USA – when will the pendulum swing?

 When will the US stand up for the edicts of its founding fathers of whom it used to be so proud, who laid down the constitution defending democracy and created the institutions which have stood the test of 250 years?

  Trump’s relationship with the USA in essence is chained together with a composite Sun trine Pluto sextile Saturn – but even that is beginning to come unstuck this year with a disappointing, undermining tr Neptune square the composite Sun starting late this April to late May, dissolving the ties that bind; with serious tensions erupting from this July onwards as tr Uranus is square the composite Saturn, followed by a pressure-for-change tr Pluto square the Pluto to the year’s end. Tr Uranus will continue to ratchet up tensions till May 2027 and tr Neptune will continue to sink the ground under his feet till early 2028. He won’t let go easily but whether through unpopularity or ill-health or both, he will find his grip on the nation loosening fast. Tr Saturn squared the composite Sun recently in mid March two weeks after the Iran attack when it became clear this was no speedy in-and-out venture.  

  The Supreme Court is managing to find a backbone having  recently ruled his administration had no authority to use emergency powers to impose tariffs. The justices were not willing to give Trump a blank cheque to bypass Congress and the courts.  They now appear sceptical about his executive order limiting birthright citizenship, which is a key element of his immigration agenda. The decision is expected in June. A loss would be a setback to Trump’s immigration agenda and would also represent a larger blow to his efforts to aggressively expand executive power since returning to office.

  The Supreme Court, 2 February 1790 New York, has a Sun Pluto conjunct in Aquarius which seems fitting for the new era. But it will be facing a monumental battle ahead with the Progressed Mars square the Sun in 2027 as well as being conjunct the Scorpio North Node. So it may come to a considerable standoff and collision, almost existential, so it will test their resilience as tr Pluto opposes the Uranus in 2027/28 as well threatening to upset the applecart.

 DT’s relationship with the Supreme Court chart hints at bitter arguments this year and next. With John Roberts there will be ongoing differences into 2027 though one argument may be ducked this year.

 His relationship with virtually all the justices will be stressed ahead apart from Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh. Even Amy Barrett is having a meltdown with him, as well as the other liberal or more moderate justices like Neil Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and especially Ketanji Brown Jackson. Ketanji has a bitter-dislike composite Mars conjunct Pluto in her relationship chart with DT which is being triggered by tr Uranus in June and across the New Year.

George Washington:

“The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.”

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.”

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.”

“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”

“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.”

“Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.”

“For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good…”

3 thoughts on “USA – when will the pendulum swing?

  1. The US Declaration of Independence was largely designed to set limits to executive power such as wielded by the British crown over its colonies. The presence of Saturn in Libra in the 10th House of the Sibley chart probably expresses that desire particularly as it squares the natal Sun which in mundane terms would represent the leader, President or monarch. The US Constitution attempts to apply that by a series of checks and balances whereby the power to legislate and interpret the law are vested in Congress and the Supreme Court. This is perhaps expressed in the Chart of the Constitution where Jupiter in Gemini trines Saturn in Aquarius. The difficulty with the Constitution Chart is that the 10th House Sun is inconjunct Saturn in the third and square Jupiter in the 7th House so the way that control is exercised is not always completely explicit particularly in matters of foreign policy. In addition because the way the Congress operates is often slow and fractious it means that a President such as Trump can exploit the inertia to make major policy decisions about international matters on the hoof. This effectively means the constraints often only get applied retrospectively which maybe too late once the US military has been committed.

    My personal feeling is that it is going to take time for the US political system to catch up with Trump’s much more unrestrained behaviour in his Second Term. The Uranus/Mars conjunction on 4th July 2026 may be the time this will eventually start to happen particularly as transiting Saturn will be at 14 Aries in the 4th House if the US natal chart opposing the natal Saturn at 14 Libra and squaring the natal Sun at 13 Cancer. In the interim there are some difficult transits happening in April not least the Mercury/Mars/Saturn conjunction on the 18/20 March at 7 Aries square the US natal 7th House Jupiter. Previous Mars/Saturn conjunctions in Aries occurred in 1998 before the conflict in Kossovo and in 1968 at about the time of the Tet offensive in the Vietnam war. I would suggest that the next few months will be a very bumpy ride.

  2. The effects of that Tr Neptune square the composite sun might be starting already. Following months of anecdotal evidence of a growing number of people in his base becoming dissatisfied with him, a poll released by Newsweek today show he now (finally) has a net negative approval rating with white working class voters. They are the true MAGA base. If they continue to break away from him, then it’ll really be over for him.

  3. marjorie
    words of Great president still resonates what USA is all about; if a sensible person follows constitution but one who to be KING or atleast acting like a king may have forgotten those words and at his age may be he does not remember or may have lost ability to understand what our forefathers meant when constitution was written
    May GOD BLESS AMERICA !!!!!

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