Ode to the QUEEN of Cancer SHADE: Wendy Williams

I am resuming where I left off in my Ode to the Queen of (insert zodiac sign) Shade series. The last time I wrote a blog post for this series was for the departed Gemini singer Prince (for blog post click here). This was back in June, now it's September and clearly it is not Cancer Season. Even so, better late than never :).

Just as it was no brainer for Aries (Mariah Carey) and Gemini (Prince); my choice was as clear as day. The infamous, the diva, and evergreen shady, Mrs. Wendy Williams. Cancers are not really known for shade, but shade doesn't discriminate. We see this in the form of Wendy Williams.

Let's get into her astrology. Before I begin I must mention that astrotheme doesn't have Wendy Williams rising sign. This means I won't be able to tell you her house placements or specific aspects. Her astrotheme profile is linked here

Scorpio Moon

I partially chose Wendy Williams because she has Scorpio moon. Scorpio moon isn't shady per se, but she is part of an important U.S. Media trend that has been going on for at least 10 years. This trend is the rise in celebrity gossip. Celebrity gossip has always been popular but with the rise of TMZ, Mediatakeout, Worldstarhiphop, and Social Media, celebrity gossip has taken on a new form. A new form that attracts the themes of the up & coming Pluto in Scorpio generation. The fascination with uncovering secrets and skeletons in closets, shared resources and the need for power (among other things). 

Even before she had a tv show, Wendy Williams was an infamous radio DJ & personality; known for her blunt, cut-throat, oftentimes mean, and SHADY radio interviews. Check out her radio interviews with Whitney Houston and Destiny's Child. Wendy Williams with her Scorpio moon has access to the emotional nature of this Pluto in Scorpio generation. She intuitively understands the dark and intense emotions of this up & coming  generation. Random but it is no accident that today's biggest celebrities/public figures have Scorpio moon (Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Mark Zuckerberg, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, etc.). They, like Wendy Williams are all tuned into the Scorpio Pluto generation's frequencies. 

Scorpio moon are the strong silent types, that are very resourceful, while being very secretive. Wendy has managed to forge a career where she is paid to gossip, spill secrets and speak bad of celebrities. But at the same time you hardly know any gossip or tea about her. Scorpio moon has influence and the ability to see through bullshit (while covering their own).

Venus conjunct Mars in Gemini

She called isn't the "Queen Of All Media," for nothing. She has the receipts to back it up with her Venus conjunct Mars in Gemini. This placements is where we see her excellent communication abilities and the gift of shade. Venus conjunct Mars in Gemini is someone who likes to talk, socialize, and learn. These placements lightens up and disarms Wendy Williams from her otherwise emotional & intense astrological make up; her Sun in Cancer trine Moon in Scorpio. 

Venus conjunct Mars in Gemini are energetic, fun loving people person whose is always up for a good time. This placement makes Wendy Williams seem a bit more like a chatty Cathy than a mean girl. How you doing?

Mercury in Leo

This regal placement ties everything I said up until this point into a nice neat bow. Her Mercury in Leo is sextiled (in a good relationship) with Venus and Mars. Mercury in Leo is the most refined out of the fire mercury signs. Fixed in nature Leo is a proud, confident, and creative speaker and communicator. Since Wendy Williams has Mercury in Leo she loves and thrives on the attention and Applause (Lady Gaga artpop reference) of her audience. Wendy Williams loves to entertain and there is a showy, flamboyant quality to Wendy Williams Leo mercury sign.

SHADE IS HER MIDDLE NAME.

Mercury squaring Moon & sextiling Mars/Venus makes Wendy easily a fierce, emotional, pleasing and combative orator. Confident with strong opinions, mercury in Leo (like many other Leo placements) can get away with being shady because Leo placements have a way to charm people, make people feel included and want to follow you.  She is quoted saying:

"I am a Beyonce fan. I’m gonna watch her upcoming documentary because fortunately one of the TVs in our kitchen has closed captioning so I’ll be able to understand what she says. You know Beyonce can’t talk. She sounds like she has a fifth grade education."

Others would not be able to get away with half the things she is saying. Watch an episode of her show to see what I mean. She's sitting on a throne. She has her audience wrapped around her finger; even when she says the most vile things about others. That is all Leo mercury right there.

Overall this is an Ode to the QUEEN of Cancer SHADE: Wendy Williams. If you want to see some of Wendy's best shade moments, check out Youtuber Killer Queen's video here & here.

Gemini Prince of the Pluto in Scorpio Generation: Edward Snowden

This one was a no brainer. When I found out that famous whistle-blower/snitch, Edward Snowden was a Gemini with a Scorpio moon I knew I wanted to write about him in some way. 

What he did was very Gemini and very Pluto in Scorpio (though his natal Pluto is in Libra). If don't know, what he did. He was a whistle-blower who took it upon himself to steal documents from his job (at the NSA aka National Security Agency) and leaked it to the media. He exposed  top US government secrets (such as the US government spying on its' citizens). Reference article here

Whatever the case let's get into his astrology. His astrotheme profile is linked here.

Super Gemini

His sun, ascendant, mars and mercury is in Gemini. Not only that but his mercury and mars (to remind you both in Gemini) are in the first house. This all makes him super Geminian/Mercurian. Incredibly smart, communicative, restless, curious (aka noisy), and changeable. This explains a lot. Him working for the NSA (an intelligence agency). Hellooo!!!! Intelligence/Gemini. 

Random but he probably views himself as super villain, an antihero in this saga. The media has a whole bunch of Gemini antihero public figures and fuckboys/girl (hello Azealia Banks, Donald Trump, Kanye West, etc.)

Venus in Leo in the 3rd House

Viewing himself as a patriot and proud American. He felt compelled to acted on this in the most dramatic and theatrical way possible. This is fitting that his Venus in Leo, because they are all for the theatrics and drama. Not only that but Leos act with their hearts (and egos). Whatever his intentions are, he wanted the attention and to be known, and recognized. Venus in Leo in the 3rd house would make him proud and confident in his ideas and communication abilities. He would would love and see beauty/pleasure in communicating.

Pluto & Saturn in Libra in the 5th House

Pluto and Saturn are conjunct in Libra in the 5th House. The Saturn placement probably makes him serious and focused in relationships. I mean Libra is the sign of partnerships, but when placed in the 5th, it's like extra Libra. Relationships are important to him but there is also a pattern of feeling restricted/limited in relationships (it is in Saturn after all). He probably oftentimes found himself alone/being a loner and there is a bit of fear of being in relationships. Even if he did manage to get into relationships they were probably serious with a lot of hardships/lessons.

His Pluto in Libra in the 5th House placement is also a heavy one. There is a destruct to transform pendulum quality to relationships. When he manages to snag a relationship there is a dark, intense, controlling, and obsessive undertone to this relationship. 

Scorpio moon in the 6th House

This is the meat in the sandwich. Scorpio moon is a powerful placement and it counteracts/conflicts with all of his Gemini and Sagittarius placements. If I were to use a drug to describe his Gemini and Sagittarius placements it would be weed, but for his Scorpio moon, it will be Heroin. Strong, addictive, obsessive, intense and secretive, his Scorpio moon emotions would've caused major conflicts with the rest of his placements. 

In terms of workplace (which is where his moon is placement) in the 6th House; the 6th House represents jobs, workplace environments, and the kind of work one does. 

His job, workplace environment and the kind of work that he does brought up a lot of intense emotions. I can see why he snitched. Moon here (though it's in Scorpio) gives a Cancerian/Lunar feel to work. He works to feel secure, safe, and fullfilled emotionally in his job. I am sure working for the NSA did that for him. The NSA was probably his best and most favorite job. It appealed to his Gemini qualities (curiosity/intelligence), his Scorpio moon (intensity/power hunger), and Sagittarius placements (higher sense of purpose, justice & knowledge.)

Uranus and Jupiter in Sagittarius in the 6th House

Not only is he very Geminian/Mercurian, he is also very Sagittarian/Jupiterian. He has a stellium in Sagittarius which is interesting. This is because he's on the Gemini/Sagittarius opposition axis. A sort of bi-polar/tension quality to him. He was probably constantly wrestling between his need for information/facts (Gemini) and his need for knowledge/belief (Sagittarius). Since it is a Charlie Sheen of astrology bi-polar sort of placement he had to do something crazy/drastic (like betraying his country).

He has his Uranus and Jupiter in Sagittarius in the 6th House, which is very eerie how perfectly it fits with his life. Uranus represents rebellion, and he rebelled in his workplace (the 6th House), in the most Sagittarian way possible. This is by gathering his secret work knowledge and making it known to the world. 

While Jupiter in there too it expanded his Uranus and Moon placements. Not only that but gives him a strong system of morality and beliefs. Jupiter is domicile aka home in Sagittarius (rules over Pisces and Sagittarius traditionally). Meaning that it expresses this energy the way this energy was meant to be expressed. 

Jupiter in Sagittarius in the 6th House energy is someone who believes in what they do and works for what they believe in. These are the Social Justice Warriors (SJWS) of the world. Right or wrong there is no doubt that he has strong beliefs. He describes himself as a patriot. He believe he was right and that his actions were justified. Since he believed in this so strongly, so passionately he shot his bow out far and wide (this is a very good pun I wrote).

Neptune in Sagittarius in the 7th House

Somewhere he stopped believing in his country and started looking at it as an enemy of it's citizens. But when and how? We would never know. Even so this placement can also explain why his story and actions caused such a sensation. Neptune is about love, spirituality, and transcending the ego/consciousness. It's also about breaking boundaries (for that higher love). Neptune is the higher octave of Venus and represents universal love. Edward Snowden probably thought he was doing all this for the greater good of America. This placement shows why he self sacrificed and revoked his citizenship/home for this love/belief/delusion/whatever you want to call it.

In the 7th House Neptune in Sagittarius is very relationship oriented. Except in his case he has a relationship with the world. To mention the Weeknd's song title, Edward Snowden, "Belongs to the World". Now and always. This energy isn't just personal (Neptune is actually trans-personal). Sagittarius like Neptune is open and wide, ready to absorb everything and everyone. Even so, to note there is a sense of delusion/illusion quality to it, so not everything is as it seems. Like who is Edward really? a friend? a foe? a good guy? bad guy? That is Neptune in the 7th House.

This energy definitely blurred the lines of right and wrong in relationship(s) with his bosses/government. Not to mention Edward's most strongest relationship: his country.

This is so Pluto in Scorpio because the Pluto in Scorpio Generation is inheriting the earth. Pluto in Scorpio is watching and taking note, slowing waiting for the Pluto in Libra generation to pass the baton. Edward fits in because he is providing an example to future Edward Snowdens' to do what he did (accept better and probably sleuth-lier). His issues and concerns were about privacy which is something future generations especially Pluto in Scorpio are going to battle with. He was born to be in this time and be apart of Pluto in Scorpio consciousness. 

Noble or foolish. Traiter or Hero. Edward is important figure in US history. Did I mention that today June 21st is his birthday!!! 

Ode to the QUEEN of ARIES SHADE: Mariah Carey

Welcome to my new blog series, Ode to the Queen of INSERT SIGN HERE, SHADE. I am starting with Aries ( the first sign of the zodiac, duh) This one is a no brainer. The elusive chanteuse herself, Mimi, aka big faced Mariah Carey (oh no, no, no, no, no shade).

Runner-Up: Aretha Franklin

Don't worry, before I get into the Queen of Aries Shade, I am going to mention the runner up, who is none other than Ms. Aretha Franklin. Old people throw the best shade and  Aretha Franklin is no exception. Aretha's shade is A1 sauce, here's a link. Even so, Aretha's is not as entertaining as Mariah's shade. Here's why.

Aries shade is quick, directed, blunt, and straightforward (as straightforward as shade can be). It's not just about the sign but about the combination. Mariah Carey has a Taurus Ascendant (Venus rising), Mars in Taurus in the 1st House, Scorpio Moon, and Mercury in Aries the 12th House. All of these placements doesn't automatically make someone shady. Even so, the music industry is a bit fake aka a lot of shit goes down behind closed doors. 

Fame and Celebritydom is a small "community" and stars can't burn bridges. Fame is ruled by Jupiter (Luck), Venus (Beauty) and Neptune (Illusion), and is these things are quite elusive. Here one moment (fame, fortune, youthful appearance, respect, etc.) gone the next. Ask MJ or Whitney about it. This means oftentimes they have to let out their anger, frustration and aggression in indirect, passive aggressive ways. MC is no exception.

Aries is a blunt, honest sign. However, when put in insincere, superficial settings with greedy media people that want to provoke you for some change, even an Aries will stoop to shade. Shade is a sophisticated, refined language that expresses honesty and anger in a passive-aggressive but light-hearted and highly entertaining matter. Check out Youtube user, Killer Queen's videos on Mariah Shade, links are here and here. You see what I mean?


I previously mentioned that Mariah Carey has a Taurus Ascendant (Venus rising), Mars in Taurus in the 1st House, Scorpio Moon, and Mercury in Aries the 12th House. With these placements I see why she turns to shade. I am not 100% comfortable with Taurus rising for her, as astrotheme is not that reliable with popular celebrities rising signs. Even so, I am going to run with it. Taurus is ruled by Venus, and Venus is all about comfort and pleasure. Taurus just wants to eat, make his or her money and lounge somewhere. Venus ruling her first house Mariah has and wants to appear beautiful, pleasant, and mild mannered.

Even so, MC's Mars also in Taurus is in her 1st house, so she can behave in a rather forceful, competitive, and aggressive, matter. Taurus doesn't anger or provoke easily, but they are also not bitch babies. Top her Taurus energy with a sun in Aries, and you get someone that is stubborn, bold and isn't afraid of confrontation. Earth and fire energy prefer to keep it simple, meaning they will let you know if something is wrong or angered. 

But Mariah Carey also has moon in uber emotional Scorpio. Moon rules emotions and Scorpio is very EMOTIONAL. But you can NEVER TELL. Water moons are indirect, and they response and communicate non-verbally. Scorpio moons are all about emotional honesty and integrity but they are afraid to show that. They prefer to be the strong silent types, while silently suffering. They are the warrior animals that when mortally wounded will hide deep in the forest and die all by themselves for fear of showing their vulnerability. 

Scorpio moons don't like to show emotions, especially anger. Repressed emotions, fear of one's own vulnerability and emotional immaturity often leads to shade. Especially for an unevolved Scorpio moon. And Ms. Carey has shade for days. Especially in the entertainment business when appearance and connections is everything, Scorpio moon understands this very well. Change up their tactic and lets things out in the most calculated way, in this case the best and most effective method being shade.

Not only this, but Mariah Carey has Mercury in Aries the 12th House. This is very revealing to me. I feel Mercury in the 12th House (and also in the 8th House), acts very similar to natal mercury retrograde. The 12th and 8th Houses are water houses, ruled respectively by Pisces/Neptune and Scorpio/ Pluto. For Mariah Carey, her mercury those in Aries, also behaves in a Piscean/Neptunian matter. 

The 12th House is a hidden house, and energy there is muted. People who have this placement can be seen as quieter, more introspective and nonverbal (very much like a natal mercury retrograde person). The only real difference is the mercury in the 12th house communication style is severely watered down in a sea of Neptunian mist. 


A person mercury in the 12th house words are drown, mix up, confused, and they are trapped in an unreal fantasy world. Here Mariah Carey words often captured by the mercurial/Neptunian media and get lost in translation. Anyway this is getting too deep, too long, and too run-on sentency (by my standards anyway). 

Here are Aries Mariah Carey's best shade moments:

Shade directed at Nicki Minaj


Shade directed at Madonna


Shade directed at Jennifer Lopez


Shade directed at Eminem




Here's my ode to the QUEEN of ARIES SHADE.