by Jude Cowell, keeping it Astrology
The New Moon of August 23, 2025 conjuncts royal star Regulus along with the natal 4th house Uranus (Rx @00Vir22) of Jeffrey Epstein's incarcerated partner-in-crime, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Simultaneously, transit Uranus in Gemini continues squaring her natal Uranus in Virgo and this casts a spotlight upon freedom issues and blockages to her release from prison, a release which may or not occur. After all, knowledge is a powerful commodity yet it can be a dangerous thing when conditions are unfavorable:
Meanwhile, with royal star Regulus involved, we might advise caution against taking revenge (as in, better not spill the beans?) yet there's more to it when erratic Uranus and Regulus conjoin. Potentials include 'friends who become enemies at the end of life, living in seclusion,' and/or 'violent death through accident or assassination' (source: Astrology King #ad).
Then a day prior to the August 23rd New Moon, Maxwell's Secondary Progressions ('SP') show multiple factors of importance. Two that stand out for me are her SP Sun-Pluto opposition now aligned across the victim-savior Virgo-Pisces axis suggesting powerful forces against her, plus, a significant midpoint picture involving her Virgo Uranus (an unusual profession) since the word picture remains in force from natal chart to SP chart and is part of a YOD pattern of crisis/turning point/special task/spiritual opportunity arriving with the August New Moon:
Pluto-NN = Uranus: 'crush the opposition' (N. Tyl); 'emotional suffering through separation' (R. Ebertin); 'meetings about morbid subjects; impersonal decisions to eliminate others from associations' (M. Munkasey). Realistically speaking, this is a risky time for Ghislaine Maxwell.
Now at the base of the YOD are the Saturn-Pluto sextile (control issues; fear of loss) and Neptune-Pluto, an ongoing transiting sextile formed by the poster duo for Organized, aka, Underworld Crime such as drug dealers, gangsters, and those who traffick people for sex acts - including pedophilia.
The YOD pointing toward the New Moon denotes potentials for privation, renunciation, and/or succumbing to strange influences (which could mean anything). With the YOD pointing toward Ghislaine's natal Uranus we can add 'making sudden decisions in difficult circumstances; a person unafraid of danger; sudden acts of violence' (R. Ebertin), and 'unusual means to escape from or change reality; rebellion; impersonal attitudes about destructive or anti-social activities; tendencies to go to extremes with drugs' (M. Munkasey).
Obviously, New Moons time the beginning of new cycles of activity which reach a measure of fullfilment at the next Full Moon. Here, this happens to be the Total Lunar Eclipse @15Pis22 of September 7, 2025. More on that in a future post - but for Ghislaine, the September Moon Eclipse includes transit Mercury @10Virgo conjoining her natal 4th house Pluto; this transit suggests 'valuable information may help her gain personal power and could relate to finances, investments, and/or property.'
Now in closing, you can see that my study notes are sprinkled around the above bi-wheel of Horoscopes yet naturally there are other indications of her current predicament shown in Ghislaine Maxwell's natal horoscope, her progressed and return charts, and the August 23, 2025 New Moon Horoscope. If possible, check them out if you haven't.
btw: in this post we're treating the August New Moon as a Solar Eclipse. Its conjunction with a major fixed star is a good enough reason to do this due to their combined energies. jc
