But I thought it would be an interesting exercise to do a blind (deaf?) prediction
of the winner in Wednesday night's show, having never heard either of the two
finalists, Katharine McPhee and Taylor Hicks, sing and looking
only to their birth horoscopes for guidance. Thus, in spite of my personal distaste
for Idolatry, I have selflessly undertaken the task of not only predicting
the season's winner but offering the finalists' birth charts for public consumption
on the Interwebs.
• See
Taylor Hicks's birth chart ~ Exclusive to Media-Darling.com (no birth
time)
• See
Katharine McPhee's birth chart ~ Exclusive to Media-Darling.com (no
birth time)
Taylor, first, has lucky Jupiter on Venus, ruler of his Libra Sun, the planet
of wealth and worth, so it's almost like he has it in the bag right there. This
is a pretty classically fortunate aspect. However, it is definitely worth noting
that Uranus in Pisces trines Venus, and Jupiter is retrograde, so it is possible
that his luck could reverse unexpectedly. The transiting Sun is on Taylor's
Jupiter in Gemini, further enhancing his good luck. Transiting Mars is approaching
a square to its natal position, which can trigger rash, impulsive action, but
it is far enough away that it seems unlikely to throw him significantly out
of whack. Saturn in Leo is squaring his Uranus, which brings dramatic life changes,
conceivably those wrought by fame.
Katharine has a couple of fortunate aspects, like Mercury directly on her North
Node, lucky Jupiter trining her Venus, and Jupiter having just retrograded over
her Saturn. But she also has a couple of aspects that could suggest disappointment,
like Uranus on her Venus (the inverse of Taylor's Jupiter on Venus/Uranus trine
Venus; interesting that their Venuses aspect each other), implying an unexpected
reversal of fortune. And the Sun in early Gemini is still in an out-of-sign
conjunction to Chiron, planet of wounding, in Taurus. Gemini rules the lungs
and Taurus rules the voice, so it could be that Katharine has not been taking
good care of her vocal cords.
One of my online colleagues has chosen to stake his
prediction of a Katharine win on the Moon's position in Taurus on Wednesday
night, May 24, the American Idol finale, when the winner will be revealed.
Contrarian that I am, I must beg to differ with his methodology, for the actual
performing and voting take place on Tuesday night, May 23. It seems to me that
the winner will be determined more by Tuesday's aspects, indicating how "on"
the contestants' performances are and how the public responds to them. (It is
a darned shame that we do not have either of their birth times, as it would
be great to see what's happening in the 11th house of public perception and
mass media.) At the time of the finale (8PM ET, or 5PM L.A. time) Taylor will
have the Aries Moon/Venus conjunction opposite his Sun/Mars while Katharine
has the Moon right on her Mercury and Venus close by. Especially factoring in
that her Sun is also in Aries, Katharine definitely has the edge in terms of
lunar placement; in fact, the Aries Moon is a stronger positive influence than
Wednesday's Taurus Moon.
So, both contenders have planets in their corners. But if I have to pick (and
again, I haven't heard either one sing, though I can tell you that Katharine
is a darn sight more camera-ready than Taylor), I would say it's hard to trump
that Jupiter-on-Venus and Jupiter-on-Sun in Taylor's chart. Likewise, Uranus
on her Venus could mean a surprise upset victory for Katharine (I'm told
by Research Chief Karen that Taylor is the favorite, though that is inconceivable
to me from looking at the two of them), but seems more likely to bode the rug
being pulled out from under her. I can predict only one thing with absolute
certainty: I will not be watching.
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