"John" Edwards is an American politician who served as a US Senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004, and was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004  and 2008.    

Edwards is a Gemini ASC with Mars, Mercury and Uranus in the first house. Moon, Jupiter and Sun are in Taurus in the twelfth house.  Venus is placed in the eleventh house in Aries and Saturn is retrograde conjoined Neptune retrograde in Virgo in the fourth.  Pluto is conjoined Ketu in the second house and Rahu is in the eight.

The eclipses of December 31, 2009 and January 15^th 2010 have completed their run on John Edward’s first and seventh house, the houses of ego self-persona Vs.marriage and intimate partners.   Eclipses occur when the nodes are conjoined either the Sun or the Moon and are placed in opposition.  The nodes are identified as Rahu and Ketu and are represented as a serpent or dragon character in-half.

Rahu is political in nature and is associated with media and collective trends.  Rahu is notoriously toxic and intoxicating however, is also associated with a purging of the consciousness.  This purging is like the agitation and spin cycle of a washing machine.   Impurities caught up within the Mind, are agitated and spun-out.  The process of spinning is chaotic, intense and disruptive.  Upheaval is a common descriptive and is used often when describing  Rahu's activated state. 

Rahu is also associated with the affliction-Cancer and has been transiting Edward's seventh house , putting this house under great stress and 'upheaval'.  Edward's wife, Elizabeth, is a Cancer survivor and while at the height of the John's affair, her illness was revealed at a well publicized press event.  The manipulation of this sad event has come to light; the hyper-controlled, political 'spin-cycle' machine has turned against Edwards and now is the dreaded cleansing of the consciousness (moon) and emotions.  The snake has bitten the handler.

Rielle Hunter is described as a "new-age" hanger-on and former yoga teacher.  She approached Edward's in a bar, early in the presidential campaign, with 'visions' of  his aura.  This was apparently enough to convince Edward's, she would be the one to get him elected.  Hunter became Edwards videographer in addition to being his mistress thoughout  his failed, Democratic presidential nominee campaign.   Hunter is an intimate partner and represents dramatically, the delusional and toxic affect of Rahu.

Observe the media spin as John Edward’s adulterous affair continues to be revealed.

Ketu be continued...