Back a year or so ago I started the what's up with 45 series of posts and it's time to have another look. Now if you remember I did say that DT was somewhat protected in 2018 because of a progressed conjunction between his progressed Venus and natal Jupiter. This aspect is now slowly starting to wear off, and this I believe will leave him a bit more vulnerable to those forces who wish to get at his record and hold his Presidency to account in 2019.
As we enter 2019, DT will start to experience a particular nasty aspect as transiting Pluto makes a difficult inconjunct to his natal Sun. This will be all the more potent, as the Sun as you will be aware rules his Ascendant. Now this may have many manifestations but one thing is for certain, and that is that Pluto brings to an end a part of your life forcing a change of some kind. Often you are pitted against a powerful force that you have to either embrace or bow down to if you fight against it. Now I have painful experience of this exact aspect, as I went through it between 2013 and 2014, leading to the separation between myself and my wife. It was a time of turmoil and pain, and a time that I never felt truly in control. For DT this will be a personal crisis as his Ascendant ruler the Sun will be under attack from February/March 2019 throughout that summer. This will be something that he will be unable to avoid.
Now what will be the main cause of this power battle or lack of control? Well, while this aspect is active, Jupiter will also oppose his Sun, and hit his South Node, a point of detriment. Jupiter could indicate world events facing him, or it may also indicate legal battles and a fight against the law, especially as this aspect will be an opposition. It will focus on his work (Presidency) as DT's Sun lies in his 10th house opposed by Jupiter in his 4th house in the part of the chart linked to women, his family or that of the nation.
With the transiting North Node affecting his natal Saturn in his 11th house there will be a focus on past cooperation or friends/colleagues of DT. Saturn rules the 5th house of free love and sexual liaisons, and I suspect matters linked to these matters, or those of his children (also 5th house) may come to bare on him, administered by a senior person or presence in his life. In short look for Robert Mueller's special council to click into gear in Feb/March 2019 and to raise the heat on DT.
The killer aspect though working in the background as I see it will be Neptune moving in his house of relationships and open enemies square to his 10th house natal Uranus (ruling his 6th house of everyday work). This will signal a slow breakdown or disintegration of his public position, as unexpected skeletons emerging out of the closet come to light. This will I think initiate a very slow wearing down process over several months. I believe that his authority and ability to do his job effectively will start to be undermined over time as 2019 progresses into early 2020.
This post was also published on my Facebook page "Astrology by Paul Saunders"