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Last week, Venus conjoined the North Node and two powerful
women made news. The first was Hillary Clinton, preparing to end her term as
Secretary of State amidst wild speculation she will run in 2016 for president.
According to a Bloomberg National Poll published the day of the conjunction,
70% of Americans have a ‘mostly or favorable view of Clinton.’ Since Venus
symbolizes a woman, the North Node indicates physical manifestation, and
Scorpio represents power, that a powerful woman would make news was not too
startling.
But why
Hillary?
The transiting conjunction provides
no context, which is only obtained through the interactions of the transits
with the natal chart. So, I was surprised to see the transiting North Node and
Venus conjunct the natal South Node. Hillary was having a half-nodal return, a
time when the North and South nodes exchange notes about the manifest and
unmanifest realms. Since the transits activate the nativity, with the South
Node stimulated, I was expecting some manner of loss. Typically, no matter how
spiritual the South Node may be, its activation almost always coincides with suffering
or loss. Yet, what was expressed here was high standing and professional
accolades. This was doubly puzzling since the transiting North Node was square
natal Saturn at the transiting South Bending, further suggesting some outward
loss for Saturn (standing, authority). Nonetheless, here she was, practically
being elected president four years in advance (transiting Venus-North Node
trine natal Moon). I interpreted the meaning of the natal South Node as
service; she is sacrificing herself for the country.
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However, yesterday,
news surfaced that at the ‘beginning of the week’ (likely Monday or Tuesday,
December 10-11), Clinton picked up a stomach virus, became severely dehydrated,
fainted and suffered a concussion. As a result she would be unable to testify
on the Hill this week about the Benghazi attacks. On Monday December 10, 2012,
transiting Venus was at 23°27
Scorpio, in partile conjunction with her natal South Node (applying 7'),
conjunct the Ascendant, natal Mercury, progressed Chiron, and square natal
Saturn. Here was an unhappy loss (Venus conjunct the natal South Node) from a manifest
(North Node) head (first house) wound (Chiron) that negatively affected her
health (Venus ruling the 6th), left her unconscious (natal Mercury
in the 12th) and unable to fulfill her professional duties (Saturn
at the transiting South Bending).
What of the
other woman? Read on…
Update: Late yesterday, on 12/18/12, news broke that a Benghazi investigation had concluded that the State Department in general, and the Secretary of State more specifically, was to blame for the attack, which was an act of terror, and not a spontaneous uprising over a video as the White House first claimed. Once you know what to look for, you often find it. Last week, there were headlines on 12/12/12, the day of the exact Venus-Pluto conjunction, detailing the Clinton's efforts to minimize the criticism they expected from the investigation. This fall from grace is an expression of Hillary's natal Saturn (in detriment in Leo) in the 9th, currently at the South Bending of the transiting nodes. The blame for the failure of security in the overseas Libyan Consulate has landed on her shoulders.
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