Tony Blair, born 6 AM, May 6, 1953 in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a Sun in Taurus with Gemini ascendant(He is firmer than he looks). Mars in the same sign as his ascendant gives him an impulsive demeanor. Jupiter in the same sign as his Sun gives him status and importance, especially where wealth or territory is concerned. Moon in Aquarius makes him concerned with the welfare of others, Mercury in Aries makes him impatient, open, and fiery in speech, Venus in Aries gives him a love of speed and action and Saturn and Neptune in Libra give a desire for peace and justice that will be difficult to attain. Uranus in Cancer makes for an unpredictable and unsettling domestic life and Pluto in Leo goes to extremes in love and play. Midheaven in Capricorn likes to be organized. Mr Blair is truly a man of contradictions, and will continue to be pulled in many directions, despite his basic need for stability.

With twelve planets and twelve signs, there are a total of 144 planetary placements or positions which should be treated as WHOLES, for each describes a different and separate level or quality of existence. Each of us can have only 12 of these 144 possible placements per given lifetime and it requires at least 12 lifetimes to acquire and pass all of these 144 "credits" to become a Master of life. Planets in their own sign are the cream of these 144 credits and represent lessons which you have mastered in previous lives.

Astrology at present is too divided and dissected. Planet in sign placements should be treated as WHOLES. Do not divide them. We are Twelve-Fold Beings, and how these twelve parts of us(our twelve planet in signs) relate to one other and to someone else's parts is what astrology is truly all about. Even the bible says that we are all "parts of one another" and this is the way astrology should be understood.

The mechanics of how all these parts work(or don't work) together has not been dealt with substantially in astrology, and this is sad for there is much knowledge or understanding to be gained from this.

While I am wary of joining or subscribing to any occult organization, such as thr Rosicrucians, Freemasons, etc.(and I've had the opportunity), this does not mean they do not have valid or advanced imformation. Quite the contrary. I find the esoteric or theosophical texts and their treatment of astrology to be quite interesting and revealing, but I feel they may also be a tad too ephemereal or theoretical.

I am wating for the day when those responsible for the segregation of all knowledge are removed from power, and religion and science and the occult and all other sources of knowledge and wisdom finally come together. Then we will have a more (w)holistic view or approach to everything, and finally be healed. There are truly no islands in the universe. Everything at some point is connected to everything else. Our hidden rulers know this, but it is not in their (selfish)interests to have it so. Who are our hidden rulers? The secret societies, basically -but they are only the tip of the iceberg. They in turn are ruled by more heinous and powerful forces.

Humanity has grown up and no longer needs to be pampered or dictated to by the rules of its parents who do not even show themselves to us(what have they got to hide?). Instead it appears we have been orphaned or left abandoned and must fend for ourselves. Even if our creators or guardians do visit us periodically, whether from outer space or the inner earth, it is mostly for selfish reasons. Humanity must flower into its full potential if we are to cease being the raw material of the "gods" or for non-human entities. People like Krishna, and Buddha, and Apollonius(the true Christ of the 1st century AD) have shown us the way, and we must follow.

All of the great masters were proficient in astrology. Ridicule of this great science/art and the segregation or ostracization of all important or major groups of knowledge(our rulers purposely pit one against the other -as they do with everthing else) indicates that we are still being ruled by dark and selfish forces. It is up to us to wake up and change this. The Internet is presently a great opportunity for us to do this and I am doing my part and know that many others are doing the same.

One of my most fervent goals is to solve the entire mystery of Astrology, and at the heart of it is the knowledge of the twelve major planets(one has yet to be confirmed), and their corresponding rulers. To do so would give me a powerful sense of completion and self-knowledge. Knowing all your parts(astrologically) and how they work together is a very satisfying feeling. These parts are your planet-in-sign placements. More work is defintely needed in establishing the correspondences between these planetary placements and our daily lives.

As to what constitutes masculine or feminine...

1. Very masculine: Sun(Leo), Mars(Aries), Jupiter(Sagittarius)
2. Border-line masculine: Earth(Libra), Mercury(Gemeni), Uranus(Aquarius)
3. Border-line feminine: Venus(Taurus), Saturn(Capricorn), Mercury/X(Virgo)
4. Very Feminine: Moon(Cancer), Neptune(Pisces), Pluto(Scorpio)

2 and 3 are very close to being bisexual or androgenous, but not quite.

The Fire element is purest in the cardinal(active)mode. This means Aries.
The Earth element is purest in the fixed mode. This means Taurus.
The Air element is purest in the mutable mode. This means Gemeni.

There is no pure water sign, as there is no fourth mode or quadruplicity.

A new mode or quadruplicity which I call "sentient" would have to be created to constitute a pure water sign, and which would extend the zodiac to sixteen signs. We are presently in the "intellect" phase of our evolution. Our sentient or psychic natures have yet to be developed fully or collectively. Only after mastering the intellect(as represented by Gemeni) will we move from the 12-petalled heart chakra(twelve-sign zodiac) level to the 16-petalled(16 sign zodiac) throat chakra phase of our evolution. Then we will have a sentient fire sign(new), sentient earth sign(new), sentient air sign(new), and sentient water sign(new and pure). Four modes and four elements(16 signs).

Fire and Earth were the two Primal elements in our universe. Their interaction brought about the Air and Water elements, which are more refined elements and which characterize our more humane our sensitive natures. People with an abundance of planets in Fire or Earth are more basic, crude, or primitive in nature.

Ptolemy's Tetrabiblios(100-170 AD?) is the bible for modern astrology, compiled from more ancient works, many of them once accessible in the Great Library of Alexandria, which was pillaged and destroyed by fanatical "Christians" around 400 AD.

The theory for the assignations of the diurnal and nocturnal rulerships for the five visible planets -Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, are well expounded in chapters 20 and 21 of book I of Tetrabiblios. Distance, location, temperament, and extensive observation are used to arrive at the presently assigned rulerships.

These rulership assignations have been used successfully(?) since that time, but it is an ambiguous system in need of clarification. The whole problem is that our planet and solar system is in a state of disrepair. Before the Noachian Flood which destroyed Atlantis, our planet was covered or enveloped by a series of ice canopies which induced an Eden state on our surface. These canopies also acted like lenses magnifying the skies and making Uranus and Neptune(Pluto was nearer to Earth then), and most of the stars clearly visible to the naked eye. Astrology was then a twelve-planet/twelve sign system, with each planet ruling a single sign. The canopies dispersed the sun's rays and heat so that there was no night or winter, and therefore no diurnal or nocturnal. The whole planet was basked in continual daylight, with no storms, strong winds, or even shadows, and with temperatures always in the mid-70's farenheight. Then the Invaders came, and the wars, and the collapse of the canopies, which brought flood and destruction, and disease, aging, and death. When these canopies are restored, astrology will once again enjoy a golden age, and gone will be the ambiguous double rulership system that we have today. This process has already started with the rediscovries of Uranus(1781), Neptune(1846), and Pluto(1930). Earth and X follow, and by then the canopies will be up and the golden age or millennium begun.

Our present Moon is a fairly recent aquisition. When the Invaders came and their planet/ship was destroyed, they used their Moon(now our Moon) as an Ark to settle on Earth and have been with us ever since(mostly in the Inner Earth). This catastrophic event(linked to Noah's Flood and the sinking of Atlantis) may have occurred around 8800 BC. It inaugurated night and day and the diurnal/nocturnal rulership scheme, as some of the planets were moved, destroyed, or lost from sight(Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, X). All of the debris in our solar system(comets, meteors, asteroids, etc. are the remains of one or more exploded planets in our forgotten past.

Water is the dark or nightside of Fire and Earth is the dark or nightside of Air. There is a great mystery here. All was once aether or semi-matter, out of which were born the four astrological elements, via cooling, heating, condensation, etc. Remember when I said there were two primal elements -Fire and Earth; when fire immerses(incarnates) itself into matter the immersed part becomes Water or Soul. Likewise, the immersed part of Earth becomes Air or Mind. When Fire or Spirit withdraws from Matter or Body(death), Water or Soul and Air or Mind are no longer. Our spirit carries the memories of our incarnations, but they are not activated untill our next incarnation, and then mostly on a subconcious level.

The Earth/Air and Fire/Water association in the double rulership scheme is strenuous and conflicting and reveals a great truth -that our life here and now is also strenuous and conflicting. Earth life as we know it is a temporary and unnatural state. It is an experiment doomed to fail! Yet we keep coming back(reincarnating) for more. Why? Because like any bad habit -it's hard to get rid of! Yes, reincarnation is a bad habit!

When the dual rulership scheme completely singles out we will return to being the spiritual entities we were always meant to be. Marriage for example, is a Venus/Earth or Taurus/Libra affair. When these two signs have their own official rulers, marriage will vanish(and it's already happening) and we will be like the angels who neither marry nor have sex. Communication is a Mercury/X or Gemini/Virgo affair. When these two signs finally have their own offiical rulers, we will lose our speech and become telepathic. There is more to be gained when every planet becomes independent and is linked to only one ruling sign than when it is with two. Our whole unnatural(and compromised) lifestyle is due to this dual linkage of signs and elements. It's like two people trying to live their unique lifestyles under the same roof -there are usualy more conflicts than benefits. Personally, I'd rather have my own apartment. It's also like two different races sharing the same country(Quebec and the rest of Canada, for example). Sooner or later they'll want and have their own borders.

Assigning two signs or elements to the same planet is a bad thing, even though it presently exists. It's like putting two entirely different people in the same living quarters, when each should have his own dwelling. This situation has come about because of the dissaray in our solar system. There was an interplanetary rebellion or invasion. Planets were occupied or destroyed. Whole races or populations were destroyed or relocated. That is why we have so many different races on our planet. We do not all belong on this planet! The ruling race of a planet constitutes its rulership. Since I believe our planet to be ruled by Libra its ruling race would most likely be blonde and blue-eyed(Holy shades of Hitler!). Does this race nhabit the Inner Earth. I don't really know. Perhaps(at least that's where Hitler was pointing to). Many of Earth's races colonized here or were imported from other worlds, as were many of our animals and vegetation.

The bottom line is that each planet should be linked(ideally) to only one sign or element, and that for it to be linked to two(which is possible -like two(or more) spirits or entities possessing the same body) will only make problems. Our planet will undergo an exorcism!

As to why many astrologers stick with the old dual-rulership system, there are many and varied reasons. The outermost planets are not visible to them so they must reason that they are not to be accounted for, and so they have no choice but to assign five of the wanderers or visible planets to two signs each. It's the old proverb -stick with what you see and understand. I call these the Capricorn(limited) astrologers. Then there are those who go beyond the limits of matter and convention and surmise correctly, that if there are twelve signs or energies, there should also be twelve planets or bodies to house these energies. It is very likely that the energies(spirits) themselves CREATED the planets. I call these the Aquarian astrologers. Another interesting possibility is that the double rulership scheme has been purposely concocted and perpetuated to confuse or disempower common astrologers, while the perpetuators themselves use the full and true scheme. The world's elite must know where all the twelve planets are and exactly what influences they exert, but wil not share this for purposes of power and control. The discoveries of Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and whatever comes next may all have been set up or timed by them. Shades of conspiracy! Or perhaps there is a certain truth or validity to the old scheme. Personally, however, I feel we've been duped or deceived and that Saturn never really ruled Aquarius, or Jupiter Pisces, or Mars Scorpio(I may be wrong, but I'm throwing my hat in anyways).

The ascendant stands for(and is) planet Earth and is linked to Libra. X may be Nibiru, Vulcan, Earth's Inner Sun(Midheaven), or whatever twelfth body/planet needs to be confirmed/rediscovered(or even recreated!) and is linked to Virgo. The Hebrew alphabet should be expanded to 24 letters or characters, or at least 23 to include Pluto(the status of X is still uncertain). As to which specific number relates to which specific planet or sign -this is arbitrary and debatable. I still stick to the basic and unalterable rule that the masculine planets/signs should be linked to the odd numbers and the the feminine planets/signs to the even numbers. A duodecimal(twelve-based) number system should replace our current decimal system. This would necessitate the creation of three new single-digit characters representing the numbers ten, eleven and twelve(why not use the astrological glyphs of the signs for this, with the symbol for Aries representing one, Taurus two, etc.?).

Sun/Leo(fire) is the hottest influence and Uranus/Aquarius(air) is the coldest. Saturn/Capricorn(earth), while cold, has more to do with hardness and dryness, and Moon/Cancer(water), while basically warm, has more to do with softness and moisture. Saturn is usually linked to Ice, snow, or frost, but this is the old and limited interpretation(when Saturn ruled both Capricorn and Aquarius), and not altogether accurate. When Uranus was discovered and integrated into our lives, the real ice and snow left Saturn and became the province of Uranus. Moon, Neptune, or Pluto in Aquarius would be more apt in describing frozen water or liquids.