This year's Solar Return for New Labour in power is crammed with squares and oppositions, suggesting that it is going to be a very challenging and difficult year for the government and for the Labour Party – not a good omen for Gordon Brown’s leadership.
New Labour Solar Return: 2 May 2007 13.16 London
Gordon Brown Solar Return: 19 Feb 2007 23.38 London (Relocated)
It was confirmed yesterday that Brown will be the next leader of Labour and therefore the next British PM (from 27 June), due to no MPs getting sufficient backing to stand against him in a leadership election. He of course sees this as a humbling affirmation of how highly he is regarded by his colleagues; on the other hand he is known as a vindictive personality who could be counted on to block the career of anyone who had opposed him.
Brown’s SR chart is characterised by having all the planets bunched up near the bottom of the chart, apart from Saturn in Leo in the 10th House. For a man with a natal chart that suggests a hidden personality – lots in 12th House Pisces, and Moon conjunct Pluto – this Return chart is telling us we can expect more of the same, with nearly all the planets hidden near the bottom of the chart.
Yes, there is Saturn in the 10th House, which is where Saturn loves to be: the place of worldly achievement, which is exactly what is happening for Brown – at last, as he sees it, though in my opinion it will always be his 10 years as Chancellor which will be seen as his real achievement. This Saturn placing can give us confidence in him as PM, for it suggests someone who takes their responsibilities seriously. Saturn is of course opposite Neptune, suggesting a compassionate element to his sense of responsibility, but also a sense of him getting bogged down.
But what about all this hidden stuff? I think that at best someone with a weight of planets below the horizon thinks before they act: it is getting it right that matters, it is about having depth to what you do. You may not do as much as the more extraverted personality, but when you do act, it is more likely to have some wisdom in it.
Brown has said that he is more about substance than style, and this chart proves that it is not just a defensive remark: he does mean it, and the policies he presents are likely to have been well thought through beforehand (unlike, for example, a certain person’s invasion of Iraq, against which Brown held out until the last minute.)
So yes, there will be depth to his policies over the next year, and he will take his responsibilities seriously. BUT he will remain unknowable, and that is hard to trust. The Sun is unaspected apart from a wide conjunction to Mercury, again stressing his unknowability. SR Venus is square to Pluto, a bad aspect for popular appeal. The Moon is also square to Pluto. We can expect to see the interpersonal power struggles for which he is so well known, but this time there will be no boss to contain them.
To sum up, the SR chart, put together with the Labour SR chart, confirms what many people probably already think: Brown will be good on policy, but he will spoil things by engaging in power politics with his colleagues, and by his inability to present himself well to the public.
6 comments:
DR! You are totally accurate as ever. What will start to happen when he drags out his passive agression, and tries to run the country with it, is another matter!
What a good job we have David Cameron waiting in the wings!
No, I was 6 months out with Blair's resignation date!
Cameron: watch out for that Merc in Scorpio square to the regal Moon-Jupiter in Leo.
I think I read you previously say that Brown was quite finely tuned to Britain and the people, does this mean that you think he will pursue populist policies?
I don't think I did say that, but actually with Sun in 12th House Pisces he really could be that. The trouble is he's so bad at presenting himself that no-one might notice if he did manage to tune in to the collective. Let's see.
You were'nt 6th months out DR, I remember you revising your 2004 prediction for 2008 to some time in 2007! Meanwhile, have you set us a class exercise? David Cameron has merc in scorp.etc. So he is Intuitive,profound,perceptive,sharp can be critical.May not communicate until sure of stance.
moon in leo - proud(OK regal!)warm,tends to dominate.
Jup. in leo expansive,optimistic,selfconfident,energetic,leadership ability.
Putting this lot together:- moon/jup sympathy,generosity,bringing good to others,concern with social welfare.
and square merc - prone to being misinterpreted!!!!!! and how! has a hard time getting his message to the public without the media getting there first!Can have too many ideas at once, needs time to sift them. often in too much of a hurry. ----but with saturn angular in the 6th house, and an extremely handicapped son with a limited life expectancy at home, I am not going to assume he will be either regal or self agrandising, and I am not going to worry about him ever not doing the right thing by the country.After all, with an unaspected mars in leo in 11th house, he is rapidly getting used to initial opposition from all and sundry. Don't worry about him DR He will be OK! Promise!!
Well Dharmaruci, I'll see if I can find the passage you wrote that made me think you had said Gordon Brown was finely tuned to Britain, otherwise, apologies!
I love your analyses of Gordon Brown, and I suspect you are spot on. Astrology, like other things probably, is a good tool for the already insightful, like yourself.
I thought it would be external events that would trip Brown up. And as he has had a hand in the previous administration, could it be his own (stealth) decisions coming back to haunt him?
An example, do you think he will be as enthusiastic as Blair was on constraining civil liberties? Or do you you see him more as a ruthless leader with his colleagues but in some sympatico with the public? Even if they don't return much love.
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