Google's Chrome

Google launched a new browser called "Chrome" that is designed as a new model of browser better able to handle video and audio than the older browsers.

According to this link (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10030035-2.html) the Launch Date is September 2, 2008. The Official Press Conference to launch the browser was set to begin at 11:00 am in Mountain View, CA. I can't find the time that the Conference actually began to confirm the chart.

Sun 11 Virgo; ASC 3 Scorpio; Moon 17 Libra; NN 19 Aquarius; MC 8 Leo

Sun in Virgo on the 11th House cusp looks like a good chart for anything having to do with technology. This is improved by a trine to the Sun by Jupiter in the 3d House. 3d House and 9th House (ruled by Jupiter) would rule Web Browsing. There is a little bit of a problem in that Jupiter is in Capricorn, Capricorn is on the 3d House cusp and the Sun is conjunct Saturn. All of these Saturnian influences might indicate a slow launch that's not well received at first and is considered over authoritarian in some way. It might be slow. It might also have staying power.

It's interesting how many of the event charts I'm looking at right now seem to happen while Scorpio is rising. Don't know why that is. Scorpio is an assertive sign, secretive, controlling. It's ruler, Pluto is Retrograde in Sagittarius. The feeling I'm getting from looking at these charts is that people are trying to take one last stab at the Sagittarius Optimism before Pluto moves forward into Capricorn. Scorpio Rising would also have an natural affinity with the Sun-Saturn conjunction in Virgo so there is a low key flow of energy that can be created from these events. At this time of day the Sun-Saturn conjunction is also placed in the 11th House which is a good catalyst for making things happen.

The Chrome Launch chart has no planets in the 1st House and its bowl shaped chart also indicates that people don't know what to expect from this product, perhaps something is missing.

There's a lot of Neptunian energy in this chart. Neptune rules lack of boundaries. First there's an inner planet stellium in Libra hanging out over the 11th-12th house cusp. (Venus 4 Libra, Mercury 7 Libra, Mars 10 Libra, Moon 17 Libra). Venus-Mercury-Mars are up in the 11th House squaring the 3d House Jupiter. I'd imagine that would be a good set-up for the social and artistic aspects of using the web.

Moon in the 12th House might again show something low key or slow to launch, perhaps unreliable or not trust worthy. The trine to Neptune might enhance this. Would have been nice if the meeting had started an hour earlier with Moon (public) in the 1st house. People might trust it or at least go crazy over it. There are concerns that Google is keeping track of everything that is done on its Browser. With ruler Pluto in the 2d House the main motive is to make money.