{"id":264,"date":"2018-11-05T18:38:30","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T19:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/?p=264"},"modified":"2018-11-05T18:38:30","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T19:38:30","slug":"the-us-midterm-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/2018\/11\/05\/the-us-midterm-report\/","title":{"rendered":"The US Midterm Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unless you have been sleeping in front of the television for the past year, tomorrow we have yet another of the seemingly endless elections in the US. At least that appears to be a big part of what we hear about on American television \u2013 who will be running for president in a few years, or Congress and so forth. This one has been touted as being special, though, and especially for the world at large. Why? Because the outcome will likely have far-reaching implications for foreign policy, for international relations between the US and its allies\/enemies, for financial markets, and on and on. Yes, it is an important set of elections, because it will determine whether or not Trump becomes a lame duck, or emboldened as to his policies. And that will play heavily upon the national mood, which becomes more and more restive with the passing of years. So, are we going to hear a prediction as to the outcomes of those elections here? <\/span><\/p>\n

No. But before you go, there is much that we are about to examine that will be of real interest in the years ahead and what we will be facing in the immediate future. You see, the US, at least from outer appearances (which are always deceiving) is currently suffering under what we might call a \u2018sickness of the soul\u2019, which is the driving force behind much of what we have presented to us in the media.<\/span><\/p>\n

To start with the astrology for the US, then, this is a particularly loaded election setup. For the past months (since January, really) we have had transiting Saturn opposing the US Venus\/Jupiter conjunction, either directly or as a background energy, and transiting Neptune sitting on the progressed\/directed US Sun. This indicates a frustrated administration, a dampened public mood, but also a concerted effort to obscure the real actions behind the scenes and the facts on the ground, indicated by the Sun\/Neptune, as we see below (bigger<\/span><\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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It is perhaps useful to note that Donald Trump was elected to the White House when the directed\/progressed Sun was square the US horizon. At the same time transiting Neptune was tracking the directed Sun and squaring the US horizon. In a real sense, we have the same sort of dynamic happening with this election \u2013 quite a bit of smoke and mirrors, deceptive campaign posts and advertising \u2013 but that is part and parcel of mud-slinging rough-and-tumble politics anywhere. <\/span><\/p>\n

The big thing, though, with that progression\/direct\/transit in 2016 was the presentation of Trump as some kind of maverick or outsider. He was nothing of the sort. Trump has been rubbing elbows and sharing meals with Washington establishment types on both sides of the political aisles for decades. Trump was vetted by the establishment in Washington, and with media support he was projected into the White House.<\/span><\/p>\n

The thing to keep in mind about Trump is that he is primarily a media figure and a salesman. An what a sales job he did \u2013 and is still doing! His most recent moves have been aimed at domestic politics, such as revocation of citizenship for children of illegal immigrants born on American soil, sending 15,000 troops to the southern US border, the sanctions on Iran that go into effect today, talk of a possible trade deal with China<\/a><\/span>, and so forth. It all plays directly to his voter base. And, it may just work if the Democrats and independents are unable to motivate their voter base to any great extent. There is another thing of particular note that is being activated in the US chart at the moment, though.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of my first posts on this blog was about the so-called \u2018death axis<\/a><\/span>\u2019, the Mars\/Saturn midpoint axis, which lies at 3\u00b0 cardinal and 18\u00b0 of fixed signs (45\u00b0 modulus). The layout is such as we see below (bigger<\/span><\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Another note here is that Venus sits directly on that midpoint axis. We find the same setup in Bolsonaro\u2019s chart, from the Brazilian elections The reading of that combination, from Ebertin\u2019s[1]<\/a> work, is as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Coldness of feeling and frigidity, an absence of feeling and sensitive perception, a loveless disposition. – The inability to love and to express love. – Illness, separation, loss (death) of female persons.”<\/span><\/p>\n

But that is not all. There is another midpoint axis that sits on those same degrees \u2013 the so-called \u2018illness axis\u2019, or the Saturn\/Neptune midpoint. And with Venus at that midpoint, we have the following, also from Ebertin:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Inhibited sex-life, lack of energy and initiative, faintness or feebleness. – Inhibited gland activity. – Suffering in love.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The general sociological reading for those midpoints is for depression, poor or sick persons (Saturn\/Neptune) for laborers, especially miners, and for people who are able to overcome great difficulties through hard work (Mars\/Saturn). Then, we need to consider that Venus is conjunct optimistic Jupiter in the US chart. So, it is a real mix of factors, as we see, at one and the same time speaking of optimism in the face of difficulties, of healing in the face of disease and death, of victory over conflicts. The US has exhibited all of these qualities and often all at the same time. We might spare a thought that one of the biggest issues in this election campaign relates to health care, which has been in an abysmal state in recent years, with elevated violence, an opioid crisis, health insurance costs through the roof and so forth. In that regard, although it is not shown in the first chart, the progressed Moon is opposite the US Venus, and thus activating both of those midpoint axes in the US chart as we speak. A few examples of how that has manifested can be illustrated in the following examples from the past, when the progressed Moon was at the same point:<\/span><\/p>\n