Comments on: Obama Retakes Oath of Office, Astrologers Freak Out

By: Rachel Maddow Talks About Mercury Retrograde on MSNBC » AstroDispatch.com » Astrology Around The Web

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:34:22 +0000

[...] time occurred just last year with the oath of office flub during Obama’s inauguration, which we covered over on the Political Astrology Blog. Unfortunately I don’t think that that one really got much coverage in the mainstream media at [...]

By: Rachel Maddow Talks About Mercury Retrograde on MSNBC » The Horoscopic Astrology Blog

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:14:40 +0000

[...] occurred just last year with the oath of office flub during Obama’s inauguration, which we covered over on the Political Astrology Blog. Unfortunately I don’t think that that one really got much coverage in the mainstream media [...]

By: Chris Brennan

Chris Brennan — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:04:53 +0000

Yeah, it is possible. By all means, please do.

By: Marilyn Muir

Marilyn Muir — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:49:51 +0000

I see that the comments were back in January, but I just found you. I have just published a book: Presidents of Hope and Change in which I also addressed the oath taking issue. I came down on the side of noon being the passage of power of the office, what is prevalent for the USA due to the Constitution. I believe the actual oath tends to be more personal in nature. Justice Roberts reversed the word order, President Obama tried to say it correctly. The oath the next day was more of a “let’s be safe rather than sorry” bandaid decided by the overload of attorneys present. If you look at the natal charts of both Obama and Biden you can see the ties to Jan 20. If you look at the USA chart and progressions you can see the ties to Jan 20th. I have been a metaphysical minister for many years and have performed many ceremonies and some had mishaps in the wording. Everyone stayed married. According to the law, the power passed at noon, with or without the oath. The oath is mandated also by the Constitution but the power of the presidency passes at noon when the former president no longer has the power. The original date was March 4th until the 2nd term of Franklin D. Roosevelt when it was changed to Jan 20th. The whole tone of the presidency changed at that moment from a @ 13˚ Pisces Sun to a 29 Cap/00 Aqu Sun. I am working on a second book on the 43 presidents with a strong emphasis on the 60+ inaugurations in the USA history.
I want to link this response to my website along with the original discussion. I think it is/was a good discussion. Is there a way I can do this? I am a brand new blogger and web host and haven’t got a clue what’s allowed and how to go about it.

By: Gwydion

Gwydion — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:33:55 +0000

If you’d like some contributions from an Australian, I’d be more than happy to submit articles. I’m just beginning to breach the gap between student and professional, so any practise is good practise.

By: The Astrology of the Obama Oath Controversy: The True Inauguration Chart » AstroDispatch.com » Astrology Around The Web

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:40:45 +0000

[...] now famous Mercury retrograde stumble over the inaugural oath forced Barack Obama to silence any constitutional criticisms by retaking [...]

By: yuzuru

yuzuru — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:21:12 +0000

Hi, Patrick
I also wrote a piece on the inauguration http://episthemologie.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/obama%c2%b4s-inauguration/

I defend that the real time is at noon. The oath can be taken at any moment, before or later, and it obviously didn´t affect the result !

I was almost bashed in another forum by modern astrologer for saying that, but look at the facts: Joe Biden took his oath at 11:58, when Bush was still president !

Obama retook his oath more than a day later. Did the US got without president for 30 hours? Of course not

Now modern astrologers are all “did you see how during the void of course moon nothing can happen”. of course things can happen ! Don´t this people know that people are born during void of course ? That the planes still fly ?

(I will not even discuss the fact that the moon was within moiety of orbs to her aspect to mercury, sun and jupiter)

It would be funny if it weren´t so tragic…

And the fact is that I haven´t seen any non partisan good interpretation of this chart ! Which is what really matter !

By: Chris Brennan

Chris Brennan — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:51:06 +0000

I would tend to agree with you Gwydion. The moment of greatest symbolic and perhaps legal importance occurred at noon on the 20th. With Virgo rising and the retrograde Mercury ruling the ascendant, what this chart seems to emphasize more than anything is simply the fact that they decided to do it over again, simply in order to cover every base. That in it of itself seems to be fully representative of the Virgo/retro Mercury theme.

To answer your other question, yes we do plan on reporting on global politics in addition to developments in the US. The two main writers here at this point are Americans though, and like a lot of other people in the US we have been pretty focused on some of the major historical developments that have been taking place here lately. We do plan to cover a lot more than just the US in the long run though, and we are also open to publishing submissions from other writers who may want to do a piece on something that is more relevant to their own area/interests.

Thanks for commenting!

By: Gwydion

Gwydion — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:24:37 +0000

I honestly think that the charts depend on the strength of the attachment to the event: the people and Obama were focusing their intent on the midday inauguration, and the retaking of the oath was only a revision without nearly the same degree of focus. I suspect the midday chart will rule.

This isn’t a very good chart for a public retaking of the oath, but the retaking was pretty private, and probably less intent. Here’s hoping that the ‘weaker’ chart (because that is a pretty appalling chart D:) is overruled by the stronger. I suspect it will be – the whole configuration looks like a snapshot in time, and with the huge focus on Mercury and Virgo, looks more like a chart detailing the minutiae of mundane work (6H) – in other words, the nit-picking over the mistake in the oath.

On another note, are you guys considering doing any reporting on global politics, or just the US?

By: FUMI

FUMI — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:57:53 +0000

To escape the Moon Void of Course in “Scorpio!”(it’s wosrt placement?, it was most definately worth it!

Venus is now in the 7th House which it rules, the Moon is now in the 4th House which it rules and the Sun (in the 5th House which it rules), is even in a closer conjuction to Jupiter Planet of Great Fortune.

I would say, that since this President is going to have to rectify many of the problems of the past administration, it is understandable that the ruler of the chart is retrograde in Capricorn, however this work in necessary and has to be done.

I for one can now breath a sigh of relief, that the wind will now be at his back and the Stars on his side.

How apt, that the void of course moon literally made the oath taken on Tuesday totally null and void!