Finland’s Sanna Marin is to become the world’s youngest prime minister, aged 34. She will lead a centre-left coalition with four other parties, all headed by women, three of whom are under 35.
Born 16 November 1985 in Helsinki, she is a seriously determined Sun Saturn in Scorpio with a charmingly persuasive Venus and Pluto also in Scorpio square Jupiter in Aquarius; and a go-ahead Mars in Libra sextile Mercury Uranus in Sagittarius. Plus a hard-working Capricorn Moon.
She takes over as tr Neptune is coming to square her Uranus till late January so she’ll have a highly-strung honeymoon, not necessarily bad but edgy. She will run into frustrations with tr Pluto square her Mars/Pluto midpoint from late January on and off till late year. With some disasters to overcome in April/May and over the New Year into 2021 with tr Uranus opposition her Mars/Saturn midpoint. But she’s determined and resourceful with so much Scorpio so will soldier on.
Her Jupiter falls in Finland’s 10th (time and date being accurate) which is good news for the country. Her Uranus is conjunct the Finland Sun so she will be a reformer and her Sun squares the Finland 10th house Uranus so she will push it onto a different track.
Finland still has tr Neptune around in 2020 in opposition to the Mars so not all schemes will come to fruition.
Thank you for this outlook! I think I’m not alone in saying that Finns have been (mostly pleasantly) surprised by our new PM becoming International News. There was very little coverage on Marin having an opportunity to become the youngest sitting PM in The World before SDPs internal vote on PM Antti Rinne’s election, and this definitely wasn’t a factor in her election. If anything, Marin’s 37-year-old Antti Lindtman’s four more years serving at Parliament were seen as an asset). And I think that not even the most fervent supporters of Marin expected the overwhelmingly positive coverage abroad of what began as tiresome internal political games in which Marin wasn’t even participating.
The good international coverage of Marin will definitely help her to “soldier on” in the first, difficult days and weeks of her Government. Rinne was ousted by a non-confidence from alliance member Center Party, there’s an ongoing industrial labor dispute and an unresolved question of Finnish children at Al-Holy Marin should tackle immediately. Not to mention True Finns clocking almost 25 per cent support figures and pressing for elections, now. But good thing for her, Finland is very much a Virgo Moon country. External validation is much more important to us than, let’s say, French or English. Being very Virgo Moon, we also like Marin’s brand of politicians – hard working, fact driven, standing their ground but fair. It’s telling Marin seems to be more popular among voters of the alliance parties, and even Moderate Conservatives of Kokoomus than “classic” SDP voters. I think she has political longevity spelled on her chart, too, and if we are still here in 10 to 20 years, she will be the successor to the successor of an incredibly popular President Sauli Niinistö in 10 to 20 years.
I think this is an amazing result for Finland. It’s going to be fascinating watching the Pluto in Scorpio generation as they come into power. Such potential for transformation.
Thanks Marjorie. So refreshing to read this. Perhaps this kind of government is the shape of things to come in other locations, eventually. I realise there’s a long road ahead!
We’ve been “ahead of the curve” with Rightwing Populists. I’d say it’s not unlike that what’s now “the silent majority”, people maybe not overtly engaged in politics anyway, but tired of all this shouting and issues touching us all, such as health care and education, not being tackled with any seriousness.
Sanna Marin sounds amazing. I also reading that she’s centre-left rather than radically left. Finland is very lucky to have her.
– Chris Romero
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Yes, I’d say that Sanna Marin’s party, SDP, is what you’d consider “moderate left” in The US, she, however, is further “left” in many questions than the field in general. I think the main divider are her views in fighting climate change – while “old guard” Labor Union operatives may not see this as a priority to Finland, there are younger and more educated “Redgreens”, who have been lately gravitating towards Green Party she might pull back to the party. Also, it has taken “old guard” more time to adapt to some more socially liberal views, such as gender neutral marriage law, but this seems less of an issue nowadays.