PREDICTING U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATIONS

PREDICTING U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATIONS

USING ANCIENT ASTROLOGY
by Mary Weaver

Study funded by Jasmine Tewa Business Trust. Copyright (c) 2000 by Jasmine Tewa Business Trust. All rights reserved.

Many theories abound as to why U.S. Presidents have been assassinated in the past. There are the lone-nut and various conspiracy theories, all of which quote facts and figures and make cases for the political or personal reasons for such attacks. This article does not propose to address any of the reasons why someone might want to assassinate the leader of a country, only proposes to investigate the connection between stellar and planetary alignments at the time of a president’s inauguration, and what happens during his term in office afterwards.

President John F. Kennedy, assassinated in 1963

Computer Analysis Parameters

This study was done originally not to target assassinations, but look for presidents who died in office, from illness or assassination. Additionally, it was expected that since the same "indicator" for death in office also stands for scandal, humiliation or coming before the court in court cases, Watergate and the Clinton scandals were supposed to show up. Therefore, not every time a "danger signal" appeared did we expect to see a president be assassinated or die of ill health. In some cases, just court cases or scandals would be the result.

The theory that the fruits of an endeavor (in this case, serving as President of the United States) can be predicted by when that endeavor officially starts, meant that presidential inauguration dates and times must be used to predict what that President’s term in office will be like. A President is not truly President, with the force of law behind him, until he swears the oath to uphold the Constitution in front of witnesses; therefore that is the very time when his term officially begins.

As is always done in studies done by the Astrology Research Group and Jasmine Tewa Trust, thousands of random dates and times were fed into the presidential prediction computer program to determine how often these "dangerous times" occur in nature. The computer reported that 25% of the time, it’s dangerous to take the oath and become President of the United States. That means that, if there is no correspondence in this study between the Presidential inauguration dates and astrological rules, we can only expect the computer to accurately predict assassination 25% of the time.

Limitations of this Study

Because I am not an expert on inauguration times, nor could I find a collection of times (not just dates) when presidents were inaugurated, I had to make an approximation. According to the encyclopedia data I consulted, inaugurations took place in late morning or around noon. Therefore, as a "compromise" time, I chose 11 AM, Eastern Standard Time. Before there was standard time, there was local mean time; however, for the purposes of this study Eastern Standard was assumed for all inaugurations, even those past. The location used was Washington, D.C. Though Washington D.C. was not the inaugural location for early presidents (prior to Jefferson), research showed that it made little difference in the results to use different locations.

Results of the Presidential Study

In this instance, since death in office was not a "given" for a particular time, the computer was simply instructed to issue a "danger" signal when astrological conditions warranted this.

100% of the time, U.S. Presidents were assassinated during terms which were assigned a "Danger" rating by the computer.
100% of the time, U.S. Presidents became severely ill or injured while in office when the computer gave a "Danger" rating to their term in office.
100% of the time, Presidents who were themselves part of a major national scandal (or whose cabinet members were part of national scandals), received a "Danger" rating. (See: Watergate, Iran-Contra, Clinton sex trial, etc.)

Error factor: It’s harder to assess an error factor, with a topic as qualitative in nature as presidential terms in office. However, there were 2 instances where danger ratings were given and no scandals, illness or assassination attempts were known. There was 1 instance where a president died in office, when no "Danger" rating was present; the case of FDR’s fourth term, which he lived to see only two months of. Therefore, one could rate the error factor as follows:

There were 53 Presidential terms, total, and 3 "misses" by the computer. This makes the accuracy rate of this entire study 94%.

However, the accuracy of assassination attempts, successful and unsuccessful, remains 100%, because without fail, assassinations of U.S. Presidents always corresponded to a rating of "Danger" by the computer.

The table below documents actual Presidential terms in office, and what happened to each President during his term, plus the computer prediction of "Success" or "Danger."

US Presidential Term	BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF U.S. PRESIDENTIAL TERMS	COMPUTER PREDICTION
George Washington, term 1	George helped establish policies for choosing a cabinet and for the administrative tasks of government.	Success
George Washington, term 2	George continued to assist the fledgling government get started, and to keep peace with Indians and abroad.	Success
John Adams	Sought political harmony and to avoid war with France.	Success
Thomas Jefferson, term 1	He was subjected to a lot of virulent attacks in the press due to powerful opposition, but no attack was successful or created national scandals. Made the "Louisiana Purchase" that gave America land to the Mississippi River.	Success
Thomas Jefferson, term 2	His second term was a success, though tarnished by the betrayal of Vice President Aaron Burr. The Burr conspiracy was foiled before it endangered Jefferson.	Success
James Madison, term 1	There was extremely intense, nearly treasonous opposition to his administration by New Englanders, where there was talk of secession.	DANGER
James Madison, term 2	Near fatal illness. In June of 1813 he suffered from a near-fatal illness.	DANGER
Monroe, term 1	Adopted conciliatory attitude toward New England. Created controversy over slavery policies in Missouri.	Success
Monroe, term 2	Missouri slavery debates continued, Indian reforms were blocked.	Success
John Q. Adams	An nationalist president whose policies favored creating more infrastructure, better roads, etc.	Success
Andrew Jackson, term 1	Andrew Jackson waged war on the Bank of the United States, and became involved in controversy between state’s rights vs. federal government.	Success
Andrew Jackson, term 2	The war on the Bank of the United States resulted in economic reforms. Foreign policy was successful.	Success
M. Van Buren	He was occupied with a severe financial crisis precipitated in part by Jackson’s reforms.	Success
W. Henry Harrison	Died in office. Mr. Harrison died of pneumonia only a few short weeks after his inauguration speech.	DANGER
James Polk	Obtained the Oregon territory from the British, and Texas and California from Mexico. Was so exhausted by his term in office, he died three months after this term.	DANGER
Zachary Taylor	Died in office, during a particularly acute national crisis regarding slavery and the new Western Territories.	DANGER
Frankline Pierce	His policy to allow Kansas and Missouri to decide slavery issues for themselves created controversy.	Success
James Buchanan	A pro-Union President with anti-slavery policies. Conflict over slavery vs. anti-slavery in Kansas, and its admission to the Union, created tensions leading to the Civil War.	DANGER
Abe Lincoln, term 1	President Lincoln assumed the Presidency with a near-bankrupt treasury and the South already in secession from the Union. He accomplished what many thought impossible under the circumstances: he obtained money to fight the Civil War and kept what was left of the Union together.	Success
Abe Lincoln, term 2	Assassinated. Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth shortly after his inauguration.	DANGER
Ulysses Grant, term 1	He did not execute many policies; rather, he left that to his cabinet and administration. "Reconstruction" of the South after the Civil War was unsuccessful.	Success
Ulysses Grant, term 2	Major scandals raged. Corruption in the Indian Bureau, railroad scandals, illegal "salary grabs," bribes from whiskey producers, etc., all became public knowledge. Grant became viewed as an incompetent president.	DANGER
Rutherford Hayes	Achieved some reconciliation with the South.	Success
James Garfield	Assassinated. Mr. Garfield was shot at a train station.	DANGER
Grover Cleveland	Restored powers of the President. Lowered the tariff.	Success
Benjamin Harrison	Supported growth of industry by raising tariffs; built up American Navy. Passed "Anti Trust" act.	Success
Grover Cleveland	Dealt with bad economic depression. Put down striking workers with federal troops.	Success
William McKinley, term 1	Gained Cuba and Puerto Rico as result of Spanish-American war. Organized governments of these new acquisitions.	Success
William McKinley, term 2	Assassinated by an anarchist at a Pan-American conference.	DANGER
Teddy Roosevelt	Promoted anti-trust laws and the conservation of natural resources.	Success
William Taft	Enforced Roosevelt’s anti-trust laws; admitted Arizona and New Mexico to the Union.	Success
Woodrow Wilson, term 1	Reduced tariff and instituted banking reforms. World War I raged on in Europe, but U.S. stayed neutral.	Success
Woodrow Wilson, term 2	U.S. joins World War I and Wilson mobilizes U.S. armed forces on a huge scale. Helped negotiate peace treaty.	Success
Warren Harding	Died in office. Mr. Harding died of a thrombosis, though there is suspicion that it was assassination. Scandals connected with his cabinet also came to light later on.	DANGER
Calvin Coolidge	Reduced taxes, promoted consumer spending and helped regulate newly growing industries such as radio and aviation.	Success
Herbert Hoover	President during Depression. Made many unpopular decisions, but he did not suffer from scandals.	Success
Franklin Roosevelt, term 1	FDR nearly deposed by wealthy Dupont family. Plot to "depose" or otherwise get rid of FDR as part of a plan to institute a dictatorship in America, possibly due to FDR’s penchant for social programs at the expense of big money interests.	DANGER
Franklin Roosevelt, term 2	Congress was less supportive of FDR’s reforms. Roosevelt attempts to stay neutral and Europe wages World War II.	Success
Franklin Roosevelt, term 3	World War II. FDR was under a great deal of strain; sick a lot. He was under such strain that he died three months after this term in office.	DANGER
Franklin Roosevelt, term 4	Died in office. The strain of his last term caught up with him, as he died shortly after inauguration. Harry Truman took over.	Success
Harry Truman	Outspoken president, supportive of civil rights and labor issues; president during Korean War.	Success
Dwight Eisenhower, term 1	Halted fighting in Korean War. His administration supported anti-Communist hearings and policies.	Success
Dwight Eisenhower, term 2	Unable to resolve growing racial tensions in South. Efforts to reconcile with Russia to end Cold War fail.	Success
John F. Kennedy	Assassinated. JFK was shot in Dallas in Nov. 1963. Interestingly, his presidency was also plagued with scandals.	DANGER
Lyndon Johnson	President during turbulent 60’s decade and Viet Nam War. No legal problems or scandals; but was very unpopular.	Success
Richard Nixon, term 1	Dealing with the Viet Nam war and domestic unrest made this a challenging presidency. Viet Nam War ended.	DANGER
Richard Nixon, term 2	Resigned. Richard Nixon resigned his presidency due to the Watergate scandal. Gerald Ford took over.	DANGER
Jimmy Carter	President during last of the 70’s decade; known for his liberal policies. No scandals or sickness plagued him.	Success
Ronald Reagan	Assassination attempt. Reagan was shot, and severely wounded.	DANGER
Ronald Reagan	Reagan suffered from colon cancer operation. The Iran-Contra scandal became public.	DANGER
George Bush	President during the Gulf War. No scandals; and except for a minor incident in Japan, no health problems.	Success
Bill Clinton, term 1	The shady land-deal called the Whitewater affair came to light, but did not create a long-lasting or devastating scandal for Clinton, nor did it hurt his popularity.	Success
Bill Clinton, term 2	Sex scandals and trial. Bill Clinton was forced to go to court due to accusations of sexual misconduct. This scandal received a lot of national attention for many months.	DANGER
George W. Bush (future)	It’s a relief to know that our future president probably won’t be assassinated. However, he escapes the "Danger" zone just barely. This will be a rocky presidency; probably unpopular.	Success

Concluding Remarks

This is one of many studies that has shown the remarkable predictive accuracy of Vedic Astrology. It is easy to see, based on this analysis, why ancient princes and royalty used to consult Astrologers for propitious times to be installed as "king."

President John F. Kennedy, assassinated in 1963

Computer Analysis Parameters

Limitations of this Study

Results of the Presidential Study

There were 53 Presidential terms, total, and 3 "misses" by the computer. This makes the accuracy rate of this entire study 94%.

The table below documents actual Presidential terms in office, and what happened to each President during his term, plus the computer prediction of "Success" or "Danger."

Near fatal illness. In June of 1813 he suffered from a near-fatal illness.

Assassinated by an anarchist at a Pan-American conference.

Reagan suffered from colon cancer operation. The Iran-Contra scandal became public.