Abraham Lincoln’s election in late 1860 was held under an intense, pressured Scorpio Sun opposition Pluto and by the Inauguration in March 1825 there was an aggravated/enraged Mars Pluto conjunction. It led directly to the Civil War with secessionist states forming into the Confederacy after his election. Neptune was in late Pisces at that point with Uranus on its exact Return on the USA 1776 chart.
Another Mars Pluto Inauguration was in 1825 4 March, after John Quincy Adams was elected president by Congress since none of the four candidates secured a majority of votes in the electoral college. At his Inauguration there was Mars conjunct Pluto in Aries trine Saturn; with the highly-strung Uranus Neptune in Capricorn. He is ranked as an average president, since his ambitious agenda could not get through Congress. Post-presidency he made a vehement stance against slavery, and fought for the rights of women and Native Americans.
Two other Inaugurations where the electoral college apparently did not coincide with the popular vote were in March 1877 when Rutherford Hayes became president after a backroom deal. That happened with a downbeat Sun conjunct Saturn; and a disruptive and controlling Uranus opposition Mercury square Pluto.
On 5 March 1889 Benjamin Harrison became president having received fewer votes than his opponent but carried the Electoral College, 233 to 168. That Inauguration had Sun inconjunct Saturn and a stressed Mars trine Saturn; as well as the Neptune Pluto conjunction.
More recent Inauguration charts prior to major military conflicts are mixed.
The G.W. Bush Inauguration in 2001 leading onto 9/11, Afghanistan Iraq etc had an afflicted Mars in Scorpio opposition Saturn square Uranus; and a dirty-dealings 8th house Pluto Moon conjunction.
Woodrow Wilson in 1913 pre WW1 – a Mars Uranus conjunction.
Franklin Roosevelt in 1941 pre-entering WW11 had a hugely stressful Pluto opposition Sun Mercury square Saturn Jupiter in Taurus opposition a Scorpio Moon; plus a ruthless Mars trine Pluto.
Harry Truman Inauguration 1949 before the Korean War – Mars opposition Pluto.
Joe Biden’s Inauguration was stark enough with a Mars Uranus conjunction square Jupiter Saturn. But although there were global conflicts of concern there was nothing that dragged the US into open conflict.
The 2029 Inauguration has a Mars trine (Sun) Pluto trine Uranus; with Mars opposition Neptune in Aries. The Neptune in Aries may help to soften the effects of Mars, Pluto, Uranus which looks tumultuous; though it is also undermining the USA Venus, Jupiter and moving to square the USA Sun before this term finishes. Uranus has cleared the Uranus Return on the USA chart by several months at the election.
The aftermath of the USA’s Pluto Return was always going to be a slow process of revisioning what comes next.
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