Anne Massey’s astrology blog

Economy versus Ethics

Saturday, March 26th, 2011 | Canadian Politics, Mundane astrology | No Comments

Is this election a rerun of the last one? It is a battle between the ethics, i.e. Jupiter and economy, i.e. money, Venus. It is obvious that the elected officials are out of tune with the voters, who are talking about the waste of 330 million of tax payers money to see who we like the best. Canadians are known to kill a party or two at the polls… The news broadcasts, the newspapers and the political commentators have been talking about the next election call since 2006, when the conservatives won their first minority government. Tracking back, in 2004, we had Venus retrograde in Gemini, which will recur in 2012; the timing was lousy for holding an election. The result was that the Liberals lead by Paul Martin lost seats and the newly regrouped Conservatives won most of the seats lost by the Liberals and we had a minority government. › Continue reading

Will Dianne Watts take the premier’s job?

Friday, November 12th, 2010 | Canadian Politics, Mundane astrology, astrologer's diary | No Comments

On the web it is typically easy to find out a public person’s date of birth. Not the case with Dianne Watts the mayor of the City of Surrey, where I happen to live these days. She was born October 30, year not given. She celebrated a major birthday in 2008. Eventually I found a few interview articles that stated that in her early thirties she was a stay at home mother before running for counsellor at the city of Surrey. An article in the Vancouver Sun in 2009 stated that she graduated from a High School in Kelowna, and that in 2008 she celebrated her 50th birthday. In her early 20s she moved to Australia and stayed there until the late 1980s which in terms of astrology was around her first Saturn return—a sort of coming of age cycle. I have yet to uncover a time of birth and might not be able to do that—so using a noon hour chart with the natural wheel cast for Kelowna, where I assume she was born. This is an interesting chart. She has her Sun, Venus, Jupiter and Neptune in a tight stellium in early Scorpio. That Teflon signature she shares with Ronald Reagan is probably shown by the Sun and Jupiter pairing. Her chart pattern is a locomotive and the engine is the energetic, stubborn ‘never give up’ Mars in Taurus. › Continue reading

Prime Minister David Cameron

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 | Mundane astrology, astrologer's diary | No Comments

After a busy day, I decided to check what if any result there was out of Britain now that Mercury stationed direct in the money sign of Taurus—decisions need to be made promptly. How simple the astrology was… the charts of the contenders and who would get along best with the King Maker. The new British Prime Minister is a Libra Sun with late Virgo Ascendant and Moon in Sagittarius, based on the approximate 6 AM birth time as per www.astro.com , his date of birth is October 6, 1966, London, England. I am opting to use 5:52 AM, because of the time he walked into 10 Downing Street. (BBC site has minute by minute tweets about this.) Hey, it’s not like I have to predict for him. Clegg became the Deputy Prime Minister; obviously the Capricorn Sun knows what it wants and how to get it. Cameron has his work cut out, he begins it with Saturn in his first house—lots of responsibility and he might have a few shocks along the way this summer as he learns details he was not privy to as an MP.

King Maker’s Choice

Monday, May 10th, 2010 | Current Planetary trends, Mundane astrology, astrologer's diary | No Comments

The British Elections took place May 6, 2010 with the Sun in Taurus and the Moon in Aquarius. The keywords might have been stability through change. The polls closed at 22:00; some apparently closed doors 15 minutes prior, and left voters standing in line without the opportunity to vote. The ascending degree in London was 3°Sagittarius, which is the position for the Moon in the chart of David Cameron—his star is rising. The ruler, Jupiter was at 24° Pisces 56′; this might be the indicator of the King Maker. It connected with the Saturn in the charts of the two flexible, mutable, contenders: Clegg and Cameron (birthdata at the end of this post). For Gordon Brown the beneficial energy of Jupiter connected with his natal Venus—might be good, but not necessarily. Jupiter is also know exasperate a situation. Venus represents social skills and Gordon Brown’s recent blunder with a voter became something he couldn’t live down. When people desire stability, Saturn would be more to the point than Venus. At the time the polls close retrograde Saturn hugged the Midheaven in Virgo (from the 9th house) and the ruler of the MC, Mercury, was in the fifth and also retrograde—no immediate result for who is to be prime minister. › Continue reading

Summer Solstice

Thursday, June 18th, 2009 | Canadian Politics, Current Planetary trends, Mundane astrology | No Comments

The Summer Solstice takes place June 20, 2009 22:46 PDT. The direction changes, now the days begin to grow shorter until the Autumnal Equinox, when day and night are of equal length. The solstices and equinoxes are pivotal — our direction changes. Naturally this plays out more strongly in the mundane world of politics and the current dramas.

When writing an analysis about the current planetary weather I am looking at probabilities. When I write for the signs it is directed at the Sun sign only. Personal horoscopes however are rather complex in comparison and offer more specific information. I do think that many horoscopes are valuable, because they can provide information about the natural cycles in our lives. They cannot give detailed information specific to you.

The Sun is in Cancer until July 22, 2009, at 9:36 PDT, the Sun moves into Leo. The universal themes associated with the sign of Cancer are home, family, heritage and retreat from the hustle and bustle of life.
I chose to cast this Solstice chart for Washington, DC the seat of the US government, because it is one of the astrological tools to look at the season in terms of the USA. › Continue reading

Delta MLA progress report

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 | Canadian Politics, Mundane astrology | No Comments

I wrote a prediction about this riding Monday May 18, http://www.annemassey.ca/2009/05/18/delta-south-mla/— stating that Wally Oppal would be defeated in this riding and that it would still most likely go to a judicial recount. According to the newsfeed there were 918 absentee, Vicky Huntington received a total of 9,977 votes and 9,945 votes were cast for Oppal. Because the margin of the win was so close, the vote will now go to a judicial count to confirm the result. This and another riding were the recount changed the victor now has 50 Liberals, 35 NDP and one independent. I do think this result stands, but I guess these two candidates won’t breathe easy until that result is in.

Delta South MLA

Monday, May 18th, 2009 | Canadian Politics, Mundane astrology | 1 Comment

Vicky Huntington and Wally Oppal

This article is an intellectual exercise to determine the winner in the contested South Delta riding using two horary charts. The latest information is that incumbent Wally Oppal who declared himself the winner on election night leads by three votes, which means that there will be an automatic recount and also that votes cast prior to the election are not yet included in the numbers. He was serving as the Solicitor-General in Campbell’s cabinet prior to the dissolution of the legislative assembly and the election writ issued April 17—the official date for the start of the campaign. I was thinking of writing a post script for my election analysis posted April 11, 2009, in which I stated that the BC Liberals would win. Read my earlier post at http://www.annemassey.ca/2009/04/11/bc-elections-a-close-race/.  However, I was distracted by this particular riding where there will be an automatic recount. I don’t have the option to look at the charts of the candidates, because I have no data for Oppal, other than he was born in 1940. I have even less for the independent candidate Vicki Huntington. The recount will not begin until May 25, when Mercury will still be retrograde in Taurus (23°53′); the Sun was at 22°30′, when the polls closed on May 12 at 20:00 PDT. Two days later when the results will be announced (May 27) Mercury will be at 23°16′ and on May 30 Mercury changes direction at 22°52′. The reason I am listing the actual degrees is that Mercury of accounting, counting and recounting will not return to the Sun’s degree on Election Day, which suggests that recount might not favour Oppal. However, I do not have a time for the announcement of the result of the recount, thus casting or reading an event chart is not an option. There are numerous aspects between the planets that day suggesting lots of news and activity. We will have a New Moon on Sunday May 24—a new direction with changes… maybe. › Continue reading

Here we go again

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 | Astrology for You, Current Planetary trends, Mundane astrology | 4 Comments

This Mercury period follows a Venus retrograde period—and Venus has been Aries forever it seems— which all began after the first Mercury retrograde period in January. Some things are in a holding pattern and what is moving ahead may not be what we planned. Mercury will spend 116 days in air signs (Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius) and 163 days in earth signs (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) this year, leaving the other six signs 86 days. So once again, the planet of communication, Mercury, is about to turn retrograde. Happens every four months, but we all hear about it and it is one astro-event we like to blame when we lose things, communication goes awry or our flight is delayed. There is much more to Mercury than meets the eye or ear as the case may be. Mercury is elemental, meaning that each year an element is emphasized. 2009 is a transition from Air of thoughts and ideas into Earth of practical application—rolling up our sleeves and getting stuff done. › Continue reading

Tags: mercury, mercury retrograde, venus

Huff and Puff Rhetoric

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 | Canadian Politics, Current Planetary trends, Mundane astrology | 3 Comments

Jack Layton has been stating he will vote against the budget. No qualifiers, no reading it over—I guess he got a taste of being in power within the coalition and with it reason and logic left the equation. Layton the leader of the NDP is one of 37 MPs from that political party in the parliament; that is 12 percent of the 308 MPs. Gilles Duceppe of Bloc Quebecois is echoing that statement. The bloc holds 49 seats in the Parliament and represents Quebec only. Will this choice hurt these politician and their parties? The vote will take place on Thursday, but that will be a mute point… however, our political scene will change—well have Taurus vs. Cancer. More about that in future posts. Writing these commentaries is so much fun. › Continue reading

Liberals Budget Vote

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 | Canadian Politics, Current Planetary trends, Mundane astrology | 2 Comments

16:07 PST

Ignatieff is scheduled to meet with his caucus at 18:00 on January 27, 2009 to decide how to vote on Wednesday at 11:00. Finally some times to look at. The budget was released to the public with the Moon void of course in Aquarius. This timing tells me that all the promises need to be honoured and that most of the content was known already. During the Caucus meeting the Moon continues to be void, which tells me this meeting is a formality the decision has already been made, it simply needs to be formalized. Leo is ascending in Ottawa at 18:00, which puts Ignatieff’s Taurus Sun-Mercury at the top in the event chart; the caucus will follow his lead. › Continue reading