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December 06, 2004

Pluto Unearths Baseball Scandal

In what may be the biggest baseball scandal since the Chicago White Sox threw the 1919 World Series, slugger Barry Bonds is being accused of using performance-enhancing drugs. The use of designer steroids that elude detection has been a growing problem over the last ten years across professional sports, but is just now receiving the attention that will lead to fundamental reform.

The celestial signal for the steroid scandal is transiting Pluto squaring the U.S. Neptune, which will be exact on December 23. Natally, the U.S. horoscope features Mars square Neptune, a dynamic combination that pairs athletes (Mars) and drugs (Neptune). Now Pluto, the planet of reform, is turning up the heat on this illegal practice as Commissioner Bud Selig wrestles with his options.

Barry Bonds was born with his Sun in proud Leo (July 24, 1964; Riverside, CA; time unknown). The closest aspect his Sun makes is an inconjunction (150 degree aspect) to Saturn which builds ego strength slowly but steadily over the years. However, Bonds' Saturn is in Pisces, a sign often correlated to drugs. At the moment, transiting Uranus, the planet of crisis, is exactly conjunct Bonds' Saturn.

Bonds is at the center of a much larger scandal because of the enormity of his home run output so late in his career. Astrologically, he's at the center because his Mars in Gemini is very near the U.S. Mars in Gemini. As transiting Pluto moves back and forth across the U.S. Mars-Neptune, bringing out the dirty little secrets, Bonds' own Mars is due for similarly intense scrutiny, and major overhaul.

Viktor Yuschenko's Mysterious Illness

Comparing photographs of Viktor Yuschenko's face in July 2004 and November 2004 shows an incredible disintegration of health. The July picture reveals a robust, charismatic candidate, while by November he appeared groggy with his face covered with strange lesions and cysts. Yushenko claims he was poisoned by his enemies, while his Viennese doctors are baffled because they have found no illness.

NewsScope's Moscow correspondent, astrologer Boris Izraitel*, reports that Yushenko was born at 9:30 am on February 23, 1954 (Jenakievo, Ukraine 48N14; 38E13) when the fixed, determined sign of Taurus was Rising. Taurus Rising also corresponds to Yushenko's interest in macro-economics and his background in the banking industry. It reveals the fortitude that allowed him to dig in his heels over the past two weeks.

Yushenko reported ill in early September when transiting Saturn was squaring his Neptune in the sixth house of health. Neptune here often describes mysterious, undiagnosable illnesses, but it may also describe poisoning. Saturn in Yushenko's chart is found in the seventh house of open enemies, so that convergence of Saturn and Neptune last September just before the run-off election could indeed indicate foul play.

Saturn remains in a long term square to Yushenko's Neptune, pointing to a chronic health problem. In addition, transiting Uranus is entering his Sun-Mars square, indicating more unexpected developments, both politically and personally. While he will likely win the election on December 26, over the next 18 months (as his progressed Sun opposes Neptune), his overall health remains a serious question.

The New Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts gave birth to twins last Sunday (November 28 around 3 am in Southern California), about six weeks before the due date. The stunning actress is also being featured in twin movies this month, "Ocean's Twelve" and the edgy Mike Nichols' film "Closer". The twins theme is repeated in "Closer" since she breaks from previous roles to play a double-crossing photographer.

Julia Roberts was born with the motherly, nurturing sign of Cancer Rising (October 28, 1967; 12:16 am; Smyrna, GA). She gave birth as transiting Saturn was right on her Ascendant, as forecast in NewsScope's June 7 column. For the past two years, since she married Danny Moder, Saturn has been traveling through her twelfth house, during which time she's been preparing for her new role as a mother.

For the next seven years, Saturn will be passing through what astrologer Grant Lewi called the "obscure sector", meaning her career now takes a back seat. Roberts has confirmed that she doesn't plan on taking any new assignments in the foreseeable future so she can focus on being a mother. The horoscope for the twins, Phinnaeus and Hazel, features the Moon in Gemini, the sign of the twins.

Contrary to the Lewi formula and Ms. Roberts own statements, the astrologer suspects she'll be back making films within two years. This is when transiting Saturn enters her Moon-Neptune square, spurring her to move out of her seclusion. Also, her progressed Mars will be squaring her Sun, giving her plenty of energy and drive to spark her career when the right script comes along.

* Boris also reports that Ukraine switched its time zone from BAT to EET in late 1991, not 1990 as reported here last week. This contradicts what is found in the ACS Atlas, so the true time zone remains an unanswered question. If any readers have insights into the Ukranian time zone changes circa 1990-91, please email me.

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