Alarm bells are ratcheting up to defcon level amongst the money men as Trump threatens to take down Jerome Powell, Chairman of the heretofore independent US Federal Reserve. Since his tariff ‘policy’ boomeranged he needed someone else to blame. The Trump playbook adopted at the feet of Roy Cohn, a McCarthyite and corrupt lawyer, is ‘always be on the attack, to counterpunch whenever punched and to never apologize.’
‘Any move to undermine the independence of the Fed, which manages inflation and has a mandate to support full employment, will spook financial markets.’ ‘The president’s comments have already rattled investors, after his sweeping global trade tariffs roiled markets, sending global equities sharply lower and causing the price of oil to fall below the $60-mark.’ The dollar is down to a three year low and gold is up. ‘With a week to go, April is turning into the worst month for the US stock market since the 1930s Great Depression. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is headed for its worst April performance since 1932.’
Jerome Powell, 4 February 1953, has said he intends to stay till the end of his term in 2026 and there is apparently no constitutional mandate for a president to remove him. He is a steady Sun Mercury in Aquarius opposition Pluto with his Sun Mercury square Jupiter in Taurus so not easy to budge; with a determined Uranus square Neptune Saturn; and an enthusiastic Venus in Aries conjunct Mars in Pisces. His Solar Arc Sun is opposition his Saturn now and his Solar Arc Uranus is opposition his Mars – discouraged and agitated. His midpoints hint at turmoil and disappointment all this year into 2026.
His relationship with Trump is essentially aggravated with a composite Mars square Saturn as well as distrustful. Gripes and groans, snipes and snarling will go on through May and June and across the summer and beyond.
Trump’s relationship chart with the Federal Reserve Bank, is also inherently hostile with a composite Mars opposition Uranus square Saturn Pluto – and they don’t come much worse than that. 2026/7 looks even more fraught than at the moment.
On Trump’s chart, tr Neptune is just into his 8th house of joint finances to stay for many years which points to flawed financial judgement, evasion, can bring uncomfortable secrets into the open – not helpful where handling money is concerned. Tr Pluto is also just into his 6th house of health and work which can bring tensions and power struggles with workmates over differing methods as he insists he is right. It also puts strain on health if not handled sensibly.
His Lunar Return from April 17 for a month has a grandstanding Pluto in the 5th opposition Mars square an 8th house financial Sun; with uncertainty in relationships and cooperative ventures. The Lunar Return from 14 May for a month has an ominous Mars in the 8th opposition Pluto which looks completely trapped; though a 5th house Sun and Uranus won’t calm his attention-seeking urges. Plus the unknown shock of tr Uranus square his natal Mars running April 28 to May 13 for the final time.
The US Federal Reserve, 16 November 1914 9am Washington, DC, is moving into troubled times with an undermining tr Neptune Saturn square its Saturn Pluto in Cancer from the final days of this April right through till January 2027. Tr Uranus will also oppose its Mars through 2026 into early 2027 which will bring insecurity, sudden shocks and high tension.
The USA country chart also has tr Neptune Saturn square the financial Venus in 2026 which suggests losses and disappointment where money is concerned; with a further dip in confidence as tr Saturn and then Neptune square the US Jupiter in 2026/27.
Previous posts:
Trump tariffs – a shoot self in foot decision 3rd February 2025
Trump’s Tainted Touch – SCOTUS, Netanyhu, Fed Reserve 19th March 2025
Stock Markets in shock as tariffs loom 31st March 2025
Trump tariffs – sound the trumpets for a disaster? 3rd April 2025
One reason Trump wants lower US interest rates is so the US can roll over its current outstanding trillions of dollars debt at lower cost. Unfortunately the way he has chosen to tackle the issue has exacerbated the problem. With the yield on the US Treasury 10 year bond being over 4.5% Donald Trump is unlikely to be getting the lower interest rates he wants at the moment.
I think it is important to avoid getting caught up in the Trump generated hyperbolic news cycle. At the moment the Dow Jones Index is down about 6% year on year and the Dollar Index against a basket of currencies is trading at 99 which is close to its long term historical average. The only real sign of big dislocation so far has been the big increase in the price of gold. It is worth remembering that post the 2008 financial crisis the US Stock Markets lost 50% of their value and the Dollar Index plunged below 80.
My personal view both astrologically, politically and financially the big test for the USA has yet to come. Trump’s policy gyrations may precipitate the crisis but the problems are systemic and have as much to do with some of the policies of Powell and his predecessors at the Fed as the current erratic occupant of the Oval Office.
The upcoming Pluto/Mars opposition at 3 Aquarius/3Leo on 27 April 2025 is going to activating the Federal Reserve Uranus at 5 Uranus. This transiting Pluto to natal Uranus conjunction will play out mid 2025 and again from 2026-2027. At the same time Neptune and Saturn in Aries will be squaring the Feds natal Pluto at 0 Cancer. In August 2028 Uranus will be at 13 Gemini exactly conjunct the Feds natal Saturn and opposite its natal Mercury at 13 Sagittarius.
The run up to 2028 looks significant in many ways as a lot of the outer planets in the charts from the 1891-1892 Pluto/Neptune triple conjunction at 7/8 Gemini are going to be triggered. This is a key degree for the USA as Uranus was there in 1776 when the nation was founded, again in 1861 before the US Civil War and again in late May 1944 just prior to D Day. Each of these dates were key both for the USA as a country and also because they marked the steps by which it rose to be the predominant world power, an event that impacted the rest of humanity via those 1891/1892 triple conjunction charts.
Dear Hugh, the dates 1891-92 are interesting as the Panic of 1893 came soon after. Was there a connection?
I believe this upcoming Uranus Return of 2027-28 will be the turning point for the US. It seems this would be a time of a great shake-up that jolts the masses awake, spurring them into action. Another severe economic crisis that rivals the Great Depression could very well do it.
Bravo! You read my mind. I was just about to leave a note asking for you to weigh in on Mr. Powell’s future. Re: financial matters, Saturn enters Aries on May 24, the same day that Uranus in Taurus conjuncts the NYSE Buttonwood Tree chart. Ebertin says Saturn/Neptune equal 0 degrees Aries is “mass hysteria.”