Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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Dear friends, I share with you the horoscope of Gordon Brown who was appointed to the post of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on June 27, 2007, after Tony Blair had stepped down. On June 24, Brown had been elected leader of the UK Labour Party. Prior to this, Brown had been a successful Chancellor of the Treasury for ten years. It is said that he has for a long time been waiting to replace Tony Blair as Prime Minister. Gordon BROWN was born February 20, 1951 at 8:40 AM in Govin, Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom). The cited birthtime, 8:40 AM, gives 22° Pisces rising. Four planets are in Aquarius H12: L6 Sun, L2 Mars, Rahu and L10 Jupiter. This is surprising to see for someone reaching such an exalted position, as L2 and L10 are both in H12, with also Sun, as natural karaka of political power. On the upside L7 Mercury is strong in Capricorn H11 MEP in

mutual aspect with L5 Moon in Cancer H5 MEP. L12 Saturn is strong in Virgo H7, giving support to the planets in its house. L8 Venus is infant but exalted in Pisces H1. The next parliamentary elections in the UK need not be held until 2010. Best wishes, Thor Biography of Gordon BROWN James Gordon Brown MP (born 20 February 1951) is the 52nd and current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, the current Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and the Leader of the Labour Party. Brown was the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007, making him Britain's longest serving Chancellor since Nicholas Vansittart (1812–1823). Run up to succeeding Blair

In October 2004 Tony Blair announced he would not lead the party into a fourth general election, but would serve a full third term. Political controversy over the relationship between Brown and Blair continued up to and beyond the 2005 election, which Labour won with a reduced parliamentary majority and reduced vote share. The two campaigned together but the British media remained – and remain – full of reports on their mutual acrimony. Blair, under pressure from within his own party, announced on 7 September 2006 that he would step down within a year. Brown was the clear favourite to succeed Blair for several years with experts and the bookmakers; he was the only candidate spoken of seriously in Westminster. Appearances and news coverage leading up to the handover were interpreted as preparing the ground for Brown to become Prime Minister, in part by creating the impression of a statesman with a vision for leadership and global change. Brown is the first prime

minister from a Scottish constituency since the Conservative/SUP Sir Alec Douglas-Home in 1964. He is also one of the few university-educated Prime Ministers not to have attended Oxford or Cambridge, along with the Earl of Bute (Leiden), Lord John Russell (Edinburgh) and Neville Chamberlain (Birmingham). Several Prime Ministers were not university-educated including Winston Churchill, James Callaghan and John Major. On 9 September 2006 Charles Clarke in an interview in The Daily Telegraph said the Chancellor had "psychological" issues that he must confront and accused him of being a "control freak" and "totally uncollegiate". Brown was also "deluded", he said, to think that Blair can and should anoint him as his successor now. By the start of 2007, prospects of any significant current or former Cabinet-level contender to Brown receded significantly, and Brown's odds with major bookmakers became as short as 1/10 on. A number of those tipped as potential

rivals ruled themselves out – notably Education Secretary Alan Johnson, who declared he would contest the deputy leadership, and Environment Secretary David Miliband, who stressed his support for Brown to close down speculation of a possible challenge. Despite his disavowals, attempts to draft Miliband to run continued, with the launch of a website by former Ministers Alan Milburn and Charles Clarke, obstensibly to debate policy, but widely viewed as an attempt to test the water. However, this widely-covered initiative was also a seen as sign of weakness in that the project appeared to have no credible champion to carry the banner in a leadership contest. Only candidates from the left of the party, John McDonnell and former Environment minister Michael Meacher declared their willingness to contest the election; each needed to gain 44 nominations from Labour MPs required to be successfully nominated. Either would have been rank outsiders in a contest. With growing

realisation that both could not be nominated and that both standing was likely to lead to neither being nominated, they agreed that when Blair stepped down they would compare nominations and the candidate with the lower number of nominations would withdrew and urge his supporters to nominate the other. From January 2007 the media reported that Brown had now "dropped any pretence of not wanting, or expecting, to move into Number 10 in the next few months" – although he and his family will likely use the more spacious 11 Downing Street. This enabled Brown to signal the most significant priorities for his agenda as Prime Minister - stressing education, international development, narrowing inequalities (to pursue 'equality of opportunity and fairness of outcome'), renewing Britishness, restoring trust in politics, and winning hearts and minds in the war on terror as key priorities - speaking at a Fabian Society conference on 'The Next Decade' in January 2007.

On the eve of the 2007 budget, Brown's character was attacked by Lord Turnbull who worked for Brown as Permanent Secretary at the Treasury from 1998 to 2002. Turnbull accused Brown of running the Treasury with "Stalinist ruthlessness" and treating Cabinet colleagues with "more or less complete contempt". This was especially picked up on by the British media as the comments by Turnbull were made on the eve of Brown's (expected to be last) budget report. In his resignation speech on 10 May, Tony Blair made clear of his intention to stand down as Prime Minister on 27 June. On the Wednesday following this announcement, it became clear that no other candidate would gain enough nominations to get on the ballot paper with Brown. He therefore formally became Leader of the Labour party at a special Party Conference held in Manchester on 24 June. Bid for Labour Leadership After months of speculation, Gordon Brown formally announced on 11 May 2007 his

bid for the Labour leadership and replaced Tony Blair as Prime Minister on 27 June 2007. On Channel 4 news on 16 May 2007 it was announced that Andrew Mackinlay had nominated Brown giving him 308 nominations, sufficient to avoid a leadership contest. Since Blair's announcement of his resignation and Brown's bid for leadership, the Labour Party has gained a bounce in the polls, gaining three points after months of low polls trailing behind the opposition, the Conservative Party. Brown launched his campaign website the same day as formally announcing his bid for leadership "Gordon Brown for Britain". Brown as Prime Minister Main article: Premiership of Gordon Brown Brown became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 27 June 2007. Like almost all previous Prime Ministers, Brown concurrently serves as the First Lord of the Treasury and the Minister for the Civil Service, is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom and, hence, also a

Privy Counsellor. He is also Leader of the Labour Party and Member of Parliament for the constituency of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. Source : Wikipedia

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Dear friends,

 

The birthtime for Gordon Brown is based on official records.

http://www.astrodatabank.com/NM/BrownGordon.htm

If he were born at 8:51, 11 minutes later than recorded, he would

have 0° Aries rising. This chart would represent a stronger leader.

That said, the 22° Pisces rising chart seems to fit his personality

and politics.

 

Politically, with L6 Saturn in H12 and L12 Saturn strong in H7, he

has made a name for himself as an advocate and leader of the working

man.

 

" On a personal level, he [brown] is regularly caricatured as a

private, introspective, moody and self-sufficient individual whose

ideal team consists of just one and who, when crossed, bears a

grudge. " Nick Assinder, BBC correspondent, on the BBC website on May

11, 2007.

 

Let us now consider the following facts about his life in terms of

the Pisces rising chart:

 

1962: on basis of high IQ test score is entered in special fast track

school program for next five years

Astrological reason: Me/Sa period running. Natally, L7 Mercury on H11

MEP is in mutual aspect with L5 Moon on H5 MEP. This aspect is the

cornerstone of his abilities, giving academic brilliance and a

creative and analytic mind. Brown later complained about having been

subject to a brutal academic experiement which isolated him from his

peers. He was advanced by two years in his studies over the five

years until he graduated.

 

1967: becomes blind in left eye from a sporting accident at school

Astrological reason: Natally, L2 Mars is in advanced old age and

badly placed in Aquarius H12. L6 Sun is also badly placed in Aquairus

H12. Ke/Ra period running. Transit Ketu in H8 aspected natal Sun in

H12 during summer of 1967.

 

1982: After graduating from Edinburgh University with First Class

Honours M.A. in 1972, Brown stayed on to complete his Ph.D. which he

gained in 1982. Ten years is considered a long time to complete the

doctorate.

Astrological reason: Ve/Ju period running. Jupiter is natally weak in

the chart, being in H12, and afflicted by its conjunction with Rahu.

 

1983: elected to Parliament on his second attempt as a Labour MP for

Dunfermline East in general election.

Astrological reason: Ve/Ju period running. Transit L10 Jupiter in H9.

 

1997: Becomes Chancellor of the UK Treasury following the UK general

election on 1 May, in a power sharing agreement with Tony Blair, who

became Prime Minister.

Astrological reason: Mo/Mo period running. Moon is a powerful benefic

in the chart.

 

2000: married Sarah Macaulay on 3 August 2000.

Astrological reason: Mo/Ju period running. Marriage was much delayed

due to weakness of several planets in the chart. However, Moon is

strong and so is L7 Mercury. Venus is also exalted and well placed in

H1 although in infancy.

 

2001: First child, a girl, died at birth on 28 December.

Astrological reason: Mo/Sa period running. Transit L12 Saturn in H3

aspects L5 Moon in H5.

 

2003: birth of first son, John, on 17 October.

Astrological reason: Mo/Me period running. Transit L7 Mercury

conjunct L7 MEP.

 

2006: second son, James Fraser, born on 17 July 2006. On 29 November

2006 it was reported his second son had been diagnosed with cystic

fibrosis.

Astrological reason: Mo/Su period running. Natally, L10 Jupiter is

conjunct Rahu. L6 Sun is badly placed in H12. Transit L10 Jupiter in

H9 combust and aspected by natal L12 Saturn in H7. L2 Mars in

advanced infancy in H9.

 

The Pisces rising chart, although unusual for a political leader

could fit. As Brown has entered Mars major period in April 2007, with

natal Mars so weak and afflicted by the nodes in H12, this period

will likely see his political position weaken radpidly, especially in

the Ma/Ra period which runs from September 2007 to September 2008.

 

Best wishes,

 

Thor

 

SAMVA , Cosmologer <cosmologer wrote:

>

> Dear friends,

>

> I share with you the horoscope of Gordon Brown who was appointed

to the post of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on June 27, 2007,

after Tony Blair had stepped down. On June 24, Brown had been elected

leader of the UK Labour Party. Prior to this, Brown had been a

successful Chancellor of the Treasury for ten years. It is said that

he has for a long time been waiting to replace Tony Blair as Prime

Minister.

>

> Gordon BROWN was born February 20, 1951 at 8:40 AM in Govin,

Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom). The cited birthtime, 8:40 AM,

gives 22° Pisces rising. Four planets are in Aquarius H12: L6 Sun, L2

Mars, Rahu and L10 Jupiter. This is surprising to see for someone

reaching such an exalted position, as L2 and L10 are both in H12,

with also Sun, as natural karaka of political power. On the upside L7

Mercury is strong in Capricorn H11 MEP in mutual aspect with L5 Moon

in Cancer H5 MEP. L12 Saturn is strong in Virgo H7, giving support to

the planets in its house. L8 Venus is infant but exalted in Pisces H1.

>

> The next parliamentary elections in the UK need not be held until

2010.

>

> Best wishes,

>

> Thor

>

> Biography of Gordon BROWN James Gordon Brown MP (born 20

February 1951) is the 52nd and current Prime Minister of the United

Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, First Lord of the

Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, the current Member of

Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and the Leader of the Labour

Party.

>

> Brown was the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2 May 1997 to 27

June 2007, making him Britain's longest serving Chancellor since

Nicholas Vansittart (1812–1823).

>

> Run up to succeeding Blair

> In October 2004 Tony Blair announced he would not lead the party

into a fourth general election, but would serve a full third term.

Political controversy over the relationship between Brown and Blair

continued up to and beyond the 2005 election, which Labour won with a

reduced parliamentary majority and reduced vote share. The two

campaigned together but the British media remained – and remain –

full of reports on their mutual acrimony. Blair, under pressure from

within his own party, announced on 7 September 2006 that he would

step down within a year. Brown was the clear favourite to succeed

Blair for several years with experts and the bookmakers; he was the

only candidate spoken of seriously in Westminster. Appearances and

news coverage leading up to the handover were interpreted as

preparing the ground for Brown to become Prime Minister, in part by

creating the impression of a statesman with a vision for leadership

and global change.

>

> Brown is the first prime minister from a Scottish constituency

since the Conservative/SUP Sir Alec Douglas-Home in 1964. He is also

one of the few university-educated Prime Ministers not to have

attended Oxford or Cambridge, along with the Earl of Bute (Leiden),

Lord John Russell (Edinburgh) and Neville Chamberlain (Birmingham).

Several Prime Ministers were not university-educated including

Winston Churchill, James Callaghan and John Major.

>

> On 9 September 2006 Charles Clarke in an interview in The Daily

Telegraph said the Chancellor had " psychological " issues that he must

confront and accused him of being a " control freak " and " totally

uncollegiate " . Brown was also " deluded " , he said, to think that Blair

can and should anoint him as his successor now.

>

> By the start of 2007, prospects of any significant current or

former Cabinet-level contender to Brown receded significantly, and

Brown's odds with major bookmakers became as short as 1/10 on. A

number of those tipped as potential rivals ruled themselves out –

notably Education Secretary Alan Johnson, who declared he would

contest the deputy leadership, and Environment Secretary David

Miliband, who stressed his support for Brown to close down

speculation of a possible challenge. Despite his disavowals, attempts

to draft Miliband to run continued, with the launch of a website by

former Ministers Alan Milburn and Charles Clarke, obstensibly to

debate policy, but widely viewed as an attempt to test the water.

However, this widely-covered initiative was also a seen as sign of

weakness in that the project appeared to have no credible champion to

carry the banner in a leadership contest. Only candidates from the

left of the party, John McDonnell and former Environment minister

> Michael Meacher declared their willingness to contest the

election; each needed to gain 44 nominations from Labour MPs required

to be successfully nominated. Either would have been rank outsiders

in a contest. With growing realisation that both could not be

nominated and that both standing was likely to lead to neither being

nominated, they agreed that when Blair stepped down they would

compare nominations and the candidate with the lower number of

nominations would withdrew and urge his supporters to nominate the

other.

>

> From January 2007 the media reported that Brown had now " dropped

any pretence of not wanting, or expecting, to move into Number 10 in

the next few months " – although he and his family will likely use the

more spacious 11 Downing Street. This enabled Brown to signal the

most significant priorities for his agenda as Prime Minister -

stressing education, international development, narrowing

inequalities (to pursue 'equality of opportunity and fairness of

outcome'), renewing Britishness, restoring trust in politics, and

winning hearts and minds in the war on terror as key priorities -

speaking at a Fabian Society conference on 'The Next Decade' in

January 2007.

>

> On the eve of the 2007 budget, Brown's character was attacked by

Lord Turnbull who worked for Brown as Permanent Secretary at the

Treasury from 1998 to 2002. Turnbull accused Brown of running the

Treasury with " Stalinist ruthlessness " and treating Cabinet

colleagues with " more or less complete contempt " . This was especially

picked up on by the British media as the comments by Turnbull were

made on the eve of Brown's (expected to be last) budget report.

>

> In his resignation speech on 10 May, Tony Blair made clear of his

intention to stand down as Prime Minister on 27 June. On the

Wednesday following this announcement, it became clear that no other

candidate would gain enough nominations to get on the ballot paper

with Brown. He therefore formally became Leader of the Labour party

at a special Party Conference held in Manchester on 24 June.

>

>

> Bid for Labour Leadership

> After months of speculation, Gordon Brown formally announced on 11

May 2007 his bid for the Labour leadership and replaced Tony Blair as

Prime Minister on 27 June 2007. On Channel 4 news on 16 May 2007 it

was announced that Andrew Mackinlay had nominated Brown giving him

308 nominations, sufficient to avoid a leadership contest.

>

> Since Blair's announcement of his resignation and Brown's bid for

leadership, the Labour Party has gained a bounce in the polls,

gaining three points after months of low polls trailing behind the

opposition, the Conservative Party.

>

> Brown launched his campaign website the same day as formally

announcing his bid for leadership " Gordon Brown for Britain " .

>

>

> Brown as Prime Minister

> Main article: Premiership of Gordon Brown

> Brown became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 27 June 2007.

Like almost all previous Prime Ministers, Brown concurrently serves

as the First Lord of the Treasury and the Minister for the Civil

Service, is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom and, hence,

also a Privy Counsellor. He is also Leader of the Labour Party and

Member of Parliament for the constituency of Kirkcaldy and

Cowdenbeath.

> Source : Wikipedia

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