The Red Cap Rises: A Folkloric Theory on Donald Trump

What’s a Red Cap?

For centuries, the Scottish Borders have whispered tales of a creature so vile, so persistent, it could only be born of blood and ruin. The Red Cap—a goblin-like spirit with a thirst for violence and a hat soaked in crimson—has long haunted the ruins of ancient castles. But what if I told you this creature didn’t stay buried in legend? What if it found a new host… in the modern world? Let’s talk about Donald Trump.

The Trump Connection 

Now, I’m not saying Donald Trump is a Red Cap. But folklore has a funny way of echoing through time. Let’s look at the signs:

• Unnatural Coloring: Red Caps are known for their eerie skin tones. Trump’s famously orange complexion has become a cultural meme. Coincidence—or camouflage?

• The Red Hat: MAGA caps. Bright red. Worn with cult-like devotion. Need I say more?

• Ruins as Home: Red Caps live in crumbling castles. Trump’s business empire has faced bankruptcies, lawsuits, and reputational collapse. The ruins may be metaphorical, but they’re real.

• Scottish Origins: Red Caps hail from the Scottish Borders. Trump owns a golf course in Aberdeenshire. Perhaps the spirit was awakened—or summoned—on sacred soil.

• Hostility Toward Travelers: Red Caps attack wanderers. Trump’s rhetoric against immigrants and minorities mirrors this aggression.

• Stone Throwing: Red Caps hurl stones. Trump throws verbal ones—insults, accusations, tweets that sting like hexes.

How to Get Rid of a Red Cap

Folklore says brute strength won’t work. You need scripture, sacred symbols, or a crucifix. In today’s world, maybe that means truth. Maybe it means accountability. Maybe it’s the collective will to confront the shadow and call it by name.

When banished, the Red Cap vanishes in fire, leaving behind a tooth. A final tweet, perhaps? A lingering soundbite? A relic of chaos?

Conclusion

This is, of course, a fictional theory. A folkloric lens through which to view a controversial figure. But myths endure because they speak to something deeper—our fears, our archetypes, our need to name the monsters among us.

So next time you see a red cap bobbing through a crowd, ask yourself: is it just a hat… or the mark of something older, darker, and far more spectral?

Stay vigilant. And keep your crucifix close.

Carolina "I did NOT commit suicide" Dean 

On the Use of Astro-Dice

On the Use of Astro-Dice 

Astrodice are three 12-sided dice on which are engraved various astrological symbols. One die is marked with the symbols for the 10 planets, plus the North and South Node; one die is marked with the 12 signs of the zodiac; and the last die is marked with the 12 houses. 

To use them, the dice are shaken up, either in one's hand or some kind of container such as a dice cup, and then thrown on a flat surface. The resulting throw is interpreted by Planet, Sign, and House. 

Manner of Interpretation 

As has been stated elsewhere in this blog, Planets represent what is happening, Signs represent how it is happening, and Houses represent where it is happening. Interpretation occurs in two steps. They are:

1. Using your keyword system string together a basic, though somewhat contrived, sentence.
2. Refine and translate your sentence into a clearer, more causal or conversational tone. 

Example # 1 

Sun + Libra + 2nd House 

1. My power and authority is used diplomatically in the area of money and material matters
2. You are a diplomatic, peace-keeper and people-pleaser who vacillates when it comes to making decisions about money or values.  You tend to err on the side of caution and take the safe route, that is, the tried and true over anything too risky. However, you still tend to question if you made the "right" decision.  

Example # 2 

Venus + Scorpio + 9th House 

1. Your urge to love and be loved is deep and intense when dealing with matters of freedom, higher ethics, and education. 
2. You tend to become intensely and passionately attracted to anyone who can give you the opportunity to expand your horizons and expose you to new ideas, new cultures, and new people.  You may sometimes confuse sex with love and vice versa. 

Astrodice are an excellent tool for the new student to astrology to practice his or her interpretation skills. However, they may also be used as an oracle in and of themselves by simply thinking of a question, throwing the dice, and interpreting the results. 

Let's ask a question relating to current events and divine our answer. For example: Will Donald Trump be impeached?

The Moon + Gemini + 1 House 

The moon represents our emotional urges. Gemini is the sign of trickery and division, and finally the first house relates to self and how we present ourselves to the world as well as how we are seen by the world. This combination points to a personality that is emotionally unstable, restless, and wishy-washy. The subject is prone to contradictory statements, deception, and chicanery and this is who he will be seen and perceived by the world at large. Based on this combination I would venture to say that Donald Trump's misdeeds will become known and, under this scrutiny, he will be his own worst enemy.  

Carolina Dean 

The Astrology of Donald J. Trump

The Astrology of Donald J. Trump 

The 45th President of the United States of America

The Chart

Interpretation

At the time of the native’s birth, the Sun was in Gemini, which would be the native’s Sun-Sign. However, many factors go into the delineation of a natal chart and this report doesn’t solely rely on the placement of his Sun but also the placement of the other planets and other factors as well such as aspects or relationships between planets. 

The archetypal Gemini is someone who can be described as restless, curious, indecisive, open minded and yet vacillating. The native needs constant activity, or change,  in his life or else he will get easily bored and disinterested. He likes to believe that he does well in everything. He will likely learn more from his own experience rather than formal education. In the 11th house, the Sun gives a tendency towards humanitarianism and generally sees others as equals, though he himself wants to retain his individuality by being unique among others in some way. His general outlook of life tends towards looking for opportunities in all situations and interactions.  

With a greater number of planets in the Eastern Hemisphere of his chart, the native is naturally gifted with leadership ability, he is likely a self-starter who is focused on making his own future. With a fourth quadrant dominate chart, this native is focused on how his efforts will impact the world. Jupiter transiting the native’s 3rd house at the time of his birth indicates a tendency to project an image that everything is fine, even when things are falling apart. He makes many promises and can even make you believe them but often fails to deliver. With the 10th house in Taurus, he is very concerned with how he appears to the world at large. The native is someone who wishes to be perceived as having wealth and power. 

With Mars transiting Leo, the native is someone who is driven to have a life of significance. He is terrified of living an ordinary life and being quickly and easily forgotten. This placement gives the native the ambition and drive to generally get what they desire and to endow them with staying power so he is not likely to retreat easily. Nonetheless there is a tendency to start projects and yet fail to finish them. Pluto transiting the native 1st house gives the aura of a brooding nature with an intense stare. This placement of Pluto also grants the native a magnetic personality. He seeks power to overcome his own insecurities. 

With Leo on the Ascendant, the native is often perceived as someone who needs a great deal of attention and praise. He can be something of a showman and a drama queen, he needs the drama in order to attract the attention that he craves. The native is driven to possess power and authority over others as well as to develop some kind of creative expression of himself. The native wants to “shine’ in life and will not tolerate anyone or anything that will tarnish that shine. The native is proud, ambitious and has a strong temper who is quick to anger. 

With a majority of planets in Air and Cardinal signs the native is likely restless, impatient and domineering and tends towards revealing his frustrations in communicative ways such as speaking and in writing. A lack of planets in Fixed and Earth signs indicates a personality that his impractical, lazy and impatient and who lacks stability and endurance. Taken together this paints a picture of someone who has big dreams and ideas and who is unable to realize them himself due to his own inability to apply himself and stick to his guns.

With his Moon in Sagittarius, the native is naturally optimistic and is emotionally tuned to his own passions and desires. He is incapable of seeing the downside to anything that he feels strongly about. Sagittarius being a mutable sign, the native is uncomfortable with the status-quo. He needs constant change and activity or else he becomes frustrated and restless. He thrives on making grand gestures and bold, controversial statements just to see others react. With Jupiter Trine his Uranus this strategy is often successful for him as he gets rewarded for pushing limits and he is known for landing on his feet. 

With the Moon transiting his fifth house, he has an emotional drive to create. This placement gives him a subtle talent for acting and a lack of self control when it comes to expressing himself. With the Moon conjunct his South Node and simultaneously Opposite his North Node, the native likely carries over his emotional nature from a previous life. Until he learns to control his emotions, rather than allow them to control him, the native will be hesitant, irritable and dissatisfied in life. 

With Scorpio in the 4th House, the native likely has strong ties to his family that are not emotionally supportive or healthy. The native is apt to have had a loveless childhood (hence his strong desire and search for it in throughout life). The mother was likely secretive and emotionally manipulative, this is a pattern that the native will repeat in his own relationships. 

Chiron in the third house also points to a wound centered around communication and how the native expresses himself. The native likely had an early speech impediment of some kind, he began talking and forming words later than expected, had a weak voice or was a low-talker at an early age forcing others around him telling him to speak up and assert himself. Though unintentional, the criticism of those around him especially the parents, left a wound or hurt that affects his communication style today. The native likely had to have some form of special speech therapy, or developed means on his own to overcome or overcompensate for his impediment. 

Neptune transiting the native’s third house can indicate some kind of learning disability. He likely has no “book sense” and struggled in school. This placement also grants the native an inability to understand, appreciate, and accept facts. The native is likely susceptible to the power of suggestion and the wiles of his own imagination. The native can be an ineffective communicator and along with Mercury in the 12th house he will have to learn to communicate his thoughts and ideas more clearly and effectively. The native likely finds conversations with others draining and he becomes more impatient as the conversations go on. He will likely need to keep his one-on-one conversations with others brief and space them out so that he can re-charge between meetings. 

With Venus in Cancer, the native is sensitive in matters of the heart. The ego may be somewhat underdeveloped and he can sometimes smother his romantic partner because he wants and needs to be loved so badly. With Aquarius in the seventh house, he can be dominant and controlling in his relationships so he may try to force his partner to love him in the way that he needs to be loved; or to show their love for him in ways that may not be natural to his partner. 

With Venus transiting the 12th house he fears losing his identity in his relationship. He cannot abide a partner who gets more attention, praise, or who has more status that he himself has. Due to the fact that he needs attention, and affection so badly he will tend to make sacrifices or concessions in his romantic relationship so long as these conditions are not made generally known to others. For this reason, he can sometimes be taken advantage of in terms of his romantic and sexual relationships. Neptune transiting Libra tends to make the native to constantly be on the lookout for the perfect lover or spouse, which in and of itself is futile as there is no such thing as the perfect lover. The native desires instant intimacy and perfection without putting the work in that develops and strengthens long term relationships. 

With Mars in the first house, the native is driven to appear as someone who is masculine, virile, powerful and a great lover. The native becomes bored easily with his lover and or romantic partners, especially if they do not feed his ego and desire to keep up the appearance of himself as a masculine and virile lover. Afterwards, he can become impulsive, aggressive, and rude to his ex-lovers. 

The ruler of his 5th house transiting the 3rd house would indicate that the native’s children will likely be intelligent and have good communication skills. The native’s children may become successful or well-known in some creative enterprise but will change jobs frequently until they find their niche. With Sagittarius, a barren sign, in the 5th house, the native may adopt or otherwise raise children that are not his own biologically. The Moon transiting the native’s fifth house is often an indicator of an unhealthy attachment to the native’s children or children in general. 

In terms of friendships, the native likes to surround himself with people who are original, unconventional and unique. He has a diverse social circle but very few close friends. The naive has a natural ability for attractive friends or forming relationships that support him in and assist him in achieving his goals of having wealth and power. The native is able to rile up and charm crowds but often fails to connect with them. He can sometimes be friends with everyone but a friend to no one. He is as quick to end friendships as he is to form them.

In terms of career, the native has Taurus in the tenth house which indicates a career involved in finance and the arts. However, the native will have to love his job or career in order to have any success at what he does. Doing otherwise will rob the native of his energy and vital life force. With Venus, the ruler of his tenth house, in the twelfth house the native will be driven to build up his reputation and his achievements (no matter how great or small) so as to be recognized by others. However, such recognition or fame may prove to be the native’s own undoing. The native is best suited for any work that involves supporting those in power by working to help others behind the scenes. 

Sources 

• Birth Data The Mountain Astrologer, Feb/Mar 2019 Issue 
• Chart Generated at astro.com

Carolina Dean