Howard Dean’s been getting hit hard. As the democratic superstar, he’s a natural target, of course. But little does Joe Trippi know that his beautifully-branded front runner is up against an astrological humdinger right now: Saturn is pounding Dean’s Cancer rising chart. (The events of this week seem to prove that this is his correct birth time, in fact.) Starting on Saturday (Saturn’s day) the planet of karma exactly hit the part of Dean’s chart that has everything to do with his image.

Fear not, Dean-supporters: this influence will linger for a few months and likely resolve itself in some way by the end of April.

One day soon we’ll relish being dissenting eccentrics and take a closer look at vegan lefty Dennis Kucinich’s chart. Really, not kidding.