UPDATE July 21, 2024: President Biden has completed his 2024 Campaign and stepped down.
UPDATE July 20, 2024: Adding just a mention here that the Full Moon of July 21, 2024 as shown, below, is or symbolizes a Moon Return to the Lunar Eclipse of July 21, 1861; this cosmically links the July 2024 lunation to the era of the Civil War. Is this significant to current events?
Well, I consider it to be worth consideration because of repeated right-wing calls for a second civil war, and the fact that to me, the Democrats who are pressuring President Biden to step down are doing Trump's and Putin's work for them - enemies of America with their greedy eyes plastered upon the overthrow of the US government via Election 2024, and violence if Democrats dare resist. SeeEvents of 1861 - of a war instigated by seditionists of the same fascist-style persuasion that is now risen again.
Well, I'm no mind reader so I'll simply post the Full Moon Horoscope for Sunday July 21, 2024 @29Cap08 which casts a bright spotlight upon US 1776 Pluto Rx (27Cap33) andUS Pluto now progressed to 29Cap32 (and Direct). You may wish to check the Sabian Symbols involved and you'll find Saturn's Symbol ("20Pisces") listed with karmic Saturn knocking at Biden's natal IC of Domestic Scene.
This significant transit times the end of one life phase, and a new phase of life beginning but it won't be an exact conjunction for President Biden's IC until February 2025 (it's penned on the chart). Having more responsibilities in the home are suggested with perhaps fewer professional duties.
Yes, other transits and progressions factor in as well but this is meant to be a brief post published just before my weekend begins!
Now as you know, Full Moons are phases of completion, culmination, fulfillment, total awareness, and/or relationships so see what you think of this lunation (at critical 29th degrees) in view of his potential for stepping down, either this weekend or going forward:
Due to these harrowing times, and because historical events tend to rhyme as eclipses and their themes reoccur through the years, the following is another of my "forewarned is forearmed" posts for daring readers who prefer to face facts in order to vanquish the monsters who may reappear on the global stage from one era to another:
When Adolf Hitler Became President of Germany on August 2, 1934, it was under the influence of not one but two Solar Eclipses: the 8 North of February 14, 1934 @25Aquarius - conjunct controlling authority Saturn as you see, below - and the 8 South of August 10, 1934 @17Leo. Why two? Because 8 North was still operative but the August 2nd event occurred only 8 days prior to the 8 South Eclipse - well within the two-week window when themes of the next eclipse can add its influence upon earthly events, disruptive and complex as they may be.
So the dreams and visions of 8 North combined with 8 South's more difficult themes of loss, separation, and physical injury as Hitler made his move toward more power and control. For as you know, Herr Adolf's ultimate vision, his dream, was for world domination but the brutality of his methods wreaked havoc upon the world with loss, separation, physical injuries and death, and in a word, tragedy as his Nazi regime forcefully attempted to remake society in his beastly image - for an excruciating total of 10 years 271 days, until April 30, 1945.
And this is the "rhyming" that America risks if the Trump regime v2 is allowed to take over the US presidency in November 2024 for we are now within the exact same eclipse corridor of 8 North and 8 South Solar Eclipses repeating from 1934. Adolf's personal flaws outdid him, however, as his paranoia expanded, strategic mistakes were made, and there were multiple attempts on his life. For like all dictators, Herr Adolf wasn't nearly as popular as he thought he was!
So here's a version of his August 2, 1934assuming power event with astro-notes penned on; note Saturn Rx in Aquarius leading a ruthless Locomotive shape of planets and denoting one who takes control in order to fulfill eclipse themes but, in Aquarius, karmic Saturn has ambitious plans without a sound foundation - as I believe is the case once again in 2024:
And here's an unmarked bi-wheel with Hitler's natal chart inner surrounded by the same "Becomes President of Germany" Horoscope shown, above:
With 8 South occurring October 2, 2024 @10Libra, it will exert direct influence upon Election 2024. And this may be the most important point of all: that we must Vote Blue en masse in order to keep the barbarians outside the gate as if our very lives depend upon it.
The most useful information I've found so far concerning newbie politician and VP pick of GOP nominee Trump, JD Vance, is the following segment by Rachel Maddow exposing the real reason why Vance was VP pick:
Actually, this post is intended to display a noonnatal horoscope for Peter Thiel, born in Germany on October 11, 1967, grew up in the US, and takes on the role of a wealthy behind-the-scenes meddler in US politics. Perhaps you remember that Thiel's RNC 2016 speech was somewhat unusual but so was the Republican conference with its Russian influences and Capricorn Full Moon conjunct US 1776 Pluto.
Added below Thiel's noon chart are a few notes concerning the Prenatal Solar Eclipse Saros Series ('PE') into which Baby Thiel was born:
Mercury with Mars = Politics
Planetary details from the horoscope, above, include a midpoint picture that was operative no matter the hour of birth: Sun = Mercury-Pluto making Thiel a keen observer with a need for recognition. Yet his Mercury @12Sco30 is unaspected which suggests a lack of self-reflection, independent thinking, and a strong ability to concentrate on objectives; a one-sided approach is a potential.
Then notably, Thiel's Mercury conjuncts the unaspected Mars of President Biden which similarly indicates a concentrated focus on matters at hand; the contact indicates verbal combat. Plus, Biden's Mars @13Scorpio, you'll remember, was opposed by transit Mars @13Taurus during the Biden-Trump debate in June 2024 which denotes Biden's head cold along with the aggressive Taurean forces aligned against him (Mars vs Mars).
The opposition also suggests a lamentable lack of an astrologer for the timing of Biden's events because no competent astrologer would ever suggest such a Mars-infused date for a confrontation, political or otherwise.
Last 5 North: June 10, 2021 @20Gemini Conjunct Trump's Natal Uranus-NN-Sun
Meanwhile, Peter Theil's birth on October 11, 1967 falls under the auspices of the 5 North Eclipse which manifested for him on May 9, 1967 @18Taurus with themes of sudden flashes of ideas from the unconscious; hunches, visions, prophetic dreams; a highly creative series (paraphrasing B. Brady). For some folks, 5 North themes are being ruffled or inspired into activity by the current 8 North Eclipse, the third Great American Eclipse of April 8, 2024 @19Ari24 conjunct Chiron of wounding fame with 8N's "vivid dreams, visions, intuition" themes.
Taurean Venus Can Be Greedy, Envious, and Vindictive
Now when solar eclipses are in Venus-ruled Taurus, emphasized are determination, endurance, reliability, and persistence yet negatively may denote Taurean traits such as intractability, bullheadedness, intolerance, indolence, extravagance, possessiveness, and greed. This eclipse suggests an inherent attraction to economic causes and policies which tallies perfectly with the super-sized appetite of the Republican Party, now morphed into the authoritarian "Trump Death Cult Party" with its proposed fascist Project 2025 agenda intended to hobble the US economy, embezzle from the National Treasury, devalue the US dollar to boost crypto-currencies, take over the US government, gut the ranks of Civil Service employees who make things run on time, collapse American society, and steal from our social safety net funds, paid into by US taxpayers.
So anyone who reads the GOP agenda for 2025 can see that misery, suffering, and loss are what they offer - and their lawless dystopia may be brought to us all by Americans who are self-destructive or careless enough to vote Republican on November 5, 2024. It seems that a hardhearted Christian Nationalism has thrown deceptive sand in their eyes, as we know by the constant gaslighting from a power-mad authoritarian GOP determined to rule the US for decades. Not govern. Just rule like kings.
Meanwhile, planetary aspects to Peter Thiel's 5 North Eclipse of October 11, 1967 may be instructive:
Mercury conjunct shows a need for reasoning and logic, and may have health connotations (Mercury in sexy Scorpio, sign of surgery); Mars inconjunct denotes a family history which may include physical abuse (perhaps taken out on little Peter?); Neptune opposed denotes confusion, cloudiness, and chaos-creation within the realms of a truth vs fiction, reality vs fantasy atmosphere. Finally, his rebellious Uranus-Pluto conjunction trines his PE suggesting that friends, colleagues, and groups are assets for him and may be called upon for remedial action or regeneration (paraphrasing R. Lineman).
Was Thiel Behind Threat to Trump if Vance Not His VP Pick?
So being curious about the natal Pluto of this anti-democracy Plutonian figure Thiel - and knowing that two of the several caps manipulative control-freak Pluto, the dragon guarding the golden hoard, wears - the Pope and the assassin - I subtracted Pluto's orbit of 248 years from 1967 and got the year 1719. As it turns out - and it may mean something or nothing but it does at least partially rhyme with current events - on October 11, 1719 the Philippines' Governor-General Bastillo was assassinated. Therefore, the cosmic time link (1967 to 1719) is suggestive but not conclusive; however, Thiel's birth basically may be said to symbolize a Solar Return to the violent action of 1719 so you may wish to see Wikipedia's Events of 1719 for more potential correlations with our era.
Dear Reader: stay tuned to SO'W if you can for I'll be publishing soon on the proposed September 10, 2024 Biden-Trump Debate in case it happens yet we must note that it possibly could occur between different combatants. Also planned is a post re: the 1934 Eclipses repeating in 2024, a don't-miss.
Plus, available for my amazing Patreon subscribers is a recent post of a bi-wheel showing contacts between the US Constitution Horoscope of 1787 and the Project 2025 Horoscope, posted due to Trump's threat to toss out the US Constitution and its principles which the orange scofflaw finds hugely inconvenient for the implementation of Project 2025's purging agenda. Then as you can imagine, even a dollar a month subscription is encouraging for the continuance of this time-consuming Political Astrology work, and my Thanks So Much to all those who subscribe. Alternately, you could simply Buy Me a Coffee! jc
While at Yale University, JD Vance met future wife Usha Chilukuri who has law clerked for such justices as Kavanaugh and Roberts. White there, the pair collaborated to organize a discussion group focused on the topic, "social decline in white America." One can guess that Vance's best-selling book resulted in part from this study.
Word is, JD Vance converted to Catholicism about 5 years ago and we see his Neptune Rx @29Sag01 in his natal chart with Neptune's rounded-up Sabian Symbol, "The Pope Blessing the Faithful."
Now as a freshman US senator, Vance has been described as "a right-wing populist" and a "neo-reactionary." Born August 2, 1984 in Middletown, Ohio (Butler Co), the suave JD Vance can be willful and rebellious according to his Sun Leo-Moon Libra personality blend, detailed underneath his noon horoscope image.
August 2, 1984 "noon" Middletown, Ohio
Because the Moon remained in Libra for the 24 hours of his birthdate, we know that Mr. Vance was born under the influence of a fire-airSun Leo-Moon Libra combination of conscious-unconscious energies. Fire-Air blends are charismatic "live wires" full of ideas and zeal, are long-winded with bluster and bombast - even to the point of getting carried away by their own rhetorical eloquence.
Plus, Sun Leo-Moon Libra is a bossy blend that is intellectually curious, a lover of luxury, and tends toward an imperious manner. Only his intellectual curiosity doesn't track with Herr Trump's personality! Additionally, Vance is a stubborn guy as is Trump so we'll see how their relationship proceeds.
And yet it may go well, for a while (at least until Vance outshines his narcissitic comrade) because Sun Leo-Moon Libra types have a darker, more serious side to them that can lead to controversy and provocative behavior - perfect for hurling accusations against political opponents. Perhaps this includes his past public assessment of Herr Trump as "America's Hitler." So who does Vance aspire to be: "America's Goebbles"?
But for now, their relationship may trend closer to one of Trump's touted "bromances"!
Weaknesses of this blend include: Vanity, unconscious snobbishness, self-righteousness about moral issues (a Catholic convert) who tends to lean on others without always acknowledging their support, and/or a lazy streak which may occasionally surface (Sun Sign-Moon Sign, Charles and Suzi Harvey #ad). He has changed his name, too, and was born James Donald Bowman.
Themes of the 4 North Saros Series
As for the Prenatal Solar Eclipse Saros Series ('PE') into which Baby JD was born, that would be the difficult 4 North Series which manifested for him on May 30, 1984 @9Gem26 conjunct US 1776 Uranus (8:55), and Trump's natal PE (8:46). Themes of 4 North include: restriction, restraint, inhibition, separation, and illusions. Obstacles occur and there's a tendency to misjudge strength or the situation (B. Brady).
4 North Eclipses have manifested in the years 1912, 1930, 1948, 1966, (1984), 2002, 2020 (Summer Solstice Eclipse June 21st @00Cancer), and next in 2038. Meanwhile, the initial4 North Solar Eclipse occurred May 25, 1389 @12Gem08 with 1389 Pluto at the currently significant degree of 24Tau47, a disturbing cosmic time link with Herr T's natal Midheaven.
The shooting of Donald Trump soon after he took the rally stage in Butler, PA on Saturday July 13, 2024 represents a complicated situation and complex astrological factors are involved in any attempt to describe or understand it. So in order to keep from writing an e-book about it, here are four horoscopes in bi-wheel form with my astro-notes penned on.
Instructive is a bi-wheel with a speculatively timed natal horoscope of T. M. Crooks born September 20, 2003 in Bethel Park, PA (inner) with the Trump Shot Horoscope set for 6:13 pm edt. Adjust the timing as you will, because hours that the first shot pinged past the stage from a distant AR-15-style rifle have appeared in a variety of sources from 6:00 pm to 6:15 pm edt. Yet as you see, with a birth time of 6:13 pm edt, Crooks' natal Moon @21Can36 was conjoined on July 13, 2024 (6:13 pm edt) by the Sun @21Can59, which suggests a measure of fulfillment or completion. Of the young man's life, as it tragically turned out. Plus, Cancer Moons are supersensitive and can be highly impressionable, you know.
The 5 North Eclipse of Thomas Crooks
Now there are multiple cosmic indications that the mother of Tom Crooks is somehow involved and according to his Wikipedia bio page, he lost his mother at age 7 (edit: this may not be accurate) so that deep anguish and emotional depression are givens. His classmates have described him as a loner (5N's Sun-Moon = Venus-Saturn marked on the Eclipse chart, below, which denotes a lonely life).
The bi-wheel showing the natal Eclipse Saros Series that young Crooks was born into, the 5 North (inner, and accurately timed) with its "prophetic dreams, visions, hunches" - basically he was psychic) - surrounded by the Mars-Uranus Conjunction Horoscope of July 15, 2024 @26Tau19 that conjuncts the natal Midheaven of Donald Trump, a dangerous cosmic factor that we discussed on July 5, 2024.
Now as you've heard, Tom Crooks was bullied every day at school, a condition often leading to vengfulness which we'e seen before - as in Columbine 1999. Yet we may never know exactly why Crooks, a registered Republican, acted against demagogue Trump. Yes, I have my inklings (to stop his election and the dystopian Project 2025 agenda? Some other Maga person would take over instead). You may find other implications of why? on the charts, but with this sensitive topic I must be careful not to even remotely cause harm. Plus, the families affected by Crooks' actions - one man killed, at least two people seriously injured - deserve attention and our concern if and as it's wanted. Besides, we know that Trump is dandy fine and is already in Milwaukee for RNC 2024. Accusations against Democrats are on steroids now!
Another bi-wheel shows the natal chart of Thomas M. Crooks who, as noted, was born into the 5 North with its themes of "prophetic dreams, visions, hunches" - basically he was psychic) surrounded, not by the Mars-Uranus Conjunction Horoscope of July 15, 2024 @26Tau19conjunct the natal Midheaven of Donald Trump, a dangerous cosmic factor that we discussed on July 5, 2024, but by the Trump shot chart.
Now feel free to disagree with any of this, but there it is. Cautiously, I don't wish to type anymore about our current American Tragedy and although I disagree with everything Trump says, is, and does, that he remains alive is more of a positive than a negative thing for America, my only nag in the race.
Way back in 2014 on SO'W, we looked at the Democratic Party Horoscope of February 17, 1801. Carelessly, I labeled the 1801 horoscope as the Party's "natal" chart, but of course that description is for human beings, not for entities or organizations. Mah bad!
Then perhaps you may be interested in the Democrats' Horoscope used by expert astrologer Jessica Adams set for January 8, 1828 at Jefferson Hall, Portsmouth, New Hamsphire. Jessica finds that the chart coordinates with multiple significant events, plus, this is also the founding data of the Democratic Party as listed on its Wikipedia page. So this is the data used to set up the Democratic Party's Founding Horoscope, below shown in a dual image along with the Party's May 13, 1792 Horoscope (lower left) which, as you may notice, closely resembles the NYSE "Buttonwood" Horoscope:
One feature that stands out in both horoscopes is the Moon-Pluto duo of energies: conjunct in 1792 and opposed in 1828. In conjunction, the pair denotes potentials for intense emotions, emotional outbursts or upheavals - even to the point of panic or hysteria. In opposition, potentials include seeking control of others, often in a subtle or an underhanded manner which can eventually devastate relationships (A. Oken).
To Moon-Pluto Reinhold Ebertin adds: "jealousy, offended vanity or conceit" (in politics?!), and/or people who are "torn between a fanatical striving for the attainment of desired objectives and a soft-hearted sentimentality." A lack of regard for others may be evident in the behavior of some individuals with, or during, the opposition, plus, there's a possibility of illegitimate or hidden children.
Meanwhile, events of 1792 and 1828 naturally inform us concerning the issues of those days, and the duo's astrological correspondences listed above are informative as well in relation to the Democratic Party, the oldest political party in America.
And so, dear reader, I don't know about you, but I cannot and will not vote for any member of a Ku Klux Kaucus with Tr*mp as Grand Dragon pontificating over a police state of fascist persecution and feudalism.
1933 Coup Attempt Now a 2024 Corporate Coup Attempt
by Jude Cowell, Still Ridin' With Biden
According to political commentator David Feldman (see below), this weekend at Sun Valley, Idaho wealthy elites such as Rob Reiner, Barry Diller, and Abigail Disney have gathered together for vetting at least one potential replacement on the Democratic ticket for November 2024, and her name is Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. If their pie-in-the-sky work-around Joe brings their desired results, they may be electing a convicted felon.
Tellingly, the governor wasn't in Michigan as President Biden campaigned last evening, instead she was joining wealthy elites and corporate types at Sun Valley, those who are supposedly fearful for the US Constitution if the global fascist movement manages to shoe horn their figurehead agent orange back into the Oval Office with the chaos-creator's tiny finger on The Button.
And naturally, as David points out in the following podcast episode, Biden's poll numbers are higher since the subpar debate - and for wealthy elites, backstabbing Joe Biden after all he's accomplished for this country is not about the money at all!
Now here is the A-rated natal horoscope of Gretchen Whitmer in case it should become of interest going forward, or if you wish, follow this link to her A-rated horoscope:
As if President Biden doesn't have enough to deal with already!
So as it turns out, Baby Gretchen was born into the 9 New South Saros Series which perfected on August 20, 1971 @27Leo15:18 conjunct Juno, the nation-state asteroid, and just shy of the 1971 position of royal Regulus, the kingmaker star.
Plus, here's a view of the upcoming repetition of a 9 New South Solar Eclipse occurring on September 21, 2025 which I posted on my WordPress blog. Basically, it's an Autumn Equinox Eclipse, and will conjunct Governor Whitmer's natal 6th house Pluto thereby activating her Pluto's aspects with natal Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, and North Node. Eclipse-Pluto combined represents a power aspect and negatively can indicate a misuse of power, or even criminal offenses (R. Lineman)
