Donald Trump’s presidency (and life story) is the outcome of his character doing its thing in an environmental setting that’s specified by his birth chart and timed by his major progressed aspects.
Donald Trump’s chart progressed to November 3, 2020
January 2021
January 16: Trump’s approval rating (house 10) drops to 29 percent in the latest Pew Research Center survey, an all-time low; and a Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that 56 percent of Americans favor disqualifying Trump from ever holding office in the future. Progressed Midheaven was semisquare progressed Uranus in house 10 and sesquisquare birth chart Moon in house 4; and progressed Moon was square progressed Uranus and birth chart Moon.
January 13: The US House of Representatives (house11) votes 232-197 to impeach Donald Trump for the second time. Progressed Saturn – the co-ruler of house 11 in house 12 – was semisquare birth chart Uranus in house 10; progressed Midheaven in house 12 was semisquare progressed Uranus in house 10; and progressed Moon was square progressed Uranus.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announces New York City will end all contracts (house 7) with the Trump Organization (house 10) claiming that Trump’s ‘inciting an insurrection (Uranus) against the US Government (house 10) constitutes criminal activity (Pluto-house 12). Progressed Midheaven in house 12 was semisquare progressed Uranus – the cusp ruler of house 7 in house 10; progressed Moon was square progressed Uranus; and progressed Mars was sextile progressed Pluto in house 12.
January 11: Democrats in the US Congress introduce an article of impeachment (Pluto) against President Donald Trump accusing him of ‘incitement to insurrection’ (Uranus). Progressed Midheaven was semisquare progressed Uranus in house 10; progressed Moon was square progressed Uranus; and progressed Mars was sextile progressed Pluto Mars in house 12.
January 6: Violent pro-Trump protestors (Uranus) storm (Mars) the US Capital Building with National Guard (Mars) deployed. Progressed Midheaven in house 12 was semisquare progressed Uranus; progressed Moon was square progressed Uranus; and progressed Mars was semisquare Mars in house 12.
January 1: The US congress (house 11) overrides Donald Trump’s veto of a defense spending bill; and a federal judge (Jupiter-house 9) dismisses a suit claiming that Vice President Pence had the power to determine which electoral college votes could be counted. Since November 7 Trump’s lawyers (Uranus) have brought countless legal suits disputing his election loss and he has lost every one. Progressed Midheaven was sesquisquare birth chart Moon and semisquare progressed Uranus; and progressed Mars (cusp ruler of house 9) was semisquare birth chart Mars.
January 2020
January 21: Trump’s impeachment trial starts. Progressed Mars was sextile progressed Pluto; and progressed Mercury was sextile birth chart Jupiter.
February
February 5: The US Senate (house 11) acquits Trump if abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Progressed Mercury (the co-ruler of house 11) was sextile birth chart Jupiter.
March
March 13: Trump declares the coronavirus a national emergency. His vast intelligence will now guide America through a national health crisis. Progressed Sun was semisextile progressed Saturn (planet of epidemics) in house 12 (hospitals) and cusp ruler of house 6 (sickness and health care workers); and progressed Mars (planet of emergencies and doctors)in house 2 (finances) was semisquare birth chart Mars in house 12 and sextile progressed Pluto (planet of drastic situations) in house 12 (hospitals).
March 22: Trump announces he will activate the federal National Guard (Mars-house 6) to assist Washington, California and New York, three of the states hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. Progressed Mars was sextile progressed Pluto; and progressed Sun was semisextile progressed Saturn – the cusp ruler of house 6.
April
April 20: President Trump says that he is temporarily suspending immigration (house 7) to the United States in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the ‘need to protect jobs’. Progressed Sun was semisextile progressed Saturn – the cusp ruler of house 7.
April 28: President Trump takes executive action (Sun) to order meat processing plants (Mars) to stay open amid concerns over growing coronavirus cases and the impact on the nation’s food supply (house 6). Progressed Sun was semisextile progressed Saturn – the cusp ruler of house 6; and progressed Mars was semisextile progressed Pluto.
May
May 26: Twitter gives a post (house 9) by Donald Trump a fact-check warning label (Pluto) for the first time. Progressed Mars – the cusp ruler of house 9 – was sextile progressed Pluto.
In Trump’s chart progressed Mercury is sextile birth chart Jupiter but he’s so tuned in on progressed Mars sextile progressed Pluto that this fortunate Jupiter aspect is unable to demonstrate beneficial events. Trump’s mind is consumed with aggression, confrontation and antagonism and he’s going where his not-conscious feelings take him.
May 28 - ongoing: Trump stokes racial prejudice as cities (house 4) across America burn (Mars) as thousands of protesters (Pluto) vent their anger (Mars) over the killing of George Floyd, a Minneapolis black man who died after being pinned by the neck under a white police officer’s knee. Progressed Mars – the cusp ruler of house 4 – was sextile birth chart Pluto.
May 29: Trump announces he is terminating (Pluto) America’s relationship with the World Health Organization (Pluto) accusing the WHO of failing to hold Beijing to account over the coronavirus pandemic. Progressed Mars was sextile progressed Pluto.
Twitter hides a tweet (house 9) by Donald Trump from his profile, saying it violates rules about glorifying violence. Progressed Mars was sextile progressed Pluto.
June
June 15-20: With the number of coronavirus cases and deaths continuing to rise Donald Trump has a very bad week. On June 15 the US Supreme Court (house 9) ruled that employers who fire workers for being gay or transgender are breaking the country’s civil rights laws. On June 18 the Supreme Court (Jupiter-house 9) ruled against Trump and blocked his bid to end the DACA program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants who entered the US illegally as children from deportation; and Facebook removed Trump re-election adverts (Jupiter-house 9) that feature a symbol used in Nazi (Mars) Germany. And on June 20 a campaign rally (house 9) he held in Tulsa didn’t go well; and a judge (Jupiter-house 9) rejects his request to have the publication of John Bolton’s memoir stopped. Progressed Mars – the cusp ruler of house 9 – was semisquare birth chart Mars; and progressed Mercury was sextile birth chart Jupiter.
August
August 15: Donald Trump’s brother Robert dies. Progressed Jupiter in house 3 (his bother) and cusp ruler of house 8 (death) was square birth chart Saturn (planet of loss); and progressed Mercury was sextile birth chart Jupiter.
August 20: A federal judge (Jupiter-house 9) rules that Trump cannot block a prosecutor’s subpoena for eight years of his tax returns (house 8). Progressed Mercury was sextile birth chart Jupiter – cusp ruler of house 8 (his tax returns); and progressed Mars was semisquare birth chart Mars – cusp ruler of house 9 (judges and legal verdicts).
September
September 24: Trump’s niece Mary Trump (house 3), sues her uncle (Jupiter-house 9) accusing him of defrauding her (Neptune) out of an inheritance (house 8) worth tens of millions of dollars. Progressed Venus (cusp ruler of house 3) was parallel progressed Sun; progressed Mercury was sextile birth chart Jupiter (legal matters); progressed Midheaven was sextile birth chart Neptune (planet of fraud and cusp ruler of house 8); and progressed Mars was semisquare birth chart Mars (cusp ruler of house 9).
September 27: The New York Times (Mercury) citing tax-return data (house 8) reports that Trump has paid very little income tax (house 8) in recent years as heavy losses (Saturn) from his business enterprises offset hundreds of millions of dollars in income. Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in both 2016 and 2017, and paid no income taxes in 10 of the last 15 years. Progressed Mercury (newspapers) was sextile birth chart Jupiter (co-ruler of house 8) and sextile birth chart Uranus; and progressed Midheaven (business) was semisquare Uranus > the planet of sensational revelations > and sextile birth chart Neptune (co-ruler of house 8). Progressed Jupiter square birth chart Saturn in his chart started in December, 2009 > reached peak power in October 2016 > and ends January 2022.
October
October 2: Trump is moved to Walter Reed medical facility (house 12) with reports saying he is suffering low grade fever (Mars), a cough and lung congestion (Gemini). Progressed Mars was semisquare birth chart Mars in house 12; and progressed Moon was square birth chart Uranus in Gemini.
The Moon rules the immune system and with progressed Uranus opposition and progressed Midheaven sesquisquare birth chart Moon his immune system and resistance – due to a poor diet lacking in essential nutrients – are currently impaired. Uranus – the co-ruler of house 6 (his diet) – inclines to weird eating habits.
Uranus – the planet of high nervous tension – is in Gemini and with progressed Uranus opposition Moon (a long-time high-discord progression) and other Uranus progressions his lungs are currently vulnerable to health problems.
Early AM: Trump tweets that he has tested positive for coronavirus. Progressed ascendant was sextile birth chart ascendant > events involving his body and physical health; progressed Mercury was sextile birth chart Uranus – co-ruler of house 6 (sickness and employees); progressed Moon was square birth chart Uranus stimulating all the Uranus progressions; and progressed Mars (the virus) was semisquare birth chart Mars.
Uranus events involve human change agents and reports say he contracted the virus from Hope Hicks, an employee ruled by house 6.
With Mars in house 12 conjunction the ascendant Trump is predisposed to be reckless with his physical health.
In Covid 19: America and Donald Trump we wrote: Mars is the planet of infections and Trump needs to adopt and apply strict personal precautionary measures when it comes to the coronavirus.
Mars rules the adrenal glands and their hormone – adrenalin – is a frontline fighter attacking enemy invaders like the coronavirus. So the onus is on his adrenal glands producing copious amounts of adrenalin. But with progressed Mars currently semisquare birth chart Mars and his non-stop emergency lifestyle the functionality of his adrenal glands is impaired.
November 2020
November 7: Trump losses (Saturn) the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden. Progressed Midheaven was semisquare progressed Uranus; progressed Saturn was semisquare birth chart Uranus; and progressed Moon was square birth chart Uranus. See November 7, 2020: Biden Wins
December 2020
December 27: Trump signs (Mercury) legislation providing crucial government spending and $900 billion in pandemic-related stimulus (Jupiter) after demanding and failing to have the bill amended in various ways. Progressed Mercury was sextile birth chart Jupiter.
Related reading
- Donald Trump's 2017 events explainer
- Donald Trump's 2018 events explainer
- Donald Trump's 2019 events explainer
- COVID-19: America and Donald Trump
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