"Gateway idiot" cleared path for Trump

Alaska; TUBS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Two Potential Birth Times for Former Candidate Palin

by Jude Cowell, partisan for American democracy

The great state of Alaska's former governor, the know-nothing presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is featured in an Andy Borowitz clip which may provide a tickle for your funny bone. In the clip, Andy labels Ms. Palin the "gateway idiot that lead to Donald Trump." Chosen in 2008 as VP pick of John McCain, Palin gained national notoriety for standing next to John McCain onstage and for having only a threadbare knowledge base necessary for success and longevity upon the top rungs of US politics.

Well, knowledge was once a virtue for US politicians

Admittedly, there may be more information than anyone could possibly need concerning Sarah Palin on her Wikipedia page but do check it out if you wish. Meanwhile, if Andy Borowitz's assessment of Ms. Palin's influence is correct, her off-the-wall 2008 candidacy opened the door and cleared the path to the current threat of neo-fascism now promised for America by a second term of reality TV "star", Herr Trump, a man determined to take revenge for his grievances upon the American people (his rising Mars in Leo opposes 1776 US Moon in late Aquarius: conflict, attack, aggression).

And yes, prior to Palin in 2008, B-actor Ronald Reagan (Sun AQ-Moon Taurus) rang the Republican doorbell for the ill-governing politicians who followed.

Here's a quote from an archived Robert Parry article: "In the early 1980s, Reagan also credentialed a young generation of neocon intellectuals, who pioneered a concept called “perception management,” the shaping of how Americans saw, understood and were frightened by threats from abroad." And for a percentage of the population, this tactic has been successful, hasn't it? Yet nowadays with fantasist Trump, the threat is coming from inside the house.

The Lady From Wasilla

So no matter which of the two birth times we use for Sarah Palin's natal chart, she was born with an airy, quirky, eccentric Sun AQ-Moon AQ personality blend which is good for politics, but can also indicate one who overidentifies with causes (obessession is suggested). And curiously enough, this is also the double-Air personality blend of President William McKinley!

Now to close this fussy post, here's something for those who remember former beauty queen Sarah Palin's not-ready-for-prime-time foray into politics - the classic SNL Cold Open skit, Sarah Palin and Hillary Address the Nation, a brilliant parody of both candidates by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

Dec 1, 2023 George Santos expelled from Congress!

Under a YOD pattern's influences of crisis, turning point, karmic opportunity, and/or a special task (with possible health implications), indicted grifter George Santos was expelled from the 118th Congress this very morning by 311 to 114.

Now as you see below, the base of the YOD pattern is formed by a Mercury-Saturn sextile with this morning's Moon at apex along with the natal Sun of Mr Santos. It seems that a personal completion of some sort has occurred for Mr. Santos with Moon-to-natal-Sun and transiting Luna as timing device. Potentials are penned on, lower right corner.

A Bi-Wheel of DC Horoscopes: George Santos "noon" natal (inner) surrounded by today's transits at 11:20 am est which is the time I deduced from watching C-SPAN when the overwhelming vote to expell the Republican grifter occurred:

Other planetary contacts are in force as well such as the 11:20 am IC (Endings) conjunct the natal Jupiter of Santos (@00Gemini+ = Alcyone: "something to cry about" - the end of his lucrative career of financial schemes), and today's Sun conjunct his natal Neptune-Pluto midpoint which is the axis of Organized Crime and/or Strange Influences.

Few study notes are added to the bi-wheel but you'll spy other contacts between the charts, I'm certain, so do as you will and as you want!

Please note today's timing may be off a bit but the Moon-to-Sun and other transits hold true.

The Untold Story Of The 1381 Peasants Revolt | Peasants Revolt | Timeline

Back during the feudal era, in May 1381 English peasants became fed up and thus established the tradition of revolt against their oppressors. The Peasants Revolt of 1381 is aka, Wat Tyler's Rebellion, and millions of people engaged from all over England to march upon London. Time Team's Tony Robinson recounts the story:

In case the Timeline (Time Team) video is removed, here's a link.

As for the Solar Eclipse Saros Series ('PE') that inspired the archetypal revolt of 1381, that's the 14 South which more recently inspired the assassination of Senator Ernest Lundeen in a plane crash on August 31, 1940 ('Trip 19' horoscope shown) after Lundeen began having second thoughts about his involvement in the Nazi plot to take over America, which is ably revealed in Rachel Maddow's Ultra podcast series.

Themes of all 14 South eclipses:

'An obsessive idea (Mercury-Pluto) is finally accepted which leads to the promised success of Jupiter; pushing for acceptance of ideas or methodologies may lead to long-awaited success' (paraphrasing Predictive Astrology, B. Brady #ad). However, I would add that involvement from gaslighting Neptune suggests that the attained success may involve 'deception, omitting key facts, adjusting data', and/or 'working a situation into one's own format' (N. Tyl).

Just now checking with geni.com, I find that Wat (possibly 'Walter') Tyler and I have in-law connections with 26 relatives between us. And eleven of them are Tylers.

So as it turned out, the ultimate fate of Wat Tyler the Rebel was as tragic as any that can be imagined and included his execution by decapitation on June 15, 1381, age 40.

Are Trump and his thugs "berserkers"?

Oh look! It's a Berserker following Odin

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by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good

Just like most everyone else around the globe, I am heartily fatigued with certain topics involving man-baby sore loser Trump, purveyor of animalism and primal violence like a twisted follower of an ancient pagan god.

Yet the facts are, that the Nazis Rise to Power Eclipse (6 South of August 1932 @8Virgo) and the Fascism Rising Eclipse (7 North of February 1933 @5Pisces - where transit Saturn soon treds like a timing device and agent of karma) have recently repeated with themes meant for our generation to deal with now such as 'being forceful and taking power' (6S), and '(blood) lust; deep passion long hidden' (7N):

6 South on October 25, 2022 @2Scorpio (conjunct NATO's Ascendant), and 7 North on April 20, 2023 @30Aries which landed upon Herr Adolf's natal Sun (@00Taurus, a degree of violence), the American Revolution's Sun @29Aries+, and the J6 coup attempt Mars, the warrior planet of aggression, conflict, and activism. Dear reader, this planetary pile-up is no coincidence.

Then with the plethora of unflattering nicknames to describe America's orange albatross (!) like agent orange degrading our public discourse since the reality TV "star" crowded his wide-girthed, klannish bulk into US politics that June morning in 2015, there's another label which could also be applied to His Heftiness in view of his violent J6 coup attempt for which he sent his thugs to storm (breach) the US Capitol Building where Congress was performing its constitutional task of certifying Joe Biden as victor of Election 2020. The label is, Berserker, a historical term referring to Viking fighters and marauders of ancient days. They were a violent, no-compromise bunch as were the Nazis, as are Trump and his maga acolytes in Congress wearing their AR-15 lapel pins while they paralyze the governing duties of the House of Representatives.

Then as thuggish dictator Mussolini helpfully informed us, copororatism + statism = fascism. And this has certainly been shown by the Fascist take-over attempt of FDR's presidency in 1933 with certain NY bankers' involvement, plus, the current crop of anti-democratic corporate supporters of Trump the wanne-be fasci*t dictator. And we know that they're using all the cheating tactics they've got in their arsenal to skew Election 2024 results their way, so please Vote Blue to Save our America in 2024, meaning that our country does not belong to barbaric criminals and fraudsters like Mango Mussolini - We the People will have no more bigoted neo-Nazis in the White House with a finger on The Button and brutal revenge in mind!

If you wish, check out a few closely related posts:

Mystery Horoscopes: Past Dictator and his Devil's Apprentice;

Election 2024: Our Make or Break Moment;

Trumpenkreigers Act for Trump; and

The Bundle of a Dictator, a comparison between Herr Trump's Progressed planetary Bundle with Mussolini's natal Bundle. Why, the borry sastards even frown alike! The comparison may be an eye-opener for any US voter who's still asleep and/or who follows Astrology, or for those who can tolerate the use of the venerable practice of Mundane Astrology, an excellent lens through which to look under the hood of Politics at the squirmy, unsavory creatures inhabiting the darkness beneath.

The Assassination Eclipse of JFK

--"--to ensure the survival and success of liberty--" - JFK Inaugural Address January 20, 1961 Capitol Building Washington DC

Our Karmic Loss Echoes Through the Decades

by Jude Cowell, partisan for democracy

Today, in November 2023, the American people are engaged in a fight for democracy and the liberty that comes along with it. Our complete rejection of Fascism and Nazism is necessary in every possible way including Voting Blue in Election 2024 - otherwise all our democratic geese will be cooked and swallowed by barbarians.

Now if you've visited SO'W before, you may know that in previous posts I have referred to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy as, The Day America Died. Obviously, the restless Uranus-Pluto Conjunction/s of the mid-1960s strongly influenced events with the planetary duo's 'old order collapses, construction of the new order' (R. Ebertin) implication as a major suspect in the crime although their conjunction was yet to become exact in mid-Virgo (3x in 1965/66).

Now below with my study notes intact is a view of the 1 North Solar Eclipse of 1963 @27Can24 in 9th house when the chart is set for Dallas, TX; when a solar eclipse manifests in Moon-ruled Cancer, emotional extremes hinder karmic progress (ex: the election of a Catholic president ruffled the feathers of many Americans). As you see, 1 North themes of 'distorted or false information, unexpected events, and/or health problems, fatigue' (Brady) are written across the top of the chart and are highlighted in orange; JFK's natal positions (b. May 29, 1917) are penned around the chart and highlighted in turquoise:

Of course, a variety of cosmic influences were in force as well, and a basic one running in the background of society is the eclipse cycle during which the Assassination of JFK occurred. As noted, that would be the 1 North Eclipse of July 20, 1963 @27Can24. Tellingly, this Total eclipse in the 1 North series ("The Mother of All Eclipses" being numero uno) opposed US 1776 Pluto (Rx @27Cap33) and this contact reveals that the tragic murder of President Kennedy was perpetrated at a critical point in America's karmic evolution.

So we know that in 1963, We the People and the US government which was created to represent our interests, were striving for higher attainment on the evolutionary or spiritual scale (his election was very uplifting for our country, as I remember!); otherwise we would revert to animalism, primal violence, and brutality (Pluto). How different our society could have been!

And so I'm saddened to say that animalism - purposefully chosen to change our national direction and to wound and hamper the American people - was the choice of the enemies of JFK and his administration because his and RFK's reforms were unacceptable to certain people of a criminal persuasion - those who will do whatever it takes to reach their objectives (exs: mobsters; certain wealthy elites). And yes, we're now mired within a cycle of animalism as I type, with violent acts regularly threatened by Herr Trump, his comrades foreign and domestic, and his gullible cult followers - bashing against the US Justice System.

Eclipses: Uranian Wild Cards of the Universe

Simultaneously, another 1963 contact, this one to JFK's natal Saturn, is quite instructive because the 1 North Eclipse @27Can24 landed directly upon his Saturn (27Can09) indicating that he was the president of the hour with the responsibility, know-how, and the discipline to carry out society's required directives. This contact also suggests that JFK was well equipped to handle the duties of office, and that he took a serious view of his karmic obligations (R. Lineman) - exactly what the office of the presidency requires.

Yet as you know, eclipses disrupt events on Earth and can lead humanity into an entirely new direction similarly to the action of the erratic planet of chaos, Uranus, with Total eclipses being especially strong.

As for assassination stopping him in his tracks, JFK's natal Saturn is the apex planet of his Sun-Moon midpoint of vitality, but on a mundane level, this trio can denote 'smears on the national reputation' (Munkasey) which is indicated with the solar eclipse (Sun-Moon) conjunct JFK's natal Saturn. Yet on a personal level, his midpoint picture thus created indicates 'addressing problems' positively, but negatively suggests 'a weakened system' (his health issues are well known, but governmental systems are also involved since karmically speaking, how goes a president, so goes the nation). A potential for Saturnian 'separation' (R. Ebertin) is also suggested and, as it turned out, was the tragic outcome for the Kennedy family and for our nation.

And so this sorriness of grief and loss is how the 1 North Eclipse of July 20, 1963 affected President Kennedy's natal Saturn (at Midheaven and fully visible to the world), his planet of sober leadership, duty, responsibility, and karma on The Day America Died. Meanwhile, manipulative Pluto, the assassin, via its 1776 position, was opposed by the 1 North while Eclipse Saturn formed an obstructive sesqui-square of complexity to President Kennedy's natal Pluto at this, his Nodal Half Return of destiny.

Previously appearing on SO'W: DC Horoscope JFK Inauguration 1961 with his natal planets surrounding and Inauguration Saturn in Capricorn aligning in opposition to JFK's natal Saturn in Cancer.

And you may wish to read about the eternal flame that Jacqueline Kennedy requested for her husband's grave in Arlington National Cemetery.

1 North Eclipses also manifested in the years 1909, 1927, 1945 (Trinity Test), {1963}, 1981 (as the Reaganomics Eclipse),1999 (as the 'Fixed Grand Cross Eclipse' found in The Book of Revelation which Nostradamus warned against due to its 'terror' implications), 2017 (as The Great American Eclipse conjunct royal star Regulus and Herr Trump's natal Ascendant).

Meanwhile, the next 1 North Eclipse occurs on September 2, 2035 @9Virgo, and the very first occurrence of a 1 North manifested on January 4, 1639 @13Cap48 which means that all subsequent 1 Norths may be more clearly viewed through a Saturnian lens which can add themes of avariciousness, selfishness, and greed to the proceedings, or, on a higher level, can indicate 'old souls' teaching others to walk the sober, responsible, and conscientious path that leads to karmic progress.

Can Debunking JFK Conspiracy Myths Shed Light On 60 Year Old Assassination? - Thom Hartmann

In case you missed it, check out this recent segment from Thom Hartmann and author-historian Lamar Waldron:

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Astrology Weighs In

by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good

JFK Assassination Horoscope Nov 22, 1963 12:30 pm CST Dallas, TX:

And here is a Synastry Grid displaying JFK natal planets (horizontal) with Assassination Planets (vertical); a few potentials of the transits-to-natal contacts are penned on the grid but represent only a sampling of possibilities that existed on The Day America Died:

John Fitzgerald Kennedy born May 29, 1917 3:00 pm EST (RR:A) Brookline, Massachusetts: Sun 7Gem51; Moon 17Vir13; ASC 20Libra; Chiron 29Pis25; 8th house Vertex of Fate 17Tau57 conj Mars 18Tau25; MC 23Can46 conj Saturn 27Can09 with Neptune 2Leo40; 9th house Pluto 3Can16 near South Node 11Can14 and you'll note that JFK's death occurred during his Nodal Half Return, a transit which times breaks in relationships that are no longer useful or positive, and when 'difficult' meetings may occur.

Spring Equinox 2024 with a Thales Planet

An Intense DC Horoscope for Spring Equinox 2024

by Jude Cowell, partisan for democracy

As you know, all Spring Equinox Horoscopes are "good for" the entire year its planets describe with the Sun conjunct the Aries Point. Therefore, the Spring Equinox 2023 Horoscope remains in force until the Spring Equinox 2024 Horoscope with Scorpio rising takes effect (chart shown below). As noted in the previous post, the March 2023 Horoscope reveals planetary potentials for simmering debt ceiling issues, illusions, deceptions, misunderstandings, undermining of associations, plus, a Mars-Pluto inconjunct of anger, persistence, and diehard competitors who refuse to accept defeat. If these potentials don't describe current actors and events in America (and elsewhere), I don't know what does.

Then if the March 4, 2024 J6 Trial of Mr. Trump holds on to its date via Judge Chutkan--the day prior to Primary Day 2024--the trial also will be 'covered' by the Spring Equinox 2023 Horoscope but proceedings may easily last long enough to 'stray' into 2024 territory. One consideration is that the J6 Trial falls within the 7 South Eclipse Series which contains energies of a Mars-Pluto square from 7 South's initial eclipse (June 22, 1248 @8Can03--conjunct Herr T's natal Mercury).

For more details see Horoscopes: Judge Chutkan and Trump particularly in Gemini's 22-degree range.

DC Horoscope: Spring Equinox March 19, 2024 11:06:22 pm edt Washington DC; ASC @16Sco10 ruled by Mars with co-ruler Pluto; MC @25Leo26 (sporting Trump's natal Mars) with transit Mars @27AQ46 conjunct the foundational IC of Endings. And with Mars opposing his natal Mars, he may experience a period of fruitless head banging as others challenge his actions with an equal or more intense use of force, a possibility which sounds promising for the rule of law:

2024: Thales Planet a Saving Grace For Heated Emotions

For a namesake, you may wish to see Thales of Miletus, an ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher credited with the famous saying, "Know Thyself." Of course, current-day politicians who complain against Americans being "woke" don't care at all for ancient Thales, or for his teachings! And many Republicans show an embarrassing lack of self awareness.

Yet as you see, a ruffled-up Moon-Pluto opposition falls across the self-will axis of Leo-AQ, so aggressive quarrels will continue--and we don't need Astrology to realize this! In fact, this aspect is termed The Devastator by Alan Oken and symbolizes people determined to gain complete control of others. But the good news? There's a Thales Planet that, if utilized, can ease the negative potentials of the manipulative Moon-Pluto opposition. The Thales Planet in the chart is Neptune in its own sign of compassionate Pisces, with the placement a marker for peace:

Neptune trines Luna, a positive and creative aspect, and sextiles Pluto, a transiting aspect in effect for quite a while now and denotes those who are responsive to the uplifting vibrations of the planetary pair in the higher realms as the consciousness of the masses continues to awaken and then sees things more clearly. The sextile-trine condition suggests that diplomacy may be in the offing, in Washington DC, and in foreign conflicts.

As for the Sun-Pluto sextile, those who control information and are adept at winning arguments through this control are indicated. Since ultimate power is involved via Pluto along with leadership (Sun), this may be a picture of powerful legal experts and court officials attempting to hold scofflaw Trump accountable to the rule of law, and/or to the wealthy folk who are on the side of democracy rather than cheering and financing brutal animalism against the American people and the entire world population.

Now here's a previous post which may be of interest, The Thales Eclipse and the Peacock of Venus.

Well, this is my initial assessment of Spring Equinox 2024 conditions although more consideration may be necessary as the Vernal Equinox of Election Year 2024 approaches and further events occur.

Now in closing, as a tribute to the Spring Season, here's one of my favorite pencil drawings, Hidden Garden:

Thanks a bunch for reading! Jude