The Barack enigma. Beneath the distance and detachment.

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uranian system of astrology

uranian system of astrology

The reason I love working with the Uranian system of astrology is because the Uranian system goes right to the heart of one’s personal story with amazing subtlety.   With the dial, a patterning emerges and we get an intimate look at the “path and purpose” as well as our dilemmas along the way.

I decided on Barack Obama because after six years in office he’s more of a mystery than ever and I wanted to get some insight into what started off as this romance with this romance with the country and quickly cascaded into the country’s ambivalent relationship with him and him with the country. I know there are some pretty strong opinions out there about Obama so try to reserve some judgement because the point here with astrology is understanding and respect for the path each and every one of us is on. So let’s get started.


Neptune transit to obama's ascendant, Meridian and moon

Neptune transit to obama's ascendant, Meridian and moon

Before we dive into his natal chart I wanted to take a moment to point out a rather major side note.  For the past ten years Barack Obama has been under quite a heavy Neptunian transit to some very personal points in his chart, beginning with the Ascendant in 2004 and moving to his Meridian and then his Moon.  I would think that this period has been the most difficult of his life.  Neptune transits dissolve structures that straightjacket the soul, creating a tremendous amount of a sort of “divine discontent” in one’s life.  Neptune forces us to go within and develop identity from a place of soul and inner whisper instead of from a place of heavy earthly ambition.  Let’s move on to his natal birth chart.

Strong poseidon energy right on obama's meridian axis

Strong poseidon energy right on obama's meridian axis

First and foremost this is the chart of an artist.  The Poseidon here strongly aligned with his Meridian axis tells us of someone who has a profound inner world that is very receptive spiritually and intellectually and needs to reflect out illuminating ideals that inspire.  He needs to express from this subjective place and give it form, and being on the Meridian axis means it inhabits every corner of his being. 

hades is the three point picture with his mercury/apollon midpoint structure.

hades is the three point picture with his mercury/apollon midpoint structure.

 

 

 

The platform for his artistry is Mercury/Apollon which is someone who is free and open minded, who wants to expand and do so through their communication skills, and with the Poseidon it becomes oratory.  But the Hades here in this three point picture drags that Mercury/ Apollon into the underworld indicating a real lack of mobility and freedom in this area.  So basically we’re dealing with someone who has deep emotional yearnings with extraordinary skills, a man who is a seeker on a path and he’s looking for a place of shelter for his feelings and ideas.  But there’s exists this huge dilemma in his chart that revolves around identity and issues of self-acceptance.

The moon and barack obama

The moon and barack obama

The Moon structure here is incredibly revealing.  The moon is the emotional nature, the emotional unconscious, what we need for our peace and wellbeing.  The Saturn Uranus predicament here is in full stretch and there’s a conflict between his needs for security and his needs for his self-expression and the Hades/Apollon is alerting us to the fact there is trouble with this expansion and usually Hades has primal roots, that is situations that have originated early, and you can see they originated in his early environment.  Back to the Saturn Uranus, the Uranus is alerting us to a situation of “too early emotional independence,” where he might have needed comforting and support it’s inconsistent.  And indeed when we go to the Moon/Ascendant midpoint which tells us about the actual mother, you can immediately see the Neptune/Admetos, which means she was very back and forth with Barack, strong closeness and strong separateness, and with that Uranus right on the Moon/Ascendant midpoint she was restless and perhaps had her own ambivalent feelings around motherhood.

Back to the Saturn/Uranus.  So with the Uranus here he carries this inner restlessness but it doesn’t go anywhere because it would threaten his emotional security.  So he goes for the security of Saturn, and negates the expressiveness of the Uranus and sells himself short, where he just functions and adapts.  And the Sun/Neptune with the Hades here is indicating he readily accepts situations and is just too passive to do anything about it. Since there’s a real sense of lack of effectiveness he avoids conflict and moves himself into a second rate positions because he’s shy about competing.

So there’s this outer acceptance….as a way of sort of convincing himself that he’s in control of his life, but a total inner unacceptance.  So he lives with this tremendous feeling of unrest and he really never really knows the source, all he knows is that he never feels content with his lot.

barack obama - 2004 DNC keynote address

barack obama - 2004 DNC keynote address

I think the clearest example of the Saturn/Uranus dilemma in his chart this was the trajectory of Obama after the 2004 DNC speech that mystically captivated a nation and propelled him into a run for President.  But due to that lack of clarity around his identity, he didn’t see the situation realistically.

So he wins the Presidency, and it’s no longer this romantic oratory orgy and now he’s got to deal with a very hefty everyday mundane reality that is the Presidency.  And remember Obama lives mostly in his imagination and those Poseidian waters; he’s not too much into mundaneness which turns this into an incredibly tenuous situation for him.

His lack of “clarity of self” causes him to make unrealistic choices and also the lack of mobility and freedom to communicate only increase the isolation he feels. But it’s the complex emotional setup and the separation he constantly feels with others and all of humanity that will be the final straw for Obama.

The Venus/Saturn with the Ascendant in this three point picture around the Meridian is telling us that he is desires close relationships, solid relationships but that he tends to feel lonely and disconnected. 

His Gemini Moon, that rational, sociable yet neutral persona he carries conceals an intense and very raw feeling nature below. 

 

 

intense emotional nature with moon/pluto around the sun.

intense emotional nature with moon/pluto around the sun.

The Moon/Pluto on the Sun and Chiron reveals this emotional depth and intensity but he’s got tremendous fears around them being invaded and intruded upon.  The Moon Uranus around the Meridian tells us of a person who harbors a lot of nervousness and anxiety, who distances because they are vulnerable.  So this is someone who builds a world where they can be themselves but where others can’t gain entrance.  He can only maintain his autonomy by detaching and distancing himself and the highly fixed quality of his chart means that he’s resistant to most outside influences and this is what gets him disliked.  This is also what completely blocks the career area.  But ultimately I do think that the profound loneliness and the lack of emotional connection he experiences will force him to dissolve that inflexible will and really reconnect with those parts of himself he has cut off.  Not only will this help him to see things more realistically and build the correct external structures which for him would be using his emotional depth and leading through inspiration but he’ll also regain that lost sense of relatedness and unity with the rest of life.  

Donald Trump astrology. Trying the win and the phenomenon ~ Horoscope.

 

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Donald Trump astrology.  Trying the win and the phenomenon.  Horoscope.

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He’s a bully and a blowhard, he’s a narcissist to the enth degree, but he’s weirdly and wildly charismatic.  He’s impervious and illusive and yet he holds court with this improvisational air, shape shifting into different things as he dreams them up.  He’s that buffoon who we find ourselves cringing at yet secretively rooting for.    After analyzing Donald Trump’s chart I realized that the GOP candidates really should be looking a bit deeper at what Donald Trump has to offer, and we’ll take a look at that.  We’ll also take a look at how long this is likely to last. 

 

Donald Trump astrology - Mars/Zeus-Kronos midpoint with his meridian

Donald Trump astrology - Mars/Zeus-Kronos midpoint with his meridian

Around his Meridian we have this intense Zeus-Kronos midpoint structure with Mars which indicates a really strong personality and someone who wants to be an authority figure.  And with the Mercury right on that axis, someone who needs to communicate and have their viewpoints recognized.

 

 

 

 

Donald trump astrology ~ Powerful three point picture on the meridian with neptune

Donald trump astrology ~ Powerful three point picture on the meridian with neptune

But the Neptune here in this powerful three point picture turns Trump into a gas explosion that’s nearly always spewing, a perpetual vivid imagination that’s always envisaging potentials without which he finds life stifling and suffocating. 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald trump astrolog ~ Sun/hades midpoint structure on the merdian

Donald trump astrolog ~ Sun/hades midpoint structure on the merdian

The trouble is this Hades/Sun midpoint structure.  Hades which is the planet of the underworld has pulled the Sun here and this indicates serious self-esteem issues and defensive needs to prove the self.  This is someone who unconsciously feels unrecognized and suppressed.  So without a solid vessel to set that Neptunian sail we get the shell of the boat, a lot of puffin up and feigning, a lot of aggrandizement, because underneath is always this vague sense of inferiority combined with a fear of rejection, and this haunts him at every turn.

 

Donald trump astrology ~ mars and pluto in the tenth house

Donald trump astrology ~ mars and pluto in the tenth house

So perhaps this is the most fascinating piece of Donald Trumps chart and the most illuminating in terms of the seeming bedrock of his popularity,  Mars and Pluto, two power planets, both ruled by Scorpio and needing to affirm their personal power and identity, but in this house that power is subjugated, unconscious.  There’s a fear of really owning their greatness and so they keep displacing this fear onto whatever comes along.  That Mars close to his Ascendant makes him very combative with every personal encounter.  He looks to be dissed so he can confirm what he already believes himself to be, and if the dissing isn’t forthcoming he will gladly serve some up.  He self-inflicts.

Donald trump astrology ~ he "self-inflicts"

Donald trump astrology ~ he "self-inflicts"

But here in the twelfth we aren’t only dealing with one’s personal unconscious but the collective unconscious as well.   Mars in the twelfth house may be the one to act out all of the unexpressed anger of those around him.  The battles he ends up fighting may not even be his own, and this is where Trump is hooked into the collective unconscious, the collective shadow.

As David Brooks writes;   

"When Trump is striking populist chords, he appeals to people who experience an invisibility."  He appeals to members of the alienated middle class who believe neither the rich nor the poor have to play by the same rules they do."

Brooks goes onto write;

Never before have we experienced a moment with so much public alienation and so much private, assertive fragile self-esteem.  Trump is the perfect confluence of these trends.  He won't be president, but he's not an aberration.  He is deeply rooted in the currents of our times."

So how long is Donald going to last?  He’s definitely not disappearing just yet.  So let’s go to his chart and dial ahead. 

Donald trump astrology ~ Uranus direction to his meridian in late November into early December 2015.  The Neptune/ascendant midpoint is coming along with the Uranus.

Donald trump astrology ~ Uranus direction to his meridian in late November into early December 2015.  The Neptune/ascendant midpoint is coming along with the Uranus.

And what we find is the planet Uranus parking itself in a tight challenging aspect to his Meridian around late November into December of 2015.  Uranus, the planet of revolution and change can mean sudden abrupt changes and happenings in the campaign, and the fact that it’s also tied in with a Neptune/Ascendant midpoint could mean for Trump “disappointing changes or losses”  what it can also mean is that he leaves the GOP and runs as an independent.  We’ll see!