Who’d have thought Julian Assange would have become the cheer-leader for the alternative right, giving Trump a helping hand by releasing Hillary emails? There are various theories, ranging from 1) he’s mentally disintegrating being stuck in an Ecuador Embassy box room in London; 2) he’s opportunistically hoping for a Trump win since he reckons he’d be a softer mark when it comes to a US prosecution over wikileaks and with Ecuador changing president next year Assange’s day of reckoning may be approaching; 3) it’s the ultimate power trip upending one of the political dynastic families and hell mend the consequences. Other factor to consider is some experts have warned about taking the leaked Clinton information at face value. Thomas Rid, a professor in security studies at King’s College London, wrote on Twitter: “The US Intelligence Community jointly & explicitly named WikiLeaks as an outlet of a Russian influence op. They did not do so lightly.” He continued: “Hacked & leaked files may – or may not – be altered or forged. Note that WikiLeaks have no way of knowing individual files are doctored or not.”
Will this sleazy election ever finish? To which the answer is a resounding NO. No matter which gets in there’ll be an avalanche of legal cases/impeachment attempts through the time ahead, derailing any chance of sensible government. [See post 10th August on past tr Uranus square the USA Mercury and then Pluto – “Corruption and wild right-wingers to the fore”.] These influences turn up again in 2016/17 and 2018.
Assange’s ornery and uncompromising Mars in Aquarius opposes Hillary’s Saturn Pluto Mars and squares her Mercury Venus – so at cross purposes. Most significantly his Pluto squares her Uranus (8th house?) – so he has the power to unearth her maverick secrets. Their relationship chart is explosive with a composite Mars square Uranus; and a struggle for the upper hand with a composite Sun Pluto. If birth times are accurate tr Pluto is now conjunct the composite Moon (opposition Saturn) – bitter feelings.
Assange doesn’t look overly cheerful till January with tr Neptune square his Mars/Pluto though that can also be ‘implacable and a tendency to harm others secretly.’ (Ebertin).
He’s much more tuned in to Trump with A’s Venus conjunct Trump’s Gemini Sun and A’s Sun conjunct DT’s Mercury; plus A’s Jupiter sitting cosily on DT’s IC. And A’s Pluto square DT’s Sun which presumably means A thinks he can pull Trump’s chain. Their relationship chart is friendly though built on a delusion with composite Sun Venus trine Jupiter Neptune.
They could probably share a few girlie stories. I never bought Assange’s self-righteous grandstanding from the start, even if some of what he was pointing at needed sorted.