Barak Obama's Chart

Well, a friend of mine also posted his analysis about Obama's chart - and it is very good.

Since Tony went into alot of great detail about the planets and the signs/houses that they are in, I will focus on closed configurations that I think are sigficant.

Obama has what we call a T-Square, which involves an opposition (180 degrees orb +/-) between his Chiron in the 1st House/Aquarius(intercepted Pisces) and his Pluto in the 7th House/Leo (intercepted Virgo). They both square (90 degrees orb +/-) his Moon in the 4th House Taurus (intercepted Gemini). Whoa! We have some complex drama going on here! First off, these are important houses - the 1st House represents yourself - how others see you, the 4th House represents your home &/or your mother, and the 7th House represents your one-on-one relationships: like your spouse, but could also be your lover/partner/or your closest enemy.

So we have Obama's Chiron in Pisces, which increases the 'Wounded Healer' who strives to teach and heal others. However, Pisces 'fogs up the glasses' and he may find that he have difficulty with his own sense of individuality. With the Aquarian overlay (it is on the cusp of this house) Obama might be overwhelmed with other's pain and he may need to occasionally detach himself from others. He probably also suffers from his own deep and personal grief - perhaps the loss of his father so early, and also his mother. With Chiron in the 1st house - he takes hurt very personally.

Obama's Moon in Gemini (intercepted) can be a difficult sign for the Moon to be in. The Moon is all about emotion - and Gemini is all about thinking/talking/intellectually working things out. It also represents his mother - he probably saw her as an intellectual. When Obama gets hurt (see Chiron) he feels the need to understand and rationalize it all out. But emotions cannot always be understood - especially pain. Sometimes you need to feel them, and release them. He probably has difficulty with this, given the signs on the cusps of this T-Square are all fixed (Aquarius, Taurus, & Leo) - he does not let go of anything easily - and with his Pluto in Virgo (intercepted in Leo) - his pain runs very deep, indeed. It is interesting to me to see how the planets involved are all in mutable (easily changable) signs that are intercepted in fixed signs. Obama shows a stubborn shell on the cusps of these important Houses - but it protects his softer, more insecure and changable (intecepted) planets. Very interesting energies flowing there. But I need to talk about Pluto more. Pluto is the planet of deep transformations. Very powerful, on a global level. I like to compare Pluto's impact to a woman giving birth. In order to have her desired baby - she must go through the agony of labor and delivery. Painful - but well worth the pain. But it is not fun. Obama's pain transformed him - it made him the man he is. And he is compelled through his pain to help others - perhaps because of his mother's teachings.

Another significant aspect configuration Obama's chart contains is that of a Yod. A "Yod" is a triangular pattern in an astrology chart, which consists of 3 connecting points. It is an isosceles triangle with two long equal sides and a short side. The triangle has two 150 degree angles (quincunx) and one 60 degree angle (sextile). The triangle is pointing directly at something, which astrologers refer to as "The Finger of God," because it is a direct indicator giving the chart-holder a clue. The effect of a Yod is said to be “fated” or show some special destiny.

It is not an always easy configuration; the quincunx, a strange minor aspect that, by itself, is off again, on again, favorable, unfavorable. The two planets making the quincunx seem to be out of joint. It is like the planets are bi-polar; sometimes good, sometimes bad.

The focus planet is significant - it is Obama's ruling planet: Uranius in Leo/7th House. Uranius is the planet of radical change (heh - have you heard those words before in connection to Obama?) also of advanced foresight and genius. And revolution. Love him or hate him - he evokes strong emotions from others who either see him as a great leader or a radical revolutionary. The other planets in play are Saturn in the 12th House/Capricorn (serious, responsible Karmic Taskmaster) and a asteroid Pallas in the 1st House/Pisces (intercepted) (wisdom, intuition, logic and applied strategy). To me, this all represents that Obama's destiny can represent wise, responsible change - when all the planets are playing nicely together. When they are not - the shadow side - his destiny could be arrogant, cold, stubborn radical disruption.

Uranus also rules electricity - and isn't it interesting that energy & power are big issues now....and this election sure is electric!