Monday, November 14, 2016

US Presidency-Is it written in the stars?


So much has been written, ridiculed, lamented and dissected about the shocking Trump presidential victory that one who wishes to analyse this unexpected historical event will be affronted with mountains of material.

I watched the election results on CNN and BBC live and I could feel what it meant for the Democrat supporters to be delivered progressively poor outcomes. The live analysis became more and more painful when commentators worked out scenarios that even with the most positive outcome in the Clinton strongholds the cause seemed to be losing faster and faster. In the end it was too distressing to watch and I just quit in a general sense of despondency. Whether it is about free trade, climate change revamp, international security policies, globalization or liberalism taking a step or more backwards I do not know, but I just felt like humanity has stealthed a bit more into darkness.

I ponder about this event from a cosmic and metaphysical approach and can not help but think it is really part of destiny. To think that any Republican candidate other than Trump could have won the race given the anti establishment sentiments and that any Democrat candidate other than Clinton could also have won the race against the demonised Trump, and yet the most seemingly undeserving person came to power just smacked of a destined historical thread in the fabric of the world. In a world of climax and anti climax all situations stretched beyond limits have breaking points. So the marginalized population all the world over have revolted through their ballots in this year of the Monkey as perhaps written in the stars.

In early 2016 with the pending year of the monkey CNN asked Hong Kong fortune teller Priscilla Lam to predict the chances of the candidates for the US presidency. This is the extract:
 "She says the new lunar year will fuel good fortune for "earth dog" Donald Trump, while also lighting a fire under Hillary Clinton. Bernie Sanders' missing metal is a problem with older voters and the fighting elements of fire and water might just leave Marco Rubio all wet."


So if it is destined by the stars, it is inevitable that Trump won against all odds. Should it really be Armageddon then it should be remembered that a phoenix will arise from the ashes. Perhaps the world needs to reach a nadir point before big positive changes take place. Perhaps too events  may not be as dramatic as what Trump promised and who knows he might turn out to be amongst the great and effective presidents in US history. Who knows? Try reading the stars.

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