The Fall of Adam Giambrone
Mourning for Icarus, by Herbert James Draper (1863-1920)
Icarus – Son of Daedalus who dared to fly too near the sun on wings of feathers and wax. Daedalus had been imprisoned by King Minos of Crete within the walls of his own invention, the Labyrinth. But the great craftsman’s genius would not suffer captivity. He made two pairs of wings by adhering feathers to a wooden frame with wax. Giving one pair to his son, he cautioned him that flying too near the sun would cause the wax to melt. But Icarus became ecstatic with the ability to fly and forgot his father’s warning. The feathers came loose and Icarus plunged to his death in the sea.
Rising political star Adam Giambrone announced on February 1, 2010 that he was running for mayor of Toronto. Nine short days later, as a result of a sex scandal, his campaign was over .
Giambrone was first elected to Toronto city council at the age of 26. He is only 32 now but has been seen as popular and very visible, particularly in his role as chairman of the Toronto Transit Commission. It was only a matter of time before he sought higher office.
Giambrone is not married but living with a woman in a long term relationship. When he announced that he was running for mayor, his partner stood proudly by his side.
Unfortunately, one newspaper mistakenly reported that he was married. That prompted an incensed Kristin Lucas, 20, to tell the Toronto Star newspaper that she had been seeing Giambrone for over a year, including several trysts in Giambrone’s office at city hall.
After a few days of trying to wiggle out of the situation, Giambrone admitted that he had had a number of ‘inapropriate relationships’ in the previous year. He had even told Lucas in an e-mail that he was with his live-in partner only for political reasons. “It was important for the campaign,” one text message said.
By The Numbers
Giambrone is an 8 born on an 8 (Destiny, Personality). The 8 is wordly success, ambition, power. The double 8 is almost too strong. One danger of the 8 is that you attract powerful enemies who are ready to leap at the first sign of weakness.
Giambrone is in a 5 Pinnacle with a 3 Challenge so freedom, drama, romance, adventure and curiosity are very much a part of this nine-year period. Perhaps his mistake was believing that he had to present himself as a partner in a stable relationship to get elected.
By The Stars
The only transit currently affecting Giambrone’s chart is Neptune square Jupiter. Neptune has a ‘dissolving’ effect on what it hits and, because of the devastating effect the events of this past week have had on every aspect of Giambrone’s life, I would guess that the sign ruled by Jupiter, Sagittarius, is on is Ascendant or his Mid-heaven.
The big karma’s-gonna-get-you astrological effect comes from his Solar return on his last birthday. Because we don’t know his time of birth, we can’t run a proper return but we can see that, on that day, Saturn was exactly opposite his Sun. Saturn will always tell you exactly where you are and remind you of any short-cuts that you have taken.
The important thing to remember is that Saturn doesn’t say ‘no’ , it says ‘not now’, you’re not ready at this time.
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What a pleasure to read the astrological perspective about a political event in my own home city. Thank you!