Is the DC Madam haunting DC?

by Jude Cowell, keepin' it astrology

July 17, 2025: Below is my original post concerning the controversial death of "DC Madam" Deborah Jeane Palfrey but with a few edits and code corrections for the sake of clarity; a previously included news link is no longer available so I deleted it, and a related horoscope is included below for curious readers:

A headline back in the day read, Alleged Call Girl Professor Hanged Self Jan 30, 2007:

A former university professor accused of working as a call girl hanged herself over the weekend, police said Monday. Brandy Britton was found dead at her home Saturday by a family member. Britton, who was a sociology and anthropology professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, was charged a year ago with four counts of prostitution and was scheduled to go on trial next Monday. #

Then came this:

Police: 'DC Madam' Palfrey Hanged Self in FL May 1, 2008:

Deborah Jeane Palfrey, convicted last month of running a high-end prostitution service in Washington DC, hanged herself in a shed outside her mother's mobile home in Florida today, officials said. Authorities were called to the Sun Valley Estates Mobile Home Park in Tarpon Springs, Florida, by Blanche Palfrey, who found her daughter's body hanging by a nylon rope shortly before 11 a.m., Tarpon Springs police Capt. Jeffrey P. Young said at a news conference. He said Deborah Palfrey left at least two suicide notes, but he declined to discuss their contents. #

Well, I remember this case and that Deborah Jeane had reportedly said to investigative journalist and author Dan Moldea, with whom she was working on a book that, "I am not going back to prison. I will commit suicide first."

Meanwhile, her Wikipedia page contains a variety of details for the curious reader: Deborah Jeane Palfrey.

Now here's an excerpt from one of my 2007 posts, edited for clarity:

Earthwalk Astrology's (Robert) Blaschke had spoken by phone with the DC Madam and she gave him her birth data. The federal charges against her may be dismissed or reduced - her Secondary Progressed Moon was trining natal Jupiter at the time of her indictment, March 1 (edit: apparently this did not happen):

Deborah Jeane Palfrey Mar 18, 1956, North Charleroi, PA 16:55:00 GMT

And here's her natal Sun Pisces-Moon Gemini personality blend's Images for Integration:

"A child grips his magic red balloon as it lifts him into the sky and over the sea onto an island of eternal beauty...A schoolboy dreams of heroic deeds during a class on the romantic poets" (Sun Sign-Moon Sign, Charles and Suzy Harvey #ad).

UPDATE July 17, 2025:

Below you see a speculativley timed "found dead" horoscope for Deborah Jeane Palfrey set for "shortly before 11:00 am" (news reports). As we know, Angular planets at death are significant and her natal Mars is setting at the angular Descendant and her natal Sun (vitality) is visible at Midheaven:

Note: On March 19, 2007, a 9 New North Solar Eclipse @28Pis07 landed upon and dimmed Deborah Palfrey's natal Sun (@27Pis47 in natal 1st house) with 9NN themes of: 'accidents; great physical eoffort; violence; sudden physical events' (Brady) which suggests a risky period for her. Of interest is that 9 New North happens to be the current Solar Eclipse Series running in the background of society since a 9NN Eclipse manifested on March 29, 2025 @9Ari00.

And so I'm wishing that Deborah Jeane Palfrey can R.I.P.

jc July 17, 2025

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.

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).