Todd Blanche (August 6, 1974)

For the most part the defense of Donald Trump has been a haphazard affair. In fact, there were points in the cross-examination of Michael Cohen when (especially at the start) Blanche made it about himself.

This chart is totally randomized. And yet there are two inconjuncts, and one is not dependent on a correct birth time. (I think it says a lot that Blanche has jettisoned all other clients to represent Trump.)

Sun Inconjunct Jupiter (definitely)

This aspect has possibilities for positive and helpful energy. You may be a very optimistic person who helps people in need at the critical moment. If so, others will help you when you need it. If you can control yourself and keep from going overboard, you will find that you can be quite lucky. But don’t assume that lock will always carry you through. Work as hard as you can to get what you want and act fairly and honestly with others; then the luck will be there.

Planets in Youth (page 83) by Robert Hand (1977)

Moon Inconjunct Uranus (unlikely)

With this aspect you must learn to control sudden outbursts of emotion that occur at difficult times when you least expect it. Also your present home life may not be a stable situation in which you can grow up emotionally secure and confident. A particular incident when you were very young may have given you the feeling that you can’t count of anything or anyone for support. Later in life, you may try very hard to get away from anything that reminds you of your earlier childhood, even if your childhood has not been difficult. You just feel that you have to get away and go somewhere else.

Planets in Youth (page 130) by Robert Hand (1977)

I cannot confirm or deny that either of these aspects are in operation, but the impression given in Donald Trump’s election interference case in Manhattan is that both may be underneath the surface of Blanche’s demeanor.

The Big “Lie” (October 24, 2016)

I’ve always thought that a cross-examination is well named. To zero in on one event in the whole parade of evidence that Michael Cohen provided seems a bit much, But I guess you’d call it grasping at straws.

That Neptune conjunct the South Node is interesting, while Mars being conjunct Pluto speaks to the urgency of the motives to ‘fix’ this thing the Trump campaign was facing. Note that both Mars and Neptune are part of inconjuncts involving Jupiter and the Ascendant respectively. That’s the crime.

The fact that Michael Cohen’s recollection is somewhat sketchy about the 14-year-old’s nuisance calls is forgivable. But Todd Blanche is trying to undermine Cohen’s whole testimony with one big “lie”.

The three charts together shows something unexpected: that “lie” has an Ascendant that is flanked by Blanche’s South Node and Trump’s North Node. These two were connected in a past life!

The other ‘dramatic’ link involves the event’s Moon, Blanche’s Midheaven and Trump’s Mars. Hmm.

Timing is everything.