The latest ruling from the USA Supreme Court was described by Ketanji Brown Jackson, one of the three dissenting justices, as “profoundly dangerous, since it gives the Executive the go-ahead to sometimes wield the kind of unchecked, arbitrary power the Founders crafted our Constitution to eradicate”. She also calls the ruling an “existential threat to the rule of law”. Another dissenter Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote: “No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” The court has dramatically expanded the rights of the president to nullify constitutional provisions at will.
Most thoughts are covered in an amended previous post below. To recap – on the SCOTUS chart tr Neptune last year and tr Saturn this year into early 2026 plus Solar Arc Uranus all conjunct Venus, the yod focal point planet, which does suggest a change of direction, causing emotional and societal upset. Where the significant pressure for a complete revamp and rethink will come is around the next election and the one beyond in 2032 as first tr Uranus will square the SCOTUS Uranus, SA Saturn will conjunct the North Node and square the Sun; and by 2032 tr Pluto will conjunct the Sun.
What I missed last time round was the Progressed Mars conjunct the North Node and square the Sun late 2026 into 2027 which suggests continued aggravation and maybe setbacks for SCOTUS. Progressed Mars to the Sun usually produces a ‘collision’ type event.
The SCOTUS/USA relationship chart is showing unease with tr Neptune square the composite Saturn from mid this June (ie. when this ruling came down) and on into 2026 – with hints of a tussle for the upper hand between public opinion and the Justices running till the end of Trump’s term.
Trump’s relationship chart with SCOTUS is chained-together but not exactly harmonious with a composite Pluto, Saturn, Venus, Algol square Uranus – destructive and damaging with underlying bitter resentment. Arguments will flare in 2026/27.
From previous Post July 2024, amended.
The Supreme Court’s latest ruling (in 2024) allowing presidents to be unrestricted by legal niceties has been described by the media as “unconscionable” and “bad beyond wildest imaginings”. With an expert on judicial ethics calling SCOTUS “an organization more political than legal.” And saying flatly that the Supreme Court now has a “potential legitimacy problem.” “The traditional notion that we will accept the results of the court whether we agree with it or not … is decreasingly the case.”
But despite public alarm at the state of affairs within SCOTUS with additional concerns about the financial questionmarks over Thomas and at least two justices with blatantly pro-Trump family connections, there seems little possibility of change unless Democrats gain control of both chambers in the November election and retain the White House. Plus whether any retirements from the court lead to a change in the 6-3 conservative-liberal split in coming years.
The SCOTUS chart, 2 February 1790, looks exuberant at the moment with tr Uranus square the Mars Jupiter conjunction. Though with discontent and disappointment lurking as tr Neptune are conjunct the Venus (on the focal point of a yod to Neptune sextile Mars Jupiter, so doubly important) from this October to early March 2025. Followed by tr Saturn square the focal point Venus the first half of October this year and second half of January 2026. These two influences could suggest upsets within SCOTUS and a veering away from goals of social harmony.
Solar Arc Uranus then proceeds to conjunct the focal point Venus by 2027 which indicates more upsets and sharp changes of direction not always in line with popular opinion. Indeed there may be more internal arguments emerging as well. With a downbeat 2029 as SA Saturn is square Sun.
My sense from having scanned various charts is that this coming presidential term will be a stormy one vis a vis the Supreme Court with their comeuppance arriving with the next presidency from 2029 onwards. The 2025 Inauguration chart has Mercury in the legal 9th opposition Mars for a term of arguments about justice. The 2029 Inauguration has Venus, North Node and Mercury in the 9th square Jupiter – with perhaps a hope of putting improvements in place.
The relationship chart between SCOTUS and the USA hints at a tussle for the upper hand this year and next from tr Pluto opposition the composite Jupiter; with even greater uncertainty and concern from 2026 onwards for three years with tr Saturn Neptune in Aries square the composite Saturn and then the Uranus.
John Roberts, heretofore deemed sensible and reasonable, but now seeing his halo dim, is having a peculiarly difficult 2027 with a blocked SA Pluto square his Sun, at the same time as tr Pluto starts to conjunct his Sun in 2027/28. And worse in 2028 with a panicky-failure tr Neptune conjunct his Mars into 2029.
In no particular order:
Brett Kavanaugh, wobbling this year; running into scandals from over confidence in 2027 to 2029.
Amy Barrett, blocked in 2025 from SA Sun opposition her Pluto; with a downbeat 2026 and maximum pressure in 2027/28 from tr Pluto conjunct her Sun.
Clarence Thomas, an angry collision in 2026 and a longish slide from 2026 to 2028 courtesy of tr Neptune Saturn square his Sun, Mercury, Venus in Cancer.
Samuel Alito, excitable and nerve-stretched this year into 2025 with tr Neptune opposition his Mars; erupting in high tension in 2025 with SA Uranus conjunct his Saturn; panicked in 2026/27 as Neptune collides with Uranus; meltdown in 2027.
Sonia Sotomayor, under huge pressure with tr Pluto square her Saturn in Scorpio in 2024/25; sagging badly 2026/28 with tr Saturn Neptune square her Mars and her Sun.
Neil Gorsuch, into a nerve-shredding 2026/27 courtesy of Uranus Neptune cross overs and worse in 2027 with his SA Uranus conjunct his Mars.
Elena Kagan, He Taurus Sun opposition Neptune are getting the full brunt of a hit from Solar Arc Pluto in 2026/27; as the same time as tr Pluto is grinding its way in hard aspect across both in 2027/28. She looks rattled at the moment by a major setback.
Ketanji Brown Jackson, upset at the moment; high tensions in 2025; logjammed in 2026; ready to blow a fuse in 2027 and maybe just maybe feeling upbeat by 2028.
“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” James Baldwin.
“There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.” Montesquieu
“Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.” Heraclitus
“If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.” Francis Bacon
“I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.” George Washington
“The due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government, I have considered the first arrangement of the judicial department as essential to the happiness of the country, and to the stability of its political system.” George Washington
Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s Opinion of the Court:
“We will not dwell on Justice Jackson’s argument, which is at odds with more than two centuries’ worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself.”
One wonders if Justice Jackson might be out of her depth.
@PC quite the opposite; Coney Barrett is an originalist, intent on jamming current law into a framework constructed out of a disingenuous, fantasy version of the facts on the ground when the Constitution was written—so, for example, rules regarding firearms that were written with muskets in mind are feigned to pertain to modern machine guns and flamethrowers. If anyone is out of their depth, it’s Coney Barrett and the other originalists such as Alito and Thomas, with their willful inversions of precedent and their simpleminded misreadings of history.
Marjorie,
Thank you much for this update, even if very scary for us here in US.
They say one cause of the civil war of 1865 was the Supreme Court being so out of alignment with the general populous.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/06/28/justice-kagans-own-words-just-exposed-the-lefts-hypocrisy-on-nationwide-injunctions-n4941256
………Well, Justice Kagan, who dissented in this case, was singing a very different tune just a couple of years ago. Back in 2022, when President Biden was in the White House and conservatives were the ones seeking relief from his executive orders, Kagan was openly skeptical of nationwide injunctions.
“This can’t be right that one district judge can stop a nationwide policy in its tracks and leave it stuck for the years that it takes to go through a normal process,” she said.
That’s not some out-of-context paraphrase—it’s her own words, on the record.
Fast forward to 2025, and suddenly Kagan’s skepticism has evaporated. Now that Donald Trump is back in the Oval Office, she’s all-in for the same judicial overreach she once panned. It just goes to show you who the real partisans on the court are. They aren’t adhering to any particular judicial philosophy or the Constitution, they care only about whether a particular ruling hurts or benefits the Democratic Party…………>
The Court is political, however in this case a right clearly defined in the Constitution was denied by executive order, so the injuctions (3 all together) made sense. It wasn’t just one judge. The SCOTUS didn’t even address the issue of birthright citizenship. All presidents in the 21st century, Republicans. Or Dem. Have c/o of this. Sorry for no astrology- needed for context.
Wonderful quotes!
Thank you, Marjorie.