{"id":1642,"date":"2021-01-25T20:05:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T21:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2021-01-25T20:05:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T21:05:59","slug":"the-biden-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/2021\/01\/25\/the-biden-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biden administration"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the 20th<\/sup> of January 2021 at 11:49 EST Joe Biden took the oath of office for President of the United States. What follows in this post will be a brief astrological overview of the incoming administration and a broad overview for the next four years. The outgoing Trump administration lived up to its astrological signature, too, and we will have a brief look at that as well. With the nation being so divided now, it is helpful to look at what the road signs in the astrology indicate for the journey ahead for the US. With that in mind, we start with the inaugural chart for the Biden administration.<\/span><\/p>\n

The chart for the inauguration is below (bigger<\/span><\/a>). I watched the inauguration live.<\/span><\/p>\n

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To start, the Constitution mandates the date and time for presidential inaugurations<\/a><\/span>, so the Sun is always in Aquarius, with the last degrees of Capricorn usually at the MC and Taurus rising. This has been the case since the 20th<\/sup> Amendment was adopted on 23 Jan 1933. The amendment was adopted to shorten the lame duck period between the outgoing and incoming administrations. The first such inauguration was that of the 2nd<\/sup> term of FDR.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before we go into Biden\u2019s admin chart, administration charts give insight into the direction of a nation for the term of the officeholder. The Trump administration\u2019s chart<\/a><\/span> is a good example to illustrate this. Without going into detail, the Ascendant had one midpoint by 90\u00b0 modulus, Asc=Nep\/Plu: \u201cBeing placed in a peculiar environment, the tendency to surround oneself with an air of mysticism.\u201d One has only to look at the \u2018Q\u2019 phenomenon to see the \u2018mysticism\u2019 that surrounded the administration, as well as the religious overtones connected to many of Trump\u2019s supporters and followers. The Sabian symbol for the rising degree is descriptive, too: \u201cHead covered with a rakish silk hat, muffled against the cold, a man braves a storm.\u201d Trump and his administration were seen as rakish by liberals, and certainly endured a cold reception from the liberals and a storm of criticism throughout his term.<\/span><\/p>\n

The main feature of the Trump admin chart is the Mars\/Saturn square, marking a big rise (his election) and a fall due to hubris. That aspect describes a person or an administration which has an unusually high opinion of oneself\/itself, and it is one that can indicate colossal business failures. The pandemic and his economic policy brought him undone, along with the strong bipartisan divide. As well, the Sun is otherwise unaspected except for its conjunction to the MC, showing a lack of integration with the rest of the chart, a stand-alone leadership, or a lack of leadership. There is much more we could say, of course, but perhaps these few points begin to illustrate the efficacy of administration charts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moving on to the Biden administration, then, the chart has two large stand-outs:<\/span><\/p>\n