(Posted January 10, 2011) The New Year is off to a bad start for Sarah Palin. Not only did TLC not renew her reality show, but she had been accused of contributing to a climate of hate and intolerance that spawned deranged shooter Jared Loughner and his weekend shooting spree in Arizona that claimed 6 lives and seriously wounded US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Her website featured a map that showed gun-like crosshairs for targeting districts that needed to be strongly contested in the election. One of the gun targets fell over Giffords’ district in Arizona. While the offending depiction was quickly removed on the afternoon of the shooting, Palin is clearly on the defensive here as her sometimes outlandish conservative populism is coming under increased scrutiny by both mainstream and liberal media outlets.
In my previous post on Sarah Palin, I had noted that the early January period might be positive for her if this 6 p.m birth time was correct. Since it was an unverified time, I noted that the time around New Year’s would serve as a good test for this chart since Jupiter and Uranus would both be aspecting the Midheaven (10th house cusp) of this chart. I would say that this turn of events definitely weakens the appeal of this 6 pm chart for Palin since the current period has been quite difficult for her. It’s possible that she received a boost that has not been made public, and this is always one of the risks in interpreting horoscopes of public figures. Not everything that happens to them is public knowledge, so there is always a margin of error to contend with.
Another possibility is that the Jupiter-Uranus aspect to the Midheaven only served to boost her profile, without any regard for its valence. So she gained prominence here, although for all the wrong reasons. It was therefore the Saturn aspect to her Jupiter that made the event mostly negative. This is a possible interpretation, although Jupiter aspects to the angles are usually more reliable to produce some clear benefit, especially when there are other positive planets involved as there was here. The only conclusion is to keep monitoring this 6 pm chart for future hits and see how it correlates with the planets.
But in my original post, I did point out that her Jupiter would be aspected by Saturn throughout most of January and February and that this would produce some "downside" for her and be generally problematic. What makes this particular Saturn transit worse is that it lasts much longer than usual due to the retrograde cycle of Saturn which begins on January 26. As a rule, the slower the planet, the more powerful it is. Saturn is moving very slowly at the moment, and will come to a complete standstill in the sky at the end of January. This Saturn opposition aspect to Jupiter causes setbacks and delays and generally undermines one’s efforts. Saturn has a way of compelling people to face up to their responsibilities, even when it is uncomfortable to do so. Jupiter also represents one’s world-view and beliefs, and Saturn’s influence here can represent major opposition to those beliefs. It can also make a person appear more stubborn in their outlook, as they seem to have more extreme views. If Jupiter symbolizes optimism and confidence, Saturn introduces a large measure of pessimism and suffering. I wonder if Ms. Palin is questioning her own beliefs and motives here as her usual confident self is besieged by current circumstances.
Saturn goes retrograde on January 26, so I would think her problems may lessen sometime fairly soon after that date.
