Living with the Stars

I mentioned in my last post that I’ve been following the movement of Venus in the sky. She’s been quite prominent in the night sky this month, being even brighter than Jupiter, because of her proximity to Earth. I’ve also become interested in this planet because in doing some research on the Maltese national chart (the astrological chart for the moment when Malta became independent – 21/09/1964 at 00:00hrs CET+1), I found that the position of Venus at 13°Leo is repeated or reflected in quite a few of Malta’s prime ministers. I’ve also mentioned before that yes, countries can have birth charts. This leads to another question – how can you tell when a country is ‘born’? To be truthful, it really depends on whether the astrologer finds a chart ‘works’. Take the chart of the United Kingdom; some astrologers find the 1066 chart (when William of Normandy was crowned king of England on Christmas Day at midday), whereas others use the Act of Union Chart (Jan 1 st , 1801) as it works well f...