Important Dates in the 2020 Election

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Aug 17, 2020 to Aug 20, 2020 - Democratic National Convention
Members of the Democratic Party will choose candidates for the Electoral College in Milwaukee, WI
The convention may be held virtually.

August 24 to August 27, 2020 - Republican National Convention
Members of the Republican Party will choose candidates for the Electoral College in Charlotte, NC
The convention almost certainly will be held in person.

November 3, 2020—Election Day
The voters in each State choose electors to serve in the Electoral College.

December 14, 2020—Meeting of Electors
The electors in each State meet to select the President and Vice President of the United States.

January 6, 2021—Counting Electoral Votes in Congress
Congress meets in joint session to count the electoral votes at Noon in the Capital Bldg, Washington, DC

January 20, 2021—Inauguration Day
The President-Elect is sworn in as President of the United States at Noon in Washington, DC

[Jim Eshelman]

Thanks. I added the rest of these to my calendar.

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I've been watching cable news this afternoon.
They've been talking about all kinds of things, but the upcoming US Presidential Election is a big topic. (I know. Duh.) Anyway, this election, despite Trump's best efforts, many if not most voters will vote by mail. Meaning their ballots will take longer to count than ballots cast using a voting machine.

Election results will take longer to be certified than in recent years. It may take a month to get all the votes counted, although we will have enough counted to have definitive results in 24 - 48 hours, depending on how many places choose to drag things out to try to benefit their man.
I expect Trump to declare victory within hours of the polls closing if there's not an obvious landslide against him.

These are my opinions, but a chart for Washington DC drawn for 11:50 PM on Nov 3 shows the Sun at the IC, of course, opposed by Uranus 3° off the MC, Moon 3° from square Neptune, and Mercury partile square Saturn, just off square Pluto by 3° and Jupiter by 4. I think it will surprise a lot of people that the results are not clear by midnight on the 4th, and a lot of tired people will try to declare the election so they can go to bed.

BTW Biden did say he thought Trump would try to steal this election, but he said that on Comedy Central last night. So, he might have been serious, but he's got wiggle room there if he needs it. He also said he thought the military would escort Trump from the White House with great dispatch if he refused to leave.

[Jim Eshelman]

By the afternoon of November 6, Moon enters Cancer with a Moon-Saturn opposition, with Saturn the degree of MC in exact mundane square to Sun within a degree of Descendant. Is this "end of the president" or "a terrible thing happens"?

Everything is then dormant until December 3. (Isn't that when the EC meets?) The new Canlunar has Mercury square Ascendant - that's all. The news is technical paperwork. Moon is opposite Jupiter-Pluto.

And so it goes for weeks. Most lunar ingresses are dormant. The really big one is the Arilunar December 23 which has the exact (16') Jupiter-Saturn conjunction exactly (to the quarter-degree) square MC, with Moon partile conjunct Mars, both partile square Pluto (Mars-Pluto 9'). (That one will be rough, hurtful, explosive, confrontational - but that's a;; I can say for sure right now.().)

But, other than that one late December chart, nothing is extreme or volatile or overly confusing.

I guess I should scan the solar ingresses.

[Jim Eshelman]

Transiting Saturn conjoins Capsolar MC November 1 to December 9. Transiting Jupiter conjoins Capsolar MC November 25 to December 15. It's always a little hard to tell, but Saturn comes before Jupiter and I'm inclined to read this as bad for whoever is in power - and perhaps general difficulties - in early November, transitioning to correctly working Democracy and a sense of relief by mid-December.

Right about the time of that troublesome December 23 lunar ingress, there are other signs of trouble: Transiting Mars squares Capsolar MC or conjoins EP December 26 to January 13. I'm sure there is wishful thinking coloring my interpretation which, however, is that Trump is on his way out and makes his last weeks as miserable on everyone as he can with as much damage as possible. (There is a new Congress as of January 3.) If he were re-elected, I think he either would have started pulling crap later or would wait until after his inauguration, not pull it exactly in the last three weeks of his term.

There are no transits to Cansolar angles or Capsolar Moon, but a very strange thing that I can't interpret right now: Transiting Neptune begins to square Cansolar Moon on January 20, exactly as the new administration begins.

[TO BE CONTINUED]

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Everything is then dormant until December 3. (Isn't that when the EC meets?) The new Canlunar has Mercury square Ascendant - that's all. The news is technical paperwork. Moon is opposite Jupiter-Pluto.

EC meets December 14. Congress counts the EC vote January 6.

EC doesn't actually meet. The individual state groups meet at the state capitols to cast their votes.

[Jim Eshelman]

True. They were decades ahead of the world on "virtual meetings."

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Trump has moved most of the Republican convention to Jacksonville, FL, because they will let him hold a big in person convention with no masks or social distancing required. There will be some business meeting stuff done in Charlotte, NC.
The kicker is people ordering tickets for the convention in Jacksonville are required to sign a waiver holding Trump and his campaign harmless if the ticketholder gets Covid-19.

[Mike V]

There are no transits to Cansolar angles or Capsolar Moon, but a very strange thing that I can't interpret right now: Transiting Neptune begins to square Cansolar Moon on January 20, exactly as the new administration begins.

Idealism, perhaps?
Or if we're feeling pessimistic about the results of the election... terror, hysteria?

[Jim Eshelman]

There are no transits to Cansolar angles or Capsolar Moon, but a very strange thing that I can't interpret right now: Transiting Neptune begins to square Cansolar Moon on January 20, exactly as the new administration begins.

Idealism, perhaps?
Or if we're feeling pessimistic about the results of the election... terror, hysteria?

My usual interpretation of Moon-Neptune aspects in this mundane scenario is:

Extreme waves of emotional reaction, fervor, herd-mind arousal, panic, and even hysteria accompanied by confusion, disorientation, uncertainty, and an undermined sense of security. Typical events include tornadoes, major fires, structural collapses, and economic panic.

It could be unrelated to the new administration (e.g., disease explosion), although the timing makes this seem unlikely.

It can certainly by uncertainty, a sense of, "uh, so what happens now?" That suggests it rests on something we currently don't know about, I think.

If Trump has won, what could this mean? Panic? Something he declares in his inaugural address that hurls the world (the whole world! - not just U.S.) into a sense of uncertainty about the future dramatically beyond anything we've already come to expect?

If Trump has lost and Biden is inaugurated, is it merely the wondering, "What can he do now? Where will he take us?"

If Biden was elected but, perhaps, suddenly has failing health, that could create the right feeling, though I would expect it to be more centered on the U.S. instead of worldwide.

I'm thinking it's a natural, reasonable reaction to something new that we currently can't anticipate. The aspects are quite bad that day.

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Each will begin at 9 PM Eastern Time, regardless of local time zone, and run for 90 minutes, commercial free.

Commission on Presidential Debates - sponsored debates
1 September 29, 2020
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
Biden vs Trump

2 October 15, 2020
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Miami, Florida
Biden vs Trump

3 October 22, 2020
Belmont University
Nashville, Tennessee
Biden vs Trump


Officially sanctioned and sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates 2020
United States vice presidential debate

October 7, 2020
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Harris vs Pence

Notre Dame University was supposed to host the first debate but withdrew because of the Corona Virus pandemic. The University of Michigan was supposed to host the first debate but withdrew, same reason.

[Algebra Sun]

I'd like to Showcase...

Astrology...

1) Democratic National Convention

for the 12hr Chart (ny) we see the Sun in cardinal houses... This already favors a Male, in the process...

2) Republican National Convention

12hr Chart (ny): The Moon is strong: THE MOON Signifies ancient/past things. So Trump will win...

Easy.

3) Election Day (3 November)

: Jupiter tight at the Angle. THE DOMINEERING ONE WILL WIN.

4) 6th January 2021: Counting Electoral Votes in Congress:

Everything will go very stable. (Mars)

5) Inauguration Day

The NEXT PRESIDENT Will Be JOE BIDEN.

)))

Values.

[Danica]

I'd like to Showcase...

Astrology...

1) Democratic National Convention

for the 12hr Chart (ny) we see the Sun in cardinal houses... This already favors a Male, in the process...

2) Republican National Convention

12hr Chart (ny): The Moon is strong: THE MOON Signifies ancient/past things. So Trump will win...

Easy.

3) Election Day (3 November)

: Jupiter tight at the Angle. THE DOMINEERING ONE WILL WIN.

4) 6th January 2021: Counting Electoral Votes in Congress:

Everything will go very stable. (Mars)

5) Inauguration Day

The NEXT PRESIDENT Will Be JOE BIDEN.

)))

Values.

For the benefit of new members and students:
whatever this post was intended to say from astrological perspective, it has nothing to do with the science of Sidereal Astrology as we know it and work with it on this forum.
(I see no point in plainly deleting the post above - the poster wanted to communicate something, obviously - so will leave this response here, as respectful acknowledgment of the communication need; in the section on our personal charts, Discuss your own chart, the members can post about own current cycles/experiences/chart-pertaining-questions.)