CHELSEA MANNING - astro-analysis of a galactic force

Latest:  August 2017 Chelsea Manning' in Vogue features.....scroll down for more

The Oxford Astrologer* has published a brief analysis of Manning with cross comparison of charts with that of Edward Snowden looking at similarities in energy, since they both have whistleblower destinies but energetically, Manning has even more in common with the magician Steven Frayne.

My interest was piqued with the news that Bradley Manning identifies as female and wants to transition towards that preferred gender identity, choosing the name Chelsea.
I was pleased to see the Oxford Astrologer placed a big emphasis on the Galactic Centre [GC] as a critical factor in understanding Manning.
The centre of our galaxy is positioned at 27'2" Sagittarius in 2013**.
It is an extremely slow-moving point in space with major potency.
Planets at or very close to the centre position appear to be super-charged and highly significant -whether that is in respect of people or events  - if found in the birth chart or observed in transit.

Chelsea, [born Bradley] Manning on December 17 1987 [time unknown - so standout points are noted] has an exceptional stellium group involving Mercury, Saturn, Sun, Uranus in the range 22-26 Sagittarius - with a midpoint of 24 Sagittarius

Empowering this situation even further is the semisquare of that midpoint to Manning's Pluto at 11 Scorpio

Manning's natal lunar nodes are at 28 Pisces-Virgo also tightly engaging the Galactic Centre
Chiron is at 26 Gemini - another important element in the interconnecting pattern

A highly unusual [Uranus] person driven by her beliefs [Sagittarius] to take on a big responsibility [Saturn] related to military matters [Jupiter in Aries] despite much personal sacrifice [Pisces north node] and the price she had to pay for speaking out [Chiron in Gemini]
Self annihilation [Pluto-Mars in Scorpio] transformation & rebirth are drives embedded in her psyche so it is highly relevant that Manning needs a major identity makeover related to gender in order to achieve some lessening of her suffering.
update: July 5 2016 Manning rushed to hospital after attempting suicide while imprisoned. Self harm relates to the Pluto-Mars in Scorpio imperative to change or die - death is the seemingly "easy" option, often selected, when the true requirement is to change the mind, the thought processes, beliefs, ideas that determine a person's condition in life. 
The intense woundedness and stress of her suffering is intense in 2016 [Chiron square natal Sun-Saturn] causing this desire for release, but Chelsea is at the doorway of much healing. She is about to be delivered many beneficial mind developments offered by Saturn in Sagittarius throughout 2017, when the time is perfect to commit to a mature philosophy of life or a profound belief system, whether philosophical, spiritual or religious.

update July 28
Manning faces solitary confinement re the suicide attempt on July 5 2016

2017 updates:
January 17 President Obama commutes Manning's sentence to give a May 17 2017 release date instead of 2045

August 2017 -Chelsea is doing well and is riding the zeitgeist that transgender people are here to stay

       photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Vogue



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December 17 [1982] is also the birthdate of Steven Frayne - known as Dynamo -  Magician Impossible - who features in this post discussing his highly unusual abilities which exemplify the manipulation of material reality. Frayne has Sun [25] and Neptune [27] conjunct the GC with Jupiter [28] and Pluto [29] also in close aspect to the GC by semi-sextile & sextile.

In my experience it is not the importance of the type of angular aspect that is critical but the mathematics being close, very close or exact between the positions of the planetary bodies - since the energy flows very powerfully between positions of close mathematical similarity.

In the context of environmental events my research points to the significance of the Galactic Centre degree 27 SAG and its important sensitive points at 27 GEM, PIS, VIR - i.e all 4 signs of the mutable cross - as well as the activations at 12 LEO, AQU, TAU, SCO - the four fixed signs which are involved as well due to semisquare & sesquiquadrate angles .

Powerful natural as well as human-generated transformational events have many planetary positions and/or midpoints activating the GC
In New Zealand the current era of seismic unrest began in 2010 under the effects of Uranus in Pisces square the GC. This was aggravated by the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction at 27 Pisces in January 2011. A more devastating quake occurred in Christchurch NZ in Feb 2011 and a mammoth quake-tsunami event hit Japan in March 2011.
The 2011 events were in the effect zone of the Dec 2010 full moon lunar eclipse at 29 SAG-GEM.
nothing of the magnitude of those 2011 events has occurred to date.

Extreme weather including severe flooding has also been a feature related to the GC being activated.
Japan's nuclear horror of 1945 occurred in the context of significant GC activation
Seismic instability returned to NZ in 2013 in the central zone with the nodal axis in July-August ranging from 10-14 Scorpio-Taurus

References & Reading
Mathematics of Chch Quakes -linked to GC
Japan nuclear events and the GC
Wikipedia Bradley Manning
*OXFORD ASTROLOGER.
**Galactic Centre Ephemeris 1900-2000

The Quantum Dynamo - Steven Frayne

Dynamo on Twitter
this early account no longer exists in 2025


update October 2 2025

Being a huge and fascinated fan of Dynamo it was very exciting to listen to a podcast yesterday featuring physicist Dr David Clements who is able to work outside the mainstream as a result of communications with non-terrestrial non-human beings of advanced intelligence. David says we contain the capacity to change anything in our reality - and that ability (not contained in the mind) is based in our "heart intelligence". 

He says functioning through the opened heart gives us infinite creative and manifesting ability. The intelligence involved is able to "organise the fundamentals". 

Through this explanation I knew that this confirmed my 2013 insight that Dynamo was able to access quantum processes - the fundamentals being the structure of matter at a sub-atomic level. 

The January 2025 update below reviewed planetary influences in 1997 that I propose downloaded  the abilities to young Steven Frayne...

update January 2025

Rewatching episodes from Dynamo's Magician Impossible series it was intriguing to take another look at uncovering his secret energy.

His fundamental astrological signatures were examined in the main body of this post but there still lingered some questions about how he went from being a kid doing mainly card tricks to the magician of international fame that he can still claim.

It soon emerged when thinking of his mid teen years that young Steven in his 14th year experienced powerful activation of his natal Mars 5 Aquarius and Uranus 6 Sagittarius.

Four planets connected early in 1997: all in the range 5º to 6º

Jupiter  Saturn Uranus and Pluto.These planets involved the fire signs Aries Sagittarius and Air sign Aquarius.

The fascinating thing is not only do they explain the extent of and advanced dimensional physics of the abilities he achieved -but also that this collection of influences will link strongly to the 3 and 4 planet alignments in early fire and air signs coming in 2025 2026 2027 2028  - and that Aries and Aquarius both feature significantly again. 

This means people born with planets transiting under 10 degrees -  will receive very powerful downloads of ability insight or awareness in whatever area relevant to them - as happened to young Steven Frayne.

Young children and newborns will be affected as well as people of any age whose astr0-profile contains these early degrees sensitive to the incoming energies

For details on this development 2025-2028 go to  Dairy Post on the Profiler Home Page

MAIN POST BEGINS

What an extremely exciting experience it was in June 2013 to encounter Steven Frayne, known as Dynamo - Magician Impossible. Through watching episode one of his first TV series and then reading reports and commentary on his supposed methodology it is possible to conclude that this man is a quantum genius and that his critics and sceptics are totally barking up the wrong tree.

Being a big fan of alternative and especially quantum reality - the secrets of which were only partially uncovered by Western science at the beginning of the 20th century [ compare this to shamanistic practitioners and highly enlightened adherents of faiths such as Buddhism who have manipulated physical reality since ancient times] it is extremely rare to encounter a being in human form on this earth who can display the ability to transcend 3 dimensional space and perform actions that most of us have only seen in movies such as The Matrix trilogy. Dynamo could well be one of those rarest of specimens.

Having his birthdate of December 17 1982 gives some weight to the argument that in Steven Frayne a cosmic blueprint was uploaded offering some super-natural abilities within our everyday context - but talents which are fully consistent when considered in what physicists term 'higher dimensions'

latest update: health crisis analysed
Dynamo's full astrology chart added

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The pattern of most significance on Dec 17 1982 - and therefore affecting all beings born on that day - involves 3 planets plus the Sun and the asteroid Chiron all in tight alignment and forming a powerful indicator of an ability to transcend everyday reality through manipulation of physical and meta-physical forces.
The mathematics being so tight are the key. Degree positions are rounded for convenience.

Jupiter at 28 Scorpio is opposite Chiron at 24 Taurus
Pluto sits at 29 Libra tightly linked to Jupiter
Sun at 25 Sagittarius is in close conjunction to Neptune at 27 Sagittarius
Due to the domino effect of energetic synergy from Pluto through to Jupiter then Sun and Neptune - whose positions range from 25-29 degrees - a midpoint energy of 27 degrees becomes very sensitized. Jupiter at 28 degrees activates the collective energy of these four factors - and with Jupiter [28] in close opposition to Chiron [24] the five elements are capable of working in unison.

This is extremely powerful when the conditions of ongoing planetary factors support the flow from the embedded group in an individual such as Steven Frayne.
The problem is that when ongoing planetary factors are angularly positioned to place strain or stress in relationship to the birth positions, then periods of intense crisis occur.
This situation is important for Steven Frayne to manage - his health issues come as no surprise because of the intensity of what is in his energy template.

Terms like psychic and paranormal are often used when considering abilities beyond the limits of the 5 basic senses and it is likely that Steven Frayne has the mental capacity to access information in a way few can. Pluto, Scorpio, Sagittarius and Neptune are all indicators of such talents and he has all four in his special pattern. Of course without benefit of his birth time the full picture of his abilities is unavailable - and everyone born on the same birthdate will have this pattern. His time and place could be the locational elements which add extra strength to the standout features. 
At the time of birth the prevailing cosmic backdrop involving the whole solar system is said to be programmed into the neurons or cells of the brain. Thereafter, that seeding of energy receives input from the cosmic flow which determines the timeline of a person's life.
We are not the same. I am a MARTIAN - says Dynamo's Twitter profile. He could be telling it like it is.

updates July 17
The more I watch Dynamo, the more convinced I am of his [within everyday contexts] super-natural abilities.
The shape of his cranium particularly interests me - when viewed in profile

the region called os occipitale seems to be extended outward further than normally seen. The brain sector called the cerebellum sits under that part of the skull. Co-ordination, precision and accurate timing are some of the functions of the cerebellum.

Dynamo says he learnt magic from his grandfather.  Grandad was born July 17 1927 when Mars and Neptune were exact conjunct at 25 Leo - entertaining by doing tricky things -i.e. magic was in his birth energy but no other extra special capacities are evident.
This leads me to believe that for Dynamo magic serves as a socially acceptable method or medium enabling him to use his advanced abilities as a form of entertainment as well as opening up people's minds

If you found this interesting - read Bradley Manning -astro-analysis of a galactic force
Manning shares the same birth date as Dynamo - December 17 - but not the same year - which gives them a fascinating connection.
They are both physically unusual and of tiny proportions but there is something beyond-human about both of them...
In the 21st century it may well be that aliens no longer look like this - but walk amongst us in undiscernible human form.

update February 2014
Dynamo's popularity continues to grow and is occurring in the context of a new breed of young magicians reinvigorating the territory.
I continue to maintain that Dynamo is in a category of his own
He is the top ranked individual in my site statistics
In terms of the current climate and appetite for magic -the planet of all things illusory and magical- Neptune - is travelling through the Pisces sector of the zodiac [2011-2025] which signifies a golden age for magic as well as all other-wordly experiences -the risk is some will gravitate to the end of the spectrum where detrimental use of drugs, alcohol and criminal deceit prevail over the positive uses of the energy: to delight, mystify, enchant in the context of freely given talent

update November 2014

Dynamo visited India to film episodes for his TV series
After showing his abilities to a group of Sadhu holy men, one commented:
"He has a different way of seeing things"
This comment is highly relevant to understanding Dynamo's abilities 
The everyday human's visual processing is fundamental to our beliefs about physical reality.
Someone who sees things differently is not limited to restrictive concepts about the physical world.
Dynamo is displaying an advanced potential.

update April 2018

Dynamo - March 2018 showing the balloooning effect of steroid hormone medication

A shocking occurrence occurred in 2017 for Dynamo. He suffered a major health event leaving him with severe issues requiring large amounts of medication - full report
His full birth chart is now published at astro.com and is very revealing

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The clarity of the picture is there for all to see: how compressed or concentrated the energies are -ranging from Pluto on the left to Mars on the right what this unusual grouping delivers is not only amazing focus, complexity and intensity but also extreme vulnerability -when adverse forces are in range Dynamo faces extreme challenges.

Now we can see that Virgo is his rising or ascendant sign at the left horizontal axis. Virgo is associated with the digestive system and nutrition. Virgo belongs to the zodiac group called Mutables =changeable adaptable flowing energies including Pisces, Gemini, Sagittarius. 

Pisces is known for strong sensitivity issues, allergies, poisoning and therefore food issues. Gemini relates to the hands. Sagittarius is the pelvic region and the liver. All these body regions will be weak spots for Dynamo at certain times.

Being born with Pisces planet Neptune right close to the Sun makes Dynamo very vulnerable to poisoning and all types of hypersensitivity reactions to food, medicine, toxins in general. Standard medical approaches fail to cater for such people -whereas professionals working in natural medicine with herbs, homeopathics and nutritional support would be a far safer option for him.
The photo above shows how mainstream medical options cause significant and potentially damaging side-effects. For example synthetic steroid hormone medication can leave the adrenal glands permanently weakened. 

Dynamo announced late March 2018 that his health crisis occurred 8 months ago, last summer.

The first standout factor then in terms of transiting planets was Neptune.

In August 2017 Neptune was at 17 Pisces [yes while Neptune is in its own sign Pisces [2012-2026] hypersensitivity issues, drug and alcohol issues and poisoning will be more common.]

With Neptune in the cosmos at 13 degrees this connected strongly with Dynamo's chart -it is clear that the Gemini-Sagittarius axis from the top of the chart to the base is at 13 Gemini  -and with his other mutable signs Virgo -Pisces running horizontally at close to 18 degrees these 2 main axes [energy fields] in his chart running between 13-18 degrees are highly relevant to his initial health scare and ongoing symptoms.

Using midpoint analysis with that mutable range 13-18 the mid position of 15'30 has to also be considered a strongly activating point.

Neptune moves slowly and like many planets it has retrograde loops meaning it lingers over certain degrees for some time.

Looking ahead it is clear that Neptune could cause ongoing issues beyond 2018 for Dynamo - in 2019 and 2020. 

This suggests he needs to be extremely protective of his health for some time.

A double whammy hit Dynamo in August 2017: the second significant event in August 2017 was Uranus in transit opposite Dynamo's birth Pluto. Uranus affects his birth Pluto in 2017, 2018, 2019 - and Uranus also opposes his birth position for Saturn in 2018, 2019.

This is life changing in an extreme way when the planet of sudden change -Uranus -activates the planet of major transformation -Pluto -and then soon after the planet of significant learning - Saturn.

This shows that since summer 2017 Dynamo has been at a crossroads, a crisis point where he has to fully examine his life, his priorities and get in touch with whatever deep inside him needs to come out, whatever true impulses, thoughts, feelings, needs he has - independent of the will or wishes of others, pressures or professional commitments.

The outcome is likely to be very significant either way: if he resists change and just tries to push through the health issues and stay focussed on the same course in his life he may struggle to recover.

If he puts a huge pause on his professional life and gives himself space to just be and listen to his own inner needs he may find a very different approach to life emerges.

Processes such as these require significant time out.  

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