Why Biden Won in 2020 and Why His 2024 Re-election Campaign Was Doomed
How mundane horoscope themes lift up individuals to national prominence
Disclaimer: I made no advance public predictions regarding the 2020 or 2024 Presidential elections.
In A Rectification Manual (ARM), I proposed a rectified birth time for Joe Biden of 11:36:28 AM, with an Ascendant of 14° Capricorn 39'13". This is a substantial difference from the Astrodatabank A-rated birth time of 8:30 AM which gives an Ascendant of 3° Sagittarius 11'.
Venus as Victor of the Horoscope
The victor of the horoscope is Venus in Scorpio. For the rectified horoscope, Venus rules the bounds of the Ascendant, Midheaven, Moon, and Lot of Spirit. As my 2025 study Expanded Factor Analysis of the Antiochus/Porphyry Model demonstrates, whenever a planet rules four of the seven possible significators considered in Stage I victor selection, it is the victor in 100% of cases.
Delineation of Venus/Scorpio
Venus’ solar phase is combust, just past the superior conjunction with the Sun. From a moral perspective, medieval astrological theory assigned a favorable moral quality to planets at superior conjunction because, at this point in their solar phase, they were farthest from the Earth and closest to God. For natal delineation, it means planets at or near superior conjunction yield themes with favorable moral qualities that are lifted up in the native’s life.
What type of Venusian themes are lifted up? For Biden, Venus in Scorpio - the sign of her detriment - bodes ill for the quality of Venusian themes. In a Scorpio stellia ruled by an aggressive Mars in Scorpio (its own sign), Venus suffers from the force of Mars. This can be read as domestic violence at the natal level or ethnic cleansing at the mundane level.
The first theme matched Biden’s advocacy for domestic violence victims, culminating in passage of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act. His interest in domestic violence became a personal mission following the tragic 1989 Montreal spree shooting by Marc Lépine, which resulted in 14 women killed, 10 women wounded, and 4 men wounded. As I detail in A Rectification Manual, both events are linked by Ascendant–Sun solar arc and primary directions.
The second theme matches Biden’s role in the Bosnian conflict (1992-1995) through his position on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. His moral stance against genocide framed his advocacy for NATO airstrikes and the Dayton Accords which ended the war. Later as Vice President under Barack Obama, Biden was given the Iraq portfolio. While Bosnia and Iraq were different conflicts, the common astrological theme was ethnic and religious strife signified by Mars in Scorpio ruling Venus in Scorpio.
By house position, the Scorpio stellia appears in the 11th house, which is assigned to groups, alliances, friends, and political organizations. Committee assignments of House and Senate members often correspond to astrological significators of the 11th house.
The extreme levels of pain and suffering Biden encountered as a public servant, echoed by tragedies in his own life, left him with deep compassion for others experiencing loss. His drive to lift up suffering of others as a socially acceptable and morally worthy cause demonstrates the ability of Venus just past her superior conjunction to lift up her themes closer to God.
Timing the effects of Venus: 2000 Election Victory
By Firdaria, the Sun–Venus subperiod from April 25, 2019, to September 28, 2020, contained the COVID outbreak and the Democratic National Convention held August 17–20, 2020, when Biden was nominated for President. One of Biden’s assets was his empathy for Americans suffering during COVID, drawing on Venus in Scorpio as victor. For the average American voter, Biden’s compassion stood in stark contrast to President Donald Trump’s relatively cavalier handling of the COVID pandemic.
But Biden was not alone in his sympathy for Americans suffering during COVID. So why was he lifted up as Democratic Presidential nominee?
To date, my research supports the thesis that individual natal factors must be linked to mundane themes in order for individuals to be lifted up in the national consciousness. Simply put, individuals must meet the moment on a national scale. For Biden, it so happened that his natal Venus in Scorpio, as victor and activated as minor Firdaria ruler, was linked to national trends via the Regulus USA National Horoscope. Specifically, the active Distributor for the Moon was Venus in Scorpio for the period May 19, 2020, to November 2, 2024.
Immediately after this distribution began, the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, ushered in revolts against police brutality, a general rage by oppressed individuals, and the launch of “cancel culture” designed to remedy historical oppression within the broader American society. Add to that the suffering caused by the pandemic. By the summer of 2020, Americans needed compassion - and found it in Biden who met the moment.
Bottom line: Biden was linked to the USA by the activation of Venus in Scorpio as time lord at both natal and mundane levels.
Venus no longer a time lord: Failed 2024 Presidential Campaign
Why was his 2024 Presidential re-election bid doomed? Without the need to analyze his physical and mental decline, the simplest answer is that Venus in Scorpio was no longer a time lord, either for Biden’s nativity or for the USA.
With the end of the pandemic, there was no further need for Biden’s role as Comforter-in-Chief. Venus in Scorpio as Distributor for the USA Moon ended on November 2, 2024, three days before the U.S. Presidential election on November 5, 2024. From a natal perspective, Biden’s 82nd birthday on November 20, 2024, marked the completion of Venus’ major 82-year cycle, which ended his lifetime role as Comforter-in-Chief.