Endings and Beginnings
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President Joe Biden steps aside! We live in interesting times is an understatement. Astrology is the language of the stars and the cosmic clock above us. The chart of Biden’s decision to pass the torch and his party’s nomination for President shows astonishing planetary markers on the day of the Full Moon @ 29 Capricorn where Pluto makes its last stand later this year. The Alpha and Omega – the pivot to a new age – the pivot to a female President is clearly on the radar.
A bit of history…the last time an incumbent President decided not to run for a second term was in 1968, when Lyndon Johnson made that decision.
Pluto’s influence on President Biden’s decision is highly significant. Pluto entered Capricorn for the first time in our modern history in 2008. In that year, we had a devastating stock market and housing market crash, followed by the election of Barack Obama, our first African American President. Pluto was prompting structural changes to our governmental and capitalist systems. Now with Pluto at the end of its transit through Capricorn we are on the verge of electing the first female African American/Indian President! We’re at the pivot point of Pluto’s full immersion into Aquarius (without retrograding back to Capricorn), which happens on 11/19/24. If Kamals Harris is elected President, she will be inaugurated with Pluto in Aquarius, expressing a power dynamic shift.
This past month highlighted the notion of alpha and omega in another sense because we had two Full Moons in a row, both in Capricorn – On 6/24 at 1 Capricorn and on 7/21/24 at 29 Capricorn. This cosmic Full Moon shorthand spans the cycle of Pluto’s passage through Capricorn from 2008 to 2024. It’s on11/19/24 that Pluto leaves Capricorn not returning to that sign for another 248 years! And…Pluto will be at 29 Capricorn on US Election Day 11/5/24, making its final statement. The current Full Moon is a foreshadowing. To have Joe Biden make the announcement to rescind his nomination, endorsing a younger candidate, his VP and a woman with this Full Moon portends the pivot we’re noting. Not only a conclusion but looking forward to a new generation and very likely loosening of the grip of the patriarchy in high places and the ascendency of a woman to become the first President of the United States.
The time used for the chart was stated on the news as the moment Joe Biden made the decision to step down as the Presidential nominee of his party – an incredibly selfless act for a man who put his country above his ego or need for power. A rare man indeed. Thank you, Joe Biden.
The chart reflects the pivot we’re discussing beautifully – The Sun is still at 29 Cancer opposite Pluto at 0 Aquarius and the Moon had just moved from its Full Moon degree of 29 Capricorn to conjoin PlutoRx/Aquarius then moving to 3 Aquarius. Each month when the Moon transits Aquarius, it conjoins the USA’s own birth Moon, Aquarius, perfect for an event that animates the mood and people of the country, which the Moon rules in a country’s chart.
Mars had just moved to Gemini (7/20/24) beginning the once each 2 yr. Mars return to the US Mars at 21 Gemini adding to the need to recalibrate goals, action and direction. Gemini is ruled by Mercury. Mercury is in Leo making an exact square to Uranus at 26deg., signaling an unexpected and unprecedented decision. This square clicks right into the USA Moon @ 27 Aquarius by square and opposition. It expresses an unexpected change in power dynamics and the people’s emotional sensibilities. The announcement Ascendant is ruled by Mars (traditional) or Pluto (modern) rulership. In the chart we find these two planets in an exact trine at 0 degrees signifying again, a power shift – a new conversation, the future!
Uranus will make a stopping point or Station exactly square the USA Moon degree on 9/1/24. That same day Pluto returns to 29 Capricorn making an exact aspect to Neptune/Pisces at 29deg. Those days around 9/1/24 are sure to also be pivotal, exciting, unexpected and significant.
The chart below is a double wheel and may be more relevant to those with a greater understanding of astrology. I offer it because the connections are so profound. However, everyone can glean some information from the analysis. Rarely do astrologers use a chart alone. Typically, a chart of an event is related to the birthchart of a person or nation to determine the connections between the event and the original birth chart.
The circled clusters of planets show how the two charts click together to accentuate the energies of the United States chart with the current movements of the planets. Pluto and the Moon in Aquarius hover around the US birth Pluto signaling the very short aftermath of the country’s first Pluto return to its birth position – a once every 248-year happening. Only a country can ever have a Pluto return. Opposite these planets we see the Sun at the last degree of Cancer in an out of sign opposition with Pluto at 0 Aquarius – again the alpha and omega – the transition that is needed – the decision we, the people, must make this Presidential election. The top-most point (Midheaven) of the Biden announcement is 6 Leo which conjoins exactly with the USA North Node or how heart and courage should guide our most important decisions and who we choose to lead our nation.
The aforementioned Mars/Pluto connection forms a Grand Air Trine with the topmost point 1 Libra in the USA birthchart – a circuit of reason, communication, words. Or which ideas/ideals will we take into the next 20 years of Pluto’s transit through Aquarius? And Jupiter, the ruler of the USA’s Rising sign is in Gemini, exactly conjoined with one of the four structural points or angles, House 7. Gemini represents youth, freshly expressed ideas and on H7, the focus on fairness, equality, justice and the key role of the Supreme Court. Jupiter makes an exact 60 deg. aspect to Venus accentuating women’s rights and the distress and anxiety women have endured due to the high court’s rulings. Saturn is retrograde at 19 Pisces and makes a Station Direct on 11/15/24, exactly squaring Jupiter at 12 Gemini. It’s very likely that the election will be contested on some levels and the Supreme Court will be called to adjudicate. The Asteroids and Chiron also add nuance and information. I’ll leave those interpretations to others since this piece is already longer than expected. Hopefully you’ve gleaned that we have our work cut out for us. We find ourselves at an enormously consequential shift of not only generations but also of ideas. Which ideas will prevail? How will we solve the majority/minority dissonance? We, the people, must choose our course wisely.
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