Eris and the 2016 Election
October 7, 2016 was a surprising day. The release of Access Hollywood tape that day shook the Trump campaign and the release of emails by Wikileaks 30 minutes later was an unexpected twist. As much as the emails helped Trump, they also pointed to Russia's involvement. What can Astrology tell us about that day? The first remarkable thing is that it coincided with the exact conjunction of the dwarf planet Eris and Uranus. Eris was at 23 degrees 10 minutes, and Uranus was at 22 degrees 49 minutes of Aries. Eris has been called the planet of discord, of unexpected plunge into chaos and strife. Uranus is the planet of sudden change, of breaking of restrictions. The union of these two energies in a conjunction would bring about very disturbing change. Eris had been within 1 degree of Uranus since May 2016. This was during the time when Trump was securing his nomination. The chaos and strife he was bringing was coming into focus and the Russians were already assisting him. The noon...