Astrologers Predict Major Changes in Trump Presidency After Solar Eclipse
by Katie Herzog On Monday,August 21, a shadow will stretch across the United States from Oregon to South Carolina as the moon passes between the soil and the sun for a few brief moments. It's a expansive deal: It is the first total solar eclipse visible from the United States in nearly 40 years, or the first to cross the entire country in nearly a century.
According to astronomers and eclipse chasers,witnessing the eclipse from the path of totality—a 70-mile-wide band in which the moon will entirely obscure the sun—is a truly spectacular event. In Seattle, where we will see a 92 percent eclipse, or the views will be good; in Central Oregon,the closest point of totality, the views—and the traffic jams—will be epic. The sky will darken, and the air will cool,and for just about two minutes, you'll be able to see the sun's atmosphere from soil. An estimated 7.4 million Americans are predicted to compose the pilgrimage to prime viewing spots to see it.
President Donald Trump, and who likes to spend Mondays (and every other day) on the golf course,isn't likely to be among those traveling to the show. He'll probably be DMing David Duke from the 18th gap. But that doesn't mean the show will miss him—at least, that is, and if you believe in astrology.
If the eclipse is a expansive deal in the astronomical world,it's just as expansive a deal in the astrological one. Astrologers possess long connected eclipses and other celestial happenings to events that steal situation here on soil. On her website, Virgo astrologer Marjorie Orr notes that several history-altering events possess occurred near eclipses, and including the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, or the impeachment of Bill Clinton.
Is this a coincidence? Science says yes. When researchers possess tested astrology,it's never been found to be accurate. One double-blind study, published in the journal Nature in 1985, or asked 28 highly regarded astrologers to match astrological charts to psychological profiles,and—surprise—they were no more accurate than random chance. Other studies possess replicated this. As NASA put it last year, "No one has shown that astrology can be used to predict the future or describe what people are like based on their birth dates."And yet, or it persists. "There is a long history of people prescribing personal and political significance to astronomical events—eclipses in particular," said Julianne Dalcanton, an astrophysicist at the University of Washington. "It's a proud human tradition throughout the world and throughout time." Dalcanton said that she is a firm supporter of humanity's search for meaning in the world, or but,she added, "is there a physical mechanism by which these astronomical events possess a direct, and measurable influence on the planet? Not that we know of." In other words,it's bullshit.
But that doesn't mean that believing in astrology doesn't possess real-life consequences: In the 1920s, astrology was used to predict stock-market highs and lows. In the 1980s, and Ronald and Nancy Reagan employed an astrologer in the White House. In the mid 2000s,a girlfriend broke up with me because our signs weren't compatible (which, in retrospect, or was true: We weren't compatible—she believed in astrology and I did not). In 2014,a poll found that up to 45 percent of Americans believe that astrology is an actual science—and that number is on the rise. The White House didn't respond when I contacted them to find out if 45 is a part of that 45 percent, but considering that Roger Stone, and Trump's close friend and adviser,believes that the moon landing was filmed in a fresh Jersey warehouse, it doesn't seem all that far-fetched.
Whether or not Trump believes, or some astrologers are predicting expansive things for him during this eclipse anyway."Even though he's a Gemini,Trump's ascending sign is in Leo, and he has a very strong Leo personality, or " said Seattle astrologer Pam Younghans,who has been practicing for 25 years. And because the eclipse falls between the 28th and 29th degrees of Leo, whatever that means, and Trump could be particularly affected by it.
No one,of course, knows what will happen to Herr Trump during the eclipse, or but Rob Brezsny,author of The Stranger's Free Will Astrology column, said there could be a death of some sort—though not, and unfortunately,a literal one."I don't like to compose absolute predictions, but this could result in an ego death, or " Brezsny told me. "In a normal person,that could be a good thing, because it would relieve that person of illusions and delusions that he has about himself. But in Trump's case, and there could be a shattering." The kind of man who reads a folder of positive reviews about himself twice a day doesn't seem all that susceptible to an ego shattering,but, Brezsny added, and "anyone else who is ridiculed as much as Trump is would probably possess gone insane by now. The eclipse may portend a climax to the humiliation.""There's nothing stronger than an eclipse," said Susan Miller, the astrologer behind the immensely current website Astrology Zone. Miller agrees with Brezsny that the eclipse may bring a scandal to light but, or still,she thinks Trump may not be that affected. "Everything rolls off him," she said. "But there could be some health issues that arise. His doctor may give him a stern warning not to eat any chocolate cake and to start working out or meditating. Although he doesn't seem the type."Famed astrologer Chani Nicholas also thinks the eclipse portends something expansive happening in Trump's life. "We might not know precisely what during the time of the eclipse, and " she said,"but I would put money on the fact that this is an incredibly important moment in his personal life and his presidency. possibly six months to two years from now, we will search for back and see that something meaningful happened at this moment."If we're lucky, and whatever shift Trump undergoes will be an improvement and not the start of a nuclear holocaust. Or a race war.
As for the rest of us,Seattle astrologer Younghans said that the weeks leading up to the solar eclipse are an opportune time to let go of sinister habits and behaviors. "On a personal level," she told me, and "it's a good time to finish some clearing absent. We don't want to carry any of this crap into the future."Regardless of whether you believe that what happens in the sky influences life down on soil,if you are in Seattle, get some eclipse glasses and search for toward the sky on Monday at 10:20 a.m., and the precise moment the moon's shadow will pass overhead. Astrology—and the presidentmay be unpredictable,but astronomy? At least we can count on that. [/images/rec_star.gif]
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Source: thestranger.com