NewsScope for September 7, 1998
by WolfStar


Jupiter in Pisces Brings Apology Watch

Democrat Senator Joseph Lieberman opened the floodgates last week by openly criticizing the President for his immoral behavior and failure to give a sincere apology. Clinton responded immediately from Ireland with his first “I’m sorry,” as he stood beside Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern. Ahern himself is separated from his wife, and recently admitted that he is living with his former secretary.

Astrologically, the Apology Watch and Clinton’s accelerating contrition have been sponsored by religious Jupiter in compassionate and forgiving Pisces. Jupiter is in Pisces once every twelve years, and coincidentally (???) was in Pisces when Richard Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974. Clinton finally uttered the “I’m sorry” phrase when Jupiter was forming an exact harmonious trine (allowing ease of expression) to the U.S. Mercury, the ruler of communications.

The parallels between Nixon and Clinton are growing. Months before Nixon resigned, he visited Russia and Egypt where he was hailed as a great statesman. Clinton’s visit to Russia last week was irrelevant, but in Ireland he was hailed as a great statesman and given credit for the peace accord between the IRA and British government.

Jupiter in dualistic Pisces is capable of tremendous vision and idealism, but the suffering ego plagued by guilt can vacillate between self-pity and denial. Nixon resigned 50 days after a Solar Eclipse on his Pluto in the tenth house of career. Clinton just experienced a Solar Eclipse on his Sun. Over the next two months the outer planets are forming critical connections to the U.S. horoscope, which is the final astrological ingredient necessary to trigger a Presidential resignation.

Home Run Fever

Clinton’s harshest Republican foe has been Congressman Dan Burton, who was rebuked by his own colleagues for calling Clinton a “scumbag.” Burton, who has been married for 38 years, admitted last week to having an extramarital affair in the 1980s and fathering a child.

Americans, fed up with the scandals in Washington, are caught up in Home Run fever. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa are closing in on baseball’s most exalted record just as Mars in heroic Leo is approaching the U.S. Midheaven.* Mars in Leo is athletic, heroic, dramatic, and a genuine crowd-pleaser.

Mars reaches the U.S. Midheaven on September 14, a celestial marker recently primed by the Lunar eclipse of August 7. McGwire and/or Sosa should break Roger Maris’ record by then, and go on to obliterate it by the end of the baseball season. Ruth set the standard in 1927 when glamorous Neptune in Leo opposed the U.S. Moon. Maris electrified the fans when exciting Uranus in Leo opposed the U.S. Moon in 1961. Now Mars in Leo is on the same astrological track.

Mars heading toward the U.S. Midheaven, while bringing a competitive edge and great entertainment, can express a more deadly attack mode. Mars to the eclipsed Midheaven is especially dangerous in terms of terrorist actions, huge industrial accidents, or sudden military ventures. We can also expect Kenneth Starr’s Report to Congress by the 14th, which gives all the salacious details of the Bill and Monica affair.

Al Gore in the Wings

If Clinton is forced to resign, then Al Gore’s horoscope should be showing prospects of sudden assumption of power, and it does. Gore’s horoscope also shows fascinating parallels to Gerald Ford’s chart when he took over following Nixon’s resignation.

Al Gore (March 31, 1948; 12:53 pm; Washington D.C.) was born with his Sun closely aspecting scandalous Neptune. Gerald Ford (July 14, 1913; 12:43 am; Omaha, NB) was also born with his Sun closely aspecting scandalous Neptune. Both Ford and Gore were politically shaped by popular Presidents who fell precipitously from grace.

Ford took over as President when his progressed Midheaven was favorably aspecting (trine) his Sun. Gore’s progressed Midheaven is now favorably aspecting (sextile) his Sun. Both Ford and Gore have a natal planet conjunct the U.S. Midheaven (at 16 degrees Leo). Ford assumed power as the transiting Sun was passing over the U.S. Midheaven. Although the outer planets are not yet 100% in play, we should watch closely what happens when transiting Mars passes over this same point around September 13-14.

Janet Reno has just moved one step closer to creating an Independent Prosecutor to investigate Al Gore’s misdeeds in the Campaign Finance scandal. Gore’s progressed Sun and Mars are adversely impacting an asteroid (socially skillful Juno) in the eighth house of other people’s money. Newt Gingrich is next in the line of succession should both Clinton and Gore falter.

* For a detailed look at the USA horoscope which features Leo at the Midheaven, visit the Scorpio Rising home page. Reader feedback is welcome. Email: wolfstar3@aol.com.

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