Charlie Sheen

I am positive if you search the web you will find a jillion astrologers weighing in on Charlie Sheen. I guess I might as well add my own notes since I have time with the cancellation of an event today due to weather(could be the first time I have heard snow reports for the Hollywood Hills!)

Charlie is a Virgo with Moon in Sagittarius and Gemini Ascendant. All three are mutable signs and a way to remember mutable is that it they are moveable. The mutable signs are constantly moving, they don't settle down easily. It takes awhile to tame their energies, if they can even be tamed.

With Gemini, the brain is constantly ticking off thoughts, a mile a minute. The brain can't settle and the thoughts and ideas come so fast and quick that sorting through them is difficult or as my friend describes, "it's like I have monkey brain". Virgo is also mental but on a more practical level, they like to be 'doing'. Do, do, doing and Virgo can easily become obsessive compulsive. Know any? Then you know what I am talking about. And of course, Sagittarius is THE traveling sign. It is constantly on the move. With Sagittarius, when they are pushed and are not up for the work--they run. Add all these energies and you get one giant feral cat.

I have seen people with two of the three mutables pronounced in their chart and they are pretty wound up. When you activate three of the four mutable it is a force to be reckon. Of course the signs themselves are not troubled it is the aspects that push the tension. And with Charlie, his Sun in Virgo has Pluto on top of it. Although, he was a few years older than Sheen, Michael Jackson also had Pluto on his Sun in Virgo. Jackson's OCD and weird habits totally speak to the intensity of Pluto on Virgo Sun. And like Sheen they both have an intense need and drive for work. A functioning alcoholic is how people like Sheen are described as he was evidently able to show up at his job no matter how hard a bender he went on the week prior. This speaks to Pluto.

However, twisting everything up even further is Uranus in Virgo on top of Charlie's Sun and Pluto. And both of these are oppose his Saturn in Pisces. Ding, ding, ding--that bell you hear ringing is the fact that Pisces is the fourth mutable sign and Charlie has got Saturn in it oppose Uranus. Let's take a moment and talk about this aspect. We have spoken a great deal about Saturn oppose Uranus since we just wrapped up our own pass it.

Between 2008-2010, Uranus was in Pisces and Saturn was in Virgo. But when we talk about what has been going on lately we have had to discuss the last time these two were in opposition which was in the mid 60's. Civil unrest, disorder, rumblings, breaking away from the staid, that was the environment that Charlie and all his peers were born into in the mid 1960s. And that unrest is inside Sheen and everyone born in that two year window. If you need more of a visual consider inside Sheen is a Tea Party movement. Of course, not everyone born in the 1960's is prone to hookers, porn stars and a mountain of cocaine. But then not everyone has that kind of astro tension that Charlie has in his chart. Of course, even people who were born on the exact same day as Charlie could still use the energy in a completely different manner than Charlie. A lot of them are in the press, are active bloggers, helped further technology and certainly a lot of them are in health and medicine.

An additional personal discomfort to Charlie's chart is Saturn in Pisces opposing his Sun in Virgo. Saturn is structure and insecurity. It is weakness but out of the weakness can come strength. And of course, Saturn is Dad. At the same time his Moon, the planet of Mom trines Mercury which brings good luck and fortunate opportunities especially around communication. But also the Moon is opposed Jupiter which exaggerates emotions and situations. And as cliche as "too much too soon" is, it fits perfectly his Moon in Sag Oppose Jupiter in Gemini. The drive for more can be insatiable. And his Venus trine Jupiter which brings great opportunity around money and believe it or not love. God knows he has no problem earning millions easily and getting women to marry him. But again, the feral cat when given too much room gets lost.

Also Sheen's Mars in Scorpio trine Venus square Neptune makes him a perfect companion to Porn Stars. And his Moon in indulgent Sag in his 8th house, means MORE porn stars is better.

Of course, all of these aspects with Pluto and the 8th house energies are begging for something more. They are begging for depth and transformation. Unfortunately, the Gemini, Virgo and Pisces are standing their ground. Charlie continues to ping pong back and forth in the land of shallow.

On many ways it seems like it would have beenn better if Charlie he had not gone into his father (Saturn)'s line of work. If he had worked through his insecurities and found his way in his own different (Uranus) world. Or even if he did go into the entertainment business it would have been so much better for him if it had been behind the scenes. Perhaps writing or producing. I would also guess (strongly) that there is an undiagnosed ADDHD in the mix.

What is going to happen to him astrologically? Well, Uranus is wrapping up torturing his moon so I believe he will start to feel some relief next week when Uranus moves into Aries further distancing from the square to his Moon in Sag. Although it is going to take another year or so to get away from the square with Jupiter. Pluto in Capricorn will not be trining his sun for several more years but if he is not out of trouble by then, I hope Pluto will help get him there by that time. But, before we get there Neptune will be moving into Pisces dissolving a lot. It might actually get worse before it gets better but under that Neptune energy is a deep need for spiritual connection. I hope he is able to find it.

How about that Jupiter and Pluto?

As you know a couple days ago I wrote about the upcoming Jupiter Pluto square and in passing I said:

Wherever Jupiter goes it expands. Pluto is deep and looks for a real solid connection. Pluto is our foundations and Jupiter wants to move us. Both energies are strong but clearly can cause conflicts. Ask those people who live near a fault zone how movement and foundations go together and they will say, 7.1 on the Richter is a bitch.

And no surprise--New Zealand had a strong earthquake yesterday. I did go back and look at the original quake in the fall September 4, 2010 because experts indicate this was an aftershock. The original quake was of course was just after the 2nd square between Pluto and Jupiter. So, here we are again on the 3rd round.

Along with this sad news we heard that the pirates killed the four Americans captured last week. These pirate troubles have been exasperated during these last couple of years of Uranus's harsh aspects in in Pisces. It is my hope that Uranus's move into Aries next month will change some of these stories. Knowing Aries as I do expect a lot more military action off the Barbary Coast.

And on the Libya front. Yesterday there was more violence and hostile rhetoric from mad dog Gadhafi. I predict out by the Jupiter Square Pluto on Friday.
Don't let the door hit your ass, Moammar

Clock Radios and Solar Flares

A couple days ago I saw a news blurb about solar flares.

The largest solar flare in several years has disrupted some communications, though it was not in the right position to create auroral displays visible from lower latitudes.

The flare, which erupted on Feb. 15, sent what is called a coronal mass ejection, or CME, towards the Earth. A CME is billions of tons of charged particles, mostly protons.
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On Feb. 13, sunspot 1158 unleashed the strongest solar flare of the year so far. This image captured by Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The flare was the first in a series that led to another on Feb. 15, which released a stream of charged particles towards the Earth, causing communications interference in China.

When the charged particles come close to the Earth, they are forced to move along the magnetic field lines, creating the auroral displays and radio interference. In a worst case, they can damage electrical systems-----
Read more: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/114195/20110218/solar-flare-disrupts-radios-does-not-make-aurora.htm#ixzz1EWwJtmiF

What I find interesting about this report is that NASA says it occurred on the 15th and the part of Earth that was facing the Sun was China who bore most of the brunt.

All of this is odd to me because my husband's clock radio (seen above) is connected to the world clock and not set by him. A satellite speaks to that little box next to his pillow. On either Sunday or Monday we both looked at the clock and it was off by an hour. I said to my husband, "solar flares." And we do not live in China.
The same thing happened last fall and I believe we lost our time and again a day or so later we learned of solar flares. We're all connected by the giant spiderweb that is in space. Makes me want to dust off my native American lore about spiders.

Twitter Update

Clearly, Uranus is speaking to me during this Aquarius cycle as I felt compelled to figure out have to get a Twitter account. I did it!

Anyway, TracyAstroSalon is now on Twitter.

Jupiter Square Pluto

On Friday Feb 25 3:40pm Jupiter will square Pluto. This is the final square between Jupiter and Pluto which started last summer. In late July and early August we had the first hits by Jupiter, now six months later we have had time to process some of those tensions. Perhaps we made changes last summer and now we are dealing with those changes on a more profound level. Or maybe we knew we needed to make changes then but never got around to doing it and now we know we MUST do the changes. Wherever Jupiter goes it expands. Pluto is deep and looks for a real solid connection. Pluto is our foundations and Jupiter wants to move us. Both energies are strong but clearly can cause conflicts. Ask those people who live near a fault zone how movement and foundations go together and they will say, 7.1 on the Richter is a bitch.

Globally we have been talking about this tension since last November. Once Jupiter turned direct in Pisces and then entered Aries late January we began building towards this aspect. The unrest in the Mideast. And now the unrest in the Midwest. Those guys in Bahrain and those guys in Wisconsin are all on the Richter scale. Added to the scenario is the White House budget which has just been delivered in the last two days and everyone is expecting a showdown in Congress. Of course, all politics is local. Where is your battle zone within in your life? I'm not talking about you going out on the streets because that is probably not really necessary. But I'm talking about the battle zone you are dealing with personally. Have their been slips on the fault lately? That is okay. Go back and rethink and retool and consider this time as a new opportunity for meaningful change. Remember, Opportunity IS a Jupiter word.

What's going on this week?

Good Morning and welcome to this week which should be hmmm, what is a good word for it? Let's say-- a forceful week.

Today, Sunday 2/20 Mercury conjunct Mars, Mercury conjunct Neptune, Mars conjunct Neptune all taking place between 5 and 11:30pm EST. Mercury which lives to communicate is both fired and ready to shoot off its mouth but is inspired by something out of this world. Is is spirit? Or are we fired up by something that is inherently sad. Mars too is looking for a fight but is also getting gassed by Neptune. Our brains and brawn are geared up but the battle at its crux could simply be the areas of our life where we are sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Remember every end is just a beginning.

Tuesday 2/22 Mars enters Pisces which sends our animus underground or high above. We want actions and we want to attack issues but the battle plans are coming from deep down in our soul or they are coming from a higher power. For many people who have a rich history of seeing what they want and then going for it, this is a quirky three week period where our actions are based on things fuzzy and vague. However, as much as it feels unclear, we must trust that it is coming from something greater than our little selves.

Friday 2/25 The Sun conjuncts Mercury (3:48a) Mercury sextile Pluto (12:06p) Sun sextile Pluto (7:17pm) and drum roll Jupiter Square Pluto 3:40pm. (We will talk about Jupiter/Pluto in its own post) We should expect rhetoric to be high this week. You can't have a Mercury/Mars aspect on Sunday and a Sun/Mercury and Mercury/Pluto aspect at the end of the week and not expect a lot of intense conversation. With Mercury/Pluto the conversation is not just talk--it is fuel. What will be powered by this aspect in your life? Look to see where early degrees of Capricorn and Pisces are in your chart. And if you don't know your chart then you simply have to look at what you are talking about. That will speak volumes about where you want to make changes. What will you do with this fuel?
Besides inspiring yourself, is there someone else catching the wave?

Full Moon

Friday February 18 3:36am

We are in the middle of the Aquarius lunar cycle where the emphasis is on community, groups, and social causes. This cycle compels us to reach out to others and encourages us to break ground and perhaps break rules. And now in this cycle that compels us to be about others we get the big fat full moo n in Leo. And guess what Leo is about? Me!!! “It’s all about me.” “ Listen to MY story”. “ Is this MINE?” Do you see a theme? On this full moon we will be pulled to either reach out by being there for friends and groups or we will get lost contemplating our fabulous, glorious navel. For three days it is a showdown between “We” versus “me”.

However, at the same time that there is tension there is also opportunity for change and creative breakthroughs because as self absorbed as Leo can be it is also highly creative, generous, dramatic and expressive and of course, the has high personal drive.

Also we have Neptune, Mars and Mercury in conjunction in Aquarius (with the Sun) so the tension is pointed towards our opinion of our group of friends and our world. We will ask, “Do I fit in my group and in the world? When we look around are we satisfied by the people we call our friends? How do we feel about our community? Do we feel something dissolving? Do we feel like we need action or a break? How can we use our dynamic creative energy to make meaningful changes? And of course, we may feel disheartened so much that we may just want a break from our circle.


Leo can bring out big ol’ ego issues so don’t be surprised if people feel a bit ‘thin skinned’ and worked up over the slightest injustice. There may be a few emails or phone calls where people feel the need to let others know how ‘disrespectful’ they felt by them. Those are always fun conversations. Sigh. But at the same time Leo is a wildly brave so perhaps others will step up and show bravery in their own life (maybe some personal breakthroughs) or will step up and help others. Oh, how perfectly Aquarius of them!