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America’s political landscape
There are many minor political parties in America but the Republican and Democratic Parties dominate the political landscape.
According to the internet the character of a Republican is associated with several key traits and beliefs: Liberty and individualism (Uranus), individual freedom and personal responsibility; economic prosperity (Jupiter); limited government intervention; and the preservation (Saturn) of American values and traditions.
And the character and key traits of a Democrat are associated with: individual rights (Uranus); progressive (Uranus) economic and social policies; equality; greater civil rights for minorities; social welfare (Pluto); environmental protection (Saturn); and the rule of law that ensures government actions are accountable to the people.
And back in the 1920s the consensus of astrological opinion concluded that the Republican Party was ruled by Jupiter and the Democratic Party was ruled by Saturn.
It was based on a broad, general view: Republican stood for business (house 10) and the rich (Jupiter); and Democratic for the working class (Moon and house 6) and poor (Saturn).
And there’s plenty of evidence to confirm that important events involving the Republican party occur when progressed Jupiter forms a powerful aspect in the Jupiter cycle; and important events involving the Democratic Party occur when progressed Saturn forms a strong aspect in the Saturn cycle.
Jupiter and Saturn are the business/financial planets and it appears this Jupiter-Saturn rulership classification was based solely on each party’s approach to fiscal-economic policy.
But in 2025 working out the astrological forces influencing the two parties and their political philosophies and agendas isn’t that cut and dried.
The Republican Party might support business but it has a conservative political philosophy and Jupiter isn’t conservative; and the Democratic Party might support labor but it has a liberal political philosophy and Saturn isn’t liberal. So, this basic Jupiter-Saturn rulership has become very blurred.
In 2025 the Republican Party has conservative political, economic and social views (Saturn). It prefers smaller government (Saturn) with most community services being provided by the private sector operating in a free market (Jupiter).
It prefers less taxes, less spending and tax cuts for business (house 10). Its philosophy is justice based (Saturn). It’s opposed to gay marriage, abortion and embryonic stem cell research (Saturn). And it supports the right to bear arms and the death penalty (Mars). So, identifying the Republican Party with Jupiter doesn’t quite add up.
And the Democratic Party has liberal political, economic and social views (Jupiter and Uranus). It prefers larger government, more regulation and the providing of community services like health care (Jupiter and Pluto).
It prefers more taxes and more government spending (Jupiter) and supports gay marriage, abortion and embryonic stem-cell research (Uranus). So, identifying the Democratic Party with Saturn is drawing a very long bow.
And in 2025 when it comes to financial policy and spending the Republicans are frugal (Saturn) and the Democrats are generous (Jupiter).
So, in 2025 the Republican Party and its fiscal and social policies are more aligned with Saturn (and Mars) and the Democratic Party is more aligned with Jupiter (and Uranus). Which means that in the 1920s the astrologers got it wrong or since then there’s been a big change in the character of America’s major political parties.
Both parties have various birth times and dates.
The most often used data for the Republican Party is: July 6, 1854 Noon (or 1.01pm) LMT Jackson, Michigan 42N15; 84W25. It’s speculative. The know-all internet will tell you March 28, 1854 in Rippon, Wisconsin.
And the most often used data for the Democratic Party is: February 17, 1801 at 1.00pm LMT: Pennsylvania 40N00; 75W00. It’s speculative too. The internet will tell you January 8, 1828 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Major events in the Aquarian Age chart
Progressed Sun is parallel birth chart Mars > peaks 2031-2034 with Sun at 23N27; semisquare progressed Saturn > peaks July 29, 2026; and sextile birth chart Saturn > ends December 2026
Progressed Mercury is parallel progressed Sun > peaks March 29, 2028; and parallel birth chart Mars > peaks February 9, 2026
Progressed Venus is conjunction birth chart Neptune > peaks January 21, 2026; and parallel birth chart Neptune > peaks January 2033
Progressed Mars is sesquisquare progressed Uranus > peaks February 17, 2027; and parallel progressed Uranus > peaks October 2027
Progressed Jupiter is conjunction progressed Neptune > peak September 12, 2030
Progressed Moon is parallel birth chart Sun > peaks January 28, 2026
December 4: Progressed Moon is square birth chart Jupiter > ends December 29; and progressed Moon sextile birth chart Venus starts > peaks December 28
December 9: Progressed Moon is trine birth chart Uranus > ends January 3, 2026
December 11: Progressed Moon is sesquisquare progressed Pluto > ends January 5, 2026
December 16: Progressed Moon trine progressed Jupiter starts > peaks January 10, 2026
Major events in the United Nations chart
Progressed Sun is opposition progressed Saturn > ends January 2026
Progressed Mars is conjunction birth chart Mars > ends August 2027
December 12: Progressed Moon sesquisquare progressed Venus and birth chart Neptune start > both aspects peak January 5, 2026
December 14: Progressed Moon trine progressed Sun starts > peaks January 11, 2026
December 17: Progressed Moon is sextile progressed Saturn > ends January 11, 2026
Major events in America’s chart
Progressed Sun (the power crowd) is square birth chart Mars (violence, military action and policing) > peaks May 15, 2026; and parallel progressed Mars > peaks September 20, 2026; parallel birth chart Saturn (safety and security) > peaks July 30, 2026; parallel birth chart Neptune (schemes, booms, easy money and fantasy thinking) > ends June 2027; and parallel progressed Neptune > peaks February 2028
Progressed Venus is parallel birth chart Moon > peaks January 2028; and sextile birth chart Jupiter > ends August 2026
Progressed Midheaven is trine birth chart Mars >ends February 2026; sesquisquare progressed Uranus > peaks June 2026; and sesquisquare birth chart ascendant > peaks October 2026
December 7: Progressed Moon is square birth chart Jupiter > ends December 31
December 14: Progressed Moon is semisextile progressed Venus > ends January 9, 2026
December 17: Progressed Moon sextile progressed Uranus (discontentment, unrest, disruption, protests and change) starts > peaks January 11, 2026
December 26: Progressed Moon sextile birth chart ascendant (the people) > peaks January 19, 2026
December 21: Progressed Moon parallel progressed Neptune ends
Major events in Donald Trump’s chart
Progressed Sun is sextile birth chart Mercury > ends October 2026; and semisquare birth chart Saturn > ends October 2026
Progressed Mercury is conjunction birth chart Mars > ends May 2026; and parallel birth chart Mars > peaks March 18, 2026
Progressed Venus is conjunction progressed Jupiter > peaks May 24, 2026
Progressed Mars is parallel birth chart Jupiter > ends May 2029; and semisquare birth chart ascendant > ends May 2027
Progressed ascendant is parallel birth chart Mars > peaks September 2030; and square progressed Saturn > ends March 2027
Progressed Midheaven is conjunction progressed Pluto > ends July 2026
December 14: Progressed Sun semisextile birth chart Pluto starts > peaks December 26, 2026
December 15: Progressed Moon trine birth chart Saturn starts > peaks January 14, 2026
December 16: Progressed Moon sesquisquare birth chart Mercury starts > peaks January 16, 2026
December 18: Progressed Moon is inconjunct birth chart Sun > ends January 18, 2026
December 26: Progressed Moon parallel progressed Midheaven starts > peaks March 26, 2026
December 31: Progressed Moon opposition birth chart Midheaven starts > peaks January 31, 2026
Progressed Moon semisquare progressed Neptune ends December 29
Donald Trump and the Supreme Court
On December 8 the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case centered on Trump’s authority to fire heads of independent agencies without cause.
Major in-sky astro-events
Mars square Neptune starts December 1, peaks December 14 and ends December 27
Mars square Saturn peaks December 9 and ends December 22
Saturn conjunction Neptune peaks February 20, 2026
Uranus trine Pluto peaks July 18, 2026
Major astro-events December 2025
November 20: Scorpio new Moon at 6.47am GMT > Moon is conjunction Mercury (controversy and debate), trine Jupiter (trade, finances, prices and law matters), trine Saturn (safety, security, work and long-range planning), opposition Uranus (disruption, activism, protests and radical change), trine Neptune (schemes, pharmaceuticals, drugs, aviation and exaggerated expectations) and sextile Pluto (groups, agreement, cooperative effort, dictators and crime) > ends December 20
Progressed Uranus square Neptune in the Uranus cycle ends December 8
Progressed Jupiter inconjunct Saturn in the Jupiter cycle peaks December 11
Progressed Uranus inconjunct Saturn in the Uranus cycle ends December 17
Progressed Saturn semisquare Mercury in the Saturn cycle ends January 5, 2026
Progressed Uranus parallel Pluto in the Uranus cycle ends May 22, 2026
Progressed Pluto parallel Uranus in the Pluto cycle peaks September 24, 2026
Progressed Pluto parallel Mars in the Pluto cycle peaks September 6, 2027
December 1: Progressed Sun parallel Pluto in the Sun cycle starts > peaks December 8
December 3: Progressed Mars is sesquisquare Venus in the Mars cycle
December 5: Progressed Mars is inconjunct Uranus in the Mars cycle
December 6: Progressed Sun is opposition Jupiter in the Sun cycle; progressed Mars is square Moon in the Mars cycle; and progressed Jupiter semisquare Mars and trine Neptune in the Jupiter cycle start > both aspects peak December 17
December 8: Progressed Sun is parallel Pluto in the Sun cycle > ends January 11, 2026; progressed Mars is inconjunct Jupiter in the Mars cycle; and progressed Pluto semisextile Mars in the Pluto cycle starts > peaks January 12, 2026
December 11: Progressed Jupiter is inconjunct Saturn in the Jupiter cycle > ends December 21
December 12: Progressed Jupiter opposition Sun in the Jupiter cycle starts > peaks December 20; and progressed Pluto parallel Saturn in the Pluto cycle starts > peaks April 9, 2026
December 14: Progressed Sun is square Saturn in the Sun cycle; and progressed Mars is sesquisquare Sun and square Neptune in the Mars cycle
December 17: Progressed Jupiter is semisquare Mars and trine Neptune in the Jupiter cycle > both aspects end December 25
December 18: Progressed Mars is semisextile Pluto in the Mars cycle
December 19: Progressed Mars is square Mars in the Mars cycle
December 20: Progressed Jupiter is opposition Sun in the Jupiter cycle > ends December 28
Sagittarius new Moon at 1.43am GMT > Moon is conjunction Venus (peace, the social set and women); conjunction Mars (conflict, strife, accidents and fires); square Saturn (safety, economy, poverty, storms and loss); inconjunct Uranus (disruption, unrest, protests and technology) and square Neptune (schemes, booms, exaggeration, inflation and fraud)
December 21: Progressed Sun is square Neptune in the Sun cycle
December 22: Progressed Jupiter parallel Pluto in the Jupiter cycle starts > peaks February 12, 2026
December 23: Progressed Mars is trine Venus in the Mars cycle
December 25: Progressed Mars is sesquisquare Uranus in the Mars cycle
December 28: Progressed Mars is sesquisquare Jupiter in the Mars cycle
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