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A Democrat nomination that drags on forever, a presidential nomination with racial overtones, the proposition of the first female VP of the United States, and a virtually deadlocked result. Has it all happened before in the one election year? Yes it certainly did - back in 1924 exactly one Uranus cycle ago, when the same party fought their own civil war. The planet Uranus is the agent of anarchy, revolution, and rebellion. It's introduction into human consciousness came coincident with political revolutions in the USA and France. A subsequent study of the 84-year Uranus cycle, and its relationship to its original Gemini placement in the 1776 Independence Day American 'birth' horoscope shows startling synchronicity, whether we go forward or backward in time. SYNCHRONICITY – USA AND URANUS Uranus occupied a similar position in 1524 when Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, explored lower New York harbour and Manhattan; the first European to do so. On the Uranus return in 1607 America's first permanent English settlement in Jamestown was established. The next return in 1691 coincided with the Massachusetts Charter. The following revolution heralded the 1775 Continental Congress and 1776 War of Independence. The American Civil War erupted on the next visit of the radical planet. The last sojourn of Uranus corresponded with the US entry into World War Two, and eventual emergence as the global superpower. Therefore examining a Uranus cycle is vital when making mundane predictions concerning America. And from the astrological viewpoint it holds a key to the Democrats current great divide. KLANBAKE – THE 1924 DEMOCRATS CONVENTION
The effects of the Great War had increased immigration into the US, and the additional
LET THE GAMES BEGIN Ballot after ballot ensued, with fierce lobbying, but the deadlock remained. Eventually after an incredible 103 ballots, and a 16-day marathon, the party agreed to an alternative compromise candidate, the relatively unknown John W. Davis. The 1924 Democrat convention was also famous for being the first in which a female candidate, Lena Springs, was proposed for the position of Vice-President. The ensuing election in November gave the US its first female governor in Nellie Taylor of Wyoming. And the 1924 election was the first in which all American Indians were granted the rights of citizenship and a vote. Today as we examine the US political landscape, in view of the Uranus return, we see many recurrent themes. PLAY IT AGAIN SAM
The Democrats presumptive nominee, Barack Obama, who espouses the principle of coming together, ironically finds his initial task that of healing the potential rift within his own party. Will genuine actions match the dream team Obama-Clinton unity talk, or is it simply spin? Is real leadership making resolute decisions, or appointing an advisory committee to do it for you? Past evidence would suggest that seeking a possible compromise candidate is repeating the errors of the past? And will John Edwards re-appear on the scene to take the spoils, despite announcing in April that he would not accept a nomination? Obviously a divided Democratic party would be a massive boost for Republican outsider John McCain. The ball is in firmly in Obama's court. THE FUTURE?
A year ago the Democrats looked a shoe-in for a landslide victory in 2008. The politics of tomorrow's transcendence will rapidly become the politics of today's reality leading into the August Democrat convention. Lasting change must come from the grass roots, before it reaches the lofty treetops. Looking for heroes is never the answer. Irregardless the US has taken a further inevitable step forward in race and gender political equality, compared to the disastrous 1924 divide. And Uranus has once again played a revolutionary role. Postscript - In 1968, as Uranus was in its opposition phase, the Democrats also imploded. This time the division concerned the Vietnam War. Violence and protests marred the Chicago convention. Democrat President Johnson, did not stand for re-election. Anti-war candidate Robert Kennedy was assassinated immediately after the Californian primary. It all resulted in Vice-President President Humphrey gaining the nomination without having contested primaries, and losing the election to Republican Richard Nixon. Copyright
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Back in 1924, when Uranus occupied the same position in Pisces that it does today, the Democrats held their convention in New York. It was a convention referred to derisively as 'Klanbake'. The Ku Klux Klan organization were at their peak in the mid-20's boasting a membership of six million, and held a strong grip on the Democrats. 
migration of southern blacks to the big cities created a competitive job market. First World War veterans returning to the work force were in rivalry, and these social conditions led to a surging recruitment in this insular group. The Klan wielded a major influence over the Democrats, as their preferred candidate Californian Protestant William G. McAdoo, stood against Catholic New York Governor Al Smith.
The
1924 convention immediately revealed the Democrats as a party split
between the two men. McAdoo represented the rural Midwest and campaigned
on along prohibition lines and was supported by the KKK.He also served
under President Wilson as Secretary of the Treasury and was married
to Wilson's daughter Eleanor. Smith was for the anti-prohibition forces,
along with ethnic minorities and big city delegates. A two-thirds party
vote was required to clinch the eventual nomination. 
Davis had originally only polled 31 votes to McAdoo's 423. The Democrats were subsequently routed at the polls handing incumbent Republican Calvin Coolidge the second largest majority in US Presidential election history.
For the very first time America has contemplated a female President. The interminable primaries race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton has divided the Democratic vote almost equally down the centre. Barack Obama’s Afro-American roots have seen the issue of race playing a key role. His controversial remarks about the oppressed clinging to guns, religion and xenophobia, in an increasingly competitive job market, is a definite echo of the insular 20’s. And many previously uninvolved members of the public have come forth to become part of a new political landscape. 
Barack
Obama’s horoscope would suggest the party’s over, rather
than just beginning. His dream run courtesy of a powerful progressed
Sun, trine the planet of elevation in Jupiter, is on the wane. This
was reflected via Clinton’s surge in the later primaries, and
Obama eventually limping to the line despite a considerable financial
advantage. In Jupiter’s place comes a progressed Mercury and Mars,
square Saturn and semisquare Pluto, as the attacks start to outnumber
the support. The hard work has just begun. Technicalities aside, it’s
doubtful we will ever witness the extraordinary promise of the Obama
phenomena.