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From my Postbag:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFor the next blog can I request a focus on Russell Brand who in my opinion has articulated what many of us feel.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Russell Brand is no stranger to controversy, and has recently upped his political profile by appearing on Question Time and then being interviewed by Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight.\u00a0 Our querent refers to the interview with Jeremy Paxman in which he ranted about the population being completely disillusioned with politicians.\u00a0 He does seem to have touched a nerve.<\/p>\n

I meet up regularly (once a fortnight) with a friend for an early morning coffee, aiming and failing to set the world to rights.\u00a0 We usually end the hour by agreeing to disagree.\u00a0 At least once in every meeting she expresses the fact that she does not trust Politicians, Policemen, Journalists and Psychiatrists.\u00a0 Russell is avant-garde, but maybe she is even further ahead.<\/p>\n

Russell Brand<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russell Brand, who sports a medieval attire and speech, and may have been a soothsayer in those times, was born on exactly the same date as Angelina Jolie, and they share a raunchy image at least.\u00a0 We are fortunate to have birth times for both, and Angelina\u2019s Cancerian Ascendant (focusing on children) opposes Russell Brand\u2019s Capricorn Ascendant (focusing on politics, although Angelina is politically minded too).\u00a0 What is it in his chart that makes Russell so outspoken?\u00a0 I feel that his conjunction of the Midheaven\/North Node\/Part of Fortune makes him compelled to be authentic, to his own ears anyway.<\/p>\n

At the time of the Paxman interview Uranus was trine his Neptune, so he was stimulated to make an announcement on complex social phenomena.\u00a0\u00a0 Venus was also trine his natal Jupiter\/ Moon conjunction in his 3rd<\/sup> House of broadcasting, giving him an ideal outlet for this.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Freedland commented in the Guardian:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe success of Brand\u2019s \u2018Don\u2019t vote\u2019 riff probably frightens some in the political class.\u00a0 Perhaps a luckless special adviser is drawing up bullet points for a PowerPoint presentation on the \u2018Brand demographic\u2019 as I write.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jeremy Paxman<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Jeremy Paxman is a solid Taurean who never backs down during an interview, although in this case he partly backed down after the interview.\u00a0 At the time of the interview, Jupiter was sextile his Sun.\u00a0 He has changed since he \u201cseriously considered\u201d quitting Newsnight over the Jimmy Savile scandal.\u00a0 He became blas\u00e9 and grew a beard.\u00a0 Jupiter sextile his Sun by transit would make an arrogant interviewer extra confident, magnanimous enough to concede a point to his interviewee a little further down the line.\u00a0 Other transits for him were Saturn sextile his Saturn (a feeling of internal stability), Neptune trine his Uranus (other way round from Russell) and Mars opposite his Jupiter (in the mood for a little jousting).<\/p>\n

A few days later he confessed that he didn\u2019t vote in a recent election because he himself was a little disaffected.\u00a0 By this time the transiting Neptune trine Uranus came more into focus, and allowed a response which overlapped with Russell\u2019s views.\u00a0 Neptune transiting would allow more sensitivity in relation to some of his entrenched (Uranian) views.<\/p>\n

Paxman said:<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the next election we shall have a choice between the people who\u2019ve given us five years of austerity, the people who left us this mess, and the people who signed public pledges that they wouldn\u2019t raise student fees, and then did so.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nick Clegg<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I have more sympathy than most for Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, viewing him as Capricorn scapegoat to Cameron\u2019s Libra charm offensive.\u00a0 But even I have to concede that he did not have the kudos to weigh in to this argument.\u00a0 In his LBC phone in, he argued: \u201cHere is a guy [referring to Paxman]\u2026he lives off politics and he spends all his time sneering at politics\u201d treating all politicians as \u201crogues and charlatans\u201d.\u00a0 While Russell Brand has Uranus the Rebel at the top of his chart squaring his Capricorn Ascendant, Capricornian Nick Clegg is seriously trying to uphold the Capricorn institution of Politics.\u00a0 Transiting Pluto sextiles his Jupiter, making him feel epic enough to say this.<\/p>\n

Political Implications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Rebels rarely have the stamina to actually implement their cause, theirs is to do the shouting.\u00a0 We are in an era of Uranus in Aries (the Arab Spring and Occupy Movements) and Aries starts a thing, Aries does not finish it.\u00a0 I think Russell intends for someone else to do the implementing, or for ourselves as members of society to take individual responsibility.<\/p>\n

Did I answer the question?<\/p>\n

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

There may be a sense of relief today, with Mercury turning Direct, that at last things can be said without their being misconstrued.\u00a0 A friend has realized that every time Mercury goes retrograde, her technological systems require and receive an upgrade, which is a useful addition to the wisdom around this subject.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow sensitivities can be opened out and communication can go that bit further, with Mercury trine Neptune. It\u2019s an aspect we enjoyed on Saturday night because now Mercury is going the other way.\u00a0 It may have been an evening to remember, and accordingly some of the sparkle may be revived tomorrow. Again it occurs in the evening, so the mood may be similar.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday (12th<\/sup>) the Sun trines Jupiter, so some of the sensitivity will have been absorbed and integrated, and a feeling of spaciousness can emerge.\u00a0 The Soul can be given free rein, and awareness can expand; philosophical avenues can be explored. Visions of the future look rosy that day.<\/p>\n

Wednesday (13th<\/sup>) has another planet turning direct: Neptune.\u00a0 That will bring more understanding of complexity, sensitivity and spirituality, as these qualities and directions will be reinforced.\u00a0 You feel you are swimming more with the tide intellectually (Mercury\u2019s movement forward) and spiritually (Neptune\u2019s).\u00a0 This may constitute a shift on the spiritual path.\u00a0 Even if your concerns are centred on practical matters, the spiritual implications will be clearer.\u00a0 There may be a marker to show how far you have come on your journey.\u00a0 Then you will realize there is a new stage to the journey.<\/p>\n

On Friday (15th<\/sup>) it will be harder to hold things together, so you will need to keep the spiritual perspective.\u00a0\u00a0 Venus engages with the Uranus-Pluto square.\u00a0 Feelings and relationships will be deeply experienced at the cellular level.\u00a0 We make the mistake sometimes of thinking we are not connected with events and people.\u00a0 Sometimes in our disconnection we can realize our connectivity, and vice versa.\u00a0 It\u2019s that sort of day.\u00a0 First Uranus squares Venus at the beginning of the day, producing the sense of isolation or alienation, then at the other end of the day Venus conjuncts Pluto, bringing a sense of finality or closure.\u00a0 There\u2019s no escaping the import of the day, but between these two events Venus sextiles Chiron holding a healing space for us as we process.<\/p>\n

We are working our way towards a Full Moon in Taurus (not eclipsed) on Sunday.\u00a0 So any residual emotion from Friday may reach a peak then.\u00a0 I will expand on this next week.<\/p>\n

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