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November 4, 2025 was a big day in American politics. There were several elections, several ballot measures on the docket, and tensions running high across the country. In perusing the media, the only important race would appear to have been that for the Mayor of New York City. But there was much more going on of probably greater importance. That said, Zohran Mamdani swept the New York City mayoral race with a clear margin of victory over Mario Cuomo. His victory was significant, but not the most important victory in yesterday\u2019s vote. For more, read on\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

We begin here with the most obvious election, that for the Mayor of New York. What do we know about the Mayor-elect? Mamdani is a Muslim of the Twelver Shia sect, was born in Uganda, has an American-Syrian wife, is a democratic socialist, and ran on a platform of rent control, city-owned grocery stores, free bus fares, raising the corporate tax rate to 11.5%, a flat tax of 2% on people earning over $1 million a year, and so on. None of that is ultimately important, however, for reasons which we will outline as we go along. But we start with his astrology. Mamdani\u2019s chart is below (bigger<\/span><\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mamdani was born in Kampala, Uganda on 18 October 1991 at 1:15 in the morning Uganda time, according to his mother. The birth chart slows 0\u00b0 Leo rising, which may or may not be accurate. 1:15 is a rounded off time. He could have Cancer rising, actually. But Leo rising gives Mamdani the magnetism he displayed during the election. Along with that, we see Mars and Mercury conjunct and square the Horizon axis, with the Moon trine the Sun.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mamdani is an idealist in essence, born into fortunate family circumstances. His father is a professor at Columbia University<\/span><\/a>, an anthropologist and a political commentator<\/a><\/span>. His mother is a noted filmmaker<\/a><\/span>. You might know of one of her films starring a young Denzel Washington<\/a><\/span> from his early days in film. Both of his parents were born in India. Both of his parents are against the genocide. But their opinions on Israel itself are mixed. .<\/span><\/p>\n

Zohran has a lot of romantic notions about how life should be lived, from his chart. These qualities are shown in the Sun\/Moon pairing, the Sun trine the Moon, Venus conjunct Jupiter and both of those trine the conjunction of Uranus, Neptune and the north node. His abrupt and uncompromising speech is shown by the Mercury\/Mars conjunction square the Horizon axis. There is a danger there for him, though, because the Mercury\/Mars conjunction is square Saturn, the latter which is conjunct the Descendant. He has a high opinion of himself, amplified if the rising sign is Leo. The combination just described needs control and moderation if he is to be able to use his abilities to good effect politically. With any luck at all, which he has, that control and moderation will come through his wife \u2013 Rama Duwaji<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The synastry between Mamdani and Duwaji is too much to comment upon here, but it shows her to have a positive, guiding and calming influence on Mamdani\u2019s Saturn\/Mars\/Mercury combination. Duwaji herself (30 June 1997, Houston TX, time unknown) is a noted artist, illustrator and ceramicist. She has the Sun in Cancer and Moon in Taurus, with the Sun square to Mars. She is the realist in the marriage and a steady hand \u2013 and a great advisor and support to Mamdani at a personal level. As for political advice, Mamdani would do well to gather around himself a group of old and trusted hands in New York politics. Mamdani\u2019s idealism stands out in his election platform. His victory chart with transits and directions is below (bigger<\/a><\/span>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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We note in particular the influence of Neptune. Neptune and Uranus have co-rulership over elections. Uranus governs the change that elections bring, whereas Neptune governs through the emotions of the public, which figure so strongly in political campaigns \u2013 along with all the campaign promises the politicians make. In the election chart for Mamdani transiting Neptune sits on his natal Vertex and trines his ascendant. We see the transiting triangle of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto that has been with us for months now all figuring positively with his horizon axis. That triangle was also joined by transiting Mars, having just passed his directed Sun, the latter aspecting his natal Neptune. Transiting Mars was trine his Ascendant on the day. And lastly, we see his directed Midheaven aspecting his natal Sun and Venus. With transiting Pluto on his Descendant he trounced his opponents.<\/span><\/p>\n

The BBC had this clip on him after his win<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHis bold, left-wing platform has energised progressives, shaken up his Democratic Party, and drawn harsh criticism from President Donald Trump [Mamdani won Trump\u2019s birthplace] and other Republicans. “Today we have spoken in a clear voice: hope is alive,” Mamdani told supporters after triumphing in the contest.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unlike his more established opponents, Mamdani’s new perspective, youth and new left-wing platform excited and ultimately won over voters eager for a fresher politician. “Let City Hall, with our compassion, our conviction and our clarity, be the light that our city and our nation so desperately need,” Mamdani said on the week he was elected.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In Europe he would be labeled a centrist. It was the biggest voter turnout in New York since the mayoral election of 1966<\/span><\/a>. George Galloway and Judge Napolitano (an old scion of New York) had a good rundown on the election results<\/span><\/a>. Just think for a moment, though: Where have we heard \u2018hope and change\u2019 and references to \u2018light\u2019 kind of talk before, before we get ahead of ourselves? He might mean what he said during his campaign, but NYC politics is as tough as it gets. And Mamdani is another politico who supposedly came out of nowhere. However, in looking at his parents Zohran already had connections and media exposure. On top of that he faces stiff opposition from vested interests. We will come back to all that.<\/span><\/p>\n

Given the preceding, what shows in the chart for New York with his election? Mamdani will be mayor over the five boroughs of the greater New York area. The consolidation of NYC was legislated and came into effect at midnight at New Year 1898, so we look to the consolidation chart for NYC with transits and directions for the election result, which is below (bigger<\/span><\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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I recall a certain song lyric:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cStart spreading the news, you’re leaving today (tell ’em, Frank)<\/span><\/div>\n
I want to be a part of it, New York, New York<\/span><\/div>\n
Your vagabond shoes, they are longing to stray<\/span><\/div>\n
And step around the heart of it, New York, New York<\/span><\/div>\n
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I wanna wake up in that city, that doesn’t sleep<\/span><\/div>\n
And find your king of the hill, top of the heap<\/span><\/div>\n
Your small town blues, they’re melting away<\/span><\/div>\n
I’m gonna make a brand-new start of it, in old New York\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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Just a quick glance at the chart with transits and directions shows that, indeed, New Yorkers are ready and primed for change \u2013 with a humanistic note. They liked what this young man had to say. Directed Uranus spells it out: conjunct the Descendant, opposite the natal Jupiter\/Ascendant conjunction and square to the natal Sun. Directed Neptune is sesquisquare the natal Pluto, throwing the plutocrats (Pluto) into disarray. And to top it off, transiting Mars was on the natal Uranus, showing an upset.<\/span><\/p>\n

Election Day 2025 was a bad hair day for Donald Trump. I had forecast Trump would be facing difficulties in the first part of this month<\/span><\/a> (Topic: \u2018Trump and Biden\u2019), and now we see why. At the time I had thought there might have been a health scare (and there may have been without our knowing) due to his astrology. But he did get some bad news from the elections, which no doubt would have raised his blood pressure a few points.<\/span><\/p>\n

To other elections, there were key elections the Republicans lost aside from New York. There was the vote on proposition 50 in California. \u201cProposition 50 is a direct response to a Republican power grab<\/span><\/a> orchestrated by President Trump and state leaders in Texas, who redrew Congressional district lines to gain five more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.\u201d Proposition 50 cancels the Republican gains in the House, with California\u2019s win. Republicans, of course, cried foul. Redistricting is also known by another name \u2013 gerrymandering. Gerrymandering is local American politics at its best, noting the sarcasm.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Cincinnati mayoral race J.D. Vance\u2019s brother was the Republican contender \u2013 and suffered a humiliating defeat, having garnered just 22% of the vote, even with his brother stumping for him. The gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey both went to Democrats, both with very comfortable margins. Both the governors-elect are women, have military backgrounds and are ex-intelligence agents. They campaigned directly against Trump. Trump\u2019s people had Trump out of the country in the week before the elections because they saw what was coming, in order that the losses could not be blamed on him. Yet, more cogent analysis shows it is exactly this administration\u2019s policies that are costing the Republicans elections.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump reacted to the four main victories for Democrats with a cryptic post<\/a><\/span>: “\u2026AND SO IT BEGINS!” So, why are the Democrats winning BIGLY now? It\u2019s very simple: It\u2019s the economy, stupid!<\/span><\/a> Trump weighed in on why the Republicans lost<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

‘TRUMP WASN\u2019T ON THE BALLOT, AND SHUTDOWN, WERE THE TWO REASONS THAT REPUBLICANS LOST ELECTIONS TONIGHT,’ according to Pollsters.”<\/span><\/p>\n

So you say, Donald. Trump was<\/em> on the ballot via the Republican candidate for New Jersey, and his candidate lost. Trump went on to blame everyone but himself<\/a><\/span> for the Republican losses, in typical Mars\/Ascendant in Leo style. He was lambasted in social media as behaving like a petulant child. Just to add, the Democrats flipped two seats in the Georgia Public Services Commission race<\/a><\/span>. The Commission sets the rates for all public services in Georgia, which had seen sharp rises since 2023 under Republican governance.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fact is people are worried. Tariffs are beginning to bite<\/span><\/a> American consumers. The administration refuses to release the Epstein files. They are covering up the Kirk assassination. The wars that are draining the American economy have not ended. American taxpayers are out of pocket for those wars, in other words. Then there is the undying support for the genocide in Palestine by Trump, who is now seen as being in the pockets of the Zionists. Mamdani\u2019s criticism of Israel was a significant factor that won support for his campaign. Then there is the refusal to use emergency funds for SNAP during the government shutdown. The shutdown is dragging on (Of course, it is all the fault of the Democrats, isn\u2019t it?) The Big Beautiful Bill ain\u2019t so beautiful to the average American any longer. In fact it is turning out to be a big bulging bill the average American will have to wear. We could go on, but perhaps the trend is clear.<\/span><\/p>\n

To put the matter simply, the majority American public is dissatisfied with the Trump administration and the Republican Party in general. They are dissatisfied with Democrats, too. Americans in the states where elections were held voted with their feet, as the saying goes. That said, the states where the elections were won are legacy safe Democrat seats. But the elections set a tone for the midterms next year, which will be hard-fought. And so it begins. However, there is something more important to consider here.<\/span><\/p>\n

In terms of the two major parties recent polling shows the Democrats trailing behind the Republicans in approval ratings. Of course, polls change day by day according to public sentiment. People are gradually waking up to the fact that the American two-party system is instead a uni-party. American elections are won by whoever can field the most money and advertising space. At least, that has been the name of the game in the past. Important elections and referendums in the US are generally a contest between which oligarch class could win the day. The victory of Mamdani in New York has set the uni-party system back on its heels for the moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

American politics is changing. A new generation is coming to the forefront, and combined with the worsening state of the American economy and standards of living in general there is a rising tide of public opinion that America is moving in the wrong direction. Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats are addressing the issues Americans want to see changed. Support for Israel, for instance, which used to be assumed across the American electorate, has cratered because of the genocide over the past two years.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the more interesting features of Mamdani\u2019s election victory was that around 1\/3 of the Jews in New York supported him. There are<\/em> non-Zionist Jews, believe it or not. A significant number of American Jews in particular are starting to turn against Israel now. His victory has served the Israel-firsters notice that their cause is quickly becoming box office poison in the main Jewish center of the United States. This brings us to why his election actually matters instead of his background:<\/span><\/p>\n