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The USA Presidential Inauguration Chart of 2021

This event chart is for 1/20/2021 at 12:00 noon at Washington DC. I am using the Lahiri sidereal zodiac. This chart helps set the themes for national politics for the next four years. Joe Biden will be inaugurated according to … Continue reading

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The Great Jupiter/ Saturn Conjunction of December 21, 2020

Jupiter and Saturn have been close together for some months, visible in the evening sky as a pair of bright wandering stars. Both planets are now in early Capricorn of the Lahiri sidereal zodiac- not the tropical zodiac familiar to … Continue reading

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Comparisons of the American empire to the Roman empire only go so far, but they don’t have to be exact to be striking and relevant. I refer to both empires in the past tense as an act of grammarly prescience. … Continue reading

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Darvish’s Guide To Understanding American Fascism

American fascism is pretty straightforward. The most difficult thing is to get past denial by dropping linguistic prudery. There is something of a comparison with the phrase, “Black lives matter”. If the response is, well, all lives matter, you have … Continue reading

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America’s Astrology, Part 4: Rahu’s Very Beautiful Revenge in 2024.

In Indian astrology, Rahu and Ketu mark the astronomical axis where the orbit of the Moon crosses the ecliptic which defines where eclipses are possible. This is where the Sun, Moon and Earth all line up in a straight line. … Continue reading

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America’s Astrology, Part 3: King Baby Vs. Corn Pop

Here we have the natal charts of the contenders for the coming presidential election. I have discussed KB’s chart earlier, and so won’t spend much time on it here. He has a Leo ascendent with his power planet Mars conjunct … Continue reading

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America’s Astrology, Part 2: The Sovereignty of King Baby Trump.

King Baby Trump assumed the presidency as an astonishing act of karmic intervention. His bid for the presidency was a promotional lark from the get-go; He never expected to get very far in the primaries. It was all a public … Continue reading

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The Vacuity Of Religious/ Racial Nationalism

Religious/ racial nationalism is surging globally, and with more than a little help from the USA. This is hugely ironic, of course, given our putative constitutional mandate to enforce the separation of church and state. But hey, why let the … Continue reading

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America’s Astrology, part 1.

The USA birth chart according to Vedic/ Indian astrologer James Kelleher is July 4, 1776 at 6:30 pm in Philadelphia, PA. This birth time gives a Sagittarius ascendent of 9 degrees in the Lahiri sidereal zodiac (not the western tropical … Continue reading

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The Incoherence of Fascism, American Style

Fascism, American style, is based on the incoherence of empire. As the clock ticks out on late stage capitalism, aka neoliberalism, the problem of empire becomes more and more desperate. The only strategy left to prop up our enormous political and … Continue reading

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