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Governor John Rowland and Corrupticut,

By Isabelle Ghaneh

John Rowland, Republican Governor of Connecticut, or as it is being referred to in the Nutmeg State, Corrupticut, appears to be going down the same path, on a much smaller scale of course, that Richard Nixon Republican President of the United States did 30 years ago, in 1974. Every day new allegations against him are being reveled in the news media and a state commission has been selected to begin probing the possibility of impeachment proceedings. What is the Governor accused of ? Basically taking bribes in exchange for jobs, in short. Rowland’s version of bribes came not in cold hard cash, but in “presents“. Trips to exotic places, repair work on a summer cottage, dirt bikes, camping equipment, expensive wine cellars, and furniture are just some of the items accepted by Rowland over the years. In return, Rowland gave many state construction jobs to these gifters, and changed laws to benefit them and their companies. Allegedly. In addition, many members of his team and in high official positions in the State of Connecticut have been accused of either being the ones to make the bribes or of taking bribes themselves. The Commissioner of the State Public Works Department resigned, the State Treasurer was put in jail for taking bribes and the list goes on and on. One item in particular caught my interest; a public official given gold coins that he buried in his backyard. Did it come with a treasure map, I wondered? Considering all the brouhaha going on in Connecticut now, I thought it would be interesting to look at the astrological aspects of both Rowland himself and also the State of Connecticut.

The State of Connecticut was born on January 9, 1788, when the Convention of Hartford voted to accept the Federal Constitution. It thus became the fifth state of the new nation. Since I haven’t been able to find the exact time the actual vote took place, I will use a noon chart. That makes sense, since 2 degrees of Taurus is on the ascendant at noon. Assuming the vote was held between 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm, Taurus is on the ascendant. Earlier in the day it would be Aries, later on Gemini. So I can’t say for sure but I consider it likely. Connecticut has a reputation as the insurance state with Hartford being known as the insurance capital of the U.S. Wallace Stevens, the famous poet and insurance agent, hailed from Hartford. So let’s look at this chart.

Connecticut was born a Capricorn, the sign of the steadily climbing mountain goat. Capricorn, which is by coincidence Richard Nixon’s Sun Sign, is a sign of ambition, greed and business acumen. It represents status and longevity and coldness. The hard-hearted business man with his eye always on the bottom line is the epitome of the sign of Capricorn. Money, status and power can be the main focus of the Capricornian. The tenth house, the house of where one’s career path lies and how others see us, is also in Capricorn, assuming of course the voting took place between the hours of 12:00 pm and 1:30 pm. This would reinforce the staid, solid, family oriented way many people view Connecticut, along with it’s gold coast, the lower Fairfield County area.

Just a few more words about the State of Connecticut astrologically speaking. At it’s birth, Pluto, a generational planet, dealing with the dark underside of life, was in 15 degrees of Aquarius, and Chiron, the wounded healer at 8 degrees of Gemini. Saturn, the great taskmaster was at 26 degrees of Aquarius and Neptune, the planet or illusion and lies and yes bribes was at 21 degrees of Libra.

Right now, transiting Chiron is at 19 degrees Capricorn, directly on the State of Connecticut’s Sun. I think that speaks for itself, considering Chiron shows us where we most need healing. Transiting Pluto at 21 degrees Sagittarius is exactly sextile Neptune. Transiting Saturn going retrograde at 8 degrees Cancer came close to conjuncting natal Mars at 16 degrees Cancer and will do so over the early summer. When Saturn sits on Mars' energy things begin to go into stagnation. Transiting Jupiter at 18 degrees Virgo retrograde is square natal Jupiter at 18 degrees of Gemini and will re- trigger that aspect once it goes forward again. Jupiter square Jupiter is the aspect of too much is never enough and can never be enough.

Now for Governor Rowland. Not having a birth time, I have to use a noon chart, so I can only use the aspects and not the angles of this chart. Even without that information we can still glean some information on where Governor Rowland is now, and what lies ahead for him. John Rowland was born May 24, 1957, time unknown. He is a Gemini Sun/Aries Moon individual. Aries Moon is very volatile, emotional, sharp, fast and aggressive. And boy do they like to fight; even if a reasonable person would back down, Aries Moon emotionally doesn’t back off, they just don’t. Gemini Sun is charming, witty and yes they can be manipulative and as the sign of the twins two faced. They can be liars. It does happen. Also with the Governor’s Moon square Mars the anger quotient is increased in his personality. The Sun, squaring Saturn, would give him a cold side and a grasping side, again since Saturn rules Capricorn.

Transiting Pluto at 21 Sagittarius is squaring Rowland’s natal Jupiter. All that dark energy squaring all the need for abundance. Transiting Neptune at 12 Aquarius is squaring his natal Mercury at 11 degrees of Taurus and has been for some time now off and on, as Neptune goes retrograde. That should again speak for itself; Neptune the planet of lies and illusion and deception fogging up the logic of Mercury, the planet ruling the mind and communication. Transiting Neptune is also inconjunct his Mars at 12 Cancer, and sextiling his Saturn at 11 Sagittarius. Thats a lot of Neptunian flog floating around the Governor's chart. Interestingly, when Pluto was conjunct his Saturn several years ago, all this scandal surrounding his administration started with the State Treasurer’s indictment. Transiting Saturn at 8 degrees of Cancer, as I mentioned before, conjoined the Governor’s Mars last year, and will come forward to conjunct it again this spring, around his birthday, which will correspond to his solar return, his once yearly birthday chart. Both transiting Saturn and transiting Mars will be conjunct in Cancer and conjunct the Governor’s Mars. The Governor has a Jupiter return coming up, the 12 year aspect that conjoins the transiting Jupiter to the birth, natal chart aspect. That won’t be until later in the summer of 2004.

Will the Governor overcome this time of scandal and revelation and keep his job? I don’t think so. Transiting Saturn will be conjoining the State’s Uranus towards the end of the year signaling a change of government administration. Uranus equals change, Saturn equals administration. Since the Governor is coming into his Jupiter conjunct Jupiter return later this year, his downfall will not be has hard as people think. I expect him to run off to a rather lucrative job somewhere someplace, and not to be damaged as much monetarily as people might believe, or even want. Jupiter is the lucky planet and it bestows protection on its owners. Also, Rowland’s Mars conjoins the State’s Mars, since they are both about four degrees apart in Cancer. This gives him a strong tie to the State and I think his future business endeavors will come from those who are beholden to him. He has the pragmatic Taurus Mercury, he possess the fighting Aries spirit and with his Gemini charm he has a lot to look forward to believe it or not.

So in short, I think based on the aspects above, the state of Connecticut will suffer much more than the Governor will in the long run. But he will leave, I expect, by mid-summer, or at least by election time in November.

Copywrited By Isabelle Ghaneh

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Comments

Awww jeepers! He's a freakin' crook/criminal. It so annoys me that there s/b any question whether he blandly keeps "his" job or not. I'm not gainsaying interpretation of the chart... the author may be quite right... but it's no less horribly unjust.

Persons in public office need to be decent examples of law-biders imo, not seeing what they can get with at every turn. That, it seems to me, is a neo-definition of "public servant (living on the public's money) these days: An accepted established conduit for criminal behavior by accepted established crooks. Oh... & if they're caught, no big deal... on to the next crook while the last one retires to mansions, servants & other increments of the "good life." Bah! Humbug! I'm sick of it!!! It is NOT acceptable & never will be & having our hard-earned monies subsidizing it is nothing short of outrageous! ;O(

Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 18, 2004 07:20 PM

I find the parallel interesting between Rowland and George Ryan, ex-gov. here in Il. Ryan's corruptness caused 57 or so people to go to prison, KILLED others with his license-for-bribe scams,nearly bankrupted the state. All the while he was being heralded as a champion for human rights & nominated for the Nobel prize. There IS justice in this world, it just takes so damn long sometimes. Glad you took the time to look into it Isabelle, good article.

Posted by: Peg on January 18, 2004 08:03 PM

Isabelle, excellent analysis. Thank you.

I have been keenly following this story and I, too, think he's not going to last.

Posted by: Janet on January 18, 2004 08:10 PM

On my radio show, which broadcasts in Connecticut, I said that Gov.Rowland may not last very long. Uranus will square his Sun degree from the last week of February up until the first week of March. This is based on the 24 hour spread of his birthday natal Sun. A good example of Uranus hard aspecting a natal Sun degree occurred to NY Sen D,Amato when he lost his senate seat back in 1998. We belive that Rowland should "talk to the hand" and depart asap. Bill Marshall

Posted by: Bill Marshall on January 18, 2004 09:52 PM

Good job Isabelle and good for you Bill. Uranus can give a jolt, but I cannot believe Rowland can't see this coming. Good grief, his own party has been trying to get him to step down.

Posted by: Sally on January 18, 2004 10:13 PM

Excellent Isabelle. I had been wondering about this, and found it interesting that the Rethuglicans had not been protecting him. Does anyone know why? It certainly can't be that he is a theif. That's common among them and generally admired. Very curious.

Posted by: Pat on January 18, 2004 10:27 PM

I wonder if this Impeachment, etc. can be seen in his Inaugural Chart? Has anyone taken a look?

Just curious.

Jonathan

Posted by: Jonathan on January 19, 2004 01:40 AM

Thanks to all the comments listed above, I appreciate the time everyone takes to read my articles. In particular response to Jonathan, I wrote the material listed below:

FROM NBC30 newsite- January 8, 2003 HARTFORD, Conn. -- Republican Gov. John G. Rowland was sworn into office for a historic third term Wednesday at about 2:30 p.m..

That's a good question Jonathan and I looked it up. The third term inaugural chart has the Sun in Capricorn at 18 degrees, the same as when the State was first inducted into the Union back in 1788. That means Chiron is now conjuncting the State's Sun and the Inauguration Sun. The Ascendant is 20 degrees of Gemini and the Moon is at 29 degrees of Pisces, and is void of course. Scheat, the fixed start of misfortune and sorrow is at 28 degrees, not a good combination. Mercury is going retrograde in Capricorn at 24 degrees and Uranus is conjunct the 10th house, the house of career, at 26 degrees and Uranus always means a shake up. Saturn is on the Ascendant of the inauguration chart by 3 degrees, and rules the 8th house. Pluto is on the cusp of the 7th house of open enemies by 2 degrees. What I find most interesting in this chart is the Moon and the 11th house. The 11th house is the house of friends and associates and its cusp is 27 Pisces. Scheat the fixed star is right in the middle of the cusp and the Moon is connecting them and the Moon squares Saturn. With Uranus the ruler of the 10th house and conjunct the tenth house squaring Mars in the 6th house of duty and service certainly his term will be one of upsets. Looking as to his finishing early, once way or another, by impeachment or resignation, I would say yes. Considering the Moon is the most elevated planet in the chart and with all I said before, I don't expect this to be a term of completion, especially since, as I said, the Moon was void of course at that time.

Posted by: Isabelle on January 19, 2004 03:28 AM

And then he needs to go to PRISON for the rest of his selfish exploitive supremacist life... him & all his buddie-boyz over the nation. Now THAT would be worth a broad smile. ;O)

Posted by: JoannaOregon on January 19, 2004 05:01 AM

John Rowland is a good and decent man. Give him his day in court. Mistakes may have been made but let the process decide.

Posted by: Patrick T on February 26, 2004 05:45 AM

A perfectly good and honest rope needs to be soiled ...

P.S. before all joined in I used to be the #2 post blasting Rowland when the words, "Governor Rowland" was put in a yahoo search engine.

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