Post-2020 US Presidential Election Astrology Analysis and Reflections

In episode 278 astrologers Chris Brennan and Leisa Schaim look back at the astrology of the 2020 US presidential election, and reflect on what we learned as astrologers, now that the outcome is known. In the first part of the episode we discuss the much-anticipated Mercury retrograde period, which stationed direct on election day, and coincided with delays in determining the outcome of the election. Then we review some technical factors in the birth charts of the candidates that worked in showing the outcome, and discuss what we learned from some of the different methods that astrologers employed. Later we discuss a few other topics such as the role of bias and the media sources an astrologer draws on to provide them with context, the need for weighting or ranking surveys of astrological predictions, and then also some reflections on the nature of astrological prediction. This episode is available in both audio and video versions below. Timestamps Here are some timestamps for topics covered at different points in the episode: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:50 Election day Mercury station 00:15:15 November 6 Mercury Saturn square 00:18:23 November 7 Moon in Leo 00:19:40 Mercury retrograde summary 00:20:20 Transition delay 00:21:50 Nov 18 Mercury clears shadow 00:22:22 Nov 12 Jupiter-Pluto conjunction 00:28:35 US Sibley chart 00:35:19 Pluto 00:38:37 Chris' political astrology background 00:42:42 Eclipses 00:47:22 Biden's chart and Dec 14 eclipse 00:52:10 Nov 30 lunar eclipse 00:53:30 Trump's chart 00:54:45 Pence's chart 00:58:46 Harris' Zodiacal releasing 01:08:30 Harris' chart 01:14:12 Trump and 2016 election 01:15:23 Trump's ZR periods 01:21:58 Biden's profections 01:30:50 Trump's transits and profections 01:43:40 Biden's secondary progressions 01:51:44 Inauguration chart 01:54:40 Tiffany Trump's chart 01:58:50 Melania Trump's chart 02:01:38 Prediction techniques 02:23:06 Critical thinking in astrology 02:27:10 Horary in political astrology 02:29:24 First vote chart 02:30:20 Prediction misconceptions 02:40:11 Final remarks Watch The Video Version of This Episode Here is the video version of our episode on the 2020 US presidential election: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTMs8XOUmAY - Transcript A full transcript of this episode is available: Episode 278 transcript Listen to the Audio Version of This Episode You can either play the audio version of this episode of the podcast directly from the website or download it as an MP3 to your device by using the buttons below: