Astrological Research Findings

  Donald Trump demonstrates power by humiliating and defeating others. To Trump power means a crude and cruel infliction of pain. The image below is how he is imagined leaving the Oval Office. This is both funny and sad. Trump can't admit he is a loser. He is dependent on the adoration of others to feel good. Astrologically, this is indicated by his Saturn being in conjunction to Venus and also quincunx to his Moon. He risked millions of lives with his insane rallies because adoration was more important to him than the lives of those people. It is no accident that Coronavirus is spiking in places he visited and that over 130 Secret Service agents tested positive. Trumpism has become a death cult. Trump has been dislodged from the summit of power. For an insecure narcissist it must feel like death. He is rage tweeting and denying that he lost. The Republicans are afraid to confront him. Mary Trump believes he will break as many things as he can on his way out. Lawsuits and jail awai...

  The Trump herd is happily getting infected while he is keeping a safe distance. Trump said he was a "cheerleader" as an excuse for his downplaying of the virus. How far will the herd go with him? Over the cliff? The red states are blissfully becoming new hotspots of Coronavirus thanks to Trump's leadership. Mindless rage is what is needed to sustain the herd and Trump busily provides it. What can possibly bring the Trump herd back to reality? In Astrology the Saturn Pluto stressful transits have been described by Richard Tarnas as follows: ..."alignments of the Saturn-Pluto cycle coincided with especially challenging historical periods marked by a pervasive quality of intense contraction: eras of international crisis and conflict, empowerment of reactionary forces and totalitarian impulses, organized violence and oppression, all sometimes marked by lasting traumatic effects." We are in the midst of a Saturn-Pluto conjunction into which Jupiter is now transitin...

Mary L. Trump told Donald Trump that he has never been loved. The circumstances of his childhood were such that he missed out on the attention and love most children receive. What approval he got was from meeting his father's expectations. Fred Trump Sr. wanted his sons to be ruthless "killers" like he was. Donald seemed successful on the surface, but under the thin veneer there was a wounded child. Donald's basic nature is sensitive and vengeful. His tactic became to strike back, to hide his weakness. His early signature reveals his sensitivity. Later he replaced it with an aggressive signature. The two signatures are shown below. Astrologically, Trump's sensitivity is based on the conjunction of Venus and Saturn in Cancer in his natal chart. Saturn is the planet of limitations. Trump feels that he is not getting enough from relationships (Venus). Cancer is the sign of emotions, protectiveness and reliance on family. The lack of emotional support i...

When Trump confronts a formidable enemy he folds. He folded to Putin and to Kim Jong un. He folded to Coronavirus and the virus is advancing fast. Now it broke into the White House fortress and Trump is panicking. People should realize that he is a self-absorbed coward and far from a "stable genius". Who would contemplate using bleach and UV light on humans? The ignorance is staggering. Yet, he has the full-throated support of the Republican Party. What gives? Can we explain the madness? Astrologically, the US is undergoing a Pluto return. When the US declared independence in 1776 it had to contend with Mad King George III. Now we have to contend with the madness of Donald Trump. The country has to emerge on a different path to survive. The state, as we have it with Donald Trump, is failing miserably. The Pluto in Capricorn in conjunction to Saturn means that the reactionary forces in power are constricting (Saturn) the state to the breaking point (Pluto). Trump...

As the Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump proceeds, it appears that the testimony of John Bolton may have a profound effect. The very foundations of American democracy are being undermined by Donald Trump, as he seeks to gain absolute power. John Bolton, as reactionary as he is, does care for the country and for the principles it is based on. To Trump laws and values mean nothing. Trump's personal gain comes before everything. He totally lacks the sense of service to the country and to something greater than himself. The unfolding of world events is orchestrated by primal unconscious forces that seem to have a life of their own. Collectively we seem forced into certain actions, often contrary to logic. The patterns of history repeat or rhyme, as if the lessons from before were not learned, and we go through same kinds of trials again. This is because we still live mostly on the unconscious level. The archetypal fragments playing around in our unconscious minds determine whi...

In these days when Vladimir Putin is demolishing the existing Russian government and constitution so he can become president for life, and when the Republican Party is unresponsive to Donald Trump's crimes, is there a larger lens through which to view these events? Is it just coincidence that strongmen are grabbing power in more countries worldwide? Trump and Putin clearly formed an alliance. Without Putin Trump would not be in power. And Trump knows Putin can take him down any time Putin wants. For Trump, with his moral failings, being indebted to Putin is not a problem. Trump wants power at any cost. To him it is "winning", even if he cheats. I suppose, a real narcissist would do almost anything for what he wants. Other people's rights don't enter the picture. Now the Trump base adopted the same attitude, which seriously threatens democracy and the rule of law. The US Constitution has not been this threatened since the Civil War. And again the fault lines...

For the past three years we have watched the Trump train steam past caution signs, roll over stop signs, ignoring laws, norms, and even reality. The Trump base on board was delighted by every unhinged norm-breaking and humanity-denying move. "Let Trump be Trump", they said. But now, the train's controls are being taken over and the beast inside is trapped. It is fitting that the person taking control is Nancy Pelosi, a real-life mother of 5 and the great congressional "mother" of 435. She knows how to deal with unruly children. The quote: "Character is destiny" is attributed to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus. In Astrology we believe that much of a person's character is shaped by the archetypal energies that were dominant at the time of birth. The natal chart is a basic blueprint of character. Most people strive consciously to improve their character through learning, but there is not much evidence that Trump bothered to do so. If anything, ...

Are Donald Trump and Boris Johnson the right men for our times?  Do they really reflect where their countries are at this time?  It depends on whom you ask. The progressives would clearly say "No" because the chain of progress seems to have been  broken. Most of the less educated folks would say that it is time to dig in for a national identity, to bring back a more glorious past (MAGA) when they felt more honored and less threatened. The threat is to their majority, as the influx of browner immigrants is rising in number and status. This fear is at a primitive visceral level. They let the herd instinct take over. These are the people of the MAGA rallies. They are also the more economically threatened people. But, the top 1% has hitched on to this populist movement because they see that immigrants are scapegoated and not the 1% that keeps the wages stagnant and opportunities limited. Since we live in "democratic" countries, those who come out to vote...

In his G-20 speech on June 28, 2019 Vladimir Putin declared that the world's liberal political order had "outlived its purpose." Putin openly revealed himself as the force against democracy. This is now possible for him to do because Trump agrees with him and Republicans do not dare to challenge Trump. The veil and gloves are off. The threat to 2020 US election is real. Putin will unleash his trolls and bots. He will succeed with people who have authoritarian and white nationalist tendencies. He may succeed in depressing turnout or sabotaging counting machines. 2020 election may well be uglier than 2016. Trump feels no need to hide his collusion this time. He said that he will accept foreign help.  2020 will be a titanic fight for the soul of America. Is the US going to contract to a caricature of  the 1950's culture with exclusion of all those who do not look the part? That is absurd when you realize that over 40% of US population is not "white". Puti...