American historians refers to certain periods of American history by the name of the Presidents who served at the beginning of that period. The first such example is the Age of Jackson, roughly from 1829 to 1850. Andrew Jackson introduced a more people oriented democracy and “the spoils system”. Later there was the Age of Roosevelt, from 1933 through perhaps 1975 where concern for people rather than big business took center stage. Then we have the Age of Reagan from 1981 through 2015 when neoliberalism took center stage. When American historians look back at this period they will call it “The Age of Trump”.

Love him or hate him — and there seems to be no middle ground — Donald Trump seems to get the most press coverage and is talked about more than anyone else in this period, whether or not he is occupying the White House. His fans worship him — one described a campaign rally as being “like Woodstock” and many are hoping for his re-election. On the other hand many think he is the most dangerous candidate to ever run for President and swear that his re-election will turn the country to be anti-democratic. (They assume this country is a democracy, a belief that was disabused several years ago by Professors Gilens and Page (for example see https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746)). Very few seem to notice that Donald Trump is the first American President to be born on the day of an eclipse. Eclipses are supposed to be special. He is indeed special. But how did we get here?

Uranus Square Pluto

It all started in 2010 when the opening square of Uranus and Pluto happened. This was the first major hard aspect since the conjunction of those two planets in the Sixties. This square lasted through 2016. There were events like the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street happening at this time. Many people were getting quite upset at the elites that run the country and the world. In addition there was an opposition between Pluto and the US Sun, which meant also that Uranus was square the US Sun. In both the Republican and Democratic parties there were challengers to the established candidate who was running for the nomination of their respective parties. The Republicans had Donald Trump who no one in the party wanted but the people wanted. The Democrats had Bernie Sanders who no one in the party wanted but the people wanted. Turns out that the Republicans are more democratic than the Democrats and the rest is history. Considering the Uranus Pluto square on the US Sun it should be no surprise that the candidate who ran as an outsider and a maverick would win. It seems so obvious as we look at the transits. Perhaps the Democrats should hire an astrology consultant.

It seems recently there has been an uptake of support for Trump. There is an old idea (Lenin mentioned it 100 years ago) called “controlled opposition”. Everyone thinks Trump is an opposition to the “Deep State” (even though for example looking at the connection of his Vice President should negate that view). He vows to shut down the Deep State when elected (we can see how well he did in his first term) and this helped attract supporters. But appearing to be a dissident while secretly helping the Elite is very good for the Elite.

Pluto Opposite U.S. Sun

Graphical Ephemeris of Uranus, Pluto, U.S. Sun

In the above image you can see the square of those two planets starts at 1 in 2012. The Pluto opposite and Uranus square the US Sun is exact at 2 in 2914. By 3 in late 2015 the last exact Pluto opposition takes place.

Trump Assassination Attempt

The assassination attempt on President Trump helped to build this image that he is an outsider that the Deep State either tried to kill or botched the security in a major manner. This assassination attempt is even less transparent than the assassination of Kennedy (either one). The incompetence of those protecting the President was so mammoth to be almost unbelievable. But at least it resulted in a picture so perfect a better job could not have been done in a studio. Here is a chart for that event. The Mars-Uranus conjunction is square Trump’s natal Mars, an astrological cliche for what happened.

Things really started to change with the debate between Presidents Biden and Trump, much earlier than is normal for Presidential debates. Here is a chart for the start of the debate between Biden and Trump on Biden’s natal. The first thing to notice is that Saturn is on his nadir. It has been found that a person’s connection/popularity with the outside world is shown by the position of Saturn in the chart: When it is at the Midheaven the world recognizes you and when it is at the nadir your popularity is also at its nadir. The second thing to notice is that Pluto is square his Moon. Also the Neptune is opposite is natal Neptune so he is facing a Neptune demi-return, just as the United States recently did and as Ted Kazinski — mentioned a few posts ago — did at his death.

Start of Debate

Obviously the Biden decline is very recent. Over the years many many journalists interacted with him and no one mentioned his decline. No journalist would ever cover up such an important development as the mental decline of the leader of the Free World and so there was no decline. I think it must have happened just before the debate. My feeling is that someone slipped him a drug, or neglected to give him a drug, so that his decline would be noticeable. Since there is much debate preparation before the big event it is hard to believe no one noticed Biden’s lack of mental acuity. Perhaps some Democrats just wanted to get him out of the way and they used the debate as a way to do such,

It should also be obvious that the President does not really make the important decision of running the country. He is just a figurehead, a representation of the country for the world. In this case I think Joe Biden is the prefect President of the United States and should be even better for the next four years

USA Election Day

Let us first look at the transits for the day of the election. Mars is opposite Pluto (1) reasonably tightly. This suggests war or upset — both planets are said to rule Scorpio. People might be upset, what a surprise! Whichever side wins the other side will be very angry — remember Russiagate and January 6. The Sun is trine Saturn (3) suggesting a conservative mood for the day. Venus– the lesser benefic — is opposing Jupiter– the Greater Benefic — (2) and that aspect is exact the Sunday before the election. This suggests much — perhaps excessive — good luck. But also remember that Venus and Jupiter conjunct the US Sun natally. Perhaps this is just an echo of that at the time of the US Pluto Return.

Election Day With US

Next let us look at those transit as they impinge the US chart. Saturn is square the US Ascendant (1) and trine the US Sun(2), again suggesting a conservative outcome. But of course what “conservative” means in this situation and which candidate is most conservative is an open question which I will leave up to the reader. I think the election will have “Conservative” results but these only mask the major changes that will develop in the next year.

Next let us look at the transits with the charts of the two main candidates. Of course, who the two main candidates are may change between now and the election, but at least I won’t share the charts for Joe Biden that I had prepared.

It is very interesting that the two major candidates are both Full Moon births, and at the time of the election they both have very definite and strong aspects to both their Sun and Moon. This seems like very rare coincidence.

Trump on Election Day

Donald Trump is the only President of the United States who was born on the day of an eclipse — the eclipse was about five hours after his birth. It is a lunar eclipse, which means a full Moon. This opposition of Venus and Jupiter falls on his Sun-Moon opposition with Jupiter on Sun and Venus on Moon. What are the odds! How great is that? It promises great good luck!! And if Trump is elected this time he will share a unique quality with only one other President — serving two non-consecutive terms. The other President with this uniqueness is Grover Cleveland, one of the few President who had a child (named Ruth) while in office who gave her name to a candy bar.

Note I use a chart for Donald Trump that is about an hour earlier than the “standard” birth time. This does not make a difference to the transits considered here. But this time is from the Trump family astrologer who worked for a local newspaper. It gives him Leo rising rather than the first degree of Virgo rising,

So right now everybody is either freaking out that Trump is shoe-in or preparing to welcome the return of the king. But not so fast; even in the best of time being a President is not a walk in the park, it is definitely not great good luck or even moderate luck. Traditionally when we look at the chart of a to-be president we see Saturn aspects and with Trump there are none. There were some in 2016 which made me think he’d be elected. The next four years may well see the end of the American Empire, or at least it will be more damaged than it has in the last four. Whoever is President during the next four years, and whichever party that President represent, will be damaged by the actions of that period. This will be anything but good luck unless that is said sarcastically.

In recent weeks, especially after the Debate and the attempted assassination of Trump we have seen more talk amongst previous Biden supporters that Trump won’t be so bad, that they can accept him.

While I really have no idea what will happen between now and the election, and there are sure to be many twists and turns and things that are now totally unexpected, here are two possible ideas I have for what those transits to Trump’s chart on election day mean.

Trump casts himself as someone who will battle and defeat the “Deep State”. If he is not elected it will show that the Deep State indeed hates him. If he is elected, either the Deep State is not very powerful (unimaginable) or the Deep State wants him to be elected. In this case the Venus-Jupiter on his Sun-Moon indicate that the way to the Presidency has been paved for him.

America will decline more in the next four years than it has in the preceding eight, and there is nothing that can change that at this late date. Trump will have great luck by not getting elected President, he will have dodged the bullet, to coin a phrase. By staying back he will increase his fame and glory, he will be universally regarded as a hero. Meanwhile the candidate who is elected President will and the party this candidate represent will be universally degraded. Perhaps that party will even die.

Harris on Election Day

If we look at the transits for Kamala Harris (who at time of writing seems to be the Democrats choice) we see a much different picture. Whereas Trump has much luck, Harris has much hard work. Notice that Saturn makes an almost exact semisquare and sesquiquadrate to her Sun and Moon; she has big time Saturn aspects with the orbs to both Sun and Moon very tight.

The whole things reminds me of an old song lyric: “Laugh about it/Shout about it/When you have to choose/Every way you look at it you lose”. Those words are even more true now then when Paul Simon wrote them almost 60 years ago. Perhaps America will re-evaluate the way power and elections are run in the country. That will be great good luck!