Saturn Tests Hillary Clinton's Scorpio Stellium

Saturn, the great taskmaster of the zodiac, had just entered Aries and was forming a challenging square aspect to Clinton's natal Mars-Pluto conjunction in Scorpio. In the language of astrology, this is not a gentle transit. Saturn square Mars brings friction between authority and action, between constraint and drive. Saturn square Pluto speaks to power struggles, the unearthing of buried secrets, and the demand for accountability. That both natal planets sit together in Scorpio—the sign associated with hidden matters, transformation, and the underworld—only amplifies the symbolism.

Clinton, born on October 26, 1947, at 8:02 AM in Chicago, carries a concentrated cluster of planets in Scorpio. This stellium includes her Sun, Mercury, Mars, and Pluto, creating a natal chart oriented toward intensity, strategic thinking, and an almost preternatural ability to survive political storms. But Saturn's current transit through early Aries creates a tense 90-degree angle to that Scorpio concentration, and the timing of this deposition feels cosmically choreographed.

According to Forbes, Clinton's testimony was conducted in deposition format at her home, a concession perhaps to her status or her age, but also a reminder of how the mechanics of power have shifted since she last held official office. She released her opening statement on X (formerly Twitter) before the hearing commenced, explaining that she did so, as the BBC reported, "so I wouldn't have to be out here characterising it for you." It was a classic Clintonian move—controlling the narrative before others could shape it for her.

Her denials were categorical. "I had no idea about [Epstein and associate Ghislaine Maxwell's] criminal activities," she stated, according to Forbes. When asked directly about meeting Epstein, PBS News quoted her response: "I do not recall ever encountering Mr. Epstein." She also called for President Donald Trump to be questioned under oath regarding his own associations with Epstein, a deflection that simultaneously answered the committee's questions and redirected scrutiny toward a political rival.

The deposition came years after reports established that Bill Clinton had flown on Epstein's private jet 26 times, according to Roll Call's 2016 reporting. Those flights occurred during periods when Hillary Clinton was serving as Secretary of State or campaigning for president, raising questions—never fully answered—about what she might have known about her husband's travels with a man who would later be exposed as a serial sex trafficker.

Yet the unsealed court documents from the Giuffre v. Maxwell case, as reported by CBC News, tell a more nuanced story. While Bill Clinton appears in lists of Epstein associates, witness Johanna Sjoberg testified that she never met Hillary Clinton. This distinction matters. The historical political attacks regarding Epstein associations have primarily targeted Bill Clinton rather than Hillary Clinton directly, including 2016 campaign rhetoric by Trump, as Roll Call documented. Hillary Clinton's name has never appeared with the same frequency or salaciousness in Epstein-related court filings.

The astrological picture, however, suggests that this moment was never going to pass quietly. Saturn's ingress into Aries marks the beginning of a new 29-year cycle for the planet associated with karma, consequences, and the stripping away of illusions. When Saturn squares natal planets in Scorpio, it demands that secrets be examined and that power be held to account.

Clinton's natal Mars-Pluto conjunction sits at approximately 14 degrees Scorpio, depending on the exact birth time. Mars represents action, aggression, and the will to fight. Pluto represents transformation, power, and the underworld. When these two planets join forces in a birth chart, they create an individual who is formidable, strategic, and capable of surviving crises that would break others. But when Saturn—the planet of limitation, responsibility, and time—forms a square to this conjunction, it creates pressure. The kind of pressure that forces confrontations long avoided.

The deposition occurred as Saturn moved through the early degrees of Aries, still fresh in its new sign and eager to establish new rules. Aries is the sign of the self, the individual, the pioneer. Saturn in Aries asks: Who are you, really, when the masks come off? What have you built that can withstand scrutiny? For Clinton, a woman who has spent decades in the public eye, these questions arrive not as abstract philosophy but as concrete legal inquiry.

The current sky offers additional layers of meaning. Neptune, now at approximately 1 degree Aries, is conjunct Saturn in the heavens—a rare alignment that blends Saturn's demand for structure with Neptune's tendency toward dissolution and confusion. Neptune at 0.98 degrees Aries, according to the Swiss Ephemeris calculations, sits alongside Saturn at 1.5 degrees Aries. This conjunction speaks to the challenge of discerning truth from illusion, fact from fabrication.

For Clinton, Neptune's current position also forms aspects to her natal Moon. The Moon in a birth chart represents emotions, the inner self, and the public's perception of the individual. Neptune transiting the Moon can indicate a period of emotional confusion, spiritual awakening, or—more cynically—a time when the truth becomes difficult to pin down. It is perhaps fitting that Reuters noted "it is not clear how much new information will come to light" from Clinton's testimony. Neptune's fog obscures even as Saturn's demands intensify.

The Department of Justice has published over 35 million pages of responsive documents related to Epstein cases, according to official DOJ statements. That number staggers the imagination. Thirty-five million pages of testimony, flight logs, financial records, and correspondence—and yet the figure that emerges from this ocean of paper is not clarity but its opposite. The more we know, the less we understand. This is Neptune's territory: the realm where information multiplies while understanding diminishes.

Jupiter, currently at 15.32 degrees Cancer, offers a counterpoint to Saturn's contraction and Neptune's fog. Jupiter represents expansion, law, and the search for meaning. In Cancer, the sign associated with home, family, and emotional security, Jupiter's presence suggests that the questions raised by the Epstein investigation touch on deeply personal matters for those involved.

For Clinton, Jupiter's current position forms a supportive trine to her natal Sun in Scorpio. This aspect can indicate protection, the ability to emerge from difficult situations with reputation intact, or the intervention of powerful allies. It may explain why, despite years of scrutiny, Clinton has never been directly implicated in Epstein's crimes. The trine does not erase the challenge of Saturn's square, but it does suggest that she has resources—both internal and external—to weather the storm.

The larger context matters here. Jupiter in Cancer also speaks to the nation's emotional processing of the Epstein saga. The case has touched on issues of power, privilege, and the exploitation of vulnerable young women. Jupiter's expansive nature can amplify both the search for justice and the public's hunger for accountability. The deposition, conducted behind closed doors, becomes part of a larger national reckoning with the crimes of powerful men.

Mercury, the planet of communication and information, currently travels through Pisces at 22.51 degrees. Pisces is Mercury's sign of detriment—traditionally considered a challenging placement for the messenger planet. In Pisces, Mercury's usual precision gives way to intuition, impression, and the blurring of boundaries between fact and feeling.

This placement speaks to the challenge of getting clear answers from the deposition itself. Clinton's statements—"I had no idea," "I do not recall"—are classic formulations of plausible deniability, but they also reflect Mercury's current condition. Words slide away from precise meaning. Memories become hazy. The truth, like water, is difficult to hold.

Yet Mercury in Pisces also offers gifts: the ability to read between the lines, to sense what remains unsaid, to understand that sometimes the most important information is what people do not say. For those analyzing Clinton's testimony, the challenge is to hear both what was spoken and what remained silent.

Mars at 27.23 degrees Aquarius brings a different energy to the proceedings. Aquarius is the sign of the collective, of innovation, and of truth-seeking. Mars here acts on behalf of the group rather than the individual. The House Oversight Committee's investigation, whatever its political motivations, represents an attempt to serve the public's right to know.

The Mars-Uranus square currently active in the sky—Mars at 27 degrees Aquarius square Uranus at 27 degrees Taurus—adds volatility to the mix. Uranus represents sudden change, disruption, and the breaking of old patterns. When Mars squares Uranus, the potential for unexpected developments increases. This aspect suggests that the Epstein investigation may yet yield surprises, that documents thought buried may surface, that witnesses thought silent may speak.

For Clinton, this Mars-Uranus square activates the late degrees of her chart. It represents the ongoing tension between her desire to move past the controversies that have shadowed her career and the public's refusal to let those controversies die. The deposition was supposed to be a closed-door affair, a procedural matter that would generate headlines for a day and then fade. But Mars in Aquarius, squaring Uranus, suggests otherwise. The story continues.

Hillary Clinton has spent more than three decades in the public eye. She has survived impeachment proceedings against her husband, a contentious Senate race, a failed presidential campaign, and years of investigations into everything from Benghazi to her email server. She has developed, through necessity, an almost preternatural ability to weather political storms.

Her Scorpio stellium explains this resilience. Scorpio is the sign of transformation, of death and rebirth. Those with strong Scorpio placements are often forced to reinvent themselves multiple times throughout their lives. Clinton's journey from First Lady to Senator to Secretary of State to presidential candidate to private citizen represents multiple transformations, each one requiring her to shed an old identity and assume a new one.

But Saturn's current transit asks whether this pattern can continue indefinitely. Saturn is the planet of consequences, of the bill coming due. It does not care about past transformations or future ambitions. It asks only: What is true? What have you built? What can withstand examination?

The deposition, with its careful denials and strategic pre-emptive statement release, represents Clinton's attempt to control the narrative one more time. But Saturn's square to her Mars-Pluto conjunction suggests that control may be slipping. Not because she is guilty of anything—there is no evidence that she knew of Epstein's crimes or participated in them—but because the moment demands a level of accountability that goes beyond legal liability.

Johanna Sjoberg's testimony that she never met Hillary Clinton provides a measure of protection. The absence of Clinton's name from the most damaging court documents offers cover. But the question that lingers is not about criminal liability. It is about knowledge, about proximity to power, about the web of connections that allowed Jeffrey Epstein to operate for so long.

Bill Clinton's 26 flights on Epstein's jet, documented by Roll Call, establish a connection that cannot be wished away. Those flights occurred during Hillary Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State and during her presidential campaign. Did she know about them? Did she ask questions? Did she sense, as so many others apparently did, that there was something not quite right about Jeffrey Epstein?

These are the questions that Saturn demands be answered. Not in a court of law, perhaps, but in the court of public opinion, where Saturn's judgments are often rendered.

As Saturn continues its transit through Aries, the pressure on Clinton's Scorpio placements will intensify before it eases. Saturn will eventually move beyond the exact square to her Mars-Pluto conjunction, but not before demanding a full accounting. The Epstein investigation, with its 35 million pages of documents and its endless procedural twists, will continue to generate headlines.

For Clinton, the challenge is to navigate this moment with the same strategic acumen that has carried her through previous storms. Her Jupiter trine offers protection, but it does not offer escape. The questions will keep coming, and the answers—"I do not recall," "I had no idea"—may eventually ring hollow.

The deposition on February 26, 2026, will likely be remembered as one moment in a long saga, neither the beginning nor the end. But in astrological terms, it represents a precise alignment: Saturn, the planet of karma and consequences, squaring the most intense point in Clinton's birth chart, demanding that she account for her proximity to one of the most notorious criminals of the modern era.

Whether she can satisfy that demand remains to be seen. The planets describe the challenge; they do not determine the outcome. That part is up to Clinton, to the investigators, and to a public that has grown weary of scandal but remains hungry for truth.

Birth data for Hillary Clinton: October 26, 1947, 8:02 AM, Chicago, Illinois. Transit positions calculated for February 26-27, 2026, using Swiss Ephemeris.

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