THE ELECTIONS OF 1986 AND OF 2016

In the middle of April 2016, I wrote that the Solar Return of the Philippines on Sunday, 12 June 2016, has the planets Sun and Venus conjoined on the Rising Sign or Ascendant of the chart. I was asked to explain what the positions meant for the country. Earlier, an astrologer-friend of my wife, Resti Santiago, had written his own chart of 20 March 2016 or the Ingress Chart of the Sun claiming that it represents the results of the elections for the year but without saying who will win the contest. I recalled that his astrological chart has nothing in the place where the ruler is indicated.

These items led me to thinking about my own experience in late November 1985 when I met some members of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement and had claimed that my own chart for 1986 showed that a woman will head the country.  Most everybody, including ex-UP President Noel Soriano, said that Mrs. Imelda Marcos will be winner. In that month, nobody had been campaigning yet, but the Opposition had as its candidate ex-senator Laurel. But later in the year, an announcement was made to hold a Snap Election in February of 1986 with (both late) Mrs Cory Aquino and Senator Laurel as candidates. (I am attaching the writeup of the Internet about the situation:)

 “On 3 December, the Batasang Pambansa passed a law setting the date of the election on 7 February 1986.  The campaign period lasted 45 days, from 19 December 1985 to 5 February 1986

“The polls were marred by electoral fraud as well as violence. By virtue of Resolution No. 38, the Batasang Pambansa proclaimed Marcos and former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Senate President Arturo Tolentino as the duly elected President and Vice-President after receiving the highest number of votes for their respective positions. The opposition, headed by Corazón C. Aquino (the widow of assassinatedSenator Benigno Aquino, Jr.) and former senator Salvador Laurel refused to accept the fraudulent results.

“On 9 February, thirty five computer programmers (from NCC) walked out of the COMELEC's electronic quick count at the Philippine International Convention Center, some fearing for their safety and seeking sanctuary in Baclaran Church. The technicians claimed that the Marcos camp had manipulated the election results.

“This chain of events eventually led to the resignation of Marcos' Defence Minister Juan Ponce Enrile, and Armed Forces Vice-Chief of Staff General Fidel Ramos. Enrile and Ramos then secluded themselves in the military and police headquarters of Camp Aguinaldo and Camp Crame, respectively, leading to the People Power Revolution from 22–25 February 1986, which toppled the Marcos regime.

“On 24 March 1986, the Regular Batasang Pambansa passed a "people's resolution" signed by 150 lawmakers. The resolution nullified the election returns that proclaimed Marcos and Tolentino as the winners, and instead confirmed the victory of President Aquino and Vice-President and Prime Minister Laurel.”

I recalled the time when I remarked that “a woman” will head the country, although everyone thought that Marcos will have his wife, Imelda, as his candidate. I checked and found that my astrological chart for the Ingress Chart for 1986 has Venus, alone, in the First House or Government, although the Sun is conjoining the Rising Sign but in early Twelfth House. Thus, based on this factor, I checked the Ingress Chart made by Resti Santiago for 2016 but found that the First House is “empty” although the Sun conjuncts or joins the apex or its Midheaven. I had commented that the chart shows Uranus in the Ninth House in a “square” to Pluto in the Seventh House which, to me, show “unwanted changes”. I also inspected the chart made by Resti and cannot see anything in the First House. Nothing.

As I always claimed, I am not really an astrologer but merely one who enjoys computing charts, so I tried two methods when I tried to find out how the planets affect the birth charts of all the personalities involved in the Elections of 2016. Both methods show that the presidential winner is Roxas, although the vice presidential winners are tossups between Bongbong Marcos, Leni Robredo, and Alan Cayetano. However, the recent poll surveys showed that Duterte is the winner. How do I choose since the Ingress Chart of Santiago and my own astrological processes do not clearly show anything?

Knowing that the anniversary of the republic is due on Sunday, 2016, I did a Solar Return for the occasion at 5:22 a.m. This time, I have the Sun coupled with Venus in conjunction with the Rising Sign… wow!
I had been asked how this configuration affects the elections. Since the conjunction is too close at almost one degree, it can only mean that the rulers will come from a male-female combination. And to my selective mind, there is only one combination among the five pairs that have a “male-female” partnership and that of the Roxas-Robredo. I looked at the Santiago-Marcos combination, but this is the reverse of my own selection. All the others were “male-male” combinations.

On the other hand, I can say that of the pair, only the Roxas combination has very very dominant women in the life of a candidate: the mother and also the wife of Roxas. Thus, the ruler in my chart may show Roxas, but “pushed on” by mother and wife in ruling the country.

Which is which? (Do not push me.)

This time, Saturn, retrograde, in the Sixth House is in an exact square to Neptune in the Tenth House of Government which is conjoining the apex or Midheaven. To me, the decision of the Government is opposed/against or square to that of the people or Saturn in this sector. The Sixth House is supposed to reflect those who are in the Service Sector, among others. Thus, the behavior of the Overseas Filipino Workers in their votes seem to reflect their opinions on government policies.  I recalled that a large number of OFW working abroad in 2016 are “maids” or servants of foreigners, and have “passed” several “unfavorable” government sectors in their passages abroad? Are their votes reported by the media favoring a personality who is not a government favorite reflected by the “square”? (I had been an OFW in 1981 in a Filipino company, but had not gone through the government offices the present ones had experienced.)

Noticeably, the difficult position is reflected as well in the squares of the Moon (people) conjoined with Jupiter (judgment) in the Fourth House (domestic area) not only towards Neptune but also towards the combined forces of Sun-Venus and even towards Saturn! Add these to the “opposition” of Mercury (thought) to retrograde Mars (behavior) in the Sixth.

These pictures surely give me the creeps and I cannot truly give any good interpretation.

I can only say – the interpretation of the interpreter is as good as his interpretation.