Sorry Obama...The Planets Favor McCain

As Mundane and Financial Astrologers, we tend to think of the forthcoming Saturn-Uranus opposition as a harbinger of great changes. Saturn is the planet of “The Establishment,” or “The status quo.” It is conservative by nature, and hence we tend to think it describes the Republican Party today, perhaps because the Republicans currently hold the White House, or perhaps because their platform over the past 28 years had been conservative, maybe even ultra conservative. We tend to think of the Democratic Party as Uranus in this set up, because they have laid claim to be being the party of change, the progressive party.

Many professional astrologers believe that the Saturn-Uranus opposition portends change of the status quo, and therefore favors the election of the challenging party, which in this case is the Democratic Party headed by Scorpio Joe Biden and Leo Barack Obama. I am not so sure this is how these two planets will operate. I am not so sure that Uranus trumps Saturn when they come into aspect, and implies a change of party in power. I am certain that it means the populace is frustrated and upset and wants a change. We saw that in 1965-1966 when these two planets last made their opposition.

If we go back and examine historical periods when Saturn and Uranus were in conjunction or opposition, we will see an interesting correlation. The last time these two planets were in such an aspect was 1988. They were conjunct. At that time, astrologers also believed there would be a change of parties in the White House, due to this signature. But instead of electing the Democratic challenger Michael Dukakis, who was far ahead in the polls within three months of the election, the American public switched their preference and elected Republican George Bush Sr, thus continuing the Republican reign of power. Of course, the discontent with Bush Sr led to his defeat in the next election.

Before that, Saturn and Uranus were in opposition from October 1918 through June 1920. The 1920 election coincided with the near record surprising victory of Republican Warren Harding, which ended the Democratic reign of power in the White House. Before that was the Saturn Uranus conjunction of January 1897. The election of November 1896 found Republican William McKinley the victor, and again a change of leadership.

Thus it appears that these two planets in major aspect may or may not correspond with a change of party in the office of Presidency. But so far, all instances had one thing in common: all victors were Republicans. I know my liberal friends will not like this, but to me, the astrological signatures point more to a McCain election than Obama one.

What my liberal friends may like, however, is that the one election I missed was in 1988, the last Saturn-Uranus conjunction. Here comes the next one. Either a Republican wins, as has been the case in every instance over the past 110 years. Or I am wrong, as I was the one and only other time in the past 32 years I made a prediction during a Saturn-Uranus signature like this one. That incorrect forecast led me to change the way I astrologically analyze elections, so maybe I learned something. And certainly there is more for me to learn with this election, which offers the most striking difference in candidates that I have ever witnessed in my lifetime.


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