Why Astrology Isn't Real Science

[panfluteman]

19. That so-called astrologer has a veneer of astrological knowledge, but most of it is BS

How do I know? I have studied Donald Trump's natal astrology chart in considerable depth. For example, the so-called "astrologer" here mentions Trump's Leo Ascendant, but fails to mention that it's at 29 degrees of Leo - which is highly significant, because that is exactly conjunct the fixed star Regulus, which is the Royal Star. Your Ascendant is your basic approach to life and getting your needs met, and Donnie, with his Ascendant conjunct Regulus, the Royal Star, has always thought of himself as a king - and that's exactly what he's trying to do now - set himself up as a king - or as a dictator. Just recently, the tropical zodiac placement of the fixed star Regulus, which is Trump's rising star, ingressed into the tropical sign of Virgo, the sign of the Virgin, due to the precession of the vernal equinox point, which is the starting point of the tropical zodiac, which is one degree every 72 years. This coincided very closely with the emergence of the "me too" movement, in which Trump, with Regulus on his Ascendant, was important in bringing about with the whole pussy grabbing Access Hollywood tape. Trump also has Mars, the planet of libido, among other things, very tightly conjunct his Ascendant; Mars is also the planet of conflict, assertion, and aggression, and this also explains Trump's aggressive, combative, confrontational approach to life and getting his needs met.

Sure, Trump's Sun is in Gemini, but what this guy fails to report is that his Sun in Gemini is very tightly opposing his Moon in Sagittarius, the sign of philosophy, ethics and morals. Gemini, on the other hand, is the sign of the glib sophist. And his Sun is almost exactly conjunct his North Lunar Node, within the same degree, while his Moon is exactly conjunct his South Lunar Node. The axis of the lunar nodes is one's axis of karma, and in his life, and family background there has been a very tense relationship between glib sophistry and whatever it takes (Gemini) and moral principles (Sagittarius), with his mother probably being the one who tried to drum a sense of right and wrong into him - the Moon usually symbolizes the mother in a natal chart - versus his father, who was the Gemini type (Sun symbolizes the father) - the model of the opportunistic businessman - and he decided to take after his father. When he was younger, Trump was sent off to a military academy, presumably to whip him into shape, and drum some sense of moral values into him, a basic sense of right and wrong. But this inner tension or dichotomy, this almost schizoid split or opposition persists in the core of Trump's psyche, and because it is so precisely aligning with his axis of karma, some major karmic reckoning seems to be inevitable. Frankly, this whole Sun / Moon, North Node / South Node opposition is the planetary configuration in his chart that worries me the most. And it seems like all his lies and sophistry will finally catch up with him.

These are just a few things that could be said about Trump from his natal chart. What I have pointed out here are a few of the chart's most distinctive and striking features - which have totally escaped this so-called "astrologer's" notice. But any real astrologer would make these very striking and distinctive features the core of his presentation, instead of the more general stuff like Sun in Gemini, Ascendant in Leo, etc... You go from the generalities to the specifics.