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Weekly Political and Entertainment NewsScopeby WolfStarDon't see the information you searched for? Please visit the WolfStar Archives. March 26, 2007John Edwards Faces ChironLast week, John Edwards cut short his campaign trip to Iowa, which created great anxiety among his supporters. On Thursday, John and his wife Elizabeth announced that her cancer had returned, and that it was incurable, but treatable. In private, he had offered to withdraw from the race, but she insisted he stay. "The campaign will go on strongly," he said. This, the most important announcement of his campaign, arrived as the transiting Sun and Ceres were conjunct in the first degree of Aries. This confirms his birth time of 7:23 am, since it puts his Midheaven - his point of honor - at one degree Aries. John Edwards (June 10, 1953; Seneca, SC) was born with a Ceres-Uranus conjunction right on his Cancer Ascendant, which accentuates the role of Ceres in his life. Another confirmation of this birth time can be seen in his progressed chart, which currently features Chiron*, the Wounded Healer, exactly conjunct his Descendant, the point representing his partner, his wife. Chiron is often associated with health problems, especially when challenged by squares and oppositions (as in Edwards' chart). At the moment, transiting Saturn is in a lengthy, stressful quincunx (150º) to his Chiron, adding a great burden to his political ambitions. Still, Edwards is blessed with progressed Jupiter conjunct his
Sun over the next two years, a combination that promises plenty
of financial support and popular appeal. Transiting Pluto opposing
his Mars ensures that he will be aggressively on the attack.
However, neither his natal chart nor his progressed chart has anything
in
the 25-degree area, so that he misses the critical connection
to the U.S. Moon. And without that, he can't get nominated. Top Five Astro-Events for April1. U.S. progressed Venus trine the Midheaven has been a growing influence over the past year, and becomes exact this month (April 21). This epochal, shape-shifting progression takes place in assertive Aries, where it empowers women in American politics, business, and on the cultural scene. Aries women and those with a prominent Mars get their way. 2. Transiting Sun is conjunct the U.S. Chiron on the 10th,
the same day transiting Chiron is trine the U.S. Saturn. This double
Chiron
influence emphasizes institutional care for military personnel,
such as practical improvements in the Walter Reed Hospital facility.
Watch
for news on alternative care and innovative health insurance programs. 4. Mercury trines Jupiter and then Saturn on April 21, harmoniously bridging the fire signs. Mercury in fearless Aries acts as the self-starting diplomat, messenger, or business agent, making this day an exceptionally favorable window of opportunity to compromise, consolidate, and settle differences. Watch for news on mergers and acquisitions, political progress, and international agreements 5. Mars is conjunct Uranus
on April 28, and then squares Jupiter on the 30th, making the
interval from the 25th to 30th particularly
volatile and explosive. Militant Mars is in the faith-oriented
sign of Pisces, and the quincunx Saturn on the 29th only adds
to the confrontational
mix. Personal and transpersonal conflicts prevail. Jim Cramer and the Hedge FundsA NewsScope reader sent in a heads-up message on celebrity stock-picker Jim Cramer, who hosts CNBC's popular Mad Money. Cramer, a former hedge fund manager, described in a video aired last December how hedge fund traders could manipulate stock price movements. Not until YouTube recently posted that video did SEC regulators take notice, and now a government investigation is underway. Jim Cramer was born with his Sun in the systems analysis sign of Aquarius (February 10, 1954; Wyndmoor, PA; time unknown), where it's given a financial orientation by the conjunction with Venus and a Taurus Moon. This Sun-Venus combination thrives on networking and has a strong sense of community, which in Cramer's case, is the financial community and the masses of ordinary investors he advises. Cramer's Sun aspects all three of the outer planets, which is what turns his Aquarian quirkiness into something a little bit more crazy or offbeat. The opposition to Pluto gives him keen perspectives, while the trine to Neptune adds charm, imagination, and showmanship. The Sun's quincunx to eccentric Uranus makes Cramer a unique talent, one that borders on genius and madness. Cramer has become an American financial guru by virtue of his
Saturn, which is placed in the money-manager sign of Scorpio, and
happens
to be exactly conjunct the U.S. Scorpio Ascendant. Currently, transiting
Mars and Neptune are right on his Sun, as he energetically (Mars)
exposes fraudulent practices (Neptune). Meanwhile, transiting Saturn
is opposing his Sun as the authorities are getting involved. |
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