{"id":2278,"date":"2013-03-31T12:52:16","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T11:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lanawooster.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2278"},"modified":"2013-03-31T12:52:16","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T11:52:16","slug":"aspects-for-the-week-beginning-31-march-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/?p=2278","title":{"rendered":"Aspects for the week beginning 31 March 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Miliband Brothers<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

This week on the Mars-Pluto square, David Miliband announced that he is taking up a position in New York to work for a charity, the International Rescue Committee.\u00a0 This is the latest twist in the sibling rivalry saga with his brother Ed.\u00a0 I thought I would have a look at the family history.<\/p>\n

Ralph Miliband<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The story begins with their father, Ralph Miliband, whose chart we have (without a birth time); we do not have a chart for their mother Marion Kozak.\u00a0 The family of Ralph Miliband originally came from the Jewish quarter of Warsaw, but moved to Belgium, where Ralph was born in 1924.\u00a0 He came to England with his father in 1940 to avoid persecution by the Nazis.<\/p>\n

He studied at the London School of Economics, and became a devotee of the philosophy of Karl Marx, and visited his grave in Highgate Cemetery.\u00a0 At his death in 1994 he was buried there, close to Karl Marx.\u00a0 In the 1960s he was involved with the movement of the New Left, <\/i>and published the book Parliamentary Socialism<\/i> in 1961.<\/p>\n

Ralph Miliband had Sun in Capricorn, and Moon conjunct Mercury in Capricorn, the sign associated with politics, and indeed both his sons followed those interests and became politicians, possibly fulfilling some of his aspirations.<\/p>\n

David Miliband<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

David Miliband is the older of the two brothers (born in 1965), Cancerian to Ed\u2019s opposite sign of Capricorn.<\/p>\n

In an Observer Profile of the brothers 1\/7\/07 by Andrew Anthony, at the outset of their Cabinet careers, but long before the leadership contest between them, we are treated to an interesting picture of their upbringing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Miliband house in Primrose Hill in north London was a meeting place of the \u2018new left\u2019, the group of intellectuals that formed around the New Left Review<\/i>, as well as more traditionalist Labourites and communists.\u00a0 Tariq Ali and Tony Benn, for example, were regular visitors…<\/p>\n

\u201cBenn (also) writes in his diaries that Miliband senior, who was a close friend, confided that his sons complained to him about his idealism: \u2018Oh, Dad, how would you do that? Would it work? What are your positive proposals?\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n

Both brothers studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford.\u00a0 Around the time of his Saturn Return, David Miliband became Head of Policy for Tony Blair in 1994, and thus became associated with the development of New Labour leading up to Tony\u2019s election and in this period the father died.\u00a0 New Labour was going in a completely different direction from Ralph Miliband\u2019s ideals, and Ralph Miliband bowed out of incarnation.\u00a0 At that point, David Miliband\u2019s Nodal Axis (the direction of his destiny) was squaring his father\u2019s Saturn, and their politics were diverging.\u00a0 It would be Ed who would carry some semblance of a torch for socialism and Old Labour.<\/p>\n

In his new appointment at this time, David is following his destiny.\u00a0 Natally, he has Jupiter conjunct his North Node in Gemini (a sign often associated with the U.S., and sometimes used as its rising sign), and Jupiter is now conjunct with his North Node, hence the beckoning horizons across the pond.<\/p>\n

Hillary and Bill Clinton<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

When Tony Blair left the office of Prime Minister, and New Labour was beginning to die, the new Prime Minister Gordon Brown appointed David as Foreign Secretary.\u00a0 His period in the office was not as distinguished as possibly expected in comparison to the potential and hope invested in him, neither was it disastrous.\u00a0 There were controversies, but no more than average for a Foreign Secretary.<\/p>\n

He notably formed a warm friendship with Hillary Clinton, and it is interesting that David\u2019s Neptune is conjunct her Venus.\u00a0 This is the opposite way round from her conjunction with Bill Clinton: Bill\u2019s Venus being conjunct with Hillary\u2019s Neptune.\u00a0 It is a conjunction in synastry which can produce fascination, or at least dazzlement in the early stages of a relationship.<\/p>\n

Bill Clinton\u2019s comment on David Miliband\u2019s new appointment is \u201cI congratulate the IBC on the appointment of David Miliband as its president.\u00a0 I have known David almost 20 years.\u00a0 He is one of the ablest, most creative public servants of our time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ed Miliband<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Ed Miliband was born in 1969, and in his relationship comparison with David includes a combustible Uranus-Mars conjunction (Ed\u2019s Uranus conjunct David\u2019s Mars).<\/p>\n

When Ed pulled a surprise win in the Labour leadership contest in September 2010, Pluto was conjunct Ed\u2019s natal Sun, and Mars was square to David\u2019s Sun.\u00a0 It may therefore have been as much of a shock to Ed as it was to David.\u00a0 It was one of those moments that their mother \u201ccouldn\u2019t look\u201d.\u00a0 Many saw it as a betrayal, that Ed had snatched David\u2019s birthright (not even for a mess of potage), and those who thought New Labour would go forward were disappointed in the direction of the party.<\/p>\n

But there is an interesting legacy from father Ralph.\u00a0 Both Ed Miliband and his father have Sun in Capricorn (politics) square exactly Chiron (their wound) in Aries, so Ed Miliband is carrying an exact astrological gene from his father.<\/p>\n

There is a small possibility that Ed could fulfil the true socialist ideals of his father, but with his charisma only marginally appealing to the British population and only incrementally increasing, it remains largely improbable.\u00a0 Those who hanker after Old Labour know that you cannot bring it back now, any more than you can rehabilitate the beloved NHS in the current political and economic climate, but with Ed\u2019s karmic mission (North Node) conjunct his father\u2019s Uranus (Vision) a glimmer of his father\u2019s light remains in the political domain.<\/p>\n

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

Today, Easter Sunday, Venus makes two aspects, a death and a resurrection.\u00a0 The first is a square with Pluto, the sweeping away of old attachments.\u00a0 The second is a sextile with Jupiter in the early afternoon: a taking up of enthusiastic new attachments.\u00a0 So there is the possibility of hearts broken and hearts made today, and they may or may not be the same hearts.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, April Fool\u2019s Day, follows a similar pattern, but substituting the Sun for Venus.\u00a0 First, in the early hours, the Sun squares Pluto.\u00a0 The theme of the cycle of birth\/death\/rebirth is revisited, on a more creative level than the emotional focus of Sunday.<\/p>\n

At lunchtime, we have the Sun sextile Jupiter, bringing new enthusiastic energy, life and vitality.\u00a0 Thus you may have themes of creation\/construction\/destruction\/recycling, with perhaps more to show for it than Sunday which can act as a rehearsal in some respects.\u00a0 It will be like a twice baked souffl\u00e9 for this week, or twice baked chips (I have been watching too much of the current series of Masterchef).<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Pluto will be sextile Chiron.\u00a0 This will bring through more healing, and more understanding of the cycle of regeneration.\u00a0 Pluto (psychological health) will balance with Chiron (spiritual health), and you may be able to produce a much more wholesome Excel spreadsheet\u00a0 of your physical health, psychological well being, and future goals (or centring in the Now if that is preferred).\u00a0 The lessons and rollercoaster of the early week will come to fruition in this planetary combination.<\/p>\n

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