Artist/Sculptor Maggie Hambling has Mars in Cancer 'I asked for the complete works of Oscar Wilde for my twelfth birthday. My parents found it a little strange but I'd trained them by then. Dorian Gray was the first novel I ever read. It opened up life.'Her statue of Oscar Wilde, near the Strand in London is regularly defaced as is her giant Scallop Shell, 4 metres high, commemorating composer Benjamin Britten, a gift to his home town in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. It provoked so much initial outrage and it has had to be scoured clean of graffiti 13 times since it was installed in 2003 with ongoing petitions to have it removed. 'I hear those voices that will not be drowned'
On the 13th July 2013 until the 28th August 2013 the warrior planet Mars on his campaign through the 12 signs swooshed itself and washed up in the waters of Cancer the Crab. While Mars was here it tirelessly explored the emotional space, tenaciously scouring through the inner realm and maybe ending in a burst of tears or screaming in terror. Or maybe it threw down the visor covering its eyes and speared the approaching dark forces gathering from unseen dimensions.
Actor Wentworth Miller has Mars in Cancer Came out in August 2013, posting a letter on GLAAD website turning down the Saint Petersburg International Film Festival 'deeply troubled' by the Russian government banning 'propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations'. 'Thank you for your kind invitation. As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes. However, as a gay man, I must decline. I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government. The situation is in no way acceptable, and I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly'.
Mars, during its stay in Cancer, would have been instinctively drawn to dip into what scares it most, it just can't resist, mesermised by what it fears it bravely goes with the tug of the tide, taking it far out to sea. For us during this time and for those born with this combination living with the contraction of fear and bravery will be an issue. Depending on many other complex issues, we will veer towards the timid or the tough, the choice, although it may not much feel like it, would have been very much ours to take.
British Footballer Justin Fashanu has Mars in Cancer
In 1981 he became the first black player in UK soccer to get a £1 million transfer fee. In 1990 he 'came out' as the first 'out' gay player in football. In 1998 he hung himself in a Shoreditch garage in London after being accused of a sexual assault in the US.
Mars love a good fight and is ambitious to get to its desired target. During its stay in Cancer the target is H-O-M-E. Mars the ‘Action Man’ planet will try its best to protect and defend its nest and all who reside within its walls and boundaries. Family, land and home are a BIG DEAL and a cause we will defend to the end and whilst Mars was in Cancer with a little help from Jupiter. Jupiter in Cancer - Nest Eggs & Freedom From Family Patterns
Green Party MP Brighton Pavilion Caroline Lucas has Mars in Cancer
'In my constituency people remember all too well Thatcher's opposition to gay rights'
Section 28 was introduced in the UK during the AIDS epidemic in 1988 and it effectively banned the promotion of homosexuality in schools. It was removed from the statute book by the Labour government and the current UK Conservative Prime Minister, David Cameron has apologised for the policy. Brighton also hosts Brighton Gay Pride, which was free to everyone but controversially began charging in 2011. Lucas is the first ever Green Party MP in the UK. She was also an activist at Greenham Common Peace Camp, Molesworth Peace Camp and CND and on the 19 August 2013 was arrested with her son at a protest against Caudrilla Resources fracking in Sussex.
(with Phelim MacCafferty Green Party Councillor Phelimmac)
Check out the Cancer zone in your own chart. This area will have had Mars in the protective, highly sensitive crab sidling sideways through it. This is where we will have been urged to act protectively, defensively and tenaciously.
Defending, if used well, is healthy and often much needed. When Mars is in Cancer we defend if we feel attacked more times than not and if we also have an instinct for it, even half expect it we are going to remain defended and hidden amongst the rocks on the seashore.
Composer Benjamin Britten has Mars in Cancer His muse and professional, personal partner was tenor Peter Pears. He gained a reputation for 'dumping' friends that offended him who a critic called 'corpses' and appeared to be highly sensitive to criticism from others but also was critical of his own work. In reality he maintained many close friends throughout his life.
If Mars passed through your 6th house zone then you could have employed your skills to further your employment, the working rights of others or getting your health in tip-top condition.
US Soccer Player Megan Rapinoe has Mars in Cancer In the US Olympic Gold Medal Women Soccer Team she played a midfield position, the game maker, scoring a Gol Olimpico a rare corner kick that goes untouched into the net, making her the first player to score one and earning her a place in the celebrated French team Olympique Lyonnais. She also made an announcement as a prominent athlete to come out just before the Olympics 2012, publicly and to her parents, her twin sister is also gay. She is in a long term relationship with Australian soccer player Sarah Walsh.
We can all use the power of Mars to motor us through to our goal to ignite our passions and fuel our issues and drive us ever onwards, but we would be wise to choose our targets of opposition, try not to side step issues and defend our rights.
Singer/Songwriter Frank Ocean has Mars in CancerThe first major hip hop R&B African/American artist to come out into a music scene rife with homophobia. He confessed unrequited feelings for another man when he was 19 'I don't know what happens now, and that's alrite. I don't have any secrets I need kept anymore.
Actress Lorraine Bracco has Jupiter in Cancer As psychiatrist Dr Jennifer Melfi her client is 'Father of the Soprano Family & Mafia' who endures continual unravellings and 'family crisis'.
For one year only Jupiter, the Joy Bringer of the universe, comes to stay and wants to scatter his goodies around in the water sign of Cancer the Crab. From the 26th June 2013 until the 16th July 2014 Jupiter, the planet of abundance and prosperity will want to boost any Cancer energy it can find. Yes, Jupiter is in Cancer, the Cardinal Water sign where it is comfortable and secure in its exaltation. Like Santa Claus and his family on holiday, showing their compassion and sharing out their good fortune and abundance.
'The Wizard of Omaha' American Business Magnate Warren Buffett has Jupiter in Cancer One of the world's wealthiest people, estimated worth US$62 billion in 2008 he is also a philanthropist promising to give away 99% of his fortune. He has pledged to give the Bill & Melanie Gates foundation about 10 million shares of his company, the first year's donation of 500,000 shares were about US$1.5 billion. The Foundation aims are to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty globally and to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology in the US. He auctioned a 'golden ticket' an all you can eat tour of his See's Candy factory in California ending 14th August 2013
The last time Jupiter, was in this position was back in mid July 2001 right on until August 2002. Throw your memory back to that time, memory is a very Cancer activity and get in touch, another Cancer activity, with the main events of that time for you.
Grandpa Wen' China's Ex Premier Wen Jiabao has Jupiter in Cancer According to Wikileaks he was thinking about divorcing his wife because he was 'disgusted' by her using his name to get huge huge diamond trade commissions. His mother owns investments in Insurance worth $120 million and the New York Times has shown his relatives accruing financial assets worth at least US$2.7 billion and a family empire during his time as China's Leader, building Olympic stadiums including the 'Birds Nest'.
Ironically Wen Jiabao had tried instate the 'Sunshine' law, which requires government officials to release their financial information to the public and address corruption being seen as a cultural imperative. ('计划生育好处 Family Planning Has Many Advantages')
The point of the exercise is to try to get a feel, very Cancer again, so get a feel for the main threads and issues and remember the rewards and lessons of that time in your life. This will help you to navigate your way with Jupiter during this current stay with the Crab for this coming year.
'Father of the South African Nation' Nelson Mandela has Jupiter in Cancer Known as 'Madiba' (his family tribe name) he was admitted to hospital on the 8th June 2013 with a recurring lung infection that worsened and he spent his 95th birthday in hospital in critical condition. Looking back to the 25th July 2001, he was in hospital then being successfully treated for prostrate cancer.
For example, if you learnt to let go of what you believed to be a tight emotional bond back then, in order to attain greater freedom, it may well be that this year a similar, connecting theme may be activated. Release is a Jupiter keyword, you may find that you experience your own particular Jupiter in Cancer release, depending on where you are Cancer attuned in your personal birth chart. Jupiter E-X-P-A-N-D-S whatever it touches.
'Father of the Digital Revolution' Steve Jobs has Jupiter in Cancer 'Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me' Although Jobs earned only $1 a year as Apple CEO he had Apple shares worth $2.1 billion, shares in Disney, with acquisition of Pixar, worth $4.4 billion. His estimated wealth in 2010 was $8.3 billion. Looking back to Jupiter in Cancer in 2001 it seemed that Jobs had incurred taxable income of $20,000,000 that he did not report and that Apple overstated its earnings by that same amount. Jobs potentially faced a number of criminal charges and civil penalties. In 2013 US Senators are again investigating apparent further Apple tax evasions with Apple's apparent 'loop-holes' in tax with 'subsidiaries in Cork, Ireland, declaring huge profits but paying very little tax. Apple Operations International, a holding company there showed a $30 billion profit over 4 years but paid no tax as it is an unlimited company it does not have to file accounts. In July 2013 Samsung was ordered to pay Apple $1.05 billion for copying key aspects of the iPhone & iPad...
Feeling released and freed up from family, your past, family patterns, your roots or home must be the most highlighted sensitive spot in the Jupiter in Cancer signature.
If Jupiter is passing through your 12th house, for example, your family may ‘disappear’ to the other side of the world and while this could be a positive, hopeful move for all concerned, there will also be a feeling of loss. If it passes through your 8th house then your family members could release a load of their possessions your way or family legacies may prove very beneficial.
Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge has Jupiter in Cancer The latest addition to the House of Windsor and third in line of succession to the throne of 16 commonwealth nations. Duke & Duchess of Cambridge's Son - Father & Sun in Cancer
On an impersonal, cultural level, Jupiter's entry into Cancer will therefore herald the notion of family, mothering, nurturing but also nation, citizenship and belonging and bring it all to the forefront, massively. Water will always be an issue for the Blue Planet.
'Father of Fracking' George Phydias Mitchell has Jupiter in Cancer
Billionaire oilman/philanthropist, born to a Greek goatherd in the US, died aged 94 on the 26th July 2013. Until Mitchell's breakthrough in the 1990's, it was deemed too expensive to collect gas from shale. After a couple of decades of trial and error, Mitchell discovered that sand, water and chemicals blasted into rock formations at high pressure, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking', could free the trapped gas which could then be collected and stored. Environmentalists are concerned that 'fracking' will pollute groundwater and cause unknown long term environmental problems.
Wherever we go we will be confronted at some level with messages about these Cancer issues. Go with it, sense your way through, float on the tidal wave of emotions washing over you, don’t fight it. We are ‘supposed’ to be feeling things very deeply for this next year, we are ‘supposed’ to expand our ideas of families, home, and our imaginations. Jupiter reaches out to our souls, it wants to touch the soul's boundaries to see where it actually lies.
Astrologer Reverend Pamela Crane has Jupiter in Cancer Author of Draconic Astrology, an ancient system using the Moon's true nodes create a chart that informs, indicates soul purpose and higher principles that we can aspire to working in conjunction with our birth chart
Whilst in Cancer we would be wise to listen to our soulful urgings to nurture, sooth and care, even if the care is for ourselves. We should listen to the Moon,the various phases of the Moon and our own Moon styles and needs.
'Father of Modern Yoga' B.K.S. Iyengar has Jupiter in Cancer
Credited with making 15th century Hatha yoga accessible to the West he does not like the 'brand' Iyengar yoga, associated with the use of blocks, bolsters and straps and shunned by the purists, insisting that he has just made his own contribution to this ancient soulful tradition.
There is a strange and uplifting journey for all of us who trust to let go and begin. Calling all Cancerians! This is our time, these are our people, we come to you…welcome us with open arms and lets all expand and grow with our loved ones but also in our own ways. Set sail and soar with the tides and surf the stars.
Singer/Songwriter/Producer frontman of the Family Stone Sly Stone has Jupiter in Cancer
Always with family members in band, in the past he signed over royalties to pay for past drug habits, in June 2013 still facing, IRS and management & record company claims. His financial problems forced him to live in a camper that he parks in the street but still records music a laptop. Back in 2001 he was awarded the R&B Foundation Pioneer Award.'I like my small camper, I just do not want to return to a fixed home. I cannot stand being in one place. I must keep moving.' credits: the Economist & the guardian & chinadaily & new york times
Former President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed has Venus in Cancer
Rolling the words around our tongues, engaging in light hearted flirtations and spreading our wings were just some of the delights that Venus gifted to us during her stay in the sign of Gemini, The Twins. From the 3rd June 2013 until 26th June 2013 Venus immersed herself in the waters of Cancer The Crab.
Former President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed is famous in the West for his strident environmental stance on climate change and being the first democratically elected leader of a Muslim country, overthrowing a 30 year dictatorship in 2008. He has also presided over the first underwater cabinet meeting four years ago to draw attention to the environmental problems. He claims he had to relinquish democratic government at gunpoint in 2012 but is running for office again despite threats to his family. Speaking on the 27th July 2013during the launch of the Maldivian Democractic Party's (MDP) foreign policy for the upcoming presidential elections, Mohamed Nasheed stressed the importance of good relations and co-operation with other countries of the World for the future of the Maldives.
'Other countries want human rights to be respected. Other countries want only an election to change a government. There are such principles held in high regard...'
Cancer delights in grabbing hold of things, hugging them close to the chest and sometimes transporting them away, off into infinity. For that short period of time when Venus was in that sloppy old sense of delight the cosmos will have urge us to surf the breaking waves for the ride. Venus's visit here in Cancer with the crustacean would have wanted us to squeeze our loved ones tight and to shower them with oodles and oodles of sweetness and just generally make sure they are safe and this applies whether to those of you born with this natally, or just at any time when Venus passes through the sign of Cancer or any Cancer activity. Sun in Cancer - Emotional Pitstop
41st President of the United States George H W Bush has Venus in Cancer He shaved his head in support of the 2 year old son of one of his Secret Service detail, 'Patrick's Pals', who has Leukaemia, 26th July 2013.' George 41' & his wife Barbara lost their 2nd child Robin at 4 years old to Leukaemia 40 years ago. His son Jeb Bush was Governor of Florida and his other son George W Bush was Governor of Texas then the 43rd President of the United States of America.
A word about Venus, Venus Come Out Of Your Shell basically she likes to indulge. Feeding the body, anointing it, making it look, smell and fee lovely is what she is generally all about. There are other things she loves, such as beauty in all it's forms, and an appreciation of the finer things in life, art, culture and social bonds. Relationships, money and fairness are part of the things Venus desires. A run through that list gives us a clue on just how fundamental and central she is to our lives. Love and Money, get those two things sorted and most people feel they have a good handle on life. You can deny one but it is unusual to deny both. Unless you just deny everything.
Victim of Domestic Abuse & Murder Nicole Brown has Venus in Cancer Former wife of Professional Footballer O J Simpson, who was accused of viciously butchering her and her friend Ronald Goldman to death with a knife and getting away with it in a media fuelled 'Trial of the Century' 19 years ago but was later found liable in a civil suit filed by the victims families.
Venus had been teasing, light and curious during her time in Gemini which got us all kind of used to that way of being, taking things on face value, using detachment but what happened when she moved to Cancer, how different was it with The Squeezy Squeezy Crab running the ‘Love ‘n Money Show’? As a word of advice, don’t stray too far, don’t push a joke, operate caution and stick around. Do this and you could have navigated your path through easier than had you played around, expected to be excused or tried to keep things on the low-low.
President Barack Obama has Venus in Cancer In the wake of his climate change speech, Obama has expressed reservations about the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline project in the New York Times on the 27th July 2013, stating that it would not create many jobs and could raise gasoline prices. He disputed the economic benefits justification for the pipeline and confirmed that he would reject the project if it were to 'significantly exacerbate' carbon pollution. 'Republicans have said that this would be a big jobs generator. There is no evidence that that's true'
If you wanted to attract, it would have been in your best interest to have been aware that during this time, emotional intelligence, for everyone, would have been amped up to the max. From whatever base level we started from, during these few Venus in Cancer weeks it would have risen up quite a few notches. Hiding would have been pretty impossible although what we many of us may have secretly wanted to. There would have been very few emotional hiding places.
Accused Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has Venus in Cancer
His older brother Tamerlan died in a police shootout after the bombing, leaving an American widow, who is reported to have been completely subservient to him, leading others to believe his brother may have also felt equally intimidated. Dzhokhar's old teacher exclaimed 'I knew this kid. He could not have possibly have done this. He could not have been a sweeter more gracious young man. I cannot believe he was capable of such a heinous crime and of so many murders.....as the old Hebrew expression goes. You got to be f......me.' Classmates also could not come to terms with his behaviour.'I don't believe I know that bomber…And I've known him for yeaaaarssss!!!! Dzho this is ridiculous man .. what happened bro, daaaamn I thought u loved us dude!!!!'
We would all have had a month where our relationships may have got a bit more ‘cozy’ or claustrophobic depending on your bias, and Venus in Cancer comes from a very deep bias which basically is, To Have And To Hold Is The Only Way. Gooey, sensual, slurpingly indulgent and wickedly physical Cancer is not one of the signs which says No! to self indulgence, so when Venus the Goddess of indulgence comes to stay this can be quite a combo.
Actress Angelina Jolie has Venus in Cancer She has thre biological children and three adoptive children with actor Brad Pitt in a media spotlighted 'rainbow family. Her mother Marcheline Betrand was co-founder of the All Tribes Foundation, culturally and economically benefiting Native Americans, and the Give Love Give Life organisation, which raises public awareness of women's cancers. She died of at the age of 56 after an eight year battle with ovarian cancer, Angelina's grandmother also died of ovarian cancer at 45 and her maternal aunt who died at 61 also had the same BRCA defective gene, causing Angelina to undergo a preventative double mastectomy after finding out that she had a 87% chance of developing breast cancer. Her positive influence is highlighted in the Time magazine article The Angelina Effect
Before we get too carried away it may also be the case that we became much more insecure, clingy and hypersensitive as our feelers are on full alert for any sign of danger or threat whether to ourselves or our loved ones. This could have made us all too weepy or a bit childish, scary and scared. Or our instinct may have been on red alert.
'Father of Fracking' George Phydias Mitchell has Venus in Cancer Born in Texas to Greek immigrants he started his working life as a 'wildcatter' drilling exploratory wells and became a billionaire. Mitchell also drilled for natural gas using hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking. Where sand, water and other liqiuids are blasted into rock formations at high pressures unlocking trapped oil and gas. Environmentalists fear chemicals used to crack the rock endanger the environment and threaten groundwater. Mitchell who died on the 26th July 2013 aged 94 also voiced concerns himself, 'The administration is trying to tighten up controls. I think It’s a good idea. They should have very strict controls. The Department of Energy should do it...because if you don't do it right there could be trouble'
Key to understanding what is going on for us is to look at where in ourselves we are ‘Cancer-attuned’, we all have degrees in our birth chart which looks out for any Cancer vibration. Where is your personal Cancer antenna? It will be good to look at how smoothly do the matters connected to your Cancer house and/or planets run? Are they functioning as well as they could, or is there room for improvement? What do you think? Mercury in Cancer - Postcards From The Water's Edge
Footballer Mario Balotelli has Venus in Cancer Has suffered racial abuse from Italian football fans and Italian football clubs Roma and Inter Milan have both been fined for racists chanting and throwing bananas. On his debut for AC Milan, owned by ex Italian president Silvio Berlusconi his brother Paolo Berlusconi said in paraphrase 'Right we are all off to see the family s little n***** he's a madhead'
If you have Cancer spanning the 5th zone of Romance & Creativity, you may find your ‘fun time’ gots a perk as what you do for the sheer love of it deepens and may go to another deeper level. Who or what do you love the most?
If you are a Sun sign Cancer then hey this stuff is easy right? Well yes, but to a point, even a sensual, emotionally aware Crab needs to have a hug and have its own demons shooed away. If your own Venus is in Cancer, lovely, a time to welcome in new arrivals.
Italian Integration Minister Cecile Kyenge has Venus in CancerOriginally from Democratic Republic of Congo she had bananas thrown at her at a political rally on the 26th July 2013. She has faced racial slurs and threats on a regular basis since joining the Italian government. Robert Canteroli a member of the Italian senate and a member of the anti-immigration Northern League party likened her to an orangutan. Another Northern Leaguer Doloros Valandro wrote on her Facebook page in response to an article about the alleged rape of two women by a Somali man.'Why no one ever rapes her, so that she understands what the victims of this heinous crime go through! Shame!'.Kyenge who is Italian and Congolese replied 'I don't want to comment because everyone should feel offended, not just me. This language instigates violence and doesn't belong to me.'
For the time of Venus in Cancer we may have had a cupboard stacked full of emotional pot-pouri, our senses may have been sharpend to a fine point and we could have dived deeply into the embraces and cooing sweet nothings from those close to us. When Venus moves in with the Lion in Leo we were ready to switch our desires towards a more outward focus but very much on ourselves contrasting very much with Venus in Cancer. As always its been emotional.
Singer/Songwriter Ben Howard has Venus in Cancer
Music from Jane Campions Top of the Lake with Actress Elizabeth Moss who has Venus in Cancer
credits: star-telegram & farandfaraway & foolandcry & the guardian posted by pippa ponton & jphibbs
