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Jan 4, 2020

Warrior Mars to Sagittarius and Trump's Baghdad Kill

January 4, 2020: By now pretty much anyone with an interest in such things is aware that 2020 is a watershed year of titanic planetary conjunctions timing new cycles of activity, keying massive power struggles, and forcing new vs old order imperatives beginning with the harshly karmic Saturn-Pluto Conjunction on January 12, 2020 @22Cap46 (conjunct Trump's natal Vertex of fated encounters as I keep mentioning in my posts).

Now it turns out that in the wee hours of January 3, 2020, Donald Trump, with his incendiary Mars Rising in egotistical Leo, ordered the assassination in Baghdad by drone strike of Iranian General Suleimani which may prove to be the match that lights the World War III fuse, the 'Clash of Civilizations' that certain entities are reputed to have long planned. (This must be the 'religion vs religion' phase of their agenda with atheists favored to win.)

So in view of the current upsetting turn of events, we may wish to consider that a certain cosmic shift also occurred on January 3, 2020: warrior planet Mars entered Jupiter-ruled Sagittarius (Jupiter the General) and once Mars marched over the 00Sag00:00 line, he activated the "1 Sag" degree so that its Sabian Symbol comes into play: "A Grand Army of the Republic Campfire" (Jones). Now for what I assume are obvious reasons, this is the version of "1 Sag" that I tend to use especially when studying Historical Horoscopes of past eras in US history and military events.

However, Dane Rudhyar gives a related yet different word picture (symbol) for this degree: "Retired Army Veterans Gather to Reawaken Old Memories."

He continues, "The symbol should be understood in its widest and most basic meaning, not merely as the reunion of old comrades, but as referring to the very power implied in the process of civilization as opposed to culture--thus to the PERPETUATION of the spirit of the struggle for power." Please note that it's Rudhyar's word "comrades," not mine. Still, his use of the word "comrades" suggests that Trump's act of war against the Middle East, knowing full well of the hornet's nest the assassination would stir up, may be filed under "distraction from his impeachment woes" and "interference on the path to Trump's Senate trial" - and may have been taken under orders from Trump's pal Putin. Meanwhile, political pundits are asking, Why now? As if they don't know a thing about it!

However, you and I know that Trump's drone strike seriously re-shuffles the cards in the Middle East and in ways that remain to be revealed, but which will give Putin more of an upper hand with all actors. Yes, retaliation against Americans across the globe is threatened by Iran (an endless cycle of revenge has been triggered--Saturn-Pluto--Trump's cup o'tea with Regulus Rising), but why would Putin care? Apparently Trump doesn't care either (he thinks he'll always be protected!!). Well, perhaps Trump's latest method of death-dealing is another example of the natal midpoint picture lurking in his 12th house of Politics, Karma, and Self-Undoing--Mars-Saturn = Pluto: 'brutality, the fury of destruction, death of many people, and/or intervention of a higher power' (Ebertin). Yes with one drone strike, Mr. Ego certainly managed to intervene in a major way. And of course America's natal Mars-Neptune square, as always, complicates, obfuscates, and confuses issues of war while our national Mars remains retrograde by progression--impaired and weakened since 2006. Does it seem curious that US Progressed Mars turned Rx upon the natal degree of Trump's Stationary Jupiter (18lib27)?

Then if we look to the combination of Mars and Jupiter energies (expansive actions, war, and the costs of waging war) we find entities like government officials, civil servants, jurists and lawyers, plus, someone with a tendency toward rebellion against tutelage such as when Trump makes a (reckless) decision without consulting Congress and thereby purposefully turns his back once again on rules, regulations--and our government's traditional checks and balances intended to keep the American ship of state sailing on an even keel. Instead, over-extension of executive power is achieved once again and our ship is listing badly.

Now another reason the Mars-Jupiter combination seems significant in this dire situation, besides Jupiter's rule of Sagittarius and his current dispositorship of Mars while The Warrior planet travels through Sagittarius, is that transit Jupiter (the General, politician, guru, priest, propagandist and/or broadcaster) entered his own sign in November 2018, a cosmic event which also activated the "1 Sag" symbol and its implications.

For more details on Jupiter in Sag see a previous post November 8, 2018 Jupiter Enters Sagittarius if you wish. And you know that trouble in the Middle East has been in a simmering phase, at least since 2018 or before with Trump's grasping of the Oval Office reins. Not a positive pairing, that--a bunch of hotheads rumbling together.

There's another cosmic factor influencing current events of turmoil and strife and being aggravated by Washington and the Pentagon, for we know that eclipses often act as Uranian 'wild cards' that often trigger sudden, disruptive events such as war and aggressive actions taken rashly and it is my reluctant conclusion that the December 26, 2019 3 South Solar Eclipse @4Cap06 is in process of doing just that (see the Sabian Symbol for "5 Capricorn")--and disturbingly, eclipse Jupiter in early Capricorn is opposing US natal Jupiter in Cancer suggesting an unfavorable time for The General (or a Commander-in-Chief) to act with aggression or wage war. Yet tragically, it seems now that 3 South's primary theme of "traumatic transformation" has been given a grand yet ill-considered push by you-know-who who likes to pretend that he never makes mistakes. What a distorted self-image he worships!

Above image: Planet Mars as seen by Hubble; NASA.

Cited: An Astrological Mandala, Dane Rudhyar; Sabian Symbols in Astrology, Dr. Marc Edmund Jones; The Combination of Stellar Influences, Reinhold Ebertin.

Jan 2, 2020

2020 Saturn-Pluto Stomps Ukraine's 1990 Planets

Wondering which of the three horoscopes for Ukraine found in Nicholas Campion's The Book of World Horoscopes might be triggered by karmic Saturn and Pluto 2020, I had a look and found that Ukraine's Autonomy Chart of July 16, 1990 resonates most fully of the three with the compressed, restrictive, harsh energies of the January 12, 2020 Saturn-Pluto Conjunction @22Cap46. As you see, below is bi-wheel displaying the major planetary contacts between the two horoscopes which are marked in red with my usual messiness. In fact, there is red all over both charts for this is no fun pointing out planetary conditions when the conditions on Earth that they reflect are full of threats, pressure, limitations, danger, and power and control issues--as Wolf Russia creeps around and Washington has turned unreliable under Trump. (Actually, I guess that's Big Bear Russia but never mind.)

So basically, the Saturn-Pluto Conjunction opposes Ukraine's Sun and Jupiter in Cancer while the difficult duo also conjoins the country's natal Saturn (21Cap53 Rx--chart set for noon since no exact hour is known by yours truly).

Listed on the chart, lower right, is the date of Ukraine's very recent Saturn Return - January 5, 2020, which adds to the karmic implications and opportunities of these times to step up, take responsibility, and correct past mistakes, if any. And naturally with natal Saturn in its own sign of Capricorn, relationships to authority figures are on the boil. And wouldn't you know--the only aspect made by Saturn in the Return chart is its conjunction to Pluto (0A37) denoting issues of abuse of authority (penned on, lower right).

A few potentials and possibilities for this massive pile-up of planetary energies in the third decan of governmental Capricorn beginning in January 2020 (or before) are penned on the chart, upper and mid-right, and are highlighted in red. Yet as you can tell, the turmoil has already begun some time ago.

Also notable between the charts, considering the vise the country is being held in, is an exact conjunction of transit Uranus @2Tau39 to Ukraine's natal Mars (2Tau33), an explosive condition suggesting danger and/or enforced changes. Plus, there is possibly involvement of natal Moon via Uranus (disruption of people's daily lives? excitement?) but without an exact hour for the 1990 Autonomy chart, we can only say for certain that during the 24-hour period of July 16, 1990, the Moon ranged from 29Ari07 (12:00 am EET) to 13Tau22 (11:59 pm) which, if that late a degree in Taurus, would provide Ukraine with an intense, dramatic Moon-Pluto opposition of outbursts, defiance, and 'attempts to gain control' - sometimes in an underhanded fashion (A. Oken). But chances are, the opposition is not within orb.

Descriptive as well is 2020 Sun conjunct natal Saturn while simultaneously 2020 Saturn opposes natal Sun, a double whammy of Sun-Saturn energies suggesting a period when circumstances demand reliability, loyalty, trustworthiness, and hard work combined with endless delays, frustrations, suppression, serious karmic situations, possible privation, separation, and challenges to and from authority that affect or interfere with leadership potential.

Now if you enlarge the image, you'll also find Ukraine's Prenatal Solar Eclipse ('PE') in the 10 North Saros Series marked on the chart (4th house @6AQ35 conjunct natal North Node); 10 North themes are listed, upper left.

However, few of the charts' basic details are penned on (not my usual custom) for primarily the charts are posted here to show the Saturn-Pluto Conjunction and its effects on Ukraine's Autonomy planets of 1990. Data for the two other Ukraine horoscopes are listed, below, for those who'd like to check out the charts. But I can assure you that the July 16, 1990 planets are the ones that fairly scream under the pressure, constraint, and potentials for cruelty and violence of the 2020 Saturn-Pluto Conjunction already within orb and causing mischief, even grief.

So in closing, I direct you to the bottom of the bi-wheel where 2020 Sun, Saturn, and Pluto lurk for besides their contacts to Ukraine's planets, they also conjoin the natal Vertex of Donald Trump, a fated point of encounter (22Cap51). How any of this will pan out for Trump, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy, Putin, and the rest of the world we have only to wait to discover.

Ukraine Sovereignty August 24, 1991; Ukraine Independence December 1, 1991 (Campion's The Book of World Horoscopes, p. 270.)

Jan 1, 2020

DC Horoscope: Summer Solstice 2020 Solar Eclipse

January 1, 2020: Manifesting on June 21, 2020 only a few hours after the Sun reaches 00Can00:00 (Summer Solstice June 20th 5:44 pm edt), here is a DC Horoscope of the Summer Solstice Solar Eclipse @00Can21 in the 4 North Saros Series; please enlarge the image to read my study notes as you wish:

Horoscope: June 21, 2020 2:41:19 am edt Washington DC; this difficult solar eclipse I'm labeling The Grand Struggle for as you see, the heavy weight trio of Pluto, Jupiter, and Saturn are at Midheaven ('MC') in Saturn-ruled Capricorn, all are retrograde ('R' or 'Rx'), and are aligning for their Great Conjunctions perfecting all through 2020. Also affected by the trio are our US Inaugural MCs (January 20th noon in DC), so obviously the US presidency and its Oath of Office are intimately involved with this chart (not that anyone needs Astrology to inform them of it), and therefore, you-know-who is involved. And penned upon the chart above Midheaven is Cupido ("The Family" of theocrats; "The Syndicate" of global criminals); @28Cap14, Cupido conjoins US natal Pluto.

You'll recall that the Sun (POTUS) in the Inauguration 2017 Horoscope clocked in @00AQ49 ('1AQ' = "An Old Adobe Mission") and here we find transit Saturn Rx @00AQ40 conjunct US POTUS Sun, a testing time for maturity, responsibility, and accountability although Saturn-to-Sun may also increase the need for recognition and reward. Resentment increases even while the need to correct past mistakes (and not repeat them!) is spotlighted. However, it's impossible to correct mistakes when you insist you've never made any so America has that going against her, thanks to an unrepentant Trump. You may wish to see June 2020 Transits to Inauguration 2017 Chart.

So although it's tempting to focus primarily on the heady Capricorn trio at MC and its governmental implications (ex: old order vs new order), first the rising Uranus @9Tau29 takes precedence early on in June since it's the planet closest to a chart Angle--then it's Pluto-Jupiter-Saturn demanding complete control--and more power.

With the Solar Eclipse conjunct 3rd cusp, communications, the lower mind, neighborhoods, and siblings are in the cosmic spotlight for changes of direction, plus, it's an Hour of variety-loving Mercury (Rx and conjunct Sirius in 3rd house of Communications)--Sirius, the Scorcher. Meanwhile, chart-ruler Venus Rx in chatty Gemini suggest that delayed outcomes and stalemate situations will be ongoing and may involve valuables, small amounts of money, alliances, women, idols on pedestals, and/or diplomacy. Plus, with duplicitous Gemini on the 2nd cusp of the National Treasury (and Venu$ Rx in Gemini) we may expect more financial double-dealing, fraudulent schemes, tax return issues, exploitation, shady partnerships, and outright theft (including raids by foreign entities), any of which may be uncovered by the Summer Solstice 2020 Eclipse (as eclipses are wont to do in their Uranian 'wild card' role) and lead to scandal. Hopefully, the US power grid isn't indicated by this prominent Uranus but weather damages cannot be ruled out. And with Gemini, sign of Trump's Uranus-NN-Sun trio, gossip, lies, commerce, trade, deals (real and imagined), chaos, and tweets appear on America's Summer 2020 menu as well to be re-hashed, re-viewed, and re-tweeted (Mercury Rx). (Big T is very tiresome, yes?)

So with anarchist Uranus rising we know that upsets, shocks, storms, turbulence, possible zealotry, radical politics, disruption, and unexpected events will most likely occur in some combination yet Uranus conjunct Ascendant also helpfully suggests coping ability and quick responses, whatever happens. And as you know, Uranus in Taurus tends to spur unusual methods of financing, speculation (risky and otherwise), and/or environmental issues. Yet curiously, quirky, erratic Uranus can also play roles such as The Witness and The Awakener. Will someone out of the ordinary (Uranus) testify about money issues (Taurus)? Well, Trump's natal MC conjunct enraged Algol is his first-to-rise in this chart with his 10th house Uranus-NN-Sun trio following behind--here the trio is in the 2nd hou$e of Money--and with Trump's Prenatal Solar Eclipse (2 Old North @9Gemini; 'unfortunate news, separations') and US natal Uranus (8Gem55) conjunct the 2nd cusp along with transit Hopi, asteroid of ambush and/or intolerance.

Now chart-ruler Venus applies only once: trine Saturn (so she also trines US POTUS Sun suggesting an improved personal image, cooperation from others, and social events) so diplomacy, financial matters, governmental concerns, negotiations and formal agreements, contracts, and legal matters are favored unless other factors interfere. (Saturn the 'legal eagle' and authority figures.)

Saturn and Mars Afflict the June 2020 Eclipse

Yet more than Venusian concerns ride on Summer Solstice 2020's Saturn for the planet of The Establishment quincunxes (inconjuncts) the Solar Eclipse. This in part provides a cosmic picture of the legal involvements of Donald Trump and adjustments that are needed. Perhaps his impeachment saga will have ended by June 2020, perhaps not, but as we know, there's also a lawsuit or three with Herr Spanky's real name on them slowly moving forward, as I type. So with Saturn quincunx the Sun, we see someone fearful of the power others have over him (implicating the Trump-Putin love fest) while Big T struggles to achieve personal significance. Yes, superficial Trump the Gemini has always longed to discuss serious matters with important people. Playing the POTUS role his dream came true, but he attempts to keep secret what was discussed lest handcuffs follow.

As for Saturn inconjunct the Moon, We The People (and the rest of the world!) feel and observe through Trump's shady conduct an undercurrent of guilt, aka, consciousness of guilt. Exploitation of others (including women, children, and the public in general: Moon) is also seen here via the Moon-Saturn inconjunct but hopefully Saturn's traditional demand for accountability will take the lead at some point from powerful Pluto, an underworld figure (and/or, The Pope! See the South Node's Sabian Symbol penned on the chart) and Pluto in Capricorn is 'the dictator' (Ebertin), here leading the eclipse planets in a BOWL shape (having a mission to complete) which hints at foreign manipulators like the Kremlin and the Vatican's Opus Dei group of social tinkerers and saboteurs--all intent on forcing a complete change of direction of an America they want to morph into a theocratic authoritarian society. The critical-crisis 29th degree of North and South Nodes, Saturn and the eclipse in the same degree (00Can/00AQ), and the Aries-Libra polarity of relationships intercepted across the 6/12 victim-savior axis--all denote a significant Summer 2020 of karma and an imperative to deal with fated conditions as Trump, and thus America, reap what's been sown.

12th House of The Unconscious

Perhaps such karmic imperatives also relate to the Mars-Neptune conjunction in shady Pisces--in the hidden 12th house along with blindspot and wounded healer Chiron in Aries. As you know, deceptive Neptune rules there and my suspicion is that in the 12th house of Secret Enemies, Politics, Self-Undoing, Karma, Large Institutions such as Congress and Hospitals, Behind-the-Scenes deals and plans will continue to be made which include masked or disguised changes that are intended to break traditional roles and disrupt usual methods. However, it's delusional to think that such bad-faith changes (which are actually sabotage) can or will bring America any actual improvements, only worsening conditions such as bankruptcy. That fiery Mars squares the Solar Eclipse helps not at all but increases our chances for fires, via arson and/or natural causes, plus, other incendiary situations such as riots may erupt along with a potential for contagions. Yet hiding away in a Cancerian shell, typical behavior during a Cancer eclipse season, is not the answer for their are problems that must be directly dealt with even though crabs prefer to scuttle sideways to avoid confrontation!

Then, as if a solar eclipse conjoining a Cardinal World Point of Manifestation weren't significant enough, the Full Moon (culmination/fulfillment phase) after this New Moon will perfect on July 5, 2020 @13Cap38 (another birthday lunation for the US as in 2019)--opposite US natal Sun (@13Can19 July 4, 1776) which, for one thing, spotlights the need to change course if our ship-of-state is heading in the wrong direction and if 2020 goals are not being met. I'll leave it to you, dear reader, to decide about such eventualities if they're guided by cult leader Trump--but please remember that, as Thom Hartmann always says, Democracy is not a spectator sport so if you value it as a form of government, engage in the struggle to save America from destructive fascist forces.

After all, we've vanquished such vicious saboteurs before and can--must--do so again!!

Eclipse Note: A Cosmic Time Link forms via this 4 North Solar Eclipse @00Can21 and the Summer Solstice Eclipse of June 21, 2001 in the 3 North series which last repeated on July 2, 2019 @10Can37 occurring between America's Sun-Jupiter conjunction (1776) and affecting our POTUS situation through Trump, his corruption, and impeachment; this cosmic condition knits together the years 2001, 2019, and 2020. 3 North themes include 'news that transforms a situation and causes worry and obsession'. 4 North themes include 'restriction, restraint, separation, inhibition, illusion, and a misjudgment of strength or of the situation'. In between came the Christmas 2019 Solar Eclipse in the 3 South series - in force now - with themes that include 'traumatic transformation, and endings of relationships' (Brady's Predictive Astrology). As background influences in society, we've been in a very difficult period when karmic progress can be made but, as we know, those with power to wield may or not not intend to act for best results. Thus removal from office, in November 2020 if not before, must be the solution.


Dec 31, 2019

When Will America Fall Like the Roman Empire? (w/ Edward J. Watts) - plus Astrology

From May 2019, here is an informative discussion between Thom Hartmann and Professor Edward J. Watts, author of Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny.

Among their topics are the Fall of the Roman Empire in comparison with the teetering-on-the-edge American Empire (my description), the Powell Memo and the damage it has caused, how easy-to-name mega-donors have corrupted Politics and politicians in our era and the societal conditions this sets up, and more:


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Related SO'W posts include but are not limited to:

The Powell Memo: a Genesis of Corporate Control (horoscope shown);

Then, from 2017--Trump's early days of sabotaging America via the Oval Office--comes Are We in the Decline of the American Empire? (w/ guest Charles Sauer);

Are We Waiting for the Empire to End or Are We Witnessing It? (displays a Horoscope of the Roman Empire);

Plus, in another discussion with Thom Hartmann earlier this year, economics Professor Richard Wolff Reveals How Empires End.

And as astrologers well know, US natal Mars turned retrograde by progression in Summer 2006 (@18Libra--conjunct the natal Jupiter of Donald Trump!)--energy turned inward against ourselves--and has been enthusiastically greasing the skids on our downward path. Meanwhile, you'll remember that America extended herself as far as she could naturally go in the world when our July 4, 1776 founding horoscope's Sun (leadership) and Moon (We The People) evolved into a Progressed Full Moon (4Vir10/4Pis10) in December 2008, significantly marked in time by the Crash of 2008.

And to make matters more confusing, corrupt, deceptive, and secretive, transit Neptune in shady Pisces has been veiling and shielding US POTUS Sun in Pisces ever since which for me describes in part the Republican Party's irrational support of the gangster in the White House who pilots our ship of state into every reef and rock he can find.

Looking ahead, the Cosmos has scheduled a Lunar Eclipse in January @20Cancer conjunct starry Castor--see: January 2020 Impeachment Trial and a Lunar Eclipse if you wish.

Dec 29, 2019

Stars Over Washington's Top Five Posts of 2019!

Happy New Year to All! As of December 29, 2019 12:00 pm est, here is a list of Stars Over Washington's Top 5 Posts of 2019 in order of popularity and linked for your convenience:

1. Astrology of Our Vulnerable 2020 Election a topic (and horoscope) I plan to write about again in coming days now that the Trump impeachment has occurred and the November 2020 Election is creeping up on us, rigged as it may be;

2. When Will the GOP Cave on Trump?, an insightful Tarot reading by Mary Ann of Revealing Light Tarot;

3. The March 2019 Lunations of Crisis (horoscopes shown);

4. Nancy Pelosi: Speaker of the House 2007 and 2019 (horoscopes shown);

5. New Millennium 2 South Eclipse repeats January 5, 2019 and thus imprinted Saturnian cosmic energies upon the entire year and gave emphasis to our relationships with authority figures. The January 2019 manifestation of 2 South has also been known on SO'W as the Eclipse of the 116th Congress.

And look what almost made SO'W's Top 5 List for 2019: Trump with Regulus Rising: Revenge Time! which includes a link to my original post concerning this royal star of Persia and unsavory Trump's destiny if he ignores the Caution of Regulus. And he does.

How We Are Controlled and Why Most People Can't See It - clip

From 2018 comes episode 319 from Max Igan's Surviving the Matrix series via American Voice Radio:




Dec 28, 2019

Your Right to Know How Corrupt Government Really Is

Speaking of corrupt government officials in the news, here is the November 1, 2019 episode 396 from Max Igan's Surviving the Matrix series of presentations via YouTube and American Voice Radio:


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Dec 23, 2019

Trump Is What Happens When Americans Forget What Fascism Looks Like

Here's a recent Thom Hartmann segment with a discussion of fascism with information that unfortunately will probably pass unnoticed by the very Americans who need to hear it most:


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Now here are 3 links to previous astro-posts concerning such topics:

1. Horoscope of the Third Reich (1933 into 2017) where you'll see the 1933 abomination's Ascendant with 1933 Chiron Rx rising along with Trump's 1946 natal Midheaven (his Goal) plus, enraged Algol dragging along, and the fascist entity's Midheaven @24Capricorn where the karmic Saturn-Pluto Conjunction will combine energies on January 12, 2020 @22Cap46 (conjunct Trump's natal Vertex 22:51, a point of fated encounters, changing work conditions, and/or wish fulfillment). 2020 Saturn-Pluto = 1933 MC suggests potentials for: severity; one-sidedness; separation (flight); a desire to rise from difficult circumstances (Ebertin). Like impeachment?

Well, I wonder if 'flight' could refer to a certain culprit hightailing it outta town because handcuffs await? (Trump's resignation would be an improvement--notwithstanding a Pence assumption to power, theocracy in tow.)

Thing is, the Reich's 24Cap Midheaven and nearby Venus act as the tail of a (ruthless, high-flying) Kite pattern (1933 MC = Saturn-Pluto 2020) with 1933 Pluto Rx @21Can59 as the Kite's nose. For Third Reich data I refer you to Campion chart #126 in The Book of World Horoscopes. Starkly speaking, this is a cosmic picture of the conflict between Good vs Evil playing out on Planet Earth...Love of Life vs the Cult of Death. I choose Life. How about you?

2. Another Thom Hartmann segment in which Thom sounded the alarm in 2016 by informing us that Trump Using 'The Big Lie' Tactic Invented by Goebbels which also contains a bit of complimentary Astrology added by yours truly, plus, for the curious a link to the natal horoscope of the misshapen Joseph Goebbels.

And 3. March 23, 1919: Mussolini's Fascist Party (an Eclipse Timeline).


Is This a Haunting Solar Eclipse from 1777?

Having just declared independence from Great Britain's King George III as of July 4, 1776, our wet-behind-the-ears democratic Republic might not have seen coming an eclipse of US natal Sun (13Can19) quite as soon as 1777 but that's just what the Cosmos held in store for America, her founders, and her populace. An eclipsed Sun, whether signifying goal or personality, is cosmically marked for ill or good, or at the least, an imperative must be carried out in order to successfully reach a goal if karmic progress is expected or desired. Of course, both benefits and setbacks are often part of such a solar picture as well relating as it does to the solar archetype of the hero's journey and its struggles and pitfalls along the way. We may certainly place George Washington in the starring role.

Now the particular Solar Eclipse in question manifested on July 4, 1777 at 7:23:44 pm LMT @13Can10 - America's first birthday! - and I'm setting the horoscope, shown below, for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as the capital representing America as a whole during that historical era. (Follow the 1777 link, above, for a list of historical events.)

This lunation occurred within the 14 North Saros Series with themes of 'a peculiar turn of events, despair, illness, unexpected happenings in finances, confusion in relationships, a draining of energy'--there's more which can be read in a previous post concerning Valley Forge. For you see, this 1777 manifestation of a 14 North is the Prenatal Solar Eclipse ('PE') of General George Washington's and the Continental Army's Winter at Valley Forge, a period of hardship, misery, cold winds, bare feet, and illness.

Perhaps here we should note that it's been 8 years since the last occurrence of a 14 North Eclipse @2Sagittarius (which you may remember as the 'Sequestration Eclipse' of November 25, 2011 and the peculiar formation of a 'Super Congress'); the next 14N will perfect December 5, 2029 @14Sagittarius.

So my primary point for this post is that, considering Astrology's sensitive degrees and how eclipses work through history especially when fixed stars are involved, (US natal Sun conjunct Sirius, for example, plus other stars penned upon the chart, below), it seems significant to me that America's natal Sun @13Cancer (July 4, 1776), a critical-crisis degree, continues under the sway of 14 North themes particularly as they applied to events of 1777 for it isn't as if we can ever erase our collective history from our psyches or from our personal genetics if we descend biologically or idealistically from America's Revolutionary era.

At least as a Child of the Revolution I know I can't erase such history, and this is one of the several things my genealogical research of ancestors has shown me. So until further notice, 13 Cancer remains our national Sun degree of leadership (substandard as it is these days) and the 1777 Solar Eclipse comes along with it--is cosmically attached to it.

Please enlarge the image if you wish to read my study notes:

Now one of the reasons I decided to publish this particular eclipse chart tonight is the restrictive Saturn-Pluto Conjunction @22Cap46 coming on January 12, 2020 (a new cycle of their energies suggesting a struggle for freedom). The struggle is intensified by the fact that, as you can see, the 14 North eclipse brought with it a karmic imperative, a Thor's Hammer pattern, aka, a Fist of God, between the Saturn-Pluto square (destruction of the existing order) and at apex, independence-loving revolutionary Uranus the Rebel @13Gem00, America's 'totem planet' of war and revolt. As a midpoint picture we have Saturn-Pluto = Uranus with potentials for: 'brutal efforts to start a new order; an attack, regardless of possible losses' (Tyl).

So although there are differences in the quality of the struggle for freedom then vs now, it is no less a karmic imperative to do battle with the forces and entities that oppress us and this very much includes the cyber war under which we now struggle along with the threat of worsening conditions. Yet there is a major difference: despair is not an option!

And so, dear reader, if you can and if you dare, please search the eclipse horoscope to "clearly analyze the matters at hand" (see Saturn-Pluto, lower left) because rhyming concerns of historic proportions have found us again. Or better yet, skip the chart and spring into action before the war for independence from foreign control (Pluto out-of-bounds and abroad!) is lost and Our America is forever altered.

14 North themes: Brady's Predictive Astrology.

Dec 21, 2019

Mick Mulvaney and Saturn-Pluto 2020

Saturn, planet of authority and accountability

This is a quick peek at the Saturn-Pluto Conjunction (January 12, 2020) @22Cap46 and where it potentially lands in the untimed natal chart of acting WH Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney born July 21, 1967 in Alexandria, Virginia and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dad was in real estate, mother was a teacher, as his Wiki bio reveals.

Now since no accurate birth hour is known for Mr. Mulvaney (last I checked), I hesitate to spend more than a minute on his cosmic condition, plus, he may be pushed out the White House door any moment by a furious Donald Trump looking for a scapegoat to blame his crimes upon. But that is the crucial point of the matter in my opinion so let's consider where the upcoming difficult cosmic pairing will hit in Mr. Mulvaney's chart even though we must ignore his natal houses and cusps.

See Politico's White House Braces for Mulvaney's Post-Impeachment Exit. Braces for? Or demands? Perhaps I'd better type more quickly!

July 21, 1967

Mulvaney's natal Sun is in late Cancer (opposite US natal Pluto Rx @27Cap32) while his Moon is in late Capricorn or early Aquarius so the Saturn-Pluto Conjunction will squelch his natal Moon if its position at birth is soon after midnight (12:00 am edt Moon 22Cap11 would be a direct hit). If this is the case, Mr. Mulvaney may have more than Trump's rage to deal with. But if his Moon is in Aquarius (or is well beyond 23 Capricorn and forming a Full Moon), Saturn-Pluto won't be as strong and/or may not affect him overmuch except in the house where 22Cap46 falls in his horoscope (if only we knew!)

But that's not all, for Mulvaney has a certain natal midpoint @21Cap30 that definitely will be hit by the Saturn-Pluto Conjunction and it is a difficult one in and of itself--Mars-Saturn of 'destructive energy' fame.

This cosmic circumstance for the fellow suggests a few difficult potentials such as Saturn-Pluto with more Saturn ('initiating terrible retributions; the final destruction of established patterns; realism about good vs bad; questioning what can be eliminated or kept) plus, Mars-Saturn with Pluto (extreme measures taken to apply force directly to those who are no longer able to defend themselves adequately; intense energy applied toward goals; respected activities are corrupted), and Mars-Saturn with more Saturn (loss of momentum from a lack of drive by leaders; deficiencies in planning; prudence and caution disregarded as pressure is brought for completing stalled work) - Midpoints: Unleashing the Power of the Planets, Michael Munkasey. Could that be pressure from boss Putin?

And of course, you remember that Donald Trump was born under the Mars-Saturn = Pluto midpoint picture with its brutal, cruel, death-dealing, rage-toward-destruction energies that Mr. Mulvaney should wish to avoid at all costs--if he can.

Yet this vicious picture has one saving grace, according to Reinhold Ebertin, so let's cling to this: Intervention of a higher power. Thus we can, at the least, hope that this potential will favor beneficial outcomes for us all despite the vengeful, blame-avoiding nature of Donald Trump. As long as the 'higher power' isn't an entity manipulating Trump operatives from a foreign land.

Winter Solstice 2019 and a Scorpio Moon

December 21, 2019: Between the House Vote to impeach Trump (December 18th) and family holiday plans and celebrations there's been no time to publish the Winter Solstice 2019 Horoscope so I'll add a few chart notes here along with my drawing, Blue Winter's Path.

Winter Solstice December 21, 2019:

Sun to 00Cap00:00 at 11:19:40 pm est (Washington DC horoscope); 3rd quarter Moon (crisis in consciousness phase), solar hour, with Sun in 4th house focusing on Real Estate, Mining, Roots, the Domestic Scene, Security, and Endings, and Moon @9Sco00 in 2nd hou$e leading a BOWL shape of planets. We The People are feeling Scorpionic these days and on into 2020 at least until Spring Equinox 2020 (March 19 with Moon in Aquarius). And naturally, intense, brooding Scorpio involves such realms as research, investigation, spying and surveillance, Big Business, death, the occult, and regeneration. Death and regeneration resonate with the 'traumatic transformation via news received or short journeys' and 'sudden endings of associations possibly with a young person' vibes of the December 26, 2019 3 South Solar Eclipse @4Cap06 with Capricorn's governmental, legal, business, investment, authority, and accountability connotations.

Also in 4th house with the Sun are protective, expansive, broadcasting Jupiter @4Cap24 (heralding the Christmas 2019 Eclipse which Jupiter will conjunct), Saturn @20Capricorn, a critical-crisis degree, and powerful Pluto @22Cap04 sitting upon the natal Vertex of Donald Trump (22Cap51 = karmic encounters) where the Saturn-Pluto Conjunction will perfect on January 12, 2020. Saturn's position at Winter Solstice also portends the January 10, 2020 Lunar Eclipse @20Cancer conjunct Castor, a revealing lunar eclipse which may provide information about a Senate Impeachment trial in early 2020. And obviously, the January 10th Lunar Eclipse is the Syzygy Moon of the Saturn-Pluto rendezvous approximately 2 days later plus, the Christmas 2019 Solar Eclipse is the karmic conjunction's Prenatal Eclipse ('PE'). Follow the link to view both eclipse charts.

Additionally, the January 2020 Lunar Eclipse helpfully provides clues concerning our collective reaction to the December 2019 Solar Eclipse conditions and events with the two eclipses emphasizing the Cancer-Capricorn security axis and its home vs career issues and concerns. Sign rulers Moon and Saturn suggest ambition and strategy although some indication of depression or emotional suppression may be involved--and yes, the harsh Saturn-Pluto Conjunction in January may add to such difficulties for some folks depending on how the conjunction affects their planets.

Also in the Winter Solstice 2019 chart is a hint of freedom-closeness issues (Moon-Uranus oppo) along with the lunar-led BOWL pattern's tendency to suggest people on a mission and/or the advocacy of a cause (Jones). (Impeaching and removing Trump perhaps? A majority of Americans want that, please). And naturally, intense, brooding Scorpio involves such realms as research, investigation, spying, surveillance, Big Business, Insurance, Debt and Credit, death, the occult, and regeneration. To me, 'death' and 'regeneration' resonate with the 'traumatic transformation via news received or short journeys' and 'sudden endings of associations possibly with a young person' vibes of the December 26, 2019 3 South Solar Eclipse @4Cap06 with Capricorn's governmental, legal, business, investment, authority, and accountability connotations. Note that 3 South eclipses have occurred in the years 1911, 1929, 1947, 1965, 1983, and 2001. And here's what I hope is only a cosmic curiosity: the 3 South Solar Eclipse of November 1, 1929 perfected @9Scorpio, the position of the Winter Solstice 2019 Moon.

So as you can see, the "Black Tuesday" Crash of 1929 occurred under the influence of the close-enough 3 South Eclipse in 'Big Business' Scorpio.

Another significant factor in the horoscope set for DC at Winter Solstice 2019: 20Vir34 rises which brings up fixed star Denebola (out of the mainstream; to go against society) and this star conjoins the natal Midheaven of Joe Biden. Is there a 2020 Campaign message about candidate Biden's aspirations here? What do you think?

However, the chart's Midheaven @19Gem15 places Trump's natal 10th house trio of Uranus-North-Node-Sun smack dab upon the most visible point of the chart and gives Winter Solstice 2019 Geminian and Uranian flavors with all that Mercury-ruled Gemini and the disruption and radical reforms of shocking Uranus (Trump's guiding planet). So in relation to Uranian Trump's conduct, we may expect a continuation of duplicity, quirkiness, deception, chaos, upsets, change, superficiality, insults, protests, many communications, gossip, commerce, trade, travel, new and fluctuating ideas and plans, to spew out of his quixotic, sneaky mind.

Winter Solstice 2019's Cosmic Weather

Yes, there are several other chart factors of note, but let's close with a few indications of the Earth-Water Sun Capricorn-Moon Scorpio combination of energies which necessarily must involve the signs' malevolent rulers Saturn, Mars, and Pluto. As a trio, these three karmic culprits suggest Trump's enraged, brutal, even murderous, natal midpoint picture of Mars-Saturn = Pluto. That he intends to take revenge for the Democrats' vote to impeach is a given especially considering his natal Mars rising with royal star Regulus (success if revenge is avoided; if not, all that been gained will be taken away). From all indications (plus, his retaliating nature), revenge will not be avoided. So for now, Big T is like a cobra ready to strike. And the Winter Solstice 2019 North Node @8Can25 in 10th house (the head of the dragon) continues to direct us toward Trump's natal Mercury (8:51) while transit South Node (the tail of the dragon) is ready to swipe transit Jupiter (conflicts of interest; social and ethical aims clash with prevailing customs; and/or obstacles due to bad timing--Sakoian and Acker.)

But back to the Sun-Moon combo of energies - first, an apt quote from Clement Atlee, rival of Churchill, who was probably born under the influence of the Capricorn-Scorpio personality blend: "Democracy means government by discussion but it is only effective if you can stop people talking." I shall assume he was criticizing government's tendency toward 'all talk and no action' (aka, all hat, no cattle) which gets little if anything useful done. Excessive propaganda and overblown boasting fit in there somewhere.

Yet Earth-Water is a practical, nourishing combo with the innate wisdom to know what is important and what is not. Sun Capricorn-Moon Scorpio (best results when leaders and the people work together) supplies courage, dedication, and a "heroic strength of character." The ambition of Capricorn blends with Scorpio's passion and emotional self-control which often creates an attraction to law and social reform, plus, the pair supplies the knowledge that we'd better be prepared for future attacks. Knowing where we stand on significant issues is a must which relates quite easily to campaign proposals and policies touted by the 2020 candidates. All of them including Trump if he manages to stand for re-election. Common sense is definitely a feature of this blend so, personally speaking, if voting for Trump in 2020 (which is a vote for Putin) seems like common sense to you, Lord please help America.

For more details see Sun Sign-Moon Sign by Charles and Suzi Harvey.

Dec 20, 2019

January 2020 Impeachment Trial and the Lunar Eclipse

December 20, 2019: Unless you, dear reader, exist inside a hyperbolic chamber, you're aware that Speaker Nancy Pelosi may withhold Trump's Impeachment case from the Senate until January 2020 or possibly later due to Senator Mitch McConnells' threat of a rigged-for-Trump proceeding with no documents and no witnesses testifying. The willfully blind Mr. McConnell intends to, in a word, abort.

Cosmically speaking, there is one timing event that may attend the Senate trial of Donald Trump no matter the trial's date: the January 10, 2020 Lunar Eclipse @20Cancer conjunct Castor - near Trump's natal Saturn, planet of accountability. The next Lunar Eclipse won't perfect until June 5, 2020 @16Sagittarius so a Senate trial prior to that date will fall under the auspicious lunar rays of the January 2020 eclipse and those of the December 2019 Capricorn Solar Eclipse (next solar eclipse manifests at Summer Solstice 2020--more on that in a future post).

Now as you know, both solar and lunar eclipses tend to uncover secrets, broadcast inconvenient facts, leak intell, and/or point out all manner of ugliness via their karmic rays. Lunar Eclipses are excellent spotlights that reflect and reveal hidden things especially since the astrological Moon in Mundane Astrology relates to the Collective Unconscious. And after all, eclipses aren't known as 'wild cards of the Universe' and 'cosmic blinks' for nothing! For disruptions and sudden changes of direction--in similar fashion to astrological Uranus--are often triggered and/or timed by eclipses and not necessarily on their exact dates of manifestation. Plus, due to the sensitization of degrees, eclipse influences can last for months or years.

So if you care to take a look, a recent post was published showing both the DC Horoscopes of the December 26, 2019 Solar Eclipse @4Cap06 and the January 10, 2020 Lunar Eclipse @20Cancer (20Can/Cap = critical-crisis degrees--and here we are). In this case, the January 2020 Lunar Eclipse provides cosmic information on our reaction to events brought by the December 2019 Solar Eclipse. Also shown in the charts is the fact that the transiting North Node continues to point toward Trump's natal Mercury (8Can51) (see below) suggesting public contacts concerning his communications, facts, reports, and commercial enterprises (Mercury), and meetings, tribal and otherwise, which would include his rallies.

Then on a side note (or is it?!), perhaps you'll agree that it's quite curious that the January 2020 Lunar Eclipse @20Cancer 'eclipses' the rising Jupiter Rx in the Moscow Miss Universe Pageant 2013 horoscope! Will darker secrets of Jupiterian Trump's 2013 Moscow visit finally be publicly revealed?

Now here's an excerpt from a previous post concerning the natal Mercury of Donald Trump:

Mercury in (tribal) Cancer indicates a mind that is influenced by deep-seated emotional patterns and desires which cause one to look at some facts while ignoring others. This allows bias, prejudice, a lack of objectivity, and incorrect judgments to result. A good memory may be denoted due to the emotional intensity associated with various thoughts and learning often occurs through osmosis rather than by traditional teaching methods. The osmosis accounts in part for his tendency to 'listen to the last thing he heard someone say' and then to spout it as his own thought which can change in a flash due to high susceptibility to the thoughts, opinions, and attitudes of those in his environment (ex: FOX News). Emotional appeals hold particular sway over Mercury in Cancer's thinking with patriotism on the top of the list (Cancer = home, homeland, family, mother, women, real estate, nurturing such as food, comfort, familiar surroundings). As you must have noticed, Mr. Trump exhibits 24/7 the Mercury in Cancer trait of believing that whatever is done or spoken within his environment is directed expressly or exclusively toward him.

And now as 2020 approaches, it pretty much is.

Related posts include: More details on the January 2020 Lunar Eclipse may be found here; Horoscopes: Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House 2007 and 2019; and still in force until June 2020 is Trump's Solar Return 2019 Horoscope where we see, among other things, his goals opposed and his massive ego deflated by transit Jupiter then in process of opposing Trump's natal Sun in Gemini. Will Donald Trump reap the wind in 2020? We'll sleuth for clues in his Solar Return 2020 horoscope soon.

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