{"id":1971,"date":"2021-12-02T20:45:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T21:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2025-09-02T07:23:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T08:23:52","slug":"biden-and-tecumseh-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/2021\/12\/02\/biden-and-tecumseh-pt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden and Tecumseh, Pt.2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following on from Part I of these posts<\/a><\/span>, one of the reasons I was prompted to write on the topic was more personal than historical. In recent days we have been receiving news of deaths and impending deaths of associates, in-laws and extended members of family \u2013 all within timing and not unexpected. But that news has also given pause to have a closer look at death as shown in horoscopes. In this section of the post on presidents we move on to the assassinations and then a more in-depth look at Joe Biden and what the future may hold for him and the presidency. [Updated below as of Sep 2025]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We start with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the first US president to be assassinated, having taken place on 14 Apr 1865 (chart<\/a><\/span>). Assassinations are a special case when it comes to death. When a leader is assassinated the act generally denotes a coup or revenge. Assassinations are also sudden acts. As such, with death by assassination we would expect to find combinations including Mars (violence, shootings), Uranus (sudden events) and Pluto (subterfuge, assassinations). What do we find in Lincoln\u2019s chart at the time of his murder?<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a particular midpoint associated with \u2018putting the gun to the head\u2019, mentioned earlier, in the Uranus\/Pluto midpoint. At the time of Lincoln\u2019s murder, the directed death axis had just come within orb of Lincoln\u2019s natal Ura\/Plu midpoint. That combination was being approached by Mars by transit, the latter at the time of his murder making a sesquisquare to Lincoln\u2019s Ascendant\/Sun conjunction. Transiting Neptune was semisquare the Ascendant and Sun, and Lincoln\u2019s directed Sun\/Moon midpoint was also semisquare the Ascendant. The midpoint was conjunct Uranus. Just from these factors we see something sudden and probably violent was about to take place for him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lincoln was a revolutionary and humanistic thinker, shown by the Ura=Sun\/Moon midpoint and his Aquarius Sun and Ascendant. The midpoint is also what we might call a \u2018life midpoint\u2019, often associated with major life events, and with Uranus it is described as follows: \u201cThe urge for freedom, the urge to act independently<\/strong>, lack of adaptability, inner rebellion. – Sudden events<\/strong> in friendship, marriage, parental home, shared upsets, sudden conflicts, separation of the partners<\/strong>.\u201d Lincoln was killed by a shot to the head and at the time his directed Ascendant was in Aries, sesquisquare Saturn. It was a fateful day, indeed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mercury and Jupiter were transiting in aspect to Lincoln\u2019s natal death axis, which was also in aspect natally to his 8th<\/sup> house cusp. We note also Lincoln\u2019s directed 8th<\/sup> house cusp was directed to the natal Uranus\/Pluto midpoint, since the natal midpoint structure 8th<\/sup> house=Mars\/Saturn tracks with the directions. One thing worth mentioning here is that the equal house system is not useful in describing death using the criteria put forward in Part I. One of the other unequal house systems has to be used. In all the cases put forward here, Placidus houses are the norm. We also find the directed Uranus\/Pluto midpoint directed to Lincoln\u2019s meridian axis, thus activating the 4th<\/sup> house.<\/span><\/p>\n

A question may arise for some readers, but which also brings up a topic for investigation if one has not done so already: Is the use of house cusps in directions and transits a valid approach? The other question would be, if not, then why not? We know when the directed and progressed Sun enter different signs, then the energies and focus of one\u2019s life changes. That is just generally understood. A progressed Sun in Sagittarius gives quite a different presentation than a progressed Sun in Capricorn, for instance. The latter can indicated and foreshadow an interest in material pursuits and personal achievements, whereas the former often presents as wanderlust and travel as well as philosophical studies.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the different house cusps are crossed by the Sun, for instance, they give a different flavour and focus to one\u2019s field of experience. The same is true of the directed\/progressed house cusps. That is why there is a focus on the 8th<\/sup> house cusp here. But such a study also brings in another dimension: Do all people respond to the same house systems? Now, there is a question worth pondering<\/a><\/em><\/span>. But in summary of Lincoln, his death was indicated clearly enough and all the factors listed above regarding assassination were in play at the time of his murder.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moving on to Garfield (not the cartoon character), his death was on 19 Sep 1881. Garfield was another president who probably would have survived had he received modern medical treatment. Sanitation by doctors at the time was not the best, as Lister\u2019s work with sanitation was known, but not practiced by Garfield\u2019s attending physicians. Who probed his wounds with unwashed fingers and instruments. Garfield was shot on 2 July and languished until 19 Sep (chart<\/a><\/span>), dying of infection and heart failure, the bullet still lodged in his abdomen. Of interest, Todd Lincoln was present when Garfield was shot.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the time of Garfield\u2019s shooting, transiting Mars and Saturn were opposite the natal Mars, with transiting Mars within 2 seconds of arc opposite. Mars ruled Garfield\u2019s 8th<\/sup> house. The natal Mars was also at the directed Sun\/Pluto midpoint by 45\u00b0 modulus. That midpoint is indicated in cases of martyrdom. The man who shot Garfield, describing himself as a \u2018Stalwart<\/a><\/span> of Stalwarts\u2019 was diagnosed after the fact as a clinical psychopath, who had killed Garfield so Chester A Arthur would become president.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, the scene was set for Garfield\u2019s demise \u2013 unsanitary conditions at the time of his shooting, incompetent doctors and lack of proper diagnostics. At the time of his death we see directed Mars at his IC, activating both the Horizon and Meridian axes, fulfilling conditions for activations of the 1st<\/sup> and 4th<\/sup> house or their rulers. That direction was activated at his death by transiting Mars and Saturn. Further, there was a double Pluto activation of the 1st<\/sup> house ruler (Mercury) by direction and transit.<\/span><\/p>\n

The directed 8th<\/sup> house cusp was just passed the natal Saturn by square, with directed Neptune approaching the exact opposition to natal Saturn, with natal Neptune square the 8th<\/sup> house cusp (death by sepsis?). Saturn rules Capricorn, intercepted in Garfield\u2019s 4th<\/sup> house. The directed Ascendant was in Scorpio (abdomen) opposite Garfield\u2019s natal Moon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moving on to McKinley, his assassination was quite clear (chart<\/a><\/span>). His natal death axis received a double activation of Pluto, by transit and direction, with transits of Mars to both Pluto activations and the axis itself. McKinley had double rulership of the 1st<\/sup> and 8th<\/sup> houses from Venus, with the directed MC having passed over Venus exactly the year before. The directed Sun was still within orb by semisquare to the 8th<\/sup> house cusp and was still within orb of the natal Uranus\/Pluto axis. Transiting Pluto formed a yod (a midpoint) with the natal Mars\/Saturn sextile \u2013 another \u2018death axis\u2019 indicator. Saturn is the ruler of the 4th<\/sup> house. McKinley was shot in the abdomen on the 6th<\/sup> of Sep 1901. He died of his wounds from gangrene on the 14th<\/sup>, when the ruler of his 8th<\/sup> house (Venus) passed over his Ascendant. Gut wounds often resulted in death in those days, a result of gangrene.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, we have Kennedy\u2019s assassination (chart<\/a><\/span>). His murder was actually a coup, as he was seeking to dismantle the security state and rein in the military-industrial complex. He was shot in the head. He was 45, so there were a string of 45\u00e0 aspects (semisquares) in the directions to his chart. We will look solely at the astrology of his murder here. He died hours after being shot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Transiting Saturn squared Kennedy\u2019s 8th<\/sup> house cusp on the day. Directed Pluto squared the natal Mercury\/Mars conjunction (he was ambushed in transit), with the directed Mercury\/Mars conjunction forming the midpoint to his natal Pluto, Mer\/Mars=Plu: \u201cThe misfortune of having to suffer heavy attacks or assaults from others.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Saturn was square Kennedy\u2019s Uranus\/Pluto axis natally, activated by the same directed axis at his death: \u201cseparation caused through force majeure\u201d. Venus was the double ruler of his 1st<\/sup> and 8th<\/sup> houses, like we saw with McKinley. On the day of JFK\u2019s death transiting Venus and Mars were within a couple of degrees of his natal death axis by 45\u00b0 modulus. And transiting Uranus was still within orb by octal aspect to Kennedy\u2019s Meridian axis. All the elements were there in Kennedy\u2019s chart for his murder on that day. America and much of the world has mourned him since. All of the preceding cases bring us to the title of this post and what may happen to Joe Biden, given he was elected in a year that ends in zero.<\/span><\/p>\n

Biden<\/strong>: To begin, Biden had the 19 Nov eclipse on his Sun, which can indicate difficulties or achievements, depending on other influences. It will receive its first activation by Mars in about a week, but that activation is already in effect now. He will not have any significant directions to or opposite his Sun at the 1st<\/sup> activation. Jupiter will square his Sun on the day, bolstering his confidence, if anything.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 2nd<\/sup> activation of that eclipse comes in mid-August, again by Mars. And again, there are no significant directions or transits to his Sun at that time. In fact, Biden receives only positive transits to his Sun for his entire term in office, mostly from Neptune and Pluto \u2013 except for a transit of Uranus opposite his Sun in August\/September of 2024. We\u2019ll come back to that, because it is significant.<\/span><\/p>\n

In summary of the eclipse of 19 November this year, Biden remains largely unaffected by it except for passing Sun and Mars transits and a single pass of Saturn at the lower square of his Sun in February of 2023 \u2013 after the midterms. The chart is below (bigger<\/a><\/span>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Biden’s chart begins to get rather interesting after that, described more shortly. That particular square of Saturn indicates a sober reassessment of objectives and possible new starts based on those assessments, which more likely than not will be needed for his administration after the midterms. We note, too, the direction of Saturn beginning to square his Horizon axis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Passing on to the general transits and directions throughout his term, Joe Biden came under particular stress this year when directed Mars aspected his MC, starting in July. His polling began to plummet at that point<\/a><\/span>. He also has directed Saturn on his north node, limiting his appeal and indicating opposition to or distancing from him by people within his own circle. <\/span><\/p>\n

The present situation for the Democrats in Washington is very tense, and has to do with the American economy. Panic among Democrats is not too strong a word here.<\/a><\/span> There is pressure from Europe and the Arab states to rejoin the JCPOA, and quickly, reversing Trump’s pullout from the agreement and lifting the sanctions on Iran. Interest rates are rising and the Dems want to avoid a rout by the Republicans in ’22. If the Republicans win the House and Senate then the possibility of impeachment arises because of the Hunter Biden story — tit-for-tat politics, with no other purpose than plays for power, the public be damned. But the Dems are so panicked now they are even considering letting that happen.<\/span><\/p>\n

The push now is to flood the market with oil, getting energy prices down and thus stalling inflation, at least through the midterms.\u00a0 To do that requires getting Iran back on board, and that can only mean caving in to Iranian demands and reversing Trump’s moves toward Iran, something the Congress will oppose, especially Republicans. There are even hopes a deal can be struck with China to devalue its currency. Trump’s policies are coming back to bite. Thus, we see the workings of the Mars and Saturn directions just described. We are about to see sweeping changes in the power base throughout the Middle East, with Iran being dominant, but with the people throughout the region greatly benefitting, regardless.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, now to the big question about which some people have been speculating: Will Biden meet with Tecumseh\u2019s curse and die in office, especially considering his age and the stress he is under? The short answer, based on the criteria we have been examining, is no, at least not in the immediate future. However\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

A rather interesting set of factors begins to come into play after the midterms in 2022 and shortly thereafter. Those factors involve the combination of Jupiter and Saturn in varying contacts and contexts. That combination is most often associated with changes in career and\/or residence, the latter two often related. They can also indicate chronic illness when acting in unison on particular points in a chart.<\/span><\/p>\n

These Jupiter\/Saturn contacts begin in earnest at the end of next year, and are foreshadowed at the start of next year in February, when his directed MC comes with a degree of orb with the Jupiter\/Saturn combination, noting this is not the Jupiter\/Saturn midpoint, but a combination of aspects. At that time, the directed MC will oppose Biden\u2019s Saturn and make a sesquisquare to his Jupiter. We are using the rectified chart for this analysis, as outlined in a previous post on this site.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whether directions form combinations or are to or by midpoints, the effect is the same. For the combination MC=Jup\/Sat, it is described as follows by Ebertin: \u201cThe desire for solitude, the demonstration of inhibitions, a love of seclusion and loneliness. – Fluctuating success, changes, losses<\/strong>. – The philosopher\u201d Coupled with the direction of Mars to Biden\u2019s MC, we see a mixed result in his presidency so far. On the one hand, regarding his COVID and foreign policy, we have, \u201cFailures caused through wrong arrangements or instructions\u201d and on the other hand with his BBB bill, we see the attainment of aims. But even with the latter, we see a watered-down bill that will pass little benefit to the general public or see long-term investment in infrastructure. From here we move into a period where the real \u2018meat\u2019 of the combined Jupiter\/Saturn directions take hold. They cover the following periods:<\/span><\/p>\n