Karl Rove in the Hot Seat

On March 12 Karl Rove, the president's chief political adviser, held a
fateful meeting with Intel executives at the White House. Intel was seeking a
merger with a Dutch firm, and Rove, who until last week held some $100,000 to
$250,000 of Intel stock, facilitated a meeting with the appropriate agency
heads. Now Democrats are questioning the appearance of impropriety.

Astrologically Neptune governs political scandal, and is now playing a
dominant role in several key horoscopes. Neptune's exact square to the U.S.
Scorpio Ascendant this month points to a national scandal shaping up. In
George W's chart transiting Neptune is returning to an exact conjunction with
his seventh house cusp (the Descendant), which indicates a partner is coming
under suspicion.

Karl Rove's ambitious Capricorn Sun (December 25, 1950; Denver, CO; time
unknown) has been responsible for getting Bush elected as the Texas Governor
and the President of the United States. His Moon in Cancer makes him totally
receptive to Bush's Cancer Sun: he once said that George W. Bush "was the
kind of candidate and officeholder that political hacks like me wait a
lifetime to be associated with."

Rove's Mars is placed in the teamwork sign of Aquarius, and happens to be
placed exactly on Bush's Descendant. This shared astrological point makes him
Bush's ideal promoter, but is now under duress from transiting Neptune. His
Machiavellian plots have been widely reported, and fit his several Capricorn
planets, including the political strategy asteroid Pallas. Watch Rove enter
the spotlight over the coming weeks since the June 21 Solar Eclipse is
perfectly aligned with his Pallas.

Hybrids on the Way

Last week Toyota introduced the four-wheel drive Estima, the first hybrid
minivan. The Estima gets 40 miles to the gallon and will cost around $28,000
in Japan. The giant automaker said it will begin mass-producing Estimas,
starting with 300,000 in 2005, and expects the next market thrust will be
into the U.S.

With the Saturn-Pluto opposition beginning to come into effect now, we can
expect to see many forms of social or political restructuring. Technological
revolutions can also be expected, and since Saturn and Pluto occupy the
transportation signs of Gemini and Sagittarius, the introduction of the
hybrid cars, a combination of gas motors boosted by electric batteries, is a
natural.

Toyota introduced the first hybrid to the Japanese general public on December
10, 1997. The Sagittarius Sun in this chart is favorably linked to Jupiter in
innovative Aquarius, and trine to Saturn in pioneering Aries. The 50-mpg
Prius was sold at a loss, but it's popularity inspired cost-cutting
improvements and rave reviews from environmentalists who praised its low
emissions of hydrocarbon pollutants.

The Prius horoscope reflects the current escalation of the hybrid
technological revolution. Over the next two years the Sun will be activated
by the Saturn-Pluto opposition. Then, the Prius Venus-Neptune conjunction in
Capricorn shows vision and pride in design. This configuration aligns with
the U.S. Pluto, a very favorable link for selling the hybrid in the American
marketplace.

Angelina Jolie, Tomb Raider

The much anticipated Tomb Raider opened last Friday, and stars the
beautiful, yet edgy Angelina Jolie in the lead role. Jolie plays a
karate-chopping, motorcycle-riding heroine who must find an ancient clock
that stops time. In a recent interview she said one of the best perks of this
film was starring side-by-side with her real life dad, Jon Voight.

Angelina Jolie was born a versatile Gemini (June 4, 1975; Los Angeles, CA;
time unknown) with her Moon in action-packed Aries. Having Mars and Jupiter
also residing in Aries gives her the jump on most anyone. Mars especially is
powerfully placed with a death-defying opposition to Pluto, and romantically,
cinematically enhanced by an exact trine to Neptune.

Jolie's Sun is conjunct the marriage asteroid Juno, and thus she gives much
credit to partner Billy Bob Thornton. "I have someone in my life who makes me
discover what it is to be a woman, and really to be free, to try things."
This Sun-Juno conjunction is in line with this summer's blockbuster
Saturn-Pluto opposition, and while this may raise her to superstar status, it
may likewise bring tremendous strain to her primary relationship.

Astrological patterns tend to run through families, and many of Jolie's
dynamics can be found in Jon Voight's horoscope (December 29, 1938; 11:50 am;
Yonkers, NY). Voight also has the Sun-Juno conjunction, and several major
placements in Aries. His Sun squaring her Pluto indicates that their
relationship has cycled through some bitter feelings of betrayal. Though he
left her when she was a toddler, they are now the best of friends.

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