Solunars by Aldebaran Sidereal Academy

We don't know who is running. We don't know who will be alive. We don't know what things will look like at the time. But... can we look ahead with a 2020 Vision and see how the elections will go? Knowing which way the country is turning in general may be even more important than knowing who the players are.

The next U.S. presidential elections will be held November 3, 2020. The West Coast polls close when it is 11 PM on the East Coast. We likely will have some significant results within the hour. A reasonable estimate (which, frankly, would be OK if it were several hours off) is that the outcome of the election will be about midnight (0:00) November 4, 2020.

We use Washington, DC both because this event is for the whole country, of which Washington is the ego center, and because a significant portion of the population of Washington and surrounding areas will have their jobs and lives impacted by the outcome.

What kind of event is the country having at that time?

Year: Capsolar
Uranus on EP 1°24'
Mercury on MC 3°09'
Sun on MC 4°14'
Saturn on MC 8°00'
Pluto on MC 8°25'
-- Saturn-Pluto conj. 0°15'
-- Saturn-Uranus sq. 1°30' in mundo
-- Sun-Saturn conj. 1°53'
-- Uranus-Pluto sq. 1°55'
-- Sun-Pluto conj. 2°08'
-- Sun-Uranus sq. 2°15' in mundo
-- Sun-Mercury conj. 3°14'
-- -- Su/Me on MC 0°36'

NOTE: The Cansolar will be dormant, so many of the primaries and the candidate selection period - and the whole campaign up until its last half-month - is under the Arisolar which has Mars conjunct MC in mundane square to Venus on Ascendant.

Bridge
t Saturn conj. Capsolar MC Jul 13-Dec 9

Quarter: Libsolar
Uranus on Asc 1°03'
Pluto on MC 1°07'
Mercury on Dsc 1°19'
Moon on Dsc 4°45'
Jupiter on MC 5°44'
Sun on Dsc 6°42'
Mars on Asc 6°51'
Saturn on MC 6°58'
-- Uranus-Pluto sq. 0°05' in mundo
-- Me/Ur on horizon 0°08'
-- -- Mercury-Uranus op. 1°25'
-- Mars-Uranus sq. (0°12' PVP)
-- Sun-Mars op. 0°09' in mundo
-- Mars-Jupiter sq. 0°31'
-- Sun-Saturn sq. 0°36'
-- Ju/Sa on MC 0°37'
-- Sun-Jupiter sq. 0°58' in mundo
-- Mo/Su on Dsc 0°58'
-- Mercury-Pluto sq. 2°27' in mundo
-- Mercury-Mars sq. (2°23' PVP)
-- Sun-Pluto sq. 2°30'
-- Mars-Pluto sq. 2°42' (or 0°35' PVP)
-- Saturn-Pluto conj. 3°06'
-- Jupiter-Pluto conj. 3°13'
Moon-Mercury conj. 0°42'
Moon-Uranus op. 2°07'
Moon-Saturn sq. 2°12' in mundo

Month: Capsolar
Jupiter on Dsc 0°05'
Mars sq. Asc 1°10'
Pluto on Dsc 2°14'
Moon on Dsc 3°38'
Saturn on Dsc 5°57'
Venus on IC 9°22'
-- Moon-Saturn conj. 0°47'
-- Moon-Pluto conj. 1°19' in mundo
-- Mars-Jupiter sq. 1°33'
-- Jupiter-Pluto conj. 2°09' in mundo
-- Moon-Jupiter conj. 3°28' in mundo
-- Saturn-Pluto conj. 3°14'

Week: Arilunar
Uranus sq. MC 0°29'
Sun sq. MC 0°52'
-- Sun-Uranus op. 1°01' in mundo
Mercury on Asc 5°15' [sq. non-angular Saturn 1°30']
Uranus on Dsc 5°38'
-- Me/Ur on Dsc 0°11'
-- Su/Me on horizon 0°19'
Moon on Dsc 8°59'
Moon-Saturn sq. 1°07'
Moon-Pluto sq. 2°22'
Moon-Mercury op. 2°37'

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits
p Asc conj. p Mercury (0°16'), s Mercury (1°37')
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t Saturn conj. s MC (1°48')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian
p MC sq t Jupiter (0°20'), s Jupiter (0°48'), t Pluto (1°32')

I don't scare easily... and these shares terrify me. In saner times, we would anticipate nothing more severe than the complete overthrow of the current administration: the orderly, democratic ousting of whoever is then in power. In the current climate, and given the severity of the charts, one has to ask whether it means the complete overthrow of the United States government as we have historically known it.

We are not through with Uranus-Pluto yet - not by a longshot. And the campaign season will be violently, aggressively fought, even drawing blood. The charts are consisting with the violent death of our head of state or, on the other hand, jackbooted efforts by him to employ violent force against the nation.

Our best protection is the understanding that bad things rarely turn out quite so bad as they look on paper; our weakness is in having thought that in 2016. I remain confident that the American people will not tolerate an open, militarized fascist regime; yet, if I'm as wrong about that as I was about 2016, we're all screwed.

And there is just enough Mercury all the way through to raise again the question of cybersecurity.

Year: Capsolar
We are accustomed to Pluto on Midheaven of Washington's Capsolar every four years as the citizens turn to their duty of overthrowing the government in an orderly fashion. But in 2020, it will be quite different.

Uranus is most angular - there will be change, surprises, outrage, unpredictability. Uranus is pretty routinely angular for change of leadership - the first sign that, in a non-catastrophic scenario, those already in power will be summarily shown the exit.

But this may not be a non-catastrophic scenario. Saturn conjoins Pluto (0°15') in the foreground. They both conjoin Sun (in non-extreme times this merely puts severe, negative attention on the president; in a more severe scenario, it places the same on the government as a whole). All three then square Uranus. (And there is a Sun-Mercury influence to boot.)

Saturn-Pluto is common for harsh, dramatic tragedies or hardship with a sometimes apocalyptic feel: catastrophic disasters with profound feelings of irrevocable loss, separation, or extinction. Saturn-Uranus at least means the extremely polarized partisan, liberal-conservative rancor, and may also force confrontation of nearly unacceptable harsh realities. Uranus-Pluto, of course, continues what we have seen for years.

In normal times, I would read this chart as the overwhelming overthrowing of a seated president and his party, perhaps amidst additional national tragedy of a 9/11 type feel. - I am not yet convinced that these will be "normal times."

Bridge
Saturn, already near Capsolar MC, transits Midheaven at the very beginning of the year, and then from July 13 to December 9. It will not be a new Summer of Love.

Quarter: Libsolar
The Libsolar (three weeks before Election Day) replicates much of the Capsolar, as it often does. However, it also makes it worse.

Top of the list: Uranus and Pluto are about 1° from Ascendant and Midheaven, respectively, in 0°05' mundane square! We have never had a strong Uranus-Pluto presentation for this country. Something gigantic and unprecedented is getting overthrown.

Mercury is equally angular, about 1° from Descendant, in close mundane T-square with Uranus and Pluto. (Mercury/Uranus midpoint is 0°08' from the horizon.) Usually (besides collateral events like major transportation disasters, disruption of power grids, etc.), this would show disclosures and inescapable confrontations and revelations. An obvious concern (when comparing to 2016) is cyber intrusions and attempts to coopt voting technologies. (I recommend going back to 100% paper ballots.)

The Mercury-Uranus-Pluto mundane joins a Moon-Mercury-Saturn-Uranus ecliptical T-square. It all hinges off the Mercury-Uranus opposition. With a partile Moon-Mercury, it's all about the data.

The rest of the aspects can be stepped through simply, but they don't easily gel into something recognizable beyond the big picture I painted above. Sun-Mars (0°09') is aggressive, combative, fiery, explosive, violent, and destructive. Mars-Uranus (0°12' PVP) adds explosiveness or an idea of "surprise attack." Mars-Jupiter (0°31') has too many possibilities - certainly evangelism and record-breaking spending. Sun-Saturn (0°36') is sad and requires sacrifice. Sun-Jupiter (0°58'), in this mix, likely means that entrenched money and power prevail in acquiring more of both. Mercury-Mars, Sun-Pluto, Mars-Pluto, and Saturn-Pluto all sound pretty rough. Jupiter-Pluto does enhance the odds of both the "overthrow" scenarios mentioned above.

Month: Capsolar
While similar things show, this chart, on October 22, has one strikingly different factor: Jupiter is 0°05' from Descendant. Mars and Pluto are also present, and closely aspect Jupiter, but this one chart begins (at least) by being decisively Jupiter.

Unfortunately, it is a heavily affronted Jupiter. I only remember seeing charts with Mars-Jupiter-Pluto combinations on angles for things like mining disasters and large-scale tragedies that have the specific effect of undercutting economies and setting a region back. It is also consistent with war, of course, except that there is no Venus involvement. This could be showing the tragic side of entry to war, but not the "shifting relationships" part.

In the foreground, Moon conjoins Saturn 0°47' and Pluto 1°19'. Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto are all intermixed. It's not a good time, not a "Yay, Jupiter!" time. But the area involved is Jupiter.

Falling back to basics, Jupiter strong and afflicted, historically, has seen attacks against, or failures in, things Jupiterian, such as prosperity’s downfall (economic crisis, destructive spending, events causing economic devastation) and ideological conflict (rampant ideology and belief-driven politics, or challenges against a prevailing social, political, or economic paradigm).

Week: Arilunar
Beginning October 30, the main symbolism is Sun opposite Uranus (both partile square MC). This anticipates intensified and highlighted Uranus themes, especially centered on the psychologically (and often physically) startling and explosive. Often it has meant a change in leadership.

This year, I expect a new dimension of "October Surprise."

It won't be a happy time. Moon squares Saturn and Pluto, in addition to its opposition to Mercury. Mercury/Uranus midpoint is angular, so we remain in the realm of data and disclosures. Moon-Saturn signifies hardship, sacrifice, loss, and sadness. Moon-Pluto says that events will stun our sensibilities and halt our minds with their intensity. There is enormous loss - an emotional sense of doom (that may or may not be factually anchored) - a feeling that we have lost something we can never get back.

Day: Capsolar & Cansolar Quotidians & Transits
Besides Saturn's long-term conjunction with Capsolar MC, the Capsolar is neutral and routine on Election Day, with Q Ascendant conjunct Mercury. (We should take this as encouraging that an election is being held that day .)

The CanQ is more interesting. Jupiter-Pluto conjunctions are angular. This shows the overthrow of the government - hopefully just be an orderly election that replaces those in power. There are certainly attempts at political, economic, and ideological destabilization afoot.

I truly hope this only means an orderly eviction of those in power. The alternative meanings are too irrevocably harmful to anticipate.

Thanks for this future analysis Jim.