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NewsScope for May 15, 2000 by WolfStar Mars and Pluto Face Off Sunday's Million Mom March was designed to impress lawmakers with the need for major gun law reforms. The NRA, George W. Bush, Al Gore, and numerous politicians and celebrities have all jumped on the bandwagon with their favorite solution to America's unhealthy culture of violence and mayhem. Astrologically, the debate has been sparked by the cosmic confrontation between Mars and Pluto, two planets naturally prone to violence. While Mars is traveling through factual, verbal Gemini, Pluto is in philosophic Sagittarius. The Gemini/Sagittarius axis is associated with communication media of all kinds, including television, movies, and the internet. Mars and Pluto will be exactly opposite each other at 4:25 pm EDT on May 20, and so for the entire week leading up to this dramatic moment, we can expect intense, ruthless competition. Until now, the Presidential campaign between Bush and Gore has been relatively tame. Expect the kid gloves to come off this week. Then, corporate battles between media giants should increase, with hostile takeovers, court battles, and coldblooded business tactics to control broadcasting rights. Mars and Pluto activating the Gemini/Sagittarius axis also corresponds to imperiled transportation arteries. Watch for major accidents along roads, railways and air routes. Individuals with important natal planets in this degree zone will be especially vulnerable to accidents, bursts of anger, or verbal attacks. The Moon and Mercury join the Mars-Pluto configuration on the 19th and 20th which become the days of maximum conflict. Forewarned is forearmed. 500 UN Peacekeepers Held Hostage in Sierra Leone Jesse Jackson, President Clinton's envoy to the troubled West African nation of Sierra Leone, blamed the breakdown of last year's peace accord on greed and the politics of diamonds. Vicious rebel leader Fodoy Sankoh and his army of cutthroat troops control the diamond producing regions where they have held 500 UN peacekeepers hostage for the last two weeks. Sierra Leone's national horoscope reflects the recent history of bribery, insurrection, and violence, as well as access to vast wealth. Granted independence on April 27, 1961 (set for midnight at Freetown), Sierra Leone was born with the Sun in materialistic Taurus, and given opportunities for great wealth by the square to Jupiter and a trine to Pluto. However, Sierra Leone has been constantly plagued by government corruption, a general condition evident by the Sun's opposition to fraudulent Neptune. The country's struggle with sadistic opposition groups can be seen in the opposition of Mars and Saturn, one of the most brutal astrological combinations possible. Uranus, the natural ruler of revolutionary factions, is unaspected in this horoscope, and thereby tends to act beyond normal constraints of human conscience. The recent seven-planet alignment in Taurus triggered a number of crises across Africa, a resource-rich continent initially partitioned by the European colonial powers in the late 1880s during the previous grand alignment in Taurus. At the moment, transiting Saturn is about to square Sierra Leone's Uranus (exact on May 20) when we can expect an international authority to establish limits on the rebel forces. LeAnn Rimes Sues her Father Teen singing sensation LeAnn Rimes filed a lawsuit against her father and former manager last week for taking $7 million of her earnings for personal use. LeAnn's parents divorced last year, and she is currently living with her mother who is co-signing the lawsuit. LeAnn was born a hard-working Virgo (August 28, 1982; 5:45 pm; Jackson, MS) with her Moon in ambitious Capricorn. Neptune, the planet of deception and fraudulent practices, has been transiting across her Aquarius Ascendant for the past year, indicating the time frame of how long she has fallen victim to family disillusionment. The lawsuit reveals the extent of the family feud still taking place as the current square between Saturn and Uranus hits her fourth house cusp exactly. The fourth house governs the home and parents, and the intense pressure between these two outer planets is turning her domestic life into an emotional battle zone. The fourth house also represents the incarnating soul's psychological foundations, and LeAnn has Chiron located here in Taurus, the sign of the beautiful voice. LeAnn was born exactly one Chiron cycle after famed country singer Patsy Cline (b. September 8, 1932), another Virgo with Moon in Capricorn. Many observers who have heard both Patsy Cline and LeAnn Rimes have remarked on the haunting similarity of their voices. "Blue," LeAnn's first big hit, was originally written for Patsy Cline who died in a plane crash before she could record it. Reader feedback is welcome. Click here for feedback.
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