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Yesterday acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney announced in a press conference that President Trump did indeed withhold military aid from Ukraine in order to induce the President of Ukraine to initiate an investigation that would help Trump politically. With this one remark, emphatically made and repeated, Mulvaney undercut claims made by both the President and his supporters that there was no “quid pro quo” in Trump’s famous phone conversation with the Ukrainian President.
Mulvaney’s chart reveals both a penchant for impulsive behavior and maladroit pronouncements. (Click on Mick Mulvaney to see a chart done for noon on his date of birth.) Rambunctious Mars is square his natal Sun while Saturn is square his Mercury. People with Saturn square Mercury tend to speak plainly, while people with Mars square the Sun (particularly when the Sun is in a Water sign like Cancer) go with their gut without a whole lot of thought about the ramifications.
Of course, this is not the first time Mulvaney’s mouth has gotten him in trouble. During the Republican primaries he was highly critical of Donald Trump and once called him a “terrible human being.” Apparently President Trump forgave this remark. Whether Mulvaney will be forgiven for what he said yesterday remains to be seen.
Astrology at Work: The Impeachment of Bill Clinton
Last week I discussed the impeachment proceedings brought against Richard Nixon. (Click here to see the article.) For a lot of people, 1974 is ancient history. Nowadays, when people think about impeachment they are more likely to think of 1998 and 1999 and stains on a red dress.
Richard Nixon’s troubles started when a Saturn transit set off the paranoia of which Capricorns, particular with they are feeling insecure, are often prone. In Clinton’s case it was a secondary progression that sparked the self-indulgence toward which Leos are sometimes inclined. In July 1995, when Clinton’s secondary progressed Venus was square his natal Sun, a young woman named Monica Lewinsky joined the staff at the White House. Before long President Clinton’s interest in this impressionable intern became sexual. (Click on Bill Clinton to see the horoscope.)
In the New Moon chart for Sept. 28 (click here to see the article and the chart) we had both the Sun and Moon in the Ninth House of ideology. I predicted that we would see liberals and conservatives return to their respective corners and harden their positions. I had hoped that the aspects to the Sun and Moon would produce some cracks in that ideological stalemate but, so far, those cracks have been minimal.
I had also predicted that there would be a slowing of events in Washington. We saw that early in the cycle, with Democrats waiting for testimony from a second whistle-blower and the President holding back witnesses, but the pace has seemed to quicken recently. The good news that I saw coming for President Trump turned out to be the signing of a trade agreement with Japan and the possibility of the first steps toward a deal with China. However, that good news has largely been drowned out by the impeachment hearings and a series of legal setbacks for the President.
Astrology at Work: The Impeachment of Richard Nixon
The impeachment inquiry going on in Congress right now is dominating the news. It’s also got people recalling previous efforts to impeach a sitting president. There have been three and only one was in any way successful. In 1974 Richard Nixon chose to resign from office rather than face an impeachment vote in the Senate that he was sure to lose. I thought it would be interesting to look back at what was going on in Nixon's chart during this period. (Click on Richard Nixon to see his horoscope.)
Appropriately enough (from an astrological perspective) Nixon’s troubles began during a Saturn transit. On June 13, 1971, just as transiting Saturn was conjunct Nixon's natal Saturn, The New York Times published excerpts from Daniel Elsberg's upcoming book, “The Pentagon Papers”, which contained secrets regarding the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War. The information was not particularly embarrassing to Nixon but, on advice from Henry Kissinger, he decided to get a court order for the Times to stop publishing the excerpts.
Decisions we make under a Saturn transit often have importance that is not immediately apparent. When the court ruled against Nixon in this matter it set off a wave of paranoia in the White House. A group of his supporters who went by the name “The White House Plumbers” came together with the aim of protecting their president from this sort of leak. A list of “enemies” was formed and these men went to work trying to undermine these people.
Following the Moon: Oct. 13, 2019
