Patrick Reed won his first Masters two days ago in the front of a hostile crowd of golfing fans who dislike his brash and boastful personality but withstood the pressure to finish ahead. He’s had a stormy life and a much-publicised split from his parents.
Born 5 August 1990 he was a boyhood prodigy, then a college bad boy who was kicked off his University team, and nearly voted off his Augusta State team by his schoolmates, for offenses that ranged from alcohol-fueled misbehavior to an arrest for underage drinking to constantly talking down to lesser teammates to alleged cheating infractions. A charmer. He hasn’t seen his parents since before his marriage, with his wife accusing them of abuse, and his sister defending them as model citizens. Another family drama.
He has a ruthlessly determined Mars in Taurus opposition Pluto square a Leo Sun opposition North Node in Aquarius – a Fixed Grand Cross, making him stubborn to the nth degree and giving him a killer ambition. His Saturn in Capricorn opposes Venus Jupiter in Cancer – superficial charm on one end and low emotional self-esteem on the other. His Mars is in an Earth Grand Trine to Mercury in Virgo trine a highly-strung Uranus Neptune in Capricorn; with his Mars also trine Saturn – very physical, materialistic, tending to lack charisma.
It would have to be said that his father as he experienced him from his Mars aspects was not exactly a bundle of sweetness and light – domineering and a disciplinarian.
His Moon, if after 10am birth, is Aquarius and if a late day birth will be tied into Mars and Pluto. If an early morning birth then a Capricorn Moon, possibly conjunct Saturn.
What is always amazing in these family feuds – is how the two sides have polar opposite views of the same situation and indeed themselves. Different football match played on a two pitch altogether. And both can’t be right.
First thought — humility is apt to be a foreign place to one with Leo Sun. PR born on day before lunar eclipse: easy to spot with both Sun and Moon close to nodal axis. He’s in Saturn return period with transit Pluto now conj natal Saturn — ingredients for an interesting time.