{"id":3230,"date":"2014-12-07T14:21:44","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T14:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/?p=3230"},"modified":"2014-12-07T14:30:29","modified_gmt":"2014-12-07T14:30:29","slug":"aspects-for-the-week-beginning-7-december-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/?p=3230","title":{"rendered":"Aspects for the week beginning 7 December 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gordon Brown<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Gordon Brown announced this week that he would be standing down as an M.P.\u00a0 This prompted an evaluation of his premiership, and speculation as to his place in history.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Question Time,\u00a0 Lib Dem M.P. Shirley Williams gave a spirited defence of Gordon Brown, revealing at the same time a great deal of integrity on her part.\u00a0 She\u00a0 is growing\u00a0 old gracefully.\u00a0 The panel and audience were very split on the subject, and several speakers acknowledged that never mind politicians, we can all be psychologically flawed.<\/p>\n

As Andrew Rawnsley put it in the Observer this morning: \u201cFriends\u00a0 have talked about his large mind and formidable will.\u00a0 Foes have focused on his brutishness to colleagues and volcanic temper\u201d.<\/p>\n

Scottish Referendum<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I wrote in September, just before he made his famous speech which \u201csaved\u201d the Union:<\/p>\n

\u201cI must say, he has the best set of transits for the Referendum. This is intriguing because it flies in the face of all the rest of the astrological evidence…\u00a0Maybe people will be patting him on the back for his efforts, and that constitutes a hope for the No campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

Triumphs and Failures<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On the one hand, Gordon Brown was a great Chancellor under Tony Blair\u2019s government.\u00a0 And when the great financial crash occurred in 2008, a worldwide phenomenon, he did much to stabilize the immediate crisis by bringing together heads of government all over the world.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, he failed to impress as a Prime Minister, and was increasingly exposed as having an ungovernable temper towards the end of his time at No. 10, famously caught out in the election campaign calling a voter \u201cbigoted\u201d who had been expressing concerns about immigration.<\/p>\n

He never seemed to get on to a sure footing when he came to power, after years\u00a0 waiting in the wings as understudy to Blair.\u00a0 There were several crises and dramas soon after he came to power, such as the bombing of Glasgow International Airport.<\/p>\n

Aries and Pisces<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I have long been fascinated by the shape of Gordon Brown\u2019s birth chart.\u00a0 Long before he made it to the office of Prime Minister, I used to say he was not suited to the post as he was an extreme introvert.\u00a0 He has several planets in the introverted sign of Pisces including his Sun, and in the introverted 12th<\/sup> House (Jupiter, North Node, Mars and Venus).\u00a0 His Aries Ascendant presents the gruff bear-like character for which he is criticized, which is his outward personality.\u00a0 The very real charitable side, his Piscean nature, is well hidden.\u00a0 But this shaping gives him a great deal of inner vision, and it is possible that this has inspired his resignation, among other things to support his charitable work.<\/p>\n

I am not branding Aries the villain here and Pisces the hero.\u00a0 I could have just as easily said his Aries strengths include plain talking, and his Piscean weaknesses include manipulation.\u00a0 But my original portrayal is how I have felt the chart shaping plays out for him.\u00a0 We all have contradictions in our charts, but Aries and Pisces are a particularly Jekyll and Hyde mix.<\/p>\n

Transits of Change<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At the time of his announcement of resignation,\u00a0 Gordon Grown had positive indications of change in his chart.\u00a0 Uranus (main planet of change, moving towards his Ascendant) was trine his natal Moon in the 4th<\/sup> House\u00a0 (indicating lifestyle change); \u00a0Neptune \u00a0(his ruling planet) active in two respects, trine his natal Uranus (appetite for Change) and sextile exactly his natal Midheaven (careerpoint) indicating nebulous plans for his life direction, and greater charitable involvement.<\/p>\n

Blair vs Brown<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It is most ironic that, after all the feuding, and the impatient waiting to be Prime Minister, and then becoming Prime Minister and not making a great success of it, that Brown\u2019s overall reputation in terms of legacy is turning out to be ahead of that of his rival Tony Blair, who is mainly remembered for taking us to war in Iraq.<\/p>\n

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

It\u2019s not an eventful week on the aspect front, and what aspects there are, \u00a0are on the whole favourable.\u00a0 The very worst of it is a change to retrograde motion by Jupiter, but we can live with that.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow morning (8th<\/sup>) in the U.K., the Sun conjuncts Mercury in Sagittarius, which is a splendid start to the working \u00a0week.\u00a0 If you have the week off to do Christmas shopping, then that should begin with a swing.\u00a0 Merits of this aspect are focus, a go-ahead quality, and insight \u2013 all qualities which you can bring to your endeavours for the start of the day and week.\u00a0 Bright prospects for the House, or area of life, occupied by 16 degrees Sagittarius.\u00a0 Get that momentum going!<\/p>\n

In the evening, plans may slow down or take a different turn, as Jupiter goes stationary prior to turning retrograde.\u00a0 Perhaps a philosophy which has served you for a while is suddenly called into question.\u00a0 You know how sometimes you are on a winning streak with a particular course of action or habitual practice, and then suddenly it doesn\u2019t work, for no explicable reason?\u00a0 You are being challenged to enlarge your philosophy, and perhaps change your strategy, and look for the deeper truth.<\/p>\n

Venus enters Capricorn on Wednesday (10th<\/sup>) afternoon.\u00a0 That warm expansive heart with which you bought early Christmas presents may suddenly grow more economically focussed as you realize that your purse won\u2019t stretch as far as you\u2019d like.\u00a0 You will need to focus on quality rather than quantity, and \u00a0the thought will count a lot more.\u00a0 You may be more inclined to give gifts that are ecological and environmentally sustainable.<\/p>\n

It will be good news for Capricornians right the way through the month to 3rd<\/sup> January, as they will be feeling the Love.\u00a0 If you are an early Capricorn, prepare to feel it this week, if a middle Capricornian you\u2019ll be warmed to the cockles just before Christmas, and if born at the end of Capricorn New Year will be extra romantic.<\/p>\n

Finally, late morning on Friday (12th<\/sup>) a wonderful trine between Mercury and Jupiter lights up our lives.\u00a0 It is good for travel, and will be especially be good for retail outlets (forget Black Friday, it will be Gold or Silver).\u00a0 Shoals of Christmas post will be arriving through your letter box, with communication being\u00a0 a highly starred feature of this trine.\u00a0 You may be wanting to Skype far away places, and flout the economic regime for a day which you began mid-week.\u00a0 In fact, you could be in expansive mood until next Monday, when the next Uranus-Pluto square urges another look at what is going on.<\/p>\n

Next Week: The Penultimate Uranus-Pluto square<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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