With the Democratic nomination now winding down, the battle between Barack Obama and John McCain has begun in earnest. Animosity has been building for the past month and erupted in high dudgeon in the last several days when McCain (8/29/36, Cocosolo, Panama, unverified 8:37 AM) testily responded to Obama’s criticisms over the former’s lack of support for the GI bill. McCain’s attack included intimations that Obama (8/4/61, Honolulu, 7:11 PM) was somehow weak and wanting for not having served in the armed forces. We can expect this tension to increase over the next week with Saturn reaching an exact conjunction to the composite Mercury/Mars conjunction (2Virgo16 and 2Virgo26) on June 1. It is likely to explode into a very nasty confrontation from May 29 through June 1 when Mars crosses Obama’s Sun (12Leo32) and McCain’s Mars (12Leo16).
Vicious attacks against Obama and an aggressive response from the candidate will continue unabated through July 12 while Uranus sits in opposition to his Mars (22Virgo34). Late May through mid-June may be particularly difficult due to the Saturn transit square his Moon (3Gemini14). We have already seen the denigration of his wife (the Moon) by the Tennessee GOP from this transit. There may be some further setbacks or struggles until June 15, at which time some kind of relief begins to take hold. It may be that within a week of that date, Hillary Clinton (10/26/47, Chicago, unverified 8 AM) will finally give up her race for the White House. The Mars transit from June 16 through June 19 quincunx her Moon/transiting Uranus conjunction (22 Pisces50), compounded by Saturn crossing her MC (4Virgo35) for the second half of June, could prove to be the astrological signature of the demise of her campaign.
Around August 12, Obama will enter the sweet spot of his presidential contest, and this will continue, with only a few days exception, right through the election and into late November. The Jupiter station from August 12 through September 11 will be exactly, to the minute, quincunx his Sun (12Leo32), suggesting a huge surge in his popularity at that time. This transit will also be opposite the US Sun (13Cancer19), suggesting new hope and optimism in the general population as well. Because George Bush’s Sun (13Cancer48) is also strongly impacted, we may also see some boost in his stature during this period (through October 6) perhaps for the short-lived, seeming success of his military exploits.
By September, Obama’s progressed Venus will move into a one-degree orb conjunction of progressed Uranus (28Leo07) where it will remain for roughly a year. In addition, converse Moon will be sextile natal Venus (1Cancer46) for a month through October 8, followed by converse Moon quincunx natal Jupiter (00Aquarius51) from October 8 through November 8. The latter progression will be triggered by the transit of Mercury on November 4 and 5 from 00 Scorpio and by the Moon, late on the night of the election when it enters Aquarius. In addition, Obama’s progressed Moon (16 Aquarius), will be sesquiquadrate his natal Venus (1Cancer46) from October 22 through November 22, and transiting Jupiter (18 Capricorn) will be sesquiquadrate natal Moon (3Gemini14) from November 3 through November 9. Although many of these are minor aspects, they are quite numerous, and they each bring the influence of either Venus or Jupiter, suggesting a very uplifting and successful period of time. It should be added that Obama’s location chart for Chicago, where he will be on the night of the election, has natal Jupiter exactly conjunct the MC, and this will be activated by converse Moon, transiting Mercury, and transiting Moon, as described above.
Comparing these astrological configurations to the multitude of Saturn transits McCain will endure from July onwards, including the Saturn station opposite his natal Saturn immediately after the election and continuing through mid-February, makes it seem quite likely that Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States. The series of Jupiter transits, including his Jupiter return, that he will enjoy in January and February 2009 would seem to confirm this prediction.