US Mercury Returns 2025 and 2026

by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good

Those who've spent time with America's July 4, 1776 Horoscope are cognizant of our national Mercury @24Can11 and its intriguing Sabian Symbol, "A Leader of Men Wrapped in An Invisible Mantle of Power." And with 1776 Pluto opposing US Mercury, surveillance, subversion, and other secretive issues and concerns are par for the course around here, and always have been. As we know, manipulative Pluto issues orders from afar and grabs all the power he can for his extreme wealth hidden in secret places is never enough.

Why, in the 2025 Horoscope shown below, Pluto in Aquarius (technocrats) is apex planet in one of the YOD patterns with the Mars-Jupiter sextile at its base; therefore, a certain rich fellow's name has been added for he ruthlessly leads the action. Of course, you're welcome to disagree! Especially since mundane Pluto can easily symbolize groups of manipulators and organizations even though The Invisible One prefers to work alone in isolation, as we know. Ivory tower and all that.

Yes, plutocrats prefer that their identities and actions stay hidden, but ours? Not so much. After all, knowledge is power - and control.

So as it turns out in 2025 - when it comes to surveillance, finances, and other Plutonian power-grabbing issues, everyone's personal data is up for grabs, not the least of which has already been pilfered under technocrat El*n M*sk's teenaged "DOGE" boys - and by other foreign actors as well, ongoing. So we're having to accept it that, Big Bro is in the house, and the ultimate consequences for regular folk are unpredictable at best. Sadly, we're in a world of thieves, traffickers, and other criminals via Neptune-Pluto underworld figures and their associates, with headquarters now run from a scofflaw White House.

And so considering that the realms of Mercury the messenger include a plethora of things such as children, education, thinking and planning, the senses, trade, commerce, travel, and all forms of communications (exs: lies, deceit, gossip), let's take a look at America's Mercury Return of June 22, 2025, and for 2026 which will perfect three times beginning June 22, 2026 - near Summer Solstice both years.

Since both Mercury Returns perfected on June 22, I've placed the Returns on the same page, dual image style. First, you see a tidier version of the charts, then the same dual images with way too many of my study notes scribbled upon them. (My notes are intended for the more daring reader.) Then mention should be made that each year, when Mercury returns to its 1776 degree, any aspects it made in 1776 are repeated, applying or separating. Naturally, this is the case with all planetary returns.

Images: US Mercury Return 2025 (lower left) and US Mercury Return 2026 number 1 0f 3; 2 and 3 are listed on the chart (upper right):

As you see above, the 2025 Return Horoscope contains YOD crisis patterns denoting turning points and karmic opportunities, and it's safe to say that We the People (and the rest of the world) are experiencing precisely what is shown in the 2025 chart as the year lurches along through violence, fanaticism, vigilantism, and the sadistic brutality that we see in the news everyday. Under Tr*mp. Did I mention it's all happening under his heftiness?

Now here are the exact same charts with my study notes added:

Be advised that the radix chart used to calculate these returns is the July 4, 1776 5:09 pm LMT Philadelphia, PA horoscope; naturally you should use whichever data you prefer. jc

Elon Musk exits Trump admin

by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good

Leaving behind the damage he's done to our government and our lives, Elon Musk announced yesterday on his "X" platform that his time as a "Special Government Employee" has come to an end.

This post will serve as a brief end-of-the-week post due to my family arriving in Raleigh this evening for a few days' visit. :)

Now as you see below, a bi-wheel of the Musk natal horoscope (inner) is shown surrounded by yesterday's noon chart set for Praetoria, SA; Significantly, DOGE technocrats (Pluto in Aquarius) continue to operate, havoc and all, and leading a ruthless Locomotive shape of planets.

Then perhaps we might ask, did "Icarus Elon" fly too high to the Sun (DJT) and find that his wings have melted?

Well, his recent SpaceX launch fell apart upon entry due to a leak, if that tells us anything. So I'll add to the charts the placements of his natal Icarus and Phaethon, their transiting positions, along with other tidbits of information such as the current 9 New North Eclipse (@9Aries in his 9th house of Foreign Lands) being the Eclipse Saros Series into which little baby Elon was born with 9NN themes that include sudden physical events (Brady).

Additionally, multiple astro-notes penned on the charts reveal separation and tension in relationships, an urge to be liberated from said tension, and thereby to find greener pastures elsewhere - all this as transit Chiron prepares to cross his Career and Aspiration Point (MC) which denotes a desire for freedom and/or a search for knowledge of a pioneering nature (Aries):

Now as you can see, there's a good bit of Jupiter activity between the charts suggesting that finances are a major part of Elon's 'exit' strategy along with feeling thwarted in the achievement of his goals - by Tr*mp's so-called "big beautiful" financial package which ostensibly would undercut Musk's DOGE "savings" that strive to beggar the rest of us.

Well, there seems to be some truth to this justification when we consider that Elon's Mars in Aquarius opposes Don the con's natal Mars in Leo across the Self-Will axis.

For as many have said, a break-up between these two massive egos was only a matter of time.

Related Reading includes: The Shocking of Elon Musk! which displays an informative synsastry grid between his natal planets and those of the current 9 New North Eclipse; potentials are listed.

Their Purge agenda proceeds

by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good

So far, the depopulating purge agenda of Project 2025 proceeds apace with upcoming potentials for famine, illness, loss, poverty, and/or homelessness hanging over the heads of the American people, a feature of subversive "DOGE" activities. Any mention of purging via physical viol*nce has yet to surface, as near as I can tell, although read on for such threats might just be the case for "elites" and others who dare to stand in his nibs' way.

However, the "bl*od" lust Solar Eclipse (in the 7 North Series) has already repeated on April 20, 2023 @30 Aries, a well-activated spot in the Zodiac for its nearness to Herr Adolf's birthday (his Sun @00Tau47), plus, it's the position of combatant Mars on January 6, 2021 ("J6 Mars"), and it's the Sun's position on April 19, 1775 as timed by the "first shot" of the American Revolution.

June 30-July 2, 1934: Pesky Blockages to Power

As it came to pass, the power elite of 1934 Germany were in danger! For a murderous event of blo*d and betrayal occurred as transit Uranus @00Taurus conjoined Herr Adolf's natal Sun (00Tau47) identifying a period when ego (Sun) gratification demanded new or additional impetus, and feeling restless, an individual goes off in a new direction to seek a new identity.

In the Austrian's case, the new identity was "Fuhrer" with all the reins of power and control within one vengeful man's psychotic grasp - once he'd purged Germany of all political opponents who had questioned his decisions. An unpredictable (Uranus) and sudden (Uranus) event of disruption (Uranus) was staged and carried out under orders. Yes, a purge of his own "side" created the chaotic conditions that Herr Adolf could use to his advantage. And he "justified" his brutal actions in a speech before the Reichstag (parliament) on July 13, 1934 under the influence of an 8 North Eclipse (his "dreams and visions" came true).

Because encouraged by sidekicks Goring and Himmler, Herr Adolf used what we know as the Night of the Long Knives to consolidate his power and settle old scores, thus becoming "Fuhrer," as noted. Here's a 19-minute video by The Infographics Show channel with details and naturally there are multiple other videos for your consideration, if you prefer.

Now here's a question

Could this type of event be the threat that most Republican politicians (and others!) are so fearful of that they seem frozen in place, unable to outwardly challenge you-know-who? For as we know, history often rhymes, and admittedly, the on/off alignment of the Mars-Pluto opposition is an unsettling condition within all societies, an extenuating cosmic circumstance for such violence-attracting activities to occur if there are those with a brutal turn of mind, determined to have their way at any cost.

And this is a global fascist movement of plutocrats, technocrats, and religionists - with networks of criminal thugs propping up their mission to seize worldwide control.

So! For your further consideration, below you see the April 20, 2023 7 North Eclipse with its "blo*d" lust and "deep passion long-hidden takes people by surprise" themes (B. Brady); this is a previously published view of the 7N eclipse with my scribbled astro-notes intact, sans edits:

Then for those who can manage further reading, may I recommend Origins of the Bl*od Lust Eclipse. It's an ancient one!

A Closing Note to SO'W Readers: My sincere apology for bringing up this sinister topic today. It is in no way my preference to write about, or even to think about, and I do apreciate any forbearance you can spare. jc