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Roosevelt's adventures became a national story, undoubtedly facilitated by his Sun's conjunction with the U.S. Scorpio Ascendant (see Elizabeth Smart below).
TR's first major act when he became president (after McKinley was assassinated) was a 20,000 word speech to Congress, informing the legislators of his intent to reign in the all-powerful monopolies like Rockefeller's Standard Oil. At the time, transiting Uranus and Pluto were opposing each other and aligned with TR's Jupiter. The speech kicked off a series of reforms that transformed the nation. Roosevelt had righted the ship of state through Plutonian will power.
The Uranus-Pluto cycle that coincided with TR's trust-busting days can be characterized as a revolution in political consciousness. We had a similar collective experience in the 1930s when Uranus and Pluto were squaring each other, and again in the 1960s during their conjunction. We're now entering the next phase of the Uranus-Pluto cycle, which becomes full-blown during the 2012 presidential campaign. Keep your eyes peeled for the next TR