US Declaration of War (June 18, 1812)

Is this a case of history trying to repeat itself in order to come to a different conclusion? I wonder.

There are three inconjuncts, two of which form a Yod pointing at Saturn.

Mercury Inconjunct Saturn

This aspect can have several different meanings. First of all, you may have hidden fears that are difficult to express, but they cause you to do things that others can’t understand. These may include fear of the dark or of certain places or people. Or this aspect can mean that you often feel depressed and sad for no apparent reason. You tend to see the serious side of life, and it weights on you more than on most people.

Planets in Youth (page 164) 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.

Ibid (page 198)

Mars Inconjunct Neptune

With this aspect you must learn to stand up for yourself and demand your rights forthrightly and directly. Often you feel that you don’t have enough energy to assert yourself or that any such effort would be futile. Unfortunately, some people with this aspect learn to work behind the scenes or dishonestly. Others simply give up or take a defeatist attitude toward life.

Ibid (page 236)

It has been claimed over time that this is the only war that the Americans ever lost, although that isn’t the way they view history. Trump’s recent provocative statements seem to bring it back into focus.

I wonder how this modern conflict will turn out.