NewsScope for March 2, 1998
Big Money Rolls into Washington
Last week’s Solar Eclipse was remarkably tame in terms of
geopolitical developments. Congress killed the Campaign
Finance Reform bill, and the U.S. did not flout
international opinion to bomb Iraq, though hawks are still
pushing to remove this thorn in American prestige.
Astrologers who use the more popular Gemini or
Sagittarius Rising charts for the U.S. will be hard put to
explain this lack of major developments. Afterall, transiting
Pluto is, according to their thinking, right on the Ascendant
(or Descendant).
Using Scorpio Rising for the U.S. might bring a clearer
picture. When Pluto crossed the Scorpio Rising Ascendant
in 1986-87, Ronald Reagan was on watch, and the Soviet
Union disintegrated. The United States suddenly became
the world’s only superpower, an identity-transformative
event which precisely fits the symbolism of Pluto crossing
the Ascendant.
The Solar Eclipse did land on the U.S. Ceres in Pisces,
leading to massive rains, flooding, and tornadoes on both
coasts. The attendant planetary influence of Jupiter square
Pluto is closely associated with Big Money. After Congress
voted down Campaign Finance Reform, President Clinton
stated his shock and dismay and proceeded on to a political
fundraiser in San Francisco where he collected $500,000
for a dinner appearance.
The high-roller combination of Jupiter and Pluto maxes out
on March 8 when these two planets complete a square (90
degree aspect). This coming week America’s richest man
comes to Washington to testify about his business
practices. Bill Gates, who was born with a tight
Jupiter-Pluto aspect, will be defending his moral right to
control cyberspace.
High Tech Leads Dow to 8500
In an apparently gravity-defying upward trend, the Dow
Jones Industrial Averages closed at another record high last
week, ending for the first time above 8500. High-tech
stocks led the move, and continue to keep the American
economy in robust health, even as the Asian markets
flounder and weigh down the global economy.
Financial analysis is a key growth industry for astrology,
with the two specialties relying on a worldview dominated
by cycles and timing. Individual planets can represent
corporate groups, and in today’s high tech world,
astrologers will want to track Uranus and it’s sign Aquarius
for cyclical turning points.
By using the Scorpio Rising horoscope* for the U.S.,
astrologers will have an additional technical tool to help
make accurate forecasts. For example, the market took a
disastrous plunge last October when Neptune turned direct
right on the U.S. Pluto, America’s ruling planet.
Then, the market staged a comeback as high-tech stocks
rallied immediately after the New Moon on January 28.
This New Moon was conjunct the technology planet
Uranus (and all three were precisely squaring the U.S.
Ascendant). Verifying the importance of this degree zone,
high tech stocks last bottomed out in April 1997 when
transiting Uranus first squared the U.S. Ascendant.
Currently, the highly expansive combination of Jupiter and
Pluto seems to be driving the market to new highs.
Consequently, look for a significant pullback when this
aspect completes itself around March 9. Later in the year a
more pessimistic climate will likely settle in under the
influence of the pending Saturn-Neptune combination.
Sharon Stone Gets Married???
In a Valentine’s Day celebration, infamous actress and sex
icon Sharon Stone married San Francisco editor Phil
Bronstein. After a series of tumultuous relationships, what
finally drove her Basic Instincts into marriage? Turning 40?
Sharon Stone was born on March 10, 1958 in Meadville,
PA (time unknown).
Stone’s slinky Pisces Sun is modified by a sultry Scorpio
Moon, a watery combination shared by Elizabeth Taylor
and Bernadette Peters. Generally, these placements give a
keen intuition and an extremely sensitive nature, with a
strong sexual undercurrent.
Stone’s Venus, the key to her sexuality, is in free thinking
Aquarius, where it is modified by an opposition to a radical
and shock-inducing Uranus, and a square to imaginative
and alluring Neptune. This formation is exactly aligned
with the U.S. Scorpio Ascendant, giving her the celestial
break to become an American archetype.
This astrological dynamic was recently activated by
transiting Uranus, which conjoined her natal Venus and
inspired her to do something really different with her life.
Factor in that she’s just now experiencing a progressed
New Moon (a 28 year cycle), and this arrangement marks a
hopeful new beginning for her.
Astrologers will want to keep a close eye on Stone’s Ceres,
the Mothering asteroid. At the time of her marriage,
transiting Saturn ws exactly squaring her natal Ceres.
Saturn, the master of time, is allowing the actress to hear
her biological clock.
* For a detailed look at the USA Scorpio Rising chart, visit the
Scorpio Rising Home
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