King Midas - Carlos Slim Helu

Something like 53 percent of Mexico's population lives in utter poverty, living off $2.00 / day. And now, Great Mystery of Life, as of July 3, 2007, the Richest Man in the World also lives in Mexico. His name is Slim.

Carlos "Slim" Helu Aglamaz
b. Jan. 28, 1940 Mexico City, Mexico

Sun 8 Aquarius; Moon either in Virgo or Libra; NN 25 Libra.

Slim has made his Fortune buying companies that are down and out and turning them around. As befits his Aquarius Sun-Mercury conjunction, his companies are mostly Telecommunications and Computer related. Sun-Mercury is opposed by Pluto in Leo which gives him super business sense and brings him into power relations with others. He is said to have a Midas Touch (Sun) which is really thought to be more due to having Friends in High Places (Sun in Aquarius opposite Pluto in Leo). You can see this Leo-Aquarius theme throughout the biographies that are available on him. He has even been quoted as saying that "telecommunications are the nervous system, or circulatory system" of the new civilization. So-o Aquarius! Here's where I picked up that quote: http://www.woopidoo.com/biography/carlos-slim-helu/index.htm.

Interesting to note is how transiting Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions have contacted his Uranus. Uranus (Technology, Circulation System) is in Taurus (Banking, Money). There have been 2 Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions on his natal Uranus. The first happened the year he was born on August 7, 1940 and the second happened in 2000 on May 18 of that year. Jupiter-Saturn is an ultimate business aspect but is also connected with political upheaval. In 2000, This big conjunction was joined by Slim's progressed Venus at 23 Taurus and his Mars was progressed to at 28 Taurus. That's out of orb but lending influence to the spot in his chart that's known for Banking and Money in general.

I followed Slim's progressed Sun just to watch for how a Midas Touch develops. I haven't been able to pick up much information about his life so don't know if these dates are exceptional for events; mostly they just show a pretty lucky way to transition through life.

His progressed Sun passed from Aquarius into Pisces in 1962 right as Jupiter passed over his natal Venus in Pisces. He probably was more comfortable at this point behind the scenes. This indicates that he went through a 30 year period of learning to quietly project his ego, picking up on and sensing trends from behind the scenes rather than running out into a leadership role.

In 1974, just as transiting Jupiter was again passing over his 13 Pisces Venus, his Progressed Sun also hit it. Venus rules money. I don't generally think of Venus in Pisces as being connected with money making skills but Venus is dominant in this chart. It is a singleton in Water and is unaspected by Ptolomaic aspect (one trine to Chiron). It is also in Mutual Reception with Neptune in Libra. Connecting with the Jupiter transit, he was getting in psychic touch with his inner Midas. At this time, 1974-75, he was going to Harvard Business School which is among the top business schools in the world.

When Slim bought Telefonos de Mexico in 1990 his Progressed Sun was at 29 Pisces and about to move into Aries at the Aries Point. The transiting NN was conjunct his Aquarius Sun-Mercury. He was moving out from behind the shadows big time.

In 1996-7, his progressed Sun was conjunct his natal Jupiter (in Aries) at the same time that transiting Saturn was passing over it. This mirrors the Jupiter-Saturn themes that I already mentioned. I'm not sure if anything exceptional happened at this point. I know he was in the middle of making extremely fortunate and shrewd decisions.

In 2000, in addition to the t.Jupiter-Saturn conjunction on Slim's natal Uranus mentioned earlier, his progressed Mercury was moving out of Retrograde. It was within a few degrees conjunction of his natal Venus and could have helped with Marketing and Business decisions. Certainly this could give mental/communication access to the mutual reception between Venus and Neptune could account for his psychic Midas Touch. While the rest of the Tech World began to collapse he was mopping up and making money. Transiting Neptune was conjunct his natal Sun so this is around the time that he began to retire. I did get the information that he has passed most of his duties on to his Sons.

Slim's progressed Sun is now at 16 Aries and is conjunct his natal Mars at 17 Aries. Not only is Mars in its own sign but just as his Fortune was passing Bill Gates' zillions he was celebrating a Mars Return. That can be a pretty fine "feel good" aspect.

In 2016-17 years the Progressed Sun will hit Slim's natal Saturn-South Node aspect in Aries. At this time Uranus will be passing over the same degrees (24-26 Aries). I suppose this is just an indicator that he will be very old. Hopefully he won't be playing out the Saturn-Uranus myth. I guess he has given away a huge amount of his fortune to the Mexican people to improve things like education and healthcare in that country. But, he has set up a charity in which he matches what other people are giving. One wonders if this makes best use of the money. Perhaps all those Friends in High Places are holding him back. Neptune at that point will be passing over his Venus. If he is still alive, perhaps he will be devoting his time to improving the lives of the others in his country who so need it.