Toward Ecosophy

Despite a flurry of other commitments, I've finished delineating the chart for next Monday's second inauguration of Donald Trump, and posted it as a free public post to my SubscribeStar and Patreon accounts:

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Any of my readers who were expecting Trump's second term to usher in a golden age will be just as disappointed as those who eagerly await the total collapse of the country over the next four years. Trump returns to the White House in a time of tremendous challenges, and he will have to contend with the inertia of a fossilized system and considerable resistance from various sources. The chart suggests some improvement in the condition of working class Americans will take place, and certain other abuses will likely be rectified, but it's going to be a turbulent time domestically and abroad. As wags are saying, only in America can a convicted felon who's driven a garbage truck and flipped burgers at McDonalds hope to rise to the presidency; what remains to be seen is whether Trump can carry out enough of the vitally necessary changes in this nation's affairs to stave off the really ugly future the bad decisions of the last half century have piled up ahead of us.

In the meantime, the stars have given us a snapshot of conditions for the next four years. Hang on to your hats -- it promises to be a wild ride.

Update 20 January 2025:  Trump has now been inaugurated. He put his hand on the Bible at 12:02 PM Eastern time; it takes four minutes on average to shift house cusps one degree, so the chart delineated here will need no revision.