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Thanks James,
I am currently looking at this topic on FB Traditional Astrology Group and seem to have worked out how to post charts from Ipad using an app that works on there. Certainly my initial look at both the nativity of Macron and his return this year do not look promising despite the fact that the polls say he would do well against Le Pen if it was t?te ? t?te in the final ballot.
It is Mars in his chart that could be the clue in my reckoning as he would have to unite different factions to unify the vote but I will consider your ideas no doubt
Just heard Mme Le Pen on the radio. One must not express political opinion here but perhaps our Gallic neighbours may care to follow the example of their neighbours over the channel witn a female PM and north of the border both SNP and Conservative leader both in skirts. ;-)
Matthew Goulding

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A piece by the English astrologer Barry Goddard on the French Presidential election. He predicts Marine Le Pen will win. He gives three factors he uses to assess the election outcome.
To make a prediction of this sort I look at 3 things: does the politician have popular appeal; does their chart make strong connections with the national chart; and do they have major transits empowering their charts in the coming years?
http://astrotabletalk.blogspot.co.uk/

Mark
As thou conversest with the heavens, so instruct and inform thy minde according to the image of Divinity William Lilly

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Thanks Mark for posting that link.

In addition to what Barry Goddard said :- the directed MC of the 1958 5th republic chart to 7th May conjoins Marine le Pen's radical Part of Fortune and Pars Hyleg.
Her Part of Fortune also conjoins the ascendant of the 1948 Fourth republic chart.

Also on the 7th May (which I'm sure she'll reach) the above mentioned parts will be in the 10th house of the Opening Poll chart I have cast.

The Moon on the day transits from 6 Libra to 12 Libra conjoining her ascendant but then it also transits Fillon's asc. and Macron's 10th house !!

I cannot see her doing badly at all in this election but would hesitate to make a prediction until I have studied the other two likely contenders in depth.

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Mjacob wrote
north of the border both SNP and Conservative leader both in skirts.
Well, not very often, for Ruth Davidson (who I think is great, btw, wish we could swap her for TM)).
Graham

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Mjacob wrote:
North of the border both SNP and Conservative leader both in skirts.
Graham F wrote:
Well, not very often, for Ruth Davidson (who I think is great, btw, wish we could swap her for TM)).
Graham
Actually the leaders of all three major parties in the Scottish Parliament are women. Nicola Sturgeon -SNP, Ruth Davidson -Conservative and Kezia Dugdale-Labour party. An interesting fit with the traditional astrological association of Scotland with the sign of Cancer.

Both Davison and Dugdale have come out as Lesbian and recently married their partners. Without any noteable public fuss I should say. The leader of the Scottish Green party-Patrick Harvey is also gay.

Mark
As thou conversest with the heavens, so instruct and inform thy minde according to the image of Divinity William Lilly

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Sorry for missing the Labour leader in this context. I meant in skirts in a figurative rather than a literal sense for Ruth Davidson but yes attitudes have certainly changed.
It used to be difficult to be selected as a potential MP unless you had a wife and preferably children to remove all doubt

Back to France it looks like now Fillon has lost support the most likely outcome is that in the second ballot support will go to Macron as the anybody But Le Pen candidate but Vicki may be on to something so too soon to place bets
Matthew Goulding

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Hello
I've been following this discussion with interest (I live in France). I noted how, in the Brexit referendum and the election of Trump, astrologers (at least on Skyscript) did better than the pollsters and the pundits, and I was wondering if this will be true this time too.

Despite his now being ahead in the polls, consensus amongst you seems to be that Macron's chart is not promising. Viewed form here, I think Macron is a media-generated flash in the pan. I really think Fillon is now out of the running, whatever he likes to think, he's burnt his boats with the arch-conservative, Catholic, moral values electorate that was his base.

So those predicting Marine Le Pen could just be right, astrologically as some have pointed out, her chances look better, and the situation on the ground is very unpredictable, current events can swing things fast. If you want a flutter, William Hill are currently offering 3.25/1 for le Pen, 2.25 for Macron.

Just recently, the veteran centrist Fran?ois Bayrou has come out saying that the situation is of "extreme gravity", and hinted that he may be planning to stand (as he did in 2012). I wonder if anyone more experienced than me would have time to look at his chart and see what you think, as against e.g 5th Republic, or polling day, or whatever works bet for you. I just have a hunch that, with the left and right candidates moving to the extremes, he could be the only guy who a majority would be prepared to vote for, to keep out Le Pen.

He was born on 25 May 1951 in Bord?res (43N12'16" / 0W13'12", not usually listed in the auto look-ups) at 16:00 (so that's probably rounded up or down a bit).

William Hills odds on him are currently 101/1...

Graham

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hi graham,

thanks for commenting and offering up fancios bayrue's chart data.. even rounded off to 4pm, the chart shows a lot of promise here... you are quite good at delineating charts too - so why not offer your thoughts?

here is a simple read - profected lord of pisces - 6th house in the natal chart - is jupiter.. the solar return for 2016 emphasizes natal jupiter as the sr midheaven lands very close to his natal jupiter - going with the rounded off time of course.. for the date of the first round, jupiter in libra is also close to his ascendant degree.. very superficial, but his chances look promising.. would be nice to have a more exact birth time.

do all the folks running for political office in france have to have libra rising? it is funny seeing so many here..

i note in the news today something that has a familiar ring to it with these polls... wasn't it the case the polls predicted no brexit, and no trump? are they becoming contrary prediction tools now?

Macron to beat Le Pen in French election run-off vote - Opinionway poll

Independent centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron would beat far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen in the runoff vote for the French presidential election, an Opinionway poll showed on Thursday, a result in line with other surveys. The latest Opinionway poll, which is being conducted daily in the run-up to the election, showed Le Pen would get the biggest score in the first round of voting on April 23. Le Pen would get 24 percent in this first round, compared to 21 percent for Macron and 20 percent for Francois Fillon, the candidate of The Republicans? right-wing party. Macron would go on to beat Le Pen in the May 7 runoff vote, with 65 percent to 35 percent for Le Pen, the poll showed. (Reuters)

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James wrote
note in the news today something that has a familiar ring to it with these polls... wasn't it the case the polls predicted no brexit, and no trump? are they becoming contrary prediction tools now?
Macron to beat Le Pen in French election run-off vote - Opinionway poll
Yes, this is what I'm wondering too.
Graham

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There is a psychological reason for this poll wrong bias but put simply people are anxious to give the right answer. If you paint Trump as the Devil incarnate and Brexit voters as swivel-headed racists then no one will admit to a pollster that they they are going vote Leave or Republican.

That is why we have ballots. In the privacy of the booth you can put your cross where you damn well like
Matthew Goulding

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When Donald Trump won the US election the Moon on the day of the election was transiting his Part of Fortune and Pars Hyleg.

On the day of the UK referendum the Moon was transiting Boris Johnson's house of his POF and Pars Hyleg also.

On the day of the 2015 UK election the Moon was transiting David Cameron's house of his POF.

On the day of the 2010 UK election the Moon was transiting the house of David Cameron's Pars Hyleg. He won the election but not with an overall majority, so not a clear cut result and the Moon on the Opening chart was VOC ,indicating this.

On 23rd April in the first round of the French election the Moon is in Pisces transiting Marine le Pen's house of her POF and Pars Hyleg. She will win the first round ( the pollsters are saying this anyway!).
If Fillon is still a contender he is likely to come second because the Moon transits his own Moon and several other planets in Pisces. He looks a better bet astrologically than Macron whose only connection is transting Mars in the house of his POF. He has nothing in Pisces to match the Moon of the day.

On 7th May the Moon is in Libra and both Fillon and Marine le Pen have Libra ascendants! There is a big difference between them though.
Fillon has his Lot of Spirit and POF in Libra on an axis with his Pars Hyleg in the 7th. He also has his North node in the 1st. Marine le Pen has her South node in the 1st and apart from her asc. no other personal points in Libra. If I go by the historic elections, using this method, this would suggest a win for Fillon.

Of course there are other candidates but Benoit Hamon is described as being unelectable and I haven't cast a chart for Francois Bayrou because he hasn't thrown his hat in the ring yet. Fillon may yet stand down of course.
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I've had a look at the charts of Le Pen, Macron, Fillon, Jean-Luc M?lenchon (the far-left independent), and Fran?ois Bayrou (centrist, not yet declared he'll run). There doesn't seem to be a time of birth available for Beno?t Hamon (left-wing candidate for the Socialists, very unpopular with mainstream of the party; found things that say he's "Cancer asc Cancer", but not chart or times to back that up, so I've ignored him).

And how interesting it is. Sidereally (I use ayanamsa close to Krishnamurti), Le Pen, Fillon, M?lenchon and Bayrou are all Asc Virgo (all except M?lenchon are tropical Libra - Vicki has already pointed out the similarities between charts of Le Pen and Fillon). Macron is Capricorn (sidereal and tropical); James has looked at his chart, I can't see anything to add and don't think he'll win (media generated "panic" candidate for the centre-right establishment), so I won't discuss him either. I think he'll split the far left vote unless he pulls out, but not enough to get anywhere himself.

Le Pen and M?lenchon (19/Aug/51 at 8:20AM, Tangiers Morocco) have Mars partile conjunct in whole sign house 11, on the exact degree of the MC at close of polls of the second round (7 May 19:00h , Paris). M?lenchon's Sun is exactly conjunct Le Pen's Venus in their WS 12th. M?lenchon's South Node is conjunct Le Pen's Jupiter.

I think the final runoff will be between Le Pen and M?lenchon, far right and far left, with Le Pen winning. This would fit the pattern set in England (not Scotland...) and US for a very deeply split electorate, with the inward-looking nationalist camp winning out.

To look first at the natal charts, Le Pen looks to me to have possible "promise": her Asc is 5? from the Desc of the Fifth Republic chart (6 Oct 1958, 18:30h Paris) and conjunct the 5th Republic Mercury; her MC in Gemini is conjunct th Republic Moon. No such clear clicks for M?lenchon. Her Jupiter is in her WS 12th, but ruled by Sun in 11th, so in quite good shape.

Her SR (Asc Pisces, her natal 7th )puts the SR Asc trine to SR Mercury (her natal Asc ruler), which is conjunct natal Jupiter. SR Mars trines natal Mars. SR Asc conjunct 5th Republic MC.

On polling day, I looked at close of polls: 19:00h Paris on 7 May. Transiting Jupiter is conj her natal Asc (the tightest conjunction of the four Virgo candidates, if birth times correct), and sextile her natal Sun (ruler of her natal Ju). Transit Moon conj her nodal axis (SN); Tr MC conj her natal Mars, as I said (also M?lenchon's). Tr Mars squares her natal Jupiter and M?lenchon's natal South Node (which are conjunct); Mars also sextiles Le Pen's natal Mercury as does Tr Moon (so her Ruler of 1, Mercury is sandwiched between sextiles of Mars and Moon). Tr NNode is conj her SR Venus.

Testing Vicki's idea of Moon transiting on natal POF or hyleg (Sun for Le Pen, Moon for M?lenchon), for M?lechon this does not work: Moon opposes these points, either day before or day after. For Le Pen, Moon trines her POF at 6:20 on 7th May. It sextiles her Sun at 23:00h, and is conj her Asc at about 4am next morning.

So I think winner could well be Le Pen, in a second round against M?lenchon. Hope I'm wrong!

Graham