John Bolton, Donald Trump’s national security adviser before being fired in 2019 and becoming a critic of the president, has been criminally indicted on federal charges of retaining classified information and sharing it with family members. He could face decades in prison. The Wall Street Journal has pointed up the dangers of speaking out against Trump, with this indictment following on from judicial cases against former FBI director James Comey and NY AG Letitia James. “There’s little doubt that the underlying motivation for this prosecution is retribution.” Trump is still sore after Bolton published a tell-all book in 2020.
The case against Bolton resembles the investigations of both Trump and former President Joe Biden for possessing classified documents in their homes; as well as criticism of Hillary Clinton for her use of emails.
John Bolton, 20 November 1948, Baltimore, Maryland, is a Sun Scorpio which squares Trump’s Mars in Leo so a tinderbox duo. Bolton’s impulsive, explosive Mars in Sagittarius conjunct Jupiter opposition Uranus also clashes with Trump’s Gemini Sun and Sagittarius Moon for more fireworks.
At the moment Bolton has his Solar Arc Sun exactly opposition his Pluto for a deadlock; with an ominous SA Pluto conjunct his South Node. Tr Neptune Saturn has been square his Jupiter and Uranus earlier this year and across the winter, extending as far as January 2027 which is/ will be confidence denting. Plus tr Uranus opposing his Sun in December 2026 and March 2027 for a major upheaval. Plus a jolting tr Uranus square his Saturn from mid 2026 into 2027. It looks exceedingly bumpy ahead for him.
His relationship chart with Trump (minus Bolton’s birth time) is chained together and resenting it. But with nothing much showing now bar tr Uranus opposition the composite North Node which is conjunct Algol, hinting at aggravation out on the public scene.
Trump’s Inauguration chart with its bullying, vengeful Sun Pluto opposition Mars – also has a shouty, excitable Mars opposition a 9th house Mercury square a 6th house Moon. The focal point Moon in the 6th highlights health care, as well as civil service (government jobs) and miliary employees – with the 9th house Mercury pulling legal affairs into the mix. The Progressed Moon is continuing to close the T square to Sun Pluto to exact around next March 2026 – so a point worth watching for.
Without indulging in wishful thinking or letting prejudices show – 2026 looks to be the year that the USA starts to question its support for Trump in a more significant way. There will be moments of uncertainty across the winter as tr Neptune Saturn square the composite Neptune. But it will be tr Saturn in March followed by tr Neptune on April 2026 square the composite Sun which will start a downhill slide, running into 2027. With widening differences after mid 2026 into 2027 with tr Uranus square the composite Saturn. Nothing cataclysmic but a definite sense of a change in the political weather.
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