A Horoscope for the Supreme Court Draft Leak
As I wrote in a comment on Ecosophia,
You can't see it very well, but the 4th house cusp is just barely still in Aquarius, while the 10th house cup is just barely still in Leo.
I offered a tentative partial dilineation in a comment, but I've since learned that some of my reading was wrong. The following is a brief attempt to correct those mistakes. Bear in mind that I am not talented in astrology at all, and am doing this for my own amusement/benefit. I'm probably wrong about a lot of this.
First off, we see that the ascendant is in Scorpio, so the chart is ruled by Mars and co-ruled by Pluto. (I subscribe to the view that Pluto's influence is fading, but not yet gone.)
Mars connects the issue with conflict, and also masculine energy, arguably appropriate to a culture war issue that has been strongly connected gendered in the public imagination (though much less so in actual fact). Mars makes a sextile with the Sun and Uranus, and squares the Moon. It's strengthened by its position in the angular 4th house, which also connects it to "The people as contrasted with the monarch; the democracy as contrasted with the aristocracy; the opposition in Parliament." (Source) All quite appropriate to a draft opinion for a decision opposed by the president, the party in power, and the cultural elites, supported by the party out of power, and that will return abortion to the province of legislation by democratically-elected officials. (As Glenn Greenwald eloquently points out,, Roe is inherently anti-democratic, as are all Constitutional rights.)
Pluto connects the issue with terrorism and upheavals, which are both genuine risks in this situation. However, Pluto has several benefic aspects and is in a cadent house, which if I understand correctly should temper its effect here, along with its general fading significance. Pluto is in the 3rd house of communication, which suggests the opposition to the ruling will use their words more than their deeds, in the media, one social media, and chanting at protests, all of which we've already seen.
The most heavily aspected planet is Jupiter, which represents the courts in mundane astrology. Like Mars, it is in the 4th house, pitting the court against the elite. However, it sextiles the Moon, which represents the politically-active class and rules the 9th house of legal matters, as well as Mercury, which represents "younger people and teachers" (source), both of which are decidedly liberal on the issue of abortion. Additionally, it is conjunct Venus, representing "arts, entertainment, younger women," which are similarly aligned. However, these aspects are out-of-sign while Jupiter's sextile to Pluto is almost exact, connecting it back to the issue itself. But then, Jupiter also conjuncts Neptune, which represents left-wing ideas.
I'm honestly not really sure what to make of the Sun-Uranus conjunction.
Overall, the chart does not seem favorable to the overturning of Roe. I suspect one of the justices — most likely Kavanaugh — will change his mind on the issue. I'm less confident than I was initially that this will be beneficial to the Democrats, though there is a distinct possibility that it will demoralize Republicans.
Reminder: I have no idea what I'm doing and you shouldn't listen to me.
We've since learned that the document is authentic, although not the final decision. I cast a horoscope for the time using the Celeste program for iPhone (hence the terrible quality; sorry):
At 8:32 PM EDT, Politico, headquartered in Arlington, VA, published an exclusive on what purports to be a leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood. While most people are treating this as genuine, there are some irregularities about it, including the fact that it’s in Alito’s name when it should have been in Clarence Thomas’s.
It seems to me that astrology should be applicable to ascertaining the veracity of the document and its likely impact, and I’m looking for advice on how to go about doing that. I’m assuming that casting the chart for the time of the report’s publication, at either Arlington, VA as the headquarters of the publisher or Washington, D.C. as the capital of the country and location of the Supreme Court (which, the two are close enough together it likely won’t make a difference).
You can't see it very well, but the 4th house cusp is just barely still in Aquarius, while the 10th house cup is just barely still in Leo.
I offered a tentative partial dilineation in a comment, but I've since learned that some of my reading was wrong. The following is a brief attempt to correct those mistakes. Bear in mind that I am not talented in astrology at all, and am doing this for my own amusement/benefit. I'm probably wrong about a lot of this.
First off, we see that the ascendant is in Scorpio, so the chart is ruled by Mars and co-ruled by Pluto. (I subscribe to the view that Pluto's influence is fading, but not yet gone.)
Mars connects the issue with conflict, and also masculine energy, arguably appropriate to a culture war issue that has been strongly connected gendered in the public imagination (though much less so in actual fact). Mars makes a sextile with the Sun and Uranus, and squares the Moon. It's strengthened by its position in the angular 4th house, which also connects it to "The people as contrasted with the monarch; the democracy as contrasted with the aristocracy; the opposition in Parliament." (Source) All quite appropriate to a draft opinion for a decision opposed by the president, the party in power, and the cultural elites, supported by the party out of power, and that will return abortion to the province of legislation by democratically-elected officials. (As Glenn Greenwald eloquently points out,, Roe is inherently anti-democratic, as are all Constitutional rights.)
Pluto connects the issue with terrorism and upheavals, which are both genuine risks in this situation. However, Pluto has several benefic aspects and is in a cadent house, which if I understand correctly should temper its effect here, along with its general fading significance. Pluto is in the 3rd house of communication, which suggests the opposition to the ruling will use their words more than their deeds, in the media, one social media, and chanting at protests, all of which we've already seen.
The most heavily aspected planet is Jupiter, which represents the courts in mundane astrology. Like Mars, it is in the 4th house, pitting the court against the elite. However, it sextiles the Moon, which represents the politically-active class and rules the 9th house of legal matters, as well as Mercury, which represents "younger people and teachers" (source), both of which are decidedly liberal on the issue of abortion. Additionally, it is conjunct Venus, representing "arts, entertainment, younger women," which are similarly aligned. However, these aspects are out-of-sign while Jupiter's sextile to Pluto is almost exact, connecting it back to the issue itself. But then, Jupiter also conjuncts Neptune, which represents left-wing ideas.
I'm honestly not really sure what to make of the Sun-Uranus conjunction.
Overall, the chart does not seem favorable to the overturning of Roe. I suspect one of the justices — most likely Kavanaugh — will change his mind on the issue. I'm less confident than I was initially that this will be beneficial to the Democrats, though there is a distinct possibility that it will demoralize Republicans.
Reminder: I have no idea what I'm doing and you shouldn't listen to me.
