I just read 18 blogs about the astrology of  the Tiger Woods accident and scandal. In his horoscope, the most common explanation was Sun square Pluto which just doesn’t cut it for me, firstly because the orb is nearly three degrees, and secondly because this aspect simply does not explain his many infidelities. If it was Moon or Venus square Pluto, then fair enough.

As to why it happened when it did, the two most common explanations were transiting Uranus square natal Moon, and transiting Mercury opposite natal Mars. I totally agree on these points. Transiting Uranus conjunct DC was used to describe the effect on his marriage, and the square to the MC was used to explain the effect on his career. The orbs for these last two are wide, and they are not needed when something extra is discovered. The precession correction value is 28′.

Transiting Uranus square Natal Moon (08′)

Natal Moon is conjunct the brightest star in constellation Ophiuchus Ras Alhague (16′)”misfortune through women, perverted tastes and mental depravity”. One short sentence, no signs, no houses, no blurb. All we need to add is that transiting Uranus (unexpected sudden changes) squared (tests and challenges) natal Moon (women).

Transiting Mercury opposite natal Mars (39′)

The argument and the car accident, great example of the manifestation of this transit. Nothing interesting can be added from the star natal Mars is on, but transiting Mercury was influenced by the conjunction to a star in constellation Ophiuchus called Sabik (43′) “perverted morals, and success in evil deeds. With Mercury: Injury from open enemies, little help from friends, failure in business…legal losses, scandal through relatives of marriage partner.” Now this added information explains the involvement of the wife (DC) and the effect on the business (MC). We don’t need those wide orbs from transiting Uranus.

Interesting, both Ras Alhague and Sabik are in the constellation Ophiuchus, “It is said to give a passionate, blindly good-hearted, wasteful and easily seduced nature, unseen dangers, enmity and slander.” [Robson]

Tiger Woods Horoscope

So far we have natal Moon and Mars being tightly aspected by transit. Shouldn’t natal Venus be involved? Indirectly it is, very much so. Natal Venus is on the brightest star in the Centaur, Fixed Star Toliman (37′) “Relationships to female persons often seem spoiled, or an existing relationship is stricken by exceptional circumstances. With Venus: danger from love affairs.”

Transiting Venus was about five degrees back, on the second brightest star in the Centaur, fixed star Agena (16′) “Tied up with Venus however, this star will make for pronounced sensuality; if, in addition to this, it is tied up with Mars, Saturn or Neptune, then the native may be subject of gossip or scandal.” Venus was square Neptune (22′). “With Venus: strong passions, rash friendships with women.”

Now transiting Venus was not in aspect to natal Venus but there is the link with the two brightest stars in Centaurus, about five degrees apart and with similar influence. Transiting Venus did aspect something in his chart however. This 24 degrees Scorpio is a sensitive spot in his horoscope because through transit it is the action point of a Yod configuration to Chiron sextile MC (20′). Now we have a link to the wounding and yet another to the career. Natally Chiron also aspects the Moon and DC.

New Moon On Agena

To top things off, the preceding New Moon (24sco34) was also on this sensitive spot. With the Sun and Moon on (38′) “rashness, sarcasm and bitter speech, strong passions”. More tight orbs in transit to the MC and DC, not from Uranus but from the New Moon and Venus.

This incident for Tiger is an excellent example of how the fixed stars in the natal horoscope dramatically effect our lives and why they should be used by astrologers. They give much more accurate readings than can be given by relying on signs, houses, and even aspects alone. This case is also another example of how the fixed stars influence us through aspects from a transiting planet or lunation.

“The influence of the fixed stars differs from that of the planets in being much more dramatic, sudden and violent. As a rule planetary effects are gradual and operate comparatively slowly, one might almost say softly, whereas the stars appear to exercise most of their influence in sudden, hard, vehement bursts, producing tremendous effects for short periods, and, after raising the natives to a great height, dropping them suddenly and bringing a series of dramatic and unexpected disasters. In other words the fixed stars may elevate from poverty to the extreme height of fortune or vice versa, whereas the planets do not do so.” [The Fixed Stars in Natal Astrology]