Tag: George Washington

Astrology of 2 Presidents Stepping Down: 1796 and 2024

by Jude Cowell, partisan for democracy

First, you may wish to check out VP Kamala Harris’ first remarks after Biden stepped down from the 2024 campaign.
And perhaps you’ve seen yesterday’s horoscope of the Full Moon @29Capricorn under which President Biden ended his 2024 Campaign while retaining the presidency. And by now you’ve probably heard multiple comparisons being made between Presidents

Early America with Ed Kohout!

Saturn-Uranus: Old Order v New Order
by Jude Cowell, partisan for democracy
With ongoing challenges to our established system of government by authoritarian forces determined to topple our nation, the conflict heating to a boil as Election 2024 nears, I’m very pleased today to present gifted astrologer Ed Kohout with his thoughts regarding a question I recently posed to him concerning the

George Washington’s Ancient Family Ties

George Washington; Gilbert Stuart, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Origins of the Washington Family, plus, the Stricklands
by Jude Cowell
The Washington family’s Coat of Arms was adopted by an ancestor of our country’s first president named William de Wassington and you’ve most likely perused the Wikipedia page of the Washington Family so you know that George Washington’s great-grandfather

The Solar Eclipse that influences all US Presidential Elections

George Washington by John Trumbull, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
by Jude Cowell, A Child of the Revolution
As you know, January 7, 1789 is the date that Congress required states to choose their electors for our country’s first-ever presidential election. A month later on February 4th, George Washington was chosen by said state electors, then sworn into office on April 30, 1789 in New

Inauguration 1789, President Biden, and Eclipses

Astro-Thoughts on the US Presidency: 1789 and Beyond
by Jude Cowell
America’s first official Oath of Office for the presidency occurrred on April 30, 1789 in New York City. As you know, the 1st Oath was taken by a popular fellow, General George Washington, and his Oath-taking on that day creates our nation’s archetypal model for the US Presidency. Here you see the 1st Oath Horoscope set for 2:00

FDR and a most bracing Fireside Chat #20

Franklin D. Roosevelt Dec 27, 1933; Elias Goldensky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Tuesday February 8, 2022
Delivered in 1942 on the occasion of the anniversary of George Washington’s birthday, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered #20 of his Fireside Chats designed to tell the American people what was happening to the extent that he could (without informing the enemy of what they

Ghostly Sightings at Washington’s Mount Vernon!

Halloween 2021: Doth George Washington Haunt ‘Stars Over Washington’?
by Jude Cowell
Sunday October 31, 2021: No, not exactly. But as the closest thing to a Halloween offering we’ll get on SO’W, here’s a link to a curious report of a ghostly sighting in 1806 which is said to have occurred during a night in the Mount Vernon bedroom of the deceased George Washington who passed away in December 1799

America’s initial Mars-Uranus Cycle began in June 1776

Mars-Uranus: Rebellion, Attack, Great Energy, Danger, Urge For Freedom, Struggle for Survival, Strife, Radical Military Movements, Test of Nerves
by Jude Cowell
As you know, Inauguration Day 2021 featured a combustible Mars-Uranus Conjunction in Taurus (@6Tau44). And perhaps you remember that the entire violence-promoting Tr*mp "regime" was cosmically imprinted during its first Solar Eclipse by a

First US Presidential Election vs Election 2020

by Jude CowellMay 28, 2020: So if you’ve read details concerning the First US Presidential Election held from December 15, 1788 to January 10, 1789 you know that the 69 electors voted unanimously for popular candidate George Washington. And if you keep up with current US political elections and the rigging, cheating, and gerrymandering activities perpetrated by one political party in particular,

July 26, 1775 – Founding of the U.S. Post Office

Got a minute? Below is a brief synopsis on video concerning the founding of the U.S. Postal Service by the Second Continental Congress on July 26, 1775 with Benjamin Franklin appointed its first postmaster. In that era, Congress considered the founding of a postal service to be "crucial to the future of the 13 Colonies," a sentiment that modern-day (Republican) congress members do not hold