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the government, and people in positions of authority, interfered with Trump’s happiness. Even as Trump’s directed Sun activated and energized his Ascendant and Moon, the directed Sun also formed a square to natal Saturn, a direction that remains active until May 29, 2016. In hard aspect, the directed Sun brings “a loss of prestige and honor, general reverses of fortune, and di culties with authority, government, and speci cally men in positions of authority.” is triggers Trump’s natal Saturn, which also brings up issues with authority. Since Saturn rules Trump’s Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Houses, it creates losses from gambling and speculation and di culties in his workplace and partnerships.
At the same time, directed Saturn, in the Ninth House of the law, is square his Ascendant (through November 22, 2016), semi-square his natal Mercury (through June 18, 2015), and quincunx his natal Moon (from July 14,
2014 through August 30, 2016). Directed Saturn in hard aspect brings “loss of money and property, hard work, increased responsibility, deprivation, obstacles, obstructions, loss of favor from authority gures, and
depression.” e square to the Ascendant forces Trump to change how he engages with the world and expresses his personality. e semi-square to Mercury creates frustration that a ects his money (Mercury rules Trump’s Second House) and interferes with his Eleventh House ambitions (Mercury occupies the Eleventh House). But the quincunx between directed Saturn and the natal Moon matters the most.
Trump has a quincunx in his natal chart between the Moon and Saturn, and this primary direction speci cally activates this pattern in Trump’s chart. It signi es a period when Trump will experience a lack of safety (Moon) because a dramatic and complete change of context (quincunx) has disrupted his hopes, dreams, and ambitions (the Moon rules the Eleventh House).
is is all the fault of people in authority (Saturn) and unfair laws (directed Saturn in the Ninth House).
anks to the positive primary directions—in particular, the trines from his directed Sun to his natal Moon and Ascendant—Trump believes he’s invincible. He feels angry and betrayed by the laws that he believes
Donald Trump prepares to announce his candidacy on June 16.
threaten his ability to be happy. He needs to prove that he is right and that the laws (and everyone else) are wrong.
As powerful as these primary directions are, they represent only potential energy. ey need a strong trigger to activate them. at trigger happened in late November and early
December 2014.
roughout Trump’s 2014 solar
return cycle, ve key points received multiple, simultaneous triggers by transits from Pluto, Uranus, and
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