Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s new far-right President, a deeply divisive figure and infamous for his racist, homophobic and misogynistic remarks, was sworn in at 4.50pm on January 1st in Brasilia. A former army captain he was voted in on a ticket of promising to free the country of corruption, crime and economic mismanagement. He was shot and wounded during the campaign and still has further surgery to come.
His Term chart isn’t inspiring with a nebulous Neptune in the 10th in an over-hopeful square to Jupiter, hinting at promises made and not delivered. With a hidden Sun Saturn Pluto in the financial 8th suggesting not only considerable economic problems but also dirty dealings out of sight. Pluto opposes the North Node squaring onto innovative, revolutionary Uranus – so there will be radical changes for good or ill.
Born 21 March 1955 2.45pm Sao Paulo, he has a formidably strong, power-hungry and ruthless chart with an ambitious 10th house Mars in a hard-edged opposition to Saturn in Scorpio square Pluto opposition Venus and Moon in Aquarius.
His chart sits exactly on top of the axis of the Brazil 7 September 1822 4.08 pm Piranga chart, so he clearly strikes a chord with an essential strand of the country’s psyche. That chart does have the same military/cruel Mars opposition Saturn which is sextile/trine Neptune Uranus in Capricorn and is no stranger to military regimes.
The Brazil chart shows signs of upheaval, disruption and aggravation from May 2019 onwards with tr Uranus opposition Mars; and a swampy sense of confusion till late 2019 with tr Neptune opposition the Virgo Sun.
Bolsonaro looks conflicted over the next few months which could be health as well as other issues from a couple of unhelpful Solar Arcs; but will push ahead bullishly nonetheless and will start throwing his weight around in 2020 with a perhaps over-confident series of initiatives. This will lead into a sharp change of direction in 2020 as tr Uranus is conjunct his midheaven.