Karmic Knowledge

In the past few weeks Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has been under fire for suspected abuse of the power of his office. His troubles began with the revelation of possible misuse of the Patriot Act to collect information on ordinary American citizens, and were compounded by the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys for what appear to be political reasons.

Despite continued assurances by the White House that President George W. Bush has complete confidence in Alberto Gonzales, calls for the attorney general to resign grow louder by the minute. Bets and even investment trades are being placed not on IF Gonzales will resign, but WHEN. Speculation has already begun as to who the White House will choose as his successor.

No time of birth is available for Attorney General Gonzales, but his astrological chart (shown here as calculated for sunrise) is nonetheless revealing. From a karmic standpoint, Gonzales was born with Saturn in Scorpio, indicating a lesson in the right use of power. He also has a stellium in Leo, the sign of leadership and pride. Saturn is squaring his Leo Sun, Mars, Mercury and Jupiter, which tells me that, in a past incarnation, Gonzales’ karma was complicated by an overblown ego and a tendency to stretch the truth in order to gain and maintain power. The exact conjunction of his Sun and Jupiter may have been especially problematical in terms of an exaggerated sense of self.

When we look at the Attorney General’s index or Jupiter finger, we see that the top phalange is grossly oversized. It is so top-heavy that it appears to be keeling over from the weight. Jupiter is the finger of ambition and the upper phalange is the realm of big dreams. Gonzales’ finger shows that his dreams are not only grandiose, they are compromised by the inability to be upright in their expression. When I see a Jupiter finger like this one, it suggests to me that the owner may be suffering from delusions of grandeur.

In the past year, transiting Saturn in Leo has touched every planet in Alberto Gonzales’ Leo stellium. If Nancy at Political Astrology Blog is correct in her estimation of his birth time, Saturn is currently opposite his Aquarian Moon. (Lynn at Astrodynamics also has some insights on the Attorney General’s astrological ailments.)

When Saturn comes to call in such a big way, it is doing a karmic bed check. For Alberto Gonzales, Saturn is delivering a heavy dose of reality and a lesson in humility. It may turn out to be a rude awakening.

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