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February 07, 2005

Bush Enters Danger Zone

Last week President Bush began spending some of his political capital to promote changes in the Social Security program, one which allows individuals to shift some of their payroll taxes into a private account. Bush wants to bring his message directly to the people in a campaign-styled pitch. "I'm going to spend a lot of time traveling our country talking about the problem," he said.

Astrologers might be concerned about Bush's travel plans since transiting Uranus is approaching an opposition to his Mars. As discussed several times previously in this column (most recently, December 20, 2004), the country is entering a dangerous phase for the sitting President, based on Neptune's hard aspects to the U.S. Midheaven. This cycle kicks in about every 21 years, and Neptune is now within effective range.

The Uranus cycle is an integral part of the Presidential Death Cycle, and without exception, every president that has died in office did so when Uranus was in a mutable sign (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces). Uranus in mutable signs is significant because it makes hard aspects to the U.S. eighth house, the house of death. In Bush's horoscope, transiting Uranus is also in the eighth house.

Transiting Uranus opposing Bush's Mars can bring violent attack from others. Security teams need to be especially alert in April when the first opposition takes place, and again in August. Uranus to Mars tends to be accompanied by extra stress, which is dangerous for anyone prone to a heart attack. In an under-reported story, Bush is apparently wearing a medical device for those in danger of cardiac arrest.*

Condoleeza Rice, The New Face of American Diplomacy

Immediately after being confirmed, America's new Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice set off on a whirlwind tour to Europe and the Middle East. Along the way she made some pointed comments about Iran's human rights violations and support of terrorism, and noted that the U.S. is not about to attack Iran "at this point in time", which made headlines across the global village.

Condoleeza Rice's rise in the Bush administration** can be attributed to her powerfully placed Sun-Venus conjunction at her Midheaven (November 14, 1954; 11:37 am; Birmingham, AL), which is currently being favorably activated by a trine from transiting Saturn (as well as a trine by progressed Mars). With five planets and two asteroids located in the ninth house, academia and foreign policy are naturals for her.

Since her Sun-Venus receives squares from Pluto in the seventh house of open enemies, Ms. Rice has some powerful opponents, both domestically and internationally. This Pluto is also opposed by her first house Mars, so she is not averse to taking on her enemies, and may even be driven to find enemies to defeat.

The asteroid Ceres is major feature of Rice's horoscope since it's placed prominently in Scorpio in her tenth house of career. Ceres by transit is currently in the U.S. first house (using the Scorpio Rising U.S. horoscope), where it formed an exact square to the Midheaven on the day she was confirmed. Ceres, as a powerful feminine archetype, represents America's new face to the rest of the world, and is personified by Condoleeza Rice.

Steve Jobs, CEO of Pixar and Apple

Last week Apple beat out Google to be the Number #1 brand name for the year 2004, according to a poll among branding professionals. Apple's innovative, incredibly popular iPod led to record breaking sales gains and tripled AAPL's stock price. Number #5 on the list was Pixar, the award-winning animated studio which has produced six films that have collectively grossed over $3 billion to date.

The CEO of both Pixar and Apple is Steve Jobs, who was born with both his Sun and Moon in visionary Pisces (February 24, 1955; 6:00 am; San Francisco). While Pisces is often thought of as being too flaky or soft to be a CEO, according to a Forbes survey, significantly more American CEOs are Pisces natives than any other sign.

Jobs' Mercury, the information planet, is conjunct his Aquarius Ascendant, tuning him into the computer, information age. His ruling planet is revolutionary Uranus, which is given stability and good luck by being conjunct Jupiter and trine Saturn, but a rebellious streak by the square to Mars. The solid Apple fan base loves his jabs at the corporate world, which has brought the company through some hard times.

All that changed last year with the introduction of the iPod. At the time transiting Uranus was forming a conjunction with Jobs' Sun, vaulting him back into the limelight with the most successful new product of 2004. Over the next year (as his progressed Sun trine's seventh house Pluto), Jobs is poised to form a powerful new alliance that will shake up the PC market. Industry analysts are forewarned.

* for photos of his secret LifeVest and explanation, see http://pittsburgh.indymedia.org/news/2004/12/16890.php

** as forecast in NewsScope March 16, 2004. Note that Ceres is also prominently featured in Bush's Inauguration chart.

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