Lena Horne: I’ll Plant My Own Tree
Moon square Mars, Moon into Gemini, Moon square Saturn, Mars trine Pluto
If you are feeling a bit emotionally wronged or slighted by the world, this is a great day to set the tables right and claim your stake of the pie. Mars, in creative and dynamic Leo, forms a [...]

Susan Hayward: Actress
Sun: Cancer
Asendant: Scorpio
Moon: Scorpio
Hayward made movies filled with gutsy women at a time when most female roles were all sweetness and starlight. Nominated for 5 Academy Awards, and winning one, she captured the indie spirit in her portrayals of alcoholics and murderers.
Her Scorpio Moon and Ascendant give her persona the intensity and darkness [...]

The Beatles: Tomorrow Never Knows
Uranus retrograde, Moon sextile Mercury, Moon square Jupiter, Moon sextile Neptune
Uranus goes retrograde today and will remain that way until the early days of November. When an outer planet goes retrograde it is a time when its energy tends to be more internally focussed. Uranus is the planet of change and [...]

Bruce Johnston, Musician (The Beach Boys) and Composer of I Write the Songs
Sun: Cancer
No, this was one song Barry did not write, the true man who wrote the song that made the whole world sing was Bruce Johnton, also one of the Beach Boys (He replaced Glen Campbell, who had replaced Brian Wilson when [...]

The Clash: Total Control
Moon square Pluto, Moon into Aries, Moon square Sun, Moon square Venus
In honor of Mick Jones’ B-day…
Today merits some total punk rock energy. Things may come to a breaking point if you have been in a power-game situation for a while; your emotions may no longer take it. The Moon swings [...]

Michael Vick, Football Star and Dog Fighter: 1980
Sun: Cancer
It is interesting that Michael Vick’s incarceration due to dog fighting basically coincides with the time that Saturn transits Virgo. Saturn is the planet of isolation and imprisonment and Virgo is the ruling sign of dogs. As Saturn passes through Virgo, it will be making a stressful [...]

In my other “life” I am a graphic designer (yes, astrologydetective.com was done by me), and I have to say I am a bit flummoxed by presidential candidate John McCain’s continued use of green. The above is his latest anti-Obama ad.
As you may remember, on the night Obama clinched the nomination, McCain made a rather [...]

George Michael, Renegade Musician, half of Wham!, and Public Restroom Cruiser
Sun: Cancer
Ascendant: Cancer
Moon: Leo
Star Stories is one of my all time favourite tv shows and the George Michael one is the funniest (imho). I have posted it in its entirety above and below.
What is there to say about George Michael? His Moon in Leo in [...]

Wham!: Wham Rap and Young Guns
Sun sextile Saturn, Moon sextile Jupiter, Moon conjunct Uranus
DO YOU
ENJOY WHAT YOU DO?
IF NOT
JUST STOP!
DON’T STAY THERE AND ROT!
With Sun sextile Saturn today, you will want to be enjoying what you do or the Moon conjunct Uranus may just cause you to chuck it all in. It’s a good day [...]

Simon and Garfunkel: Feelin’ Groovy
Moon trine Sun, Moon trine Venus, Moon opposite Saturn, Moon square Mercury
Today is a day when groovy feelings abound, as long as you let them. The Moon’s t-square to Saturn and Mercury, make this a rather heavy day to deal with obligations or finding solutions. The impetus to day-dreaming and shirking [...]