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Does he really believe the hateful and incendiary things he says? His astrology suggests that he doesn’t. Trump is an addict who will say or do anything to get his next x.
A Deal with the Devil: Betraying His Own
Values
In addition to Venus’s other duties as the ruler of the 2015 solar return chart, Lord of the Year, and ruler of
Trump’s natal Tenth House, Venus also represents Trump’s values: the things he truly cares about. Viewed in this context, his astrology in 2015 shows some disturbing trends. Not only has Trump distanced himself from his core values, but those values are being corrupted and corroded.
and square the Ascendant. Because Venus can never be more than 47° from the Sun, the semi-square between the Sun and Venus is signi cant: It’s the only hard aspect possible between these two planets. Venus is as far from the Sun as it can be, and the semi-square creates frustration because Trump’s
values (Venus) are at odds with both his integrity (Sun) and his desires (Mars). His values are also in direct con ict with his personality and how he presents himself to the world because Venus is square the Ascendant, and this con ict is even more pronounced because Venus also rules the Ascendant. In the return chart, Venus occupies the Fourth House, so Trump’s true values are private, personal, and hidden from the world. You could also describe them
as buried.
As well in the return chart, Venus is mutually applying to a quincunx to
Neptune in the Eleventh House. e Eleventh House relates to Trump’s dreams, ambitions, and the things he believes he needs to acquire to be happy. Neptune in the Eleventh House glamorizes these dreams, making them attractive, seductive, and deceptive. Quincunxes occur between planets in signs with no common ground, and they represent separation, disruption, and radical changes of context. e quincunx between Venus and Neptune in Trump’s 2015 return chart is his “deal with the devil.” Neptune promises
Trump that all of his fantasies can come true, and he can have everything he wants: All he has to do is betray his values, give
“Trump’s astrology in 2015 shows some disturbing trends. Not only has he distanced himself from his core values, but those values are being corrupted and corroded.“
up his integrity, and pretend to be something he is not.
e pressure to transform his values is not new. Directed Pluto has been semi-square Trump’s natal Venus since August 16, 2014, and
the aspect continues through November 27, 2017. Lilly is conspicuously silent about directed Pluto—possibly because when Pluto
is shows up rst in the solar return chart where Venus in Leo is semi-square both the Sun and Mars
was discovered, Lilly had been dead for two centuries—so I’ve extrapolated what directed Pluto in di cult aspect might represent: overwhelming forces bringing destruction and transformation, irrevocable
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and profound losses, immense pressure, and a sense of helplessness and doom. Directed Pluto is in Trump’s Tenth House, so all this comes from his public