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By Alex Miller
On Sunday, 29 December 2024, James “Jimmy” Carter, 39th president of the United States, passed away peacefully at his home in Plains, Georgia. He had been on hospice care since February 2023, and was preceded in death by his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn, in November 2023.
The skies heralded his passing in grand style, with two major configurations that tell the tale. The first pattern is termed a “T-Square,” and consists of a point (or several points together) in opposition (180 degrees) to another, with a third on their midpoint, in square (90 degrees) to each. In this instance, we see Jupiter (13 Gemini), ruling both celebrity and political figures, conjoined asteroid Requiem (15 Gemini), named for the funeral mass for the dead, opposing Mercury (16 Sagittarius), denoting a newsworthy event, conjoined asteroid Carter (17 Sagittarius), with both ends of this polarity in square to Saturn (14 Pisces), emblem of the presidency and ancient lord of death, with asteroid America (10 Pisces). Put it all together and we have a rather extraordinary celestial rendering of the facts on the ground – news (Mercury) of the death (Requiem) of a US (America) politician (Jupiter) and former president (Saturn), named Carter (Carter).
As well, a second configuration repeats the theme of mortality, a Grand Trine Kite pattern, formed from three points equidistant from each other by trine aspects (120 degrees), with one point in opposition to a fourth player. Here we see a more “informal” announcement of his death, as opposed to the “official” statement presented above. This pattern keys on asteroid James (5 Scorpio), for “Jimmy,” in trine to both asteroid Lachesis (4 Cancer), named for the mythic Greek Fate who determines the span of life, and asteroid Anubis (5 Pisces), named for the ancient Egyptian deity governing funerary rites. Both asteroids are death indicators, commonly active in charts of passings. The “String” of this Kite (the point in opposition) is asteroid Washingtonia (9 Taurus), here representing Washington DC, the US capital, home of the president while in office, opposing asteroid James.
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Alex Miller
Alex Miller is a professional writer and astrologer, Editor-in-Chief of ANS, author of The Black Hole Book, detailing deep space points in astrological interpretation, and the forthcoming Heaven on Earth, a comprehensive study of asteroids, both mythic and personal. Alex is a frequent contributor to “The Mountain Astrologer”, “Daykeeper Journal”, and NCGR’s Journals and “Enews Commentary”; his work has also appeared in “Aspects” magazine, “Dell Horoscope”, “Planetwaves”, “Neptune Café” and “Sasstrology.” He is a past president of Philadelphia Astrological Society, and former board member for the Philadelphia Chapter of NCGR. His two decades of chronicling asteroid effects in human affairs can be found at his website, www.alexasteroidastrology.com.
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