Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, the New York congresswoman, is talked up as a presidential hopeful from the ranks of the struggling Democratic Party. She is described as ‘progressive, left-wing and left-wing populist’ and she certainly has the chart of an activist.
Born 13 October 1989 11.50am New York, she has an assertive and ambitious 10th house Mars and Sun in Libra in her 10th; with her Mars in an impulsive square to Jupiter opposition a hope-to-improve-society Saturn Neptune in Capricorn. Her Jupiter is also in a confident trine to Pluto.
Her Mercury in Libra close to her Midheaven from the rhetorical 9th opposes her upfront Aries Moon and squares Uranus making her doubly outspoken on issues that concern her. Plus she has a devoted-to-a-cause Aquarius North Node in her communication 3rd house. Her main objective is to get her message across.
Her Jupiter in Cancer connects to the US Cancer Sun but her brusquely assertive Mars squares the US Sun so she will rub many up the wrong way.
In 2028 her Solar Arc Midheaven will conjunct her Pluto which is usually not favourable; and although tr Jupiter is moving across her 10th for a hint of success, she also has tr Neptune opposition her Midheaven, again not career supportive.
By 2033 tr Neptune will be opposition her focal point Mars for a sense of disappointment.
Being part of the triple conjunction in Capricorn generation she will be labouring under tr Neptune in square Uranus, Saturn, Neptune through till 2030. After that tr Pluto in Aquarius will conjunct her Solar Arc Uranus Neptune Saturn right through the 2030s. So a tough furrow to plough with many sinkholes to get across. She will continue to rise towards a peak starting around 2040 onwards with tr Saturn crossing her midheaven and on.
From an across-the-ocean standpoint several things are against her. The UK may have voted in Maggie Thatcher but it had a history of three great queens, so females were not an anomaly. The USA has not. Secondly political gravity is tilted to the right politically in the US so any hint of what is slammed as ‘socialist’ or even ‘communist’ which in Europe would be regarded as centrist, becomes a no-hoper.
It is what Rahm Emmanuel referred to after the last election when he said the Democrats had been talking to themselves and not listening to the electorate. Political success is about realpolitik and pragmatism. Zealous idealists tend not to fit the bill.
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