Making Sense of Mass Hysteria and the US election

Since the result of the US election, one of the ugliest ever, America has seen riots and protests at the prospect of a Donald J Trump presidency. Trump promised that this election would be like Brexit plus plus – I guess you could say Brexit on steroids. And it has lived up to his promise. To be honest a big proportion of the astrological community got their prediction wrong – perhaps their personal beliefs got in the way. Who knows. In fact, to even suggest that Trump might actually become President led to furious backlashes on facebook and accusations of being a supporter for Trump. So why this vile shooting of the messengers?

During 2016 we had a series of difficult aspects between Saturn and Neptune – the clash of ideologies with realities. This seems to have produced a lack of tolerance for anyone who holds a different viewpoint. We have seen just this after both Brexit and the US election as some sections of society are unable to accept the democratic vote. It seems that the free floating anxiety in the atmosphere has produced a sense of mass hysteria in those who feel their way is thwarted and they haven’t got what they wanted.  Perhaps there is almost an air of entitlement knocking around these days.

Neither Brexit nor the election of a maverick such as Trump should have been a surprise for the astrological community. Between 2012 and 2015 we had seven difficult exact meetings between Pluto and Uranus. However, the energy has been in play since 2008 and is currently being reactivated by Jupiter, the planet of expansion. This is an energy that demands change. It reflects in social rebellion, turmoil – radical change at a fundamental level. This along with the Saturn Neptune square provided the background of the perfect storm.

This is the chart for Donald J Trump

He was born at the time of a full moon with his Sun in Gemini next to the north node and the planet Uranus. A Gemini Sun is usually chatty and sociable, but the presence of Uranus gives him the propensity to be a rebel, someone who wants to shock – in fact, he has no filter to what he says as his mouth engages before his brain puts the brakes on. He’s a rebel of the first order, but the planet Uranus also tends to lend an air of authenticity. So, he speaks as he believes rather than as others want him to. The royal star Regulus was on his Leo ascendant and Mars as he was born. And during 2016 his progressed Sun moved into Virgo, bang on where Regulus is now. Trump was born to do something important.

Leo rising speaks of someone who is flamboyant, known for his hair and someone who likes an adoring audience. Leo loves the chase but once they have their prey they can be easily bored, a trait backed up by his Gemini Sun. However, the layer of Leo- ness is thin – the main part of his first house, and therefore his body and his personality, is Virgo. Now Virgo is a much more modest sign with a sense of humility and a desire to serve. Virgo can often be fastidious in some areas of life, not necessarily tidy as is often thought though. But the young Trump is said to have been very tidy in his dress also having a desire to make sure his clothes were always neatly folded. The Venus Saturn conjunction in his chart suggests surprisingly someone who perhaps lacks confidence and he may use his brashness as a kind of cover up. This alongside the Virgo backdrop perhaps gives him the ability to have a sense of humility and willingness to serve his country. He has the potential for flexibility and to be discerning in what he believes and who he asks for advice – remember, he is not answerable to the elite. He funded his own campaign, he is not a career politician and his team was not made up of experienced politicians. Instead he sifted out what he wanted and who he wanted.

It is not just people who have charts – countries do too. This is the chart for the USA. 

The American chart is, however, a troubled chart, caught up in both the Pluto Uranus square as well as the Saturn Neptune square. No wonder the mass hysteria.

Another clue which should have led to many astrologers giving Trump the right to the White House is that his natal chart plugs in to the chart of the USA in a way that Hillary’s does not. Trump’s Sun conjunct the north node sits on the USA Mars in the 7th house – so we can hope that Trump looks to himself working in partnership with his country and perhaps with their already existing partnerships.  His Moon is exactly opposite, in the USA first house – he emotionally identifies with being American, and with his south node there too, he harks back to seeing America big and great again. We can see this resonance as Trump’s Sun trines Jupiter while the USA Sun squares Jupiter. Both want to be larger than life itself.
Clinton’s connections with the USA chart are just so much weaker.

Having trained in horary astrologer with William Stickevers in Caifornia (sadly I only went there on line rather than in person), I was privileged to be asked to work with him on ongoing political snapshots prior to the election itself. William had already identified that Trump was becoming an unstoppable force, defying everything that the media and the pollsters were saying. Our horary snapshots consistently and correctly identified that forces such as wikileaks would show themselves and that there would be a sudden and almost shocking change of momentum towards the end in favour of Trump. This is indeed how it panned out. However, to even say this was to invite a torrent of abuse from those who were so horrified at the thought of change in this form – for them only Hillary could provide security in their eyes. Hillary represents the choice of the establishment, the status quo, whilst Trump is the wild card – the Pluto Uranus candidate.

I hope that American will calm once the shock has subsided. Although Trump will provide the perfect scapegoat for any future difficulties, I doubt that he will prove to be so bad for the country he cares about. His chart suggests that he may find the changes in his own life difficult – least of all because a Sun conjunct Uranus person wants to feel free. During next year he has some heavy Saturn transits suggesting that he will certainly feel that burden of office.   As Saturn literally symbolises ‘walls’ I expect that talk of the wall will continue.  But he takes on this new role with a sense of responsibility and caution. I hope that the American people and the elite give him the chance.