I've been following the Danish x Factor, which I consider much better than American Idol and tying to find out birthdates with no success. Tonight 23 yr old Shayne Ward made a guest appearance. Now he is of Irish descent, but born in England and won the 2005 X Factor by a slight 1% margin. He has 6 siblings including his twin sister, Emma.

Now, there wasn't any documented birth time to be found, but ordinarily, when there are twins, Mercury will be in the Ascendant. So I've rectified the birth time to 8:30 AM. Now in the 12th divisional chart this gives also a difficult aspect: namely angry Saturn aspecting the Sun. This usually indicates health problems and, in fact, Shayne had a close health call brcause of nodules on his vocal chords diagnosed in August 2006.

That birth time also puts Saturn in the Scorpio Ascendant, and, as I have mentioned before, Saturn in the Ascendant, especially exalted as it is, gives success in other countries. And that he has; in Scandianvia, South Africa, Malaysia, Japan and Taiwan to mention a few. At the time of his 2005 victory, Jupiter was transiting Scorpio in his Ascendant and was in the 5th house (of past life karma) from his Moon, which is in the sign of Cancer.

He is presntly in a major Jupiter period until 2013, when he begins his Saturn period (2013-2032). I'm a bit afraid that we may see a re-occurence of his health problems during that time. Another obvious characteristic of his chart is a slightly modified Kalaparusha Yoga, giving his rise to extraordinary heights from a working class background. As Julie Andrews also had to give up her singing career because of similar health problems, I could forsee possibly an alternate songwriting career due to his well placed Mercury in the ascendant.