April 10, 2006

 

Senator Hillary Clinton, a front runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, is an incredible fund raiser and has a popular former president for a spouse (although former President Clinton can sometimes go his own way, as he did with his lobbying on the Dubai ports security deal). If nominated, she would be the first woman to represent a major political party in a U.S. presidential election. If elected president, she would of course be the first woman to lead the nation—which would finally put the U.S. in the same enlightened league as India, Israel, Great Britain, and Chile, as well as countless other nations.

 

Hillary Clinton has chart strengths which show the potential to be president, but we need to keep in mind that these are just potentialities (see horoscope). It will be Clinton’s inter-action with the nation and with events “on the ground” that will determine how far she goes in the election cycle. She has a Mars-Saturn-Pluto conjunction in Leo and a powerful planetary line-up in Scorpio. First and foremost, however, her Scorpio Mercury went stationary retrograde just a few hours before she was born. A planet which is stationary at birth has enormous power in the horoscope and in the life of the individual. Clinton’s stationary Mercury happens to be squaring her Saturn within one minute of a degree. It is the closest aspect in her horoscope, including all the minor aspects.

 

The Mercury-Saturn square can indicate a person of tremendous intellectual gifts, as well as someone who feels that he or she is always being tested when expressing an opinion. They can feel impelled to prove themselves (some of these insights into the Mercury-Saturn square are taken from Sue Tompkins’ book, Aspects in Astrology). Mercury-Saturn square individuals tend to take themselves and their thoughts very seriously, becoming their own best authority on any issue. There is also a Virgoan mental exactitude with this aspect. Persons with a Mercury-Saturn square (such as Maya Angelou) are often great communicators, although they must often work hard to achieve this.

 

On the day of the 2008 election, transiting Mars will be conjuncting Clinton’s stationary natal Mercury exactly—and therefore squaring her Saturn. If she is nominated, will this powerful tension propel her all the way to an electoral victory—or will a square between the two traditional malefics of the zodiac deny her victory? Because the issues of concern to the nation in 2008 are likely to be war and security, Mars and Saturn could be helpful. A further answer may lie in how Clinton develops her relationship with the nation and for that we need to look at a composite horoscope (scroll down to see composite horoscope for Hillary Clinton and the U.S.).

 

Because Clinton’s birth time is not known for certain, we do not know the exact degree of her Moon or house cusps. However, even with allowance for the Clinton/USA composite Moon being off by several degrees, her composite horoscope pattern is striking.

 

The composite mid-Pisces Moon opposes a stellium of five planets in Virgo. The composite Moon signifies the emotional connection a candidate is able to establish with the country. Composite Uranus completes the picture with its square of the Virgo-Pisces axis. Significantly, Clinton’s composite Jupiter-Saturn conjunction is squared by Uranus, showing the candidate’s potential for disrupting the status quo.

 

Transits affect a composite chart just like a natal chart. On election day, 2008, there will be an opposition between Saturn and Uranus. The election day Saturn-Uranus opposition will be hitting the Clinton/U.S. composite Jupiter-Saturn conjunction and squaring the composite Uranus. Because the election will be decided on Saturnine issues of security and Uranus represents radical change, it is entirely possible that Hillary Clinton could be elected president in 2008.

 

Whether one is a Democrat or a Republican, a soccer mom or a NASCAR dad, Hillary Clinton will doubtless be a powerful and polarizing candidate. This composite horoscope vividly illustrates both the concentrated power of her candidacy and its potential resonance in the national psyche, as well as its potential polarization.

 

The following is not Hillary Clinton's birth chart. That may be seen here. This is a composite horoscope for Hillary Clinton and the USA (Sibly):