Happy Birthday Private Bradley Manning - Astrological Musings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the story of the Wikileaks cables that has dominated the news over the past month or so there are two big players. \u00a0The first is Julian Assange, whose\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/blog\/happy-birthday-private-bradley-manning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happy Birthday Private Bradley Manning - Astrological Musings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the story of the Wikileaks cables that has dominated the news over the past month or so there are two big players. \u00a0The first is Julian Assange, whose\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/blog\/happy-birthday-private-bradley-manning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Astrological Musings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-12-17T19:35:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/astrodynamics.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/manning-assane-e1292614377716.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lynn Hayes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lynn Hayes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/blog\/happy-birthday-private-bradley-manning\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/blog\/happy-birthday-private-bradley-manning\/\",\"name\":\"Happy Birthday Private Bradley Manning - Astrological Musings\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-12-17T19:35:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-12-17T19:35:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/#\/schema\/person\/79a21ba57527a93b02136b02ea5eb2e2\"},\"description\":\"In the story of the Wikileaks cables that has dominated the news over the past month or so there are two big players. \u00a0The first is Julian Assange, whose\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/blog\/happy-birthday-private-bradley-manning\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/blog\/happy-birthday-private-bradley-manning\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/blog\/happy-birthday-private-bradley-manning\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Happy Birthday Private Bradley Manning\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/\",\"name\":\"Astrological Musings\",\"description\":\"Exploring the way the movement of the planets affect our inner and outer worlds.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/#\/schema\/person\/79a21ba57527a93b02136b02ea5eb2e2\",\"name\":\"Lynn Hayes\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d66c632862817d88a0ce2af3a36c4050?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d66c632862817d88a0ce2af3a36c4050?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lynn Hayes\"},\"description\":\"Lynn Hayes has been a consulting astrologer since the mid-1980s, working with clients to achieve greater self-understanding and empowerment. She uses the birthchart to identify psychological and evolutionary patterns and systems, and then uses a process using a powerful combination of methods including \u201cVisioncrafting\u201d TM to permit breakthroughs in all areas of your life and heal old wounds that can prevent you from moving forward. Learn more about her on her website.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.astrodynamics.net\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/blog\/author\/lynnhayes\/\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Happy Birthday Private Bradley Manning - Astrological Musings","description":"In the story of the Wikileaks cables that has dominated the news over the past month or so there are two big players. \u00a0The first is Julian Assange, whose","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/blog\/happy-birthday-private-bradley-manning\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Happy Birthday Private Bradley Manning - Astrological Musings","og_description":"In the story of the Wikileaks cables that has dominated the news over the past month or so there are two big players. \u00a0The first is Julian Assange, whose","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/blog\/happy-birthday-private-bradley-manning\/","og_site_name":"Astrological Musings","article_published_time":"2010-12-17T19:35:21+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/astrodynamics.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/manning-assane-e1292614377716.jpg"}],"author":"Lynn Hayes","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lynn Hayes","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/blog\/happy-birthday-private-bradley-manning\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/blog\/happy-birthday-private-bradley-manning\/","name":"Happy Birthday Private Bradley Manning - Astrological Musings","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-12-17T19:35:21+00:00","dateModified":"2010-12-17T19:35:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/#\/schema\/person\/79a21ba57527a93b02136b02ea5eb2e2"},"description":"In the story of the Wikileaks cables that has dominated the news over the past month or so there are two big players. \u00a0The first is Julian Assange, whose","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/blog\/happy-birthday-private-bradley-manning\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/blog\/happy-birthday-private-bradley-manning\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/blog\/happy-birthday-private-bradley-manning\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Happy Birthday Private Bradley Manning"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/","name":"Astrological Musings","description":"Exploring the way the movement of the planets affect our inner and outer worlds.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/#\/schema\/person\/79a21ba57527a93b02136b02ea5eb2e2","name":"Lynn Hayes","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d66c632862817d88a0ce2af3a36c4050?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d66c632862817d88a0ce2af3a36c4050?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Lynn Hayes"},"description":"Lynn Hayes has been a consulting astrologer since the mid-1980s, working with clients to achieve greater self-understanding and empowerment. She uses the birthchart to identify psychological and evolutionary patterns and systems, and then uses a process using a powerful combination of methods including \u201cVisioncrafting\u201d TM to permit breakthroughs in all areas of your life and heal old wounds that can prevent you from moving forward. Learn more about her on her website.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.astrodynamics.net"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/blog\/author\/lynnhayes\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

{"id":7345,"date":"2010-12-17T14:35:21","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T19:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/?p=7345"},"modified":"2010-12-17T14:35:21","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T19:35:21","slug":"happy-birthday-private-bradley-manning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/astrologicalmusings\/blog\/happy-birthday-private-bradley-manning\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Private Bradley Manning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

$\"Bradley$ <\/a>In the story of the Wikileaks cables that has dominated the news over the past month or so there are two big players. \u00a0The first is Julian Assange, whose mysterious past and controversial present has captivated the curiosity of newshounds everywhere. \u00a0The second player in this drama is Private First Class Bradley Manning, who actually leaked many of the cables and documents regarding Afghanistan and Iraq to the Wikileaks organization.<\/p>\n

Julian Assange is free on bail today, staying in a 10-bedroom mansion in England while awaiting trial over extradition to Sweden, but Private Manning is incarcerated at the Marine Corps Brig in Quantico. \u00a0Today (December 17th) is his birthday.<\/p>\n

Bradley Manning (born December 17, 1987, time unknown, Crescent Oklahoma) has an interesting chart as one would expect. \u00a0His Sagittarius Sun is tightly conjunct Uranus, the planet of radicalism and sudden change. \u00a0He shares this tendency towards revolutionary behavior and radical ideas with Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, who has the Sun in a square formation to Uranus.<\/p>\n

Manning has four planets in Sagittarius (Uranus, Sun, Saturn, Mercury), revealing his love of adventure and the desire for a life that expands beyond ordinary boundaries. \u00a0Sagittarians seek to live a life that is bigger than life \u2013 where there are no limits, and the inclusion of Uranus, the boundary-buster, into the mix gives him a reckless quality, especially since Jupiter, the planet of confidence and expansion, is in a harmonious aspect to his Sagittarian planets. \u00a0Because Jupiter rules Sagittarius, this expanded confidence and sense of inner glory bestows an Icarus-like overconfidence that can lead to one\u2019s flying too close to the Sun. \u00a0In fact friends have described him as having \u201c delusions of grandeur<\/a>.\u201d \u00a0However, the planet Saturn which bestows an inner sadness and lack of connection is also part of the Sagittarius stellium, disclosing an inner struggle between a deep lack of confidence (Saturn) and the pull of the desire to live a great life (Jupiter\/Sag).<\/p>\n

We also see a deep sense of shame and isolation as revealed by a challenging opposition between Chiron (wounding and healing) to the Sagittarius stellium. \u00a0The Chiron\/Uranus opposition often shows someone who is extremely sensitive energetically and can have difficulty managing their emotions. \u00a0Chiron opposite and Saturn conjunct the Sun suggests someone who feels alienated and rejected from the father. \u00a0Chiron opposite Saturn indicates a powerful inner wound that is painfully persistent. \u00a0Messages between Manning and a friend contained diatribes such as this one<\/a>: \u201c\u201dIve been isolated so long . . . i just wanted to figure out ways to survive . . . smart enough to know whats going on, but helpless to do anything . . . no-one took any notice of me,\u201d he wrote at one point. Another time, he wrote: \u201cim a wreck.\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n

Like Assange, who has a Scorpio Moon and Scorpio Ascendant, Manning has a strong Scorpionic element to his chart with Mars, Moon and Pluto all conjunct in Scorpio. \u00a0Scorpio is the sign of intensity, passion and drama, and the Scorpio Moon has a deep craving for the Truth that lies beyond all artifice. \u00a0There is also a complex relationship with power in those with a strong Scorpio component to their charts, and for Manning this is particularly true with Pluto, Scorpio\u2019s ruler, conjunct his Moon and doubling that intense passion and drive.<\/p>\n

This is an extremely complicated chart with a dueling set of powerful emotional needs. \u00a0As Assange is being feted by the glitterati throughout the world, Manning has been virtually forgotten in his solitary confinement.<\/p>\n

Bradley Manning was arrested in May of 2010 as Jupiter and Uranus formed an exact square to the Sun\/Uranus\/Saturn complex in his chart. \u00a0Jupiter is usually considered a lucky planet, but often the confidence that Jupiter instills in us can cause us to take unnecessary risks. \u00a0The square of Uranus in the sky to Uranus in our charts inspires us to question everything in our life and desire changes. \u00a0Manning already has a personality that leans in that direction, as we have seen from his other planetary aspects, so the additional influence of these planetary cycles was a perfect storm for the creation of a large-scale Uranian disruption such as the Wikileaks phenomenon.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"