A fun spin on serious cosmic stuff! Wendell C. Perry has 40 years experience studying astrology and how it impacts personalities & relationships. He's written two books & published articles in astrology magazines. He's happy to share this website so that you, too, can have fun with astrology to help you in everyday life!
Even though Joe Biden hasn’t announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination, most polls have him as leading the pack. As the former Vice President, Biden has the advantage of name recognition. However, he is only one year younger than Bernie Sanders, and his age could be a negative factor.
Even though Biden is only one year younger than Sanders, he is firmly in the Baby Boom generation with Neptune in Libra and Pluto in Leo. So far, the batting record of this generation in term of presidencies (Bill Clinton, George Bush and now Donald Trump) has been less than brilliant. Biden might represent the generation’s last chance to improve its average.
Biden’s chart (click on Joe Biden to see his horoscope) is both dynamic and rather easy. The dynamic part includes the placement of Uranus on his Descendant, directly opposite his Sagittarius Ascendant. With Sagittarius rising Biden appears genuine and frank. Uranus on the angle gives him a mischievious quality and an air of unpredictability.
Even though he just got around to announcing his candidacy last week, the notion of Cory Booker running for president has been floating for a quite a while. As New Jersey’s senator, he seemed to be hitting all the centrist, Democratic talking points. However, a vote he cast back in 2017 may cause him serious problems.
On Jan. 12, 2017 Booker voted against an amendment that would have allowed U.S. citizens to buy their pharmaceuticals from Canada where the drugs are significantly cheaper. In doing this Booker was, in one way, voting his constituency. There are a lot of pharmaceutical companies in New Jersey. But he was also voting big money. Pharmaceutical companies have been known to spend a lot of cash on candidates they regard as friendly.
At the time of that vote, transiting Saturn was square Pluto in Booker’s horoscope. (Click on Cory Booker to see the chart.) This is not typically a life changing aspect, but Pluto is placed in the Eighth House of “other people’s money” and it rules Scorpio, which is the sign on his Tenth House of career. Did Booker put a Saturn curse on his career with this vote to make other people a lot of money? That is a good question.
As I predicted in my last “Following the Moon” article, (click here to see the article and the chart) there was movement on the government shutdown and, as was indicated by Neptune’s square to Jupiter in that Jan. 21 chart, it was not definitive. Essentially, Congress and the President kicked the can a few weeks down the road. Another showdown and possible “state of emergency” is looming.
One thing that I didn’t mention but is certainly in keeping with the Jan. 21 Full Moon chart was the rash of mash shootings that occurred at various places around the country during the past couple of weeks. We can connect this to the fact that both bloody Mars and rebellious Uranus are in Aries. Also, Mars is a tight square with Saturn and a trine with Jupiter in that chart. Whenever Mars is strongly activated, violence is likely.
Of course, there are some events that are so outlandish that they could never be predicted, such as the President of the United States belittling the heads of all his intelligence agencies because their facts don’t match his opinions. I connect this with the disruptive Uranus square to the Sun and Moon and also to the square between Jupiter and Neptune: educated authority versus overblown fantasy.
Bernie Sanders has not yet announced his intentions to run for the presidential nomination in 2020 but everyone seems to expect him to. The guy has both the Moon and Mars in Aries, so it’s hard to imagine him passing up a good fight (Click on Bernie Sanders to see a chart done of noon on his date of birth.)
Considering his surprising performance in the 2016 primary, Sanders would seem the be the favorite among our contenders, but there are concerns about his age. He's from the Neptune in Virgo generation which predates the first wave of Baby Boomer (with Neptune in Libra). By Nov. 2020 he will be 79. A lot of Democrats would prefer to see a younger face.
When you’re dealing with someone with Mars and the Moon in Aries, age is not a consideration. While Sagittarius is the “forever young” sign, Aries is the “never grew up” sign. People with a lot of Aries energy in their charts simply refuse to acknowledge the fact that they are aging. Of course, refusing to acknowledge something doesn’t mean that it isn’t happening.
