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LOTT'S LOSS: POOR JUDGMENT UNDER NEPTUNE
by Brian Habit December 20, 2002
U.S. Senator Leader Trent Lott seems to have chosen to exercise poor judgment during a Neptunian transit to his natal Mercury, leading to his loss of his seat as incoming Senate majority leader. Lott's Power Goes "Poof" On December 5,2002, Lott stated that the country would have avoided "all these problems" if then-segregationist Strom Thurmond had been elected president in 1948. Lott made the comment during a 100th birthday celebration for Senator Thurmond, who preparing to retire after nearly 48 years in the Senate. It was broadcast live on C-SPAN. The remarks drew a strong rebuke from, among others, President Bush, who called them "offensive" and "wrong." Afterwards, Lott’s political standing quickly eroded in Washington because of the controversy surrounding his praise of Thurmond's comments. Fifteen days later, Lott resigned as Senate majority leader, saying that he would retain his Senate seat. When Lott made his comments, transiting Neptune squared his natal Mercury. In addition, Uranus was squaring his natal opposition between Venus and Saturn-Uranus opposition. These set the stage for what occurred. Then, transiting Saturn and Mercury triggered Lott's natal Jupiter-Neptune square as they moved to oppose each other the next day. Saturn was already squaring his Neptune by the time this occurred. Then Mercury entered the scene, squaring his Neptune and opposing his Jupiter. Other transits in effect at the time of Lott's remarks are listed below. (These exclude transits to Lott's natal Moon, Ascendant and MC, since his birth time is unknown. Lott was born on October 9, 1941, in Grenada, Mississippi, US.)
Three Men and a Neptune Transit For comparison purposes, one might look at how other people whose natal charts are similar to Lott's chart have acted during the same transits (Neptune squaring their Mercury, etc). For example, U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson was born on October 8, 1941, and U.S. popular singer-songwriter Paul Simon was born on October 13, 1941 (both within several days of Lott). Let's look briefly at the natal charts and transits, especially with respect to Mercury, of each of these three figures. Without a birth time for Lott, we know less about his natal chart and transits than those of Jackson or Simon. Still, comparing them could shed some light on the significance of transiting Neptune squaring one's natal Mercury. Lott's natal Sun is in collaborative Libra, his Moon is in communicative Gemini (unless he was born very early in the day, in which case it's in steady Taurus), and his rising sign is unknown. With double air, he needs to think, communicate, and interact, but considering ideas may come more naturally for him than considering feelings about ideas. His natal Mercury squares transformative Pluto in dramatic Leo, but the house positions and rulerships of these planets are unknown. There's some tension involving his thinking and communication, but there may or may not be much flowing ease with it. From roughly April 2001 till January 2004, Neptune challenges his Mercury. This was exact in March and July of this year. It will be exact again in January. In the case of Jesse Jackson, his Sun is in collaborative Libra, his Moon is in steady Taurus, and his Ascendant is in ambitious Capricorn. A double dose of earth offers practicality to airy communicativeness. Natally, Jackson's Mercury (ruling his sectors of self-expression and instinctive reactions to hot-button issues) is in his house of horizon-expanding experiences, conjoining his Midheaven and squaring Pluto. Pluto, ruling his career sector, is in his house of intimacy. He, too, has tension with his Mercury function but without flowing trines or stimulating sextiles to it. Neptune is now passing through Jackson's personality sector, squaring his Mercury from March 2001 till December 2003 (exact in March and July of this year and January of next year). In the case of Paul Simon, his Sun is also in collaborative Libra, his Moon is in impressionable Cancer, and dutiful Virgo is rising. Like Jackson, he has air, earth, and water represented, offering some realism and sensitivity as well as communicativeness. His Mercury, ruling his personality and career sectors, is in his house of communication. Mercury is heavily aspected, opposing his Saturn-Uranus in late Taurus and his Gemini Midheaven, squaring his Ascendant, trine the Moon-Pluto, and sextile Neptune, offering lots of flow, stimulation, and challenge in communication. Neptune is now drifting between Simon's creativity sector and house of responsibilities, squaring his Mercury from about March 2002 till January 2005 (exact in March and August 2003 and January 2004). I will leave it for others to research and compare how Lott, Jackson and Simon have spent their time with this baby (transiting Neptune squaring natal Mercury). Who Will Fill the Void? As of this writing, Senator Bill Frist seems favored to replace Lott as Senate majority leader, according to news reports. Frist, a surgeon who was first elected to public office when he won a Senate seat in 1995, was born on February 22, 1952, in Nashville, Tennessee, US (time unknown). Frist is going through a very Jupiterian period currently. The most exact relatively long-term transit to his natal chart is Jupiter square his natal Mars. On January 21, 2003, he will experience two exact transits that are especially significant now, during this relative lack of longer-term events involving other transiting planets. Jupiter will trine his natal Jupiter, and Mars will square his natal Sun.
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