August's Karmic Onslaught Looms

June's Celestial Wheel entries were themed to heavy summer/fall transits through October that will upend America.  This will begin the transformation from the selfish Second Gilded Age the selfless Second Gilded Age.  Here again is the timeline for the interval.

The June 27 entry, Catching Up And Looking Ahead, gave an overview of this timeline,

In fact, three of these are exceptional planetary karmas -- as potent as they are uncommon.  And because they are grouped together in the single month of August -- actually within a week -- these three are absolutely rare.  It's like finding three huge diamonds in a single deposit, three major hurricanes in a week... These are events are: Saturn turning forward 8/25, the total solar eclipse August 21 and Mars conjoining Rahu 8/20-25.

But In the Meantime

Yet, there are nine planets with their own roles to play. The fast moving planets -- Sun, Venus, Mercury, and somewhat slower Mars -- have less consequential effects.  This results because they move so quickly.  The first three stay in a sign for a month, and Mars for two months.  In addition, their impacts tend to be shorter term.  The analogy of a thunderstorm crossing over your house in minutes is helpful.  Lightening can strike occasionally, but the blustering winds and rain are neither strong enough, nor last long enough, to do major damage.

The inner solar system planets -- as seen from earth -- are always close to each other.  These are the Sun, Venus and Mercury. Because they move at about the same speed, they also often overtake each other, switching order.  Speed and variability combine to make their intertwined dispositions less karmically potent.  As Mars is an outer planet, its position is not tied to the inner planets.   Mars can be anywhere in the zodiac compared with the three inner planets.

However, this year, due to the fast moving inner planets catching up to Mars plus retrogrades, Venus lags behind and Mars is in the midst of the Sun/Mercury combination.

To illustrate, here's the typical arrangement of the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars -- the transit chart from last July 2.   Next to that is the chart a year later -- today.  (Note: The Sun is in the same position because the earth circles it once a year.)

As you can easily see, last year the Sun, Mercury and Venus were grouped together in Gemini, and Mars was far away In Libra. This year, Venus is has been left behind in Taurus, and Mars is sandwiched between the Sun and Mercury in Gemini.

This is important because the Sun and Mars are masculine Pitta (fiery) planets. it's the combination
for violences and fighting and is also often found in the military, police and firefighters.

Of secondary importance is mutable Mercury also conjoined these fighting planets, which brings angry/violent communications and actions -- another reason things have been so crazy recently.  Tertiary is that Venus (kapha) is a watery -- warm -- planet that can't cool down the hot Sun, nor hot Mars either.

Next is the chart for July 20, where you again readily see that the Sun, Mars and Mercury have moved one sign ahead into Cancer. The Sun is closer then to Mars, as he moves faster than Mars.  Similarly, fast Mercury will then be far ahead of Mars.

July 19, 2017

By spinning the transit wheel on an astrology program, one can determine that the Sun with Mars grouping began June 15 and will end August 16 -- encompassing the entire month of July.

The astronomical reason for Mars and the Sun conjoining is because Mars is behind the Sun, as shown in this image from https://jeffreylhunt.wordpress.com.   For astrology, planets as seen from earth, the Sun and Mars are together.  This image is also specific for the astrology exact conjunction of Mars and the Sun on July 26.

The Mars/Sun conjunction is the major planetary karma this month and is thereby the theme for July.

Recall the above, The fast moving planets -- Sun, Venus, Mercury, and to a lesser extent, Mars -- have less dramatic effects. This is because they move so fast -- the first three stay in a sign for a month, and Mars for two months. In addition, their impacts tend to be shorter term.  Expect a continuation of violences in all areas of life, but none will be historically important.

For Trump, Mars/Sun is in his eleventh house of goals and groups in Gemini -- June 15 to July 11.  This is why Trump has been so aggressive, even hateful, recently. He will continue that behavior to rally his base.   Trump appears to promote violence against CNN with tweet

Trump, who is on vacation at his Bedminster golf resort, posted on Twitter an old video clip of him performing in a WWE professional wrestling match, but with a CNN logo superimposed on the head of his opponent. In the clip, Trump is shown slamming the CNN avatar to the ground and pounding him with simulated punches and elbows to the head. Trump added the hastags #FraudNewsCNN and #FNN, for “fraud news network.”

Mars/Sun will next be in his twelfth house of loss in Cancer (July 16 to August 16).  Plus, sad Saturn will be right on his emotional public Moon.  Trump will continue to be aggressive, nut, he will then suffer losses for increasingly demented words and acts.

Using the Mars/Sun theme for fighting in July, we can understand it's the warm up act for the headliner in late August -- Saturn turning forward 8/25, the total solar eclipse August 21 and Mars conjoining Rahu 8/20-25. Then, the bear topples.

Yes, it's a triple-play but not like the offer you got recently from your cable company.  Rather, its the repetition of karma rule as explained in the June 19 entry,

If you see something once, it's possible
twice its likely
three times its inescapable

The Celestial Wheel 2002-2017©
Doug Riemer

The (above) July 2 Celestial Wheel entry, August's Karmic Onslaught Looms -- But In the Meantime, stated,

This is important because the Sun and Mars are masculine Pitta (fiery) planets. It's the combination
for violences and fighting and is also often found in the military, police and firefighters.

...the Sun with Mars grouping began June 15 and will end August 16 -- encompassing the entire month of July.

The Mars/Sun conjunction is the major planetary karma this month and is thereby the theme for July.

That entry spoke to Mars/Sun in Trump's chart, noting, For Trump, Mars/Sun is in his eleventh house of goals and groups in Gemini -- June 15 to July 11. This is why Trump has been so aggressive, even hateful, recently. He will continue that behavior to rally his base.  (Well, he certainly has done that, even straight through his European visit this week, especially in hard right Poland ,The Racial and Religious Paranoia of Trump's Warsaw Speech.  His U.S. base loved it. And the Russians too!)

The July 2 entry also pointed out the Mars/Sun conjunction is in Trump's eleventh of goals (Gemini) June 15 to July 11 and then in Cancer July 16 to August 16.  (The break from July 12 to 16 occurs because Mars enters Cancer first midday July 11 and the trailing Sun follows on July 16.  However, remember the Sun moves faster than Mars, which will result in the hot yellow Sun catching up to exact conjunction with the hot red planet of war July 26.)

Here are transit charts for the Mars/Sun conjunction this month showing these sign positions,

Notice that on July 2, Mars was six degrees ahead of the Sun but on July 19 his lead will have shrunken to two degrees?  So, as stated above, they will exactly conjoin July 26.

However, the exact conjunction will not mark the peak of discords and violences, for Mars starts to harm nearby planets when he is a few degrees away -- within range.   Expect the global violence surge to peak to begin when the Sun rejoins sign conjunction in Cancer July 16.

July 16 to July 26 will thereby be a very sensitive interval globally

But for Trump, the mayhem begins sooner. You can see his birth chart Saturn is less than one degree in Cancer and his birth chart Venus close by at just under three degrees.  Therefore when Mars enters Cancer July 11, it will immediately attack his birth chart Saturn.  And then it will move on to his birth chart Venus.  The sequence of masculine hot planetary energy will repeat when the Sun shifts into Cancer July 16.  Then, of course, Sun/Mars will afflict each other by being in conjunction again in the same sign.

The sensitive period for Trump starts earlier -- July 11 through July 26

Trump

Yes, but what about the U.S. -- this entry's topic?

Cancer is the eight house of calamity in the U.S. chart.  When the hot malefics Mars and Sun transit through there, all sorts of violent destructions will hit.  To make matters worse, notice that birth chart Mars and Rahu are posted in the eighth.  Expect that when Mars enters Cancer July 11, he will immediately began firing his artillery.  And just like Trump, the hot Sun will do the same beginning July 16. And then Sun/Mars will be in conjunction too.

U.S.

The sensitive period for the U.S. also starts earlier -- July 11 through July 26

While its impossible for this journeyman astrologer to anticipate specific events during this interval, we can take a look back to Deepwater Horizon oil platform explosion April 20, 2010.  Then, Mars was similarly transiting watery Cancer. Go forward from there to find Mars transited Cancer September/October 2011.  Wikipedia reports mayhem then.  Water disasters were notable. Certainly tropical storms are a strong possibility, for this is hurricane season.

Trump's planetary karmas and the U.S. chart's planetary karmas are naturally intertwined.  Since both are very rough this month, one reflects the other and each reinforces the other.  This sets up the concept Trump can and will impact U.S. fortunes, which can be financial, war, natural disaster...  Thereby, as Trump has troubles this month, he'll thrash, claw and bite in anger and retribution -- just as the bear is most dangerous when he's wounded.

In closing, keep in mind the second to last sentence in the (above) July 2  entry, Using the Mars/Sun theme for fighting in July, we can understand it's the warm up act for the headliner in late August -- Saturn turning forward 8/25, the total solar eclipse August 21 and Mars conjoining Rahu 8/20-25. Then, the bear topples.

Let's see what happens, for July 11 is right around the corner.

The Celestial Wheel 2002-2017©
Doug Riemer

The May 31 entry is titled, Follow The Money.

This entry continues with that obvious focus for a billionaire grifter President by Following The Money.

Everything that has happened, is happening and will happen with Trump relates back to his links with the Russians, who have bankrolled him for decades.

The entry stated,

Even last week's scandal about Donald Trump meeting Russians to gain information from them about Hillary Clinton relates back to money -- for the Russian relationships began with money.

Here are two recent articles that will make your eyes pop,

Salon Donald Trump’s deep connections to dirty Russian money: The trail leads back more than 30 years

New Republic Trump’s Russian Laundromat

The Celestial Wheel 2002-2017©
Doug Riemer

The (above) July 2 and 9 Celestial Wheel entries introduced this month's Sun/Mars conjunction as the theme for July.

Sensitive intervals were identified:

July 16 to July 26 will thereby be a very sensitive interval globally

The sensitive period for Trump starts earlier -- July 11 through July 26

The sensitive period for the U.S. also starts earlier -- July 11 through July 26

If you haven't noticed a continuous barrage of disruptions and violences, well, maybe you took a well deserved vacation unplugged.

The July 9 entry also stated,

Some events carry momentum.  Floods continue to damage after the rain stops.  Political intrigues don't calm until new information is fully masticated.  Trump, of course, elevates and extends conflicts in being a counter puncher.

So, let's wait just the few more days until the Sun catches up with Mars on Wednesday.  Then, the totality of those warring karmas will have been completed.

The Celestial Wheel 2002-2017©
Doug Riemer

The July 2 entry August's Karmic Onslaught Looms -- But In the Meantime identified the Mars/Sun conjunction as the theme for July. ...the Sun with Mars grouping began June 15 and will end August 16 -- encompassing the entire month of July. ...important because the Sun and Mars are masculine Pitta (fiery) planets. it's the combination for violences and fighting.

The following July 9 entry  Sun/Mars For The U.S. pinned down the most intense period this month, July 16 to July 26 will thereby be a very sensitive interval globally.  For both the U.S. and Trump, this interval began a little earlier, on July 11.

The July 23 entry Three Days To Sun/Mars Conjunction stated,

Following the exact conjunction of Sun/Mars on July 26, political discords, accidents and natural disasters thereby continue.  Events will tend to gradually calm, but then new challenges will pop up.  This results because, while the Sun and Mars are now separating -- the faster moving Sun is pulling away from Mars -- they still afflict each other.  Expect, then, continued Sun/Mars strife until August 16.  This is akin to a cavalry battle -- the opposing armies meet and then fight through each other for some time.

Here's the chart for August 16, when the Sun slips away from Mars in Cancer to go into Leo.   (In the square Vedic chart, the planets move clockwise through the squares, each of which is a sign.  It's really more legible than Western Astrology's round chart, and a lot easier on the neck!)

August 16, 2017

Notice the Sun, Rahu and Mercury are in Leo -- where the upcoming solar eclipse will strike.  The Moon is in Taurus here, waning to new on August 21 in Leo to bring the solar eclipse.  Notice too that Mercury is retrograde, which keeps it in eclipse-turbulent Leo for several weeks.  Finally, see the Mars in Cancer is approaching Leo.

Leo, then, is where the action is.  It's an indicator of government for being the sign of the king.  Government, then, is an obvious focus of these disruptive transits.

Nearing now the end of July, August's Karmic Onslaught Looms.  Below is the timeline first published in the June 8 entry, Heavy Summer/Fall Transits.  You can readily see August brings a peak of these heavy -- consequential -- transits with six such events.   The Sun/Mars conjunction is not listed, for although it's potent, others take precedence.  Further, the heaviest transits don't begin until the declining-force Sun/Mars conjunction is over June 16.

The August 7 lunar eclipse is partial, weakening it.  Too, lunar eclipses are less potent than solar eclipses.  The location is 21:19 Capricorn.  However, if you have a planet in your chart within 2 degrees of this spot, that's a bulls eye.  It will block you, for that's what eclipses do.

The August 21 total solar eclipse is the big event.   Here's the chart for that, with Trump's chart on the right. Notice that the eclipse at 4:46 Leo is right in the middle between his warrior Mars at 3:40 and Ascendant (self, body. head)) at 6:55 -- both within the two degree bulls eye range. (Thankfully, this eclipse does not hit any planet in the U.S. chart -- averting a national disaster.)

Mars is Trump's warrior planet, and it is very powerful for ruling good houses -- the strong fourth and the fortunate ninth.  In the first house, Mars makes him aggressive.  He's a fighter just like a boxer or soldier.  Mars also makes him hot tempered, angry and causes self hatred.  That's why he seeks out approval, love and loyalty from others, in all venues and at all costs.  Trump's Mars being eclipsed will take the stuffing out of him.  He will try to fight but lose.  He will become fearful.  As Mars rules the fourth house, this significator of emotions and the heart is included in the eclipse --an influence for fear and cardiac stress.

Notice too in comparing these two charts that Saturn is retrograde at 27:05 Scorpio, nearly on top of his Moon at 28:05 Scorpio. Always slow moving, Saturn is slowest this summer in a retrograde that ends August 25, at which time it will begin crossing Trump's Moon for the third time.  That turn from retrograde to forward motion will be horrific for Trump's Moon -- like being crushed in an avalanche.  The Moon is the public, career, emotions and the heart.  All will suffer.  From this position, Saturn is also conjunct Ketu, the tail-of-the-dragon eclipse point.  This is a tough combination of inimical energies.  Saturn also aspects Trump's Rahu and Sun -- the latter being career, again the heart and the head.

Events resulting from the August 21 solar eclipse will tend to happen around, not on, the astronomical event.  An eclipse is like a sinkhole.  So, when other planets cross that point at 4:46 Leo, events are most likely.  This happens September 2, when Mercury and Mars conjoin at that point.  Another possibility is the Mars/Rahu conjunction, which begins August 20 and continues for about a week.   This duo approaches the eclipse point, and that energy is so destructive, it can bring an event.  Because Trump is hit so hard by the eclipse itself, these other transits can bring the events that will knock him down, or out.

Predictions for Trump having a heart attack or stroke elicit from these harms to the head and the heart.  Predictions for Trump being thrown out of his home come from the fourth house, the Moon and Mars being the home.  Of course, he can be thrown out of his home by impeachment or hospitalization.

Wrapping up the Sun/Mars conjunction discussion, the July 2 entry stated at the end,

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Doug Riemer