The Astrological Journal Sept/Oct 2015 | Page 56

Molly Parkin, Madame Arcati and me Midheaven career point: this is ambition personified, one that seeks to influence or exercise power often in highly competitive environments. It’s also worth noting that her pars fortuna is ruled by Pluto in the 2nd house, making a direct link between the wealth question and career/status. She has enjoyed riches – at her height she hosted orgies at New York’s Chelsea Hotel for a year and was chauffeured about in a canary-yellow Rolls Royce – but has also suffered bankruptcy. Pluto’s square to Uranus and opposition to Mercury-Saturn alert us to the challenges posed by unsteadiness and brutal realities. And dreaded fixed star Algol sits in the 8th – house of taxes among other things, a sector traditionally ruled by Pluto. It was a tax