We are at the beginning of a hot, hazy summer, perhaps one of the hottest on record. This seems an apt metaphor for the heaviness all around, from the sluggish economy barely out of its recent coma to the encroaching, noxious oil soup in the Gulf of Mexico to the seemingly endless quagmire we have stumbled into in Afghanistan. President Obama has held up remarkably well under this ongoing cascade of stress, managing to keep a steady eye on his long-term vision for the nation despite a myriad of short-term distraction.
As reported recently, our president has been under numerous Saturn aspects that indicate the weightiness and difficulties of his burden from November 2009 through late August 2010. Although there will be a palpable sense of relief after August 23 when much of the crisis mode of the previous months will begin to resolve, there may be some easing of stress and some modest successes during July. With Jupiter, the planet of success and good timing, making its station almost exactly sextile to Obama’s Moon (3Gemini21) while at the same time semisquare his Ascendant (18Aquarius03) and square US Venus (3Cancer06) through July, we are likely to see the confirmation of his Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan, as well as the passing of his signature financial reform bill. Other victories are also likely.
This is not to say that partisan wrangling will come to a halt during July. With the final Saturn/Uranus opposition from July 14 to July 26, there is likely to be some issue that once again polarizes the nation. The battle will be between maintaining the status quo and protecting vested interests (Saturn), on the one hand, and enabling a significant breakthrough that moves us into the future (Uranus), on the other. It seems likely to be resolved in Obama’s favor around July 26 or shortly thereafter.
As discussed previously, events beginning around July 28 and continuing through August 4 are likely to bring Obama either several concurrent crises or one escalating and urgent situation. This volatile period is likely to impact not only the US but also many other nations. Astrologically, it is indicated by Mars, Uranus, and Saturn converging at 00 degrees of the cardinal signs followed within a day or so by Mars, Jupiter, and Pluto at 3 degrees of the cardinal signs. There will be an enormous amount of energy coalescing at one time, and it will be especially strong in nations and for national leaders who have planets in very early cardinal degrees, the US (MC 1Libra53 and Venus 3Cancer06) and President Obama (Venus 1Cancer47) among them.
With the Saturn/Pluto square in exact hard aspect to US Venus from August 12 to August 22 and following the volatile and combustible combination of Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, and Pluto from July 28 through August 4, we can assume that the fallout from the events at the beginning of the month will be extremely stressful for at least some segment of the US population, and the situation will become a significant national story until late August. September promises cooler weather and a notable easing of the strain.
