The US election was close in terms of the popular vote, but in fact Barack Obama won a comfortable majority of seats in the electoral college. There were queues and chaos at some polling stations, but nothing like what happened last time there was an election during Mercury Rx. The game-changer came the week before in the form of a banshee-hurricane that reminded Americans that they can pull together when the going gets tough, no matter what their political stripe.
As for the astrology, my experiment with solar arcs was not successful but the astrological profile of Romney, which led me to feel that he ought to lose, proved accurate. Here it is: Mitt Romney: Imitation of Life, And here's the solar arc piece, Putting My Foot in the US Election, which led me to conjecture that, despite his natal chart, he might actually win.
It does come down to the methodology in the end. The first profile was a straightforward analysis of his character and circumstances with a known birth time.
The second was a bit avant-garde. It's not a method I normally use. Since so many other astrologers had done very thorough predictions using the usual tools (transits, progressions, etc), I wanted to try something different. I'd just used solar arcs successfully to analyse the timing of my broken foot, so I chose them.
I was fairly cautious since it relied on an accurate birth time for the United States. I chose to use the Sibley chart, since that is the most popular, and simply compared that directed forward with those of the candidates also directed forward. The result was unequivocal in astrological terms – Romney's Sun conjuncted the US MC to the degree – but wrong. I will keep an eye on what he does next to see if it makes any sense with this chart.
Here are the variables.
The US birth chart: there are three main candidates for this, but at least 20 alternatives.
Which charts you progress: the US chart and the candidate's chart or just the candidate's chart against the US natal.
Perhaps that's already too many. I could have included transits, of course, but my aim was to keep it simple.
On the other hand, Obama's victory is America's victory, so I can't say I'm sorry that the solar arc chart doesn't work. He represents the best face of that country: intelligent, tolerant and responsible.
As I lie here in bed with my broken foot in a National Health Service boot, I cheer and say roll on Obamacare.
