{"id":1426,"date":"2020-08-21T20:07:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T21:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2020-08-21T20:07:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T21:07:51","slug":"robert-trump-a-short-study-in-the-great-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/2020\/08\/21\/robert-trump-a-short-study-in-the-great-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Trump, a short study in ‘The Great Transition’"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 15 Aug 2020 Robert Stewart Trump, brother of Donald J. Trump, passed on. The cause of death was not disclosed. However, a family friend stated<\/a><\/span> that Robert had suffered a recent fall and was suffering from \u2018brain bleeds\u2019 (intracerebral hemorrhaging). Robert was called \u2018the nice Trump\u2019, understated and not in the limelight, unlike his older brother. Donald said his brother\u2019s death was a great and sad loss to him. Was it shown in Donald\u2019s chart? And was it shown in Robert\u2019s chart as well? This post gives a brief overview of death as shown in horoscopes. But more than that, it gives a peek into Trump\u2019s fortunes into the near future, given the election is just over two months away.<\/span><\/p>\n

Robert Trump was born on 25 Aug 1948 in Queens, NY, no time of day given. His chart is below (bigger<\/a><\/span>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Since we have no time of day given for Robert\u2019s chart, the classic indicators for his death \u2013 the 1st<\/sup> and the 8th<\/sup> houses both activated either directly or by their rulers \u2013 cannot be ascertained. What we would have is speculation, unless we have other immediate family members with timed charts, which we have. But, if the claim given in the opening paragraph is true, there should be some indicator in the chart that would suggest such a condition (hemmorhage), and that it would have been activated at the time of his death. And indeed, there is such an indicator: the Saturn=Mars\/Uranus midpoint.<\/span><\/p>\n

The general biological description on that midpoint is as follows: \u201cAn injury causing the loss of blood<\/strong>, the beginning of an operation (the cutting of the skin), the loss of blood.\u201d With Saturn at the midpoint we have the following setup, then: \u201cViolence, a lack of adaptability. – Energy concentrated on separation, a heavy injury, an operation, violent destruction<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

So, was that midpoint activated in the months immediately preceding Robert Trump\u2019s death? The chart with directions and transits is below (bigger<\/a><\/span>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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There was a direction of Mercury to Saturn by square at the time of Robert\u2019s death. The exact midpoint is at 27\u00b021\u2019 of fixed signs. It was stated that Robert had been hospitalized several months before his death. We do not know exactly when the fall took place, but if we even take that Mercury direction three months back, it places the direction well within orb of the midpoint and Saturn, though separating. Were there other indicators?<\/span><\/p>\n

There were not any other particular activations to the Sat=Mars\/Ura midpoint, aside from a retrograde transit of Saturn quincunx to its natal position. However, when we go back three months and a bit to the first part of May this year, a rather telling set of transits emerges, below (bigger<\/a><\/span>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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We see a typical setup for an accident or violent incident of some sort: transiting Pluto square natal Mars, transiting Saturn sesquisquare natal Mercury, transiting Mars opposite natal Saturn and just past the sesquisquare to natal Neptune. The latter combination also describes a \u2018hidden midpoint\u2019 (45\u00b0 modulus, as described by Ebertin): Nep=Mars\/Sat \u2013 \u201cWaning powers and weakening efforts, self-torment, the undermining of the vitality (through poison, gas or an epidemic). – A mysterious death, a grievous and grave loss.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The epidemic mention is interesting, in that May in the US was during the pandemic. It is speculation of course, but why the mystery around disclosing the cause of death? Why did Robert Trump experience the fall, and so forth. I have read such speculation to that effect, but for our purposes it is not a concern. The transit of Saturn to Mercury would suggest a fall while in transit or caused by some sort of nervous trouble inducing a fall. Saturn governs falls. Mercury rules transit and the nervous system.<\/span><\/p>\n

Without a time of day for a chart it is more difficult to see death or to forecast it. We have to rely on the \u2018tried and true\u2019 directions and transits. Without a birth time, we also cannot rely on the degree of the Moon, either. Midpoints will fill in the gaps.<\/span><\/p>\n

Looking back at Robert\u2019s transits and directions at the time of death (above) what else is showing? Not much, really. The directed\/progressed Sun was sesquisquare natal Uranus, the only progression that was in effect. There were no particular transits, except for the separating direction of Saturn at Robert\u2019s south node. That direction is often seen with deaths, separations and tragedies. But that had been in full effect the year before.<\/span><\/p>\n

There was a transit of Pluto opposite Robert\u2019s Ceres, showing a turning point in his life (an understatement if there was one). The only other applying transit is one of Neptune square Robert\u2019s Jupiter. That brings us to some rather interesting midpoints. His Jupiter is at the Mars\/Pluto midpoint, the midpoint being at 20\u00b0 of mutable signs, essentially. That base midpoint is indicated in cases of, \u201c\u2026the misfortune of having to suffer violent assaults, injuries.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Neptune was transiting retrograde at 20 Pi 16 at the time of Robert\u2019s death. The description of the combination is as follows: \u201cIrreconcilableness or implacability, cunning and deceitfulness, the tendency to cause harm to others secretly and unobtrusively, (a disaster or catastrophe caused by water).\u201d Initially that wouldn\u2019t seem to fit with what we have examined so for, so we need to look a little further. When we look at Jupiter\/Neptune combinations in a biological\/medical setting, we get, \u201c\u2026A general lack of tone in the organs<\/strong> of the body, atrophy<\/strong>, the excessive increase of water in the blood (Haemolysis)<\/strong>. \u2013 The wrong diagnosis.\u201d Perhaps or perhaps not, there was a wrong diagnosis, but the bolded points were almost certainly in evidence, from the transit.<\/span><\/p>\n

The main \u2018death axis\u2019 in any horoscope is the Mars\/Saturn midpoint, with all the octal aspects to it (conjunction, square, opposition, semisquare and sesquisquare). Whenever that axis is activated in a chart there is often a death around a person. I see this time and again in practice, especially with directions or transits by outer planets. Whenever I see that sort of setup with a client, the response to asking whether or not there has been a death of someone significant to that person is often in the affirmative. In the case of the death of the person themselves, though, certain other factors have to be in attendance.<\/span><\/p>\n

The main factors that have to be in attendance with death of a person are activations of the 8th<\/sup> house (the \u2018death house\u2019) either by the house or its ruler, and to the 1st<\/sup> house or its ruler. Directions by the ascendant are often shown in death. The 4th<\/sup> house will show the conditions at the end of life. I had intended for this post to be a wider discussion of death in the horoscope, but due to time constraints it will have to wait for a later post. There are other factors, to be certain, but we will leave those for another time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Directions to and by the \u2018death axis\u2019, when other factors are present, can indicate impending death. Transits by outer planets to that axis can also show a death if the person is in a critical state, as was the case with Robert Trump. The Mars\/Saturn axis in Robert\u2019s chart is at the 26th<\/sup> degree of mutable signs\/11\u00b0 of fixed signs (by 45\u00b0 modulus). Without a time of day for a chart, this axis must be examined for a death. And in fact, there was a transit of Uranus to 10Taurus41 on the day of Robert\u2019s death. There were no directions to the death axis. The next question would be, were there directions by<\/em> the death axis in his case?<\/span><\/p>\n

The directed Mars\/Saturn axis at the time of Robert\u2019s death was at 6\u00b047\u2019 of mutable signs\/21\u00b047 cardinals. The directed death axis was within orb of his Ceres, which can be read as \u2018death as a turning point\u2019. However, Ceres is also at the Uranus\/Pluto midpoint: \u201cChanges in the rhythm of biological processes<\/strong>. The relationship or connection between pulse and breathing<\/strong>.\u201d And transiting Mars had just transited square to that midpoint structure in the few days before his death. Thus, we have Mars=Uranus\/Pluto: a state of precipitation<\/strong>. – “The stage of bending or breaking<\/strong>“<\/span><\/p>\n

Not knowing his angles makes such a judgement as death inconclusive. But, it is worth mentioning there are other combinations that can show death in a chart:<\/span><\/p>\n