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The Do-Gooder Rock Gods<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a trinity of do-gooding rock musicians in the U.K., who are sometimes regarded with cynicism.\u00a0 This week has seen some aspersions cast on Bob Geldof\u2019s\u00a0 new version of \u201cDo They Know it\u2019s Christmas\u201d; people wonder what is behind Bono\u2019s dark glasses; and did Sting really save the rainforests?<\/p>\n

I thought I would take a look at their charts to see if there is any common ground for the impulse to do good in their charts.<\/p>\n

Bob Geldof<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In May this year I was writing about Sir Bob in the context of the tragic \u00a0death of his daughter Peaches:<\/p>\n

\u201cSir Bob Geldof is an edgy personality, and musical (Libran) but has no planets in the rock god sign of Scorpio, a compelling opposite sign for Paula. With Chiron rising in Sagittarius and Moon exactly trine Jupiter he has a desire to heal the world!\u201d<\/p>\n

Just a few months later, we find him organizing a reprise of the 1984 Christmas single, with an added incentive of tackling the Ebola crisis, bringing together the fresh faces of the current pop music scene, including One Direction. \u00a0His current initiative has been criticized by some as being \u201ccultural imperialism\u201d.\u00a0 There have been accusations of self-aggrandisement,\u00a0 a false portrayal of \u00a0Africans, and questions about how much of the money raised actually reaches the intended destination.<\/p>\n

Sir Bob is both an optimist (Moon exactly trine Jupiter) and a realist (Mercury exactly conjunct Saturn).\u00a0 He has the power to change the world in profound ways (Pluto closely trine his Ascendant).\u00a0 He is an activist (Mars sextile closely his Midheaven\/Careerpoint, which bisects a trine between Mars and his Chiron).\u00a0 He has a karmic mission as a humanitarian (Moon closely square his Nodal Axis).\u00a0 I didn\u2019t like his anthem for the workers (with the Boomtown Rats) \u201cI Don\u2019t like Mondays\u201d, but I do admire his drive to help.\u00a0 In his autobiography \u201cIs That It?\u201d he wrote about lying in bed anguishing about Africa, and being presented with a vision of a tunnel and what he must do appearing at the end, which culminated in his work on Live Aid.\u00a0 Spiritual guidance, indeed.<\/p>\n

At the original recording of the Band Aid single in 1984, Chiron was trine his Mercury (a healing work initiative), Pluto was exactly sextile his natal Venus (profound music), Neptune was exactly trine his natal\u00a0 Mars (spiritual action), Mars and Chiron were exactly trine his natal Saturn (the taking on of responsibilities), Jupiter was \u00a0exactly opposite his natal Uranus (a radical enterprise) and Saturn squaring his natal Pluto (beset by the anguish of the world) \u2013 that was a lot going on, for one man at one time.<\/p>\n

Bono<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Bono, Sir Bob\u2019s partner in the Band Aid initiative, had a weekend of ecstasy followed by agony last weekend.\u00a0 On Saturday he was singing on the new Band Aid single, and on Sunday he had a serious bicycle accident (injuring his arm and an eye) in New York, from which he will need intensive treatment for a long time to come.<\/p>\n

Frontman for the band U2, Bono has the Songwriter Archetype in the form of Venus conjunct Mercury in his chart.\u00a0\u00a0 His songs include \u201cWith or Without You\u201d and \u201cBeautiful Day\u201d.<\/p>\n

The eyeshades are not just an affectation of his Midheaven in Scorpio persona, but apparently to alleviate the eye condition of glaucoma.<\/p>\n

His Moon conjunct Neptune can be do-gooding and charitable, and is certainly a sign of sensitivity in a chart, on a personal level.\u00a0\u00a0 He and his band have been accused of of clocking up too many air miles, and recently upset the music industry by their compulsory downloading of their recent album.<\/p>\n

He is both reactionary (Sun trine Saturn) and revolutionary (Sun square Uranus), responsible and liking the trappings of fame, and wanting to change the world.\u00a0 His Sun trines the North Node (karmic leadership) and his Ascendant, forming a Grand Trine, showing someone who can get things done.\u00a0 His Moon is sextile exactly his natal Jupiter (echoing Bob\u2019s positive trine between these two planets), and the Moon bisects an exact trine between Pluto and Jupiter (the wielding of power).\u00a0 The Moon also trines Chirion (the impulse to heal).\u00a0 He has Mars exactly trine his Midheaven (echoing Sir Bob\u2019s Mars\/Midheaven Activist sextile), and Jupiter sextile Chiron (the Will to Heal).<\/p>\n

At the time of the historic first Band Aid effort, Pluto was conjunct Bono\u2019s Moon, depicting the deepest emotional process, and\u00a0 transiting Pluto was also exactly sextile his natal Jupiter (a profound contribution\u00a0 borne of Good Will) \u2013 two very telling transits.<\/p>\n

But what was going on for him to produce such a fateful weekend on 15th<\/sup>\/16th<\/sup> November?.\u00a0 On the Saturday of the live recording, the Sun was sextile his natal North Node, a karmic nod from the Universe. Venus was conjunct his Midheaven (a musical high in his career), but there is not a lot to distinguish the two days astrologically.\u00a0 On the Sunday, the date of the accident, Mars and Saturn appear in the picture: \u00a0Mars transits his Saturn, and Saturn transits his Midheaven.\u00a0 The combination of Mars and Saturn can produce a harsh physical scenario, and Saturn approaching his Midheaven can signal a time \u00a0of protracted difficulties for his career and life direction.\u00a0 I hope that he recovers as quickly as possible from this painful trauma in his life.<\/p>\n

Sting<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sting rose to fame in his years as lead singer of the Police, with hits such as \u201cEvery Breath you Take\u201d and \u201cRoxanne\u201d.\u00a0 He and his second wife Trudie Styler became self-styled champions of the ecology of the rainforests, and for a time their profile was highly positive.\u00a0 Sting left the Police to go solo, and \u201cFields of Gold\u201d was a highly popular song of his own penmanship.\u00a0 But then, they were ridiculed over their tantric activities and general middle-class smugness, and Trudie was the subject of a court case filed by a former employee, which tarnished her reputation, which had been built up also in her own right as a promoter of peace, patron of the Buddhist Peace garden in London, in association with the Tibetan Foundation.\u00a0 The garden was opened by the Dalai Lama.\u00a0 Sting himself is currently working on a show about shipbuilding communities, inspired by his boyhood and the hardship of the North East.<\/p>\n

Sir Bob Geldof and Sting are born only three days apart, in the same year (1951), with their Suns in Libra.\u00a0 So some of the same impulses motivate them\u00a0 both.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sir Bob has the global sign Sagittarius rising, and Sting\u00a0 is a showman, with Leo rising.\u00a0 Despite a possible air of self-indulgence, \u00a0Sting does have a profound thinking conjunction of Pluto and the Part of Fortune in his 1st<\/sup> House.\u00a0 He also has the Moon conjunct Neptune (exact in his case) \u00a0in common with Bono, that compassionate emotional make up.\u00a0 Like Bono, too, he has Sun square Uranus, a desire to change the world.\u00a0 His North Node (karmic mission) too is in the compassionate sign of Pisces.\u00a0 He has Mars exactly trine Chiron, the desire to heal through action, which Bob Geldof also has but not to the exact degree.\u00a0 He has Jupiter closely trine his Ascendant, and can be an ambassador for good will.\u00a0 Pluto trines his Midheaven, so there is a great deal of motivation to do something worthwhile with his life, such as alerting the world to the dangers of deforestation.<\/p>\n

He did sing on the original version of \u201cDo They Know it\u2019s Christmas\u201d,\u00a0 purveyor of \u00a0the actual line \u201cthe bitter sting of tears\u201d.\u00a0 He shared some of the same transits as Bob Geldof on that occasion, such as Pluto sextile his Venus, and Chiron trine Saturn.\u00a0 As you can see, the three of them share a great deal in their natal charts, too, of goodwill and compassion, much as they are also individuals of free will.<\/p>\n

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

With most of the aspects occurring in the early hours of the morning in the U.K. it\u2019s a week for Dreamwork.\u00a0 Take out your dream diary, dust\u00a0 down and polish it, and use a good pen with free flowing ink to honour the occasion that this week brings.\u00a0 Symbols are likely to come up in dreams, and where appropriate I will list some.<\/p>\n

If you are in the U.S. the events will occur mainly in the evening, and may influence your dream content.\u00a0 They may be more emotionally focused.<\/p>\n

If in Australia, the events will occur mainly in the morning, and may be very practical and active.<\/p>\n

In the early hours of this morning, Mercury squared Jupiter, and so your dreams may have seemed outlandish, and choc full of information. \u00a0Someone may have given you too much to think about the night before.<\/p>\n

Dream Symbols: Bicycles, Globes<\/p>\n

You may have a lot of ideas about how you want to spend your day, which may slightly overstretch you so you may have to prioritize.\u00a0 For instance you may feel torn in more than one direction, having received two invitations.<\/p>\n

Chiron stays stationary today, prior to going direct.\u00a0 It\u2019s an important time to redirect your thoughts in a positive way for healing purposes. \u00a0There\u2019s a book by Martin Brofman entitled \u201cAnything Can be Healed\u201d and this title would make a good mantra to take you through the day, or week.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday (26th<\/sup>) in the early hours Mercury is conjunct Saturn.\u00a0 If you are going to have a nightmare, this may be the time, although it wouldn\u2019t be a night terror, just a mildly depressing scenario such as being stuck or weighed down.<\/p>\n

Dream Symbols: Exams, Grooves<\/p>\n

You may wake with a lack of enthusiasm for the day\u2019s tasks, the opposite of the Mercury-Jupiter square earlier in the week.\u00a0 The real task during the day is concentration and application.\u00a0 You may think \u201cI\u2019d rather be playing Golf\u201d, but you could end up with a real sense of achievement if you stick at things.<\/p>\n

On Thursday (27th<\/sup>) in the early hours first Venus trines Uranus, then the Sun squares Neptune.<\/p>\n

With Venus trine Uranus, you may have unusual and vivid dreams, and possibly some interdimensional travel.\u00a0 You may meet some arresting figures in your dreams.<\/p>\n

With Sun square Neptune, you may get lost or have some foggy elements, after the more vivid interactions of Venus-Uranus.\u00a0 There may also be some sleeplessness, or periods of being half awake, half asleep, neither here nor there.\u00a0 You may still feel sleepy when you awake, and may need a cup of breakfast coffee or a healthier equivalent.<\/p>\n

Dream Symbols: Electrical Wires, Romance; Fog<\/p>\n

During the day the influence could still bring interesting meetings, but also complicated interactions, depending how each of these two aspects affects you.\u00a0 For instance, Venusian (Taurus and Libra) and Sun types (Leos) may be more affected than most.<\/p>\n

Later on in the day, Venus squares Chiron, and the Taureans and Librans may feel challenged by a healing conundrum, such as ascertaining the cause of an allergy.<\/p>\n

On Friday (28th<\/sup>) Mercury enters Sagittarius, and you may experience wish-fulfilment dreams.\u00a0 Snuggled under the covers, you might want to take yourself back into the dream, and assist some lucid or creative dreaming.\u00a0 You could mentally take yourself through the day in a positive manner, ensuring that you rise in a good mood and can carry that through the day.<\/p>\n

Dream Symbols: Magic Carpets, Horses<\/p>\n

During the day, you may find it easy to get some momentum going on your plans, especially if they involve travel.\u00a0 You\u2019ll find it easy to find information you need, whether on Google, or in a plain old fashioned library which is threatened with closure somewhere near you.<\/p>\n

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