Hillary Clinton’s progressions are much more dynamic and significant than Donald Trump’s, but once again we have to ask whether they specifically indicate success or a new position.
Clinton’s progressed Moon is in Libra in her 11th house (based on an 8:02 AM birth time) and is nearly exactly sextile Mars on election day, 11/8/16. In addition, transiting Jupiter will conjoin the progressed Moon and sextile natal Mars within about a week. The combination signifies an expanded connection with the public and is excellent for her.
The progressed Moon is leaving a conjunction with Clinton’s Neptune, which highlights the continuing scandals as well as her ill health not long before the election. I feel that approaching aspects are stronger, and Neptune can be confusing, but it, too, may also add to her resonance with the public.
Progressed Mars conjoins her 10th house cusp, which is a powerful indicator of initiatives in her career. A focal point of Hillary’s chart is Mercury in Scorpio closely conjunct her Ascendant, with Venus in Scorpio also conjunct Mercury from the 12th house. Progressed Mars has passed a quintile aspect to her Venus, is still about 2 degrees from a quintile to her Mercury, and is over 2 degrees from aspecting her Ascendant. However P. Mars remains very close to quintile the midpoint of her Mercury-Venus-Ascendant as they combine influences.
In a notable repetition of influences, Hillary’s Solar Arc Uranus conjoins her Midheaven and progressed Mars, while also activating the quintile pattern to her natal Scorpio planets. Uranus conjunct Mars in the 10th is a wild influence concerning status and position. Uranus, though, is not reliable, and there may be more surprising ups and downs for Hillary before November 8th.
The quintile aspect (72 degrees) isn’t the most commonly used, but most astrologers agree that it’s a harmonious and flowing aspect that facilitates events. This fifth harmonic aspect relates to the 5th house and the Sun, and both may point toward luck and success. (Quintiles are common, but I do feel they’re a little stronger than sextiles as they’re a smaller division of the circle.)
Clinton’s progressed MC at about 15 Scorpio has just squared her natal Pluto in the 9th, and is a little over a degree from conjoining her Venus. More importantly, however, it’s also falling within the zone of the quintile from progressed Mars. Despite repeated questions of influence or legality (Pluto in the 9th), she continues to be popular.
Venus rules Hillary’s 7th house, relating to the public, and her progressed Venus is less than a degree from trining natal Neptune in the 11th, allowing her to gain ideological support from a broad audience.
Hillary Clinton’s progressed Sun and Mercury in Capricorn are each less than a degree past squaring Neptune. These aspects highlight her loss of credibility, continuing insinuations of scandals, and ill health. However it does seem to me that she is coming away from these Neptunian situations, since they are departing aspects.
I use secondary progressions by true Solar Arc, and other methods will change these aspects. I would not have the confidence to calculate them so exactly by hand, and we therefore must rely on our calculation programs. And of course, Hillary’s birth time is in question, and I’ve focused a lot on aspects to her 10th house and Ascendant. However, I still believe that her progressions are much more powerful than Donald Trump’s, and that they more accurately point toward winning a new position.
Scorecard: Solar Returns – Clinton. Progressed Moon’s Declination – Trump. Solar Arcs – Clinton. Progressions – Clinton.
I’ll look at transits to each of the candidate’s charts in my next post.