NewsScope for November 27, 2001

Bush Poised to Expand War

"Afghanistan is just the beginning on the war against terror," said President Bush last week to the renowned Screaming Eagles (the 101st Airborne Division). The speech to a roaring crowd of soldiers was the strongest hint yet that President Bush is preparing to take the war against terrorism to other nations. "Across the world, across the years, we will fight these evil ones."

December should be a big month for Bush as the nation's Commander-in-Chief. All the outer planet transits are making big hits to his natal horoscope, and he is also in the midst of two major progressions. Making sense of these various measurements can be grouped around one central vibration which is embodied by the war planet Mars.

Bush's progressed Ascendant squares Uranus in mid-December, a progressed aspect lasting many months, but now at its most intense. This connection highlights the crisis-oriented atmosphere surrounding military action since his Uranus aligns perfectly with the U.S. Mars. Dovetailing with this astro-event is transiting Uranus opposing his Venus (exact on December 6), highlighting the rapid-paced, electrifying developments in Afghanistan. (Editor's Note: WolfStar uses a Scorpio rising U.S. chart.)

In addition, transiting Saturn's retrograde square to natal Mars is a compelling force throughout December. By the new year Bush's progressed Mars (which squares the Sun in March 2002) begins to kick in with great force. With Mars ruling  the Aries Midheaven, his destiny point, Bush's military plans must be monumental, and we're all along for the ride.

Harry Potter Makes Magic for AOL Time Warner

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone beat out Star Wars and Jurassic Park by bringing in $32.9 million on its opening day, the highest single-day gross in movie history. The 2½-hour mega-hit was also the fastest to reach $100 million, and continues to break box office records in the U.S. and Britain. The sequel is now being filmed, and a host of merchandising programs has been launched.

The owner of this hot property is AOL Time Warner, a many-headed media giant with the financial resources and political clout of a major nation-state. Astrologers may track the developments of AOL Time Warner through its merger horoscope (January 11, 2001; 6:00 pm*; Washington DC) set for when the FCC announced its approval.

Saturn square Uranus shows the dichotomy between the old economy (Time Warner) and the new economy (AOL). The Leo Moon reflects the emphasis on entertainment, and fits right into the Saturn-Uranus dynamic, creating a powerful T-square  to drive the company. The lunar nodes, as in personal charts, shows fateful developments and connections: Harry Potter was released as transiting Jupiter, the bringer of opportunities, came to a full stop precisely on the beneficial North Node.

AOL Time Warner's horoscope shows remarkable similarity to John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company, which was incorporated on January 10, 1870. Both charts feature an ambitious Capricorn Sun enhanced by trines to outer planets in financially-savvy Taurus. AOL Time Warner is already on the road to success, and will gross about $2.2 billion worldwide on the first Harry Potter movie, with at least four more on the drawing boards.

Mary Kay, The High Priestess of Pink

In 1963 Mary Kay bought a skin care formula for $500, and then with $5,000 financing launched what eventually became the largest direct seller of skin-care products in the country. By the time she died last week Mary Kay Cosmetics had annual sales of $1.2 billion and 850,000 sales consultants in 37 countries.

Mary Kathlyn Wagner was born a salt-of-the earth Taurus on May 12, 1918 (in Hot Wells, TX; time unknown) with her Moon in the door-to-door sign of Gemini. The Sun squares Uranus, a common planetary signature of the super-rich. This combination blends the natural business sense of Taurus with an independent spirit. Mary Kay's successful business strategy offered personal freedom and wealth to every sales representative, mostly liberated women.

Beauty comes under the auspices of Venus, and in Mary Kay's horoscope this planet is strongly placed. Venus resides in Aries next to Chiron, a socially aggressive, even loud influence, especially when it comes to personal style. In her successful years she was fond of driving a pink Cadillac, and lived in a $5 million, 30-room pink palace, establishing herself as the High Priestess of Pink.

Venus is also at the center of a T-Square with Ceres and Pluto. The Ceres-Pluto link often brings painful loss of loved ones. When Mary Kay was preparing to launch the company with her second husband in 1963, he died suddenly a month before they were ready to open, just as her progressed Sun was conjunct Pluto. Against the advice of her lawyer and accountant, she decided to go ahead with the business. And then she was reborn.

*6:00 pm is an estimate until further research clarifies the actual time of the FCC announcement, which was somewhere between 5:00 pm and 6:55 pm.