Kamala Harris was born on Oct 20, 1964 at 9:28 PM in Oakland, CA.
I analyze birth charts by looking at the archetypes, or in other words, daimon’s or gods and goddesses. As Hillman’s states in his book, The Soul’s Code, “The soul of each of us is given a unique daimon before we are born and it has selected an image or pattern that we live on earth….the daimon is the carrier of our destiny. Thus we are born with unconscious drives and motivations. The ancients Greeks called this energy the gods. Hillman called them daimons and Jung called them archetypes. Archetypes are unconscious clusters of behaviors and patterns of emotions and mental constructs. The most important archetypes in our birth chart are revealed by the sign of the Sun, the Moon, and the Ascendant.
My astrologer friend Robert Hand says that “You don’t know how much consciousness is pumped into a chart”. That is true and that is why when I analyze a birth chart, I never try to analyze a chart of someone who is not there in front of me or not on the phone to give me feedback. Each archetype has an evolved and unevolved or mature and immature aspect. My experience has been that if we are introspective or have learned something from our suffering and work on ourselves, we have a better chance to manifest the higher elements of the archetypes. My experience has also shown me that it is difficult to have worked on yourself and have all the archetypes operating in a conscious manner when you are young. Usually, the way we evolve is that we work on our charts one archetype at a time, and by the time we are 60 or 70, there is a good chance that we have the entire chart humming along in a compassionate, conscious manner.
I don’t know Karmala Harris personally so I do not know if she is evolved or unevolved or about the growth of all parts of her chart. But here goes….
Kamala has the Sun in Libra, the Moon in Aries, and the ascendant in Gemini. As I wrote earlier, I don’t like doing charts of people in a vacuum because it is so important to have a discussion with the person and to ask questions. That is the way to determine what level of consciousness the person is operating on. I’m going to assume that Kamala has worked on herself and is operating at near the highest level of the archetypes in her birth chart.
The Moon shows our emotional needs, the ascendant is the mask we wear, the persona, and the Sun is our core identity, what we are meant to become. See my blog post for more on the Sun, Moon, and Ascendant meanings. The purpose of knowing these three aspects of our personality is to see if we can get them to work together. Kamala has two air signs (Gemini and Libra) and one Fire sign (Aires). Air signs represent the thinker and fire is the inspiration. Fire warms the air signs that can be too cool and air fans the fire signs bringing energy and optimism to the fire.
Let’s look at the positive side of her archetypes. First of all, she has 2 powerful goddesses in her chart; Athena (the Moon in Aries) and Aphrodite (the Sun in Libra). She was born on a Full Moon. This can represent mood swings between what you know is logical and what your heart wants. Trump was also born on a Full Moon, Lunar Eclipse. People born when the Moon is full are shining out a bright light that gets noticed. They are hard to ignore.
Let’s look at the 3 important myths in her chart. A good way to understand a mythical character or archetypes is to research how and where they were born.
LIBRA SUN
Aphrodite is the archetype for Libra and is the goddess of love and beautify. Aphrodite’s birth tells us a lot about Libran energy. When Saturn castrated Uranus, it was the forces of stability, fear, rigidity, and repression against creativity, freedom, and rebellion. These energies were incompatible. The semen from the castration fell in the ocean and Aphrodite was born sailing in on a seashell. She was the remedy for Saturn vs. Uranus. She represents harmony and compromise. Libra rules law. The symbol is the scales representing justice.
They are also people-pleasers, being the most sociable sign in the zodiac But Aphrodite was not all sweetness and light. She became the mother-in-law from hell. She was jealous of her daughter-in-law Psyche because she was more beautiful and judged and punished her.
AIRES MOON
One of the myths for Aries is Athena the warrior, born from the head of her father. When a prophecy was made to Zeus that a child born from his union with Metis would one day supplant him, he quickly swallowed Metis and the unborn child. One day he had a raging headache and he asked Hephaestus (Virgo) to split open his head. Out popped Athena, fully grown, dressed in armor, helmet, and sword. Athena rules wisdom and battles. There is a negative father image in this myth. The father has a wound of some sort. It seems one of the goals of the Aries is to overthrow the father, not turn their back on him, but to find the fragile human underneath the mask as Skywalker did to Darth Vader.
An Athena woman works with men and being a warrior she defends the patriarchy. This is a woman who will be surrounded by male energy her entire life and will learn to go into battle with them. Aphrodite seduces men and manipulates them with her charms. Aphrodite is also male-oriented and would be lost without men in her life.
THE ASCENDANT IN GEMINI
Zeus had a clandestine affair with Maia. She gave birth to Hermes. When Hermes was only one day old, he got bored and restless in his cradle. He got out and began walking around. He decided he wanted milk and decided to steal some of his brother Apollo’s cattle. He put his sandals on backward so no one could follow his footsteps. He sacrificed three of the cattle to the gods.
Apollo figured out that Hermes had stolen his cattle, but by this time Hermes had hidden the cattle and he was nbed in his cradle. When Zeus and Apollo approached him, he pretended to be asleep and then sat up and said, ‘How could I steal your cattle, I am only a day old’ and he kept chattering on and making excuses. He made Zeus and Apollo roar with laughter.
After they left, Hermes saw a tortoise and talked it into coming into his cave to play. He killed the tortoise and made a lyre out of his shell and then got bored with the lyre which he gave to Apollo in exchange for the cattle. He also stole Aphrodite’s girdle and the thunderbolts of Zeus, but each time he managed to talk his way out of trouble, making the Gods laugh even more. Because of his communication skills, Zeus used him to go to the underworld and make deals with Hades. He also traveled to Olympus to talk to the Gods and to the earth world to help mortals. Because Hermes could talk to everyone on all levels, Zeus made him a messenger of the gods. So he is a trickster and a liar, but that was when he was a baby. His adult role is bringing important higher-level knowledge to mankind.
Looking at these three signs for Harris is why it is so ridiculous to fight for women candidates. Gender doesn’t matter. What we could use is someone with feminine values, man or woman. Karmala’s chart shows masculine values. It would be nice to have a Demeter in office, a mothering type who would want to feed the world, or Artemis, the Goddess of the wilderness who protects the environment or Hestia, who is reliable to keep the home fires burning and protect our democracy. But I’m dreaming again. So what we have instead is a law and order cop with good communication skills.
ASPECTS
Karmala has 4 aspects to Mars. Mars is the male planet and rules things such as the police. Mars in his positive side is a protector. The following are three of these aspects.
Jupiter in a Challenging Aspect to Mars – Her Mars is in Leo, a very powerful extroverted energy. Jupiter expands that Mars. She is a fighter for her beliefs and has excessive enthusiasm and courage. She may be impulsive and rash. A good idea for her would be to work out in a gym, hike, or use that energy in positive ways.
Saturn is Challenging Mars – I always look for at least one Saturn challenge in a chart. I’m known as the pro-Saturn astrologer. Saturn helps you work hard. With Mars, it indicates someone who has strength, endurance, and stamina. In her chart with the Gemini ascendant Saturn can take the many ideas she has and organize, shape, focus, and ground them.
Uranus challenges Venus – This is the signature of an unusual relationship. She would be attracted to and have relationships with someone outside of her country or group or social class. One astrologer did a study and said that Uranus challenging Venus is an indication of a gay person. I don’t find that true 100 percent of the time. What I do find is that the person has a relationship that shocks others. Also, there is a need to integrate love with space and independence. Uranus gets his back up so it would be difficult for her to compromise.
Neptune Challenges Mars – She could be a fighter for the underdog. Sometimes she is not clear on where she wants to go in life. Her sense of direction is confused. Her aims and goals are not well thought out. Neptune wants to escape reality. A good outlet is taking off and running to the beach for a break. A not so good outlet is using drugs or alcohol.
Notice that three Gods, Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune are challenging her Mars. Being angry or assertive or working on those issues are major themes in this chart. How to assert without being seen as aggressive? How to be diplomatic but not a pushover?
Pluto challenges Venus – Some of her relationships could be tortuous or messy. This aspect represents wounding in a relationship. It occurred in her fourth house of home. She may have suffered some sort of abuse there. Remember astrology doesn’t say what happened, it says what you perceived happened through the filter of your archetypes.
The Election
It would be presumptive of an astrologer to be sure of how the astrological energy of any aspect and transit would specifically manifest itself But it is fun looking at the birth charts and guessing. I did predict Trump‘s win. Because he was born on a Lunar Eclipse, his Ascendant was on Regulus, the king star, and also Jupiter, the King, had stopped in the sky the date and time he was born. He is a king and son of Jupiter. So he is still hard to beat. (An aside--when I write about the great chart that President Trump has, I am accused of being a Trumper, I’m not a Republican nor a Democrat, So no nasty emails, please)
I did Joe Biden’s chart when he was VP to Obama, I will dig that out and repost it. Maybe when we get closer to the election, I won’t be able to help myself from predicting the winner.
I wish her well,
Janet Kane