Sept 2017 Trump to UN and a Virgo New Moon

September 2017's Dark of the Moon shades a UN Address by Mr. Trump

by Jude Cowell

Today, during the three days leading up to the Virgo New Moon of September 20, 2017 (1:30 am edt) @27Vir27--the 'dark of the Moon' phase when sneaky doings often occur--Donald Trump has met and spoken with UN members--chastising them as expected. However, his first Address to the UN General Assembly is scheduled for Tuesday, September 19th when the gathered members will be able to take 'his measure'. Naturally, mention of the nuclear capabilities and intentions of North Korea will be a primary item on Trump's agenda along with his ideas for reforming the UN.

Sowing Seeds During September's Earthy New Moon

An astrological tidbit concerning Mr. Trump's appearance at the UN this week involves the Sabian Symbol for the September 20th 2017 New Moon degree (27Vir27), a word picture which may well describe a certain mogul playing acting a presidential role though of course you are welcome to disagree...

Rounding up we get '28Virgo':

"A Bald-Headed Man Dominates a Gathering of National Figures"...'Keyword: DOMINANCE...positive expression: accomplishment through a completeness of self-mastery and a rigid control of others; negative (shadow/unconscious side): a sadistic sophistication'. Of course, inter-national figures will also be in attendance. And Virgo is the sign of The Critic.

Now Trump's level of self-mastery is uncertain, if it exists, but it or its lack will be with him at the podium, one imagines.

Well, it is a darkened Moon so perhaps the degree's Illumination Point (opposite) can shed a ray of light upon the situation:

'28Pisces':

"A Fertile Garden Under a Full Moon"...'Keyword: ULTIMACY...positive expression: high reward in worldly goods and exceptional integrity in using them; negative side: irritating pride of possessions.' (The Sabian Symbols in Astrology, Marc Edmund Jones.)

Now 'exceptional integrity'? Hmm. Not so much. And 'irritating pride of possessions'? I'd have to say The Gilded One has got that firmly covered! It only remains to be seen how ruffled and fretful or how soothed and at ease his audience will be when Donald Trump is done pontificating at them. If his nagging includes whining that would definitely be irritating to most, if not everyone.

My suspicion is that the fulfillment/culmination stage of the September New Moon arriving in two weeks with the Full Moon of October 5, 2017 @12Ari43, a critical degree ('13Aries' = "An Unsuccessful Bomb Explosion"!!), will reveal how the September seeds Mr. Trump plants this week are sprouting--vigorously in receptive soil, or meagerly in the soil of the world's discontent.

Image: Full Moon Shining Across a Lake; jc 2017

No, I have never posted the natal horoscope of North Korea but I did list its natal data and planets here where you can see that NK's natal Saturn was eclipsed by the 1 North August 21, 2017 Total Solar Eclipse @29Leo which also happens to be the natal Ascendant of Donald Trump--and about 4 degrees from his rising Mars, planet of quarrels, conflict, and war.

Seeding at NATO Summit May 2017: Trump to Attend

Earlier during his White House tenure it was announced that Donald Trump would attend this year's NATO summit on May 25th in Brussels, Belgium. The summit is scheduled for May 24th to 25th so let's check the cosmic atmosphere of the 2017 summit via Moon and Sun, shall we?

The method I prefer when there are multiple dates to consider is to begin at 12:00 am Local Time for the date and location, then use an end time of 11:59 pm on the final date and location. This covers any possible after-event schmoozing by various attendees or perhaps late-night behind the scenes deals. In the case of NATO summit 2017, the Sun is in Mercury-ruled Gemini, good for communications, agreements, negotiations, compacts, news, and other messages, and the Moon is in Taurus on May 24th, then shifts into Gemini, forming a New Moon @4Gem46 as she floats. This denotes a time when seeds are planted for future harvest. In Brussels, the New Moon perfects at 9:44:24 pm CEDT and the political duo of Mercury and Mars will also be in Gemini.

New Moon May 2017: "5 Gemini" = "A Radical Magazine Displays a Sensational Front Page."

So we know that this year's summit will be held during a Dark of the Moon period (3 days prior to a New Moon) when shady dealings are done and are (they hope) kept hidden in shadows from public view, at least until plans can be implemented. Of course, in Mundane Astrology, the Moon signifies publicity, public relations, and the public itself. However, a Gemini Moon tends to be chatty and suggests ups and downs (moodiness that may include despondency) so we'll see how close to the vest the meetings' details are kept or leaked. After all, radical magazines must have sensational front pages! No word on whether attendees should bring along their consciences over the results of actions taken. As with all 'global elite' meetings, my feeling is that they are advised to leave consciences at home, if they possess any.

And since Mr. Trump is a Sun Gemini with North Node and Uranus in Gemini he should feel quite within his Mercurial element with the Gemini New Moon and the darkened secretiveness of the proceedings particularly now that he has repudiated his own previous critique of NATO as being "obsolete" and not paying their fair share (his Stationary Direct Jupiter in Libra in natal 2nd house of Money and Values talking: "that's not fair!"). And perhaps you remember that Mr. Trump announced his presidential campaign in June 2015 under the influence of a Mercurial Gemini New Moon!

For general details on the May 25, 2017 New Moon (chart set for Washington DC) here's a previous post on the topic of May 2017 Lunations which includes mention of our US Mars Return (22Gemini) on May 22, 2017--made more significant since the Trump administration is triggering a new War on (of) Terror, a new Cold War, a new phase of the War of Drugs, more bombing in the Middle East, and other Martian activities of the warrior planet in duplicitous Gemini. ('Can America fight two wars at once?' US Mars in Gemini, says, Yes! Even though a debilitated US Mars turned retrograde by progression in 2006.)

Cosmic Atmosphere for May 24 and 25, 2017

May 24, 2017 Sun Gemini-Moon Taurus, an Air-Earth blend of the rational, objective, and practical idealist. This combination of energies suggests an entrepreneurial spirit (such as that possessed by you-know-who) and a desire to pursue bright ideas. Turning ideas into reality is its specialty and factual evaluations are a must. However, a certain midpoint picture in effect during the summit gives pause on that score: Mercury-Pluto = Neptune (which now veils US Progressed Sun in Pisces = POTUS) which hints at such potentials as inefficient research, falsified data or documents, the use of deception, and/or the concealment of information in that 'knowledge is power' kind of way.

Sun Gemini-Moon Taurus is the natal blend of spy and author Ian Fleming and of railway tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt whose revealing quote informs us that, "What do I care about the law? Hain't I got the power?" Such an attitude some might apply to Mr. Trump as well and, born with an indiscreet, fact-distorting Mercury-Neptune square of misguided perceptions, he may turn out to be one source of leaks from the 2017 summit!

May 25, 2017 Sun Gemini-Moon Gemini, a double Air combination of a childlike yet natural communicator full of ideas and political schemes. Archetypes of this blend include the juggler, actor, thinker, planner, circus trapeze artist, and mimic. Mercurial to its toes and often charming, emotions are not its strong suit nor is looking under surfaces where darker motives reside. Still, this blend loves to meet new people who can be thrilled at its performances. We can expect that the Gemini Mr. Trump (if he actually does attend on May 25th) will be cheery and charming at the summit as long as he's the most famous person in the room. If he isn't most famous, he and his traveling Sagittarian Moon will not attend.

Sun Gemini-Moon Gemini is the natal blend of Britain's Queen Victoria and of actor John Barrymore who brings insight concerning this blend with, "One of my chief regrets during my years in the theater is that I couldn't sit in the audience and watch me."

Can we assume that the narcissistic Mr. Trump, as he plays the role of US president, could well profess the same self-awareness?

Related: NATO and the Stationary Jupiter of Mr. Trump (includes link to NATO's foundation chart of 1949).