AstroForecast November 2005

by Lance Rodriguez

The month of November begins with the Sun transiting the mysterious, enigmatic sign of Scorpio.  Scorpio probes through the depths, pierces and unravels conundrums, and instigates alchemical processes so regeneration and rebirth can emerge either collectively or personally.  Although classically a water element sign, Scorpio can retain a cool exterior appearance that totally masks the panoply of human emotions that can seethe and boil underneath that cool façade.  Positive expressions of Scorpio are associated with sharing, merging, bonding, intimacy and psychological understanding.  Negative expressions can range from obsessive/compulsive behaviors, rage, jealousy, envy, covetousness, control and manipulation, mind games, mind plays, power struggles and power games.  The angel that rules the month of November is Adnachiel and the angel that rules the sign of Scorpio is Barakiel.

Tuesday the 1st at 7:25pm is the annual Scorpio New Moon that is symbolic of the new beginnings/new initiatives phase of the Moon. Emphasize an ability to share at a core level with those intimate individuals in your life.  Affirm to eliminate past financial expenditures and prepare new investments to be groomed.  Transmute personal shadowy and leaden issues so they may be a golden resource of acquired wisdom.  Trim excesses and maintain soulful integrity.  This is an excellent lunation to revive lost confidence, lost childhood innocence, how to have more fun in life and the ability to unleash healthy creativity.  Nationally there can be contentiousness surrounding women’s rights in general especially a segment of this population group feeling exploited, taken for granted and ultimately victimized by ultra-conservative and “machista” viewpoints.  All of this can be played out with the current Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito.  Yet there is an element of surprise in regards to this nomination process perhaps to the astonishment of many people.  This lunation’s guiding angel is Egibiel so feel free to invoke this celestial helper.  The degree position of this Scorpio New Moon is also known in astrology as a “critical degree” that can add greater significance, intensity and weight.  Keywords for this Scorpio Lunation are: The shared experience of fraternity and fellowship is what can stimulate a common bond between all people.  Once misery and hatred have expended their energies it is time to realize the psyche incorporates the darkness, anguish and pain and shines forth the eternal Inner Light to perform the miracles of regeneration, resurrection and rebirth!  The Phoenix comes to life!

The Astro*Carto*Graphy Map of this Scorpio lunation sensitizes the following USA locations: Anchorage, Barrow, Fairbanks and Juneau Alaska, the southwestern tip of Oregon, Sacramento, San Francisco, Santa Barbara and northern California, Cheyenne Wyoming, Boulder, Denver and Pueblo Colorado, Taos, Las Vegas, Santa Fe, Vaughn and Roswell New Mexico, El Paso, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi and Brownsville Texas, Oklahoma City and Tulsa Oklahoma, Wichita Kansas, Omaha Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Bay City, Saginaw, Flint, Ann Arbor and Detroit Michigan, Toledo, Columbus and Cincinnati Ohio, Lexington Kentucky, Knoxville Tennessee, the western edge of Virginia, Athens, Macon, Valdosta and Atlanta Georgia as well as Tallahassee Florida.

Across the globe the following areas are sensitized: Churchill and Winnipeg Canada, Chihuahua, Mazatlan, Monterrey, Guadalajara and Mexico City Mexico, Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua, San Jose Costa Rica, Belem, Brasilia and Sao Paolo Brazil, Greenland, Iceland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Madrid Spain, Algeria, Mali, Dakar Senegal, Niamey Niger, Lagos Nigeria, Dar es Salaam Tanzania, Mozambique, Nairobi Kenya, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, Mecca Saudi Arabia, Baghdad Iraq, Tbilisi Georgia, Erivan Armenia, Kabul Afghanistan, Karachi and Islamabad Pakistan, the regions of Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat as well as the following cities of New Delhi, Bombay, Bhopal, Hyderabad and Salem India, Sri Lanka, western China, Tajikistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, western Nepal, Port Moresby New Guinea, Tasmania, Edmonton, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne Australia as well as New Zealand. 

Thursday the 3rd is an inharmonious contact of the Sun with Saturn that can symbolize restrictive, limiting and stifling energies that create stagnation, harsh disciplining actions and pessimistic outlooks.  Children can experience callous as well as stern behaviors from fathers.  Minor and/or major surgeries can create impediments as unlikely results.

Saturday the 5th at 2:10am is the entrance of lovely Venus into the sign of Capricorn for a lengthier stay in this earth sign compared to her usual 28-day journey.  The lengthier stay in Capricorn is due to Venus’ upcoming retrograde in the month of December.  More of the retrograde of Venus will be in next month’s AstroForecast.  Venus strong orientation to relationships, finances and values will be under the scrutiny of reality-check Capricorn.  Solidifying security and commitments in the above-mentioned areas would be a positive focus.  Release the need for worry and knee-jerk reactions to fretful situations that entangle these Venus ruled areas of life.  Relationships experience a “sober/somber” outlook in regards to communications.  Stodgy, cold and stick in the mud behaviors ignite outrage with a partner.

This same Saturday is an inharmonious aspect involving Mercury with Uranus that can represent upsetting news about foreign matters, teenagers, technology, naval matters as well as outrageous theft.  Bizarre, abnormal and shocking statements made by religious groups and/or individuals can escalate political turmoil.  Hypocrisy and double standards goad individuals to take stands that normally wouldn’t be taken.  This aspect can really ignite the upcoming Mercury retrograde just about a week later in November.  More about the Mercury retrograde in this month’s AstroForecast later.

Sunday the 6th is an inharmonious alignment of the Sun with Neptune that can witness depressed, dejected and despondent individuals that feel life is no longer worth living.  Suicidal tendencies can erupt.  Extremely dependent/addicted individuals overwork the martyr/victim syndrome.  Disillusionment, disheartenment, discouragement as well as a general malaise penetrate the atmosphere.  Boy this would be a good time to reboot the computer of life!

Monday the 7th is a day of several celestial aspects.  The first is the opposition of the Sun with Mars, which is the clarification and definition period of these two fiery planets.  These two planets were conjunct one another September 15, 2004 and a brief quote from the September AstroForecast 2004 highlights this exchange: “Force and power, authority and execution as well as dominance and attention are in the spotlight.”  Due to the earlier inharmonious contacts of the Sun with both Saturn and Neptune as well as on this same Monday Mars is inharmonious to Neptune the first two weeks of November start out with what is called in astrology a Grand Cross.  In astrology the Sun and Mars are considered inner planets and Saturn and Neptune are outer planets.  It will be the Sun and Mars that are the “trigger” planets of what can be played out quite negatively.  All four of these planets are in fixed signs of astrology as well as being placed in succedent houses of the Washington DC chart.  Fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius) and succedent houses (houses 2, 5, 8 and 11) can tend to lean negatively to great stubbornness and great resistance to change.  All the succedent houses in astrology are strongly oriented to resources (2nd house – personal resources, 5th house – creative resources, 8th house – shared resources and 11th house group/collective resources).  Mars in Taurus can dig in the hooves, Saturn in Leo can rip out the heart, the Sun in Scorpio can bleed someone/something to death and Neptune in Aquarius can collectively drain the brain!  Whew!  Either I’m ready for a stiff trucker’s cup of coffee or a stiff martini!

This same Monday Mars is inharmonious with Neptune that can symbolize violation, aggravation, irritability, and annoyance with individuals so out there with over idealistic outlooks and fuzzy logic.  The aggressive nature of Mars can symbolize individuals trampling over the rights of certain groups.  Any type of prisoner escape/s can arouse tensions in the community.

The saving grace of this same Monday is a harmonious contact of Venus with Jupiter that can witness the introduction of discipline and healthy moral resolve that create a greater sense of cooperation and optimism.  Good news can help certain financial investments and markets.  Mediators play a significant role in creating a “win-win” situation for all parties involved.

Wednesday the 9th is the monthly Perigee Moon (closest approach of the Moon to Earth) that symbolizes strong intense emotions that can come easily to the conscious surface.  Overindulgence with food or drink can be a problem with this celestial occurrence.  Sarcasm, abandonment and neglect can also be excessive.

Saturday the 12th is a harmonious exchange of Venus with Uranus that can symbolize partners willing to let down their guard and barriers to allow greater sensitivity in improved communications.  Efforts coupled with sincerity can unite partners to solidify mutual priorities.  Fresh breakthroughs enable partners to experiment with career directions.

This same Saturday is the monthly declinational shift of the Moon that symbolizes changes with meteorological, seismic and volcanic activities.  Some individuals will more than likely have to make adjustments involving the reckless, impetuous and/or daredevil behaviors of family members.

Sunday the 13th at 11:42pm is the station retrograde of Mercury launching the classic Mercury retrograde Murphy’s Law associated with snags, snafus and snits about schedules, delivery systems, transportation, mechanical breakdowns and computer viruses or dysfunctions over the next three weeks.  The classic Mercury retrograde is also a time period to review, reevaluate, reanalyze or reassess documents, contracts, important signatures, learning or teaching materials, and important communications.  Be sure to back up all important computer related materials before this retrograde of Mercury by at least a week.  The degree position of this retrograde Mercury will be seen again on December 21, 2005, as that is when the Post-Shadow Point of Mercury is reached.  These two dates can correspond to one another.  Those individuals born the first week of Sagittarius, Gemini, Pisces and Virgo as well as the last week of Scorpio, Taurus, Aquarius and Leo are strongly sensitized to this Mercury retrograde.  The following themes/issues are associated with this retrograde of Mercury: family communications, international diplomacy, judicial actions, duplicity, hyper criticism, investment initiatives, spirituality, transportation woes as well as emotional upheavals.  Keywords for this retrograde of Mercury are: The question is what makes perfect sense and what fits perfectly well?  An inner enigma arises to challenge what is our part in the larger and grander schemes of things.  Are we the observed or are we the observers?  Commonsense is an enigma for those individuals that refuse to acquire new consciousness.

The A*C*G Map of this Mercury retrograde sensitizes the following areas across the United States: Barrow Alaska, Hawaii, Spokane Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Aspen Colorado, New Mexico, El Paso, Odessa, Fort Worth, San Antonio and McAllen Texas, western Oklahoma, western Kansas, Grand Island Nebraska, eastern South Dakota, eastern North Dakota, western New York, Erie, Titusville and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia and Raleigh North Carolina.

Across the world the following locations are sensitized: Vancouver, Dawson Creek, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg and Toronto Canada, Chihuahua, Monterrey, Guadalajara and Mexico City Mexico, the Bahamas, eastern Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Colombia, La Paz Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Greenland, Iceland, Great Britain, Minorca, Seville and Madrid Spain, Bern Switzerland, Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Berlin Germany, Copenhagen Denmark, Stockholm Sweden, Finland, Russia, Rabat Morocco, Algiers Algeria, Bamako Mali, Liberia, the Ivory Coast, Angola, Kinshasa Zaire, the Central African Republic, the Sudan, Egypt, Jerusalem Israel, Jordan, Syria, western Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, far eastern India, Mandalay Myanmar, Lanzhou, Beijing, Hong Kong and Hainan Island China, Tokyo Japan, Pontianak and Jakarta Indonesia, New Guinea, Richmond, Edmonton, Melbourne and Tasmania Australia, far eastern New Zealand as well as the Fiji Islands.

Tuesday the 15th 6:07pm is the station direct of Uranus thus bringing to a halt the retrograde motion of the planet known in astrology as the Great Awakener/Great Liberator.  The degree position of this Uranus station is the same position it held last February 26, 2005 so these two dates can correspond to one another.  Here is a brief quote from the February AstroForecast 2005: “Great advances and discoveries involving technology, engineering and biomedical research are likely.  Inventive individuals have a strong can-do attitude and are very sharing with others.  Keywords associated with this Pre-Shadow Point of Uranus are: A world spiritual leader experiences crisis or death.  A threshold is reached in regards to spiritual enlightenment.  Do we wish to cross it so a new spiritual responsibility evolves that the soul wants to cultivate?”  Shortly after this February Pre-Shadow Point of Uranus, Pope John Paul II became ill and then passed away.  Many surprises can happen especially with foreign matters, naval technologies, new discoveries involving the oceans and sea life as well as new pharmaceutical breakthroughs.  Due to Uranus sharing this same day with the Full Moon, the Astro*Carto*Graphy Map of this Uranus station will coincide with the Full Moon as they are only minutes apart from one another!

Tuesday the 15th at 6:58pm is the annual Taurus Full Moon that symbolizes the completion/surrender/letting go phase of the Moon.  Release greed, avarice, indulgence, envy, stubbornness, hoarding, gross materialism, possessiveness and jealousy.  Archangel Gabriel is this lunation’s celestial helper to call on for assistance.  The executive and legislative branch of government is the main focus of this lunation.  Either efforts to restore integration/integrity as a national process or derailment that leads to disintegration and lack of integrity as a perilous political position can emerge.  Secrecy, obfuscation and the concealing of important facts or documents can lead to downfall. 

The interesting thing to note with this Taurus Full Moon is that it is the same degree position of the retrograde station of Mars previously on October 1, 2005.  Keywords associated with this November Taurus Full Moon are the same as the Keywords of the following quote from the October AstroForecast 2005 in regards to the Moon and Mars holding this same degree position from these two fall months: “The degree position of this Mars retrograde will be revisited again, once direct in motion, next February 3, 2006 so these two dates can correspond to one another.  There is one very interesting thing about this Mars degree position.  It is the same degree position as the Jupiter – Saturn conjunction of May 28, 2000.  The Jupiter – Saturn conjunction only happens once every 20 years.  Jupiter – Saturn conjunctions symbolize great socio-economic paradigms.  Now there is something else that must be mentioned.  These 20-year cycles of Jupiter and Saturn have also been associated with “Tecumseh’s curse” that deals with the assassinations, attempted ones or actual deaths of United States presidents while in office.  This did not happen in the year 2000 but with Mars hovering over this Taurus degree position that was also the degree position of the Jupiter – Saturn conjunction of May 2000 it is important that current President Bush be vigilantly guarded for any assassination attempts.  Other considerations to take in to account range from personal financial affairs, taxes, the next Supreme Court nomination, international affairs that require delicate diplomacy as well as how legislative bodies can bridge gaps that will sustain the highest priorities of the populace.  Keywords associated with this Mars retrograde are:  In the midst of inhumanity itself, how does any individual or the collective muster inner strength to launch the initiative of reconciliation?  The expert mountain climber knows how to hook up to a tethered rope/cord that allows ascension or descent.  It is when values are rock solid that validation confirms true existence.  Thus humanity rescues its own dignity, its own respect as well as inner integrity.”

This Taurus lunation as well as the direct station of Uranus with the A*C*G Map sensitizes the following geographical locations across the United States: Nome, Barrow, Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau Alaska, Washington, Pendleton Oregon, Helena and Butte Montana, Boise Idaho, Salt Lake City Utah, Nevada, Phoenix and Flagstaff Arizona, El Paso and Laredo Texas, western Oklahoma, western Kansas, Grand Island Nebraska, eastern South Dakota, eastern North Dakota, Duluth and Minneapolis-St. Paul Minnesota, St. Louis Missouri, Wausau and Milwaukee Wisconsin, southwestern Michigan, northeastern Indiana, western Ohio, West Virginia, Memphis and western Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, the Panhandle of Florida, Winston-Salem, Fayetteville and Raleigh North Carolina, Richmond Virginia, western Maryland, central Pennsylvania, Rochester New York as well as Caribou Maine.

The following areas around the globe are sensitized: all of Canada especially Vancouver and Winnipeg, Hermosillo, Chihuahua, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Mexico City and Baja California Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Panama City Panama, the Bahamas, Venezuela, Colombia, Quito Ecuador, Lima Peru, Santiago Chile, Argentina, Manaus and Sao Paolo Brazil, Norway, Sweden, Copenhagen Denmark, Berlin and Munich Germany, Austria, Venice, Palermo and Rome Italy, Tripoli Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Congo, Angola, Namibia, Mogadishu Somalia, Ethiopia, Madagascar, San’a  Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Baghdad Iraq, Tbilisi Georgia, Erivan Armenia, Salalah Oman, Pakistan, Tajikistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, New Delhi, Bhopal, Hyderabad and Salem India, Rangoon Myanmar, Mongolia, Lanzhou and Beijing China, Laos, Cambodia, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam, Singapore, Sapporo and Tokyo Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, Papua, Darwin, Alice Springs, Richmond and Melbourne Australia, New Zealand, the Fiji Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu as well as the Solomon Islands.

Thursday the 17th is an adjustment aspect between Venus and Saturn that can symbolize financial and partnership excesses requiring greater discipline.  Unhealthy controlling mechanisms can evolve.  The "I want to know where you are 24/7/365" syndrome can harm relationships.

This same day is a harmonious contact involving Venus with Mars that can be utilized for great lovemaking with amorous couples.  Unfortunately this may play out with infidelity so a loosing game can be unleashed.

Friday the 18th is an inharmonious aspect between Mars and Saturn that really finalizes the Grand Cross configuration mentioned of Monday November 7th so the Grand Cross begins to dissipate from here on out.  Mars is likened to the accelerator pedal of a vehicle and Saturn is the brake pedal so these two planets are in a battle of who gets to apply their favorite pedal of the vehicle and what more than likely will occur is a lot of grinding of metal.  Aggressive and assertive actions collide with constraints, delays and limitations.  Patience and perseverance crash into impetuous and impulsive spur of the moment actions.

Monday the 21st at 11:15pm is the entrance of the majestic Sun into expansive Sagittarius for its annual 30-day journey through this fiery sign of the zodiac.  Sagittarius is expressive of aspirations, future ideals, visions, hopes, expansion, higher wisdom, learning and progress.  "This is learning.  Suddenly you understand something you have understood all your life, but in a new way" Doris Lessing.  Negative expressions of Sagittarius are overboard tendencies that lead to excess, exaggeration, hypocrisy, fanatical proselytizing, foot-in-mouth syndrome and blunt honesty.  The angel associated with Sagittarius is Adnachiel.

This same Monday is an inharmonious contact of Mercury and Uranus.  Since Mercury is retrograde this is a repeat aspect that was witnessed earlier this month on the fifth so please refer to that paragraph already written.

Also this Monday is a harmonious aspect between the Sun and Chiron that is excellent for executives and fathers to play a strong mentoring role especially with children.  Strong identification of fresh alternatives that can bridge gaps does well.

Tuesday the 22nd at 3:01am is the station retrograde of Saturn.  This retrograde of Saturn launches the review, reanalysis and reevaluation of the structural reality of life, career matters, business affairs, personal discipline, leadership, security as well as status.  This November date’s degree position of Saturn will again repeat itself on July 10, 2006, as that will be the Post-Shadow Point then.  These two dates can correspond to one another.  The greatest challenges of this Saturn retrograde are associated with the executive branch of government especially scandals, double standards and angry provocations.  Positive developments can surround individuals who speak plainly as well as eloquently and thus create a consensus of support.  Although budget can be a four-letter word to some people it is required for healthy balance.  Keywords associated with this retrograde station of Saturn are: The greatest challenge is a lack of appreciation for the underlying reality of life itself.  That underlying reality is the truth about the necessity for all of mankind to live entirely with the cosmic, universal and inner source spring of creativity and joy.  We can otherwise collapse under the illusions of betrayal, non-commitment and disheartenment due to being so inactive.

The A*C*G Map of this Saturn station sensitizes the following areas across the United States: the Aleutian Islands and western Alaska, all of Hawaii, Shreveport and central Louisiana, Little Rock Arkansas, central Missouri, Iowa City Iowa, western Wisconsin as well as Puerto Rico and St. Croix. 

Across the globe the following areas are sensitized: Thunder Bay and far eastern Canada, the Isthmus of Tehuantepec Mexico, the Dominican Republic, the lesser Antilles, Caracas Venezuela, Bogotá Colombia, Lima Peru, Chile, Buenos Aires Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Guyana, Manaus and Brasilia Brazil, Greenland, Scotland, the Scandinavian countries, Poland, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, Zagreb Croatia, Vienna Austria, Athens Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Odessa the Ukraine, the southern boot of Italy, all of central Africa especially the following cities, Agadez Niger, Lagos Nigeria, N’djamena Chad, Kinshasa Zaire, Windhoek Namibia, Cape Town South Africa, Lusaka Zambia, Khartoum the Sudan, Mogadishu Somalia, Madagascar, the entire Arabian Peninsula especially Riyadh Saudi Arabia, Baghdad Iraq, western Iran, Tbilisi Georgia, Erivan Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, western Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Lanzhou, Beijing and Shanghai China, Taiwan, Pakse Laos, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam, Manila the Philippines, Singapore, Pontianak, Ujung Pandang and Jakarta Indonesia, Papua, Marble Bar, Perth, Richmond and Sydney Australia as well as Wellington New Zealand. 

This same Tuesday is the Pre-Shadow Point of Venus, which is the degree position this planet holds on this November date that happens to be the degree position of Venus when she is station direct on February 3, 2006.  These two dates can correspond to one another.

Wednesday the 23rd is the monthly Apogee Moon (farthest distance from the Earth) that symbolizes the ability to cultivate objectivity and impartiality with emotions/feelings.  The urge to facilitate psychological breakthrough can be cultivated and nurtured on a personal/collective level.

Thursday the 24th is the conjunction of Mercury with the Sun that can symbolize a communications conference either literally or figuratively.  Mercury is in retrograde motion with this conjunction to the Sun so Mercury may bring to the conference table reviews, reanalyses and reassessments to evaluate that can best be implemented when Mercury becomes stationary in early December.  The rehashing of ideas can provide different perspectives that later in December will ignite new strategies.  All of this can happen over Thanksgiving!

Saturday the 26th at 5:53am is the re-entrance of Mercury into the sign of Scorpio due to its current retrogradation.  Mercury will reanalyze, reassess and reevaluate all things associated with Scorpio.  This zodiac sign is highly associated with big business, mergers, credit, debits and loans, insurance and taxes to name a few.  This Mercury transit of Scorpio is also excellent for any psychotherapeutic work that helps to alleviate crises exhaustion.

Mercury also on this Saturday has a harmonious contact with Chiron that is excellent for any rehabilitative therapies, appointments for massage, chiropractic work, Reiki, hydrotherapy and other alternative holistic approaches.

This same Saturday is the second declinational shift of the Moon that symbolizes changes with meteorological, seismic and volcanic activities.  This is an excellent day for partners and/or friends to take a hike in the woods or go on an out of town trip.

Sunday the 27th is a harmonious aspect between Jupiter and Uranus that can symbolize healthy growth and expansion with technology, politics, religion, spirituality, forward thinking communities, communications as well as the tax base.  Extremely creative individuals can be in the vanguard for the stimulation of a “renaissance” revival orientation.  Broadmindedness, tolerance and humanitarianism can be given a chance to thrive.  A maverick energy is embraced with an opportunistic face on it filled with optimism for the future.  Inspiration, ingenuity, inventiveness and iconoclasm fill the air with excitement.  This is one of three harmonious transits involving these two planets with the following dates next year repeating due to their respective retrograde motions: May 4, 2006 and August 29, 2006 so all three of these dates can correspond to one another.  Two weeks before and after all three of these dates can witness this celestial harmony sensitizing on the personal/collective levels.

Monday the 28th is an inharmonious alignment of the Sun with Uranus that can witness bizarre, shocking and out of the blue behaviors that can startle, disrupt and surprise individuals.  Dogmatic positions that are insensitive to collective ideals can be excruciating especially associated with religious fatwas and/or dicta.  Problems with electricity such as power outages can arise.  Computers, electronics and communications devices experience disruption or breakdowns.  Foreign travel can experience nightmares.

Wednesday the 30th is an adjustment aspect involving the Sun with Mars that can symbolize foot in mouth disease with certain individuals concerning financial matters.  In general the male population is questioned about ethical and principled behaviors especially if any unscrupulous behaviors erupt on the scene.  Double standards will not suffice.

“The same battle in the clouds will be known
only as lightning to the deaf
and as thunder to the blind.”
George Santayana

“Those who believe they can,
and those who believe they can’t,
are both right.”
Henry Ford