound historical changes.
The first incidence was when Woodrow Wilson was President just before the U.S. entered World War I. On May 27, 1916 when transiting Saturn was conjunct the U.S. Sun, Wilson proposed for the first time a League of Nations to keep peace in the world once the war had ended. Not coincidentally, 29 years later (one Saturn cycle) delegates from 50 nations had just created a charter to establish the United Nations.
President Truman gave the closing speech on June 26, 1945 - the very day that transiting Saturn was conjunct the U.S. Sun. He said that the U.N. would betray the trust of all those who died in the war "if we seek to use it selfishly for the advantage of any one nation or small group of nations." Transiting Saturn has a downside, and that is that any misuse of authority taken by the President when Saturn comes around will bring his ruin or downfall.
Richard Nixon resigned on August 8, 1974, again, on the exact day that transiting Saturn was conjunct the U.S. Sun. Still, during this personally traumatic phase Nixon was immersed in foreign affairs. And now, as President Bush warns the United Nations to help him fight Saddam, or "fade into history as an effective, irrelevant debating society," one has to wonder about Bush's fate.
The Next War
Military planners and political strategists say that the fighting in Iraq will be over relatively quickly, perhaps taking only a few weeks to a few months to overturn Saddam's regime. The difficult part will be in the follow-up, the nation building that proposes to stitch together three mutually antagonistic ethnic groups into a democratic Iraq.
From an astrological perspective it's clear that serious military confrontations will continue for at least another year. This assessment comes from advancing both Bush's horoscope and the U.S. horoscope, which show simultaneous war themes through the end of 2004. Most obvious is that Bush's progressed Sun* will be conjunct his war planet Mars on June 6, 2004.
In the U.S. horoscope the progressed Midheaven, symbolizing the nation's destiny, will be forming a square to natal Venus in December 2004. Major astro-events involving the U.S. Venus most often correspond to war, since in the Scorpio Rising chart Venus rules the seventh house of open enemies. Note that transiting Pluto was conjunct Venus when the U.S. entered World War I, and progressed Venus was conjunct Pluto when Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941.
Projecting the Venus line onto the global map shows areas of likely combat zones. As noted in January 27 NewsScope, a Venus line runs across Western Europe. This Venus line was activated on D-Day June 6, 1944. Another Venus line passes through southern Japan where the first atomic bombs were dropped. The political astrologer will note with some trepidation that this same Venus line also passes right through North Korea.
Kate Hudson's Rising Star
Kate Hudson, one of the hottest new Hollywood celebrities, continued her winning streak last week when her latest film "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" hit No. 1 at the box office. The daughter of actors Goldie Hawn and Bill Hudson, Kate says she stays centered due to the support of her husband, rocker Chris Robinson.
Kate Hudson was born a fiery Aries (April 19, 1979; Los Angeles; time unknown) with her Sun closely squaring Jupiter to amp up her radiant enthusiasm. In her latest movie she plays a spunky columnist for a Cosmo-like magazine who targets co-star Matthew McConaughey for a story idea. With her Mercury and Mars also in Aries, Kate's role is perfect for the Aries idea of romance, which is the chase.
Husband Chris Robinson (December 20, 1966; Atlanta, GA; time unknown) was born the son of a doo-wop musician, and so shares a similar family history with Kate. His Sagittarian Sun is exactly trine to her Aries Sun, reflecting their natural affinity. This link is now being energized by transiting Uranus, which is exactly in the midpoint between the two Suns, furthering their mutual friendship and support.
However, Chris's career is on the decline, and Kate's is rising fast. His Mars opposes her Mars, giving rise to some competitiveness between the two. At the moment transiting Saturn is putting pressure on the couple by squaring her Venus and four of his planets. By late May transiting Saturn will oppose his Sun, testing whether he can handle her success. Only the strongest marriage could survive this transit.
* based on the esoteric formula that one day after birth is equivalent to one year. D-Day occurred as transiting Neptune (seas) and progressed Mars (military) squared the U.S. Venus.
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