Election year 2020, more so than any election year in at least 60 years, is marked by overriding themes so huge that they almost dwarf the presidential candidates themselves, who become more like allegorical figures out of a Medieval Morality Play. But this is a Contemporary Morality Play with very high stakes politically, economically and socially. For this reason I have concentrated on those larger themes to date in making my election predictions. In Oct. 2019 at a public lecture in Dallas I first predicted that Donald Trump would be re-elected President of the United States. Though no opposing candidate had yet been chosen, I made my case, and I still stand by it. Continue reading
Category: Politics
The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election: A Contemporary Morality Play – Part 2
In my studies of American presidential elections held within a few months of the JU-SA conjunctions, notably when both the election and inauguration occurs close to the conjunction date, I have observed that that president is elevated and becomes more important in U.S. history, whether deserved or not. They play a major role historically. Here is from my book, In Search of Destiny, 2012, p. 40: Continue reading
Astrology and the Individual: An Astrologer Looks at the Rise of Marxism & Postmodernism
In natal astrology and the study of the birth chart of an individual, astrologers develop a deep understanding that we are looking at the specific destiny of an individual, and that that individual will have a destiny that is not going to be equal to all others in respect to abilities, health, wealth, status, education, marriage, or relationships. Nor do we invent that a planet or zodiacal sign suddenly has new meaning and/or gender assignment because we reject previous traditional knowledge on the subject, as in Postmodernism, which rejects previous universalist ideas of objective reality, morality, truth, human nature, reason, science, language, and social progress. Postmodernism rejects Marxism and Christianity, among others in a long list of what it considers failed meta-narratives. But what may unite Marxism and Postmodernism is an ever expanding list of grievances, even if not the same exact list. Continue reading
Coronavirus – The Bigger Picture & Time-Lines
The year 2020 was always the target year, both politically and astrologically. The Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in Dec. 2020 highlights an astrological target year, and with it many non-astrological factors that can also be described by the planets. When the JU-SA conjunctions started to dominate in sidereal EARTH signs, from Sept. 9, 1921, the shift began from the previous FIRE period that had featured the power of both religion and the nation-state. In the EARTH period (1921-2199), businesses, corporate conglomerates, industrialists and bankers would gain increasing power over nations and their policies. Continue reading
Coronavirus – War Against “the Invisible Enemy”
By Edith Hathaway © 2020
The last time we fought “the Invisible Enemy” – in real and also astrological terms – was in Sept. 2001, with the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and elsewhere. This time a public health crisis is affecting almost all nations in the world, most of which are currently on lockdown. Again as in 2001, international trade and travel are radically disrupted, this time to an unprecedented degree, at least from mid-March 2020 onward. Most schools, universities, and businesses were ordered to close through April 30th at a minimum. Other businesses require staff to work from home. Continue reading
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Brexit – Finally!
“My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive.” Boris Johnson (age 40), The Independent, 2004.
And yet on July 24, 2019 Boris Johnson did become U.K. Prime Minister (at age 55), with his mandate assured in a nationwide election five months later. Vedic astrology could have told us that Johnson would be greatly elevated in the public sphere within a few months before or after Sept. 9, 2016. This date marked the start of his 16-year Mercury Dasha (a planetary period) and a phenomenally successful period in his life. Continue reading
Jupiter-Saturn 2020: The Tipping Point
By Edith Hathaway © 2019
Many arenas of life are sweeping to a tipping point in Dec. 2020. As we approach this tipping point, the excesses or weaknesses of any ideology become more obvious, as if they are ready to either explode or break. Though many arenas are in play, among the most prominent is the battle between Nationalism and Globalism, with Nationalism and issues of national sovereignty generally supported by the Right, and Globalism and One World Government generally supported by the Left. Continue reading
December 2019: Solar Eclipse & a Planetary Conclave in Sagittarius
By Edith Hathaway © 2019
December 2019 brings some extra acceleration and intensity due to eclipses on Dec. 26, 2019 and Jan. 10, 2020. They occur at 9:59 Sagittarius and 25:52 Gemini, respectively. (All planetary positions are sidereal zodiac/Lahiri ayanamsha.) In addition, we have a Sagittarian focus for nearly eight weeks. This includes the entire month of Dec. 2019 and from Nov. 21, 2019 to Jan. 12, 2020. Continue reading
Immigration – the Defining Issue of the 2020 U.S. Election. Part 1
Part 1: Immigration – Left and Right
By Edith Hathaway © 2019
“It’s a Republic, if you can keep it.” Benjamin Franklin, 1789
Jupiter is the planet of expansion, abundance, law, justice and religion, while Saturn is the planet of constriction, discipline, limits, borders and rules – especially for marriage, families, and societies. Saturn is more concerned with tradition, material security and safety. In the planetary hierarchy, the teaching is that rules are needed in the midst of expansion and prosperity. Continue reading
Immigration – the Defining Issue of the 2020 U.S. Election. Part 2
PART 2: WHO WINS THE IMMIGRATION BATTLE?
By Edith Hathaway © 2019
WHY GLOBALISM MAY FAIL IN THE EARTH PERIOD FROM 2020
The next U.S. Presidential Election will hinge on who wins the battle between Globalism and Nationalism. It has now become a very heated battle, especially in the U.S., where President Trump is leading the fight for Nationalists, and the Globalists are mostly Democrats who are firmly supported by the United Nations. Continue reading
Spies, Propaganda, Censorship & the Origins of the Trump-Russia Collusion Investigation
By Edith Hathaway © 2019
This is not breaking news. It has been out there in independent media for several years, but you may not have heard it. The conspiracy against Donald Trump began from at least 2015 onward and used the combined powers of the DOJ (U.S. Dept. of Justice), the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), the NSA (National Security Agency), and the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) to run a counterintelligence operation against a presidential candidate, also using foreign intelligence agencies. Their allies were the leftist mainstream media, also known as the DNC (Democratic National Committee) Media Complex. But even earlier, from 2012 onward, the Obama administration spied on its political opponents through illegal access to the NSA data base. Continue reading
Jussie Smollett – Act 2
By Edith Hathaway ©2019
On Tues. March 26, 2019 all criminal charges against the actor Jussie Smollett were suddenly and mysteriously dropped and the case sealed by Cook County Attorney General Kim Foxx. This was for his alleged hate crime hoax on Jan. 29, 2019. Though she had recused herself in the case on Feb. 19, 2019, Foxx now says she had not really done so. The sequence is unprecedented due to the prior Grand Jury indictment of Jussie Smollett with 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct for making a false police report. The indictment was based on only a portion of the large body of evidence presented by the Chicago Police Department. Continue reading
Jussie Smollett – Hate Crime Hoax in Chicago
By Edith Hathaway © 2019
Jussie Smollett, the popular American TV actor and singer, was charged on Feb. 21, 2019 with the felony of filing a false police report. He faces the possibility of up to 3 years in prison for an alleged hate crime that Chicago Police now says he himself choreographed. His bond was set at $100,000, and upon paying a $10,000 bond he was released from police custody the same day, with a court date set for March 14, 2019. In spite of overwhelming physical evidence and testimony, evidence from surveillance cameras as well as credit card, bank, phone, and text records from Smollett and the two men he hired and rehearsed to do the deed, Smollett continues to plead innocent of any wrongdoing. Continue reading
The U.S.-China Trade War & Related Topics
By Edith Hathaway ©2018
The Trade War between the United States, China and other top economy nations can be studied from various angles and over shorter and longer periods of time to better understand it. And since the U.S. and China are by far the world’s two largest economies, any trade disputes between them have the largest ramifications. We will cover this topic both in the short term (2018-2020) and the longer term (1961-2080). As we shall see also, trade wars and disputes share many of the same issues with immigration. Continue reading
Brett Kavanaugh and the Run-up to the Last Close Pluto Station opposite the USA Sun (3° orb)
by Edith Hathaway © 2018
“If you vote no – you’re legitimizing the most despicable thing I have ever seen in my time in politics,” said a furious Senator Lindsay Graham to Republican colleagues at Brett Kavanaugh’s Judicial Committee hearing Sept. 27, 2018, also dubbed the Sexual Assault Hearing. On their side, Democrats decided the hearing was also despicable, but for totally different reasons. Some of this was echoed in the T-shirts of battling supporters outside the Dirksen Senate Office building that morning, with a much admired anti-Kavanaugh T-shirt reading “Men are Trash” and a pro-Kavanaugh T-shirt reading “I Stand with Brett.” Continue reading
Peter Strzok – Update
Peter Strzok (pronounced “strock”) was the lead FBI investigator in the Mueller probe into both Hillary Clinton’s emails and the Trump-Russia collusion, 2015 -2017. Last month I wrote about The Inspector General’s Report, June 14, 2018 and the critical role Strzok played in both of these high profile investigations. He appeared before Congressional hearings June 27, 2018 (behind-closed-doors) and July 12, 2018 (televised). Both sessions endured for over 10 hours, but the latter received particular notoriety. This story is not over yet. Continue reading
More Investigation around the 2016 U.S. Election: The Inspector General’s Report, June 14, 2018
by Edith Hathaway © 2018
The IG Report: Background
“On July 10, 2015, the FBI Counterintelligence Division opened a criminal investigation [on Hillary Clinton’s emails] in response to the 811 referral from the IC IG [Office of the Intelligence Community Inspector General].[i] Although only a small percentage of 811 referrals result in criminal investigations, witnesses told the OIG [Office of the Inspector General] that a criminal investigation was necessary to determine the extent of classified information on former Secretary Clinton’s private server, who was responsible for introducing the information into an unclassified system, and why it was placed there. The FBI gave the investigation the code name ‘Midyear Exam’…” Continue reading
Russiagate Showdown – 13 Russians Indicted
By Edith Hathaway © 2018
On Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 at 1:30 pm EST, the U.S. Dept. of Justice held an important press conference. Mainstream media called it a decisive turning point in the findings of an 18-month long federal investigation into President Trump’s possible collusion with Russia to affect the outcome of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election – a topic widely known as “Russiagate.” Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein presided at the event. The FBI-led investigation has been ongoing since late July 2016, initially under Special Counsel James Comey, FBI Director (2013-2017), and continuing under Robert Mueller, FBI director (2001-2013). Trump fired Comey as FBI Director May 9, 2017, and 8 days later Mueller was appointed Special Counsel. He was not present at the Feb. 16, 2018 press conference. Continue reading
Anatomy of a Pluto Station: Las Vegas Shooting and Other Notable Events
By Edith Hathaway © 2017
Of course this wasn’t just any Pluto Station. When Pluto went Stationary Direct (from the earth’s vantage point) on Sept. 28, 2017 it was extraordinary in being almost exactly opposite the USA Sun, and the first time ever in U.S. history and in Pluto’s 248-year orbit around the Sun that such a phenomenon has occurred. I’ve been writing about this astronomical/astrological event since spring 2017, but let us review some of the main components. Continue reading
The Great Divide: American Civil War Redux
by Edith Hathaway © 2017
The American Civil War of the 1860s is reappearing in multiple ways during the summer and fall of 2017: The classic Civil War film Gone with the Wind (1939) was removed from a popular film festival in Memphis, Tennessee. Deemed “insensitive” to the local population, which is 64% black, it was removed from the 2017 and 2018 series after a showing on Aug. 11, 2017. The statue of Robert E. Lee and other Confederate soldiers may be removed all across the South. An Asian TV announcer with the name Robert Lee was removed from his announcer post at ESPN – temporarily, as a football game Aug. 26, 2017 was to be held in Charlottesville, Virginia, the scene of the protests and counter protests in mid-August regarding Robert E. Lee’s statue.[i] And since George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were also major slave owners, the question arises: Should their statues be removed as well? And what about their images on U.S. currency? Continue reading