May 2023/26 Progressions of Mr. Trump

by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good

Until his June 2027 First Quarter Progressed Moon occurs, Mr. Trump remains under the influence of his Secondary Progressed ('SP') Cresent Moon Phase which perfected on May 24, 2023 @21Lib33. View his 2023 SP Cresent Phase Horoscope, below, in bi-wheel form (inner). The outer chart shows planetary transits for that exact date and time; both horoscopes are set for the White House, but relocate the charts as you wish.

In general, the Crescent Phase of the Moon often denotes past events and conditions becoming significant or prominent in the present, possibly even tripping us up in some way. And a Libra Moon suggests (and remember we're talking Politics!) potentials such as fateful partnerships; irresponsibility; self-indulgence; and/or emphasis on unimportant things (R. Ebertin). Perhaps like using distractions to divert public attention?

Now one event that occurred on May 24, 2023 stands out in the political realm: Canada and Saudi Arabia resumed full diplomatic relations after their break-up over the assassination of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi of the Washington Post who, you'll remember, met his tragic end on October 2, 2018 after entering the Saudi Embassy in Istanbul, Turkey to pick up the required papers so that he and his fiancee could marry.

Then two other significant 2023 events should be noted here although of course there are others:

1. The failure of San Francisco's First Republic Bank which was auctioned off to JP Morgan Chase, a collapse which surpassed the March 2023 failure of the Silicon Valley Bank, and 2. The coronation of King Charles III and his Queen, Camilla.

As for Mr. T's SP Cresent Moon Phase shown above, the big fat Bundle of planets in his progressed 12th house of Politics tells an unfortunate tale of a dictator, plus, there's the harsh Saturn-Pluto duo at Midheaven ('MC'), the Goal Point of the chart. You may remember that the Saturn-Pluto Conjunction of 2020 @22Cap46 landed directly upon Mr. T's natal Vertex, a point of fated encounters.

So! If we didn't know anything else about his phase of life via Astrology, we can turn on a TV at any point in time and be horrified by his authoritarian behavior and his determination to remake America into his image.

Meanwhile, this post must be closed so let's add a few brief notes concerning potentials within the conscious-unconscious Sun-Moon blends shown in both charts; either one or both descriptions may sound familiar:

SP Sun Virgo-Moon Libra: assuming intellectual superiority; fussy insistence on things being "just right"; rule of law. Image for Integration: "A monastic husband."

(Transit) Sun Gemini-Moon Leo: childlike fantasies of royal blood ensure confident social performances; a dramatic storyteller with charisma; a weaver of magical images; the need for flattery and for holding center stage; a fertile imagination; childish haughtiness and stubbornness when feeling under appreciated. Image for Integration: "A king holds court --"

For more details see Sun Sign-Moon Sign, by Charles and Suzi Harvey #ad

Horoscope: Saudi Arabia 1902 w Oct 2, 2018 planets

Oct 11, 2018: For those who may be interested, The Guardian has published a Timeline concerning Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance on October 2, 2018 going into the Saudi embassy in Istanbul, Turkey, "after lunch." Here is the country's January 15, 1902 horoscope (one of three or more) for Saudi Arabia with October 2, 2018 planets highlighted in green surrounding the chart and speculatively timed for 2:03 pm EEDT with karmic Saturn @3Cap05 rising; chart data from The World Book of Horoscopes, N. Campion; chart #288:

Apologies! Blogger has found issues with code and the image will not re-upload. You'll find the horoscope at my all-purpose astrology blog Jude Cowell Astrology.

Update Oct 12, 2018: it has been reported on MSNBC that a video time stamp shows Mr. Khashoggi entering the Saudi embassy at 1:14 pm which gives 22Sag19 rising ('23Sag' = "Immigrants Entering a New Country") and 14Lib43 at Midheaven with Mercury and Sun snugged around it. Restrictive Saturn, planet of authority, is first planet to rise. It's an Hour of Jupiter and broadcasting Jupiter is chart-ruler but is unaspected as is the Ascendant.

Please enlarge the image to read chart details. In the center of the horoscope are listed Saudi Arabia's Syzygy Moon (last lunation, a New Moon prior to the overthrow of Riyadh, the founding event this chart is based upon--with 2018 Pluto conjunct the Syzygy Moon and denoting a critical time of development and issues of separation), and its Prenatal Solar Eclipse ('PE') in the 12 North Saros Series; 12 North's theme is on the chart. Last 12N: on SA's birthday January 15, 2010 @25Capricorn conjunct natal Sun and Jupiter; next 12N: January 26, 2028 @6AQ conjunct Saudi Arabia's natal Icarus (5AQ47). Note that 5-6 Aquarius happens to be the position of America's natal South Node (1776).
Although I had not intended to compare Mr. Trump's natal planets with those of Saudi Arabia (pals though they may be--he thinks), a few of his planets are listed around the chart as well but are not highlighted. Of note is Saudi Arabia ('SA')'s Pluto @17Gem02 Rx conjoining Trump's natal Uranus, his 'guiding planet' of chaos and disruption, an explosive, revolutionary combination of planetary energies. And SA's natal Vertex ('VX') @00Vir26 conjoins the occult 8th cusp, royal Regulus (success if revenge is avoided), and the natal Ascendant of Donald Trump with his aggressive Mars rising @26Leo.
Now naturally you see that SA has a Sun-Jupiter conjunction @25Capricorn rising where transit Pluto will soon trod, and that Mr. Underworld was already near SA's natal Saturn (19Cap22) on October 2, 2018. In fact, Pluto's recent Station on September 30, 2018 @18Cap45 was within orb of SA's natal Saturn, describing a period when power and authority are abused. Plus, the nation is having a Mars Return (10AQ21) this very day (October 11, 2018 at 9:29:52 am BAT Riyadh) and will soon have a three-fer Saturn Return in 2019, exact on: March 23rd; June 7th (Rx); and December 14, 2019, when all accounts are ready to be tallied and lessons have surely been learned (for best karmic results).
And big as life, there's lady Venus so recently turned retrograde (October 5, 2018 @10Sco50) at the top of Saudi Arabia's chart on October 2, 2018 conjunct the nation's natal North Node of meetings and encounters. As you know, the top of a horoscope is the most visible point, the Midheaven/Goal Point--the World Stage. Whether October 2nd Venus represents Khashoggi's fiancee and/or the concepts of jealousy and vengeance, yours truly does not know. But Mr. Khashoggi is known as a critic of the Saudi regime and since he allegedly entered the embassy to get papers that would allow them to marry, perhaps this Venus in this particular chart represents love, romance, and relationships--and meetings (NN) about love matters. Yet we cannot rule out negatives such as betrayal and spying because Venus is in brooding, secretive Scorpio, a sign associated with death, control, and in-depth investigation which includes journalism and reporters like Jamal Khashoggi.
Of course, journalists are often considered by the regimes they cover to be spies, are they not?

For more details on this disturbing topic see today's CNN report Saudis Discussed Plan to Lure Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia, US intercepts show which didn't work on him so they used the Saudi embassy in Istanbul to 'detain' him. And from 2016 along the same lines, also see Does Vladimir Putin Kill Journalists?.