Trump’s Eggs-traordinary Easter Tweet

By Alex Miller

On Background:  Up bright and early like the Easter Bunny, US President Donald Trump was posting holiday threats at Iran on Easter Sunday, 5 April 2026, hippity-hopping through international diplomacy as he promised to fill his adversary’s basket with brightly colored bombs aimed at critical infrastructure, unless the Iranian government acceded to his (latest) deadline for opening the Strait of Hormuz.

This was no birdsong tweeting, as might be expected on a fine spring morning.  In a homily apparently taken from a Monty Python-esque “Book of Armaments,” Trump lectured:  “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran.  There will be nothing like it!!!  Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH!  Praise be to Allah.  President DONALD J. TRUMP.”

One must admire the economy of phraseology which enabled Trump to offend both Christians (with a profane tweet on their holiest day of the year) and Muslims (sarcastically using their deity’s name) in one brief post, with potentially as many as 5 billion souls affronted.  Perhaps, having lost out in his quest for the Nobel Peace Prize, Trump is trying for the Guiness Book of World Records as creating the most offensive post ever.  Trump has proposed similar action before, pushing back the infrastructure bombing deadline further and further, until it reaches the vanishing point on the horizon.  Time will tell whether these threats are empty ones, but the content of the post has raised serious questions about the American Commander in Chief’s mental stability.

In Brief:  When the post was issued at 8:03 AM EDT in Washington, DC, the Moon (24 Scorpio) opposed Uranus (28 Gemini), both of which have been related, culturally or astrologically, to altered mental states.  The Moon – Luna in Latin – has given its name to lunacy, defined as extreme foolishness, senseless actions, or irrational behavior.  It is also an old-fashioned term for mental illness or insanity, historically believed to be affected by the moon’s phases.  Astrologically Uranus represents madness, especially in its manic stages, and also rules volatility and shocking, controversial, socially unacceptable or maverick behaviors.  Personalizing this to Donald Trump is the Moon’s placement, exactly opposed (180 degrees) his natal Midheaven, the point symbolizing status, reputation and place in the world.  The Midheaven (or MC) is the point of highest elevation in the chart, the focus of all eyes, making Trump’s unhinged pronouncements widely visible.

The ongoing union between Saturn (6 Aries) and Neptune (2 Aries) also symbolizes heads of state (Saturn) with compromised mental powers, with Neptune reflecting the more depressive end of the insanity spectrum, evoking deterioration and breakdown of the faculties.  The connection to Trump here comes in the form of this pair’s square (90 degrees) to Trump’s natal Mercury (8 Cancer), ruling the mind, intelligence, rational thought and communication, highlighting the US president as one world leader who may be especially susceptible to the Saturn/Neptune tug on global psyches.

Deep Dive:  The Sun (15 Aries) squared Jupiter (16 Cancer) places a spotlight (Sun) on foreign affairs and international relations (Jupiter), with Donald Trump prominent in the mix, as asteroid Donn (17 Cancer), conjoined Jupiter.  Jupiter is also noted for bombast and braggadocio, and inflating or exacerbating anything it touches, making it bigger, for good or ill.  A Grand Cross (1) is completed with the Sun’s exact opposition (180 degrees) to asteroid Achilles (15 Libra) and square to asteroid Nemesis (17 Capricorn). 

Achilles has a wide range of expression, including military matters and soldiery in general, bravery and strength, but also weakness or vulnerability (as in “Achilles heel,” a point of inherent weakness which threatens to destroy the individual).  It’s hard to say, in the context of this conflict, just whose weakness has been exposed, on various levels.

Nemesis represents enemies or opponents, and is also noted as the bringer of ruin and destruction, often self-created.  Asteroid Donn’s exact opposition to Nemesis singles out Trump as especially associated with this energy, but again, with soaring gas prices in the US and plummeting approval numbers for Trump, opinions vary as to who is bringing ruin to whom.

The Sun/Achilles polarity also forms the spine of another major pattern, a Grand Trine Kite (2), with trine aspects (120 degrees) to asteroid Bellona (16 Sagittarius), named for the Roman goddess of war, and a trio of points in Leo, all powerfully embedded at station (3).  Stationary bodies exert greater influence and force than typically, as the still points upon which the chart revolves, and represent major turning points for the energies or entities involved.  In this case, the heavy hitters are asteroids America (16 Leo), Washingtonia and Bomben (both at 4 Leo), with Bomben a celestial stand-in for “bombs and bombing.” 

Technically, the latter two are a bit wide of inclusion in the pattern, but their close opposition to Pluto (5 Aquarius), ruling devastation and total destruction, ably describes the threats issued from DC (Washingtonia), including bombing (Bomben) Iran into the Stone Age, by completely destroying (Pluto) their infrastructure, which would constitute a war crime.

Speaking of threats, that Moon/Uranus opposition doesn’t stand alone.  With the Moon is asteroid Toro (25 Scorpio), noted for bullying, intimidation and threats; and with Uranus is asteroid Ophelia (21 Taurus), named for the character in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” who goes insane and drowns herself.  This dovetails nicely with the supposition that Trump’s mental stability may be fraying at the edges, and as these two straddle his natal MC, that breakdown is on full display for all the world to see.

Donald Trump is further emphasized in the moment of his tweeting by asteroid Donn (17 Cancer) conjunct the IC (25 Cancer), the foundational base of the chart, and asteroid Whitehouse (28 Capricorn), representing the US presidency, conjunct the MC (25 Capricorn), its apex.  The Angles are the fastest-moving factors in a chart, changing degrees every four minutes, so Trump is only highlighted in this matter for minutes each day.  At the midpoint of this opposition lies TNO Eris (25 Aries), square to each, named for the Greek goddess of strife and discord, also known as the “nurse of war.”

Trump seemingly has been sucking at that teat rather often of late, as he enters his second childhood.

Notes:  (1) A Grand Cross is a major pattern comprised of four or more points at roughly 90 degrees equidistant from each other; this dynamic interaction can create stress, but also prompts action and motivates growth.

(2) A Kite is special type of Grand Trine, with one or more points opposing one of the three primary Grand Trine points.  The point in opposition is termed the “String,” and guides the operation and manifestation of the Kite itself.

(3) Stations are periods when, from our perspective on Earth, a planet appears to slow its movement, come to a standstill, and reverse course.  This is an optical illusion created by the triangulation between the sun, Earth, and any third celestial body; astrologically, it represents a focusing of the energies associated with that point, and often coincides with major life events or a radical recalibration of how that point has functioned previously.

Sources:  reporting from NBC News, Wikipedia; chart data from serennu.com; graphic images by author

Title Image Credit:  drawn by ChatGPT