Epstein Birthday Book an echo

by Jude Cowell, partisan for democracy and the common good

How could the 2003 Epstein Birthday Book with content collected into book form and presented to the birthday boy by Ghislaine Maxwell on the occasion of Epstein's 50th birthday (2003) including suggestive sentiments written and drawn by his years-long pal, Donald Tr*mp, be an echo of anything?, you ask.

Because as noted in the book, "Robert Maxwell, Israel's Superspy: The Life and Murd*r of A Media Mogul" by Gordon Thomas and Martin Dillon (#ad), we find that a Birthday Book was assembled by Maxwell's wife, Betty, on the occasion of her husband's 65th birthday in 1988. Besides the book, Betty organized a weekend-long affair including 5 separate, lavish celebrations.

From the book, paperback p. 171:

"It was to outshine any other party that year, perhaps of any year. The great and the good of the world were to be invited. Lesser mortals - his editors, senior executives and authors - were all to be asked to contribute to the book. Its theme would be his part in world publishing, the emphasis to be on the word 'world'. It would have the title Festschrift` and would remain for ever as a testament to his 'pre-eminent role' in the fields of technology, science, and education. No despot or dictator, not even Stal*n, Mao or Hitl*r, had demanded such approbation for a birthday gift.

Three thousand guests were invited. {} It was to be his coronation with orchestras playing at one end of a marquee that would have comfortably housed a Boeing 747.

Each guest would receive a copy of the hagiography of his life, a book that so far had been conspicuous by its modest sales.

{}With the kind of flare that would have suited a Roman emperor, Robert Maxwell" in black tie and tails "was to enter 'this theater of the absurd' heralded by a 'fanfare of trumpets.' Nero could not have wished for more."

As for his illustrious guests in June 1988, "--Presidents Reagan and Gorbachev, and Britain's PM Margaret Thatcher sent birthday wishes but found excuses not to attend." However, they did send "ambassadors, lower-ranking diplomats, and the middle echelon of Rothschild's and lesser bankers" to represent them. In many ways the gathering was a cross between a stockholders' meeting and a convention of moneylenders.

The men of Moss*d and the representatives of the Bulg*rian Connection were also conspicuous by their absence." (G. Thomas; M. Dillon).

Did You Say International Espionage?

So how did Jeffrey Epstein operate, abuse girls, and people-collect for so many years with hardly a ruffle? Friends in high places obviously helped. Yet nowadays, there are suggestions that Epstein was the public face of a global sex-trafficking ring focused on children, and that he also had been 'gifted' with an extortion operation for ___ government/s to manipulate and control certain assets and agents - to keep mouths shut as it were, and to force votes when it was deemed necessary. However, it's true that blackmail may not be the case with Epstein, but this is what many folks are saying.

In addition, financial activities such as money laundering and secret bank accounts were involved.

So for details on this, you may wish to check out Patrick Boyle's series of video presentations which includes this info-packed The Book That Wasn't Supposed to Exist - Epstein's Birthday Book (37m 52s). Among other details, Patrick reveals that Epstein's birth certificate is included in the Book which may be read at PBS.

11 South Eclipses: the first and the next

Not shown here is the chart of the July 11, 1991 11 South Eclipse @19Cancer under which Robert Maxwell's mysterious death occurred. Jeffrey Epstein died under the rays of a 3 North Eclipse which manifested on July 2, 2019 at @11Cancer (conjunct his natal Descendant). Historically, a 3 North Eclipse heralded the WTC attacks of 9/11/01 with its "news that transforms situations" theme (parphrasing B. Brady). Well, Jeffrey's demise certainly did - for a lot of people.

Then on the topic of Epstein's sudden increase of wealth years ago, a huge amount of Robert Maxwell's money (and clandestine contacts?) were allegedly passed on to Epstein, perhaps through Maxwell's favorite daughter, Ghislaine, but let's hold that thought until more facts are revealed - facts that could possibly influence a collapse of multiple global systems including world financial syndicates.

Potentials may crest around the time of the "systems fail; reforms are needed; blocks may be tragically or violently removed" (B. Brady) 11 South Solar Eclipse of August 2, 2027, horoscope shown above, along with the initial (first ever) 11 South Eclipse Horoscope of 1360.

By considering the initial 11 South Eclipse we can use its sign and ruler to expand details - Cancer ruled by the Moon which suggests intuition and/or psychism with a side order of karmic family ties and ancestral links. This creates a lens through which to view the 2027 repetition of 11 South in Sun-ruled Leo, sign of ego, pride, pomposity, vainglory, and leadership. An ancient Eclipse hints at the Crusades and crusaders, perhaps via ancestral descent (biological and/or ideological). Of course, both Maxwell (real name, Hoch) and Epstein were Jewish so ancient or more recent ancestral links may apply.

And btw, 11 South and its difficult themes influenced the first shot of the American Revolution, thus the war itself; 11 South was @11Pis11 then which through shady Pisces denotes secrecy and subversion (typical in war) and the higher spiritual awareness necessary in order to avoid falling prey to illusions (R. Lineman). One might suggest General Washington for such a spiritual task. Then as with all wars, much misery and suffering came along for the ride with Virgo-Pisces being the victim-savior axis.

Let's Close This Fussy Post

Meanwhile, here's a related post with astro-notes re: The Natal and "Found" Horoscopes of Jeffrey Epstein in bi-wheel form. You'll note that Epstein's natal is only a noon chart (all I had at the time) although an accurate hour for his birth has been ascertained as 6:15 am. So check out his natal chart here with an AA rating for accuracy, and 12Cap03 rising which makes karmic Saturn his chart-ruler, and brings the urge-to-merge planet of fraud, illusion, and delusion with it: Neptune.

How interesting that a plethora of details are being revealed about Jeffrey Epstein now that Saturn and Neptune are in the closing stage of their three Conjunctions of 1989 - and all three Conjunctions @10-12Capricorn landed upon Epstein's natal Ascendant (12Cap03). Saturn in Capricorn = a strong will; Neptune in Capricorn = strange objectives obtained by crooked means (R. Ebertin).

And potentials of Saturn-Neptune = ASC? An emotionally depressing environment; emotional suffering caused by other persons; oppressive family circumstances; limitation of freedom (R.E.). Plus, denials of guilt are often involved along with extended deceptive practices (M. Munkasey). The fact that Jeffrey Epstein was born during the Saturn-Neptune Conjunction year of 1953 personalizes the planetary pair to his life so that cosmic time links apply: 1953 to 1989 to 2026 with their cycle approximately 36 years in duration.

So now, dear reader, you're welcome to disagree, but since Jeffrey was a spry 36-year-old in 1989 (also a Jupiter Return year), I'm guessing that his victims were the ones doing the suffering. Yet by August 2019, there are astrological indications that the imprisoned Jeffrey Epstein himself was under the pall of grievous emotional suffering and dark forebodings. More on this in a future post, either here or elsewhere. jc

From August New Moon to September 2025 Eclipses

by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good

Recently on SO'W we discussed A New Moon for Ghislaine @00Virgo which conjoined fixed star Regulus. As you can see in its Horoscope, the August 23, 2025 New Moon and royal Regulus were both apex of a crisis-laden YOD, a pattern that can contain health implications, a turning point, and/or a karmic opportunity. Turns out that after her discussion with Tr*mp lawyer Todd Blanche in July, Maxwell was relocated to a more comfy prison in Texas where she can freely roam.

If you wish, see Todd Blanche meets with Ghislaine Maxwell.

Because fortunately for her, Maxwell's natal Uranus, planet of freedom and independence, was also apex of the two pairs of sextiled planets at the base of the August 23rd YOD: Saturn-Pluto and Neptune-Pluto. Of course, this is the case because Saturn and Neptune are very close together (00-2 Aries) as they align to meet in Great Conjunction on February 20, 2026 at Aries Point (chart shown).

Horoscopes: Eclipses and Lunations August into September 2025

On the dual image, below, with astro-notes penned on, you'll find brief potentials of the complex YOD pattern when read as midpoint pictures and activated by Saturn-Pluto (cruelty; hardship; violence) and Neptune-Pluto (Organized crime - you know, like child sex trafficking rings, drug importation, distribution and sales, plus, other subversive activities and intrigues such as being kidnapped off US streets and deported - without due process):

Then here's the 9 New South Solar Eclipse in health sign Virgo (worries surface about health and/or paperwork - Brady) at a critical 29th degree which perfects hours prior to Autumn Equinox 2025.

General Eclipse Notes are listed (in Earth signs, in 8th house, planetary aspects to the Eclipse) and sprinkled about the chart including Sun-Pluto (swellings!) and, at the bottom edge of the horoscope you'll find health-related potentials for heart neurosis (Sun-Uranus) and Moon-Uranus' prostate diseases (R. Ebertin):

For Further Reading try Finances, Currency, and the September 2025 Eclipse. Or, for a bit of US History with your Astrology, you might check out Astro-Notes on America's Saturn-Neptune Cycle.

Thanks for your attention to this matter! jc

Ghislaine Maxwell and August 2025's planets

by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good

By now everyone knows that convicted sex predator, prison inmate and comrade of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been transferred from prison in Florida to a country club sort of containment center near College Station, Texas where she's free to wander about. Does the nearness of Texas A & M University mean that young folk will be easy to locate for the unrepentent deviant? Hopefully, the entire region has been notified of the sex offender's presence.

Meanwhile, fact-challenged Tr*mp says he knows nothing of the unusual transfer or the strings that were pulled to put her there - even though his attorney Todd Blanche met with Maxwell to discuss what she can do for Donald (my interpretation of their recent meeting (horoscope shown with freedom-loving Uranus @00Gemini conjunct the Goal Point of the chart/meeting).

So as near as I can ascertain, Ghislaine Maxwell left prison in Florida for a comfy stint in Texas on August 1, 2025, hour unknown, so the following bi-wheel shows her AA-rated natal horoscope, center, surrounded by the noon planets of August 1, 2025 set for the town of College Station.

Highlighted in blue is her in-progress Persephone Return (6-8 Pisces); the significance of the asteroid's link to rape and to underworld Pluto cannot be missed, nor can transit Pluto @2AQ24 Rx conjunct her natal EROS (the piercing) and its link to the August 24, 2025 New Moon @2Leo08 (Sun-Moon = Pluto: "changed circumstances lead to critical phases of development, or separation from others" - R. Ebertin):

Dear Reader: If this post is of interest to you, please share if you care! Because spinning my wheels for nothing and no one is very tiresome! jc

Todd Blanche meets with Ghislaine Maxwell

by Jude Cowell, keepin' it Astrology

As you know by now, and as reported by MSN dot com, (Trump) attorney Todd Blanche, now number two at the DOJ, traveled to Tallahassee, Florida to conduct interviews yesterday and today with convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell, partner-in-crime with the now deceased deviant Jeffrey Epstein who was found dead in his New York prison cell on August 10, 2019.

Together, the two pals ran a lucrative international sex trafficking ring, near as I can tell, a criminal enterprise that apparently included blackmail and money laundering.

Now in the article linked above, we find Mr. Blanche saying that today's visit with Ghislaine began "around 9 o'clock," and lasted until lunchtime so let's set up an 'interview horoscope' for today, 9:00 am EDT, Tallahassee, Florida which shows that Ghislaine's natal Uranus conjunct Pluto-NN is first to rise; this word picture suggests potentials for:

Impersonal decisions to eliminate others from associations (from Epstein's client list?); unusual meetings on morbid subjects (M. Munkasey); emotional suffering (R. Ebertin); crush the opposition; intense need for publicity and recognition (N. Tyl); let's add two things - her natal Pluto-NN = interview ASC: desire for public influence (R.E.); reading the intentions of others (M.M.); and natal Uranus conjunct ASC: high probability of geographic relocation; a major new start (N.T.):

As usual, my study notes are messily sprinkled around the horoscope for curious readers and include the factoid that the interview's ASC-DESC angles (29Leo/AQ) conjunct those of Mr. T, plus, interview Venus @23Gemini conjuncts his natal Gemini Sun which always brings along his 10th house North Node and Uranus, his guiding planet of chaos, disruption, attack, revolt, and erratic behavior.

In closing, here's a view of Ghislaine Maxwell's AA-rated natal Horoscope (Sun Cap-Moon Leo); transit Mercury Rx to and fro in Leo is now bouncing against her natal Moon @14Leo04 which opposes her natal Jupiter @9AQ03 conjunct natal MC 8AQ34/IC. As noted, that's Mercury the Messenger which, on some level, symbolizes Todd Blanche and whoever sent him to "interview" her.

Then what about Ghislaine's Moon-Jupiter opposition activated by transit Mercury? This suggests potentials for: far-reaching plans; union with a wealthy woman (R.E.); ventings of great emotional impact (M.M.); traveling and learning (N.T.).

My Usual Sources: The Combination of Stellar Influences (R. Ebertin), Midpoints: Unleashing the Power of the Planets (M. Munkasey); Solar Arcs (N. Tyl) #ad.

April-May 2023: Jeffrey Epstein returns to the news cycle

On April 21, 2023, transit Mercury turned retrograde in Taurus and as the Cosmos would have it, a variety of previous news makers, topics, and issues are returning to the news cycle. One such is the client list of Jeffrey Epstein whose natal horoscope is not accurately timed yet a 'noon' version can still yield information for our purposes. Follow the link for a view, natal aspects and all.

Yet one chart factor that doesn't depend on accurate timing - only a date is needed - are Eclipses and the Saros Series in which they manifest. On the biwheel image, below, there are two Solar Eclipses highlighted in orange: Epstein's natal 8 South Eclipse @27Leo31 (loss; separation), and notably an 8 South Eclipse repeats on October 2, 2024 @10Libra when perhaps more details will emerge or be leaked concerning these sorry circumstances and degraded people. For more eclipse details see Brady's Predictive Astrology #ad.

The second notated Solar Eclipse is the 3 North @10Can37 (obsessions) during which Jeffrey Epstein's hanging ocurred, whether by suicide or with help. A Solar Eclipse in Moon-ruled Cancer suggests involvement with family ties and other karmic links including those with children. In Leo, a Solar Eclipse used poorly denotes pride, egocentricity, pomposity, and any other negative Leonine traits that a selfish individual decides to express, no matter the effects of his behavior upon others. And of course, Leo is a romantic, dramatic sign, and is associated with children.

So with Epstein's client list making the news once again, I've finally gotten around to publishing the following bi-wheel:

Jeffrey Epstein natal horoscope 'noon' January 20, 1953 NY, NY (inner); outer 'Epstein found dead' August 10, 2019 reported as 6:30 am edt NY, NY; Angular are his natal Jupiter @14Taurus ('neck') at Midheaven ('MC') at 6:30 am edt, and natal Pluto @22Leo33 Rx rising at 6:30 am edt - in his assassin role, or at least as the planet of death and the Underworld; meanwhile, transit Pluto @21Capricorn (with karmic Saturn stalking close behind, aligning for their Great Conjunction January 12, 2020) crushes Mercury, the planet of voice and communications:

Now as you know, with Forensic Astrology, Angular planets are a prominent consideration and with "found dead" charts I've always noted the position of Mercury, planet of sight and other senses. As you see, Mercury on August 10, 2019 at 6:30 am edt was @28Can32 conjunct Epstein's 'noon' IC, the Angle of Endings. This is not conclusive by any means since we have no accurate birth time for the criminal whose links to the wealthy and well-connected of the world must have made keeping Jeffrey's mouth shut a dire necessity. A vast array of characters had mulitple reasons to keep him from talking, and hanging tends to be a favored way of accomplishing such a deed. Of course, it's possible that one can be threatened into committing suicide but I refer you to Epstein's confession about cowardice, linked, below.

Notably, the 6:30 am edt Mars-Saturn midpoint, the 'death axis' according to Reinhold Ebertin, @5Scorpio, sign of spies, spy agencies, and Big Business, opposes transit Uranus, planet of sudden attacks and disruption, so we find a picture of potentials for 'application of brute force; a case of death' (R.E.).

And yes, there are many other planetary factors squooshed upon the charts (sorry!) for those who care to read them. And admittedly there are a few contacts to the natal planets of Herr Trump sprinkled around the bi-wheel for the curious including his natal Moon-SN conjunction (opposite his Sun-NN, of course, but August 10, 2019 was a Lunar Return day for him - and it's basically a Mars Return for Trump, too); then there's the 6:30 am edt Sun-Moon midpoint @18Lib57 which landed upon Agent Orange's natal Jupiter stationed @18Lib27 in his 2nd house of Earning Ability, Possessions, and Valuables. "Joint success" (R. Ebertin) is suggested by the midpoint picture this cosmic synchronicity formed.

Now here's Jeffrey Epstein in his own words from a couple of years ago when The Guardian reported that he had told a psychologist that he was "too much of a coward" to kill himself. Two weeks later he was found dead in his prison cell after being unexplicably left unguarded for 8 hours prior to being found at 6:30 am edt on August 10, 2019. And as we know, cowards are always bullies - and young people tend to be weak enough to bully easily. Check out the two midpoint pictures operative at 10:30 pm edt August 9, 2019 that are listed in the lower right corner.

Previously, on SO'W: Horoscopes: Donald Trump with Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested; and The Death Eclipse of Robert Maxwell, Ghislaine's father.

Horoscopes: Donald Trump with Ghislaine Arrested

July 2, 2020: As you've heard, this morning at 8:30 am edt in Bradford, New Hampshire, Ghislaine Maxwell, culpable associate of the late Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested by the FBI. A myriad of questions about whether she'll "spill the beans" and "name names" of the rich and powerful who were customers of their sex trafficking enterprise are top of the list along with wonderings about those already known to have been involved in some way such as Donald Trump partying with Epstein during Trump's NY playboy days (you've seen video clips) prior to what Trump has described as their "falling out". This type of trafficking is a branch of the global crime syndicate that now operates out of Washington DC with you-know-who acting as figurehead.

So below is a bi-wheel of Trump's natal horoscope (center) - not with Ghislaine Maxwell's natal chart surrounding it (although some of her natal placements are penned around the outside: see her natal Gemini ASC in 10th house = peep-eye!). But with the horoscope of her arrest today, reported as "8:30 am edt", as noted, above:

So was Trump more involved with the Epstein-Maxwell enterprise than he now admits? Well, looking at his chart with the 'arrest' transits, you see his 12th house (hidden, secretive) Mars and Pluto in sexy Leo with their midpoint conjunct not only today's 'arrest' Ascendant (18Leo53) but both also conjunct Maxwell's natal North Node (18Leo44) of public and other contacts. My notes on these midpoint pictures are penned in the center of the chart where her indication of 'close ties to the rich and powerful' describes Trump via his sexy Mars-Pluto midpoint. Not a conclusive factor, of course, and it needs support from elsewhere in the charts, but there it is.

Another curious synchronicity is that Trump's second of three Mercury Returns (8Can51) perfected this very day and dates are listed, upper left, and highlighted in green. Amazingly, Trump's natal Mercury, planet of young people, precisely opposes Maxwell's natal Mercury (8Cap51) to the minute. At the top is the rounded-up Sabian Symbol for Trump's natal Mercury - "9 Cancer" = "A Tiny Nude Miss Reaches Into the Water for a Fish" - and I don't care to think about what this may imply in relation to such criminal activities against children. However, one of Trump's favorite words comes to mind: disgusting.

Also of interest is that in his Mercury Return chart for July 2, 2020 there appears a YOD pattern of crisis (also a health indicator), aka, a Finger of God pattern. It points toward the Moon - this morning @6Sag34 and rounding up to '7 Sag' we have "Cupid Knocking at the Door." Does this symbol refer to Maxwell's arrest (his crisis) and/or SDNY prosecutor Audrey Strauss who, in a sense, knocked at Ghislaine's door this morning about Cupid-related issues? Is Audrey Strauss still employed and for how long?

Also penned on are the three-fer dates of Maxwell's current Saturn Return/s and considering Saturn's realm of legal affairs and the law, I'd say she's having a demanding Saturn Return wouldn't you?

So if you need the natal data (RR; AA) of Ghislaine Maxwell it's penned on the chart, lower right, and highlighted in a magenta-pinkish color, plus, there's a link to her chart, above. Her Earth-Fire Sun Capricorn-Moon Leo personality blend tends toward social climbing, snobbishness, a dictatorial demeanor, and self-centeredness but I suppose this can be no surprise. And now that she's been taken into custody and release on bond is questionable due to flight risk, perhaps the 'Image for Integration' for Cap-Leo that most closely applies is,

"After a lone, silent climb up your mountain you greet the spotlights and television cameras with flair and aplomb." Somehow, I know she will.

Recommended: Sun Sign-Moon Sign, Charles and Suzi Harvey.