Predicting the Next President: Part VIII

When will Clinton capitulate?

by Sat Siri Khalsa, Board Member, Council of Vedic Astrology

Continuing our series of looks at the 2008 Presidential race as seen in certain rarely employed but worthy techniques of Jyotish, here we consider when the current Democratic party impasse might break. Also, in the “Letters from Readers” section, a query about Hillary Clinton’s birthtime and other items of interest are addressed.

The strength of the national chart is seen in the tenth varga, the Dasamamsa, detailing status and power, of the USA chart.

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This is a D10 of distinction! with Aries the sign of royal power rising, and Mercury for the several States in the Lagna. Mercury and Mars in the 3rd of strategy are in an exchange, showing the martial effort initially demanded to gain status as a nation.

Sun the 5th Lord and Amatyakaraka (significator of professional path) is in a Jaimini raja yoga with Saturn the Atma Karaka in the 10th house, and this Saturn of democracy is in its own sign, albeit at 0 degrees. Venus is in its own sign forming a Mahapurusha yoga in the 7th, bold-lining the cultural clout of the American brand. Venus, Saturn, Mercury and Sun all give rasi dristi to the Rahu well positioned in the 5th. Rahu occupies the Arudha Lagna, the world’s image of the country, fittingly set in the house of political influence and continuity. Venus is in the third from AL (movies); Sun and Saturn are in the 6th (enduring success, fighting ability, service industries, corporate knowhow, democratic template for the world); and Mercury is in the 9th (education, business, youthful technologies).

The Rasi 10th Lord, Moon, is like the Statue of Liberty, situated in the soft sign of Pisces and the nurturing nakshatra of Revati in the 12th house, receiving the world’s emigrants and refugees.

Referring to this USA D10 as our primary map, let’s examine current transits on the USA D10 Kota Chakra to predict when the Democratic presidential nomination will finally be settled. Planets whiz around a lot faster when we track their movements from sign to sign in the dasamamsas. We also consider nakshatras within the dasamamsha, just as if the little micro world of this varga is a complete rasi chart in itself.

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The key planets in Kota Chakra are the Captain of the Fort and Defender of the Fort. Moon’s sign lord, Jupiter, is the Captain, and the Defender, assigned by the Moon’s navamsa pada, is also Jupiter. So for the USA D10, Jupiter is the most important and sensitive arbiter of political events.

Currently Saturn is transiting USA D10 Jupiter. Saturn is almost motionless, preparing to station May 2nd, but its halting limp will keep it on the same few degrees even of the D10 until June 15th. Until June 15th, Saturn, the symbol of the Democratic party, will squat under the triumphal arch of Vishakha nakshatra. Note the last few days, June 12 to 15, when Saturn will move into Scorpio rasi while still in Vishakha.

The nodes, the controllers of karma, are at a decisive corner. Rahu is transiting natal Ketu in Satabishak, ---shades of Obama, with a Rahu-Ketu transit in his natal chart!---while transit Ketu is in the center of the Fort. Rahu moves into Dhanishta in the center April 17 and both Rahu and Ketu will be there until April 29. The impasse will be grinding on nerves of the party activists during that intense window from 4/23 to 4/29, just after the Pennsylvania primary, while Ketu is in the “primal scream” area, the first pada of Magha. Continuing to watch the nodes, we then see a paradigmatic leap, from the inner sanctum of the Fort to the outer rampart on one day, 4/29. In the D10, when a planet is in an even sign, its dasamsa is taken nine signs from its “normal” placement in the odd signs. When Rahu moves into Capricorn, it will be in the last dasamsa of Capricorn, which is Gemini, so in one day it will hurl itself from Aquarius to Gemini while Ketu moves from Leo to Sagittarius.

One of the mundane meanings of Ketu is the flag, meaning the flag of office, a flag waving above a government functionary’s office. When Ketu exits Leo in rasi and enters Cancer, it will move into the tenth house of the USA rasi chart. This will be the opening for the Democrats, especially since in D10, the Cancer house is the 3rd house. And yes, although we are analyzing the D10 in itself, there is always also the overlay influence of the rasi chart. The opposition party in politics is shown by the 3rd house, while the party currently in power is shown by the 5th house. So when Ketu comes into Cancer rasi, the effect in the D10 is for the opposition party to get its nominee.

Jupiter is the key graha to track. It will station in Hasta on May 8, just after the Indiana primary, joined by Venus and Moon. This has to be Hillary Clinton’s moment of truth, as her natal D10 has Jupiter in Hasta, in the 3rd house where Jupiter feels unhappy and exiled. Obama has Sun and Rahu on the edge of Hasta and in Hasta respectively in his D10. The endgame thus begins, but it has to be played out fully, as Hillary is not a quitter. Jupiter and Saturn are making an intense combination on June 12-15, as transit D10 Saturn is in the last section of Vishakha on the USA natal D10 Jupiter and at the same time transit rasi Jupiter is on the USA natal D10 Saturn in Purva Ashadha. AND, transit D10 Jupiter is in Leo while transit rasi Saturn is in Leo. A Jupiter-Saturn triple whammy.

All that is missing is the Sun, karaka of the presidency. On Friday the 13th of June, D10 Sun transits into Vishakha as well, and the Moon zips over the Sun. This D10 New Moon crosses Hillary’s rasi Lagna with her Sun Venus and Mercury. And D10 Saturn has been occupying her rasi Lagna lo these many weeks (since March 20), since she has been running on sheer willpower rather than momentum. Something might be expected to give that very day or weekend in mid June.