The Reagan Clock Still Ticks
The rectified Capricorn Ascendant survives the scrutiny of Ascendant Distributions with a precision no skeptic can dismiss.
This new research paper, Ascendant Distributions of Ronald Reagan, applies Abu Ma‘shar’s medieval system of Distributors and Participators to the rectified horoscope of Ronald Reagan, testing whether 23 life periods align with 23 Ascendant bound changeovers. These findings defend a Capricorn-rising horoscope (ASC 6° Capricorn 08′21″), refined from earlier work in A Rectification Manual: The American Presidency first published in 2007. Using Janus 6.0 software, the study demonstrates that Reagan’s full biographical chronology—spanning his early lifeguard years to his presidency—corresponds with the mathematical timing of these Ascendant Distributors. The fit is so precise that each second of birth-time adjustment shifts Distributor dates by only one or two days, enabling rectification “to the second.”
The paper begins by contrasting Reagan’s officially uncertain 4:16 AM Sagittarius Ascendant (as published by Edmund Morris and repeated by his children) with the Capricorn Ascendant that better matches his disciplined character and measurable event chronology. It argues that the Distributor system provides empirical support for rectified charts by matching distinct life episodes—career launches, marriages, policy reversals, and even historical crises—to bound transitions. Early Capricorn Distributors map perfectly onto Reagan’s lifeguarding years on Rock River, where the Saturn/Capricorn Distributor (1926) coincides with his first lifesaving job and the Mars/Capricorn Distributor (1929) with family financial hardship during the Great Depression.
Subsequent Aquarius and Pisces Distributions trace Reagan’s transformation from Hollywood actor to conservative politician. Mercury/Aquarius (1933) times his first radio job at WOC; Venus/Aquarius (1938) marks his romance and marriage to Jane Wyman; Mars/Aquarius (1947) his divorce and anti-Communist activism; and Venus/Pisces (1954) his GE Theater career—casting him as corporate evangelist for free enterprise. By the Mars/Pisces Distributor (1965), Reagan entered the 1966 California gubernatorial race, defeating George Christopher on June 7, 1966 and Pat Brown on November 8, 1966, events that validated Mars exalted in Capricorn as “the victor” of his chart.
Finally, the Aries cycle (1971–1989) encompasses Reagan’s governorship, presidency, and the evolution from reformer to Cold War warrior. Jupiter/Aries (1971) brings the failed Prop 1 tax initiative; Venus/Aries (1975) his rising moral charisma; Mercury/Aries (1978) the organizational groundwork for his 1980 victory; and Mars/Aries (1983) the decisive military expansion culminating in the MX Missile program and covert Iran-Contra operations—patterns that unravel under the Saturn/Aries Distributor (1986). The study concludes that the Distributor model functions as a “mathematical fingerprint” linking astrology to falsifiable historical evidence. Readers are invited to download the full 22-page PDF to explore the complete table of 23 Ascendant Distributors and their striking correlations across Reagan’s life.
Note: By definition, release of a research paper as Mercury turns retrograde is a first draft and issued in order to spark comment. I anticipate release of a complete version, including partner directions, in Spring 2026.
