Boris’s Grand Tour of the ‘awesome foursome’ components of the UK and the dragons of the EU will keep him in an enjoyable (for him) high-profile whirlwind of activity for the next few weeks. Until presumably knock-on-wood reality becomes unavoidable. His Government chart’s extravagant Jupiter in the 2^nd is certainly getting an airing as he blithely promises largesse in all directions, though along with tax cuts it’s tricky to see how he’ll deliver. Tr Neptune square his Government Jupiter mid November to mid December will bring a back-to-earth-with-a-bump moment.

In general there’s a Neptunian smokescreen of confusion, miscommunication and disappointment on several of the relevant charts. The UK chart has tr Neptune square the 3^rd house Mercury mid August to late September for unclear discussions, evasive conversations and transport worries; followed by a panicky tr Neptune square the Solar Arc Mars also in the 3^rd right through until mid November.

There’s the faintest hint of a partnership split on the UK chart mid August to early September with tr Saturn square the Sun/Moon midpoint and the North Node. Tr Pluto and tr Uranus had been in hard aspect to those points in the run up to Brexit, so it is a sensitive spot. But it seems too mild for the kind of brutal pulling apart which a No-Deal would involve.

On the UK joining the EEC chart, 1 January 1973, there’s a run of tr Neptune square the Venus and then Saturn from late September to late January, which will be slipping, sliding, undermining emotionally as well as financially.

The UK relationship chart with the EU again shows up mid November to mid December as losses. With an uphill struggle of bulldozer-meets-brick-wall at the moment till late August, and again mid November to mid December.

On Boris’s crossovers with relevant others:

Nicola Sturgeon – she and BJ start off significantly chilly with a composite Sun Mercury square Saturn; and an emotionally conflicted composite Moon square Uranus Pluto. Tr Neptune is square the composite Moon now till mid August and again in 2020 – illusions, delusions and lies. Mid November to mid December look upsetting between them as well. That won’t improve in the foreseeable future.

His relationship with Nigel Farage is slippery at the best of times with a composite Sun opposition Neptune and unstable with Uranus Pluto trine Mars Jupiter which will swing around wildly over the next couple of years.

With Emmanuel Macron it’ll be a hostile and bitter power struggle with a composite Sun opposition Pluto squaring onto Mars; and a suspicious, distrustful composite Neptune opposition Jupiter Saturn.

And Angela Merkel won’t be budging in a hurry since her ferociously determined Mars in Sagittarius (trine Pluto) opposes his Sun Venus; and her Saturn in conscientious Scorpio is conjunct his Moon – so a charm offensive won’t wash.

His Government chart is facing a run of crises mid November to mid December and again in February to early March 2020. Whether this is post-a hasty-exit-Brexit or a continuing struggle to get a sensible deal isn’t remotely clear from any of the charts.

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American rapper ASAP Rocky remains in custody in Sweden facing charges of assault, despite the best efforts of Trump and Kim Kardashian amongst others to get him freed. His hearing is set for early next week. He claims self-defence.

He was born 3 October 1988 in Harlem, New York with a drug-dealing father who died in prison and a brother who was killed when he was 13. He dealt drugs as he moved around homeless shelters with his mother and sister as a teen for which he did time. His sister died of a drugs overdose in 2016. He’s been successful as a singer/songwriter and music video director.

He has a Libra Sun opposition Mars square Neptune which would incline him towards showbusiness, especially the musical end, with such a strong Neptune; but will also give him a short fuse made more so since his Mars is also square Uranus Saturn in late Sagittarius. His Moon is in Cancer which makes his family history all the more upsetting.

He’s got Solar Arc Sun conjunct his Pluto around now which is blocked; with a run of lacklustre, disappointing Neptune transits to midpoints from late September really through till January 2020; and he looks particularly blocked and angry across the New Year. But he does get one lucky-break influence late October and looks on more confident form from early 2020 onwards.

Rutger Hauer, the actor who brought Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi cult classic Blade Runner to life with an unforgettable monologue, has died. He became a multi-millionaire doing several years of Guinness ads and worked constantly in Europe and the US on film and in television in LadyHawke, Buffy the Vampire Slayer amongst many others and more recently in True Blood, and The Sisters Brothers.

He was born 23 January 1944 at 6.18pm Breukelen, Netherlands into an acting family. He had a fascinating chart with a hard-working 6^th house Aquarius Sun in an Air Grand Trine to a volatile and ambitious Mars Uranus in Gemini in his 10^th trine Neptune, formed into a Kite by Sun opposition Pluto North Node in Leo – which last became the drivers of his chart. Influential certainly and quite hidden, drawn to horror movies with Mars Uranus Pluto Neptune as well as sci-fi. He had a lighter side from a flamboyant Venus in Sagittarius in his entertaining 5^th house trine an enthusiastic Jupiter in Leo in his 1^st.

He didn’t have a superstar career but he made quite an impact.

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Michael Sheen, the Welsh actor with an illustrious catalogue stage and screen performances on his CV including biopics as Tony Blair, is expecting a child with his 25 year old Swedish girlfriend. He already has a 20 year old daughter with his first partner Kate Beckinsale.

He was born 5 February 1969, with amateur dramatic parents and worked mainly in the theatre in his early adult career. He’s a Sun Aquarius square a determined Mars in Scorpio which in turn is in a showbizzy conjunction to Neptune. His forced-to-be-self-reliant Saturn in Aries is inconjunct his Mars giving a hard-edge to his performances. He’s also got a lucky, risk-taking, constantly changing Jupiter Uranus in Libra opposition Venus in Aries. He has had a succession of girlfriends but never married. His Virgo Moon is probably conjunct Pluto.

There’s no birth date for his present girlfriend Anna Lundberg but she was born around 1994 when the Uranus Neptune conjunction was in Capricorn which will square his Saturn which might make it an edgy connection. He doesn’t look that enchanted this year with an uncertain, worried tr Neptune conjunct his Sun/Saturn midpoint at the moment; a trapped tr Pluto square his Mars/Pluto midpoint recently and on and off till late 2020; with a discouraging tr Pluto square his Saturn and sextile his Mars this year; and a blocked Solar Arc Pluto square his Sun next year.

He does have tr Pluto trine his Solar Arc Venus this year and next which is emotional and affectionate but that’s fairly obscure.

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‘German industry is in the deepest slump since the global financial crisis and threatens to push Europe’s powerhouse economy into full-blown recession.’ Even allowing for economic journalists’s tendency to catastrophise there do appear to be problems in the wheelhouse.

It’s not just the German car industry facing a problem. More than 80pc of Germany’s factories are in outright contraction; with manufacturing activity for the wider eurozone dropping to levels last seen in the depths of the 2012 European debt crisis.

The Bundesbank (Central Bank) chart, 26 July 1957 is in a perilous state at the moment with a high-tension, jolting Solar Arc Saturn opposition Uranus earlier this year; worsening towards a devastating Solar Arc Pluto conjunct Neptune late this year into early 2020. Plus tr Uranus in a series of jangling squares to the Sun this year and Uranus next. It won’t regain confidence till 2022/23 as tr Pluto trines the Jupiter.

The Germany 1 January 1871 chart has a panicky tr Neptune square Jupiter exact now and recurring on and off till late 2020 which is the classic financial bubble-bursting influence, with falsely high hopes deflating. The recent Solar Eclipse was opposition the Germany Sun and conjunct the Germany Midheaven for a crisis of direction. And tr Uranus is conjunct the Germany Taurus Moon sitting on the cusp of the 8^th house of joint finances for an economic upset this year and early next.

The UK chart has the same Capricorn Sun and Cancer Midheaven as Germany so has different crises running in parallel. Tr Uranus into the Germany 8^th which usually bring a period of economic instability should be noted since the UK has the same from 2022 onwards. The EU with the same Capricorn Sun and similar chart axis picked up tr Uranus into the 8^th earlier this year so their financial insecurities picked up earlier than the UK’s which to date isn’t doing badly. Though clearly there are clouds on the horizon.

The Germany chart picks up tr Pluto opposition their 10^th house Uranus for a radical upheaval and change of direction in 2021/22. The Germany chart does not suggest an essentially compliant or cooperative country with Uranus in the 10^th and an uncommitted, evasive Neptune in the 7^th. And indeed the relationship chart between Germany and the EU has been fraught with tensions and difficulties since the beginning which are coming to a head at the moment with tr Uranus elbowing the composite Fixed Grand Cross of Venus opposition Uranus square Mars opposition Moon, from last year through till 2021; with an increasing sense of separation and crisis from tr Saturn and this year’s Eclipses. There’ll be major confusion and disappointment in 2022/23 between the two, with a paralysis of will about how to tackle problems.   The France/Germany relationship chart as well is showing up a sense of loss, confusion and devastation in 2019/2020; with a major turning point in 2022/23 which could put unbearable pressure on their relationship, stretching it to breaking point.

The EU chart has the Solar Arc Pluto conjunct the 2^nd house financial Neptune now which is creating an earthquake of panic; with the Solar Arc Midheaven approaching an exact conjunction to the Pluto within three months whichwill grind progress to a dead-halt and perhaps drag dirty-dealing into the open. Plus tr Uranus is starting  three years explosive, cage-rattling of the EU’s central Fixed Grand Cross. This year and early next a highly-strung, nerve-stretched tr Uranus is opposition Neptune and worse the conjunction to the 8^th house Moon picks up from July 2020 and squares the Uranus at the same time, running through 2021 as well – precipitating not only a financial disruption of considerable proportions but also triggering a sharp change of plan for the longer term.

Tr Neptune is also square the 3rd house Saturn in 2020/21 which will lead to uncertainty and significant worry. As well as communication and transport difficulties.

Everywhere going into a melting pot.

Chris Evans, best known for his superhero Marvel comic roles, will appear in a Netflix docu-drama airing late this month playing a Mossad agent involved in smuggling Jewish-Ethiopians into Israel in the 1980s. He says he’s finished with his superheroes and wants ultimately to give up acting for directing.

Born 13 June 1981 6.16pm Boston, Massachusetts, he has an intense and secretive Gemini Sun on the cusp of his 8^th house in a creative opposition to Neptune and an influential trine to Pluto. He has the chart to make waves. He has a hidden and also emotionally intense 12^th house Scorpio Moon trine an 8^th house Venus in Cancer, so no surprises he keeps his relationships under wraps. His Mars in feisty Gemini is in his 7^th so he can express himself assertively – on Trump, gay marriage, Roe v Wade etc – and that trines an idealistic Jupiter Saturn in Libra in his 10^th.

He’s an interesting personality, more than his blockbuster roles might suggest. With Saturn edging its way out of his 2^nd house he will be looking ahead to start building his career in a new direction over the coming two decades plus. It’ll take him time to establish what he really wants to be doing but he’s clearly got talent and motivation.

There’s nothing much to suggest an emotional commitment coming soon, indeed there may be an upheaval or two soon with his Progressed Venus square his Uranus. And when he does he’ll no doubt make the effort to hide it from view.

Faye Dunaway has been fired from a one woman stage show in which she played Katherine Hepburn after what is described as an altercation with a crew member and creating a hostile work atmosphere. The play was due to transfer from Boston to Broadway.

She’s clearly an acquired or maybe more accurately a specialised taste. Polanski referred to her as “a gigantic pain in the ass” on the set of Chinatown; Bette Davis said she was the worst person she has ever worked with, calling her “totally impossible”. But others who worked with her through a long, award-strewn career are wholehearted fans.

Born 14 January 1941 8.15pm Bascom, Florida, she has an Earth Grand Trine of Sun Mercury in Capricorn trine Uranus in Taurus trine Neptune – practical, grounded in the material world, creative. She’s also got Saturn Jupiter in Taurus square Pluto and trine Venus in Capricorn – very Fixed to the point of unyielding, confident to over-pushy from Jupiter Pluto. Her hidden 12^th house Leo Moon is trine Mars and square Saturn – not a ball of marshmallow emotionally, that’s for sure. Quite hard, angry. A heavyweight personality.

At the moment exactly she has tr Uranus conjunct her Jupiter/Saturn midpoint which often accompanies career losses; as well oddly enough as tr Uranus conjunct her Jupiter which normally suggests a lucky break. But in her case since it’s tied into Saturn and Pluto will be causing a fair upheaval. With a run of disappointments through this autumn from Neptune transits. Her Progressed Mars is moving over the next two or three years to oppose her Pluto which will make her feel very stuck.

The promise was a love-bombing that would unite the Tory Party. The reality was a savage pruning of moderates and remainers and the appointment of a Cabinet of hardcore Brexiteers. Typical lying, vengeful Boris, now nicknamed The Liar King by cartoonists. In the ‘midnight massacre’ Jeremy Hunt, who got 40% (of the admittedly miniscule Tory vote) was ousted since he wouldn’t accept a demotion. It may have pleasured Boris with his dream of a Godfather’s bloody revenge but it stocks the backbenches with a murder of magpies, an unkindness of ravens and a parliament of magpies all ready to pounce.

In a quick skip through the charts of the oddball collection now in the Cabinet what stands out as striking is the emphasis on strongly Mutable charts, which Boris and Dominic Cummings certainly have, as do Priti Patel, Sajid Javid, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Dominic Raab, Ben Wallace, Michael Gove, Stephen Barclay.

Mutable energy – Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces – is stimulating if not overly-nerve-stretched, constantly restless and bored, lives moment to moment, is not goal-oriented or a forward-planner, can lack discipline and concentration. In a crisis too much Mutable acts like a windmill in a storm, flying off in all directions. Mutable tends to react to prevailing circumstances rather than initiate new projects and isn’t good at standing firm over the long haul. Couldn’t be more different from stolid, unbudgeable Theresa May – or indeed the incredibly Fixed EU.

There are also a fair sprinkling of Saturn Neptunes in opposition or square which in my experience are not decisive and lack the killer push-through mentality to get things done.

Priti Patel, 29 March 1972, now Home Secretary, is a Sun Mercury in Aries opposition Uranus Moon (Pluto) square Jupiter in Capricorn – pro-active, impulsive, overly-confident; with a hard-edged and toxic Mars Saturn in Gemini opposition Neptune, trine/sextile Pluto – not renowned as a team player, having resigned as international development minister in 2017 over undisclosed meetings with Israeli officials that breached diplomatic protocol. She’s far-right on immigration and many other areas that she now presides over.

She’s got an exceptionally rocky, crises-strewn and bad-tempered ride late September to late October this year; is at odds with Boris late September to mid November; with major ructions in November into December which are showing up on most of the connected charts. And she’s in meltdown from late December to late February – again when many of the Cabinet charts are showing extreme stress.

Sajid Javid, now Chancellor, 5 December 1969, is a Sun Sagittarius with a Libra Moon; a publicity-attracting Mars square Neptune; and a wobbly hates-failure Jupiter opposition Saturn. He again has a major hiccup mid September to mid October, is extremely anxious mid November to mid December; severely jolted mid December to early February 2020; and utterly confused and devastated from late January 2020. His relationship with Boris is unstable and conflicted at best and is slithering and sliding over the next two years.

Dominic Raab, the new Foreign Secretary who has to take over the Iran situation, 25 February 1974, is a Sun Mercury in Pisces square Neptune. He’s on a confidence slide downhill late September to mid November; and into catastrophe territory from mid December to early February 2020, that last is a time when his relationship with Boris could snap altogether as tr Uranus is conjunct their composite Sun.

Rees-Mogg, now Leader of the House, is also into calamity country from mid December to early February with tr Uranus opposition his Mars/Pluto midpoint.

I know I’m not supposed to have strong political views and I don’t much like any of them but frankly all I’m praying for – probably delusionally – is that Corbyn and Momentum get pushed off stage and Keir Starmer put in as Labour leader. Faced with this bunch they’d walk an election.

The royal handshake which anointed Boris as PM happened around 3.12 pm this afternoon. He then went onto to make a rabble- rousing speech declaring it would be a do-or-die exit on October 31^st. Whether this is a calculated negotiating strategy to force the EU into re-setting their demands isn’t clear, but it’s high-risk, since they may not budge and all the advice about tumbling out on Halloween, with precious little prepared, points to major problems – logistical and economic.

His Government chart doesn’t have the unbelievably will-sapping and lacklustre aspects which Theresa May’s had with its Full Moon opposition Neptune. But this one is pressured from the heavy-duty Saturn Pluto in the 3rd house of communication and transport and a heavily populated 9^th house of foreign affairs and legal arguments.

Two key configurations are worth pondering – there’s a Cardinal T Square of Mercury Venus in Cancer opposition Pluto square a 6^th house Aries Moon which suggests an overly-emotional approach to problems, extreme defensiveness, impulsiveness, bad-temper and an insistence on following a chosen path whatever the consequences. The 6^th house rules health, workers, civil servants and the armed forces.

There’s also a Yod of Neptune sextile Saturn inconjunct Mars in flamboyant Leo pointing to a tendency to plunge ahead without necessarily having a sensible plan or direction. It can be self-defeating though it can also be decisive about cutting ties with the past.

The Leo Sun is in no-compromise square to Uranus which can be wilful and erratic as well as helpful for forging a new path. Uranus is trine the midheaven pointing to ingenuity about new paths to be followed.

Expansive Jupiter is an over-spender in the 2^nd house of finances in an enthusiastic trine to Mars and a head-in-the-clouds square to Neptune.

The midpoints aren’t overly encouraging with the Sun in a setback-prone square to Mars/Saturn and conjunct an argumentative Mars/Node; and Neptune = Mars/Pluto which could induce paralysis or be surrounded by deceit.

Boris’s relationship chart with Ursula von der Leyen, the new EU President, is implacably hostile since both have Mars square Pluto; and that’s repeated in Boris’s relationship chart with the EU which has a Mars opposition Pluto, not surprising given the lies he’s told about them over the years.

His relationship with Trump is certainly premised on joint super-ambition with a composite Sun trine Neptune sextile Pluto, veering to the fanatical with Neptune square Uranus; and a possessive, controlling Moon square Pluto. Both birth times being sound, tr Neptune will square the MC through this year and next and square the Ascendant next year – undermining the ties that bind.

On Boris’s astrocartography – Iran is not well favoured having his Mars on the IC there.

His Solar Return for this year June 2019 to June 2020 is horrendous with  a trapped, scary, enfuriatingly frustrated Mars Mercury in the 7th opposition Saturn Pluto and an afflicted mis-communicating Neptune in the 3rd.

Boris’s relationship with Leo Varadkar, Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland, crucially involved in the backstop and frictionless border with Northern Ireland talks, is grim at the best of times with a hostile, resentful, power struggling composite Mars opposition Pluto and a differing-agenda, needs-space, uncompromising composite Sun opposition Uranus. September 8^th to 29th looks especially chilly between them with tr Saturn square the Sun and Uranus. Even before then, August 13^th till late September is on a downward spiral; and mid October to mid November over the putative no-deal exit is at daggers-drawn and in disaster-mode.