Given that one in five presidential terms start in years that ends in 1, and they occur every 20 years, and also that almost one in four presidents have been inaugurated in those years, statistically you'd expect a lot of party changes and major reversals in those years. This is mere coincidence, and it works by finding the pattern after the events have already happened. You can't really use it to predict future events with any certainty.
No, not
certainty; noone can use astrological predictions to claim "certainty." But it gives good indications. The Jupiter-Saturn conjunction, even apart from deaths in office, has indicated a major shift in party and/or policy. Kennedy's "
let us begin," and Reagan's (counter) "revolution," are two stark examples. So was Bush's reversal of Clinton to go back to Reaganism, and the new neo-con imperialism. (Clinton, on the other hand, made only
window-dressing changes to Reagan's policies). The 1941 example is quite profound; the start of the whole military-industrial complex. "Back to normalcy" in 1921. The progressive era with TR's accession. And so on all-the-way back.
The Reagan and Kennedy examples are especially instructive. Reagan's Reaganomics speech (quoted in
the Rachel Maddow video I keep posting) was delivered
on the very day of the exact conjunction; Kennedy's inaugural speech just a few weeks before the exact date.
The only question remains, since the exact cycle between conjunctions is actually a bit less than 20 years long, now that it has shifted back into the election year itself, what will this mean for American history, and when these shifts occur? stay tuned and watch what happens in the year 20-20.
Minor rhythms also appear from time to time. You can see a 60-year parallel between TR and Kennedy-Johnson, and between Pearl Harbor and 9-11, as well as the reactionary laissez-faire of Harding-Coolidge and Ronald Reagan, who put up a picture of Coolidge in a prominent place in the White House. What happens in 2020 may indeed gratify the hopes of progressives!
(the conjunction returns to the same sign, or shifts into the next one, every 60 years; for example, 1901 and 1961 in Capricorn, 1921 in Virgo/1981 in Libra, 1941 and 2000 in Taurus, 2020 in Aquarius, etc.)
One bold prediction I might make, is that some centuries from now, the date of presidential terms will shift to coincide with the conjunction; that is, if we still have presidents of the United States by then.
This Jupiter-Saturn pattern applies everywhere; these years are a major shift in the direction and fortunes of the establishment. In early and pre-modern times, they frequently coincided with dynastic changes and assassinations as well. Queen Elizabeth's death and Henry IV in France are two well-known examples. Et Caesar, too.
Revolutions, though, are another cycle. One that is in force these days.
Being an astrologer for years now, I have enjoyed my privileged position of knowing a lot (not
all) of what was going to happen. All I have to do is sit back and watch history unfold as I knew it would. Find my blog listed here for more info.
