More Donald Trump Drama

HERE WE GO

Get ready for more dramatic turmoil.  At the moment of Trump’s birth, the star Vega (charismatic and magical) set as the great star Regulus graced the Ascendant – Trump has a magical effect on people and is most successful if revenge is avoided.  He hasn’t heeded the last part very well but he has put a spell on the vast majority of the Republican Party.  The indictment on June 13 falls seven days after transiting Mars crossed his Pluto.  Pluto reveals and destroys.  Does this mean Trump will be forced out of the presidential race?  I doubt it.  Pluto also transforms.  So he might fall from on high only to be resurrected.

Pluto is in the 12th house (a strong Gauquelin sector) in Trump’s horoscope.  It is unaspected except by sextile with Neptune which is a generation indicator so has little bearing on his personal life.  Unaspected planets denote great ability that goes wayward at times.  Rising, it denotes self-sabotage and subsequent renewal.  His life is a series of failures and triumphant reversals.  What does him in is somehow converted back into strength.  His other plutonian abilities are well-known: coercion, undermining opponents, lying and twisting truth to control the masses.  And Pluto has served him well; he won the Republican primary in 2015 at the age of 69 – a Pluto year for him in my Diurnal Planet for a Year direction.  His 78th year is also a Pluto year but not in a Jupiter 9-year phase like before but in a Neptune one.  This time he won’t win the election with legitimate votes, he’ll steal it at the state level if he can.

Trump is a fighter.  Mars rises.  The Mars trine with the Moon indicates an emotional bond of strength with his family and ardent followers (the Moon represents the people or masses).  But a sizable group of moderate Republicans have already bailed from the Trump mantra.  A guilty verdict may cost him even more votes but the hard core constituents that see him as the only chance of redeeming the political and cultural conservatism of last century will stand by no matter what.  What then are his chances of winning the White House a second time?

His transits through the election season are compelling.  Let’s start with the weekly transit of Mars to his Pluto 6/6/23.  This transit sets off a monthly Jupiter to Pluto that peaks 7/5.  Mars is conjunct his Mars on the national birthday and then moves over his Ascendant on the 10th.  What a battle June and July will bring with no knockout punch.  These are transits of strength and determination to win no matter the casualties.

Late October into November is the next critical period.  Mars again aspects Pluto (10/26) and sets off the monthly Jupiter retrograde with Pluto 11/6.  Could this be the start of the trial?  This intense and potentially weakening transit is followed by Mars on his Lower Culmination of home and security (11/16) and another weekly Mars (11/19).  He’ll feel threatened and be mad as hell at home vowing to fight his enemies.

Turning into 2024 legal troubles will mount when new disclosures of inappropriate behavior are presented; Trump may also sabotage himself again when a monthly and a weekly transit to his Pluto peak together in late February.  March is bitter near 18 and 22 as transiting Mars aspects his Mars and crosses the Descendant – criticizing and being confronted by others.  The lunar eclipse in March indicates deception and avoidance on Trump’s part.  The spin, of course, is that the document indictment is politically motivated.  Millions of people believe him when he keeps repeating that the election was stolen (he actually tried to steal it but failed); that he has done nothing wrong, and it’s all a witch hunt.  Why keep the top secret documents in the first place?  To sell them if his money flows dry up?  No, I rather think the motive is more childish and selfish.  He wants mementos with bragging rights.  He will likely be found guilty.  But so what?  Do you really think he will do jail time with the Secret Service protecting him in the adjacent cell?  House arrest would be more appropriate.  Before all that, his defense team will use delay tactics in hopes that the election will come first.  So what of the election?

With a majority of the Republican Party still backing him and the political divide growing every wider, with 39 states controlled by a single party in all three branches of government (22 Republican and 17 Democrat) we face a greater cultural civil war and constitutional crisis in 2024 than ever before.  The staunch Republicans still behind Trump are the key to all of this.  If enough of them lose all respect for Trump and defect, he will lose the primary.  It won’t happen in April or early May 2024 because Jupiter crosses his Midheaven, a cosmic sign of power and approval.  But then it turns dicey and uncertain.  Monthly transits aspect his Mars (5/12) and Uranus (5/16), the later triggering Uranus over his Midheaven (6/3)!  These three transits have the power to unseat him unless he pulls an unexpected maneuver and dislodges himself from harm.  Uranus on the Midheaven happens once-in-a-lifetime.  This transit has wrecked many a career and catapulted others to extraordinary success.  Whatever happens, this is going to be wildly entertaining.

The United States will be in a Moon year from July 2024 to July 2025 based on my Diurnal Planet for a Year direction.  The election is therefore about the people.  The people must decide and vote against anarchy.  The problem of course is one of identification.  Which side is the most corrosive?  Compounding the problem is the Moon since astrologically it represents emotional reactions, not sound reasoning.  The people can be swayed, duped into believing whatever.  The election is also about women.  Female voters may very well determine the outcome.  Trump would do well to have a female running mate.  And what becomes of us if Biden wins and subsequently succumbs to infirmity or worse during his second term?

Trump will adapt to threats against him in late September through October.  Jupiter transits his Moon twice during this period as retrograde Uranus aspects his Mars.  Then the spectacular November election during the transit of Jupiter over his Uranus while transiting Uranus, retrograde, goes over his Midheaven a second time 12/10.  This equates to plenty of surprises and unusual outcomes.  Another Trump win fits this bill.

The incredible series of hard angle transits to Trump’s natal chart can do him in any number of ways.  The presidential contenders are not likely to be this cause based on current polls.  Chris Christie is out to expose his failures and weakness as a leader.  But the other candidates seem timid and afraid to confront Trump outright in fear that voters will turn against them.  The outcome of the document case – a guilty verdict – may strengthen Trump.  He could cut a plea deal if found guilty and walk relatively free with his followers crying foul.  Nothing short of bizarre and unusual can be expected.  Then there is the Georgia election interference issue (an attempt to steal the election actually).  Will he be prosecuted?  From an astrological perspective historical precedents will be broken again and again so the answer must be yes.  That being said, remember that Uranus stands for freedom, escape, and breaking free.  So does he get a reprieve, a promised pardon for his endorsement, or some unforeseen, wild development that derails the whole prosecution?  It’s hard to see how anyone could persevere under such transits and accusations.  But Trump thrives on them.  He was born with a Sun/Uranus conjunction after all.  2024 therefore stands as the apex of his life – a make or break moment – when the whirlwind he brings tears this country or himself apart.

The people must be the answer, women in particular; and the instincts of a nation born of rebellion that cherishes freedom, righteousness, and the rule of law.