Predictions

44th President of the U.S.: First Term Forecast

Posted January 21, 2009

The 2009 Inaugural horoscope has the Sun, Mercury, and Jupiter conjunct in early Aquarius. This portends a President that seeks to reclaim the nation’s identity through humanitarian ideals, progressive government, and bold new initiatives. The stellium of Aquarian planets are deposited by Saturn in Virgo which is dignified by term and in reception to Mercury by Rulership/Exaltation, an indication of a serious, effective, and organized administration that place great attention on practical matters. Mercury rules the 2nd house that governs the nation’s money markets, currency, banking and financial institutions, and the national wealth. Mercury is cazimi the Sun and retrograde indicating that the President will make major reforms to the nation’s monetary and domestic policies of the previous administration.

Arts, Sciences, Innovation

The Sun / Jupiter conjunction indicates the Obama administration will likely expand the role of government with new entitlement programs in the humanities, arts, and sciences specifically designed to elevate the nation's declining middle class. Also, the President is likely to lay out a long-term vision and a plan designed to deal with the nation’s declining economy and restore the nation’s capacity to innovate in industry, science, and technology. The President is likely to propose government programs designed to increase investments in research and development in alternative and sustainable energy systems, strengthen education, and establish competitiveness initiatives in technology the area of aviation, electronics, nanotechnology, and the space industry.

Government Transparency and Reform

The condition of the Ascendant ruler indicates the general conditions and outlook of the administration. Venus at 17 Pisces rules the Ascendant and placed in the 11th house is essentially dignified by exultation and term and conjunct Uranus at 17 Pisces. These testimonies indicate a unconventional and unusually transparent administration where the principles of conservative partisan politics will be pushed aside in favor of producing major ideological change and drastic action. Therefore, we will see likely see the Obama administration make massive government reforms and purge many obsolete outdated government programs.

Foreign Trade, the Media

Venus is also conjuncts the Ascendant/Midheaven midpoint of the horoscope. The Ascendant/Midheaven midpoint can be defined as the relationship between the higher aspiration, goals, and ideals of the Presidency and the image and style of the administration. In regards to Ascendant/Midheaven=Venus, Reinhold Ebertin says, “the desire to have harmony and beauty in one’s surrounding." This configuration is conducive for commerce and trade negotiations with foreign countries and portends a media-friendly administration that will be especially popular with the paparazzi, the entertainment industry, high society, and younger women.

Diplomacy and Direct Negotiation

Mars at 18 Capricorn placed in the 9th house of foreign affairs is essentially dignified by exultation and face, sextile Venus at 17 Pisces and Uranus 19 Pisces, and trine its depositor Saturn at 21 Virgo. These planetary testimonies indicate that the administration will have a new and more diplomatic posture that will rely on using direct negotiation and preemption to resolve potential foreign crisis. Since Mars is dignified and not afflicted, it is unlikely that we will see further escalation of military forces in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Climate Change and the Environment

The dwarf planet Ceres at 13 Virgo in the horoscope is in the 5th house. Ceres rules agriculture, food production output, and the natural environment. Ceres in Virgo specifically deals with health care and the food service industry. In the horoscope Ceres is opposing Venus and applying to Saturn at 21 Virgo, indicating that the administration will address global climate change in the nation’s ecology, reduce the high risk from environmental contaminants in food, and implement policies that slowly balance the nation’s need for a healthy, sustainable environment.

Distress from Economy, National Security

The Moon which symbolizes the general population, as well as popular consensus, is placed at 29 Scorpio. The Moon is afflicted by being in detriment, slow in motion, and void-of-course indicating that the American people will be distressed and in a state of crisis due to the growing economic issues facing the nation such as escalating gas and food prices and the growing threat of inflation. The Moon is placed in the 7th house of the nation’s foreign affairs, also indicating that national security issues such as the war with Iraq and the war on terror in Afghanistan will be decisive issues that the administration must resolve.

Investing In and Innovating Industry

Saturn at 21 Virgo is retrograde and placed in the 5th house that governs speculative markets and the stock exchange. Saturn is opposed to Uranus at 17 Pisces. Saturn/Uranus aspects in mundane astrology often indicate periods of extreme economic stress that coincide with major market corrections and low points in an economic cycle. Astrologer Andre Barbault found that the Saturn/Uranus cycle is strongly associated with the politics of order, reform and reorganization. In more general terms, Saturn/Uranus has to do with investment in heavy industry with an emphasis on restructuring based on innovative reforms. Therefore, we are likely to see the President implement a high-tech version of the “New Deal” program to fast track the nation’s development of clean energy technology and energy efficiency. This program will likely put millions of young and middle aged Americans to work in a new generation of well-paid, green collar jobs, thereby drastically reducing the nation’s dependence on foreign oil.