The Trump trail of tears and terror continues to lengthen as he retreats from saving the world in the face of Putin and Netanyahu’s intransigence and instead turns his vengeful laser on home targets – Jerome Powell of the Federal Reserve, John Bolton, former ally turned critic, and Democrat-run cities which he deems killing zones because of the murder rate.
Chicago is next in his sights despite have a lower mortality rate than many GOP run cities which has envigorated the Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker, a potential Democratic presidential hopeful, into mounting a stalwart defence against any prospect of federal troops being sent in.
A commentator said: “This clash runs deeper than a short-term political spat. It might develop into a full-blown crisis between a Republican White House and a major Democratic-run city and state. Likely legal challenges could turn on core values of republicanism in a dispute between a president with a monarchical sense of power and a state that rejects federal duress.”
Trump has already dispatched troops onto the streets of Los Angeles and Washington, DC, and is clearly pushing his testing of the limits of executive power and a way of normalizing the idea of khaki-clad soldiers conducting domestic law enforcement.
The Chicago mayor said ““What the president is proposing is military occupation of the city of Chicago and cities across America.” California governor Gavin Newsom has accused the president of using the military as a “private army.”
J.B. Pritzker, 19 January 1965 1.01 pm Palo Alto, California, is a billionaire businessman and politician. He is a final degree Capricorn Sun with a formidable Mars, Pluto and Uranus in Virgo as well as a Virgo Moon opposition an executive 10th house Saturn – and an 8th house Venus Mercury in Taurus. Plus a high-finance Jupiter in Taurus opposition Neptune. There’s nothing much to suggest success in 2028. But his relationship with Trump which is riddled with dislike at the best of times will be turned upside down this December and mid March to early April 2026.
Chicago will be a worthy foe for Trump, 4 March 1837, since its Mars Jupiter in Leo is conjunct Trump’s 12th house power-hungry Pluto. That relationship chart hints the war of words will escalate over the winter with continued pressure beyond that.
Trump’s relationship with John Bolton and Jerome Powell also show considerable unrest and turbulence when Uranus retrogrades to late Taurus from this November to April 2026. With Powell’s woes continuing into 2026. Gavin Newsom/Trump will also creak and groan now through 2026 and on.
I wondered – for the umpteenth time – precisely what drives Trump – astrologically speaking. Gemini like all signs has its trickier side and can be unfeeling. A Gemini North Node tends to rush around like a bull in a china shop. Mars in Leo is bombastic and a flagrant attention-seeker, can oddly be petty when it feels ignored, but Leo itself is not renowned as a sign with a vengeful streak. Uranus in the 10th demands freedom and dislikes having to submit to rules. All of which suggest a temperament veering towards the chaotic and impractical with no Earth signs – but not of a Stalinesque dictator or a Viktor Orban for that matter (Sun Gemini square Pluto with Mars opposition Saturn.)
There are two other ways of approaching a chart. One is with midpoints and his, unsurprisingly, has a super-confident Sun square Mars/Jupiter and Jupiter square Sun/Pluto. But he also ominously has his 12th house Pluto sitting on the midpoint of Mars/Saturn which has overtones of brutality and destruction and will give him a capacity for great unkindness (cruelty). Especially so with a 12th house Pluto which can have a deep, dark reservoir of intense over reactions.
The other approach is via Fixed stars.
Trump has Mars conjunct Alphard, the Hydra water snake which is associated with – trouble and scandal through love affairs. “This conjunction brings out the dynamo in the native. Properly directed it brings them to leadership. However, the native may bring on sorrows and possibly scandals due to their actions. These natives are generally daring and foolhardy, defiant and stubborn.” He shares this with Benjamin Netanyahu.
Ascendant conjunct Regulus – a splendid and illustrious life; glorious, mighty and commanding nature; fame, busy with many activities, bountiful resources, well known or feared. Illustrious generals who subjugate regions and cities, are inclined to speak frankly, have a taste for fighting. Great honour and wealth, and violence and trouble, acute disease, benefits seldom last, victory over enemies and scandal.
Manilius a Roman poet of AD 30 is quoted.:
‘But when the Lion shews his ravenous Jaws
Prepared for Rapine, and unsheaths his Paws,
A Spendthrift’s born, who minds himself alone
—
So fast his Gluttony, his Lust so wild
That he devours himself, yet is not fill’d.’
Midheaven conjunct Algol: A splendid and illustrious life. Both negative and positive influences. The darker side is bigoted, secretive, subject to violence, either to or by the native, a propagandist. Mass vandalism, fanaticism, tragedies, ruthlessness. Algol has has a long tradition as a troublemaker.
Saturn conjunct Procyon he shares with the Marquis de Sade, Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua dictator), George W. Bush, Itamar Ben-Gvir (Israel minister of National Security), John F. Kennedy.
The 2025 Inauguration chart which has a dictatorial, intimidating Sun Pluto opposition Mars – also has Jupiter conjunct Aldebaran: This position brings recognition or glory that has not been earned. Unless a conscious path is followed all will be lost eventually.
And Mars conjunct Procyon: The native can become involved in statements that are open to question or debate. There may be a complete lack of compassion for others. Scandalous actions and insensitive, cruel actions, prideful and of a controversial nature.
For Fixed stars see Astrology King website. V helpful.
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