Jean-Marie Le Pen, who repeatedly played down the Holocaust and was an unrepentant extremist on race, gender and immigration, founder of the French far-right National Front party, has died.
Always a controversial and divisive figure described as the ‘Devil of the Republic’, he caused consternation when he reached the presidential election-run off against Jacques Chirac in 2002 but was thereafter resoundingly defeated.
He started his political life fighting Communists and conservatives alike – described himself as “ni droite, ni gauche, français” – not right, not left, but French. His daughter, Marine, took over as party chief in 2011 and has since rebranded the party as National Rally, turning it into one of France’s main political forces.
Born 20 June 1928 3am Nantes, France, his chart is not as malevolent or as ideologically-obsessive as I might have expected. His only two Air signs were Sun Venus in Gemini on the focal point of a mini Grand Trine to a publicity-attracting Neptune trine Mars in Aries. Admittedly he had Mercury in emotional Cancer in a dogmatic conjunction to Pluto on one side and a revolutionary square to Uranus on the other, which would ramp up his rabble-rousing tendencies.
The National Rally party he founded, 5 October 1972, is more obviously a force for far-right agitating with a determined and can-be-hate-filled Mars Pluto conjunction square Jupiter- and six planets in Air, which would suggest an ideological bent.
His daughter Marine Le Pen, 5 August 1968 11.20 pm Neuilly Sur Seine, France, has a much harder chart despite her toning down the party’s hardline, rightwing politics. Her relationship with her father from her chart looks more than stressed with a competitive 10th house Mars in an unfair-treatment square to Saturn, with Saturn on the focal point of a yod inconjunct Pluto Uranus sextile Neptune. She threw him out of the party in 2015 after he repeated his Holocaust views.
ADD ON: The focus will now turn on the rivalry between Marine Le Pen and her niece Marion Marechal who regards herself as Jean-Marie’s rightful political successor carrying forward his extreme far-right policies.
Born 10 December 1989 1.05am St Germain en Laye, France, Marion has a stellium in Capricorn ranging from Mercury, through the all-systems-change triple conjunction of Uranus, Neptune, Saturn to Venus in final degree. She has a lucky, successful Jupiter in her career 10th opposing four of her Capricorn planets plus an ultra-determined, can-be-ruthless, can-be-hate-filled Mars Pluto in Scorpio in her communicative 3rd house with her Pluto opposition an 8th house Moon in Taurus. She’s well positioned to rock the boat with tr Jupiter moving through her 10th till mid 2026 and tr Saturn rising above her Descendant from 2026 onwards.
Her relationship with her aunt Marine has a composite overly-controlling, power-struggling Sun, Pluto, Mercury conjunction – with 2025 seeing an undermining tr Neptune opposition the composite Mars and rising tensions in 2026/27.
But it is Marion’s relationship with Jordan Bardella, leader of Marine’s National Rally party which is most fraught. Mutual hostility writ large with a composite Mars Pluto Mercury square Saturn. That is under pressure through 2025 and more so again in 2026/27.
Saturn in Sag in 7th with Capricorn on 9th house cusp – an ideological fear/hate of foreign things. Throw in the homeland protectionist attitudes of a Cancer moon/mercury/Pluto.
well interpreted – also noticed Moon on the IC – pathological emotional connection to home and roots – square to Mars in Aries in 12th house – a deeply held, unexplored belief that he is always right
Noted that Giorgia Meloni is also a “right wing” firebrand tho perhaps not as extreme as Marine Le Pen. Marine attempted several times to meet with Trump and he blew her off. Now, however, Trump has his eye on Ms. Meloni following her visit at Mar-a-Whatever. His face was all smiles. Ick.
Trump has also branded Chrystia Freeland as “toxic” meaning she has a spine against him….? What a new year.
That’s fascinating, thanks Marjorie – although it feels rather grubby to be looking at the chart of a clear fascist, it’s very timely with everything else going on.
I note Jupiter conjunct Chiron – joy out of wounding? Taurus – homeland? the security of self or others? – but locked away in the unconscious 12th house.
And then of course, there is Marion Maréchal, 34, ex MEP niece of Marine and grand-daughter of Jean-Marie. In 2024 she formed her own party IDL (Identité-Liberté). She currently pledges support to her aunt, though her political agenda is more anti-woke on the far right.
Mercury/Pluto can be extreme, and square Uranus can point to erratic or radical thinking. But what I find interesting is that LePen is yet another example of a far-right Gemini. That sign seems very common with people of that ideological inclination — starting with Trump.
At last the pig died!