Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter – an enduring partnership

Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn celebrate an extraordinary 75 years of marriage this week. They knew each other almost from birth, married after the war and survived the rigours of political life, evolving into an equal partnership in his time in the White House, when she expanded the role of the first lady, attending Cabinet meetings, working on mental health and created the Office of the First Lady.

  He only served one term and was reckoned a below average president but his human rights and peace initiatives since have earned him considerable respect.

  He was born 1 October 1924 7 am Plains, Georgia and has a 12^th house Libra Sun with an idealistic Neptune Venus in his career 10^th; and a defensive Saturn in Scorpio in his 1^st. He also has a private, self-protective though healing Water Grand Trine of Pluto trine Uranus trine a Scorpio Moon, formed into a Kite by Uranus in a lively and scattered opposition to Mercury square Jupiter. He clearly has talents but perhaps not the political ‘killer instinct’ needed for top office.

And he was unlucky in the timing of his presidency, with the Inauguration chart being riddled with quincunxes – Mars sextile Venus inconjunct Saturn and Pluto sextile Neptune inconjunct Ascendant. A time of strain and hard lessons, more so than most. When his one term finished tr Pluto was just moving out of a trapped few years in his 12^th in his personal chart so underneath the sense of failure would be great relief.

  Rosalynn, 18 August 1927 6am Plains, Georgia, has a hidden Sun Neptune in Leo; with an adventurous, inspirational though also hidden Fire Grand Trine of Mercury in Leo trine a sensible Saturn in Sagittarius trine an adventurous Uranus Jupiter. Plus an enthusiastic and hard-working Mars Venus in Virgo in her 1^st.

  Her Sun Neptune would chime with his Venus Neptune in the 10^th so she’d be a behind-the-scenes support in his career.  Her Taurus Moon falls in his 7^th which is ideal for partnership support; and his Uranus falls in her 7^th so he’d bring an unconventional relationship into her experience. His Jupiter in her 4^th would be supportive of her domestic life.

  The relationship chart is unsurprisingly well-tied together with a composite Saturn trine Pluto sextiling onto Sun Venus making it an affectionate bond with enough glue to stick through the tough times; with a smoothing-rough-edges, mutually supportive composite Moon Jupiter conjunction. The Mars square Mercury would give rise to arguments. Pluto in the 10^th would make them influential when pulling together as a couple as long as they kept ego-clashes out of the way.

  A reassuring celebration for difficult times.