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People born with the Sun in Cancer are usually hard to figure out, and South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham is no exception. He started out as one of the few Republican Senators who was willing to occasionally criticize the President. However, during the impeachment trial last January, Graham refused to even listen to the allegations made against Trump. Now it appears as if that inconsistency could cost Graham his seat.
Graham is locked in a tight race with Democratic challenger, Jamie Harrison. Polls show voters in South Carolina are evenly divided between the two, with Harrison now holding a very narrow lead. Harrison is also raising more money than Graham. Meanwhile, one of Fox News’ conservative commentators has come out against Graham and, even though Donald Trump endorsed Graham early on, it is unclear if that endorsement was a boon or a curse.
Since we do not have a complete horoscope for Graham (click here to see a chart done for noon on his date of birth) it's difficult get a clear astrological picture of his chances in this election. However, there a couple of interesting indicators. Transiting Saturn is opposed to the Mars and Uranus, which are conjunct in Cancer in Graham’s chart. Saturn often represents a bill come due. It exacts payment for the bad choices we’ve made in the past. This certainly tells us why Lindsey is having such a hard time. It could also be taken as an indication that those hard times will continue on election day.
The second Presidential debate is set for Thursday. There is still some doubt about whether or not it will actually happen. Joe Biden has said that he will not appear on stage with President Trump unless Trump has tested negative for the COVID virus that day and Trump has repeatedly danced around the issue of when and if he has had recent tests.
If the debate does occur, it will happen during a retrograde Mercury, which could mean that it will be marred by technical problems. I’ve always viewed Mercury retrograde like a weather forecast for rain. You do what you need to do, just make sure you have an umbrella handy. Given the importance of this event, I’m sure the people sponsoring the debate will have several umbrellas at the ready, so I not overly concerned about retrograde Mercury messing things up.
What is more worrisome to me is the fact that transiting Mars is still fairly close to a square to Jupiter. It is also semi-sextile Neptune. This is one of those “anything can happen” aspects. When you put this together with the Moon, which will be aligned with Pluto as the debate begins, the possibility of a last minute glitch grows. We could see Biden pull out because Trump refuses to take a COVID test or Trump pull out because they are muting his microphone when Biden is talking.
The Full Moon chart for Oct. 1 was dominated by Venus on the Descendant. (Click on Full Moon to see that article and chart.) As I had hoped, this dampened some of the violent indicators in that chart. Though we still had incidents of violence involving protests in various cities, coverage of those events was swept off the front page by President Trump’s illness and Amy Barrett’s Senate confirmation hearing.
I had predicted that the economy would dominate the news during the last lunation period. That turned out to be wrong. Instead, it was our (mostly) losing battle with the COVID-19 virus. Venus did give us some good news. President Trump recovered from his COVID infection. Of course, he has used his quick recovery to continue to downplay the impact of the pandemic, but that has more to do with Trump’s horoscope than the Full Moon chart.
Overall, despite several signs of trouble in the Oct. 1 chart, it has been a rather boring two weeks. Democrats are offering weak resistance to Barrett’s appointment to the Supreme Court. Biden is still leading in the polls and Trump seems content to preach to his base. The COVID relief bill was off and then on. A presidential debate was on and then off.
Back in September I noted that both Joe Biden and President Trump were entering a “danger zone” with regard to the transits to their natal horoscope. Transiting Mars, which is moving retrograde in Aries, was at that time joining Saturn in making hard, stress-producing aspects to planets in their charts. I expected these aspects to cause trouble for both candidates, but particularly for Trump. (Click on Joe Biden to see his chart and on Donald Trump to see his.)
So far, Biden has survived these transits with seemingly little trouble. He remains ahead in the polls and he hasn’t been guilty of any of the major gaffs. Part of this is because, in his chart, Saturn and Mars are aspecting his natal Jupiter which, overall, is better placed than the planets being aspected in Trump’s chart. Also, President Trump’s problem have so dominated the news that any problems Biden is having go unnoticed.
