Part 2: The Contenders

Here we’ll look at the candidates for the next Presidency of the United States and see which one has the best chance.

Biden: Carrying the Weight to the End

President Biden has had a hard time of it, with his first two years including Saturn opposite Pluto and square Mars, which I said would mean “Can’t make changes you want, conflict, power struggles,” and “Held back, frustrated.”

For the next two years he has even worse challenging Saturn transits, with lots of frustrations, and it all starts going downhill for him right when the new Senate is sworn in, which shows you how the mid-term elections might go.

The good news for him is that in 2025 the storm clears and he has a string of great transits from Saturn to his Jupiter, Sun, and Venus for all 2025, and more in 2026. So if he can make it through reelection, he’ll be much better off, but it’s most likely those good transits will come too late, and they only show his retirement.

Uranus

Since the start of his presidency, Biden has had a mix from Uranus.

Uranus opposite Mars  May 2020 - Mar 2022
Uranus trine Midheaven  May 2022 - Mar 2024

The first shows tension with trying to implement changes, and even outright opposition from angry Mars. Since then he’s had a better patch with the trine to his Midheaven, helping him be more dynamic and innovative.

Right after that one is over, he has

Uranus opposite Sun  May 2024 - Mar 2026

This would bring unpredictable changes, with lots of tension, and make him more prone to take risks for greater freedom.

Pluto

Pluto square Moon  Feb 2022 - Dec 2024

As I wrote in my last report, “For 2022 through 2024, Biden will be facing deep emotional issues, conflict with the people, or threats to his home, which for the President would represent the nation.”

With Putin and Jong-un rattling their sabers, this doesn’t sound good. But I think it shows the power struggles over control of the nation, including personal attacks on him and his family, and bringing out repressed anger. It will run right through to Election Day.

Summing Up

So as I wrote last time, “A rough patch for him for the next four years,” and I don’t see any signs in his transits that he’ll continue on as President in 2025.

Trump: Electric Boogaloo

And now we get to Trump. The other day, three of the ten headlines listed at The Week’s Daily Briefing weren’t good for Trump: "House Jan. 6 committee votes to subpoena Trump," "Supreme Court denies Trump request on Mar-a-Lago documents," and "New York attorney general asks court to freeze Trump assets." And for the day before, one of them said, "Judge says Trump can't delay deposition in rape accuser's defamation lawsuit." So he’s getting hit on all sides.

And yet none of this has fazed his supporters. In fact, once you see Trump’s transits, the forecast will be clear enough.

Uranus

Right now Trump has Saturn square his Midheaven, and since Saturn is stern and brings limitations, that has brought frustrations and setbacks with Trump’s public standing, just as we’ve seen in the news. It started in April 2022 and will run a few more months, till Jan 2023.

Five months later, in June 2023, he’ll start into the most important transit I’ll cover here, and possibly the key to the next election.

Uranus conjunct Midheaven  Jun 2023 - Mar 2025

As we’ve already covered, Uranus is the wild entertainer, like Jimi Hendrix. He’s unpredictable, electric, and brings about revolutionary change. And for the first time in Trump’s life, Uranus will be moving right to the top of his chart and crossing his Midheaven, which rules one’s status and public persona. So all the electric effects will be on center stage.

When I first saw that in 2020, I figured he’d get back that dynamic showmanship he had in 2016, when he had Uranus trine his Mars, which many saw as missing in 2020.

Now, with Elon Musk finally going ahead with his purchase of Twitter and saying he’ll allow more disinformation and might bring back Trump, that could well connect to this transit. Where Trump will say he’s been vindicated and launch back into a full-scale blatherfest of disruptive tweets.

Whatever it is, expect it to start in June 2023 and last for two years. This will be when his campaign is in full swing, and simply his being reelected after being voted out of office will be a very unexpected and Uranus-type event.

With Uranus it's always unpredictable. But expect a strong change in his public status - whether that comes from a fall from grace or his return to the Presidency, it's hard to say, but with him bragging last week about the crowd size on Jan 6, I can't see how anything will turn his base against him or cause the GOP to hold him accountable.

 

The first time Trump had Uranus aspect his Midheaven was a square for 1959-1962. 1959 was the year he was sent to a private military academy. From The Washington Post: “He was a 13-year-old with a history of trouble at school, and his father sent him to the academy to be straightened out.” That's the kind of unexpected, life-altering event we might expect from this transit.

 

Uranus square Mars  Aug 2023 - May 2025

Kicking in just a couple months later, Uranus will be making a square aspect to his Mars. This doesn’t bode well for a President, for Uranus is unpredictable and brings about sudden changes, and Mars rules ego, anger, guns, and the military.

    Watch out for impulsive actions, rash decisions and other actions that may have sudden, unexpected consequences and undesirable results in the future. You may feel that your ego is at stake in some way and that you have to assert yourself now regardless of the risk.... The more insecure you are, the more likely you are to do something rash as a way of saying to the world that you are a person to be reckoned with.

    - Robert Hand, Planets in Transit

It could just be that he’ll be even more likely to fly off the handle with tirades, but we’d be lucky if so.

Uranus square Ascendant  July 2024 - May 2026

And finally, adding to that one, and starting a year later, Uranus will be square Trump’s Ascendant, making him even more unpredictable and rebellious.

     This transit is likely to have a very disruptive effect on your relationships. This challenge will be reflected in surprising encounters with others that upset your way of living or in sudden separations from persons who you thought would remain in your life for some time. A difficult marriage, in which there are a number of repressed tensions, may very well not survive this transit.
    - Robert Hand, Planets in Transit

     You are not easily satisfied with things now; even if everything seems to be going along fine, you feel the need to stir things up. You would almost rather have an upset or crisis just for the excitement.
You could be asserting more independence, perhaps at the expense of your friends and relationships.
     - Cafe Astrology

 

So there’s three very strong transits from Uranus to Trump’s chart, all capable of causing rash actions, and all three in effect for July 2024 through Mar 2025, during the next election. And it’s definitely not a good sign for his first year back in office, when he’ll be out for revenge.

Thou Art the Mars of Malcontents

By the way, Trump was born with Mars conjunct his Ascendant and square his Midheaven, and his Mars, Ascendant, and Midheaven are the three points that will be getting that triple-hit from Uranus, so it’d be good to take a look at how those aspects in his birthchart color his character.

From Café Astrology:

 

    Generally feisty, Mars conjunct Ascendant people are easily riled up... They want to be seen as powerful people. Impulsive and assertive, they at least exude confidence even if they don’t feel it.

From Astrology King:

 

    Mars square Midheaven gives an independent spirit and strong will... Willing to challenge convention and tradition, you are not afraid to address social problems and make bold statements.
    Your competitive, assertive and direct approach can inspire others, but you may be accused of bullying, being too demanding, provocative, or offensive.
    You can react with devastating power when you feel you have been mistreated or jilted, sometimes using personal criticisms vindictively. Acting impulsively out of anger, suspicion, or revenge will always make it harder to reach your goals.

So those are the qualities that Uranus is going to be putting on center stage.

Neptune

Trump’s had Neptune square both his Sun and Moon since 2020, and these transits run through to the end of 2022. Those have made him very delusional in what he sees and thinks, and has led to him misleading everyone else, too.

Progressions

I figured Trump wouldn’t win the last election because he had his progressed Moon square Uranus (emotional upsets) during November.

This time around he has his progressed Moon square Pluto for the month of the election, which shows him either being angry or throwing his power about.

Also, Trump’s progressed Moon goes into Scorpio (ruled by Pluto) for a couple of years starting January 2024, so that’s another sign that all of election year and the year after he could be even more emotionally volatile and vindictive than usual.

Summing Up

 

So that’s it for transits, and you can well see why in nearly every regard they favor Trump for the next election.

 

And now we go to Part 3: The Big Days, for a look at the most important events coming up for the nation.