Presidential Candidates’ Horoscope Charts — A Game of Intuition

The wonderful thing about Huber-style horoscope charts is that they’re so visual. The colors are bold, the symbols are large and the aspect circle — the criss-cross of lines that symbolize the inner life of a person — is large, clear and given to imagination the same way cloud-gazing can evoke images of elephants, fish and cars.

The visual emphasis reflects the Hubers’ belief in an intuitive and integrative approach to reading horoscopes. My first session with a new client usually starts with an invitation to gaze at the natal chart and see what image or feeling is evoked. Some people see sailboats, others see birds, still others see spiral stairs. Even if an image doesn’t pop out at the person, no one has yet failed to be drawn to some part of their chart, usually with an intuitive association, either positive or negative.

So without telling you whose is whose, I’m going to post natal charts for both U.S. Presidential candidates below. Do you see a picture in the blue, red and green lines across the center circle of either chart? Which one are you most drawn to — just intuitively, even if you know nothing about astrology? What specifically draws you? Do you have a negative response to either one? Can you identify why?

Chart 1:

Chart 2:

Have you taken them in? Then here’s a little more information about reading Huber-style natal charts that may deepen your intuition or experience of looking at the charts above. Most people will notice three things about these two horoscope charts:

1) The aspect lines in Chart 1 are blue, red and green. The ones in Chart 2 are blue and red only. Each color symbolizes a different quality of inner drive or motivation. In very short shorthand: Red is action, blue is rest and green is thought. When red is missing, it’s hard to motivate to get things done. When blue is missing, it’s hard to take a break. When green is missing, it’s hard to process new information and integrate it into your decisions.

2) Chart 1 has two closed shapes (a triangle and a quadrilateral), as well as some lines that don’t come together in closed shapes; while Chart 2 has no closed shapes: All those lines are open. Like colors, shapes also reflect different types of motivation. Again in very short shorthand: Triangles signal dynamic movement toward a goal; four-sided figures show a motivation toward stability; and open lines adapt to the situation, environment or other impulses of the personality.

3) The lines in Chart 1 tend to move toward the right side of the chart, where most of the planetary symbols lie, while the lines in Chart 2 tend to move toward the upper left. (A caveat: We’re not sure of Candidate 2′s birth time, so it’s possible that the concentration of planets would change if, say, he were born three hours later than the estimated time.) A gathering of planets on the right side of the chart suggests a person who feels comfortable and open in the public sphere. A gathering of planets on the left side suggests a more private personality.

Did these three points confirm or conflict with your guess about which horoscope chart belongs to which candidate? Did your intuition serve you well?

Click here to find out whose chart is whose.