Gryphon Astrology Blog

I have a confession to make. I am a big, big fan of Dancing with the Stars, the reality show on ABC where B- and C-list celebrities (or at least ones I never heard of) are paired with professional dancers, and must learn a new ballroom dance every week to impress both the judges and the audience. Is there a way to tell who would win, astrologically speaking?

Of course, being an astrologer, after I watched the show a few times, little wheels in my head started turning. We could probably look at noontime horoscopes for the contestants, which would be interesting, and we could see how good everyone’s odds were, relative to each other. I would love to have your feedback on each contestant, especially if you watch the show, because then you can also take each contestant’s skills into account. What do you think, based on the astro charts for the contestants?

So I thought I would kick off a new series of blog posts, one each about a contestant still on the show as of the time of the post. I will start with the chart of Joey Lawrence, an actor who has been on Americans’ TV sets since the 1980s, when he was a child.

Joey Lawrence’s horoscope is here:

Since we are curious about his ability to win the contest, we would want to look toward his 10th house of fame and success. The Sun is right on the midheaven, but because this is a noontime chart, we would expect the Sun to be somewhere in the general vicinity of the top of the chart. Just inside the 10th house, we see Jupiter in Taurus, ruled (as is the entire 10th house) by Venus in Aries in the ninth house. So we are going to be very interested in the doings of Venus, Jupiter, and to a lesser degree the Sun (more because the Sun is naturally related to fame, than because it is right on the midheaven).

Venus and Jupiter are naturally benefic planets, which might put Joey Lawrence ahead of the game. If Venus and Jupiter look good, they bring success without too much effort or at least without serious difficulties. When we look at Joey Lawrence’s progressions for 2006, we see that the Moon will sextile Jupiter in December. Given that the sextile is a beneficial aspect, and Jupiter is a benefic planet, we can see one positive testimony for Joey Lawrence winning the contest here. However, I wouldn’t get too excited about this because it’s not an earthshaking, amazing aspect. It’s just pretty good.

The nice thing is that Joey’s progressed Moon has just left Aquarius and entered Pisces, the sign of Jupiter and the terms of Venus. That’s not bad! His progressed Sun, has just recently moved into Gemini, which is neither bad nor good, so I would like to see a little more support from the Sun as well.

Joey Lawrence’s solar return for 2006 is here:

We can see that Venus and Jupiter trine each other from the fifth house of pleasure (including dancing) and the first house of the self, respectively. This seems like a very promising aspect for Joey Lawrence winning the contest. The thing that worries me a bit is Saturn in its detriment in Leo right inside the 10th house of success, square the Sun which is about to set in the seventh house. This might put a serious damper on Joey Lawrence’s chances of winning, unless the other contestants’ charts look worse.

Final verdict on Joey Lawrence? Looks promising for a win, but with a considerable chance of messing up.

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