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October
9-16, 2004
Eclipsetime & US Elections
Thursday
October 14 we have a New Moon at 21.06 Libra which starts an eclipseseason. With the New Moon
we have a solar
eclipse, with the Full Moon October 28 we have a lunar eclipse.
It actually makes New Moons almost feel like Full Moons and Full
Moons almost like New Moons. The solar eclipse this week
is a partial one, the lunar eclipse October 28 a total one
however. The lunar eclipse being on 5.02 Taurus and the Nodes at
2.09 Taurus. Solar eclipses are known to co-incide with
the blackening out of current leadership and lunar eclipses are
known to be able to cut through past patterns. My guess is
that as far as the US elections are concerned, that it is
entirely possible that we will see Bush, the current leader,
becoming less and less favoured in the polls, and since we are
in eclipse time, strange things could happen still. Because a
solar eclipse is quite damaging to our ego's in general and the
ego does strange things on its own without the light of the Sun
connected to it. It is a kind of Libra ego which we will see
surface everywhere. And then October 28th the ego is realigned
as it were to the cosmos, when the Sun takes over at the lunar
eclipse, and new ways of living can potentially start.
Just
like the polls, astrologers are divided in their views of who
the next President will be. And the charts to look at may not be
entirely conclusive and may also be contradictory to one another.
So let's look at some of them to see what possible could be the
outcome of the US elections.
I'm
going to start with the chart which is set for the closing of
the election at 11:00 pm EST for Washington and 8.00 pm PST for
California, but will set it for Washington:
Saturn
is the dominant planet, it exactly squares the midheaven, and is
trine to Mercury at 27 degrees, which could well indicate that
one of the two parties will receive 270 plus votes. The Moon at
18 degrees could well denote that the other party will get 180
votes. (Hm yes, astrology can be that simple at times:-))
But does Saturn in the 12th mean that the status
quo party will win? Does Moon in the 12th mean Kerry? It could
be. This closing chart resembles the chart of Bush who also has
Leo rising but the degree of the Ascendant is exactly conjunct
Pluto in the chart of Kerry. Uranus is the only retrograde
planet and near the 8th house cusp & thus it could also mean that a new
president breaking open the current status quo is not happening
as yet. So here we have the first contradiction as to what the
eclipses could at least potentially:-) signify.
The
chart of the Democrat Party: Mercury
has just entered their 4th house Nov 2, it denotes the daily agenda
of the Democrats and at the time of the closing of the polls,
it signifies a new start for them, but very much out of the
limelight... However, a stronger indication is Saturn
which is in the 11th house: it is in a favourable place for
support. At the time of the previous election they had Saturn
transiting in the 10th and were suffering a blow. This time
however the Republics have Saturn transiting in the 10th (see
chart below)
In
itself it is highly interesting to see the Sun-Pluto square in
the chart of the Democrats square the Moon in Scorpio from the
Republicans. If these charts are correct the Republicans quite often rule by economic power and fight mean with Mars in
the 12th. Mars in the 12th in Virgo would do well to be of
service to the whole, but the Moon is likely to often be
triggered in ego-states, when security is attacked and that mean
fights could happen (and of course have happened:-) Saturn
t in the 10th could mean a blow, HOWEVER, the Midheaven of the
closing poll for Washington is conjunct Saturn and opposite
Neptune of the Democrats which is not good for the democrats and
the Ascendant is conjunct Mercury of the Republicans who could
cry out loud its victory. This Mercury is also exactly conjunct
Mercury in Bush;'chart btw. It would mean that Saturn in the 10th in the chart
of the republicans is going to fight like hell to keep the
status quo intact. But it is not common to win elections
with such a transit.
And
now, let's have a look at the charts of Kerry and Bush and their
spouses: because
ïm still not sure:- )
With
Saturn t in the 8th house, it looks too early for Kerry to have a
victory and with Pluto coming up to an opposition with Saturn
next year, his relationship with others could be under
great stress. Interestingly enough his midheaven is the same
as Clinton's Ascendant. Why does't this degree show up
better in the chart of the democrats I wonder? (The charts
of the democratric and republican parties could be a little
fishy because they are both given for noon)
Teresa Heinz´chart
looks very strong though, her Moon is conjunct the Moon of the
chart of America (and thus the American people), she is just
starting a new cycle of destiny with Saturn t conjunct the IC
and moving fits in nicely (if she will become America's First
Lady by January 20 2005 she will have to move, also a time when
Jupiter transits her descendant)
In the composite
with Kerry Saturn stays in the 6th house for quite a long time
still , so there is a lot of timepressure in their conjoined
lives to get things done and this would also be fitting of the
work of a new president and his wife.
Bush
is having his 2nd Saturn return and shouldn't win. Somewhere in
2005 Saturn will cross his ascendant and he needs to find
himself back as a person with Saturn t crossing the Ascendant
next year. This is one of the strongest indications to me that
Bush could loose. However, the chart of John Kerry is not
convincing enough for victory right now to me and one thus
wonders whether some people could be re-elected whilst being on
their 2nd Saturn-return? When the polls close Mars is at
24+ Libra, conjunct Bush' IC. Preparing for a new cycle of
activity and that points to the other outcome of loosing
again.
And
finally, the chart of Laura Bush and that does it for me. She is
actually finishing an entire cycle of destiny, Saturn is at the
most difficult point in her life, right before the IC (a subject
my new book, unfortunately for you, in Dutch, deals with:-) (but
you may order tapes from various conferences on talks on this
subject or attend the Faculty's Summerschool in August 2005 for
more on this:-) , The Ascendant of the closing of the polls sits
right on her Saturn.
In
sum, it is from the charts of the contender's wives that I now
feel Kerry will win! Ah, what is a man in politics without a
woman behind him:-) And how fitting of a Libra timeframe
it would be, to glean from the charts of the spouses who will
win:-)
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©
Joyce Hoen DF Astrol S, 2004
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