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Moral Goodness<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In a week where former heroes were revealed to be something they were not, I have been wondering how you can see a person\u2019s moral worth, and whether it is revealed in the birth chart.<\/p>\n

Barack Obama<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

When I was reading Barack Obama\u2019s books on the train commute several years ago now, it took me a while to decide in my mind where he was coming from, and if he was for real.\u00a0 Once I had decided, I have remained firm in my conviction that he is spiritually a man of stature.\u00a0 Even so, it was not until he was elected, that I wrote a blog about him, from that place of conviction.\u00a0 One of the comments on that blog (8th<\/sup> November 2008, if you want to follow it up) was from MLG of Australia:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat about his Sun\/Nep delusional Square??? ..his Moon\/Plu Square and his tight, overconfident Merc\/Jup opposition? What is wrong with telling the whole story?\u201d<\/p>\n

The truth is that I could not write about his chart until I had felt comfortable with that mystery, as described above.\u00a0 To some extent, it depends upon a person\u2019s point of evolution, whether they can hold a square like that between the Sun and Neptune and turn it to positive account.\u00a0 And now in hindsight from his first term of government, it can be seen as forces in his life sapping his will and his ability to express his Soul\u2019s purpose (i.e. the constant force of opposition to any of his policies politically, regardless of their value).<\/p>\n

I did mention in the piece:<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the same time physically, he is not superhuman (Chiron [in the first House] is the \u201cwounded healer\u201d) and needs to address or be aware of his own frailties, and not to allow the strains of office to get out of hand (Chiron squaring his Moon)\u201d<\/p>\n

That is interesting in the light of his debate with Mitt Romney, and also in the light that he is still in the throes of his Chiron Return.<\/p>\n

Let us hope that he can overcome the fog of his natal Neptune square to the Sun, in order to achieve what he is really capable of.<\/p>\n

Mitt Romney<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Opponents of Mitt Romney continually point to the catalogue of lies which he has been seen to promote.<\/p>\n

Lies in Astrology are a function of the negative side of Neptune, which as we have seen is not well-aspected in Barack Obama\u2019s chart.\u00a0 Neptune, is well-aspected in Mitt Romney\u2019s chart, and it is his ruling planet from his Sun sign.<\/p>\n

He has three personal planets in Neptune-ruled Pisces.\u00a0 That Neptunian field would not be enough to give him such a reputation as a liar.<\/p>\n

I think the duplicitous public perception may partly come from his Ascendant\/North Node\/Uranus in Gemini.\u00a0 Neptunian duplicity is a deeper measure of truth, but Gemini can certainly seem two-faced at times (with deep apologies to all decent Geminis and Pisceans).\u00a0 This is the quicksilver Mercurial desire to leave the options open and not put all the eggs in one basket, to keep two arrows for the bow.<\/p>\n

The jury has to be out until lies are proven, even though the heart is suspicious\u2026<\/p>\n

Jimmy Saville<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In a national jaw-dropping scandal, the late DJ Jimmy Saville\u2019s allegations of sexual abuse are this morning said to involve 60 cases in 6 decades.\u00a0 That is 1 per year, but the numbers are rising.\u00a0 We cannot ignore this story, as it has dominated the papers in the U.K. for two weeks.\u00a0 The abuse lay unchallenged for all that time, and occurred within institutions such as the BBC, the Prison service, and the NHS.\u00a0 We do not have a birth time or Ascendant for him (the \u201cDuchess\u201d took that with her to the grave) but his Sun sign was Scorpio (again deep apologies to all decent Scorpios) and with the abuses taking place in Institutions, some of them cloistered in nature, there is a case for his having a Sagittarian Ascendant (apologies to Sagittarian Ascendants) with the abuse being carried out through the three planets he has in the sign of Scorpio in the 12th<\/sup> House of sequestered Institutions.\u00a0 This news story has been like a bomb shell to our society, though most women I have spoken to have said they always felt him to be \u201ccreepy\u201d.\u00a0 How it was suppressed for so long, the scale of it, and the reasons for it, are torture to think about.\u00a0 Here is someone who does have a sinister Neptune: in his chart it is exactly square to Saturn.\u00a0 It is very interesting that his activities have come to light since the North Node (karmic revelation) entered Scorpio (the sign of sexuality).<\/p>\n

Lance Armstrong<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In a second jaw-dropping example of widespread suppression of possible wrongdoing, this week it was revealed that cycling champion Lance Armstrong was exposed to have masterminded a sports drug ring which also stopped people speaking out.\u00a0 Now 11 of his fellow sportspersons have testified against him, and also his ex-girlfriend Sheryl Crow.\u00a0 We do not have a birth time for Lance Armstrong and cannot determine his Ascendant, but can note that he is strongly Mercury ruled through Virgo, and Mercury is associated with bikes (more usually through Gemini).\u00a0 He has a warrior North Node\/Mars conjunction which is exact in Aquarius, which gives him lightning speed with or without the drugs.\u00a0 But interestingly he has what looks like a good Neptune (an exact conjunction to Jupiter), though it is always up to the individual what they do with a good feature.\u00a0 Many Astrologers would argue that it is not necessarily a good conjunction, because Jupiter would blow up the deceitfulness of the Neptune to limitless proportions.\u00a0 This conjunction though would give an enormous faith in the self, and Neptune also represents drugs, so that would have given him \u201cluck\u201d through drugs, in this case the ability to keep the deceit going for a long time.\u00a0 Another who is innocent until proven guilty.<\/p>\n

To go back to my original question: \u201cHow can you see a person\u2019s moral worth?\u201d First of all, we try to be non-judgemental.\u00a0 In the afterlife, it is only question of self-judgement and in relation to what we contracted to do before we came to earth in this incarnation.\u00a0 But in the case of who are we going to vote for, and do we speak out if we know there is crime or injustice, life may force us to move from the fence.\u00a0 In the case of the birthchart, as in the use of one\u2019s instincts, I don\u2019t think it is possible to tell what someone will make of their given characteristics at birth.\u00a0 It is the Soul\u2019s choice, which direction to move towards.\u00a0 And sometimes some souls do decide to veer away from evolution.\u00a0 In these cases, it can take lifetimes to get back to the point where they made that decision.<\/p>\n

Aspects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It is not a bad week coming up, though we start with a square and end with a square.\u00a0 Today Mars squares Chiron, which may force us to look at painful issues.\u00a0 It is the type of aspect which medically would be lancing a boil. You could also take that metaphorically.\u00a0 It is certainly a time for speaking out about issues that concern you, and not leaving them to fester.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, Mars trines Uranus, which favours engineering, electrical goods, and new, bold and progressive ideas.\u00a0 It may be a good time to look at male issues in terms of how the 21st<\/sup> Century male can upgrade his image, after Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has turned the spotlight on misogyny.<\/p>\n

There is also a New Moon at 22 degrees Libra tomorrow, so relationships and culture can be receptive to new initiatives.\u00a0 Tomorrow is a chance to begin healing on some male-female issues which have recently been brought out into the open.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday (16th<\/sup>), Mercury sextiles Venus, an aspect which favours diplomacy, culture, writing and art, and all those in combination.\u00a0 I have a blog devoted to this aspect under the category \u201cAspects\u201d if you would like to explore the idea further, but all you need to do is listen to your own guidance and connect with your own vein of creativity.<\/p>\n

The same day, just before midnight in the U.K., Venus squares Jupiter, so creative ideas may proliferate rather fervently, and you may need to calm down.\u00a0 Also social and romantic ideas may get a little out of hand, and you may need to urge others to calm down.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s it for this week, so keep calm and carry on.\u00a0 May peace and creativity be with you for the duration of the week.<\/p>\n

Pre-Raphaelites<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The second of my Pre-Raphaelite series is now posted, if this group of painters is of interest to you:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.lanawooster.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/10\/the-pre-raphaelites-john-ruskin\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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The week in bullet points:<\/p>\n