Arrest of IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in alleged sex assault – 12th house scandal and his Solar Return

NEW YORK, May 14, 2011:  According to the Associated Press, the head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn (age 62), was escorted off a Paris-bound flight in New York just minutes before takeoff on Saturday afternoon, May 14, and was arrested for an alleged sexual assault of a maid at a Manhattan hotel earlier that day.   The arrest of the IMF chief took place at 2:15 a.m. Sunday on charges of criminal sex act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment.

His time of birth is unknown.  The sunrise chart for his date and place of birth together with the solar return of that chart are shown in the following file: Natal Chart & SR of IMF Chief.

Notice the 12th House emphasis this year. It signifies scandal and confinement.

In his birth chart, he has Mars in Aries square Jupiter, suggesting a highly-sexed individual who needs to learn to control his impulses.  Since Jupiter rules his sunrise 12th house of self-undoing, his sexual excesses can impede his ability to reach his goals.

His most recent Solar Return (SR) on April 25 of 2011 has SR Saturn (ruling his 10th of career) conjunct natal Neptune (modern ruler of his 12th of self-undoing and imprisonment).  In addition, he has a stellium of five SR planets (in impetuous Aries) plus the SR Ascendant in his natal 12th house, suggesting that he needs to be very careful this year about impulsivity because it can lead to scandal and disgrace.

In addition, his SR Moon (almuten of his Ascendant) conjoins natal Jupiter (ruler of his 8th, 9th and 12th houses) in the 10th house of public standing.  This SR year contains the potential of scandal abroad.

The are just some of the factors that indicate a year marked by the potential for scandal, confinement (possibly imprisonment) and self-undoing due to impulsive behavior.

Addendum: Staruss-Kahn was released from house arrest on July 1, 2011, because the woman who accused him was found to have been telling multiple lies.  The release occurred exactly as Jupiter (the planet of luck) was crossing over his natal Sun, an event that occurs only once every 12 years.