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Predicting the outcome of an election is a tempting exercise, but extremely difficult in practice. In 2016 astrologers everywhere attempted to predict whether Clinton or Trump would win the November US Presidential election. You can geek out here and read the article and comments breaking down results by whether the astrologer followed the tropical or sidereal zodiac, was US-based or international etc., but the important takeaway is that of the 90 predictions collected in the article, 62.1% predicted a Clinton win and 37.9% predicted a Trump win. These predictions were based on a nearly infinite assortment of techniques including ancient and obscure techniques such as firdaria, vertical zodiac, whatever that is, and something my friend Barry Goddard called “a non-astrological judgement that politically the more charismatic candidate usually wins.”

62.1% predicted a Clinton win; 37.9% predicted Trump would win. This wasn’t far off from Gallup’s polling which gave Clinton a 51% chance over 32% for Trump.

After the election some astrologers attempted to blame the incorrect predictions on faulty birth data, but in this kind of prediction there are so many factors. The individual candidates, their personalities and their planetary cycles affecting them at the time of the election. Whether or not they connect with the People as reflected in the chart for the United States. Which chart for the United States is used (most astrologers, myself included, use the chart from July 4 1776 but there are many others). The mood of the People on election day. Planetary conditions for the US chart and how […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2020-08-26T16:26:48-04:00August 26th, 2020|Politics|28 Comments

Astrologers predict the outcome of the 2012 election: Part II

This is part II of a series, you can catch up on part I here.

There are many different astrological techniques for prediction. Some are classical, and others are more creative. When I am looking at relationship charts I will nearly always compare the progressed charts of the two individuals to see what is happening in the relationship at that time. In an election, a people chooses its governing body and the relationship between them is quite important.

Some of this post may seem excessively geeky to many of my readers and for this I apologize. When I progress all three charts for election day and compare the candidate charts to the progressed US chart, I get some interesting results. Obama’s Chiron opposes his Venus, and this wound (Chiron) to his partnerships (Venus) falls right on the US ascendant/descendant axis of self vs. other. Obama’s progressed Mars falls opposite Venus in the US progressed chart, suggesting a separation of some kind. The nodes in the two charts are inconjunct each other, suggesting an inability to come together.

Comparing Mitt Romney’s progressed chart to the US progressed chart shows something astonishing: His Sun falls right on the US Midheaven (head of government) within 16 minutes of arc. Without any other calculation, this would be a very telling factor. But other factors in the chart are not so clear. His progressed Moon/Midheaven conjunction forms a square alignment to US progressed Jupiter which suggests to me that he may be overly confident (Jupiter). His progressed Ascendant will tightly oppose the US Pluto which could suggest a crisis of some sort. And Chiron in his progressed chart tightly conjoins Saturn, indicating a painful event for all involved.

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By Lynn Hayes|2019-11-10T19:21:19-05:00July 2nd, 2012|Politics, Predictions|3 Comments

Astrologers predict the outcome of the 2012 election: Part I

2012 presidential election predictions At the recent United Astrology Conference (to which I was invited to speak, but was unable to attend due to family health emergencies), a panel of esteemed astrologers discussed their predictions regarding the outcome of the 2012 presidential elections.

You can watch the entire presentation here and here (thanks Chris Brennan for the links). I was interested to see what techniques these astrologers used. Most of the astrologers on the panel represent one of the more traditional branches of astrology, with Gary Christian practicing Uranian astrology which is a sort of fringe element of astrology that goes back to the early 20th century.

Gary Christian, representing Uranian astrology and Cosmobiology.
Edith Hathaway, representing Indian or Vedic astrology.
Nina Gryphon, representing Medieval and Renaissance astrology.
Claude Weiss, representing Modern western astrology.
Chris Brennan, representing Hellenistic astrology, on behalf of the writers of the Political Astrology Blog.

Gary Christian used the date for the oath of office and the solstice chart for the Winter Solstice 2012 and inserted the charts for both candidates into these charts.

Edith Hathaway used a variety of Vedic techniques as well as the strength of the ascendant lord (ruler) and the 10th house lord (ruler). She is suspicious of the official Obama chart but prefers her rectified chart with Cancer rising as opposed to the Aquarius rising chart using the official birth certificate. (Personally I have a hard time seeing Obama as a sensitive Cancerian ascendant.)

Nina Gryphon uses only the traditional planets. She used the Aries ingress (spring equinox) chart for the year and location of the election.

Claude Weiss uses transits and progressions, converse progressions, solar returns including progressed solar return as it aspects the chart for […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2022-10-09T13:32:57-04:00June 28th, 2012|Politics, Predictions|21 Comments

Predicting the future with astrology

The title of this post is misleading. As my readers know, I do not believe that we can predict the future with astrology. We can predict stormy weather; we can predict good fortune of some kind. We cannot predict with any degree of accuracy when specific things will happen, the effort of many astrologers to do so notwithstanding.

An example of this is the question “when will I meet my soulmate.” This is probably the Number One question asked of astrologers, and second is “when will I be successful.” Both of these questions depend not on astrology, but on our own ability to resolve the inner issues of our personality that are keeping us from landing the job or the mate of our dreams.

I did what I like to call a “repair reading” not too long ago after a woman was told by an astrologer that at a certain time she would meet a man in a once in a lifetime planetary cycle, and that this was her last chance to find love. I can’t remember the exact planetary event but it had something to do with Jupiter and perhaps progressed Venus. She was recently divorced and not really ready for a new relationship, so when she met a man at the prescribed time she was unable to make it work. She was in extreme distress, worried that she had indeed ruined her last opportunity for happiness.

I recently did a yearly consult with a client, and in our previous reading I had told her that a period was coming up that would be very fertile for relationships of all kinds and which could bring an important relationship her way. As it turned out, during that period she […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2019-11-10T19:39:07-05:00October 22nd, 2010|Astrology, Fate, Predictions|Comments Off

Astrology goes to court in India

This is wrong in so many ways (thanks to Astrococktail for the article):

Mumbai: Is astrology a science or an art of making money? The city-based NGO, Janhit Manch, has started a debate on the issue in the Bombay high court.

A public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the manch and its convener Bhagwanji Raiyani, along with his associate Dattaram Kumkar, has questioned the validity of predictions by well-known astrologers, including Bejan Daruwalla, and unknown babas like Brahmarshi Shri Kumar Swami.

Is Daruwalla and Brahmarshi were not represented by their advocates, the court issued notices to them to file their replies in four weeks. The more than 100-page petition pointed to several cases, including that of Indira Gandhi and Charan Singh becoming prime ministers, despite opposite predictions.

Hearing the submissions, justice Rebello remarked: “It is difficult to understand how wearing a stone on a finger can change one’s fate! But astrology is a science and that has been accepted by the Supreme Court.”

The PIL referred to Daruwalla, the “famous name of an astrologer and that numerologist among the elite class” who operates “somewhere from Colaba and Ahmedabad”, with his contact numbers on his website. When Kumkar contacted the astrologer’s office, Bapu, his personal assistant, told him to send a Rs25,000 cheque/cash for an appointment, which would be any time after 10 days; if the appointment was urgent, an extra charge of Rs3,000 would have to be made, the PIL stated.

Representing the Union government, advocate Advait Sethna told the court that even the SC had accepted that astrology was a science and many universities had included it as a subject. “Science, which is 4,800 years old, cannot be banned,” Sethna argued.

The PIL urged the authorities to ban articles, advertisements, episodes and practices promoting astrology and its related subjects like vastu, […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2010-03-26T04:43:14-04:00March 26th, 2010|Astrology in the news|Comments Off