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The Stonewall Chart

The following article originally appeared in The Mountain Astrologer, Feb./Mar. 2005. It is the first in-depth exploration of the significance of the gay/queer movement as indicated by an analysis of the Stonewall event chart that has been published by the world's leading journal for professional astrologers.

An Astrological View of Gay Spirit

by Joe Perez

According to a Harris Poll conducted in 2003, 31 percent of the public believes in astrology. If so many people believe that astrology can predict personality, it’s worth asking whether homosexuality is a fate written in the stars.

Webster’s dictionary says that astrology is “the divination of the supposed influences of the stars and planets on human affairs and terrestrial events by their positions and aspects.” Today, many astrologers claim only that the movements of celestial bodies describe or symbolize the events of human life and do not say that they “influence” us or cause things to happen to us.

Few astrologers believe that sex or sexual orientation can be predicted on the basis of a birth chart alone. However, a generation ago, some claimed that homosexuality was evidence of a poor response to a hard aspect to Venus, a prominent positioning of Uranus, or some other “malefic influence.”

The metrosexual tarot

Here's a card from the metrosexual tarot deck:

The Gay Pal: The gay pal is the straight guy's personal magician, casting the spell of fabulosity over what would otherwise be a beige, unimaginative, upscale het-guy existence. Funny how the years change us. In high school he was mercilessly taunted and flogged for his delicate, sissy nature. Now his sensibilities and aesthetic choices are a precious resource. Gay men have always been the advance guard of metrosexuality -- just another marginalized underclass who took it on the chin so that white, het guys could benefit from the lifestyle innovations. Hmm... History repeats itself? Anyway, every metrosexual needs a gay pal and his queer eye.

Meaning: Skill, vision, hard work, inspiration.

Reversed: Betrayal, duplicity, loss of direction..

Column: Is gayness written in the stars?

According to a Harris Poll conducted last year, 31 percent of the public believes in astrology. If so many people believe astrology can predict personality, it’s worth asking whether homosexuality is a fate written in the stars.

Webster’s dictionary says that astrology is the divination of the supposed influences of the stars and planets on human affairs and terrestrial events by their positions and aspects. Today, many astrologers claim only that the movements of celestial bodies describe or symbolize the events of human life, and do not say that they "influence" us or make things happen to us.

Few astrologers believe that sex or sexual orientation can be predicted on the basis of a birth chart alone.

However, a generation ago many astrologers claimed that homosexuality was evidence of a poor response to a "hard aspect to Venus," a "prominent positioning of Uranus," or some other supposed "malefic influence."