Summer Solstice

The World's Longest Day. I can't watch the Jon Stewart Show until the Fall because it comes on during Daylight Hours here. According to Poor Richard's Almanac this is the time of year when the Sun is at its farthest point North of the equator. The Sun appears to stop for a moment and from its angle it shines brighter on Earth than at any other time of year. I have 3 planets in Leo, I love it! Jon has probably gone into repeats anyway.

The planets are in different angles according to where you live. Washington's Chart looks much less prominent than California's. This year the Sun is opposite Pluto so we've got some Power games going on, battles of the Will. Where I live the Moon squares this opposition from the 1st house of the chart adding an emotional element. Maybe the Public, Food, Housing are involved. It would be a great time to open a restaurant. Pluto and Jupiter are both in the 4th house so I guess the Real Estate boom (for the rich and successful) will continue through the summer here. Jupiter is also squaring an opposition of the Moon and Uranus. They're all on the angles. I tend to think that many people will be moving here for the weather. With Moon, Pluto, Sun, and Uranus, Jupiter all on the angles you might expect an earthquake but I don't think those really happen in California in the Summer. The Moon is the only planet in Earth. The Part of Fortune for this chart is at 29 Scorpio and unaspected except for a quincunx to Mars. I wonder if this means that people with last degrees of Scorpio prominent in their charts will receive lots of good fortune.

Moon in the First in Virgo. Come ye, come all, as long as you're a cool, analytical, opportunistic pirate-type, you can call California home. So bone up on ye High Tech skills (Virgo) and come make your fortune. Everyone else, stay away, it's too stressful. Yesterday, I just caught a guy walking up to my car with a gas can and I suppose he was going to do a little siphoning. He was driving a 1988 Honda Civic packed to the gills with his belongings. Once he saw me he got back into his car and drove away. -- And then the security guard drove by.....

Of course, the Saturn-Neptune opposition is exact to the degree, so everyone is showing kindness, or, since this is the last pass of the opposition and everyone's emotionally spent and drained and just allowing others to get away with stuff because they're too foggy headed to know which end is up. Venus is very close to Saturn in Leo (H12) and Neptune is conjunct Chiron in Aquarius (H6). All kinds of well-meaning people will be figuring out clever ways to make a comfortable living for themselves by creating non-profit companies that care for those less fortunate, maybe build some hospitals or jails to put them in.

Finally, there's a Grand Trine of Mars in Aries (H8) to Saturn in Leo (H12) to Pluto in Sagittarius (H4). So, the reality is, the rich will keep their money and have a great summer. The poor will be locked out, but will be living in a nice climate.