Born Beneath A Self Combusting Sun: Arnold, Bill, & Monica
Part II: The Similitude Of Solar Sins
Polly Populace: Wow, Will these Leo men ever learn to not mix sex with politics?
Mikey Masses: Or with their Scorpio wives. Ha!
Polly Populace: Exactly. I feel really bad for Maria.
Mikey Masses: Maria? I was talking about Hillary.
Leo Politician. Sex Scandal. On Premises. Scorpio Wife.
The above Headers refer to a national crisis in the 90's, when an American President was almost impeached for deceitfully denying to the country and his Scorpionic wife his association with certain actions performed with a White House intern when his zipper was down, and the world subsequently finding out the actual truth regarding the aforementioned "actions" and The President's very active involvement with them. Fascinatingly, the same headers are equally appropos when referencing a similar scandalous scenario that hit the news last week; when not just the sordid, downed zipper details regarding the former Governor of California were made known to both his Scorpionic wife and the masses at large, but further details behind his amorous affair revealing the tryst involved the family maid employed for nearly 20 years, resulting in a 13 year old "Love Child".
As we saw with the myth of Phaeton in Part I, the hubris of the Solar or Sun ruled person is the mistaken belief of thinking he or she is equal to The Gods and above reproach from the Laws of Man. What began as an astrological "connect the dots" of recognizing a running theme of the Leo basking in the spotlight of fame with that same Leonine personality being the cause of their own undoing has unfolded further out into "The Grid" of the Cosmos, with the birth chart taking on an entirely new dimension of meaning and karmic purpose.
By re-analayzing the birth charts of 3 famous Leos of the modern day who were center stage beaneath their own self combusting spotlights of scandal, we might newly arrive at the realization that the Universe provides us with embedded indications of karmic warning at the moment of our births, that if triggered, shall definitely come to pass for all the world to take note of and observe.
That, and this "Fate/Destiny" stuff may be much more deeply ingrained within the foundation of our Souls than we ever previously thought before.....
We'll begin with the most recent inductee into the Leo Hall Of Shame. The guy who basically handed me the rusty can opener to break open this rancid can of scandalous worms. That supernova of fame once known as "The Terminator", now affectionately referred to by the tabloid press as "The Sperminator" - Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Every now and then on his late night talk show, Conan O'Brien would parody Arnold Schwarzenegger by taking one of the cheapest visual gags known to Man that works every single time, the upside down talking mouth, and attempt to have a conversation with said mouth as if he were conversing with the Hollywood superstar. The skit always resulted in the same ending of Conan having to forcibly dismiss or kick out the parodied Arnold due to there being nothing conversational. The light hearted banter was always bulldozed to Arnold discussing how Arnold felt about any and all things Arnold. Upon reviewing the man's birth chart, I have now come to the conclusion - THAT WAS NO PARODY!
Having quite the sizable stellium (meaning 3 or more) of 5 planets consisting of Mercury & Venus in Cancer with the Sun, Saturn & Pluto in Leo, ALL residing in the First House of Self, one can see how the man could get seriously worked up by referring to himself as often as possible. That being said, of the 3 famous Leonine birth charts of example, Herr Terminator's wins the prize of "Most Likely To Self Combust" (It was downright excruciating trying to decide between his and Bill Clinton's). The unevolved side to all of that super confident, self assured First House energy is convincing yourself, that indeed, you are King Lord Emporer of The Known Universe & Beyond.
Schwarzenegger is also the Solar ruled person whose actions and life most closely resemble the myth of Phaeton (for those of you who forgot already, see Part I). As the article's main picture shows, Arnold didn't need the God of the Sun as a pre-requirement for divine status. The uber cocky Austrian began forging his path away from mere mortals by winning the coveted title of bodybuilding immortality a beyond impressive seven times - Mr. Olympia (for those of you who still forgot the myth of Phaeton even after re-reading it, anything from Mt. Olympus is considered to be god-like, FYI). Even when his acting career was in its infancy and his English was for the most part, incomprehensible, Arnold was given mythic roles, such as portraying Jayne Mansfield's champion bodybuilder husband, Mickey Hargitay, in "The Jayne Mansfield Story" along with his rendition of the Hercules of the Neanderthal Age, "Conan The Barbarian". Only a Leo of the most supreme confidence could have ascended through the ranks of Hollywood in the short time period between the Conan & "The Terminator" movies, establishing himself as a global icon that was worthy of cultural worship.
LIGHTS PLEASE! (Brad steps onto podium under spotlight)
It was we, Western culture at large, who elevated the man to the mythic level of a demi-god.
(Brad leaves podium)
To be fair, having an ego and a sense of self worth bigger than God's certainly comes in handy, to an extent, when one is attempting to project an image of divine virility and pristine physical conditioning on the competitive bodybuilding stage. These traits also act as an effective buffer against rejection, as well as comprise an active ingredient in helping one be resilient when pursuing the Leo ruled activitiy of acting in the La La Land of Empty Promises, Hollywood.
But one could also say those are the same traits Phaeton tapped into in order to seek, find, and demand favors from his deified Daddy, the Sun God Helios.
The Moon - The Karmic Marking Of Mythological Hubris
With words like "Sun", "Star", and "Shine" so often used to describe the Solar ruled personality, everything is lit up, out in the open, and on display for all to see. But nothing in the Universe can be that strongly one dimensional all the time nor can everything be so powerfully placed in the positive spectrum without there being some kind of opposing balance or without burning out altogether.
Enter The Moon.
Where the Sun is the part of ourselves which we openly display to the outside, The Moon represents the side of us which is private, that the world doesn't see. Our Lunar Self is someone whom only our closest friends and family, and in some cases, only we, our solitary selves know since it is highly personal and of a purely emotional essence.
The Solar ruled person's energy is forwardly outward, since they are motivated to be noticed by the outside world as often as possible. It is imperative for the Solar ruled to become familiar with their Lunar Selves in order to keep their egos at bay.
Karmicly, alas, this is too often not the case.
Activities such as quiet time, breathing, emotional processing, intuitive development, even resting require conscious effort for the Solar ruled, since they are inherently used to being in a state of active action (aka being busy) with the outside world. The sign and placement of The Moon in a person's birth chart indicates the optimal atmosphere for one to get in touch with the Lunar Self. If the Non-Solar Self is consistently ignored, or worse, not recognized or cultivated, The Moon's placement takes on an added karmic dimension by becoming the physical manifestation of that person's Hubris. The planet becomes a symbol of evolutionary warning, the sign and House placement foretelling in what manner and style the person's public undoing shall occur when The Moon deems it necessary to manifest itself in the physical world.
Since the quiet introspective atmosphere of The Moon is totally foreign and many times, uncharted territory for the Solar ruled person of notoriety, the manifestation of their Hubris by The Moon hits them seemingly out of nowhere and takes the hopelessly egocentric one by total unexpected surprise akin to being struck by a lightning bolt from The King of The Gods. Due to the constant effort of their energies always being projected outward along with their striving need to be in the spotlight, the Solar person is left in a state of unprepared shock when their Hubris is tangibly transformed before them in order to actualize their undoing.
For Arnold Schwarzenegger, this must have especially been the case when noticing The Moon is the planet which rules over his entire birth chart.
The Manifested Moon of Arnold Schwarzenegger - The Terminator In A Maid's Outfit
In a person's birth chart, where the Horizon was placed at the moment of birth is the most important feature, since the 12 Houses are delineated from that point as well as the planetary ruler of the Horizon/or Ascendant/or Rising Sign oversees the entire chart and is known as the "Chart Ruler". At the time of Arnold Schwarzenegger's birth, the Horizon was in the sign of Cancer, thus the Manifester of Hubris dominates his chart - The Moon.
And what a Luna Bella! As the most recent news maker of the 3 Leonine scandals, Arnold's Manifester of Hubris is the most prominent, since his Moon rules the entire chart, and astoundingly, is the most literal in its symbolic representation of undoing!
As previously mentioned, with a stellium in the First House of Me Me and more Me, it would be rather difficult for Arnold not to think he wasn't the center of the Universe with all things revolving around his alpha, King of the Pride self. Add to that , there is a consistent theme of the Solar ruled muscle man believing he could grope at whatever he pleased with his rather long history of womanizing as evidenced by the quote below:
"His dalliances make Bill Clinton look like a choirboy." - People Magazine, August 25, 2003
Please note the year of the just referenced People Magazine is not the current one and is much earlier.
The Universe had no choice but to manifest a Terminator for the Terminator - in the form of a cleaning maid.
All of this is written in the sky with Schwarzenegger's chart. The governor's Moon is in Capricorn in the 6th House. To translate that formulaicly:
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Moon (Hubris Manifester) is in Capricorn (the sign of age, obligation, and duty) in the 6th House (The House of Servants, Cleaning, and Daily Chores).
The significance of Arnold's Moon is further reinforced by its opposition to his Uranus and Mars in Gemini in the 12th House, or said another way:
Arnold's Moon (Hubris Manifester) is opposed by his Uranus (sudden, out of the blue events) conjunct his Mars (sex drive, physicality) in the 12th House (The House of Secrets) placed in the sign of Gemini (the sign of duality, more specficly in this case, double lives).
According to the media, The Governor did not admit to his scandalous sins. His Scorpionic wife, Maria Shriver, suspected as much, confronted the maid, garnered an admission of the affair and love child, and subsequently confronted her husband, who only then admitted to the tryst.
The Schwarzenegger scandal was released to the press on May 16th, 2011. At that time Pluto, the planet of death and transformation, in the sky was within 4 degrees of conjunction with Arnold's Moon. Pluto entered the sign of Capricorn in December of 2008, leading me to surmise the Scorpionic First Lady most likely had suspicions as early as then.
The larger than Leonine Life movie star was undone by his Solar Hubris which took the form of a 50 year old cleaning maid who was as far removed from the spotlight of fame through her obligated duty of cooking, cleaning, and doing laundry for The King of Hollywood Royalty and his family.
Hubris In Double Vision
For those of you who personally don't know the astrologer you simply can't read enough of, I have a knack for remembering trivia of all sorts, from the most obscure to the most kitsch. In our next sans-Patty-Smythe-Scandal, I stumbled upon a core foundational detail SO blatantly gargantuan, my lack of awareness of it only until now shall mystify me for the rest of my days....
The three biggest components that determine a person's overall personality are: The Sun, The Moon, and The Ascendant or Rising Sign.
This next notorious example of Solar Hubris involves not one, but 2 Leos. One could ornamentally describe this historic case of Leonine Self Undoing with extra panache by jokingly calling it: "Leos in Double Vision/Feline Mirror Imaging/Lions Seperated at Birth/Like 2 Lion Peas in a Pride/" etc. etc. Why?
BOTH President Bill Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky are: Leo Sun, Libra Rising, Taurus Moon.
Potential Presidential Impeachment aside, hearing that solitary fact alone would indicate there was much more behind the causes and dynamics of this national disgrace of a scandal than the obvious factors of perversely stained blue dresses and sexually obsessed defense lawyers who reveled in discussing every remotely obscene detail. Realizing that 2 of the starring leads in this passion play of political insanity have identical astrological foundations, elevates the Clinton Administration's Sex Scandal of the 1990's to a series of events which bear immense karmic signficance for those who were actively involved and for all of society as well.
Keeping that shocking astrological thread of a fact in mind, having Their Moons placed in the same sign, one would assume both Bill and Monica would have the same Manifester of Hubris.
So Close, but no blue dress dry cleaning bill none the less!
Both Leos have the same Moon by sign placement, but the House Delineation of their Lunar Selves is very very different and very very fitting for both Solar ruled transgressors.
Spray From The Tsunami Of Charm & A "BFF" From Hell: The Manifestations Of Solar Hubris For Bill & Monica
As with The Governator, we look to the placement of The Moon in the birth chart of each Leo in question, more specificly, at The Moon's sign positioning and House Delineation in order to determine where the Solar Ruled person's Hubris will actualize on the material plane.
Although they both share a natal Moon in Taurus, how President William Jefferson Clinton and his former intern tap into and express their inner emotions, for better or worse, for evolutionary growth or self serving manipulation, differs greatly due to each being located in 2 different, but equally crucial Houses. President Clinton was born with his Taurean Moon located in the 8th House of Sex, Death, Transformation & Other People's Money. Ms. Lewinsky 's is positioned in the 7th House of Marriage, One on One Partnerships, & One's "Open" Enemies.
Bill & Arnold - Masters Of The First House's Domain
To reiterate, a "stellium" is when 3 or more planets are located together in the same area of the chart. Having a stellium in one's birth chart is a big deal, due to there being so much concentrated energy in one area. To have a stellium consisting of five planets in this same place is an even bigger big deal because additions which extend beyond the formulaic 3 make the area now larger than life due to there being such a massive amount of focused emphasis. Now, take all of that concentrated, focused energy and apply it to that area of larger than Leonine Life.....Yourself.
It should not even partially raise anyone's eyebrow to know that 2 of the 3 of this larger than life grouping of Leos has a stellium of 5 planets in the First House of "and what do YOU think of ME".
Like Arnold, Bill Clinton was born with a stellium of 5 natal planets in the House of Self. However, whereas the majority of Arnold's stellium has an added emphasis of self centeredness due to 3 of the 5 planets being placed in the sign of the spotlight hogger, Leo, Slick Willy's is solely focused on being the ultimate charmer and a Ladies' Man like no other since his entire stellium is positioned in the sign of charm, diplomacy, and romance, Libra.
I have always made a mental note to myself to observe anyone who has met President Clinton, even if for a matter of seconds, to watch their expressions change whenever I ask them what he was like. Across the board, demonstratives such as "nicest, warmest, sweetest' are used as well as the person's eyes becoming euphoricly misty as they recall their experience of being placed directly in the path of the tsunami of congenial charm that is Bill Clinton.
The more planets there are in a stellium, the more things become cartoon-like. With a whopper of 5 planets grouped together that is thoroughly Libran, the essence of savvy, gentleman-like Romance if not kept in check morphs into a sickly sweet, self gratifying lech who gets off mostly from the conquest of sexual pursuits versus the actual deeds themselves. I would imagine having the ability to charm Eskimos into buying refridgerators would, for the unevolved person, over time make them feel like a god who could do whatever they pleased....
President Clinton's Manifester of Hubris is his 8th House Moon in Taurus, or said another way, the sperm stained blue dress used as evidence to contradict that yes, he DID have relations with that woman. To formulaicly translate:
Bill Clinton's Moon (Hubris Manifester) is in Taurus (the sign of tangible things, fashion - more specificly, dresses, and whose color is blue) in the 8th House (The House of Sex and its by products, Sperm).
Monica Made Hers A Double
For Monica Lewinsky, her Hubris Manifester came in the form of a Best Friend Forever!.....The kind of BFF you wouldn't wish upon your most open of enemies, or said another way, Linda Tripp.
Not to reduce her entire person in a disparaging manner, but whenever I would see Monica Lewinsky speak, the 2 words that o so loudly came into my mind were "ATTENTION!" and "PRETTY!"
She certainly got more than her share of the former when the Clinton Scandal broke, but never seemed to get her fill of the latter, to which she constantly sought affirmation and confirmation of through her one on one relationships, an area of life which lies under the domain of the 7th House. When I mentioned Ms. Lewinsky's Moon being placed in the 7th House, a colleague of mine asked "Did she think she was going to marry the President?" The 7th House is the House of Marriage, but we must keep everything within the perspective of Hubris. Monica's ever growing black hole of needing attention made her oblivious and indiscrete to whomever was approaching her as a close one on one friend and confidante.
In order to balance the expanding cartoon like levels of Slick Willy's charm and Monica's needs for attention and being pretty, The Universe sent a person born under the sign of empty promises, hypocrisy, and exaggerated amplification.
And made it a double.
Linda Tripp was born a double Sag with a Sagittarian Sun and Sagittarius Rising. For as much as Linda craved to be a White House insider that was in the know of the most up to date political happenings and intrigue, was translated to how much genuine "concern" and "understanding" she showed poor little Monica as her Bestest of Best Friends Now and Forever and Ever. Tripp worked the BFF thing to such a heightened level, Monica didn't even notice the wires coming out of Linda's blouse, the microphoned hair accessory, or even the whirling sound of rolling tapes when she was recorded indiscretely blabbing about her sexual exploits with the President of the United States on January 13th, 1998.
When looking at Monica's Manifester of Hubris formulaicly:
Monica Lewinsky's Moon (Hubris Manifester) is in Taurus (the sign of tangible things, such as recorded tapes being used as tangible evidence, the sign ruled by the planet of pretty, Venus, and the sign that tends to ask quite often if you think they're fat or not, and let's not forget the sign whose color is blue) in the 7th House (The House of One on One Partnerships and Open Enemies).
The literal nature of these actualized examples of Hubris is astounding for each of these Leos. For Monica Lewinisky, one person embodied her undoing by literally representing the entire range of the 7th House's domain through her portrayal as the closest of confidantes while simultaneously being the most blatant of open enemies.
Saturn – The Final Judge
They say that history repeats itself. This is especially the case when The Universe incorporates the Solar Ruled as its tools of both karmic example and repetition so as to leave the deepest impression for all to hopefully learn from and retain.
As this article has shown, the majority of details behind both political sex scandals of the former Governor and the former President match each other almost to near completion.
Astoundingly, since none of the Solar Ruled personalities had the slightest intention of addressing their actualized forms of Hubris by actively divulging their sins to those they had wronged the most or by volunteering to admit what they had done in an open and upfront manner to society at large, The Universe added extra karmic emphasis for them to finally own up to the fact they were not infallible at the time each of their jungle jigs were up, by having The Lord of Karma mirror their sins right back at them.
Saturn is known as “The Lord Of Karma”, and its domain oversees various heavily karmic areas of Life such as the Law, Truth, Justice, Obligation, Duty and just simply doing the right thing overall.
When both President Clinton's and Governor Schwarzenegger's Love Scandals were officially made known to the general public in January of 1998 and subsequently in May of 2011, The Lord of Karma was positioned in the sky during those choice moments when the public was made aware of the dirty laundry of these demi-gods, in a Venus ruled, or Love Oriented sign : Saturn in Venus ruled Taurus in 1998 & Saturn in Venus ruled Libra in 2011.
During those sobering Saturnine moments, the Universe confirmed to all of us these larger than Life Leos were most definitely not the demi-gods both we and they perceived them to be, nor were they above the reproach of modern society and immune from the laws established by their fellow mortal humans.
Here's hoping our Current Leonine Commander & Chief along with the Leo world leaders of the future mark and remember these shining examples of Solar Sin as we bravely move forward into Time and the unfolding Universe.
*Natal Chart of all scandalous parties mentioned can be found in the slide show on the upper left entitled, "Phaetons Of The Modern Day".
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