Things are not looking up astrologically for Sarah Palin. Palin, who is currently undergoing a long-term Neptune conjunct Sun transit, will have this delicate configuration thrown even further out of whack by short term transits on the night of the debate.

Neptune is the planet of confusion, illusion, delusion, and when conjunct the Sun, self-delusion. It has a way of dissolving the ego and stripping one of their own identity. Her pick as VP candidate could not have come at a worse time for this normally fiesty and confident filly.

The night of the VP debate, there will be even more confusion as the Moon will be conjunct her Native Neptune and squaring her Sun/Mars/Saturn conjunction. It will be very difficult for her to project a commanding presence. The Moon adds a certain level of volatility. As it is squaring Saturn, she may be overly worried about staying on script, which may fluster her and she may end up making confused answers. There is also a high degree of delusion (or self-delusion) in this configuration, and she may refuse to admit she is going down, which may spiral to make things worse.

On the same day, she has Mars in the final degree of Libra squaring her natal Moon and Mercury. This is another extremely volatile energy, only this one may lead to brashness and being a maverick in the worse sense of the word. She may tend to overcompensate in a bluster of fury for things she does not know, which will not fool anyone, except due to the aforementioned Neptunian influence, herself.

Probably one the most serious aspects of the night is that the transitting North and South Node will be making an EXACT t-square with her natal Neptune. The Nodes on the Aquarius/Leo represent fate and karma and combined with Neptune in Scorpio, there will be the truthful honesty of Aquarius and Leo forcing things out into the light from hidden and murky Scorpio. There will be no more sweeping things under the rug.

What about Biden? The Moon will be conjunct his Sun / Venus / Mercury conjunction in Scorpio. This is a much more harmonious aspect than the squares Palin will be receiving. For Biden, this conjunction will allow him to emotionally connect with people, and he will have the ability to come off as a diplomatic, caring individual who intellectually and compassionately understands the needs of the people. Only problem is this Moon configuration is also opposite his natal Uranus, which could also lead to a certain unpredictability and freewheeling bravado that could backfire.

Things aren’t all rosey for Biden, however, as he has Neptune EXACTLY squaring his natal Mercury, which can lead to a mental confusion of his own. This long-term transit can go far to explain all the gaffes he has been making recently, and he may make more at the debate. Also both Mars and Mercury will be squaring his natal Jupiter, which could make him overly aggressive, so he would be best to tone it down.

All in all it should be interesting.

This entry was posted by astrology detective on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 12:59 pm and is filed under electionwatch, popwatch . You can trackback from your own site.