Joe Biden’s run towards 2020 is probably over before it started with another accusation of misconduct. It’s more about him being overly tactile and crashing into personal space than anything too heinous. But it doesn’t sit well in the times.

He was born 20^th November 1942 8.30 am Scranton, Pennsylvania giving him an emotionally intense collection of a charming Sun, Venus, Mercury conjunction as well as Mars in Scorpio in his 12^th. He’s also got an earthy and entertaining 5^th house Taurus Moon in a possessive square to Pluto.

His Moon will certainly like to be hands-on since Taurus especially just loves physical contact, not necessarily sexual or sensual, just sensuous.  Though he’s likely to come on too strongly with Pluto involved, especially since his Pluto is also square Mars. It may be with a Moon Pluto in his chart that his mother didn’t respect his boundaries and personal space.

I’d have thought a strong 12^th house might have made him more reclusive (though it is birth time dependent which in this case is only memory). But with his Sun Venus trine Jupiter, he’ll be good at turning up the charm full volume when needed.

He has tr Uranus conjunct his Moon exactly now for an emotional upset; and there are all manner of hitches, glitches and hiccups especially from May onwards; with 2020/21 not looking encouraging.

Brash, bombastic, a headline-grabber, lawyer Michael Avenatti is attracting a different sort of publicity these days. From his heady promotion of Stormy Daniels’ hush-money lawsuit with megaphone promises to take Trump down and his tease about running in 2020 himself, he’s now defending himself against criminal charges of attempting to extort millions of dollars from Nike; and unrelated charges in California that he had defrauded a former client and a bank. These could end him up with serious prison time if he’s found guilty.

In typical fashion he’s swearing blind innocence on all counts in media interviews and points to past successes – suing KPMG for audit malpractice, and the company settled for $22 million; winning $80 million from a cemetery accused of overstuffing its plots, and half a billion from the makers of defective surgical gowns. Two of his cases before Ms. Daniels had landed him on “60 Minutes”.

Born 16 February 1971 10.07 pm Sacramento, California, he does have a grandstanding and power-hungry 5^th house Aquarius Sun in square to an over-optimistic Jupiter Neptune and inconjunct Pluto. The quincunx will make it tricky for him to handle his need for control in a well-modulated way and the Jupiter Neptune square will lead to over-confidence and delusions of grandeur. He’s also got Saturn in Taurus on the apex of a Yod to Uranus sextile Mars in Sagittarius – such a Saturn suggests a heavy karma and needs real maturity and self-discipline to handle it well. Tr Neptune is tugging away at one leg of the Yod this year in square to his Mars until December which suggests panicky failure. And he has a Fixed T square of an intense Scorpio Moon opposition Saturn square Mercury in Aquarius which will make him hang on stubbornly to his opinions, so he can be wilful, unable to adapt or listen to feedback.

His birth time is sound so tr Pluto opposition his midheaven in 2020/21 is likely to hold good, which can bring down or damage a reputation. Even before then he looks mighty trapped this July/August and November/December with tr Pluto conjunct his Sun/Mars midpoint with various mishaps and nerve-stretching moments at other times as well.  He’ll get some cheer after mid 2020.

Another day, another Democratic candidate for 2020. Wayne Messam, the first black mayor of a Florida city and son of Jamaican immigrants, has pitched his hat into the ring. He has an MBA in Management Information Systems, and owns a construction company.

Born 7 June 1974, he’s a Sun Gemini opposition Neptune in a confident though none too realistic square to Jupiter in Pisces; with his Sun also in an innovative trine to Uranus. His Mercury Saturn in Cancer are in a tough-minded square to Pluto. His Venus in indulgent Taurus is on the focal point of a Yod (like Prince William) to Pluto sextile Neptune so he’ll have PR talents and an interest in the arts.

His bid has certainly turned his life upside down with a tr Pluto square his Uranus from now onwards, and some Jupiterian boosts along the way of this year. But he’s also got tr Neptune conjunct his Jupiter and square his Sun a couple of times till the end of this year which is a major NO NO. False hopes dashed.  Plus a car-crash Solar Arc Sun conjunct Mars sometime over coming months; maybe a scandal surfacing after mid this year, though that could also be a misjudgment.

When you can’t win fairly, cheat – appears to be the Republican approach in Florida. Until last year, Florida still operated under one of the largest-scale voter suppression laws in the nation. That changed with passage of Amendment 4 last November, restoring voting rights to an estimated 1.4 million ex-felons, most of whom are black and poor who have completed their sentences, including probation, and paid back restitution; and would exclude those who committed felony sexual offenses or murder.

Republican lawmakers in Florida are looking to narrow the scope of the vote which could potentially impact the state’s political climate because of the GOP fear that the new voters are likely to support Democratic candidates. Florida is a significant swing state that voted for both Barack Obama and Donald Trump for president.

The Amendment was enacted on 8 January 2019, presumably at midnight. This gives a divisive, slightly over-hopeful and discouraging chart. There’s a focal point Uranus in the 7^th which certainly can foster a drive for reform, but is likely to upset a fair few apple-carts along the way. There’s a repressive Sun, Saturn, Pluto in the domestic 4^th, suggesting a mutinous response within the state – and maybe a long drawn out struggle. Plus a head-in-the-clouds Jupiter square Neptune; and an argumentative, bad-tempered Mars square Saturn which can denote setbacks.

This July’s Cancer Solar Eclipse will have a strong impact since it is conjunct the midheaven (for a midnight start) and even if not will elbow the Saturn Sun, so may be discouraging or involve a considerable effort to maintain the status quo.

Prince Charles has always had a conflicted relationship with his younger brother Andrew which has not been improved by Charles’ wish for a slimmed-down monarchy ahead, excluding Andrew and his children, the two princesses. In part the brotherly stand-off may be a result of the Queen’s evident favouritism of Andrew which would not sit well; and Charles’ jealousy of Andrew’s fighter pilot machismo in early adulthood.

It’s a shame in one way since Charles’ Scorpio Sun is conjunct Andrew’s Moon, so there should be a resonance. But Charles’ Saturn opposes Andrew’s Pisces Sun; and Andrew’s Saturn squares Charles’s Venus Neptune so there are defensive and critical blocks in the way, damping down good feelings. Andrew’s wayward Uranus is also conjunct Charles’ 1^st house battened down Pluto – one has freedom, the other is restricted by duty. Andrew’s profligate Pluto is also conjunct Charles’ more austere 2^nd house Saturn so differing attitudes to money will also play a part.

Their relationship chart has an argumentative, competitive composite Sun, Mercury, Mars conjunction which was being yanked further apart late last year with tr Saturn conjunct in December; and that was only the end of a long phase of challenges to their connection following on from tr Pluto and tr Uranus in recent years. There’s also a cold and defensive composite Moon square Saturn which will be hugely unsettled in 2020 and 2021; and more so since tr Pluto will oppose the composite Uranus in 2020/2021 which will cause further major disruptions.

Charles certainly dislikes Sarah, Duchess of York, with a composite Sun, Saturn, Mercury; and a bitterly hostile Mars square Pluto in their relationship chart – and he may be concerned by her continuing presence on the scene. That relationship is being upended through this year and the next several.

Once the Queen goes there will be less protection for Andrew and his capricious ways; though he does look boosted in 2021/22 with Jupiterian largesse. Before then he has tr Neptune through his 8^th house conjunct Mercury this month and on and off into 2020, which can bring secrets out into the open; and focus on financial dealings. In 2020/21 tr Pluto will square his midheaven which can be damaging to reputation and status, certainly suggests there will be challenges to his direction in life and career.  That may be fall out from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal if more comes out into the open.

Comedian turned super-star film director Jordan Peele is looking at another blockbuster success with US. In the horror genre, it focusses on an affluent black family menaced in their home by another family who look almost exactly like them. It took $110 million worldwide in its first few days and achieved the second best opening weekend in North America for an original live action film, after Avatar in 2009; and only cost $20 million.

His previous movie as writer, producer and director the 2017 Get Out, which won him an Oscar for best original screenplay, was a funny, frightening and thought-provoking thriller about race in America that cost $4.5 million to make and was the first film from a black director to make $100 million at the US and Canadian box office. And he received his second Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for producing Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman. Talented and on a roll.

Born 21 February 1979 in New York, he was brought up by a single mother and dropped out of college to form a comedy duo.  He has a Sun and Mercury in filmic Pisces opposition Saturn in extra-hard-working Virgo. His Sun is conjunct an enduring and stubborn Mars in late Aquarius. And his Mars is doubly determined being trine Pluto, with both sextiling onto filmic Neptune (Moon) in Sagittarius; and his Mars is in a no-compromise square to Uranus as well. Aquarius and Sagittarius are two comic signs.

His creative 5^th harmonic is strongly aspected; and even more so his superstar 22H.

The Lord alone knows what comes next for Brexit and He’s not dropping too many hints. Possible exits might come from tr Pluto sextile the UK Pluto mid April to early May, again over the New Year – which indicates an upheaval. Or tr Saturn square the UK Sun/Moon midpoint around this August, September, October for the final time – which can be a relationship split.

At the time of Brexit in 2016 tr Pluto was hovering around the square of the UK Sun/Moon midpoint which puts immense pressure on close relationships. For an individual I wouldn’t have expected a marriage to survive with the Sun/Moon midpoint being pounded pre and post 2016 by tr Uranus, Pluto and now Saturn. Though countries are much more cumbersome entities and difficult to shift.

That apart there’s a confused and evasive tr Neptune square the 3^rd house UK Mercury from now till late April, followed by  an extended neurotic panic with high uncertainty from tr Neptune square the Sun/Saturn midpoint May till mid August, repeating through 2020. From mid this August the indecisive, dithery tr Neptune square Mercury returns, and repeats into early 2020.  There are flickers of sunshine and cheer from Jupiter midpoints – July till December, so it won’t all be sinking into a fog.

And right on cue at the moment is the exact Solar Arc Moon opposition the legislature Saturn – the voters are not amused by their hapless MPs.

Theresa May’s Government chart ( null and void if there’s another election) sinks into an even deeper swamp come May awash with Neptune.

That’s the best I can do pro tem. Just too exhausting for words.

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The EU is belatedly wakening up to the problem of China which is the EU’s second biggest trading partner. China is encroaching on eastern and southern Europe, with investment and commercial tie-ups which favour the monolithic Chinese state system. China already owns Greece’s largest port, Piraeus, and has, to the consternation of Berlin and Paris, just signed a memorandum of understanding with Italy regarding future investment in Italian infrastructure. The anxiety being that China shows no indication of reforming an authoritarian, state-driven economic system and European firms are not on a level playing field when competing with Chinese firms with their heavily protectionist internal market.

China’s fearsomely determined 7^th house Mars Pluto in Leo making it an aggressive partner sits uncomfortably with the EU’s Fixed financial planets – Taurus Moon in the 8^th, Venus in the speculative 5^th, Uranus in the 11^th. The relationship chart has a power-struggling composite Sun Mercury square Pluto; a highly-strung, bad-judgement Uranus opposition Node square Neptune; a tied together Water Grand Trine; and a stressed, fated Yod. So a complicated and intertwined connection with ties that are difficult to break.  It’ll be under maximum pressure with huge challenges in the next three years with tr Pluto opposition Uranus and square Neptune; and in a very disruptive phase till Uranus moves out of Taurus in the mid 2020s.

The Italy China memorandum was signed at 2.11 pm 23 March in Rome, which puts an ultra-ambitious, ruthless Mars in Taurus in the 10^th trine Saturn Pluto; with a radical-new-direction and divisive Uranus on the midheaven; with a pie-in-the-sky over-hopeful Jupiter square Neptune; and a Yod of Mars sextile Node inconjunct Jupiter, which could either bring positive changes to the masses or short-circuit through over-confidence.

The Italy chart resonates surprisingly well with China. China’s Jupiter in Capricorn is conjunct the Italy North Node in the 2^nd, which would fit with China bringing a much need injection of cash; with Italy’s Jupiter conjunct the China Mars Pluto, for confident adventures together.

The relationship chart is well-knitted together with a Water Grand Trine of Jupiter in the 10^th trine Node trine Mars; with Node opposition Saturn and Mars opposition Sun Mercury Neptune. Success is implicit but there are dangers with a ruthless, controlling composite Mars Pluto opposition Sun Mercury – it could turn ugly very easily. Though there’s nothing too problematic till 2021 when tr Neptune starts undermining some good feelings.

An additional thought on EU matters is that France looks likely to overtake Italy as the fourth most indebted country in the world after Macron caved to the gilets jaune. His options are limited with an over-weighted and expensive state sector which he clearly can’t cut given the opposition to it on the street and already extra-high levels of taxation. The Bank of France looks to be sinking into a Neptunian swamp over the next three years.

Adam Schiff has come out fighting against Republican demands that he resign his chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee over the Mueller Report. He argued that he still believes there is ample evidence of collusion and said he’s long insisted such evidence may or may not rise to the level of a criminal charge. Despite Mueller’s decision not to charge any Americans in Russia’s election interference efforts he said he still finds the Trump campaign’s posture toward Russia and efforts to accept its help as troubling.

Born 22 June 1960 he’s a charming Sun Venus in Cancer in a laid-back opposition to Jupiter; with a talented Half Grand Sextile from Mars in Taurus opposition Neptune, sextile Sun sextile Pluto.

He’s got tr Pluto square his Jupiter/Uranus midpoint now through April and May, returning on and off till late 2020, which generally brings luck and confidence. He should also got an extra dollop of luck from tr Uranus opposition his Jupiter/Pluto midpoint till mid April, though that runs alongside an insecure and explosive tr Uranus conjunct his Mars. It’ll be a bumpy and nervy year ahead which is hardly surprising with tr Uranus trine his Pluto and then opposition his Neptune in July this year. And although he has one high-flyer of a Solar Arc in 2020, he also has a dead-halt and acutely frustrated Solar Arc Pluto opposition his Mars in late 2020 probably over the election.