Trump en route to tackle the dragon in Beijing for the first US state visit in ten years, accompanied by tech leaders including Elon Musk and Tim Cook, is expected to tackle the Iran question, Taiwan, trade, AI and drugs.
There are fears that his inability to find closure over the Strait of Hormuz impasse which China also wants opened may weaken US support for Taiwan.
Trump’s chart relocated to Beijing is hardly inspiring with a tough-slog Saturn in the 6th; an unsettled Uranus in the 4th so unsettled foundations under his feet; his bellicose Mars Pluto straddling the Descendant – and as ever a money-oriented Jupiter in the 8th though elusive Neptune is also in the 8th.
His relationship chart with Xi Jinping (both Sun Geminis) has a power-struggling, tussle-for-the-upper-hand Jupiter Pluto conjunction with an overdose of slippery and superficial Neptunian friendliness. On the midpoints there is a tr Pluto opposition the Mars/Jupiter midpoint at the moment which can be successful though also opportunistic. Where it will run into trouble is late June right through till November with tensions erupting and disappointments.
If Trump’s take off time of 2.37pm Washington, DC, represents the start of the visit – it has a grandstanding Pluto in the 5th (= distraction tactic); a superficially charming Venus in the 10th; a needs-support Moon in the 7th plus unreliable Neptune and chilly Saturn also in the 7th house of relationships. A hidden Mars in the financial 8th squares Jupiter so echoing his relationship with Xi Jinping. There may be attempts to do financial deals out of sight.
Xi Jinping has his own troubles to finesse with his 3rd Term chart, 23 October 2022, labouring under a blocked Solar Arc Pluto square the Sun and Venus now and on for several months. Plus a fairly catastrophic feel from the Bank of China chart, 1 December 1948, as both tr Neptune and Solar Arc Neptune hard aspect the Mars Jupiter bringing financial calamities and disappointment through this year; with more tensions piling on from this August to the end of the year.
Melania is ducking out of this trip and with tr Pluto square her Taurus Sun she is under considerable pressure, until late this June and again on and off till late 2027. Her midpoints are also stressed through the same period. She will be jolted and jangled by tr Uranus conjunct her Mars this August through October and again in 2027. It must be odd being in the inner circle and watching Trump in a constant state of bile and vituperation about everyone and everything. Their relationship will by upending in some way in the first half of this June, and again mid December into spring 2027 as tr Uranus squares their composite Pluto; with a sinking sense of confusion early August to late December 2026.
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