Sex in your horoscope

Astrology and the horoscope have methods for studying just about any aspect of human life. Sex is certainly one such aspect, and far from the least important one at that. Here are some basics on how your sex life shows up in your horoscope.

You should not take the below too seriously. Anything regarding the human nature is far more complex than what can be sufficiently interpreted by any one system of analysis, such as the tools of astrology and the horoscope. Also, there is no definite scientific proof of astrology and the validity of its theories.

Therefore, see the following text primarily as entertainment of sorts, and a way by which you can contemplate your sexuality from a very different viewpoint. In addition, the subject gives a good example of the principles of astrology at work.

Observe that there are several parts of your horoscope making up your sexuality. Some of them seem to contradict one another, but you have to be aware of the different sides of your sex life that they concern. Also, of course, our personalities are so complex that they contain several contradictions. That's what we have to live with.

Here are my texts on the subject:
Sex in your horoscope

Barack Obama - The electorate vote

Just to be complete, I checked Barack Obama's horoscope for the date when the US Electoral College votes on the next president, which is on December 15, 2008. Although the popular vote is decisive, the actual appointing of the president is done by the electorate's vote.

On December 15, transit Jupiter forms a very precise conjunction with Obama's Saturn in the 12th House and Capricorn. Since Jupiter is the big agent of success, especially in things of multitude – like voting – this is a strong indicator of his victory in this election as well.

There is also a conjunction between transit Saturn and his Mars in the 8th House and Virgo. This indicates duties and power that increase his ability to deal with things that are normally beyond any person's means. It also forcefully puts such responsibilities on him. It suggests the increased authority he will receive as president, and also point out that he will use it quite forcefully – and that this is expected of him.

Both the above conjunctions are in earth signs, which stand for concrete matters and action that leads to solid results.

On December 15, there's also a cluster of planets in his 11th House, that of his public life: Mars, the sun, Pluto, and Mercury. So, already before he enters the presidential office, he is the center of public attention, intensely exposed in the media, sort of as if the campaign continued. That's no surprise.



The Congress
Another day is the date of the official presentation of the electorate vote to the congress, which is January 6, 2009. That day, transit Jupiter is conjunct with Obama's Jupiter in the 12th House – again a strong indicator of his success, especially in matters of multitude, like a vote.

Transit Saturn has commenced a retrograde (seemingly backward) movement away from Mars in his 8th House, which indicates that his power decreases. Since this is the date when the elect Congress is in place and starting to act, the retrograde movement suggests that this Congress, although with a majority of Democrats, is not willing to surrender much of its power to the new president. Probably, the Democrats will be eager to use their majority, and have no intention to just wait for Obama's initiatives.

On January 6, transit Pluto is back in opposition to Barack Obama's Venus in the 5th House, showing that he will not have much time for himself. Since this is Venus obstructed, a lot of the joy of his life is diminished, which is something that takes its toll on a person at length. And with Pluto as the opposing planet, this is definitely at length.

He gets power, which is shown by Pluto being in his 11th House, but he won't have that much fun.

A sextile between transit Mars and Obama's Neptune in the 9th House shows that he is in the process of moving in to the White House, and this change of life will be swift and positive.

Mars also has a trine with his Pluto in the 7th House, indicating that his intensified public role stimulates changes in his partnership. His wife is likely to enjoy her new role, and this puts a new spark in their marriage – one of activity more than love, though.

Retrograde and the 12th House

I have to repeat what I have hinted before: Barack Obama's political career is mainly based on his Saturn and Jupiter in the 12th House, which is normally one of sacrifice and elusive longings. Also, both those planets are in retrograde, which makes them weakened and slightly complicated.

So, although Obama won the presidency with a clear majority, his position as president will not be as strong and solid as now seems the case. The Democratic majority in the Congress and Senate will be almost as difficult for him to master, as if they were Republicans.

Also, the fact that he has to take over when the USA is in its weakest financial state since who knows when, will make his job quite difficult. His popularity might not falter, but his political initiative will meet with many obstacles. And he will most definitely be used as a scapegoat by just about everybody else with political power.

And Mars in his 8th House is reason for concern. There are definitely threats to his person that should be taken seriously. And in crucial moments, he can't always trust that he has the support needed.

But he knew all along that it wasn't going to be easy.

Barack Obama - Presidential horoscope

In my previous reading of Barack Obama's horoscope, I wrongly predicted that he would lose the presidential election. So, here I reexamine his horoscope in an effort to find how it should be rightly interpreted, and what it has to say about his future as the 44th US president.

I begin by examining some important events of Barack Obama's past, in order to see how transit aspects work in his horoscope. It's also a test to see if the birth date and birth time given can be trusted. They should be, since they come from his published birth certificate – but you never know.
This initial investigation of Obama's horoscope is a bit lengthy for this blog, but you find it here:
horoscoper.NET
Below, I include the part of my text that focuses on what it leads to regarding how the Election Day and some future events should be interpreted.



The election
Now, we turn to the event that I got completely wrong, in my previous interpretation of Barack Obama's horoscope. On November 4, he won the presidential election, but I thought that he would lose it. I didn't see any transit aspects strong enough on this date, to indicate his victory.

Honestly speaking, I still don't see them. Sure, in every poll Obama was early on indicated to win the election – but nobody trusted the polls that much, for a number of reasons. For this the most important election of his life, neither would Obama. He would not believe in his victory until the results came in, or at least not until a few days before that.

But the only transits aspects worth mentioning are none of them strong or significative enough to point out his victory. They just aren't, so this historical event seems to pass by almost unnoticed in Obama's life, which can't be the case.

The transit moon formed a conjunction with his Saturn early on the day of the election, and in the evening with Jupiter. That encircles both the planets instrumental in the emergence of Obama's political career, described above. But it's just the moon. It forms the same aspects every month, and it means little more than that he feels good about his sacrifice.

Transit Mars forms a sextile with his native Mars in the 8th House, indicating an advancement in his social position, helped by matters out of his control. This aspect is far from as frequent as those with the moon, but still it happens every year and a half.

Transit Mercury forms a square with Jupiter, showing that he adapts to a change that is slightly unfortunate, and the transit sun forms the same aspect to his native sun, showing changes that affect his working situation. But these are annual aspects of minor importance.

That's it. Not much of a horoscope for this unprecedented presidential election.

Some more powerful aspects precede or follow after this date: Neptune's earlier passing over Obama's ascendant has been discussed above, Jupiter is on the way toward Saturn and Jupiter in his 12th House, and Saturn is moving toward Mars in his 8th House. But those aspects are too far away on November 4 to explain the victory.

So, this remains a mystery. Some would call it a strong argument against astrology, but I would wait with that. When we've followed Obama's life a little bit longer, the lack of astrological marks on this day may be explained.

The Inauguration
The Inauguration is on January 20, 2009. This date is vastly more interesting, according to Barack Obama's horoscope. Maybe Obama just can't believe that he got the job, before he actually takes over the presidency?

On Inauguration Day, a cluster of the sun, Mercury and Jupiter is gathered at Obama's native Jupiter in the 12th House. It shows great activity regarding his sacrifice, lots of things springing into action, demanding and getting a lot of his capacity, which is increasing at that time, to meet the demands.

Transit Jupiter is in a trine to his moon in the 4th House, indicating that his family life actually benefits from this. Moving to the White House seems to do his family good, and no doubt it's one spectacular home.

The transit moon is right over his Midheaven (MC), which is not a rare event, but it shows his delight in the event, and the shine it brings to his official role.

Transit Pluto is in opposition to his native Venus, which is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Pluto in the 11th House shows that a major and vastly important change in his public life robs him out of almost all spare time. So, he will not allow himself the frequent and extended vacations that Bush indulged in. He will miss the many pleasant things in life, and he will not be able to care for people in his surroundings as much as he has before, but he willingly takes on his public role nonetheless. Pluto in Capricorn shows that this role is concrete and impressive.

Transit Saturn passes over his Mars in the 8th House, showing that he gets some serious duties regarding relatives or matters out of human control. This aspect indicates the gravity of the functions he accepts, and also that the powers connected to the office are so vast that they are not possible to control in every detail – but he will try, and he succeeds more with this than others would have thought possible.

Transit Mars in on the cusp to the 12th House, which is the major House in regards to Obama's political career, as has been seen in the above.

The significance of the 12th House is also what got me way off, in my previous prediction of Barack Obama's chances to become president. I could not see that the 12th House would point to victory in the election, since this House usually signals loss and shortcomings. But in Obama's case it has been the House of his political commitment, as can be seen above.

Although being elected president of the USA is regarded as ultimate success by the whole world, to Obama as a person its costs are tremendous. He knows it, and he's willing to pay the price – but to him personally, it involves more of a sacrifice than any personal gain. He will not even get a salary that compares to what's demanded of him. Not to mention the complete loss of a private life.

Previous presidents have mostly been driven by aspects to the 11th or 10th House – those of public fame and social career. I made the mistake of taking that for granted. But this guy actually does if for ideal reasons, sort of like a patriot going to war. He knows it will hurt him, but that won't stop him.

Not only is this election historical because of the new president's skin color, but also because of his conscience.

Transit Uranus and Venus are by the cusp of the 2nd House, showing that although he has little control of his own means in this situation, he will find ways, mostly because of his creative thinking and adaptivity. He will get resources that seem to come out of thin air.



Conclusion
I found the excuse for my previous mistaken prediction about Barack Obama's election to president. Astrologically, I was misled by the fact that his horoscope for the day of the election gave no clues, and by not knowing that his political career is based on events in his 12th House, which is very rare in such cases.

Now, I think I understand his horoscope better, so I should move on to see what's I store for him in the future. Some other day.

For now, I settle with hesitantly pointing out that basing his presidency in the 12th House, also being inaugurated with Saturn at his Mars, is kind of a risky thing. He is vulnerable to sudden interferences and turns of events, directed right at him. Already in February 2009 there are some such challenges to his well-being, when transit Mars and Jupiter in the 12th House oppose his sun.

He's not heading for an easy life. But he knows that.

I was wrong – Obama won

Reading his horoscope some time ago, I predicted that Obama would lose the presidential election. Sometimes it's great to be wrong. I will post another astrological forecast shortly, and we'll see if that one does any better. In the mean time, have a laugh at my mistaken prediction here:
Barack Obama horoscope

Joe Biden's horoscope and the election

Frankly, I have not been the least bit tempted to do Joe Biden's horoscope, although I did so with all the other final candidates at the presidential election of 2008. I saw that pearly white smile of his, and concluded that I would not buy a used car from him.

But now I've learned some more about his past, and that triggered me to finally check out his horoscope. In particular, I was moved to learn about the car accident that killed his wife and his daughter on December 18, 1972, very soon after he was elected senator for the first time.

I can understand that it made him ponder life, god, and everything. Sublime success followed by monstrous tragedy – it could be an old Greek drama.

I was also impressed that he continued as a lonely father for his two sons, who survived the car crash just barely, giving them higher priority than the senate. Before the accident, he had been a man of sometimes questionable character, but he matured into someone whose used car I would dare to buy – and whose horoscope I had to check out.

Birth time uncertainty
As is often the case with celebrities, his birth time is not confirmed. He was born on November 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. That's no discussion. But the birth time to be found on the internet, 8:30 AM, is in no way certain. I have not even been able to ascertain where it's from. It's just there – as so much on the internet.



Anyway, it puts his ascendant in Sagittarius, the sign of freedom and independence. And it makes his 12th House in Scorpio full of planets: Mars, Mercury, the sun and Venus. That House is called the Hell of the horoscope, and surely the tragic car accident confirms that he has had to live through one. Still to this day, he always refuses to work on December 18th.

The 12th House is in Scorpio, the sign most connected to death and the unknown beyond it.

His ascendant is in an almost exact opposition aspect to Uranus by the cusp of his 7th House – that of partnership. Interestingly, the planet is on the way from the 6th House, that of work, to the cusp of the next House, indicating that from the perspective of his work he moves toward the realization of the fundamental importance of a life partner. Since the accident, he has been quite aware of the importance of not letting the former stand in the way of the latter.

Saturn in the 7th House shows the serious problems his partnership has experienced. That's enhanced because the planet is in retrograde (seemingly moving backwards, from a geocentric perspective), which is a weakening and frustrating ingredient that is particularly grim when it happens to Saturn.

In spite of his impressive political career, what has made the most impact on his life is definitely that accident.

In the 8th House, which is the one dealing the most with death, he has Cancer – the motherly sign – and the planet Jupiter in retrograde. Jupiter is normally a lucky planet, but in retrograde it is more likely to be unlucky.

It is connected with trines to three of the planets in the 12th House. Again, the trine is normally a benevolent aspect, but connecting the 8th and the 12th House it can have quite drastic expressions.

Pluto in the 9th House and Leo suggests that Joe Biden will have several drastic changes in his life, moving from one place to another, and finding himself in need of personal change as well. He is causing most of those changes himself, but destiny tends to push him further than he might have planned. Pluto's sextile to Saturn in the 7th House implies that several of these changes have to do with his partnership.

His Neptune is by the end of the 10th House and in Libra, showing his dream of really making a difference in the world, correcting and renewing it. It is a dream more than reality, since the planet has not reached the cusp of the 11th House, and it is a planet of dreams. His failures at running for president show this clearly. That dream just doesn't become real.



The accident
I have mentioned the car accident of December 18th, 1972, where his first wife and daughter died. The transits at that time speak quite clearly.

Mars was in an almost exact conjunction with Mercury, the planet of childhood as well as communication, in his 12th House. Saturn is moving in retrograde toward his native retrograde Saturn in the 7th House, that of his partnership. Pluto has recently passed over Neptune at the end of his 10th House, indicating the election of him to the senate. Transit Neptune has recently passed an opposition to his native Uranus by the cusp of his 7th House, as well as to that cusp.

Put together, these transits seem to fit that tragic event. Also the Houses make so much sense that I have to wonder if the birth date given has been chosen by an astrologer just to make this happen. That suspicion is increased by the fact that the transit moon is in an almost exact opposition to the ascendant, right on the cusp of the 7th House.

On the other hand, a rectified birth date would not land on such an even clock as 8:30. Also, a few minutes differ for the moon to be exactly on the cusp of the 7th House. The same is true for the other transits. None of them is exact. At least one of them would be, if an astrologer had rectified the birth time.



Election day
Looking at the transits on the election day, November 4th, one thing is very striking: Mars is on just about exactly the same position as it was on the day of the car accident in 1972. On the coming election day (noon) it will be 21°44'28" Scorpio, and on the day of the accident it was 21°53'44". That's a difference of little more than a tenth of a degree.

So, Mars indicates that it will be an unfortunate day for Joe Biden.

Mars travels through the whole Zodiac in a year and a half, so that's how often Joe Biden experiences this transit – but still it's striking that this time it happens on the very day of the election.

Transit Neptune in Joe Biden's 3rd House is in square with his native Mercury, mentioned above. Neptune is much slower around the Zodiac, so this transit happens to him only once. It means that hopes and dreams about meeting and befriending new people are obstructed by his inability to communicate as he really wants to.

The transit sun is in an even more exact conjunction with his native Mars, also in the 12th House. That would add force to him, but since it's in that House it will be held back, leading to frustration.

There is more. Transit Saturn is about to pass over his Medium Coeli, showing heavy duties about to land on him. The same MC (as well as transit Saturn) is opposed by Uranus in his 4th House, that of family and home. Revelations about the latter have to stand back for a serious boost of his career – or the other way around.

Also, transit Venus in his 1st House is in square with his MC. It suggests that things improving his character and making other people enjoy him more, are obstructed by his approaching responsibility. He may have trouble seeing this himself.

Transit Mercury in his 11th House opposes the moon in his 5th, which means that talks and other activities in the public arena makes him unsatisfied and unable to care for himself as he would like to.

That's quite a lot of transits for Joe Biden on election day. Still, it's not that easy to decide if they mean victory or defeat at the election. I tend toward the latter. Most of these transits indicate trouble and disappointment.

But becoming vice president is no picnic. It is bound to cause both trouble and disappointment, especially since that would mean another guy is still in charge.

So, I hesitate to decide. But I can tell you this: the transits for Biden on election day show that this day is much more important and significant to him than it is to Barack Obama. It's a strange world we live in.

Inauguration day
At the day of inauguration of the next president, January 20, 2009, transit Saturn is moving retrograde toward his MC, which implies that he is about to lose a position he seemed to be granted. It can also mean that he is about to get a position he earlier seemed to escape.

Saturn is also in an almost exact sextile to Mercury in his 12th House, so whatever Saturn indicates about his social position, it means that he is not hindered by his tendency to suppress his communication with others.

Pluto is in square with his Neptune and trine with his moon. I'd say it suggests a drastic change of his role that conflicts his dreams of leadership, but benefits his personal needs. Instead of a high office, he gets time for himself.

There's a cluster of transit planets right before the cusp to his 3rd House – Mercury in retrograde, the sun, and Jupiter. They have a trine to his native Neptune, and a square to his moon, which is the reversed of what transit Pluto has. This implies that he is about to gain new friends and contacts that do improve his chances of leadership in the future, but at the cost of his personal life.

Jupiter in that transit cluster is in a sextile with Joe Biden's ascendant, again suggesting that he will be able to present himself to new people.

So, he may not get closer to power, but to people who are.

Uranus has moved to an all but exact opposition to his Medium Coeli – the difference is less than two minutes of a degree. Here, Uranus is as powerful as it gets in this opposition, so his home life is definitely where it's at for him at this moment. He experiences things in his home and family that mean the world to him, even if he doesn't fully understand it. He may even be reluctant to accept it.

Inauguration day transits to Joe Biden's horoscope are several and quite important, making this day significant to him – but again, it's a bit difficult to say how. I guess that the vice president is sworn in, just as the president is, but still, the day is one more for the latter than the former. Therefore, the vague indications of the transits can very well mean that Joe Biden shoulders the vice presidency on that day, but if so, he will certainly not be as important in that role as his immediate predecessor has been.

Conclusions
Joe Biden's horoscope is unclear about the result of the election. There are astrological signs of importance on both the date of the election and that of the inauguration – but there would be, whatever the outcome. A presidential election is of vast importance to the lives of its main characters, whether they win or lose.

Oddly, though, the whole thing seems to make much more difference to Joe Biden's life than to Barack Obama's. I must admit that I have to wait until after these events, to find an explanation as to why.

John McCain's correct horoscope?

A birth certificate for John McCain has emerged on the internet. It seems to be authentic. It states that he was born in Colon, not Cocosolo, which is still in Panama, and at 6:25 PM. My previous reading was of a chart based on 9:00 AM, so that's quite a difference.

A listener, not a speaker
The 6:25 PM birth time makes his Ascendant Pisces, which immediately makes me suspicious. A Pisces Ascendant indicates a person presenting himself very hesitantly – shy and unsure of himself. A listener much more than a speaker, and more prone to ask questions than to give answers. That doesn't seem to fit John McCain very well, as far as I know.

The Ascendant and Medium Coeli are the fastest moving points in the horoscope, completing the whole Zodiac in just 24 hours. So, they are influenced the most when a birth time is adjusted. In the chart based on 9:00 AM, the Ascendant was in Libra, which is on the opposite side of the Zodiac.

So, the position of the Ascendant is a good way of testing the probability of a given birth time.
It is also something that is usually easy to confirm or dismiss, when comparing with the person whose chart it is.
I must say that the Pisces Ascendant gives me serious doubts about this birth time.



Uncertain values
Also, he has Saturn later in the 1st House. The planet is in retrograde, and in Pisces, which implies that when people get to know him they get the impression that he is in search of a moral standard, of principles to live by – but he is unsure of them, and far too easily influenced by others into changing values from one moment to the next.

Again, I doubt that this can be true about John McCain, who seems to have very firm values and standards to live by.

Dominant partnership
The Ascendant is in an almost exact opposition to the sun at the cusp of the 7th House in Virgo. That shows an important partnership, to which John is devoted, and working hard to keep it. It is with his partner that he feels whole, and that's where he wants to put his efforts.

He also has Neptune, Venus, and Mercury in the same House – that of partnership. It concerns marriage, of course, but also other kinds of partner­ships.

So far, it's the horoscope of someone who would definitely put his marriage (and other partnerships) before his own spot in the limelight. He would be more prone to shun public life, and definitely uncomfortable about playing a lead in it.

Could that really be John McCain?

Independent
In John McCain's 10th House, which concerns his social role, career and such, he has Jupiter. That's defini­tely an indicator of success – but the sign is Sagittarius, which is really a force moving away from positions and institutions. It's the sign of independence. Jupiter would increase that independence, so that few obligations would stick on such a person. The success he has in life will make him less and less dependent.
That's hardly the presidency.

Jupiter's trine aspect to Mars in Leo and the 6th House shows that it is by conscious work he accomplishes this freedom and independence, and it is indeed his intention. His Medium Coeli, with the same aspect to Mars, stresses this.

Praise
Another House that should be observed regarding public office and such is the 11th, which deals with society at a larger scale – where you have no chance of knowing everybody you deal with. Several horoscopes of presidents have strong planets and other indicators in the 11th House. McCain only has the moon there, by the end of it.

That indicates public success in his late years, but the moon gives popularity more than power, it offers rewards more than responsibilities. And it's in Aquarius, the sign of contemplation and under­standing.
The moon might give him praise, but not necessarily the presidency.

The moon has a trine aspect to Mercury in McCain's 7th House and Libra. An orderly partnership, more like allies than lovers, stimulates and increases his public success. It could be some kind of large scale charity work or ideological campaigning paying off – but again, not leading to a dominant and prominent role for himself.

Election day
If we look at the day of election, November 4, this horoscope gives much less indication of him winning than the 9:00 AM chart did. Uranus passes over Saturn in his chart, but at this date it's a retrograde motion, which is when something seems not to happen, as if cancelled.

It's in the 1st House, which could signal a boost for his image and role in society, but his Saturn is retrograde, and it's in Pisces, the sign of hesitation and sacrifice.
I could not call it a transit that suggests he wins the election.

Transit Saturn is passing through his cluster of planets in the 7th House, but that indicates serious and important events in his partnership – not a presidency in the making. It is a hint, though, that his obligations made him choose a running mate that was not his personal choice.

Jupiter is in his 11th House, which shows success in his public life, but it is far away from the only planet there, the moon at the end of the House. So, it just shows that he is the talk of the town because of his running for president, but not really cause to conclude that he wins the race.

Actually I see nothing in the transits that suggests his winning the election. Funny what a few hours can do. The former chart, based on the birth time 9:00 AM, was full of strong indicators of winning. But now, just about nothing.

Inauguration Day
A look at Inauguration Day, January 20, shows more positive indicators. At that time, Jupiter has reached his moon in the 11th House – also, the sun and Mercury are at the same spot. That's a strong indicator of public success on that very day.

So, even if he does not become president, the day of inauguration is still one of praise and success in public life for John McCain.

Transit Saturn in his 7th House is in retrograde, which might mean that he is distancing himself from his running mate Sarah Palin – whatever the result of the election.

Transit Uranus is very near his native Saturn in the 1st House, and so is Venus. That shows a successful time for his personality as others perceive it. Whoever is sworn in, McCain has a field day, and people look at him as if it's all really about him.

So, the transits at the Inauguration make it possible that it is actually John McCain who is sworn in as president – or if not, that he is still praised and his position elevated in connection to that ceremony and its consequences.

Complications in the voting?
Since both Obama's and McCains horoscopes show no definite winner, the election is probably a close call. Maybe even so close that the result of it is not certain until some time after it – like with the first election of George Bush. That would explain why there is no obvious winner on November 4 in the horoscopes.

I have to say that if this horoscope for John McCain with the birth time 6:25 PM is correct (which I somewhat doubt), then the result of the election is uncertain.

At length, Obama seems to be the loser, since he has lots of trouble ahead in 2009, whereas McCain seems to be off to a good start of 2009. But that could be explained in so many other ways than the losing or winning of the presidential election.

If I have to bet on one of them winning the election, it would be on John McCain. But I would not bet that much.

The US credit crisis

October 1, the Senate approved the 700 billion dollar bailout plan, and the Congress is likely to do the same. That may do the trick for now, but the basis of the credit crisis is a fundamental change in the USA, which will go on for decades.

I checked the transits to the USA horoscope, and there are two major things at work here: Jupiter is going through the 4th House in Capricorn, and in doing so the planet forms an opposition to the many planets in the 10th House. Also, Pluto is entering the 4th House, and it will remain there all the way until the autumn of 2025 – that’s 17 years.

Spending on homes
Jupiter shows that there is a vast overspending on American homes and family structures, which is what the 4th House is all about. Capricorn enhances the real estate side of family life. Since the last days of September, this forms an opposition to the sun in the US 10th House, showing the burden it causes on the government, but also the action initiated by its leadership.

In mid-December, transit Jupiter will form an opposition with the US Mercury in the 10th House, indicating debate and agreements that decide the issue. Either the present 700 billion will not get into work until that date, or there will be additional solutions introduced.

But this is not a lasting thing. Jupiter moves through a House in about a year, and now it is midway through it. The planet entered the House around New Year 2008, and will leave it in the beginning of January 2009. After that, the real estate side of the credit crisis should be over, essentially.

The US economy will return to some balance. Probably, the inauguration of the next President will be done in an air of optimistic trust that the economy is back on its feet.



Homes are changing
Pluto’s transit through the 4th House is another thing completely. If it did not take place in the same House as Jupiter mentioned above, the economic crisis would not have been this severe.

Pluto causes great and dramatic change – in this case it has to do with homes and family life. Americans are about to change drastically their way of living, especially as to how they organize their families and build their homes.

The world is in a turmoil, and it seems that the US population struggles against this uncertainty by finding new ways of forming the homes that are their castles. They will find that they have greater values in their homes than what the crisis at the moment implies, and they will use those resources to create a change for themselves.

Pluto transformations are difficult to predict in detail, but after this change the American homes will be more splendid than before. Maybe present buildings need to be torn down in order for new and prouder ones to be erected.

But they will be different, as will the way Americans in the future organize their families and homes altogether. These changes, whatever their nature, are disliked by the government, which tries to halt the process – unsuccessfully. It is time for a change.

The first Pluto return
The process will go on for some 17 years, and at the end of the period Americans will feel like they have founded sort of a new USA. This becomes very clear in December 2022, when transit Pluto meets with Pluto of the US chart, enforced by Venus and Mercury passing the same chart position.

It is the first time in the history of the USA that Pluto makes a return, passing over its position at the birth of the nation in 1776. Pluto takes almost 250 years to pass through the whole Zodiac. This will make the USA rejuvenate, almost like forming a new nation. It starts with the population and their home life, but of course it will be noticed all through the USA, in many different ways.

During the process, the government is constantly fighting this change, trying to reverse or halt it. This leads to several conflicts between the Americans and their rulers, particularly heated when transit Pluto passes an opposition to one of the planets in the US 10th House.

The first such accentuated conflict between the people and its leaders is when Pluto opposes MC in January 2009 (this dating is uncertain, since MC moves fast and the US birth time is approximated). The government figures will declare that they are opposed to the direction their citizens are moving.

This will be repeated until the beginning of 2021, when transit Pluto opposes Mercury in the 10th House. Then the government finally commences to negotiate with its citizens and starts to adapt to circumstances. That will probably accelerate the social change, so that it becomes quite complete by the Pluto-Pluto conjunction in 2022.

So, the present credit crisis is just the tip of the iceberg.

Sarah Palin horoscope

Sarah Palin appeared out of nowhere, like a comet, when John McCain announced her as his running mate. Who is she, and will she be the next US Vice President?

No birth time
Unfortunately, at this point I have not found her precise birth time. The date and place are established: February 11, 1964, in Sandpoint, Idaho. But the time of day is unknown. One birth time figures frequently on the Internet – 4:40 PM. But the source is unknown and unconfirmed.

I doubt it very much. It makes Sarah Palin a Leo Ascendant, which seems so obvious for this charismatic person that it may be intended by fixing this birth time. Also, it puts her most important concentration of planets in the 7th House, that of partnership. She became famous as a running mate to John McCain, which is a partnership indeed, so this also implies that the birth time is chosen to get this specific chart.

But it also puts her Ascendant in opposition to that cluster of planets in the 7th House, which would astrologically imply that she offers her own career for the partnership – but that is hardly the case here. This partnership certainly means an impressive boom to her career.

So, I very much doubt this birth time.

Sadly, there is not yet another that can be trusted more. Therefore I base my interpretation below on the time 12 PM, midday, to minimize the possible faults.

In such a chart, though, there is no meaning to include the Houses, the Ascendant, and the MC, which all move around the whole Zodiac in just 24 hours. The moon moves about 13° a day, so it should be read with caution – but the other planets don’t move much in the maximal twelve hours that this chart can be at fault.



Simple-minded
The most remarkable thing with Sarah Palin’s chart is its number of aspects (certain angles between planets that are astrologically significant): she has only six, and only two kinds of them. There are two sextiles and four conjunctions. Of course, the number of aspects is likely to increase when the Ascendant and the MC are added, but still this is extraordinary.

It shows a limited complexity of motivations inside of her being. One could call it a simple-mindedness. I have found a low number of aspects in several US President horoscopes. I guess that the job, as well as the career toward it, demands some kind of simple-mindedness. Sarah Palin has definitely got it.

Fanatic
She has most of her planets in the element air, implying that she is a thinker more than a doer. In water, the element of emotions, she only has one planet. She trusts her reason much more than her senses. As for the qualities, she has six of the ten planets in Zodiac signs of the fixed quality, which means that she is rather conservative, reluctant toward any change.

Her sun sign is Aquarius, the sign of analytical thinking and reason. The sun is at the 22nd degree of that sign, so her thoughts are not as deep as they are multiple. She tends to convince herself that she knows all that needs to be known about a subject already after introducing herself to it.

The sun belongs to the heaviest cluster of conjunct planets in her chart. Mars and Saturn are next to it. This forms an immensely important and powerful point in her horoscope. Since it is in Aquarius, it strongly indicates fanaticism, the firm conviction of being right about everything, and the power to keep that conviction against almost any opposition.

She will be tireless in her struggle to make everybody else yield to her viewpoint and conviction, and she is almost unable to see it from any other perspective than her own.

Convincing
She has another conjunction in Aquarius: that of the moon and Mercury in the beginning of the sign. This also implies a single-mindedness, a firm belief in her own opinion on any matter, as if she were born with all the answers. And she can be very convincing when presenting her views, almost hypnotically so. When she speaks, she sounds as if she is absolutely right, and people are so seduced by her words that they forget to examine them with a critical mind.

This aspect is linked with a sextile to Venus in Aries, which shows that she is a charismatic leader – helped tremendously in this function by her ability to convince.

Jupiter in Aries makes it obvious that she has significant success as a leader.

Out of touch
The remaining conjunction is also big, but it is shared by almost a whole generation: Uranus and Pluto in Virgo. In Sarah Palin’s horoscope, they are both retrograde and therefore weakened. They still show a deep and powerful urge to change material circumstances radically, which is true for everyone with this aspect.

Much more cannot be said about it, without knowing what House it’s in. The conjunction is not connected to any other planets in Sarah Palin’s chart, so there is no more clue to be found that way. It only suggests that this aspect doesn’t play that big a part in her life. In this way, she is significantly out of touch with her generation.

Hidden urges
An isolated ingredient in Sarah Palin’s chart is Neptune in Scorpio. This planet position is also something she shares with a whole generation. It shows that the fantasy and imagination of her generation is very occupied with metaphysics, the dark unknown, and deep hidden urges. She shares this kind of fantasy and dreams, but she is very likely to keep them to herself – as do most people with this planetary position.

It is still there, and distorts her views on reality. She is very alienated to it, since it is not linked to any of the other planets. She will probably struggle to deny its existence at all, for example by insisting on very bland and intolerant values. She fights what she regards as perversions, because she fights them within herself. That also distances herself from her generation.

The election on November 4
Now for Sarah Palin’s transits on November 4, the election day. Most important is Neptune, which is at the spot of her powerful conjunction of the sun, Mars, and Saturn, in Aquarius. This indicates dreams coming true, and it’s a once in a lifetime kind of aspect.

It’s a slow one. Neptune started to interact with the conjunction in the spring of 2007 – depending on the exact birth time, since this was the time it first passed over the sun’s position. I would say that Neptune’s entry to the conjunction marked when she was elected Governor of Alaska, which was in November 2006. So, the planet is essential in her political career.

On the election day, Neptune is again at about the same spot as it was when she became Governor (because of retrograde movements). That is indeed a strong indication that the election will boost her career and give her a political position of distinction, such as the Vice Presidency.

Neptune will keep moving over the conjunction until January 2010. Then it moves away from it. That hardly means she will lose her position at that time, but she might cease to play an important part – and it suggests that she has no chance of becoming President, at least not in the 2012 election.

If she has the chance of being President during McCain’s four years is another matter completely. Since both Saturn and Mars are involved in the conjunction, and they are two sinister planets indeed, there is a chance that grim events may work to her favor.

There is no transit as powerful on November 4th as that of Neptune. Still, that’s definitely enough to suggest that also this dream of hers will be fulfilled. But I don’t think that she will become President during this period, since she is on decline from 2010 – and because of what Uranus is doing in 2011 and 2012, which I discuss below.

Jupiter moves into square with her native Jupiter, indicating that her career does not benefit as much from the election as she would have imagined. Becoming Vice President is no guarantee of ultimate personal success. Since the transit Jupiter is in Capricorn, she will probably find that she cannot act as freely as she had anticipated. She is just part of a greater whole, which ties her arms.

Mars moves into a square with the sun, again indicating unexpected complications. Enemies mobilize against her, and they are very much heard on the very election day.

She can’t be stopped – right now
Judging from her chart, I would be very surprised if Sarah Palin doesn’t become Vice President in this election. She just can’t be stopped while she is in the phase of her life indicated by Neptune passing over her strong three-planet conjunction in Aquarius.

She will have her moment of glory, no doubt, but it is not likely ever to surpass what she experiences at this election. From 2010 she has to get used to a more modest life. There is some delightful success awaiting her in the spring of 2011, when Uranus passes over her Venus in Aries, but that’s neither as elevated nor as lasting as what she experiences now. Already at New Year of 2012 it fades away.

This Uranus transit might be a sign of her running for President in the next election – but if so, she will lose it.
© Stefan Stenudd, September 17, 2008.

John McCain horoscope

John McCain was born on August 29, 1936, in Cocosolo, Panama. Astrologers on the internet seem to have some trust in the birth time being around 9:00 AM, so I base my chart and interpretation on that. But I try to avoid too much use of the elements of the horoscope that change significantly in a few hours - such as the Ascendant, MC, the Houses, and the position of the moon.

Next president
John McCain has an unusually complex horoscope, especially compared to those of former US presidents, who tend to have rather simple and concentrated constellations in their horoscopes.

Still, he seems to be the one to win the coming election. Neither Barack Obama nor Hillary Clinton have as much astrological support for victory as John McCain.



The trouble of power
He has a concentration of planets in the signs Cancer to Libra, where eight of twelve are situated, although that area is just one third of the Zodiac. Three of them are in Virgo, which is also his sun sign.

Virgo is the worker, the critical mind, more prone to detail than to the whole. The sun in the beginning of the sign shows that John McCain is a man who is quick to roll up his sleeves and get to work, and that is also a central part of his ideology. He is sure that he is competent, and that most others are not.

Neptune in the middle of Virgo tells us that he dreams of what grand things that can be accomplished with perseverance and hard work. He might be underestimating the difficulties, although he has a sharp critical mind. On the other hand, his Venus in the same sign gives him a creative capacity for complicated tasks.

His 10th House is powerful, with Pluto at the end of Cancer and Mars in the middle of Leo. He easily gains power and tremendous respect, and he knows how to make use of it. He is quick to take charge, and not a bit afraid to make decisions.

There is a frustration in his Pluto position at the end of Cancer, but he shares it with a whole generation. It indicates that he wants to have rules that keep control of people’s emotions, as if to eliminate the irrational in man. It cannot be done.

Saturn retrograde in Pisces shows that he has a deeply frustrated attitude toward power and responsibility, insisting on their importance but uncertain about what to do with them. This is in opposition to his problem-solving Venus, meaning that he can often be his own major obstacle. He seems to long for rules at the same time as he fails to trust them.

His second opposition is between his Pluto and his moon in Capricorn. The latter shows that he has some control of his emotions, a self-discipline that is straining on him but mostly holds, nonetheless. His will to keep a lid on himself makes him almost refuse to accept that emotional issues have importance in events of the world. He does not like it, and is practically unable to relate to it, although he often has to, because of events that he is involved in.

John McCain's horoscope has a lot of aspects. Mars has a significant role, linked with a square to Uranus in Taurus, and with a trine to Jupiter in Sagittarius. These aspects show that his leadership competence is supported by a sharp understanding of how things work in the material world, and the good luck he has with changes in his life - moving him upward, as if the sky is the limit.

Also the sun is in aspect with his Uranus, underlining his materialistic world view. Mercury in Libra shows that he can argue well, and reason with anyone about anything, but his mind is the most comfortable with superficial perspectives. He might be a problem solver, but no philosopher. That makes him ignorant of the complexity of mankind, although he is such a complex man himself.

Oddly, his MC in the middle of Cancer shows that he still regards himself as an emotional person, with strong feelings of sympathy and antipathy. The sextile to Neptune shows that he regards these emotions as his true motivations for his actions and his strife.

His MC also has a square aspect to the Ascendant in Libra and a trine to Saturn in Pisces. It makes him feel like a man who will bring back justice and ethical principles to a somewhat lost and confused world. He wants to find and to preach what is really right and wrong, although he is not that sure of it.

There is confusion inside of him, but he manages to act decisively and keep a straight face, anyway.

The presidential election
The election is on November 4, 2008. John McCain has several astrological indicators to his success at it. At that date, Saturn has just passed over his Neptune, carrying power and possibility to his dream of working hard to accomplish grand things.

Jupiter is at an opposition to his MC, indicating a fortunate event that he feels will be disadvantageous to him personally - and surely, that is the price of being the President. Your personal life will suffer. Jupiter is also in square with the Ascendant, which means that his official role, the way he presents himself to others, is strained but still successful. He manages well to keep a straight face in the hour of need.

On the election day, Uranus in retrograde has recently passed over his Saturn (it is exact on September 26, 2008), which is certainly involved in his ambitions, bringing many insights to it. Late September, when that aspect is exact, is when he becomes convinced that he will win the election. Uranus will return to pass Saturn again in the beginning of February 2009, which would be right after the new President enters office. He will be mentally ready for his job, and he will have a grand plan for it.

Next to the Uranus conjunction, the most important aspect for John McCain in this period is the Saturn to Saturn opposition, which is exact on November 18, a couple of weeks after the election. It shows that he has to overcome his frustrations and uncertainties about the use of power, and what principles to rely on. He will need to express certainty and unquestionable authority. And he will be able to do that, because he is at that time reminded of his deep and complex relation to both power and its principles.

Because Saturn soon after that goes into retrograde, it will form another opposition with John McCain’s Saturn on February 13, 2009, and then a third transit on August 8, 2009. During this period of the three transits Saturn to Saturn, John McCain will mature heavily into his responsibility, and shoulder it readily. In the process, he probably allows himself to become rather pragmatic about the ethics of power.

At the date of the presidential inauguration, January 20, 2009, Saturn is over John McCain’s Venus in Virgo, kicking off some tremendous and important work indeed. Pluto is approaching a square with his Mercury, showing that he will need to change his way of speaking, sharpen his tongue, and that his speaking is instrumental in making big changes. Mars is in square with his Ascendant, making it important for him to behave in a controlled manner and showing determination.

The transits do in many ways indicate that he wins the presidential election of 2008, and succeeds George W. Bush as President of the USA. The job will take its toll on him, but so has his life leading up to it.
© Stefan Stenudd, April 20, 2008.

Barack Obama horoscope

For odd political reasons, Barack Obama's birth certificate has been released. It shows that his time of birth was 7:24 PM on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu. Obviously, the time of birth is reported with a precision to the minute, and I see no reason to distrust it.

My former chart interpretation was based on 12:00 PM, which is the regular procedure when the exact time of birth is unknown. I tried to take this into consideration when doing my reading, but now that I have the right time I might as well do it anew.

Obama's chart at a glance
Actually, this is not a horoscope of a world leader. His MC is alone in the 10th House, and there is no planet at all in the 11th. His strongest position, the cluster of planets in Leo, are in the 6th and 7th House, dealing with his work and his partner relations. The important giants Jupiter and Saturn are in his 12th House, that of personal sacrifice.

Simply put: I would not expect this to be the horoscope of a President, actually not of a leader of any significance. Obama's chart is much more focused on his personal life.

There's just one planet in the vicinity of his horoscope's zenith: Neptune in Scorpio and the 9th House. That indicates dreams and fantasies about fantastic changes in his life – but most of them remain dreams.

His Ascendant is in the middle of Aquarius, where the sign is its most typical. That shows honesty and a straightforward mentality. He is serious, to the point of becoming gloomy, and he is not one to simplify his thoughts in order to get across. So, he is not understood by all.

His sun is in the middle of Leo – again where the sign is the most typical – and the 6th House. This shows pride and great trust in his own leadership abilities. He expresses this at work, which makes him a competent middle level manager, but hardly top management. People follow his orders, but he might still have a tendency to follow them in order to make sure that they do so.

His moon is in the beginning of Gemini and the 4th House, so his emotions are very much reserved for his family. In that environment he is not hesitant to express his feelings and talk about them, almost therapeutically.

His MC at the end of Scorpio and in the 10th House shows that he regards himself as a leader, but an uncertain one, unable to trust the solidity of his position – or the people under his command. He would actually prefer to move on toward independence, even at the cost of his leadership.

Looking at his horoscope, I am surprised that he runs for President at all, and that he has been so successful this far.



Election Day
Looking at the transits to his horoscope on the day of the Presidential election, November 4, I find no aspect that would suggest his victory. Actually, there is no planetary position in his birth chart that a transit would give that likelihood. There's just nothing there to support it.

Neptune has passed his Ascendant – a year or so ago, suggesting that a dream role for him is no longer realistic. Saturn is approaching his Mars in Virgo and the 8th House, indicating tougher times ahead. The sun forms a square to his native sun, showing changes that are to his disadvantage, especially in his job situation – but nothing serious.

The transits of the election day signal nothing alarming – either positive or negative. Like I said when reading the 12:00 PM horoscope, this indicates that there is no surprise at all when he doesn't win the election. It should be clear long before that date.

The Inauguration
A quick look at the transits for the Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009, show a cluster of the sun, Mercury, and Jupiter, around Jupiter in the 12th House in Obama's birth chart. The 12th House shows personal sacrifices, so it is clear that the transiting planets bring no good news. Mars is on the way there, too, but will take a little longer.

Pluto forms an opposition to his native Venus. It reveals that drastic changes in his official life are great disappointments to him. Saturn retrograde is on his Mars, suggesting that the trouble it will bring has been postponed some. It will return, though.

There is indeed no positive indication for Obama on the date of the Inauguration. The Presidency is long gone for him at that time, and other things occupy his life.

McCain wins
So, knowing the exact time of Barack Obama's birth changes nothing in my forecast for the election. He is highly unlikely to win it, whereas McCain has lots of astrological indications of victory.
© Stefan Stenudd, August 25, 2008.

Addition to the reading, posted August 26, 2008:

Bad year for Obama
I checked Barack Obama's horoscope again, in search for an explanation to why he has no chance at the Presidential election. I didn't find that, really, except for again being struck by how devoid his horoscope is of anything as remarkable as becoming US President.

Instead, I found what a very unfortunate year 2009 will be for him. It is full of severe oppositions that several outer planets form with planets in his chart.

Transit Pluto in Capricorn and the 11th House opposes his native Venus in Cancer and the 5th House, indicating dramatic events in his public life that make obstacles for delights he has in his private life. If it were not such a negative aspect, it could have marked some kind of public office, but in this case it seems more to hint at a loss of one.

Both Neptune and Jupiter in Aquarius and the 1st House oppose Uranus in Leo and the 7th House. Both his dreams and chances of making an impression on people cause problems for his ability to mature and learn in his partnerships. He might be too eager to succeed, so that he loses the respect of his wife as well as other close partners.

Uranus in Pisces and the 2nd House opposes Mars in Virgo and the 8th House. Revelations and conclusions about his resources (usually but not only money) hinders him from having the control of his fortune that he is usually able. Mars is also passed over by Saturn in a conjunction, again showing serious complications – opportunities if treated right, but still so difficult that they can easily turn sour.

Such aspects to a planet in the 8th House also often indicate unfortunate events with relatives.

So, 2009 will be a very difficult year for Barack Obama. Since the slow moving outer planets cause long-time and lasting effects, these may commence already this year. Problems that will erupt in 2009 may already during this fall start to approach. That could be the reason for Obama losing the election.
© Stefan Stenudd, August 26, 2008.