The Election: November 6, 2018
THE DONKEY AND THE ELEPHANT
I’ve a fun, and somewhat silly astrological election-calling device that I’d like to share.
It is well enough to compare the charts of candidates, but what of the parties themselves?
This would seem an equally or more important comparison. But, how can one do this?
There are several possible ways, the simplest method being a comparison of mascots. What?
The he Democratic Party uses a donkey as its mascot, whereas the the Republican Party is typically depicted by an elephant. Astrologically, the hard working donkey is ruled by Saturn and the giant elephant by Jupiter. Therefore, in this game, Saturn stands for the Democratic party and the Elephant for the Republican party.
The game goes like this: on the date of the election, the strongest planet by sign wins. Secondly, check if the Moon’s last aspect on election day was a good aspect to either Saturn or Jupiter.
Astrologers may object to this scheme because it seems counterintuitive.
Saturn is normally seen as the planet of big business and Jupiter of philanthropy.
Most folks associate the former more with Republican interests and the later with Democratic concerns. However, we just as easily could think of Saturn as representative of the hard working poor and Jupiter as the wealthy!
The weird part is that this seemingly ridiculous game has correctly called the last several elections, and has not yet let me down! I’ve been sharing this with my apprentices for years but tonight it felt time to unveil the “silly” but effective method. Try it yourself in the next several national elections. Maybe it is a fluke and will reverse one day. After all, this is all fun and games!
Saturn is in his own sign on Nov 6th, (Capricorn) and receiving a sextile from the Moon in Scorpio. Jupiter is in Scorpio, on an “anaretic” degree (unstable and sometimes unlucky), void, but in a compatible sign (Jupiter does well in a Water sign); and the Moon will join “him”
in this sign, although not closely - and directing her beam to Saturn. The Moon governs the public mood.
The parties look well balanced with a slight edge to Saturn.
I’ve written this portion after the elections closed, but have shared this system with students
and friends for years. The following write up was written prior to the election and submitted to the webmaster on Nov 4th.
The Election: November 6, 2018
Personally, I prefer to avoid discussing politics, however, we can use November 6th to teach astrology and leave the predictions to others.
This election week could not be more astrologically dynamic! There is the tradition of the “eclipse trigger”. Mars will trigger two eclipses this week!
A eclipse trigger occurs when a planet, mostparticularly the Sun, Mars, (or the planet ruling the sign of the recent eclipse) moves by transit into a “square”, “quincunx”, “opposition” or “conjunction” aspect to the astrological degree of a previous eclipse that occurred in the last year. The trigger planet releases the force field at this time, in a manner we know not how.
The exact date-of-trigger may be set off a few dates early or late when the Moon comes to these same trigger degrees, adding to the pressure. I discuss all this in depth in my book Eclipses and You.
This month we have both the Sun and Mars moving to trigger off two recent eclipses that occurred in the very political signs of Leo and Aquarius. Leo rules Kings and Aquarius rules “the people”.
We had two eclipses that occurred in the last 15 months across the 27-28 degrees of opposite signs Leo and Aquarius. The Total Solar Eclipse on 28 Leo occurred on August 21st, 2017. On February 15th, 2018, a mirror image Partial Solar Eclipse occurred opposite at 27 Aquarius.
Many people are rightfully concerned about the confluence of three “malefics” Mars, Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn, begun on March 17th. This triple doozie remains in Capricorn until May 15th-16, 2018, (depending on where you live in world), and returning for a second round between August 12th, (at night in USA) and Sept 10th, 2018 (evening in the USA).