Astrology for the 21st Century

.... the more they stay the same. Sometimes.

The outgoing George Bush has Mars through Afghanistan and Venus through Iran and Saudi Arabia.

The possibly-incoming Barack Obama has Mars through Iraq and Iran and Saudi Arabia and Venus through Iran.

Change? I'm not convinced they know what it means.

And now for something completely different......

Not sure about the provenance and reliability of this data, but the Obama campaign website at http://my.barackobama.com is displaying what they say is a copy of his birth certificate showing his time of birth. With that cautious note in mind - it could turn out to be faked, I suppose, but in theory it's a good source - it's necessary to say that it's still by far the most reliable data we have to date. Here's the birthchart based on this data:

And here are his planet-star parans for this data:-

Heliacal Rising Star
Canopus
To be a navigator, a pathfinder, or a perfectionist

Heliacal Setting Star
Altair
To use boldness and bravery as the guiding principles of your life

Sun
Anti-culminating when Zuben Eschamali is Setting
The ability to influence society through one’s work

Moon
Culminating when Alcyone is Culminating
Insightful into the darker side of life
Anti-culminating when Deneb Algedi is Rising
A story-teller, the use of story to promote greater awareness of humanity

Mercury
Rising when Vega is Setting
A visionary with a very persuasive voice, or charismatic ideas

Mars
Rising when Alkes is Rising
To take action to achieve and protect one's ideals
Rising when Markab is Setting
To be honest, and act in an open-handed way
Culminating when Toliman is Rising
A persistent personality
Culminating when Alnilam is Setting
An individual who is an active problem-solver
Culminating when Bellatrix is Setting
A person who takes up a proletarian fight
Setting when Phact is Anti-culminating
Bold, daring and original, needing a challenge
Anti-culminating when Ras Algethi is Setting
Wanting to live by a moral code; strong principles and sense of justice

Jupiter
Anti-culminating when Mirach is Setting
An insatiable appetite for the physical world, money or people

Saturn
Culminating when Ankaa is Rising
A pathmaker - someone who can build new direction from chaos
Culminating when Altair is Culminating
Issues of bravery and honour in the daily life