Solunars by Aldebaran Sidereal Academy

USA Mundane Forecast
for the four weeks beginning DECEMBER 16, 2020
If you are unfamiliar with the methods and interpretations of Sidereal mundane astrology, please see my free book Sidereal Mundane Astrology. (A link can be found near the top of the Publications sub-forum.) For standard interpretations, see Chapter 8 of the current (17th) Edition.

LONG-TERM (Solar Ingresses)
(Summarized from my original interpretation in the January 15 forecast.) For the U.S., the 12 months beginning January 15, 2020 are dominated by Uranus on Eastpoint mundanely square a Sun-Saturn-Pluto conjunction at Midheaven. This difficult year will have more challenges than blessings, setting up even more severe patterns for 2021. Much of what follows accurately describes the life-conditions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and civil outrage experienced thus far this year.

• Uranus: Surprises, sudden ruptures or eruption, shock, revelation, overflowing of limits and boundaries, surprise attacks, changes in foreign relations or leadership, riots and revolts.
• Sun, Saturn, and Pluto are the main story: This year will be a horrible struggle with great damage along the way. It seems astrologically inconceivable that Trump's presidency will have survived the year.
• Saturn-Pluto: Hardship including catastrophic disasters laying waste to a landscape, feeling irrevocable loss or separation, an apocalyptic time, even (in the extreme) the downfall of cities and nations.
• Sun-Saturn: Sad, arduous events; death or restraint of leaders; government gridlock; restrictive, controlling, or failing government that causes or worsens disaster, fiscal crisis, structural collapses, natural disasters, events requiring government oversight and response.
• Sun-Pluto: Diverse possibilities from natural disasters to political confrontation; removing or assailing those in power, rebelling against conventions, disrespect for and disobeying the law.
• Saturn-Uranus: Bubble-bursting, harsh reality, wide pendulum swings between freedom-restriction, liberality-conservatism, liberty vs. safety, change vs. status quo.
• Uranus-Pluto: Destabilizing, revolutionary, revising, remapping, anti-establishment, antigovernmental: a spirit of revolution dismantles current systems and tears down existing structures; people ignore, challenge, or reject precedent, custom, convention, and authority.
• Sun-Uranus: Sudden, startling, explosive, surprise attacks, leadership changes, life-altering technology.

Amidst deep cultural divisions, the nation is hurled closer to a spirit of revolution. As Pluto transitions from Sagittarius to Capricorn, every solar or lunar cardinal ingress through the end of 2023 worldwide will have Sun or Moon conjunct, opposite, or square Pluto.

Libsolar (Oct 17)
Three high-risk months (mid-October to mid-January) likely redefine the U.S., rewriting "life as we know it" and paving the way for whatever "new normal" comes after. The Libsolar is shocking and overthrows existing structures. The 0°05 Uranus-Pluto mundane square (about 1° from angles) is destabilizing, revolutionary, revising, and remapping. New conditions are unbound by precedent, custom, or convention and challenge or reject authority.

Mercury with Uranus and Pluto is typical for travel catastrophes, especially air crashes; but also for earthshaking disclosures of information, major tech breakthroughs, and radical departures from the way information is processed or handled. Best outcome: A medical breakthrough in the COVID-19 pandemic. Worst: An attack on our country (especially cyber-based, possibly the power or information grids) or efforts to overthrow the nation's fundamental structure. Events will be harsh and attacking: Mars squares Uranus (0°12'), Pluto (0°35'), and Mercury (2°24').

Sun is most angular (WP 0°46'). Events have centered on the presidential elections. Sun's closest aspects are a mundane opposition to Mars (0°09') and ecliptical square to Saturn (0°36'). If Sun refers to the president, these aspects have described a "war" to expel him from office. In the alternative, the heart of the nation itself is attacked by foes assailing America's identity.

With Moon square Saturn, I fear much of the impact has been the anticipated new COVID-19 wave. However, some of the impact is political.

MEDIUM-TERM (The Bridge)

Transiting Mars conjoins Capsolar angles 12/26 to 1/13. At a time that routine constitutional processes should be moving smoothly through their steps, this transit forecasts crisis, conflict, aggression (and probably violence), accidents, fires, and ferocity as the main characteristics of the time. "Inflammatory crisis" may be a catch phrase and, if COVID-19 has not been brought under control, means pandemic-spawned fevers racing through the nation.

Mars is in Pisces until 12/26 when Mars enters Aries. During its September Aries transit, news was dominated by fires, election combat, authoritarianism, riots (more peaceful than not) against continuing police violence, and enhanced polarization, so we likely will now experience something similar. -- Summaries of longer-term trends from outer planet sign transits are here.

SHORT-TERM (Lunar Ingresses)

Caplunar (Dec 16)
The Caplunar covers December 16 to January 13, especially the first week, December 16-23. Sun conjoins Descendant (1°14') conjunct Mercury. Moon conjoins Pluto exactly (0°29' mundo).

Falling two days after the Electoral College voting, no one should be surprised that the nation's focus is on the final stages of the U.S. Presidential election and the processes of the biennial reformulation of Congress and the selection of its new leaders. Individual weeks of the month will have their own distinctive characters, but the impression of the whole is the march toward confirming leadership.

Arilunar (Dec 23)
The Arilunar covers December 23-31. Two days earlier, Jupiter conjoined Saturn at 5°27' Capricorn: In this Arilunar, Jupiter and Saturn square the 5°35' Aries Midheaven.

Most generally, Jupiter-Saturn aspects foreground in an ingress are political and economic. Under this influence, people ask, “What will it cost me to win?” or “What do I gain if I lose?” A “seesaw” of opposites in comparable strength compete for dominance. Traditional institutions, finance, business, religion, and politics mark major events. Some old infrastructure collapses, while new forms, patterns, and structures are constituted.

However, the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction every 20 years is epochal, often regarded as a "changing of the guard" - the establishing of a new 20-year socio-politico-economic era. When this Arilunar forms, we will already be moved toward that new pattern and it becomes the central focus for the week. Also, in simpler terms, Jupiter and Saturn both being so close to the angles as the aftermath of the presidential election moves through its paces ensures that much of the country will think, "Good things are happening," while much of the rest things, "Bad things are happening."

There is, therefore, division. That division is likely expressed through violence. Mars squares Pluto (0°09') and conjoins Moon (0°57''). Assassinations and comparable violence have occurred under such Moon-Mars-Pluto combinations. Mars' mundane squares with Jupiter and Saturn suggest intense political engagement and stormy social conflict this week.

Canlunar (Dec 31)
The Canlunar covers December 31 to January 6. Its main message seems straightforward, based on Neptune angular 0°01', closely square Venus, with Moon aspecting Pluto and all three malefics. (Moon-Neptune is a PVP square. Moon-Saturn is much closer in mundo than ecliptically.)

What is that easily recognizable theme? It's exactly what you'd expect the world to do on the last, intoxicated night of the most horrible year in any living person's memory. It's a drunken, irresponsible, orgiastic submerging of reason that mingles intentional self-humiliation, self-destruction, and celebration. A "last night before shipping out," or "senior bash," or "Can you believe we got through that?" or "I just want to forget the whole damn thing."

This is the night that we step into 2021 - with our eyes much more open than at the start of 2020. Much of this Canlunar's tone will be determined by whether or not there is a vaccine and treatment for COVID-19 by then. In either case, this week will have its baggage of pregnancies, social embarrassment, self-destruction, self-liberation, refreshment, release, and stories people will not want to tell for the rest of their lives. Regrettably, there also will be some murders.

More generally - socio-politically - Venus-Neptune signifies intense devotion, passionate belief, compelling fantasy or role-playing, performance art, disillusionment, betrayed alliances, perceived offenses, diplomatic embarrassment, and loss of esteem. With Moon aspecting Mars, Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto, expect a dark side of all these.

Liblunar (Jan 6)
The Liblunar covers an entire month, January 6 to February 3, since the following Caplunar, Arilunar, and Canlunar are dormant.

Jupiter is 0°20' from Westpoint and Uranus 2°34' from Midheaven. They are square (2°35'). Jupiter also conjoins Saturn (1°39' mundo), though Saturn is only widely angular. These portray a time of much change and reformulation with a clear bottom line that things are getting better: It is a month of optimism, hope, and active engagement of powers.

This chart overflows with progressive social and political movement. This does not, however, mean that they have won the election or the day: We saw the same in 2017's Capsolar where the meaning was that the political left, having been shockingly trounced in the election, rallied with fervor it had not shown in half a century. (Moon square Jupiter, 1°28' mundo, is typical of civil rights moving forward, probably by judicial or activist means.)

Jupiter squares non-foreground Mars, conjoins foreground Saturn, and squares foreground Uranus: Despite overall optimism, I'm not sure the stock market is performing well in January. There are conflicts: Moon squares Saturn and Pluto. Perhaps this is the disease still having its way, or perhaps it is hardship caused by social violence by whoever lost most in the election.

SIDEREAL LUNAR RETURN (Dec 14)
Effective Dec 13 to Jan 10. This is the most interesting lunar return I've seen all year. It's powerful and will have profound impact. Regrettably, it's ambiguous in key ways. It occurs the day the Electoral College members vote nationwide.

Transiting Jupiter and Saturn are both within a degree of Ascendant. Jupiter is ever so slightly closer (0°10' from Ascendant vs. Saturn's 0°35'). They are conjoined (0°26' mundo). Is this the chart of a winner or a loser? The chart of someone exercising great authority or balked?

Were this not enough, natal Venus is 0°00' from Descendant, putting two benefics intensely close to an angle. Transiting Jupiter and Saturn both oppose natal Venus across the angles, 0°10' and 0°35' respectively (mundo). The first says he is having a great time sharing pleasure with friends, popular, attractive, celebrating; the second paints him as alone, rejected and neglected, with pleasures limited and little security in matters of love and friendship.

Probably all these things are true at once - which makes this chart both fascinating and hard to read with certainty. Had he won the election, it might show him solidifying his power and ensuring his legacy. As he likely has lost, he may attempt to do the same things, making gains "with a little help from his friends."

I side with Donald Bradley's 1948 interpretation of Jupiter-Saturn aspects angular in solar and lunar returns. (I have added emphasis below,)

Donald A. Bradley wrote:These configurations... delay or diminish income... any money the native receives will have been worked for strenuously under circumstances which cause him to feel that the effort is not worth-while. People do not enjoy windfalls or win contests... It always denotes either reduced income or further financial obligations which prevent any general improvement in the economic status. Various basic keywords range from "retirement," "indebtedness," and "voluntary self-denial," to "religious awareness."

Along with Jupiter and Saturn sharing angularity and aspects to natal Venus, other factors mark the return chart. The closest aspect is transiting Pluto opposite natal Saturn (0°05' mundo) with both planets within 3° of angles: Something breaks the concrete foundations of his life. (Pluto also opposes his Venus.)

Another feature feeds my uncertainty of what this chart means. Sun conjoins Moon within 1°, though background. Both are within 1° of his natal Sun-Moon. Normally, this would be a mark of great dignity. It surely places him in the spotlight and marks a significant turning point in his life. (Yet, with both luminaries in the immediate background near the 12th cusp, does it not also show him withdrawn and out of sight?)

As a teacher and witness of astrology, my primary thought of this chart is that we have much to learn by sitting back and watching exactly what happens. The only thing I can say with confidence is that the period of this return (especially its first few days) is among his most significant in 2020 and perhaps in his life.

However, as a practicing mundane astrologer, my job isn't to indulge in uncertainties but, rather, to declare what will happen. So be it! Based on charts for Inauguration Day, charts leading to the present from Election Day, and the historic success of the quoted 1948 Jupiter-Saturn interpretation, I will say that this Lunar Return marks the time Joe Biden's defeat of Donald Trump is secured; yet there is more to the story, especially in terms of rabbits Trump pulls out of his hat and help that comes to him from friends.

SIDEREAL DEMI-LUNAR RETURN (Dec 28)
Effective Dec 27 to Jan 10. If he is in Washington, DC for this Demi-SLR, the new chart shows... almost nothing. The one angular planet is natal Pluto 5°35' from IC. Natal Pluto angular alone (unless partile) means simply that one withdraws and isn't seen by anyone. Those who oppose Trump surely hope that Pluto on IC means that he is changing where he lives (and getting ready to file a change of address card).

If he has already relocated to Palm Beach, Florida, transiting Uranus is partile square MC, the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction 7-8° from MC (square Uranus mundo), and his Pluto still near IC. This signals significant changes (even surprises), which wouldn't be all that surprising.

No matter where he is in the world, transiting Neptune squares natal Uranus (0°31') and transiting Pluto opposes his Saturn (0°46') - two aspects exact to the minute on Inauguration Day and seeming to say that the floor is cut out from under him and conditions seem surreal and unbelievable to him. Sun squares his Neptune (0°39'), usually showing loss of energy and morbidity. Mars squares his Venus (0°46') which, other than the intimate personal implications, means his emotions burn hot and he frays relationships.

If he is in Washington, though, two mundane aspects are even closer and, therefore, take the lead: Transiting Pluto squares natal Neptune (0°06'), which shakes up one's worldview, confronting one with a new reality. A transiting Jupiter-Uranus square (0°13') normally means success: In this predominantly unsuccessful chart it still likely means he gets a remarkable lucky break: An avenue of opportunity opens for him.

SIDEREAL LUNAR RETURN (Jan 10)
Effective Jan 9 to Feb 7. For Washington, transiting Uranus is 6°35' past Midheaven and natal Mars 6°53' before Ascendant, both weakly angular and therefore saying almost nothing - especially nothing that we don't see in Trump every fortnight. Things are changing, surprising, and unstable and Trump is aggressive, attacking, and ungracious. He may be more restless, abrupt, risk-taking, and forcing issues.

At best, he is uncooperative. At worst, he tries to do as much damage as possible on the way out the door. Overall, though, I don't think this chart is a big deal if it occurs while he is in Washington.

[NOTE 1/11/21: He was in Washington.] If he is in Palm Beach, transiting Jupiter is 0°05' and transiting Mercury 0°43' from Westpoint, a positive, profitable configuration that shows his voice - and deals - benefit him. Mercury-Jupiter, however, is aspected by the more widely angular Mars and Saturn, so the benefit is limited. Uranus culminates: He is still mobilizing surprise and outrageousness. Natal Pluto rises, an indication of isolation and (this time it may be) exile.

SIDEREAL LUNAR RETURN (Dec 24)
Effective Dec 23 to Jan 20. Natal Pluto closely conjoins Descendant (1°43'). When closely angular, it means that events of the period fundamentally change one's life in some way. With natal Uranus and Saturn also foreground (widely), circumstances are in flux.

Most distinctive, transiting Venus opposes natal Saturn (0°09'). In combination with the closely angular natal Pluto, this is emotionally somber and implies loss. Don't confuse it with transiting Saturn to natal Venus (which tends to hurt or constrain Venus life-areas) or with transiting Venus aspecting transiting Saturn. Venus to Saturn brings solace to wounds but also wrestling with one's inadequacies, needing to hold close to one's shadow emotions, and often resisting or withdrawing from others' help. This is, perhaps, a Gethsemane moment, or otherwise privately coming to terms with his shortcomings.

Venus-to-Saturn transits are among the most common for the inauguration of first-time presidents. In contrast, no president has ever been inaugurated with a Venus transit to natal Jupiter. Presuming he has been elected, it is a somber time of taking up his duty among horrible conditions.

We have every reason to expect that his life is changed forever this month, his past placed solidly behind him. For Wilmington, two mundane aspects are stunningly expressive: transiting Pluto squares natal Sun (0°05' mundo) and transiting Uranus conjoins natal Moon (0°36' mundo). Their implications of permanent change are inescapable.

Other partile aspects describe a mix of backdrop feelings and conditions. Sun squares natal Neptune (0°40', doubts and uncertainties). Transiting Jupiter conjoins transiting Saturn (0°19') but also squares natal Moon (0°57', a bright blessing). Pluto opposes natal Jupiter (0°46' mundo), permanently altering his status, dignity and life-state. A transiting Mars-Pluto square (0°22') is tense and explosive.

SIDEREAL DEMI-LUNAR RETURN (Jan 7)
Effective Jan 6 to Jan 20. Transiting Sun rises (0°53'). Transiting Jupiter is on Eastpoint (0°53'). Natal Pluto squares Midheaven (1°43'). This Demi-SLR, coming into force the same day Vice President Pence will open and Congress will accept the Electoral College's ballots, is a chart of elevated status, office, and nobility. It confirms his victory.

By this point, he probably is in Washington, though this chart is still calculated for nearby Wilmington. Returns hereafter will be cast for Washington, DC.

Closest of the foreground aspects is transiting Pluto to natal Jupiter (0°15' mundo), showing a permanent change in his rank and esteem. More than that, natal Jupiter and Mars form a partile mundane square in this return chart and transiting Pluto aspects both within half a degree: He is a warrior, taking a command role (surprisingly strong for this early). Transiting Saturn and Jupiter (conjoined) square his Moon (Saturn 0°18', Jupiter wider at 2°12'), showing mixed characteristics. Uranus squares transiting Jupiter and natal Pluto: He is forging his own luck.

Apparently Portland, OR had a pretty rough New Year's Eve of rioting and mayhem, leading the mayor to publicly blame "antifa and anarchists."

A glance at the maps suggests the lunar ingresses were big for the timing. The Portland Caplunar set the trend with Uranus exactly rising and Mars within 1° of EP. The December 31 Canlunar then had Mars 1°38' from Dsc, Saturn 0°29' from IC, Jupiter 0°54' from IC with Mars-Jupiter and Mars-Saturn aspects; plus a foreground Moon-Pluto opposition for the 'populist uprising' theme.

Jim Eshelman wrote: Thu Nov 21, 2019 7:47 pm There are conflicts: Moon squares Saturn and Pluto. Perhaps this is the disease still having its way, or perhaps it is hardship caused by social violence by whoever lost most in the election.

From the Liblunar, beginning on January 6, "Capitol Riots Day."

Reviewing the last month... familiar patterns emerge.

First, the last two years have made very plane the extent to which the Capsolar is truly "Master Chart of the Year." I think every single month of this year - almost every week! - I could have just republished the Capsolar forecast, ignored everything else, and we'd have been right about almost everything and gotten all the big points. It's really all been there. It's only in the last two years that it's become really clear how much this is so. It's only evident from this practice of making predictions and checking them - I never got just how important it is from studying single past events. (From Chapter 33 of SMA, "Quantifying the Techniques," for isolated events the Capsolar described the event 90% of the time - but the lunar ingresses 91% of the time. Essentially the same. However, for actual predicting, the Capsolar is much better.)

The Libsolar is almost as good for the Quarter - this dreaded chart wasn't as dreadful as thought but was enormously effective. I think, though, that part of the Libsolar's magic is that, in recent decades, the Libsolar angles have been so close to the Capsolar angles. Of all the Quarter charts, the Libsolar is the one we repeatedly see simply copying the Capsolar to a great extent. This makes it easier for it to shine.

Next, the "Middle-Term" factors are most accurate for narrowing the time. This consists primarily of the Bridge, which (statistically on past isolated events AND in prediction) is probably the best way to narrow the range. Equally important are the major planet sign passages: Mars' sign has been defining phases over the last two years when the main headlines of the day all have a certain tone, and this has been quite good for "flavor," "color," and sometimes details of the news. And of course the five outer planets' sign passages are so reliable that their indications seem the permanent background of our lives until they change. (Most details of the last year have been covered by Saturn in Capricorn alone! The trio of Pluto, Neptune, and Uranus signs have created a kind of "stable background" of characteristics of the time, spanning years, that continue to be true - until Pluto enters Capricorn in a few days.)

The lunar ingresses have been progressively disappointing to me over the last year or two (other than for weather forecasting). I've been toying with the idea that they show mass-mind emotional reactions to conditions, more than the conditions themselves. I can't justify this when studying specific events - they tend to show the specific events in SMA as concretely as the solar ingresses (often more) - but in the process of predicting week-by-week and then going back to check my work, they often leave me with, "Oh, well, I suppose, but I'm not sure that's what was happening..." etc. Occasionally they hit the mark if applied with a little art; but, in this new year, I'll be relying more heavily on the "Middle-Term" factors (Bridge and major planet sign transits) and keeping the lunar ingress write-ups shorter.

This month, the lunar ingresses weren't bad, but it's hard for me to call them really good. Here are some individual observartions.

Caplunar (Dec 16)
Falling two days after the Electoral College voting, no one should be surprised that the nation's focus is on the final stages of the U.S. Presidential election and the processes of the biennial reformulation of Congress and the selection of its new leaders. Individual weeks of the month will have their own distinctive characters, but the impression of the whole is the march toward confirming leadership.

The one thing that was completely true was obvious without astrology. It's really the only thing I said. One can argue that, watching the news, there were only two stories anyway - the election and its consequences and the pandemic - so this was right. But it's not exciting.

Arilunar (Dec 23)
Most generally, Jupiter-Saturn aspects foreground in an ingress are political and economic. Under this influence, people ask, “What will it cost me to win?” or “What do I gain if I lose?” A “seesaw” of opposites in comparable strength compete for dominance. Traditional institutions, finance, business, religion, and politics mark major events. Some old infrastructure collapses, while new forms, patterns, and structures are constituted... much of the country will think, "Good things are happening," while much of the rest things, "Bad things are happening." There is, therefore, division. That division is likely expressed through violence. Mars squares Pluto (0°09') and conjoins Moon (0°57'')... Mars' mundane squares with Jupiter and Saturn suggest intense political engagement and stormy social conflict this week.

The part that's right is general - yes, descriptive of the time and, yes, not requiring astrology to know it. That most concrete parts are wrong, though, of course, with Trump's raging and the pandemic raging there was plenty of Mars stuff going around.

For the Canlunar I mostly predicted New Years Eve and that it would be a post-apocryphal blast, which was true enough.

Liblunar (Jan 6)
...a time of much change and reformulation with a clear bottom line that things are getting better: It is a month of optimism, hope, and active engagement of powers... This chart overflows with progressive social and political movement... Despite overall optimism, I'm not sure the stock market is performing well in January. There are conflicts: Moon squares Saturn and Pluto. Perhaps this is the disease still having its way, or perhaps it is hardship caused by social violence by whoever lost most in the election.

This one is interesting a pretty accurate. The first part wasn't a hard guess knowing that Biden would win the election (and wrongly anticipating stronger Dem wins in Congress); but it allowed the prediction that the Georgia elections would deliver the Senate. (Here and elsewhere, when asked, I kept saying, "Common sense says no way Dems can win both elections, but the astrology says there is a new liberal wave beginning the next day, implying that they win both. I can't reconcile common sense with the astrology.")

I was mostly wrong on the stock market; but the final sentence was exactly on target for the January 6 Capitol Building riots (as well as the continued pandemic news and mounting, skyrocketing numbers).

Trump and Biden SLRs were fine enough - as we know lunar returns to be - no surprises here.

Trump's 12/14 SLR was an epic chart - I struggled with how to interpret it but it was unquestionably one of the most important SLRs of his life. It occurred the same day the Electoral College voted, putting most of the final nails in his coffin, confirming the traditional meaning of Jupiter-Saturn aspects angular in return charts. Amidst all the rest of the discussion, parts that were right include:

The first says he is having a great time sharing pleasure with friends, popular, attractive, celebrating; the second paints him as alone, rejected and neglected, with pleasures limited and little security in matters of love and friendship. Probably all these things are true at once... Had he won the election, it might shows him solidifying his power and ensuring his legacy. As he likely has has lost, he may attempt to do the same things, making gains "with a little help from his friends." ... Something breaks the concrete foundations of his life... this Lunar Return marks the time Joe Biden's defeat of Donald Trump is secured; yet there is more to the story, especially in terms of rabbits Trump pulls out of his hat and help that comes to him from friends.

Trump's 12/28 Demi-SLR wasn't a very important chart. It's main feature:

Natal Pluto angular alone (unless partile) means simply that one withdraws and isn't seen by anyone. Those who oppose Trump surely hope that Pluto on IC means that he is changing where he lives (and getting ready to file a change of address card).

...transiting Neptune squares natal Uranus and transiting Pluto opposes his Saturn... seeming to say that the floor is cut out from under him and conditions seem surreal and unbelievable to him. Sun squares his Neptune... usually showing loss of energy and morbidity... two mundane aspects are even closer... Transiting Pluto squares natal Neptune, which shakes up one's worldview, confronting one with a new reality. A transiting Jupiter-Uranus square... In this predominantly unsuccessful chart it still likely means he gets a remarkable lucky break: An avenue of opportunity opens for him.

Trump's SLR 1/10 has only been in force a couple of days but mostly suggested him being "Donald Trump as we know him all the time:

Things are changing, surprising, and unstable and Trump is aggressive, attacking, and ungracious. He may be more restless, abrupt, risk-taking, and forcing issues. At best, he is uncooperative. At worst, he tries to do as much damage as possible on the way out the door.

Biden's 12/24 SLR showed that the period would "fundamentally change one's life in some way" and that "circumstances are in flux." I predicted a somber, self-reflective "Gethsemane moment," which I suspect is true but too private for us to see in public. It was part of the series of charts that had me sure in advance that he would be elected. I concluded, "Their implications of permanent change are inescapable" and that conditions are "permanently altering his status, dignity and life-state."

Biden's 1/7 Demi-SLR was exactly on target:

This Demi-SLR, coming into force the same day Vice President Pence will open and Congress will accept the Electoral College's ballots, is a chart of elevated status, office, and nobility. It confirms his victory... a permanent change in his rank and esteem... He is a warrior, taking a command role (surprisingly strong for this early).

So... no surprise... the two men's lunar returns are right on target.