The Pressmen's Strike of 1975

by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good

After watching Prime Video's Becoming Katherine Graham, I decided to check out an event featured in the documentary, the Pressmen's Strike of 1975 against the Washington Post. The sabotage of WaPo's printing equipment began in the early morning hours ("around 4:00 am") of October 1, 1975 under the influence of a 13 South Solar Eclipse (themes listed, below).

But it was later on October 2, 1976 that an effigy of Katherine Graham was burned in the street by a crowd of about 1,000 supporters of the strike who'd met in DC's McPherson Square and paraded under WaPo's windows, observed by the lady herself.

So considering the obvious suggestion of viol*nce in the fiery symbol, who do I apologize to for wondering if a "vast right-wing conspiracy" - retaliating for the Post's extensive Watergate burglary coverage of a Republican president, coverage that led to Dick Nixon's subsequent resignation from the presidency - had supported in some way the 1975 strike against the "liberal" newspaper, and against Katherine Graham specifically? Or at the least, who behind the scenes cheered for her troubles and perhaps wrote a few checks?

Astrology: June 16, 1917 - July 17, 2001

Above is a bi-wheel of Katherine Graham's natal chart (inner; set for the Starkman-rectified hour of 10:14:28 am est NYC on June 16, 1917) surrounded by her timed death horoscope of July 17, 2001 11:56 am mdt Boise, Idaho - in hospital. Surgery was performed yet death arrived 3 days after after she'd fallen on a concrete walkway injuring her head on July 14th.

Sadly, Mrs. Graham never regained consciousness and, as we see, was in process of experiencing her Uranus Return, a three-fer due to the planet's periods of retrogradation (return dates are listed, lower right corner). Now as you know, erratic Uranus can trigger sudden shocks and/or accidents like a "bolt from the blue." And her first Uranus Return on April 2, 2001 shows a Saturn-square-Uranus transit for her with 'old order vs new order' implications and a generational clash as authority and tradition are challenged by future plans - was this a topic at the Sun Valley conference she was attending? Well, obviously, large reforms within government and society were soon coming once the WTC attacks of 9/11/01 had been perpetrated in September. Hmmm.

Pressmen's Strike 1975's 13 South themes include: sinister energy, striving for group endeavors positively or negatively, and a potential for crisis (paraphrasing Bernadette Brady's Predictive Astrology #ad). Additionally, a mention of cosmic synchronicity should be made because Katherine Meyer Graham was born into the 9 New North Saros Series which happens to be the very Series through which we now navigate with 9NN themes of 'accidents, great physical effort', and/or 'viol*nce' (B.B.) Not to alarm, just to inform: keep an eye on safety.

And so by posting this small tribute to the illustrious lady, my hope on this Easter Sunday is that Katherine Graham may R.I.P.

Biographical details: Katherine (Meyer) Graham.

Passover Full Moon April 12, 2025

by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good

Also known as a Strawberry Moon or a Pink Moon, here you see two versions of DC Horoscopes displaying the April 12, 2025 Passover Full Moon @23Lib19. The first horoscope is unmarked by my astro-notes (you're welcome!), the second contains a liberal sprinkling of notes including the Full Moon chart's prominent Sabian Symbols:

Passover, a major Jewish holiday of liberation, begins at sundown April 12, 2025.

Also notable are planet Venus exalted in Pisces turning direct at 9:02 pm edt, and warrior planet Mars @27Cancer opposing US 1776 Pluto - a Cardinal Grand Cross (crisis, recklessness, confrontation, premature action) forms when US Pluto is added to the T-Square between the Full Moon and Mars (see notated chart, lower right corner and center left for a few potentials).

Among other things, these forceful energies apparently signify Mr. T's ill-advised, self-destructive (for America) trade war with China; we should also note that the Republic's 1949 horoscope sports a Mars-Pluto Conjunction of brutal*ty and power.

Then curiously, the current 9 New North Eclipse @9Aries (great physical effort; accidents) during which the Passover Full Moon of April 2025 perfects has conjoined America's Mars-Pluto midpoint in our July 4, 1776 Horoscope. This may be insignificant - or it may increase potentials or opportunities for power plays and overly aggressive actions by those in positions able to act out these forceful Mars-Pluto energies.

Eclipses, the Smoot-Hawley Tariffs - and Trump

by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good

Of interest may be today's MSN report Trump has 'botched' his whole tariff plan with a slip of the tongue.

But has he?

Well, as you know, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 failed to improve the dire economic situation in the US after the "Black Tuesday" Crash of October 29, 1929; notably, the tariffs did not "protect" US farmers and other workers, as was promised. The 1930 Tariff Act was signed into law by President Herbert Hoover on June 17, 1930 under the auspices of a 4 North Solar Eclipse of restraint, restriction, and illusion. See the dual images, below, for additional details.

"Liberation": from our money and savings?

Fast forward to a few days prior to Tr*mp's so-called "Liberation Day" of April 2, 2025 when he announced in the (Venusian) Rose Garden a long list of risky tariffs on imports from countries around the globe (but not on Russia). It turns out that his announcement of tariffs is cosmically imprinted by the third of three Jupiter Returns to the "Black Tuesday" Crash Horoscope of 1929, and this creates a cosmic time link between 1929/1930 financial concerns and those of 2025.

Plus, money bags/corporate Jupiter's return to its 1929 degree (@15Gem25) perfected the day prior to the difficult 9 New North Solar Eclipse @9Aries on March 29, 2025 with themes of accidents or great physical effort (ex: Senator Cory Booker's 25-hour+ marathon speech on the Senate floor).

Shown below are two solar eclipse horoscopes which manifested in two different Saros Series but in the same degree ("8 Taurus"). When this circumstance occurs, the earlier and later eclipse themes may combine, particularly if societal conditions and events warrant it, and their blended themes may 'run in the background of society'. For as we know, history can rhyme with the repetition of similar events resurfacing to be better or more successfully dealt with. Or not! Because all eclipses are karmic "wild cards" and are Uranian in that disruptive, bolt from the blue sort of way.

2 Old North 1892 (upper right) and 4 North of 1930 (lower left):

My astro-notes are penned messily upon the charts for the curious reader.

In 1930: Saturn-Pluto = Uranus: "Brutal efforts to start a new order" (N.Tyl). This planetary trio actually forms a dynamic T-Square with radical reactionary Uranus at critical degree and apex in the 8th house of Shared Resources and Transformation - see their midpoint picture at the bottom of the 1930 chart, highlighted in blue.

Now I'm uncertain how much clearer the current-day saboteurs' motives can be considering the "carnage" being perpetrated upon American society and on the rest of the globe with a worldwide economic crash being feared along with unwanted government reforms. However, there is a bright ray of hope to be found in the 2 Old North Eclipse chart of 1892 and it's due to the fact that 2 Old North happens to be the Prenatal Eclipse ("PE") of tariff-lover Mr. Trump, and its theme extends to us the possibility that, though things seem "glum" at first from the receipt of unfortunate news (the tariffs), fast action can bring positive results. This we can hope for!

Yet realistically, there are too many factors in play to be certain at the moment, but the potential of improvement has assisted the orange fellow all through his charmed life. And yes, with his usual overblown risk-taking tendencies, he promises much increase from these tariffs so all we can do now is wait and see if the glumness everyone feels will lift, or if it tosses us all away.

A Related Post: The Herbert Hoover Inauguration Horoscope of 1929 with Jupiter @7Tau35 - conjunct both the solar eclipse degrees shown, above, and suggesting that potentials for ethical and moral issues are added to the matters at hand.

The Shocking of Elon Musk!

by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good

DOGE whisperer Elon Musk has reportedly admitted that he's shocked at the hatred against him and his Tesla vehicles but are victims of his machinations shocked? Not so much. In fact, millions of veterans and other recipients of Social Security and/or life-saving Medicaid benefits are protesting in the streets - some with placards that say, Deport Musk.

So let's take a look at the South African meddler's natal chart and current planetary transits to his planets by using the 9 New North Solar Eclipse of March 29, 2025 @9Aries; astro-notes concerning the eclipse and its physically expressive themes are penned on the left side of the chart, plus, potentials of a prominent combination are listed in green near the top of the image - Jupiter-North-Node (Jupiter-NN/NN-Jupiter) because it's a reciprocal connection at this time.

Then as you see, brief notes are listed on the grid for each contact (eclipse to natal) with the exception of his natal Moon and Uranus (shocking!) which are typed for your consideration beneath the synastry grid:

9NN Eclipse 2025 inconjunct natal Moon suggests a karmic situation returning that was previously responded to unsuccessfully but which must be dealt with now; if instincts are ignored rather than followed, a lack of karmic progress leads to obstacles and difficulties particularly in relationships and with the public.

9NN Eclipse 2025 opposite natal Uranus reveals a rebellious tendency to use this high energy aspect of intensity for stirring up trouble, often where none exists, and thereby exhibiting reckless irresponsibility in the process. (R. Lineman).

For further reading, you might try The Personality Blend of Elon Musk (natal horoscope shown).

Black Tuesday 1929's Jupiter Return Mar 28, 2025

by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good, Daughter of the Revolution

On Saturday March 29, 2025, the future of the US economy and government, and the lives of the American people, are dependent upon events and outcomes manipulated by bad faith actors, both foreign and domestic.

With a continuing resolution barely passed in Congress this week in lieu of an actual 2025 budget, a government shut-down is apparently avoided if the Senate agrees, and if so then US financials can simmer along until September 30, 2025, the traditional end of the financial year, interference with markets by the White House's daft tariffs notwithstanding.

Soon we'll discuss more about September 2025 which contains two Eclipses - a Lunar Eclipse on September 7th @15Pisces, and a Solar Eclipse on September 21st @29Virgo in the accident-prone 9 New North Saros Series - which basically amounts to an Autumn Equinox 2025 Eclipse that will hold sway until Winter Solstice 2025.

March 2025 Cosmic Lunations

Meanwhile, the Virgo Lunar Eclipse perfects this Friday (March 14th) at 2:54:37 am EDT, a Total Eclipse and so-called "blood moon" due to its reddish color. Inconvenient facts, secrets, and scandals are nearly certain to be uncovered, and synchronistically, the Lunar Eclipse lands upon the Full Moon that timed the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy filing in September 2008 and could possibly "activate" certain energies of a karmic nature. At the least, it's a cosmic spotlight cast upon the Virgo-Pisces victim-savior polarity. But will historical events rhyme or echo from 2008 forward to 2025? Perhaps, yet there is another possibility that could echo from way back in 1929:

Black Tuesday 1929's Jupiter in Mercury-Ruled Gemini

A potential echo because the third of three Jupiter Returns to the infamous Black Tuesday Crash Horoscope of 1929 occurs with corporate-banking-moneybags planet Jupiter @15Gem25 conjunct royal star Rigel in 1929. Of course, mundane Jupiter can also wear other hats besides financier, such as politician, broadcaster, preacher or guru. Or perhaps a Wall Street mogul, a Rockefeller, and/or a Treasury Secretary could be appropriate in the role:

Isn't It Always About The Gold? For Tr*mp It Is

Above you see a marked-up bi-wheel of Black Tuesday October 29, 1929 (inner timed by the Sun culminating @6Scorpio = "A Gold Rush") surrounded by the 1929 Crash's third of three Jupiter Return Horoscopes perfecting on March 28, 2025 at 5:05:45 am EDT (return dates one and two are listed lower left corner). And of course, the Jupiter Return to its 1929 position has occurred about 7 times through the decades but this time it occurs the day prior to the 9 New North Solar Eclipse.

With expansive Jupiter, an abundance of communications, trades, and deals are suggested along with the Geminian tendencies of multiplicity, superficiality, and duplicity.

Now as you see, both charts are set for New York, New York for obvious reasons, and manipulative wealth hoarder Pluto in early Aquarius (M*sk and his "tech bros" plus their bosses) leads a BOWL shape of planets signifying a mission or a cause - here, to sabotage and hollow out our country, heist all they can, and beggar our populace so that yet another obscenely massive tax cut for the wealthy can be finagled into corrupted pockets - and during the Tr*mpian chaos, a new form of government can be more easily installed against the will of The People.

In other words, America is to be removed from global leadership and control handed over to certain foreign nations whose names in this post shall remain unmentioned.

Now in closing, I agree with you that it's all very dreary so naturally a Thank You For Reading is in order! jc

A related post with DC Horoscopes: Cosmic Blinks: 2025's "Wild Card" Eclipses of 2025. And if you're up for it, here's a previous post sans edits concerning the Republican Party and what then were their future plans for the American people: the misery of the masses. If any dear reader didn't believe it possible then, surely their draconian objectives are obvious now.

Some Difficult Potentials Ahead

by Jude Cowell, partisan for America

Alert: Ultra fussy post ahead. Caution is advised. Seriously.

Hopefully, mass starvation in the US is not on the draconian Project 2025 agenda although depopulation does seem to be. And they're related, yes? Well, under the influence of the 8 South Solar Eclipse of October 2, 2024 @10Libra03 (among other influences), maga voters recklessly set in motion the sabotage of our nation and the interruption of American life as we've known it. For decades, the destruction of our central federal government has been the GOP's stated goal for they crave permanent power. Ain't no mystery about it.

So here's the DC Horoscope of the 8 South Solar Eclipse of 2024 with its themes of loss, separation, sad partings, physical injury through overstrain (B. Brady). Its influence has begun to fade as 9 New North Eclipse themes take precedence around mid-March and the March 14th Lunar Eclipse in Virgo with accidents and physical difficulties again possible:

Then below is a list of some of the things maga voters said Yes to in November plus a few of the worthy items and conditions they voted against; you'll think of more, I'm certain:

They voted for American Carnage.

They voted for global fascist totalitarianism to sunset our democracy.

They voted to be deported.

They voted against women and children.

They voted against healthcare insurance.

They voted for measles, polio, and epidemics.

They voted for The Confederacy and racism.

They voted for economic hardship.

They voted against keeping their jobs.

They voted against free speech.

They voted against books and learning.

They voted for chaos not law and order.

They voted for souless plutocratic oligarchy.

They voted for slavery and feudalism.

They voted against US sovereignty.

They voted for control of the US by foreign dictators.

They voted for terrorism and murder.

They voted to Make America Grieve Again.

They voted for a madman dictator bent on revenge - and an unelected sidekick billionaire who purchased the 2024 Election for him and who acts as de facto president.

US Solar Return Horoscope 2025

by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good

Here are two images of DC Horoscopes of America's Solar Return 2025: one based on the Horoscope of America July 4, 1776 5:09 pm LMT Philadelphia, the other issuing from the "US Powell Horoscope" of July 1, 1776 7:09 pm LMT (first vote; upper right):

Some basic astro-notes are penned on the dual image along with the July 5th date of US Jupiter Return 2025 (lower left corner) with 1776 Jupiter's descriptive Sabian Symbol now perfectly and eagerly expressed by the new administration of looters, thieves, embezzlers, scammers, and money-launderers: "Game Birds Feathering Their Nests."

This Symbol cosmically imprints Year 2025 (until July 2026) as highly significant for our country in the realms of the Sun-Jupiter pairing (leadership-finances/growth; freedom) with simultaneous Returns that nearly replay July 1776 as a cosmic time link.

However, Sun-Jupiter also suggests that there are legal and political conflicts with the law of the land, plus, fanaticism and one-sided views are present (and are ongoing now with Saturn and Neptune squaring US Jupiter) through the efforts of pretentious, arrogant people. Naturally, realistic Saturn's restrictive and legalistic functions, plus, deceptive Neptune's grand schemes and cultish behavior are involved, and the 9 New North Eclipse @9Aries adds intense energies and potentials for accidents and injuries.

USA and the Saturn-Neptune Cycle

by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good

As you know, there are multiple potentials (quite a mixed bag) that can express via the Saturn-Neptune pairing. Within their 33-to-36-year cycle, the two planets meet once again in Great Conjunction on February 20, 2026 @00Ari45, the Aries Point of World Events. Their current cycle began in 1989 with three exact conjunctions in the Zodiacal range of 10--12 degrees of Saturn-ruled Capricorn.

Their placements in Capricorn suggest possibilities such as industry, a strong will, realism, truth, self-restraint, diplomacy, endurance, one-sidedness, slow advncement, economy, egocentrism (Saturn), plus, success through crooked means, strange objectives, delving into religious problems, deep research, people with little sense of reality, secrets, subversion, liquids, fumes, gases, poisons (Neptune).

Then depending on which technique we prefer for three-fer returns and conjunctions, and because a fresh conjunction arrives next year, I'd say that we are now operating within the third phase of the pairing which began with the November 13, 1989 Conjunction @10Cap22. This chart is shown as the outermost horoscope in the following tri-wheel and it's the DC Horoscope operative until their next conjunction on February 20, 2026 at Aries Point (2026 chart shown, below):

Saturn-Neptune Meet February 20, 2026:

So here's a partial list of potential expressions of the Saturn-Neptune duo when their energies combine; any, all, or none may apply or may alternate expression:

Social safety net programs, Socialism and other forms of -isms in government, delusions among leadership, inefficient use of capable advice, policies that restrict spies, using and hiding lies and deception, false hopes that lead to nothing, secret or invisible government, weakness, depression, pessimism, and/or illness, mistaken religious leaders, uncovering or restricting fraud, continuing detrimental practices, regrets, denial of responsibility, utilizing illusion, shabby practices, neglect in society, abandoning responsibility, an illusion of respectability, breaking through existing circumstances toward "the dream", loss via dissolution, erosion, or theft, martyrdom, a sense of being wronged, losing focus, Earth and Water events - and the list goes on and on when restrictive Saturn and urge to merge Neptune act as a "team" (Oken; Ebertin; Munkasey; Tyl), their energies heightened at Conjunciton.

Then as you know, both planets are considered karmic in nature due to Saturn's orbit lasting 28--30 years, while pokey pup Neptune takes 164 years to complete an orbit. Meanwhile, inadequately addressed conditions and neglected problems pile up until they must surface. Yes, events feel as if they come from the outside, but the issues have been with us all along, often bubbling on a back burner.

Now additionally, there are basic concerns about the upcoming Saturn-Neptune Conjunction in 2026 because of the last few years and it's the fact that the planets meet during what will likely be Year Two of the second go-round of Mr.T. "manning" America's helm with finger on The Button, a convicted felon and figurehead in the US of a global Underworld network of crooks and looters (Neptune-Pluto). Concerns include delusions and illusions (Neptune) about authority figures (Saturn). And as we've seen, running the American Ship of State aground is the aim of our enemies, domestic and foreign, and they must be stopped. Yet now that the fox is in the henhouse again, it will be complicated. Some folks are calling for the impeachment of Mr. T., a valiant effort which could boost Democrats at Midterms 2026.

Of course, all of the difficulties have been the case for years now but as a new cycle of Saturn-Neptune begins, we may expect the gaslighting, lies, and fraud to increase, both here and abroad, along with a potential for societal events to manifest, perhaps some weather-related - any of which may trigger hysteria (R. Ebertin) within sections of the population.

Now here are a few general astro-notes concerning Saturn in Pisces where the lesson bringer planet of Old Age, accountability, fears and flaws hangs out until 2026. And you know how Neptune, floating through in its own sign of shady Pisces, has timed a period of contagion, confusion, mass migration and delusion - and fears and paranoia.

Then looking at soon-coming lunations as we must, here are the Solar and Lunar Eclipses of 2025 (DC Horoscopes shown) including themes of both Solar Eclipses, all of which energies will run in the background of society - until influences from the 10 North Eclipse of February 2026 @29AQ take over; notably, the Saturn-Neptune Conjunction of 2026 occurs under the 10 North.

For more information see Midpoints: Unleashing the Power of the Planets, Michael Munkasey #ad

Cosmic Blinks: 2025's "Wild Card" Eclipses

by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good

Viewing Year 2025 through the cosmic lens of the year's disruptive "Wild Card" Eclipses reveals emphases on the signs of Aries (one solar) and the Virgo-Pisces victim-savior axis (one solar, both lunars). This spotlights or activates the planets Mars (Aries), plus, Mercury, Jupiter and Neptune (Virgo-Pisces) for Cosmic Blink imperatives sent from Above. Changes of direction in earthly events will likely occur and secrets and/or inconveient facts are set to be uncovered.

So today, for my Friday end-of-the-week post, you see below a dual image of the two Solar Eclipses of 2025 in the 9 New North and the 9 New South Saros Series, along with a dual image of both Total Lunar Eclipses of 2025.

Yet being as fatigued with it all as you are, dear reader, further notes concerning the four eclipses of 2025, other than themes listed below, are hereby postponed to be published later on, most likely to my Stars Over Washington Patreon page exclusively for my special Patreon subscribers who generously support my work here on Stars Over Washington which helps defray expenses. (As can Buying Me a Coffee!) My Thanks to you all, btw!

Meanwhile, here are the four eclipses of 2025 set for Washington DC as a symbol for America; first, the Solar Eclipses:

And below are the Lunar Eclipses. As you see, the first eclipse of 2025 is the Total Lunar Eclipse of March 14th @23Vir56 which conjuncts US 1776 Neptune and squares our 1776 Mars in Gemini. This eclipse ruffles our nation's problematic Mars-Neptune square with its "unconscious habit patterns not appropriate to present reality" (Sakoian and Acker), plus, misdirected motivations, and the fog of war.

Underlying it all is the Moon-Neptune pairing which suggests potentials for refined feelings, subconscious stirrings, faulty assimilation of impressions, illusions and self-deception, oversensitivity, a lack of confidence, strange notions (R. Ebertin) - and the same old mass delusion aligned with our beguiling fantasy that Tr*mp will continue to exploit to the utmost:

Then as our calendars make clear, society begins 2025 with the eclipse energies of the October 2, 2024 8 South Eclipse @10Libra with its difficult themes of loss, partings, and separations. Both Election 2024 and Inauguration 2025 occur under the auspices of the 8 South - and it turns out that freedom is the loser.

On to Solar Eclipse Themes of 2025

9 New North: great physical effort; accidents; sudden physical events; potentials for violent actions; keep a watchful eye on safety; initial 9NN August 21, 1664 @28Leo50; PE of Abraham Lincoln and El*n Mu*k.

9 New South: longterm worries surface concerning health and/or loved ones; issues regarding paperwork or communications; worrisome news with a sense of destiny or fatedness attached, and/or responsibilities with paperwork come home to roost; initial 9NS July 19, 1917 @25Can51 (conjunct US 1776 Mercury: logic required for best results); PE of Charles Koch.

Eclipse info: Brady's Predictive Astrology #ad

Uranus to Gemini July 2025

Can Uranus Get a Witness?

by Jude Cowell, partisan for democracy

Our days of Uranus (The Witness) in earthy Taurus, since March 2019, will end soon as transit Uranus lurches into the tropical sign of Mercury-ruled Gemini.

In Gemini, progressive, futuristic planet Uranus sparks such concepts as original, innovative thinking, new or novel ideas in fields such as Technology, communications, electronics, Science, education, travel (air and space), commerce and trade, literature, persuasive oration, and alternative modes of living and healing. Then given our current societal conditions with Election 2024 coming soon, I must add zealous ideas and ideals from radical reactionaries in Politics; plus, mutable, changeable Gemini is the sign of multiplicity and duplicity.

General negatives of Uranus in Gemini periods include eccentricity, impracticality, scattered ideas and energies, radical or erratic ideals, and/or unreliability in relationships.

Uranus First Sighted 1781 by William Herschel and his sister Caroline (horoscope shown)

Now as you know, Gemini is the sign of America's totem planet, Uranus (@9Gemini in 1776: "A Quiver Full of Arrows"), due to its association with the principles of freedom, independence, anarchy, revolt and rebellion (1775/76). So we should add electricity, shocks, separation, disruption, and upheaval. Also add that America has tended toward war engagement when our Uranus Returns have occurred, and these days, cyber war must be included. Significantly, America's next Uranus Return, a three-fer, will arrive twice in 2027 and once in 2028. A future post on the topic is in the planning stage, so stay tuned to SO'W as you wish.

Meanwhile, across the globe there's a coming shift of Uranian energies from fixed Taurus to airy, mutable Gemini so I thought you might want to view the first second (according to my SolarFire v9.27 software) that transit Uranus reaches 00Gem00:00, the position of fixed star Alcyone of the Pleiades Constellation (the 7 sisters; Gemini, sign of twins and siblings).

DC Horoscope: July 7, 2025 1st second at 3:47:16 am edt; ASC 16Gem14 conjunct Rigel and Mars-NN; planets are aligned in a Splay pattern of individualism; after some fancy footwork, erratic Uranus will hit 00Gem00:00 twice more: in early November 2025 (Rx) and April 2026; my study notes are penned on the chart for your consideration:

Now an Alcyone-Uranus conjunction is never to be taken lightly. You'll find a description of its potentials at Astrology King (scroll down to Uranus). Suffice to say that themes of the Prenatal Eclipse ('PE') in the 9 New North Saros Series @9Aries echo the Alcyone-Uranus contact via physical accidents and possibilities of violence. Take no chances! Of course, these concerns loom much larger if the orange fascist manages to coup the White House in November 2024. If you're curious, using this chart as a transit chart to the Inauguration 2025 Horoscope would be informative.

An Additional Note: freedom-loving Uranus also hit 00Gemini in 1942 and conjoined restrictive Saturn which highlights President Biden's natal Saturn-Uranus Conjunction in early Gemini with the duo's links to politics, law, Israel-Palestine, and with old order vs new order implications.

And in case you're wondering, here's a tri-wheel showing when Trump's Guiding Planet Uranus Returns to natal degree with its Sabian Symbol for 18 Gemini: "Two Chinese Men Talking Chinese in a Western Crowd". (I consider this picture a cosmic peep-eye.)

Then if you're unfamiliar with Charles Carter's perfect description of one of the three types of Uranians, try a previous post Recognizing the Primitive Uranian.

On his Quest and the Relocation of Thomas Paine

The political champion turned resurrection man: Out of thy own mouth I will condemn thee; artist Robert Cruikshank (1789-1856); British political cartoon satirizing Cobbett's retrival from America of Tom Paine's bones as "Napoleon watches from St. Helena and Britain erupts in revolution"; Bodleian Libraries {public domain Wikimedia Commons}; PD-1996

May 23, 2021: A few Astro-Notes concerning the indespensible Thomas Paine

by Jude Cowell

While some confusion has existed over the correct birthdate (OS vs NS) and hour for Revolutionary author and Founder Thomas Paine, for my purposes I tend to use his January 29, 1737 11:30 am GMT Thetford, England chart with Ascendant 3Gemini48 rising along with karmic planet of restriction and authority, Saturn Rx 4Gem48. Of course, that's Mercury-ruled Gemini, sign of The Writer, Messenger, Communicator, and Orator (who used to read his works aloud to the public). Of interest is that an earlier version of my SolarFire software gave 2Gem46 which rounded up = "3 Gemini": "A Garden of the Tuilleries" which resonates with Paine's French Revolution involvement and his imprisonment in France.

Meanwhile, perhaps you, dear reader, are familiar with an old SO'W post of April 30, 2006 concerning Mr. Paine and a curious double transit in May 2006 to both his natal Sun and Chiron: Sun to Chiron and Chiron to Sun, a doubly emphasized, simultaneously occurring 'cosmic link' cross the centuries suggesting hints about The Chirotic Quest of Thomas Paine and perhaps activating his spiritual and/or ideological descendants. As you know, a conjunction of Sun and Chiron has to do with self-transformation but one doesn't have to be conscious of it for this to occur - which is a good thing since Mr. Paine definitely was unconscious at his eternal rest in 2006. Yet in life, idealism was prominent via his inspirational Neptune in Mercury-ruled Gemini posited in the 2nd house of Values (money was something of an issue; he's known for donating all profits from his writings to The Cause of liberty and independence, assuming that Congress would pay him later for his efforts but we know how that turned out).

As for the double transits of 2006, it's doubtful that such a noble quest by a Founding Father who promoted the era's noble Enlightenment principles (his Uranus-Neptune opposition!) could have been fulfilled from beyond the grave under the auspices of warmongering profiteers such as Bush-and-Cheney in 2006. For tragically, as you know, any noble course America once promoted, even honored, was cruelly diverted toward 'the dark side' decades ago, not to mention our nation's original stain of slavery from 1619 onward.

Now if you're curious about William Corbett's famous disinterment in New Rochelle, NY of the body of deist Mr. Paine and the subsequent return of Paine's bones to Britain on November 21, 1819, check out The Adventures of Thomas Paine's Bones by Moncure Conway if you dare.

Meanwhile, for your consideration below is a bi-wheel of Thomas Paine's natal chart, center, with an outer horoscope of that very event, set for "just before daybreak" on September 25, 1819 New Rochelle, NY (source: Thomas Paine, by Craig Nelson, 2006), the reputed date and approximate time (using 5:00 am LMT) that Mr. Corbett, his son, and a hired hand, dug up the 'disrespected' remains of one of America's Founding Fathers, Tom Paine, who was denied burial in the Quaker cemetery due to his deism (and criticisms of his former colleagues) which had made him extremely unpopular in America (curiously, his natal Sun at "10AQ" = "A Popularity That Proves Ephemeral" - Jones):

Of course, it's possible that the unholy deed was begun earlier or later than the speculative hour of 5:00 am LMT shown here, but a change won't affect the fact that the 1819 South Node of the Moon @11Lib12 (in his natal 6th house), a Saturnian point of separation, sat squarely upon Paine's Prenatal Solar Eclipse (11Lib42) degree in the 9 New North Saros Series with its themes of 'great physical effort, and a potential for 'violence' (Brady's Predictive Astrology #ad) which suggests the hired hand's toil that morning. Digging a grave whether empty or inhabited involves great physical effort along with the upheaval of disruptive Uranus (20Sag47) at the 5:00 am IC (Ending; Roots) so this also describes the desecrating, even shocking, event as an 'uprooting' took place.

Plus, the 1819 Moon (11Sag41) of physical body was hiding mysteries of her own in the darker light of her Crescent phase (70:12) after floating beyond her opposition to Paine's natal Saturn rising (note that Paine's reputation and authority had suffered in England, too). Meanwhile, transit Jupiter Rx @7AQ28 was in process of conjoining Paine's natal Aquarian Sun (someone famous got 'carried away'!) while a triple line-up of planets all @27Pisces ("A Harvest Moon" - that's some 'harvesting', Mr. Cobbett) had moved beyond Tom's natal Venus-South-Node conjunction (separation from females; isolation) and are opposed by 1819 Venus @27vir40, venal planet of jealousy, envy, and vanity.

Additionally, Tom's natal North Node of meetings and destiny was rising at 5:00 am, and the Sun @1Lib28 was conjunct Nemesis (the unbeatable foe). Well, Cobbett was certainly that, for Old Tom had had no say in the matter of his relocation whatsoever. At least Mr. Cobbett eventually thought better of his controversial actions on that morning and he did stop his criticism of Mr. Paine at some point. Still, that's a mighty harsh, cruel Saturn-Pluto duo surrounding wounded Chiron there, isn't it? And all in Pisces, sign of the victim - and with 1819 Neptune, planet of erosion, undermining, mourning, and loss, conjunct what may just be Tom Paine's natal 8th cusp of Death and the Occult. To me it seems that Mr. Cobbett probably had some measure of exploitation in mind.

Then a wider view reveals that 1819 Neptune in Sagittarius was opposing Tom's natal Neptune in Gemini (sign of the pampheteer) which denotes that, yes, Thomas Paine was a victim of persecution during his lifetime and even, as we witness here via the lens of Astrology, in death.

Now naturally, several other chart factors are noteworthy so I shall trust you, dear reader, to locate them if you're curious.

In closing, here are details concerning the life and career of William Cobbett (b. March 9, 1763 Farnham, Surrey; d. June 18, 1835 Normandy, Surrey) provided by his Wikipedia bio page where you'll find that Cobbett's last years unfortunately were marked by a case of paranoia.

Recommendations: In case you've missed it so far, astrologer Mark Philips has written very interesting observations concerning Thomas Paine's natal Mercury in Aquarius.

And if you have 58 minutes to spare, don't miss Kenneth Griffith's theatrical documentary Thomas Paine The most valuable Englishman ever!

Natal Horoscopes of Capone-Manafort-Trump

August 2, 2018: Now that the tweeter-in-chief has compared his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort with Chicago gangster and tax-dodger Al Capone you know a comparison between their natal horoscopes had to occur. Below is a bi-wheel with Capone's C-rated natal chart in the center and Paul Manafort's 'noon' chart, outer. Penciled around the charts are some interesting links between Al Capone's planets and those of Donald Trump. As you see, Mr. Trump's Sun-NN-Uranus trio opposite his natal Moon-SN is prominently showcased on Capone's natal MC-IC axis:

The more stand-out links are Manafort's natal Jupiter conjunct Capone's Sun (28Capricorn--conjunct US natal Pluto), Manafort's natal Chiron 8Sag58 Rx (the wound and blind spot) conjunct Capone's natal Chiron 9Sag34, Capone's natal Jupiter 8Sco06 conjunct Manafort's Prenatal Solar Eclipse degree (4 South themes = 'strong emotions about money and/or relationships; a sense of fated events; frustrating blocks; sudden desire to end a relationship'). I won't mention Capone's Mars 29Can16 (Rx, OOBs, and at critical degree) conjunct Manafort's Ascendant since Manafort's chart is speculatively set for 'noon'. But we need no accurate birth time for Mr. Manafort to see Al Capone's Sun shining upon the natal Jupiter of extravagant spender and tax-dodger Paul Manafort during his current trial, thanks to the tweet-in-chief's (helpful?) efforts.

Plus, you see that Manafort's natal Saturn 00Vir04 Rx conjoins royal star Regulus (success if revenge is avoided)--and conjoins Trump's natal Ascendant and, by extension, his rising Mars in Leo. This link suggests that Manafort will 'stick' (Saturn) with Trump (ASC) and not turn state's evidence, even if convicted, but we'll see since 69-year-old Manafort's prospect of dying in prison may be a prison cell too far.

Also note that Al Capone's Syzygy Moon is his Prenatal Eclipse ('PE') 21Cap33 in the violent 9 New North Saros Series (conjunct Trump's natal Vertex!) and is the same series as that of Alexander Hamilton's PE, as already discussed.

Now here's a brief bio plus the natal chart of Al Capone if you wish a peek at his chart without my scribbles. And of course The Tower Eclipse of August 11, 2018 is affecting events already and may have much more to 'say' about the whole sordid mess--or in quick Uranian fashion may put an end to it!

On the Prenatal Solar Eclipse of Alexander Hamilton

John Trumbull [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Because of the uncertainty of the birth data of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton I've never properly posted his natal horoscope or made much mention of him astrologically here on Stars Over Washington. However, there are multiple rectified versions of his natal chart for the curious if you wish to have a look at them or at his noon chart. His early childhood on the Island of Nevis has been subject to speculation through the years although more seems to be known these days. Here's his Wikipedia bio page if you're interested and a view of his 'noon' chart is available here. The version I tend to favor is a rectified chart (by Dr. "H") set for January 11, 1755 1:23:37 pm Charlestown, Nevis with ASC 19Tau53 and MC 9AQ20--and lots of Capricorn planets suitable for the man who championed America's national banking system, served as our first Secretary of the Treasury, and more.

The Age-Old Question: Who's Your Daddy?

In the natal chart I favor, Hamilton's natal Neptune @7Leo47 Rx, leader of a Locomotive shape of planets (toward success), conjoins his IC which describes Hamilton's mysterious beginnings or roots. Plus, rising is Taurus, a money sign (the Taurean 'Bull of bullish Wall Street') and an Aquarian Midheaven, the Aspiration and Career Point, brings in humanitarian or social work which resonates with his natal Uranus inconjunct Neptune aspect that identifies his generation as fighting social ills and becoming involved in political work. This aspect (150 degrees) between the two planets of The Enlightenment (and of the NWO, as their energies have since been directed) was also in effect from 1922 through 1928. And as you know, they last conjoined three times in 1993 @18Capricorn..."POLITICAL POWER...neg: smug or strong-armed paternalism" - Jones. Of course, paternalism is how America began by the Founding Fathers and what is now 'on steroids' under dictator-wannabe Trump.

Yet there are horoscopes relating to Alexander Hamilton which can be accurately timed without doubt. One is the chart of his Prenatal Solar Eclipse ('PE') which perfected @22Lib35 on October 15, 1754 in the 9 New North Saros Series. This is a difficult series containing potentials for physical violence, accidents, and great physical effort (Brady). (A 9 New North last perfected in 2007 and will again in 2025.) His 1754 PE horoscope contains a YOD pattern (crisis; turning point; crossroads; special task; spiritual opportunity) with Neptune sextile North Node (understanding of cultural trends but evading them) at its base pointing toward natal Uranus @7Pis49 Rx. As you know, astrological Uranus can be crisis-prone on its own so when rivals Hamilton and Burr met with pistols in 1804, transit Pluto Rx, god of Hades, had been in process of conjoining Hamilton's natal Uranus with Uranus-Pluto combinations always explosive and often daring and foolhardy.

Now the YOD in his natal PE chart may be read as a midpoint picture: Neptune-NN = Uranus: unrestrained self-will; upset over the anti-social conduct of others; a sudden undermining or destruction of relationships. Add transit Pluto to Uranus' place in the picture on July 11, 1804 7:00 am Weehawken, NJ and Hamilton encountered potentials for: exercising a bad influence upon associations between people and/or the breakdown of a relationship between people living together (Ebertin). Tragically, sudden death by duel or any other means can do that to a man and his family.

Bitter Rivals

As for the 1804 duel's PE, it manifested on February 11, 1804 @21AQ36 in the 4 North Saros Series with themes of: illusion, restraint, restriction, separation, events that block, and people who are prone to misjudge their strength or the situation. These themes sum up conditions and events around the Hamilton-Burr duel rather well, I think, especially since at 7:00 am LMT in Weehawken, vengeful Venus in proud Leo was rising and shooter Mars was at the critical-crisis 29th degree of Taurus.

A solar eclipse in the 4 North series last perfected in 2002 @20Gemini (conjunct US natal Mars and Trump's natal North Node) and will manifest next as the Summer Solstice Solar Eclipse of 2020.