President Oprah Winfrey - social justice warrior

Oprah Winfrey stole the show at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards in her acceptance speech for the Cecil B DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award and what she said hit a resounding note  given the recent addition of the TimesUp movement to the list of causes a social warrior can espouse -and make no mistake -Oprah is essentially a social warrior intent on justice for all.

But what about President Winfrey?

Murmurings have likely been around awhile before the January 2018 ignition provided for the possibility of Oprah running for US President in November 2020.

The notion is way beyond whimsy or dreamland when you look at what Oprah has on board.

Time and place are the intersections of destiny. In some contexts it's simply called karma. And the future can be written. Can be viewed. Can be anticipated.

A black woman President would be a phenomenal shift in the landscape of American politics..and this is where things are at in the reckonings of astrologers who see the accumulation of energies building in the political sign Capricorn..with the associated planet Saturn now in the picture since Dec 22 2017, joining Pluto and soon to converge with Jupiter.

But it has been the Uranus in Aries era since 2011 that has worked alongside Pluto in Capricorn as a demolition team at work around the globe sweeping away old power bases old regimes old networks -installing Wild Cards, preferencing the unlikely the unexpected. 

Uranus has the credentials to do all this & at a very fundamental, far reaching level when in collusion with Pluto. So the process has been underway, often out of sight for several years before it's fruits have become increasingly in view.

Oprah Winfrey is one of the fruits. So too is Donald Trump, Macron, Trudeau, Ardern. It's a mixed bunch..the resolution is still awaited regarding the creation of a world which works for people not for money.

Looking at the birth chart for Oprah her Aquarian Sun-Venus is really tight with Saturn in Scorpio. All at effectively 9 degrees. This degree is very activated by anything at 23-24-25 degrees.

The disempowerment experiences delivered by Saturn in Scorpio drive her Aquarian passion for social justice.

Her chart has Pluto at 24, Mars at 23, lunar nodal axis and Chiron at 23 - these factors amplify and reinforce the fundamental essence of her personality as stated above. She understands pain, abuse, unfairness. She has had to transform, remake, rebuild herself to overcome the wounds of abuse. 

This is the mountain she had to climb in this lifetime and she has reached that inner goal while also manifesting incredible achievements on the world stage through her media company - which gives back and delivers highly on the scale of empathy and compassion.

All this and more is readable just from the chart graphic below -but it is the future that beckons now with the accumulation of energy mounting in Capricorn -and given a solid framework with the entry of Saturn over Oprah's ascendant [at the end of Sagittarius] and into 0 degrees Capricorn from December 22 2017.

The Capricorn zone is the first house in Oprah's personal chart wheel and this is the Self, the identity - so now a strengthening of Oprah's sense of mission, of responsibility becomes increasingly heightened. Not something to ignore with Pluto there..something that feels like a strong compulsion..an unavoidable commitment -and the highest commitment in a democracy is to lead the nation.

November 3 2020, voting day in the US sees a gathering of the significant energies in Capricorn:

Jupiter-Pluto-Saturn at 21-23-26 degrees - with 23 as an effective midpoint. All promise mastery, ultimate achievement -and in combination an incredible peak for anyone blessed with this activation by conjunction

Referencing Oprah's birth chart above to focus on the standout energies of the day - she has the following highly significant activations on Nov 3 2020 due to the Jupiter-Pluto-Saturn conjunction:

• Mars & lunar nodal axis at 23 are activated
• Pluto at 24 is activated
• 23/24 activate her Sun-Venus-Saturn all at 9
• Uranus at 8 Taurus activates her Sun-Venus-Saturn
• these factors alone constitute huge and hugely relevant successful achievement energy that is capable of taking the Presidency and initiating another great evolution in Oprah's life.

Inauguration day Jan 20 2021 has

• Sun just enters Aquarius [her birthday approaches]
• Mars-Jupiter-Uranus now all connect at 6-7 degrees -still in range of Oprah's Sun-Venus-Saturn
• Pluto at nearly 25 degrees still activating her Sun-Venus-Saturn
• A collection at 18-19 degrees activates Oprah's Jupiter and Mercury - [Mercury conjunct at 18, Neptune 19, Nodes at 19] A helluva lot of talking, inspirational speech-making, destiny !

The potential for this outcome is so high that it will be pure joy to see it unfold for the benefit of America, for the benefit of the world.

Updates as relevant 

By July 2018: Oprah still holding a No position - but possibly still with an "If God sends me a sign" option

The astrology is so strong that it will be important to watch for any shift in 2019 when transit Pluto at 23 Capricorn for several months is absolutely latched onto her 23 Capricorn life purpose indicator -the lunar north node. If it's still NO by Feb 2020 then Oprah must have another major plan up her sleeve.

Capricorn Research UK has added to this question of a political future for Oprah

Charlottesville eclipse flashpoint for US & world

August 2017 is an eclipse month -two eclipses in a month known for drama on the world stage and in 2017 the drama is primarily coming out of America, with President Donald Trump the poster boy for the uncontrolled human emotions which are posing significant collective threat.

Great American Eclipse August 2017

via Express

Eclipse pairs occur close to every 6 months and their energetic impact extends often far longer. So what gets stirred up in the eclipse period has considerable significance.

In assessing the energy mix that is present the ingredients are examined - like looking at a cake recipe - what is put in and combined creates certain distinctive flavours, textures and certain outcomes.

August 2017 with eclipses on the 7th and 21st - and the latter one being the most potent -a total solar eclipse it is clear already to astronomers that the late August event has a visible pathway across mainland America.

The themes of both eclipses, the lunar and solar are repeating the same refrains: they involve the need to resolve major conflicts and to moderate extreme responses.

The implications of the solar eclipse pathway - to observers of esoteric significances - is that America will feature majorly in the themes activated in August 2017 - though the significance for humanity in general is implicit in the solar-lunar cycles that we are continually impacted by.
[ June 1918 was the last similar pathway but it was a whole different cake recipe -the eclipse with multiple factors in Gemini and mutable signs activated saw major train crash in Nashville; a mass poisoning in Chicago]

Drama is the outward expression typically seen when Leo energies are highlighted and reinforced - but the fundamental suffering feeding this disturbance is important to reflect upon.

While the predominant energies of Leo, Pisces and Libra in August can generate the responses of love, compassion, harmony and peace in many people there are powerful opposing impulses involving Pluto, Capricorn and Aries which will be intensely activated in the minds of others - to seek power at all costs, responding with hatred, cold cruelty and brutal repression. Leo at its worst is very ego-driven and will also latch onto a dictatorial urge expressed through Pluto. Leo also belongs to the tribal group of signs [ Leo, Scorpio, Taurus, Aquarius] for whom survivalist instincts are extremely strong.

We are not all created equal in our personalities or dispositions. Each of us operates from the frameworks and filters which serve as gateways and methods of comprehension in interpreting the world around us. Each of us sits somewhere along the spectra of response to every issue, every intellectual, every emotional stimulant.

This is why agreement can be so hard to reach beween people who sit at the extreme peripheries and how there is much more hope when people have closer mental/emotional alignment.

With nuclear devastation being risked in the ego battle between President Trump and North Korean President Kim Jong-Un these two men are clearly in the territory of conflict and finding restraint a challenge to their impulses.

Diplomacy seems lost in this era of American politics.

Robert E Lee statue

As August proceeded and the eclipse energies strengthened before the solar eclipse American home territory saw events which typify the themes in play: in Charlottesville Virginia on August 12 two very strongly opposing forces met at the Unite the Right Rally and mayhem erupted, emotions running high and physical violence spreading. Within this seething suffering one man decided to allow his impulses full reign. It is incredible than only one person died [albeit with multiple persons injured ] when he used his car as a killing machine into a crowd of anti-racism demonstrators gathered to challenge the extremist and heavily armed neo-Nazi and KKK allegiants there to protest the removal of a beloved Confederate statue of General Robert E Lee. The mood had darkened since the April 2017 proposal to remove the statue to calm racial tensions. 

The opposing sides in the August rally were in some respects indistinguishable in their hatred and violence  of each other according to an on-site New York Times reporter @SherylNYT

No matter what the cause being defended any white self-identified patriot American using the violent fear-inducing methods of fundamentalist terrorists is justifiably defined as a terrorist.

For all of us the pressure is building within to find the balance between impulse and restraint and to find out where we sit along the spectrum of compassion and aggression.

Snowden thinking along the same lines at this time

postscripts:
In New Zealand the right wing government has proposed just weeks before the general election to set up a military-style programme to deal with a sector defined as hardened youth criminals. Seen as desperate politics by those in justice and social support networks in an international context, this approach is regarded as doomed to failure.
The opposing values are highly activated in such an issue.
The offending youth are seen as "bad" while the socio-economic drivers of poverty and alienation perpetuated by this long-standing government through the politics of inequality are what government opponents can see as grounds for compassion and as an alarm call to address deep-seated social problems.
In New Zealand public response to politician Metiria Turei and the issues of poverty and inequality also activated the two opposing sides -punishment and compassion..read more in a recent post on this site

The Trump risk being magnified in August is highlighted in a prior astrology post from 2017

Australian politicians including Turnbull and Bishop have gone troppo in a very dramatic fashion accusing the NZ Labour Party of trying to undermine Australian sovereignty and bring down the Liberal [cough] government

update:
Also read analysis re the similarly hate-driven terror attacks in Barcelona Spain, August 17 2017

Trump Travel Ban & What's to Come - Written in the Stars

Latest: 
August 2017
Trump promises "fire and fury like the world has never seen"
August eclipses empower Trumpinator to unleash:

[May to August -unprecedented number of staffers fired as Trump comes under state scrutiny]

May 2017
Trump tells Comey: "You're Fired"
Trump sends missiles into Syria
April 2017
Trump overturns Obama Climate Change policies March 2017
Trump Escalating attacks on the Resistance 
February 2017


America has erupted in a state of protest after recently inaugurated President Donald Trump wasted no time in delivering executive orders reflecting his campaign promises.

Full text of the executive order "Muslim ban"

BBC report

Trump has focussed primarily on foreign nationals he believes are a threat to US security and wellbeing and foreign trade agreements that he thinks are detrimental to US economic interests.

The foreign aspect in astrology refers to the energy of Sagittarius.

Since late 2014 the restrictive energies of planet Saturn have blended with the normally expansive energies of Sagittarius* and all expressions that carry Sagittarian themes.

In total the Saturn in Sagittarius effect will endure for another year - making it a full 3 year experience before Saturn connects with its home base: in Capricorn.

While Saturn has been in Sagittarius the free flow of mass migration out of war-torn or economically deprived countries has been significantly curtailed. Many European nations experienced such significant numbers of new migrants/refugees that services failed to cope and public compassion flipped into distress, discomfort, fear. Policies of openness were reversed. Fences erected. Refugees detained.

Significant political crises erupted in Europe, Britain and Australia around the management of mass numbers of people wanting to escape their conditions of life and find prosperity, peace, safety in another land.

Since the US Presidential electoral campaign during 2016 America and the world has been put on notice that Donald Trump would carry through policies highly consistent with the restrictive energies of Saturn impacting on the Sagittarian aspects of life, specifically the foreign and the foreigner.

Trump has opted for the Wild West management style, the "shoot first, ask questions later" approach - by targeting people of a religious faith en masse - not just those posing the most significant threats.

When Trump issued his executive order in January 2017 on the 27th of the month, just hours before the New Moon that evening in Washington, Saturn was at 24 degrees Sagittarius. This energy linked strongly to the transiting position of Venus at 24 degrees in Pisces - reflecting the detrimental impact on relationships based on love, compassion, spiritual connection.

The travel ban has separated and will continue to separate people from their loved ones.

The intensity of this enforced restriction is emphasised by the New Moon = Sun and Moon combined at 8 Aquarius being in tight connection to Saturn [45 degree semisquare]

Chiron-Venus-Mars all in Pisces cover a range from 22-30 degrees, with their energies converging at 26 Pisces - so many soft, loving and sensitive energies [Pisces] placed under the harsh duress of restriction and separation [Saturn] created by officialdom's law [Saturn in Sagittarius] and channeled through a man now drunk with power:

• Trump's birth chart has exactly the same main axis points -AC-DC at 29 Leo-Aquarius and MC-IC at 24 Taurus-Scorpio as the January New Moon. 
• In addition his birth time time featured a Gemini-Sagittarius Full Moon and a Saturn-Venus conjunction  -all comprising ingredients that are reflected in the January New Moon energies. Trump definitely sees himself as Big Daddy [Saturn in Cancer] -not only in his family but also now to a whole nation. But his protective/protectionist psychology has a dark side, an "us and them" with Saturn working against the Moon [by quincunx] placing significant limitations on his openness and capacity to care for those who feel "foreign " to him. 

• This places great limitations on his role as leader of the most powerful Western nation because fundamentally, even aside from the outright loose cannon tendencies, eccentricities and bloodymindedness [courtesy of Uranus] and the pronounced narcissistic traits delivered by Mars in Leo on the Ascendant, Trump is psychologically deficient on the level of moral and compassionate humanity to fulfil the essentially balanced leadership role required at the Presidential level in America.

• The consequences of having Trump in power in America are horrendous on a global scale given that the two eclipses of February 2017 will embolden his drive for power -[Mars in Leo activated by Feb 11 lunar eclipse and Pluto in Leo activated by Feb 26 Solar Eclipse.] But the planets keep delivering: even the 2017 August eclipses are set to amplify Trump's megalomania.

• With eclipses delivering a minimum 6 month period of effect, it is likely that Trump will experience an extended period of intoxication with his extreme capacity to get exactly what he wants, how he wants.  This is truly a global warning. 
• There is though a significant spanner in the works which has the capacity to somewhat frustrate the Trumpinator. 
• Born in the late building phase of an exact Full Moon eclipse his Moon is 21 Sagittarius and Sun 23 Gemini. Planet Saturn which was in close connection to Trump's birth eclipse [giving him a Tough Daddy persona - is currently in range of both his Sun and Moon again, and now in Sagittarius is a signifier of political and executive authority and in SAG, political legal authority the administration of which has been emotionally comforting for Trump even before his inauguration. Saturn opposed his Sun at his inauguration where he was stamped with the requisite Saturnian hallmarks of authority and status. But the Saturn effect opposite his birth Sun position creates less vitality, more opposition [first seen as inauguration protests] and the next time to watch will be late June-mid July and middle weeks of October when more opposing forces seek to counter the wilful President and his Divine Right of Kings mindset. With his inherent killer instinct aroused when crossed and the numbers of citizens holding him in contempt, drama on a medieval scale is waiting offstage.

Below are the midpoints of energy in Trump's chart. When Pluto in Sept-Oct 2017 retrogrades over the last minutes of 16 Capricorn many over-the-top personality traits [birth energies at or synergising in the range 15-17 in Cancer and Libra will most likely be in full abusive outburst [a lot will occur in the context of family members and home environment ] and the alternate outcome of a profoundly transformational atonement is extremely remote. The chances of Trump attracting a resonant extreme and destructive energy also remain high in this period

A New moon is effective during the lunar month until the next one and begins its effects up to three days before exactitude.

    NEW MOON Washington January 27 2017  click to enlarge

January 2017 Violation of Court Orders by Trump administration

February 2017 Leaked Copy of Religious Freedom executive order could overturn progress in social justice and equality - in many respects "a licence to discriminate" against gays, transgender....

Timeline of a Kleptocrat

Trump's Presidency is already being described as kleptocratic -corrupt

April 6 2017 -without Congressional approval, Trump ordered missile attacks against Syrian military

Points to note:

2017 eclipses [Universal Time UT]
Feb 11 lunar eclipse 22 Leo - activates multiple Trump energies at 20-23 degrees..all his power points
Feb 26 solar eclipse 8 Pisces - targets 22 and 23 degrees in Trump energies -more desire for power
August 7 lunar eclipse  15 Aquarius activates Chiron, Jupiter & Uranus for Trump - confidence to be as loose and uncontrolled as he wants
august 21 solar eclipse 29 Leo = right on Trump's 29 Leo Ascendant - another power enhancer

*Sagittarius is expansive energy 
- whether expressed through an 

• expanded physical state [excess weight, big growth, physical development, physical expertise as in sport]
• expanded experiential states [self development through exploration, travel, experiences beyond the familiar
• expanded mental state - [specialist fields of study, philosophical enquiry]
• expanded spiritual search -the search for meaning, explorations of religious belief