The 2020 Jupiter-Saturn conjunction cycle heralds a notable generational change, as it initiates a new 800-year phase of conjunctions in air signs. In Aquarius, it’s combined with Pluto’s final entry into that sign, after the presidential election in November 2024. These markers may help us consider the results of the election. 
Many American voters weren’t pleased to see either Trump or Biden on the ballot again, reflecting the natural cyclic need for change. Candidate Joe Biden was also beginning to remind me of the weakened father figure on the Maya Temple of the Cross at Palenque, which commemorated the hand-off of power from one generation to the next at another Jupiter-Saturn conjunction.
Kamala Harris’ entry into the race seems to signify the younger person who’d be the new leader as the Jupiter-Saturn metaphor suggests.
Pluto will return to the sign of Capricorn for the final time from September to late November and will be in Aquarius for the 2025 inauguration. Pluto at 0 Aquarius conjoins the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction of 2020 and accentuates the new and different phase for the country. Some of the current political slogans amplify and reiterate the Jupiter-Saturn themes. Harris supporters repeat “We’re not going back” echoing forward-looking Jupiter, while Trump’s followers continue to repeat “Make America great again,” which harkens toward a Saturnian look back.
As we might expect from the astrological symbolism, polls and statistics show a changing electorate. Pew Research in April 2024 noted that well over 50% of voters age 18-39 affiliate with Democrats, while over 50% of voters aged 60-80+ lean toward Republicans. Gen-Z voters are more socially and politically conscious than previous generations, and 47% of them are people of color. (In the south and west, a majority of newly-eligible voters are people of color.) And for the last 60 years, more female voters have turned out for presidential elections. All may give Kamala Harris an edge in the race.
Donald Trump’s legal challenges can’t help but lower his chances with a portion of voters. His difficult progressions with the U.S. chart continue through around 2027 (see my 2022 post on this topic). The erratic nature of his 10th house Sun-North Node-Uranus conjunction shows his attention-grabbing newsmaker abilities, but also the ups and downs of his career. I also felt that his assassination attempt in July didn’t especially augur a win in November.
In strong contrast, Kamala Harris’ Ascendant and North Node in Gemini trine her Saturn near her Midheaven, showing someone who slowly and surely moves forward in her career. We can see her progress from D.A. to State Attorney General to Senator to Vice President. President would be the next step forward. (I covered her chart in 2020 when she was a Vice Presidential candidate.)
Both candidates have some challenging aspects coming up and we’d need to look further for the outcome of their 2024 contest.
Planetary cycles and generational change take years to play out, especially when indicated by the Jupiter-Saturn Great Mutation and Pluto moving into Aquarius. But these shifts are major astrological indicators that will reverberate for many years to come. In exactly what election will the change definitively manifest? Kamala Harris clearly represents a newer generation of political leaders. But we need to analyze the birth charts to confirm if she’ll actually be elected president in 2024, which I’ll be doing in the coming weeks.