The Second Presidential Debate (September 10, 2024)

Hopefully, someone has consulted an astrologer, this time, but I sincerely doubt it. The energies for this round look interesting, to say the least. Perhaps, in the bigger scheme of things, this was intended for Biden and Trump, not Harris and Trump. At any rate, something will emerge from it, I’m sure.

Hmm. There are two inconjuncts, both of which focus on the dichotomy between these two candidates:

Mercury Inconjunct Pluto

You have a rather complicated and sometimes tricky mind. You usually prefer to do things in roundabout and involved ways instead of being simple and direct.

On the negative side, you might misuse this ability by trying to control people’s thoughts and words. Also you may love mysteries so much that you get involved in complicated thoughts and arrangements with your friends. You may enjoy working in secret and creating an air of mystery about yourself, but this could backfire and make others misunderstand you or even fear what you are doing. It is important to show people that you are honest and that you are not hiding anything. Otherwise they will probably suspect you, even if you are totally innocent. And if you aren’t, they will know it for certain.

Planets in Youth (page 172) by Robert Hand (1977)

Venus Inconjunct Saturn

This aspect means that your family may make you feel that you are unworthy of love. Unless you are given a great deal of love while you are young, you will be attracted to cold and unfeeling people when you are an adult. Such people are an outward expression of your inner feeling of unworthiness.

Even without pressure, you are likely to be more disciplined than most people your age. You don’t go overboard in anything, and you feel strongly that your worth depends on what you do and how much you accomplish.

Ibid (page 198)

It’s not hard to imagine which aspect belongs to which candidate, but there are elements to these descriptions that affect both of them.

Now, let’s look at how this debate lines up for the candidates.

At first glance, it seems that more of the transiting planets line up with Trump’s natal positions. It will only be seen during (and after) the debate if this is a good thing for him or a disaster. And that’s what I mean about managing expectations.

Hmm, again.