Ai Weiwei

Secretary of State Clinton spoke out today about China's current surge of detentions of citizens who are seen as dissidents. One of the people she mentioned is artist Ai Weiwei who is one of China's most well known artists. He is only known to me as the person who helped design the Bird's Nest at the Chinese Olympics.

Weiwei was taken into custody on Apr. 3, in the morning at the airport while waiting to leave for Hong Kong.

This was on the Aries Full Moon in aspect with the Jupiter-Saturn opposition. There was also a conjunction to the degree of Mars-Uranus-Lilith at 1 Aries. This is a very dangerous aspect, especially if Weiwei's natal Libra Moon is opposed by it. Uranus rules rebellion. Weiwei was beaten in 2009 to the point of having a cerebral hemorrhage. His studio was destroyed by the Government earlier this year.

Ai Weiwei
b. Aug. 28, 1957 Beijing, China

Sun 5 Virgo; Moon Libra; NN 15 Scorpio

This chart shows the life of a person who will face a lot of harsh challenges. The Sun is conjunct both Mars and Pluto at the beginning of Virgo. These square Saturn at 8 Sagittarius. This shows a contest of Wills to me. Weiwei's parents were detained by the Chinese Government when he was only 1 year old.

The Saturn (Authority) in Sagittarius (Freedom/Opinions) shows a need to defy authority. Saturn is even more prominent in the chart as a boundary planet to a bundle chart which trines Uranus 10 Leo. There's a great bundle of energy here as this trine contains all the other planets of the chart. The link below which talks about Weiwei's current detention describes the Saturn-Uranus trine perfectly. It quotes the Chinese Government as saying "The Law (Saturn) will not bend for mavericks (Uranus)."

http://creativity-online.com/work/ai-weiwei-sunflower-seeds/22851

Progressed Venus (Art) has just passed beyond conjunction with Saturn and is currently in exact square with Weiwei's natal Mars 13 Virgo.

Don't know how to fit this in to the scheme of things except to just note that Mercury was stationing Rx at 26 Virgo when Weiwei was born. So it is strongly placed in its own sign for that reason as well as being unaspected by major aspect to any other planet. And is also very important as it disposes his Sun-Mars-Pluto conjunction. Virgo analyzes and describes what doesn't work. In the U.S., Virgo is generally valued for this skill.

Apparently China has detained several dozen prominent people since the beginning of the year, threatened by the rebellions in the Middle East.

A Lyrical Woman

A South Korean Woman has broken the record for non-stop singing. Kim Sun-Ok, Age 54, sang for more than 76 hours which broke the previous World Record of 75 hours. She belted out 1,283 tunes before her family pleaded with her to quit. How much Taurus does a girl have to have in order to have a throat that can hold up like that? Either way, at Age 54, Kim (hope I have correct last name) is from the Neptune in Libra and Pluto in Leo generation and so was born into the Broadway musical era. Those folks gotta sing, gotta dance.

Kim Sun-Ok (not sure which is first and which is last name) started singing on Thursday at 11:14 am (0214 GMT) and stopped at 3:21 Saturday. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=nw20090221112340749C992242&click_id=29&set_id=1

On Thursday when Kim started singing, Taurus was Rising in the chart. Ruler of Taurus and of singing, Venus, was in feisty Aries in the 11th House of Hopes and Wishes. The charts are interesting just for watching the Midheavens. When Kim began singing the Sun was in artistic Pisces at 1 degree. It was conjunct its dispositer, Neptune (which is in Aquarius) and was conjunct the Pisces Midheaven. When Kim ended her successful artistic spree, the other planet that heavily rules the Arts and Singing, Venus, was conjunct the Midheaven, now in Aries.

There was a huge stellium in Aquarius which was placed in the 10th House of Career. This included Chiron, Mars, Jupiter and the North Node and Mercury all in Aquarius. That's a lot of Aquarian Wishes and Dreams thrown in with all that Artistic wafting! Mars conjunct Jupiter shows extreme behavior and a need to excel.

The Moon was in Sagittarius at 25 degrees and was approaching conjunction to Pluto at 3 Capricorn during much of Kim's early hours. Best to be trying to undertake a World Record during a Fire Moon and a conjunction with Determined Pluto doesn't hurt.

On Saturday when Kim's family asked her to quit (after she had broken the record, of course) the sign Rising was Cancer which symbolizes family. The Moon in Capricorn was squaring the Midheaven (Career). That shows a practical attitude. Venus had just past conjunction with the Midheaven just as Kim was breaking her Record.

I wonder if there is a list somewhere of all the songs that Kim sang.

Began Singing Thursday Feb. 19, 2009, 11:14 am Seoul, South Korea

Sun 1 Pisces; ASC 28 Taurus; Moon 25 Sagittarius; MC 6 Pisces; NN 9 Aquarius

Stopped Singing Saturday Feb. 21, 2009 3:21 pm Seoul, South Korea

Sun 3 Pisces; ASC 29 Cancer; Moon 21 Capricorn; MC 15 Aries; NN 9 Aquarius



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