ARNOLD & MARIA SPLITSVILLE
Arnold Schwarzenegger who is the quintessential Leo personality and Maria Shriver Schwarzenegger, a Scorpio Sun, announced the separation of their marriage. The kicker is that Arnold has a ten year old child with another woman, married at the time, and living in his house -- the ultimate betrayal. If you keep up with celebrity gossip, Arnold's infidelity won't be a total shock to you. But there's cheating and there's cheating inside your own home. So a lot of people are shocked. For astrology, the question is, why now? This information has been available for ten long years. The entire theory behind astrology is timing -- that things happen at a certain time because of your astrological clock. And, yes, that's why this information came out now.
First, Arnold. This is not an extraordinary natal chart. Leo Sun, loves the limelight. Two planets in Cancer and his rising sign -- also loves his family. No focal planets. Not a complicated person -- not hard to live with. Pretty easy going. But, OH, his natal Moon is in the kind of evil sign of Capricorn. I've noticed that these people just can't be normal. They don't want to live by society's standards. And they almost always want you to think that they do -- that's Capricorn, the traditional sign. It's the fact that the Moon is in its fall. Always notice planets in their fall or detriment -- they operate badly. I'm always wary of these people. You can't trust them. They always have a mission that's secret -- some fatal flaw. And women tend to bring them down.
At the time of this love child's conception, Arnold's progressed Venus (people you love) was square (bad) his Moon (feelings). So he wasn't thrilled about this turn of events. Most likely he was not in love with this woman and he didn't want to have a child with her. Now he has progressed Mercury square progressed Mars. So no big surprise with Mercury being communications, gossip, slander, and Mars being the planet that rips your life apart, that this is happening now. During negative Mars progressions false structures will fall. What was the false structure? I've NEVER seen a couple whose Sun signs are square to each other have a genuine relationship. Arnold is Leo which is square to Maria's Scorpio Sun. The reason is they communicate extremely differently. I can't over-emphasize how differently. It's like people from two different planets. And no one is to blame. There is no mutual understanding. It doesn't happen a lot for this reason. You don't see square couples coming together. By nature, they repel. When they do come together, think Chelsea Clinton and her new husband, you have to wonder why -- it's not love.
Maria Shriver is a Scorpio Sun with her Venus and her rising sign in Cancer -- just like Arnold's. So could this be the reason they were attracted? Of course. Perhaps their love of family and their desire for a family brought them together and kept them together. But you have to know, it was a sacrifice. We all need a partner who understands us. They have never had that. They can't. Scorpio and Leo don't understand each other.
Maria's chart currently has progressed Jupiter square natal Venus. For most of us, this would mean financial trouble. But I don't think she has to worry about that. Although splitting up the assets could be problematic. Jupiter is also the public. So people are finding out the person she has led us to believe that she loves has betrayed and embarrassed her. This is a really difficult time. Maria will be thinking over her entire life. She'll be asking herself if she got married for the right reasons. These answers will be very important to her future. And the future is bright. In about two years, her progressed Venus will trine her Sun. If you never fall in love, you will during this time. The universe just puts someone in front of you for all the right reasons.
As for Arnold his progressed Mars will conjunct his natal Venus in about a year and a half -- not a cheery aspect. Mars also represents anger. You will usually have some during a Mars aspect. So Arnold is angry now and he's going to be angry in the future. I'm not pointing fingers, but you reap what you sow.