(retrograde -- backwards motion)

The August 24 entry made a key interpretive comment,

A key word here, of course, is vulnerable.  Trump is emotionally drained by restrictive Saturn sitting on his already frail emotional Moon -- for the third time. since last December.  That's like hitting your thumb with a hammer three times.  Saturn, the planet of  reality and suffering, is now moving  forward at 27:10 Scorpio, closing in on his Moon at 28:05.  Saturn will continue to batter Trump's Moon with setbacks, losses, deception, self-deception and depression until it leaves Scorpio October 26.  That is why Saturn is included as a heavy tranist in all five months of the timeline.  Other planets cause struggles and challenges, but these can usually be overcome, or at least mitigated.   Saturn, however, is the one planet which cannot be resisted -- as the Borg in Star Trek said, Resistance is futile

Thereby, all counter-puncher Trump can do now is reflexive attacks -- like a wounded animal in fear, not a thoughtful human being, and certainly not the President of the United States.

Trump's allies in the administration, Congress... are emboldened by his weakness, and hidden enemies come forward -- further battering the increasingly sensitized emotions, and ego too.  Remember, Mueller lurks.  Trump, born on an eclipse is all ego and no soul, as explained in the February 3 entry, The Hollow Man.  There is no inner strength, no self assurance, only a brash ego subsisting on power, money, bullying and feeding upon the adulation of his craven base.

In the midst of all these sef destructive words and deeds, Trump also barraged his own party, Fallout grows as Trump continues attacks on fellow GOP members, and fired key staff, like Bannon.  The great counter-puncher is now just wlidly swinging at anyone in senseless, self- destructive reflexive attacks, sometimes even without being first attacked.  The fearful animal analogy can be extended to a snake striking a stick when poked.

Finishing up this August review, the August 30 entry August's Karmic Onslaught Finale predicted a major event that day, While September 2 is actually the next month, the planetary karma begins when Mars gets close to Mercury -- especially since with Mercury retrograde, they are moving toward each other.  Today, Wednesday, which is Mercury's day of the week, is the inception of this destructive karma.  Nothing untoward happened then, and Trump was unusually quiet. But North Korea's nuclear test on September 3 brought an over-the-top Trump attack, Donald Trump’s Reckless Response to North Korea’s Nuclear Test.. He ranted on Twitter  atNorth Korea and then South Korea and China too!,

Take another look at the updated heavy summer/fall transits timeline. Just two September transit events has grown six -- the same as in August.  Further, these tough transits occur in Leo, the sign of the total soar eclipse, which has not yet wrecked its havoc on Trump.

With all these faux pax, one can make a very good case that Trump has indeed been knocked down during August and will be thereby even more severely harmed during a similarly challenging September.  And Saturn will continue to pound his Moon into late October when it finally leaves Scorpio.  That would be when he would be thrown out.

Of course, this also means Trump will have finished destroying the old political order, which is his sole role as the first new President under the U.S. Rahu planetary cycle --  destroyer of now, creator of tomorrow -- the Second Progressive Age.

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Doug Riemer

Hurricanes -- Foreseen And Unforeseen

Some natural events can be foreseen with pretty solid reliability.  Intervals predicted to be sensitive for these -- hurricanes, earth crust events, fires... -- are worthwhile paying attention to.

The Celestial Wheel has a track record of successful hurricane predictions.

Here's one, from the May 28, 2012 entry, when Rahu was in watery Scorpio aspected by Mars, the planet of war,

Here's another.  The August 6, 2017 entry Follow The Moon reiterated one made way back in 2008,

I may have similarly predicted Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, but the solar eclipse was in Leo, a fire sign.  In 2008 the solar eclipse was in Cancer, a water sign, which made sense for hurricanes.  Certainly widespread forest fires in the U.S. West fit this year's fiery sign eclipse location -- but not hurricanes.  The problem with hurricane forecasting is that these storms are sometimes unforeseen.   I analyzed the top ten hurricanes that hit the U.S. since the 19th century and couldn't find any pattern to the planetary karmas that fitted even a third of them.  Yet sometimes, considering water signs and malefics -- Rahu, Saturn and Mars (the god of storms) -- does work as I was correct in 2008 and 2012 -- even last year.

The August 12, 2017 entry Potpourri stated.

It looks, then, like the hurricane season for the U.S. is not yet over.

Let's consider again September 2008 after the August 1 solar eclipse hit Rahu in Cancer in the U.S. chart.  Then, Hurricane Ike hit Galveston and shut down Houston oil refineries -- and the 2008 financial crisis began, ushering in the Millennium Contraction. Wikipedia reports,

It seems uncanny that hurricanes and financial crashes occur in tandem in the early fall -- most specifically from mid August to did October.  Then, the Sun passes through Leo and Virgo, the ninth house of fortune and the tenth house of career and in the U.S. chart.  The ninth house has weak foundation, which precipitates stresses.

Given that the hurricane season for the U.S. is not yet over, it is likely upcoming hurricane activity can again occur in tandem with a financial markets meltdown.   There, of course, may be a causative factor here, for Texas and Florida are both in the top four population in the country.  That is, hurricanes in these states knock down the economy as well.

Here again is the Summer/Fall transits timeline. You can readily see that although the first half of September is intense -- giving rationale to the hurricanes -- challenging transits continue into October.

Saturn entering Sagittarius means it's leaving watery Scorpio -- and Saturn brings its worst harms at the end its 2 1/2 year transit through a sign.

W Rahu in watery cancer, which is the eighth house of catastrophe in the U.S. chart, beginning September 8, expect the dragon will roar as it proceeds in Cancer through October.

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Doug Riemer

The July 28 entry August's Karmic Onslaught Looms explained that the solar eclipse location creates a karmic sinkhole,

A planet being within a degree of so of an eclipse point is within its bounds. This is called orb influence.

It turns out Mercury ended its retrograde September 4 at 4:24 Leo -- within the orb of the 4:46 solar eclipse point sinkhole.   (Mercury turned forward the next day.)  Mercury then hung around this location until September 9, when it reached 6 degrees Leo -- moving out of the orb.  Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys September 10.  This, then, is a pretty good fit for a planet swallowed up in an eclipse point sinkhole being harmed -- resulting in a hurricane hitting the U.S.

No other planets have crossed the 4:46 degree Leo sinkhole point since.

This transit chart for today shows Mercury and Mars are well beyond the sinkhole 4:46 degree point. It also shows Venus approaching the sinkhole point at now 3:12 degrees.

Venus will cross the orb of the eclipse sinkhole beginning later today and ending midday on Tuesday, September 19.

It's impossible to know what may happen, but results must be negative.  Venus is a watery planet, and it rules an earth sign and an air (wind) sign -- Taurus and Libra.  Thus, its possible the two Atlantic tropical storms -- Maria and Joseph -- will cause problems within the next few days. Other disasters can occur.

Of course, remember the August 21 total solar eclipse hit Trump's warrior Mars and Ascendant point (body, self) hard.  The  July 28entry August's Karmic Onslaught Looms also stated, 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.  This takes the stuffing out of him, which is a good explanation why he's now lovey-dovey with the Democrats.  Trump has given in to their suggestions extending the debit limit and the budget for three months and then agreed with them to support DACA -- all without demanding anything, including money for his wall!

Remember that not only is Trump's fighting Mars eclipsed, and his body too, but also Saturn sits on his emotional public Moon.  This weakens the mind and restricts his ability influence the public.  Of course, there's the often repeated health hazard prediction too from Mars and the Moon -- head and heart.  Weakened in August and now this month, he's knocked down and by the end of October may very well be thrown out.

Let's see what happens the next few days. Hopefully no further hurricanes will strike, and the only wind will be that knocked out will be Trump's.

The Celestial Wheel 2002-2017©
Doug Riemer

It seems so long ago that The Celestial Wheel first examined the Heavy Summer/Fall Transits -- June 8, 2017.  That entry purposely, though mysteriously, began with a Primer On Vedic Transits. Here are the opening paragraphs,

That entry next discussed Vedic Astrology's Dasas,

Next was how these predictive methods interact, Dasas and transits work together to unveil influences -- karmas. The Celestial Wheel has often compared Dasas to being on a boat going down the river (of life), and transits being weather conditions on the river.

Then discussed was how Dasas operate and how they combine with transits,

It is this last combination that is haunting Trump, Truly heavy transits, however, can overwhelm even the best Dasa. A tornado can sink your boat, though you may be able to pump it out to float again.

He is running now his tremendous Jupiter Dasa, the planet of expansion, luck and fortune but the Heavy Summer/Fall Transits are overwhelming -- first knocking Trump down in August and then his being thrown out by the end of October.  The June 8 entry explained that too, adding that the still new Rahu Dasa in the U.S. chart the country is transformed in the most basic ways in a Second Progressive Age.

The September 7 entry Venus Approaches The Eclipse Sinkhole explained again how transits are impacting Trump's chart,

There are other planetary karmas in Trump's chart that haven't been discussed, at least not fully.  These round out our understanding. (Note: I should have gone through these influences a long time ago, but I kept thinking Trump would blow himself up sooner.)

First, Trump's Jupiter was stationary (stopped) just before he was born, and barely moving in retrograde motion at birth. This boosts Jupiter's influence to the very top of any and all others -- literally trumping them.

Second expansive Jupiter in the second house of speech makes Trump incredibly glib. He can say anything and still be believed.  By way of comparison, and demonstrating too how useful this is in a politician's chart, Hillary Clinton has Jupiter in her second house, and Bill Clinton's Jupiter aspects his second.  Remember when he was called Slick Willy?

Third, a nasty aspect (glance) from restrictive Saturn to Trump's second house -- which is not only speech but also truth -- makes him a congenital liar.

Fourth, Jupiter throws an aspect to the eighth house, which is the house of life. intuition, and also inheritance and forbidden things. Mars too aspects the eight.  This has resulted in Trump being truly pushy, being able to intuit others' weak points, inheriting a bundle ($200 million) and doing nasty sexual things.

Fifth, Mars in the first house makes Trump a fighter.

Six, Trump's tenth house of career has his chart ruling Sun placed there along with Rahu, the dragon, which pumps up the Sun. Further, Jupiter throws an aspect to the tenth as well, giving him a truly monumental career but also the ability to be warm and supportive -- when he wants too, and especially as he's lied to people and attacked them.

Seventh, his fallen Moon is full for being across the chart from his Sun.  And the Moon throws an exalted aspect to the tenth house of career.  This gives Trump the ability to sense what the public wants and also gives him a certain glow in public -- despite his not being a good actor, handsome or even charismatic.

Eighth, Trump's Saturn rules his seventh house of the social nature and is placed in the twelfth house of loss and solitude with Venus. Thus, he is antisocial and incapably of forming long term positive associations.  He's also isolated himself from the public.  And because Venus is love and compassion, Trump has neither. He's rather Saturn-cruel and manipulative, especially toward women -- Venus.

Ninth, Saturn and Venus aspect the sixth house of enemies, discords, litigations and debts.  So, he's always battling enemies in verbal and legal discords and has huge debts.

Tenth, Trump's perceptional Moon, though full, is a mess.  Recall it was eclipsed at birth, is with mystical Ketu -- another influence for intuition but also living by his emotions.  And warrior Mars throws a nasty aspect, making him blurt things out but also be immoral about the lunar benefits in life -- in our society, money, like Bill Gates.

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Doug Riemer

Venus and Mars are opposites.  Venus is the planet of  enjoyments -- sensuality, love, beauty, diplomacy, patience and compassion. She is benefic (good) kapha (watery) female and receptive.  Mars is the planet of desire -- sex, aggression, impatient, selfish.  He is malefic (bad) Pitta (fire), masculine and projective.

When Venus and Mars conjoin, their energies don't wash out their qualities but rather combine them -- like opposing recipe ingredients fuse together a zesty flavor.  Benefic Venus tones down Mars' aggression, turning him away from destruction and toward compelling enjoyments.  But hard-charging malefic Mars disrupts Venus's agreeable nature, rousing her enthusiasm, drive.

Passion in all things results, with a demand for immediate results.  This, then, is an energizing combination but also excessive and compulsive.  When Venus and Mars combine, one night stands occur, I just melted for him at the party, but awakening in his bed was alarming, even creepy.  As love affairs and be quick, impassioned and then break, long term relationships and marriages are also disrupted.  Thus, when Venus and Mars combine, they do a dirty dance.

The above information is directed at personal charts, but the energetics naturally transfer to mundane (world events) astrology, which is The Celestial Wheel.  Again, the combination is troublesome -- quick gains often reversed just as fast.  Notably, Venus's significations for vehicles and watery things are disrupted by Mars' stormy nature.  Vehicle accidents occur, as well as flooding storms.

Venus and Mars combined last February in Pisces, where Venus was held up by a retrograde.  This allowed slower moving Mars to catch up to Venus in Pisces.  Fortunately, Jupiter, the great benefic, was opposite in Virgo, which smoothed out the rough edges and change strife to advocacy.  This was tough for Trump because Venus/Mars conjoined then in his eighth house of catastrophe, as stated in the March 3, 2017 entry Crises Unfolding (emphasis added.)

During the last the winter/spring Venus retrograde, Mars marched ahead of  Venus through the signs.  Venus ended her retrograde in mid April and has been catching up with him since then -- until now they have conjoined again -- Another Venus/Mars Dirty Dance. Here's the transit chart for today, showing Venus is now just three degrees away from Mars in Leo.

Venus will exactly conjoin Mars October 5 at 25 degrees Leo.  But because they are moving in the same direction, they will hang together until October 9, when Venus escapes into Virgo.   Then, Mars will be at 27 degrees Leo.   Thereby, Mars and Venus afflict each other for another week and a half.

See the red arrow?  That's Mars aspecting Saturn.  During this time, Mars will be moving towards an exact aspect (glance) to Saturn in tumultuous (watery) Scorpio.  See the blue arrow?  That's Saturn aspecting Mars.

This is a difficult combination -- the two worst malefics with opposing energies pushing at each other.   Slow Saturn is irritated by fast Mars' prodding.  And Mars is impatient for Saturn slowing him down.  Great destructions result.

This is why the August 12 entry Potpourri stated,

The September 15 entry Hurricanes -- Foreseen And Unforeseen added this information,

Not previously stated, though, are Saturn aso aspecting Mars and the Mars/Venus dirty dance -- both contributing planetary karma to hurricane development.  Remember, Venus is a watery planet.  Venus is also a difficult planet in the U.S. chart for ruling tough houses, and the U.S. (Dasas) planetary cycles now are Rahu/Rahu/Venus to October 13.  Recall that when Dasas and transits match up, accurate predictions can be made.

It turns out new tropical disturbances are developing, Tropical threats may pose hazards from western Caribbean to Florida well into October.

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Doug Riemer