John Kerry, former Secretary of State under Obama from 2013 and who stood against George W Bush in the 2004 election, is considering whether to stand again in 2020 against Trump.
Born 11 December 1943 in Colorado, time in dispute, he’s a Sun Sagittarius opposition Moon, Mars and Saturn in Gemini with Jupiter in Leo as well as Pluto conjunct a Leo leadership-quality North Node.
On the downside he has tr Neptune square his Moon and his Mars/Saturn midpoint from this April, on and off till early 2020, which are low-energy and not helpful in terms of health or morale. But he’s also got tr Pluto square his upbeat and successful Sun/Jupiter midpoint from this mid February on and off till late 2020, including being exact over the election itself. Plus his Solar Arc Mars is conjunct his Jupiter exact fairly soon as well which will give his enthusiasm a major boost. And with tr Uranus square his Pluto in November 2020 his life is certainly due for a major change.
It may just be good news from another quarter, since there’s nothing to nail it to the election. And those Neptunian influences won’t be remotely useful. But one way and another he’s not looking on bad form.
Billionaire Howard Schultz of Starbucks fame intent on standing as an independent centrist candidate (to much dismay since they usually split the Democratic) vote) is facing an uphill battle with tr Pluto in a panicky, uncertain square to his Saturn Neptune at the moment and then in a trapped, frustrating opposition to his Mars from April onwards. The latter of these runs on and off till late 2020. Plus he has the ‘false happiness’ dashed-hopes tr Neptune square his Jupiter till late 2019 which won’t help either; and Solar Arc Pluto square his Sun exact in early 2020. He looks almost certain to fall by the wayside.
Marjorie,
thank you for writing about this. Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, and John Kerry are my top three choices for presidential candidates in 2020. I was an early supporter of John Kerry back in 2004 and I voted for him that year. If he does decide to run again in 2020, I’m glad to see his chart looking more positive.
Chris Romero
Jacksonville, Florida
Also, looking at John Kerry’s Sun conjunct Ascendant in Sadgittarius (fairly tightly conjunct to US Sibly Ascendant)opposing Moon conjunct Descendant in Gemini, I truly do not think it’s possible to overstate how much The US image in The World means to Kerry. In 2004, he was definitely more concerned about US relations with allies due to ill conceived Iraqi War than anything else, and that probably cost him the election.
Therefore, knowing he has an upbeat 2020 makes me happy. It means he has the same things to cheer about than I would, since while I aknowledge The US days as the sole World Power are numbered, this gives a more smooth transition.
People born in Early 1940’s definitely have some great planetary transits around 2020. It does not mean they should stage another comeback tour, or run for POTUS.
I think Kerry transits might indicate other things, though. He was Secretary of State, after all, and truly invested in getting Iran to be a part of Middle East Peace plan. In a way, I think that was his life work. And, while disagreeing in many things with John McCain, they obviously respected each other and were good sparring partners.
Therefore, I think for Kerry, good transits could indicate a return of The US to World Stage, after Trump reducing everything he worked for to ashes. He definitely could be a Kissingerian (and, Henry Kissinger is still alive) figure during the next presidency.