Assassination attempts on the president of the United States have been numerous, ranging from the early 19th century to the present day
Four sitting U.S. presidents have been killed: Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy. Ronald Reagan was wounded and survived. Theodore Roosevelt was wounded as a former president. Donald Trump was wounded in an assassination attempt in between his two terms and escaped another attempt unscathed three days ago, but there have been several other security scares involving him as well.
What is curious is how often Uranus or another planet was in a final degree. This latest it was at 29 Taurus. For Reagan it was at 29 Scorpio. J.F.K Sun at 29 Scorpio. Abraham Lincoln Jupiter 29 Sagittarius. Theodor Roosevelt Uranus 29 Capricorn. Gerald Ford, 1st assassination attempt, Uranus 29 Libra. William McKinley, Chiron at 29 Sagittarius. James Garfield, Pluto at 28 Taurus. Trump’s first assassination attempt Neptune at 29 Pisces.
The anaretic degree (29°) tends to bring a sense of urgency, a now or never leap which may be misjudged. A dither-and-dash approach in an individual chart. Some link it to fame or recognition. In transits I tend to regard the final degree as the swansong of an old era, often having an impulsive push to have an effect before fading into the past, and on occasion marginally vengeful as well.
Planets in first decan Cardinal signs also proliferate. This recent Trump attempt has Mars, Saturn, Neptune in Aries, while Reagan’s had Venus, Sun, Mars in Aries opposition Saturn Jupiter in Libra. Abraham Lincoln’s had Neptune in early Aries square Mars in early Cancer. William McKinley’s had Saturn Jupiter conjunct in early Capricorn opposition Neptune in Cancer. J.F.K’s had Jupiter in Aries conjunct Eris. James Garfield had a Cancer Sun. Theodor Roosevelt’s had North Node, Sedna, Chariklo in first decan Aries and Pluto at zero Cancer. Gerald Ford’s 2 attempts had Pluto in early Libra.
The similarities are striking.
The early Cardinal placings of the above will have been in hard aspect to the USA chart’s Venus, Jupiter, Sun in Cancer. At the moment tr Neptune Saturn in Aries is squaring those planets – tr Saturn till early 2027 and tr Neptune into the early 2030s. The USA Eris, planet of discord, at 8 Capricorn will also have been rattled up at the assassination attempts.
The fates spin in mysterious ways.