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April 16, 2007
Uranus and Pluto in 2012
Last week, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (PCC)
reported that hundreds of millions of people living in Africa and
Southeast Asia will soon face hunger, disease, and water shortages
due to global warming. The report notes that the U.S. and Western
Europe together emit two-thirds of the pollution that causes global
warming, but generally have the resources to manage any extreme
weather-related problems.
The PCC report arrives as transiting Uranus traverses the middle
degrees of Pisces, an area that activates the epochal Uranus-Pluto
conjunction of 1965-66. Uranus is now awakening some of the paradigm-shifting
breakthroughs that began back then, including civil rights, the
understanding of ecosystems, feminism, and most notably, the Aquarian
concept of one people living on one planet.
What made that outer planet conjunction particularly challenging
was that Saturn in Pisces (regional authority, status quo, Piscean
religions) opposed Uranus-Pluto in Virgo. Now, as transiting Uranus
hits that 1966 polarity, people living in places like Bangladesh
and Kenya -- who contribute the least to global warming, but will
suffer the most -- can only hope for more planetary awareness.
Transiting Uranus is raising awareness of some of the issues that
took root in the 1960s. However, to really shake up the Saturnian
influences that control most of our world's institutions, it will
probably take some major natural or weather-related catastrophes
that only Uranus-Pluto alignments can bring. Uranus and Pluto make
their next dynamic aspect in 2012, a time that, synchronistically
, corresponds to the end of the Mayan calendar.
Pluto Sabotages Don Imus
On April 4, radio talk show host Don Imus referred to the Rutgers
University women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos",
an incredibly insensitive remark that got him fired from his CBS
gig and sparked a frenzied outcry across the nation. Imus, who
earned his corporate backers some $50 million annually, had long
been known for his sarcastic wit and harsh comments, but this time
he crossed the line.
Imus was born with a powerful Sun-Pluto conjunction in the entertainment
sign of Leo (July 23, 1940; Riverside, CA; time unknown), a combination
that allows him to dramatize the taboo desires and passions of
the masses. Since his Sun-Pluto is also conjunct the communication
planet Mercury, he can channel collective undercurrents through
his preferred medium, radio. Imus identifies (Sun) with his penetrating
commentaries (Mercury-Pluto).
Imus has Mars in Leo, giving him plenty of self-confidence and
a sense of mission. The problematic side of this placement comes
from the square to his Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in Taurus. Mars-Saturn
aspects are sometimes associated with mean-spiritedness and even
cruelty, and when philosophic Jupiter is factored in, the conflicted
psyche can manifest as morally questionable behavior.
With his Sun conjunct Pluto, transiting Pluto takes on extra significance
in shaping his life path. As last week’s controversy unfolded,
transiting Pluto at 28° Sagittarius was forming a close trioctile
(135° aspect) to both his Mars and Saturn. Pluto was also quincunx
his Mercury, square his Ceres, and opposite Venus -- essentially
activating the major dynamics in his horoscope. Perhaps it’s
no coincidence that some observers say that Imus deserves a special
place in hell, since Pluto is the God of the Underworld.
Uranus Brings Larry Birkhead Victory
Last week, Anna Nicole Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead jubilantly
exclaimed "I told you so!" when DNA evidence confirmed
he was the father of Dannielynn. Although the child's birth certificate
indicates Howard K. Stern is the father, Howard gave Larry a warm
hug and said he can visit Dannielynn whenever he wants. Still on
the horizon: custody over Dannielynn and fighting for a piece of
the $1.6 billion inheritance.
Larry Birkhead (January 22, 1973; Louisville, KY; time unknown)
was born with his Aquarius Sun closely sextile Ceres and Neptune,
a favorable configuration for parenting. His Ceres-Neptune adds
a great deal of compassion and empathy to the parenting process.
However, in a man's chart, Ceres can often represent a maternal
woman he's romantically involved with, and so naturally, his Ceres-Neptune
is conjunct Anna Nicole's Sagittarius Sun.
The two first met in May 2004 as transiting Uranus (the ruler of
his Aquarius Sun) formed a square to his Ceres-Neptune and her
Sun. Over the following year, they lived together, but had what
must be called an "open relationship", as transiting
Uranus was then squaring his Juno, his partnership asteroid. Dannielynn
was conceived on New Year's Eve 2005 under the continuing influence
of this erratic Uranus transit.
Birkhead's chart features a challenging Mars-Saturn opposition,
which periodically throws him into pitched battles. Transiting
Uranus has been squaring this polarity since Dannielynn was born,
and this corresponds to the difficult court scenes he's had to
endure. Last week, when he declared victory, transiting Uranus
had completed its first passage through his Mars-Saturn, and was
now exactly sextile his North Node, which is blessed with conjunctions
to both Venus and Jupiter. More to come!
