“Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.” T.E. Lawrence.
With revolution in the air, a look at the charts of leaders who led the charge.
Maximilien Robespierre was the flag bearer for the French Revolution, though he only lasted two years after the storming of the Bastille to face death by guillotine as he had condemned the aristocracy before him in the “Reign of Terror”. The revolutionary years did not last long with Napoleon Bonaparte taking over just after the turn of the century. Robespierre born 6 May 1758 2am Arras France, had a super-charged Jupiter Pluto in his 10th square a rebellious Uranus in his 1st. His Taurus Sun was square a publicity-attracting Mars Neptune. Confident and aggressive.
Vladimir Lenin, 22 April 1870 9.42 pm Simbirsk, Russia, at the front of the Bolshevik Revolution which brought down the Czar was another Sun Taurus with a wide Jupiter Pluto conjunction. His Neptune conjunct Mars in Aries was in a volatile, can-be fanatical square to Uranus.
George Washington who led the army in the Revolutionary War against the UK, 22 February 1732 10am Wakefield Corner, VA, was a Sun Pisces square an uncompromising Uranus; with a confident Jupiter Pluto conjunction; and an inspired though can-be-fanatical Uranus opposition Neptune. His determined Mars in Scorpio was unaspected.
Che Guevara, the poster boy for revolutionaries, an Argentine Marxist incensed by the USA’s capitalist exploitation of Latin America, became involved in insurrections in Guatemala and was a major figure of the Cuban Revolution. He was ultimately captured in Bolivia and executed.
Born 14 May 1928 3.05 am Rosario, Argentina, he was another Sun Taurus in his case with his Sun square an idealistic Neptune; with a rebellious Uranus in Aries on his Ascendant square Pluto. His Pluto was also in a confident wide square to Jupiter and inconjunct Saturn. His Mars in Pisces was inconjunct Neptune. A Uranian temperament but not especially aggressive. His Neptune and Mars in Pisces caught the public imagination.
Alexandros Panagoulis, a Greek politician and poet, took an active role in the fight against the Regime of the Colonels (1967–1974) in Greece and was renowned for his attempt to assassinate dictator Georgios Papadopoulos. He was captured, tortured but ultimately freed and after the restoration of democracy was elected to the Greek parliament. Born 2 July 1939, nr Athens, Greece, he was a Sun Cancer with a formidably determined (and tormented) Mars in Aquarius opposition Pluto square Saturn in final degree Aries. His Jupiter was in a confident trine to Pluto; and his 8th house Uranus was in a creative trine to Neptune.
Lech Walesa, 29 September 1945 3.30 am Popowo, Poland, led the Solidarity movement and a successful pro-democratic effort, which eventually ended Communist rule. An idealistic Sun, Neptune, Jupiter in Libra square Mars Moon in Cancer, he had an all-systems-change Uranus in his career 10th.
Nelson Mandela, 18 July 1918 2.54pm Umtata, South Africa, the figurehead for the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, was a Sun Cancer with a confident Jupiter Pluto conjunction in Cancer square Mars. His rebellious Uranus was square a Scorpio Moon and inconjunct his Sun.
There is less marked Uranus than I might have expected, some but not an overdose. Plenty of Jupiter Pluto which helps in the drive for power or to tilt against misuse of power in authorities. Some aggressive, others less so. Neptune figures largely driving the vision of a different society. The long term effect of revolutions – especially in France and Russia, even South Africa – is not altogether encouraging.
The post Revolutionaries – Robespierre to Mandela first appeared on Astroinform with Marjorie Orr – Star4cast.
