Alex's Asteroid Astrology

Or maybe we should call this “stations that make Trump cross.”  This Holy Week the passion of The Donald was on full view, as the Resistance began to come into focus, resulting in Five Wounds that must, at a minimum, sting.  As the political pressure ramps up to return “accidental” deportee Kilmar Abrego Garcia from his Salvadoran prison, visited by a US Senator, with union leaders also publicly taking up Garcia’s cause, Harvard University digs in its heels and refuses to give in to financial blackmail, and multiple judges issue judicial smackdowns on various administration overreaches.  All these situations can be related directly to celestial points which are coming to station this month, and already inhabit the zodiacal degrees where they make their turns.

Overarching is the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia*, an undocumented immigrant enjoying protected status and specifically prohibited from deportation to his native El Salvador, being snatched off the street and sent precisely there on the extralegal flights to El Salvador’s infamous CECOT maximum security prison on March 15^th.  While the deportations of all the 261 men extracted from the US then are legally dubious, given no due process and expelled under the authority of a Revolution-era law that doesn’t seem to apply, Garcia in particular is not the Poster Child for the policy which the Trump administration could wish.

A Maryland family man, with young special needs children, an apprentice sheet metal worker, in 2019 Garcia was restricted from deportation to El Salvador due to risks to his safety from gang members.  Now accused of being a gang member himself, the administration initially admitted his detention and removal were the result of a clerical error, but now alleges that nothing can be done, as he is no longer subject to US sovereignty.  Even a 9-0 US Supreme Court ruling requiring the government to “facilitate” his release has brought no effective response.

The political pressure for his return increased on April 17^th, when US Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) travelled to CECOT to visit with his constituent, and Garcia’s SMART Union general president Michael Coleman called for his “brother’s” release.  All three men have PNAs (Personal-Named Asteroids) which represent them, appearing at station, indicating a pivotal turning point and a sense of being immovable or dug in.  Persons resonant to an asteroid name will come into prominence at station periods, as is the case with Abrego Garcia, increasingly vaulted into national consciousness, as well as Michael Coleman and Chris Van Hollen, who have publicly espoused his cause.

Asteroid Garcia 4442 is the lynchpin, representing the wrongfully deported Abrego Garcia.  At 29 Sagittarius, Garcia occupies its station degree from April 11^th through May 12^th, with the actual station to occur April 26^th.  Right by his side, celestially and terrestrially, is asteroid Coleman 11821, representing SMART Union leader Michael Coleman, who received a standing ovation from members when he demanded Garcia’s return.  Coleman inhabits 25 Sagittarius from April 4 through May 1, with the April 18^th station occurring the day after Coleman’s speech.  US Senator Chris Van Hollen is represented by asteroid Christophe 1698 (closest to “Christopher,” his given first name), which at 13 Sagittarius has been activating its station degree since March 24^th, and will remain there until April 21^st, with the station falling on the 6^th. 

Also on the Garcia bandwagon is the US Supreme Court, which on April 12^th issued a rare 9-0 ruling affirming a lower court’s order that the Trump administration return Abrego Garcia post-haste.  A bevy of judicial rulings against Trump plots and plans have ensued in recent weeks, all attributable to the stationing of asteroid Themis 24, named for the Greek goddess of justice, with affinities for courts and judges.  The Themis station represents federal courts literally “taking a stand” against Trump overreach. 

At 1 Virgo, Themis closely conjoins Donald Trump’s natal Ascendant at 29 Leo, making this highly personal to him, and also affecting his public image (Ascendant-ruled): Themis turned direct April 14^th (occupying that space from April 3-25).  In addition to a flurry of rulings from various courts supporting Abrego Garcia, the federal judiciary has thrown up roadblocks to the Trump agenda in its use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants without due process, the wholesale firing of federal workers, and executive orders or funding decisions aimed at enacting revenge on law firms that supported prior Trump prosecutions, and academic institutions with whose political outlook he disagrees.

Among the latter is Harvard University, which has dug in its heels and refused to alter its hiring, teaching and admissions practices after the Trump administration threatened to pull federal funding if it didn’t conform to the MAGA “anti-woke” agenda.  In a letter to Harvard on April 11^th, Trump proposed changes to how Harvard operates, including reporting students to the federal government who are “hostile” to American values; ensuring each academic department is “viewpoint diverse;” hiring an external government-approved party to audit programs and departments “that most fuel antisemitic harassment;” and checking faculty staff for plagiarism.

Harvard balked, the government froze $2 billion in funding, and Trump upped the ante by threatening to revoke the institution’s tax-exempt status as well.  But Harvard is standing firm, rejecting the onerous terms in less than 72 hours, and after a week of controversy the White House now avers that the letter was sent in error, and was “unauthorized.”  Asteroid Harvard 736, named for the university, is also stationary, appearing at 8 Virgo, turning direct April 27^th, but occupying that degree April 12^th through May 12^th.

So there we have it, five asteroid stations symbolizing the Five Wounds to the White House’s agenda, five Stations of the Cross of Trump, perhaps leading to the crucifixion of the ersatz MAGA savior.

*Author’s Note:  this article barely scratches the surface of the Abrego Garcia story, which will be gone into in-depth in future posts.