Talk about survival skills. Cancer-native Donald Rumsfeld has managed to keep his job even after repeated calls for him to step down. He’s right at home with fellow Cancer Bush and King Capricorn Rove — they all rotate on the same axis of power. As we’ve mentioned, Saturn in Leo portends the fall of leaders. Today, in a joint-editorial in the Army Times, Air Force Times, Navy Times and Marine Corps Times, his very own people have called for his resignation.

Will he ever pack it in? Saturn opposed his natal Saturn in Aquarius over the past year, weakening his heretofore unrelenting grip on power. This month, as the full moon in Taurus and swarms of planets in Scorpio face off in the midterm elections, Rummy meets one of the biggest challenges of his tenure at the Pentagon thus far. With Jupiter, planet of irrational exuberance, touching off his Saturn, the Decider says he’ll keep Rummy on his team no matter what. But if the retrograde doesn’t mangle the democratic sweep of the House (and maybe the Senate) we’ll see how long he holds on. Saturn, planet of karma, only allows you to overreach once. Rummy ran out of free passes years ago.