Democratic hopefuls for 2028 are normally a matter for internal consumption but since the world deserves better, a brief run round follows. To be remembered – astrology is a fairly imperfect instrument for making absolute political predictions. Though can be a reasonable guide so worth keeping in mind.
J. B. Pritzker, 19 January 1965 1.01.pm Palo Alto, California, Governor of Illinois, and part of the Hyatt Hotel family, originally a financier himself, has a final degree Capricorn Sun in the opinionated 9TH with Venus Mercury Capricorn in his financial 8th trine a Virgo Moon, Uranus Pluto in Virgo with Mars also in Virgo; plus a high finance and overly hopeful Jupiter in Tauris opposition Neptune. Thus an Earth Grand Trine, materialistic, good for business, formed into a Kite with Jupiter opposition Neptune making Neptune his driving planet. An executive ability Saturn in his 10th opposes his Moon.
Uranus is moving into his 1st from this April so he will be stepping out to promote a new image ahead – or be forced to by circumstances. This looks a bumpy year with tr Uranus square his Moon and then Saturn, knocking him off course on the career front. His Solar Arc Uranus is also creeping towards the conjunction to his 6th house Neptune, on the degree before the end of the year. This will be a test of nervous stamina, could involve health issues and/or pull in the Jupiter opposition which was what pulled Boris Johnson down – scandals and the like.
Ahead there is nothing striking in terms of luck and success – indeed he’ll aggravated considerably at the 2028 election with his SA Mars square his Moon. Not a chart I would trust.
Kamala Harris, 20 October 1964 9.28pm Oakland, California, a Libra Sun exactly opposition an Aries Moon; also has a Jupiter in Taurus opposition Neptune widely square Saturn in Aquarius opposition Mars – so both lucky from Jupiter and unlucky from Mars Saturn. Her Saturn at 28 Aquarius caught the recent Solar Eclipse for a sobering moment and tr Uranus will square it within days for a series of jolts running into April.
This year and next her midpoints will be jittered and jangled with a few calamities along the way in June and late year. And more in 2027. Her fortunes change for the better into 2029 but too late really for the election. At the Inauguration she does have tr Jupiter almost conjunct her Sun for a ray of confidence. But later in 2029 will be grid-locked with SA Pluto square her Mars.
Andy Beshear, 29 November 1977 11.50pm Lexington, Kentucky, a Sun conjunct Neptune in Sagittarius trine a 12th house Mars in Leo with Saturn in Virgo on his Ascendant looks fairly low key in personality terms. He has Jupiter in Cancer on the cusp of his 11th with a Cancer Moon – so will probably be friendly, a good team player and empathetic. He does have an outspoken Uranus in his 3rd.
Tr Uranus will conjunct his Midheaven within weeks which hints at a sudden change of career direction in the years thereafter. Pluto moving into his 6th house of health and work hints at an uphill struggle and tr Neptune into his 8th might be less than helpful for raising money. He does have a smattering of helpful influences tr Uranus square his Jupiter/Uranus midpoint in 2027 to May 2028. And tr Jupiter conjunct his Pluto in the days after the election. But he also has his Solar Arc Pluto conjunct his Sun through 2028/early 2029 which looks stuck. And worse from March 2029 till late 2030 with a frustratingly trapped tr Pluto opposition his Mars.
Mark Kelly, 21 February 1964, a former astronaut and Arizona senator, is a Sun Mars in Pisces opposition Uranus (Pluto) in Virgo; with a Gemini Moon maybe on the leg of a yod sextile Jupiter inconjunct Neptune. His chart certainly reflects a Neptunian cosmic thrust. He has another yod of Neptune sextile Pluto Uranus inconjunct a charming Venus Jupiter in Aries.
He looks devastated at the moment with his Solar Arc Pluto conjunct his Neptune – and agitated, accident-prone and facing a setback when tr Uranus squares his Mars/Saturn midpoint from mid this month into April, arguing bitterly through April. There will be smatterings of luck along the way in April as well. But in general he looks agitated and aggravated right through till early 2028.
Without a birth time there is nothing much in late 2028 bar tr Jupiter maybe trine his Moon and trine his Solar Arc Venus Jupiter which will be a consolation but is not super-strong.
My gut feeling is that the eventual Democratic nominee hasn’t yet emerged, or is appearing only in the side wings.
Gavin Newsom has proved a surprisingly competent, effective governor, a worthy successor to Jerry Brown, especially during Covid. Initially I found him too much a pretty boy with his slicked back hair. He definitely has grown with the job, but I think, as a Californian, he’ll be a hard sell to the rest of the country, even though he’s more of a pragmatic moderate than a liberal and has reined in many of the legislature’s more ambitious spending projects during financially challenging times.
Usually governors, with their management experience, tend to fare better than senators as Democratic presidential candidates, with the noteworthy exceptions of JFK and Barack Obama.
My preferred ticket would be Gavin Newsom and Tammy Duckworth (why everyone keeps overlooking her as a contender is baffling).
Gavin Newsom is the only Democrat (besides Jasmine Crockett) who tears into Donald Trump and MAGA and Tammy Duckworth is a veteran.
They would be a perfect team.
@Chris Romero, re. Duckworth, wasn’t she considered for a Cabinet role by Biden, but turned it down? Obviously, her children were very young at the time, so there were family considerations. However, it might have been at least partly because she felt a Cabinet role would have been too draining physically. Overall, I think she feels comfortable being a Senator, and is really good at it, too.
Hi Chris. Rumor mill is that sadly, Duckworth has serious health issues and will be retiring soon. She’s a great lady. Glad she became a senator.
@Jaidy, what you say makes the most sense. I’m beginning to wonder if the Dem nominee will ultimately be “none of the above.” I like Walz but he’s too associated with Kamala, has more than average baggage, and is a dreadful debater. Beshear’s too laid-back, the awe-shucks Southern boy schtick reads as weak to a large portion of the electorate, and people tend to forget that his success in Kentucky owes as much to his being the scion of a well-respected political family as it does to some magical ability to cross the aisle and make common cause with Republicans; Kentuckians tend to vote for the person, not the party.
Wittmer blew it by cozying up to Trump at the beginning of his second term, and she has been completely off the radar (except, I assume, in Michigan) for many months. Buttigieg is brilliant, but does he have enough executive experience to qualify, even after having been transportation secretary? Uncertain.
I like Pritzker, but it may be true that “billionaire president” is a brand whose time has passed. That’s not all there is to him by a long shot, but it’s what he’ll likely be reduced to on the national stage.
I know Newsom’s the guy everyone loves to hate right now, but if he can lose some of his slick-suit shark shine and cultivate more of a common touch–and then prove that he’s not going to pivot to standard Corpra-Dem after he’s elected–he might have the best shot, at least among the known potential candidates. He’s a seasoned campaigner and a great speaker and debater, has presided over the world’s fourth-largest economy for going on eight years, and has broad appeal. Plus, he’s a political pugilist, which will be important in an election where people are fed up and, quite rightly, in a mood to punish the monsters and mountebanks who have immiserated the nation and threatened the security and well-being of the entire globe.
The California thing can be overcome; even Kamala, with all of her personal and situational deficits, nearly won in 2024, despite the California taint. And let’s face it, New Yorkers are even more loathed than Californians by much off the country, especially now–yet DJT (probably) won legitimately at least once.
If Newsom were able to develop into a sort of latter-day FDR, that would be far from the worst we could do.
@AI22 Jon Ossoff is starting to fire shots. Marjorie looked at his chart during the 2021 Georgia rerun which he wan. He is now running a re-election campaign that will be massively helped by Trump loosing the last grip of reality. Good orator, good looks, has a young family, which shouldn’t hurt. He is an Aquarius Sun and either a Virgo or Libra Moon (I’d run with the latter).
I don’t find any of these people appealing or hopeful to defeat MAGA and Trump. The only one I would think would have a fighting chance is Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota. He would have good reason to be angry at not only Trump but the Republican party altogether since ICE has been terrorizing his state and Trump harassing him to give him the voter rolls in order for him to cheat in the midterms. He also doesn’t mince words in order to appease Trump either. I could see a lot of people voting for him since Minnesota has been a constant target from Trump and MAGA.
Gavin Newsom is just typical corporate democrat. No thanks.
J.B. Pritzker is a billionaire, I rather not vote another one of the super elite class into power yet again.
Kamala Harris needs to just stop already and live her life as a civilian. A woman, especially a woman of color, is not going to defeat the racist and misogynistic MAGA movement.
I think the reason why Astrology don’t always get it right when predicting the winner of elections is because as astrologers we often look at the candidates, unlike the research companies like Reuters, Ipsos and many others who look at the electorate/voters. Maybe if we were reading the voters birth charts, we will somewhat get it right as they are the ones who out an X on the ballot. But it is almost impossible to read so many peoples charts at the same time. But looking at the mentioned potential candidates above, none of them looks like they will make it. I think the potential candidate has not appeared yet. In 2028/29, Pluto in Aquarius will be at around 7/9 degrees which means the Democrats are the ones who are more likely to win, it’s a definite win for them regardless of who their presidential candidate will be then.
@Tshele, great point. I think that one way to predict electorial mood is to look at the Moon both on natal chart and election day chart. November 7th, 2028, has a Cancer Moon conjunct US Sibley Chart Sun early hours of the voting, squaring Libra Jupiter and trining Scorpio Sun. It really gives “fight for the very essence of the country” feeling.
I think that another thing to consider is that Jupiter in Libra elections taking place after WWII have generally speaking not been good for the incumbent party. The only time party of the outgoing President wan was in 2004, and that victory turned sour by the end of the first year of George W Bush’s second term.
You mention 7 November above, but the US mid-term election is Tuesday 3 November.
She’s referring to the 2028 presidential election.
Beshear or someone like him from a heartland state like Kentucky would probably be the Dems’ best shot for broad, unifying appeal in the wake of Trump’s Reign of Error.
Beshear himself is the rare successful Democratic governor of a solidly Republican state. He has shades of a young Bill Clinton, but perhaps without the womanizing drama, and also seems unapologetically more progressive than Clinton ever was.
I see someone like him over Gavin Newsom, who is too corporate and polished, and probably too Californian. Or AOC for that matter, who has been the darling of many on the left, but would be far better suited for Speaker of the House, IMHO.
I think Beshear might be a possibility, though I imagine any prospective Democratic president will have transits in 2029-30 which reflect the mountain they’ll have to climb in sorting out the chaos the Trump years will have left them.
Kamala can never be floated again she lost and too many people believe all the things the gop said about her, plus her husband is Jewish and it’s too complicated a situation right now where most dems are pro Gaza, or at least very anti bibi. The dnc knows it has to choose a person the Midwest states (electoral college) will get behind like gov walz- and the dnc chair is a not particularly sharp tack from MN as well. Maybe Pete buttigeg, or Gretchen wittimer from Michigan, maybe someone newer too. Pritzker is sort of too rich but outspoken. People want at least a little bernie dna, but candidates from the east or west coast don’t bring a lot bc their states are always blue anyway. Look for someone from MN Michigan Ohio Wisconsin Illinois or anything purple. It’s as a much a cult of personality as it is what state you bring along with you.