In the Inaugural chart, most of the planets are above the horizon, clustered in the houses of government and collective ideals. The planets this year are mostly in the last three signs of the zodiac (Capricorn, Aquarius & Pisces), where they are channeling universal energy! The Moon is in the very last degree of Scorpio, while Pluto and Mars are in Capricorn. The Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, North Node, Chiron and Neptune are in Aquarius. Venus and Uranus are in Pisces. The only planet beneath the horizon is Saturn, which is opposite Venus and Uranus. So Saturn, which rules governments and corporations, is the linchpin of the chart. Saturn in Virgo is forcing us to be more thrifty, more health-conscious, more in touch with who we really are and what we’re supposed to do in this world. Saturn forces us to face reality and create new structures to make the changes we envision.
The cluster of planets in Aquarius at the top of the chart sings out with hope. Jupiter with the Sun brings good luck and Neptune, Chiron and the North Node speak to healing our vision of a just society. Even Mercury retrograde helps this administration go back over what has been ignored. (So, for those of you who think that Obama won't go after the Bush administration need to have patience. First Obama needs get his economic agenda enacted. Then he'll go back and examine any war crimes.)
The Ascendant, the sign coming up over the horizon at the time of the Inauguration, tells us what the outlook of this administration will be. The Taurus ascendant and Scorpio descendant tells us that the issues for all presidents are money and resources. But this year, Taurus also assures us that the Earth and her problems and resources will provide the leading edge in this administration’s thinking. We have to be good stewards of the Earth. Global warming, resources, values, money all take center stage. As a Taurus I applaud it. If we kill the Earth, we kill ourselves.
On Inauguration Day, Obama has his progressed Moon and transiting Chiron on his Aquarian ascendant. He will feel like – and we will see him as - the healer, the mentor, the guide of heroes. A heavy load if misunderstood. Let's share the burden and be our own heroes. He is much better suited to be the 'first amongst equals' than our 'savior'.
Obama's personality might heal our National Consciousness – our sense of ourselves as well as others sense of us. He could heal the American psyche (he already has) and lead it to a more encompassing consciousness. We not only have to re-think our energy needs, we must grow our consciousness to do it. We need to ask questions about our national character as well as questions of where we need to put our energies to work. What values are really important to us as Americans? And how do we re-create America so it supports us in our hopes for the future?
The role of healer is a big role to fill, but we need President Obama to do it. And it seems like he might just pull it off. He and Michelle are taking part in a national day of service the day before the Inauguration, on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. They will lead by example, as only a good man and a good woman can.
The chart of this administration also has the signature Uranus/Saturn opposition that came into play for the first of five times on Election Day. This opposition, which promotes awareness, resonates back to the 60s, when these two planets plus Pluto opposed each other in the same signs. We are in the beginning of the next phase of that 60s revolution and we’re being called upon to take that original vision forward and make something concrete out of it. The many new ideas that came out of the 60s will move front and center in our society, replacing the old corporate mentally that is crumbling before our eyes.
But there are added factors in this chart. Uranus, the principle of awakening, is in Pisces, where it awakens us to our spiritual purpose. With Venus alongside it, it wakes within us a compassionate spirituality that is all-inclusive. Now we have to find ways to live out this vision in our lives and our work.
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