I wrote this piece on Kamala Harris’s Solar Return Chart on October 20th of this year. Below, I take you through what her chart revealed about her and Biden’s recent win.
Kamala Harris was born this day in 1964.
Solar Return charts are an effective tool for snapshotting the events and themes that can come to pass in the life of a native for the next 365 days (or until their next birthday).
Kamala's SR Sun is in Libra in the 11th house of community, peers, networks, friends, etc. I'd place politics firmly in the realm of the 11th house, as you deal impersonally with many people, matters, with he hope of changing society at large for the better, and doing so out in the open. Sun here is promising for her. But--she's a politician already, so regardless of a win or loss, she'll remain a bright spot in politics for the year to come.
Kamala's SR Sun is square Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn in her SR 2nd. Pluto and Saturn are both lifeforce suckers. In an innocuous way, we can say her 11th house activities are burdened by responsibility, restriction, challenge as far as resources and finances. The square between the 2nd house and 11th house describes the tension between what is yours, what substantiates you--and freely giving of yourself to others. The price of a dream. Frankly, wondering if this points towards all the money Harris has spent campaigning, and her personal efforts to recoup in the next year. As an indication of a win, it is iffy. Though, it doesn't harm her astrological chances, to me. The presence of Jupiter with Pluto and Saturn in her SR 2nd does suggest windfalls, financial success or ease--only to have to put it towards some Saturninan use. For example, Saturn spends money on paying off debt. Not glamourous, but necessary.
Kamala's SR Moon and ASC are in Sagittarius. This moves her natal 7th house to her SR 1st house. So one on one affairs with others are of import for her this year. Such is the work of a public figure. Oh, so many hands to shake and meetings to take! The SR Moon shows your emotional efforts and where they will be placed over the next year. Moon up front and center in her 1st house makes for an emotive year, on where she is sensitive to her environments. In Sag, those environments could very well be vast, large, and amorphous, tending to many groups of people at once. This is par for the course of any politician, but does it mean a win? Maybe. The ruler of her SR Sag is Jupiter. And her SR Jupiter is trine her SR MC and SR Venus.
Having SR Venus conjunct the midheaven is wonderful for a public career, one in which you are well-liked and received by others. Moon in the 1st does that too. Though, Venus is fallen in Virgo. So if you take detriment seriously, there is something harmed by Harris's SR Venus operating within this sign. A rote operator, a nitpicking Nancy. Though, Venus here lends a critical and helping eye, and conjunct her Virgo MC, I'd say its promising that Harris will be getting to work, and with relative ease and praise, fixing and ordering things. Again--she could do this as VP or as a regular politician or as a private citizen. Though, Venus on the MC during the year you embark on a career change is wonderfully promising. And being embolded via trine by Jupiter in establishment Capricorn helps. Her SR Sun in the 11th is ruled by this Venus as well.
Harris has natal Virgo in the 4th, so bringing the 4th to the 10th certainly makes for a year out in the open! This would be antithetical to what we saw in Hillary Clinton, where after unfairly loosing, she retreated to the woods. Harris also has natal Venus in Virgo, making her Venus Return cemented for the upcoming year.
It also helps that her SR Venus in Virgo conj. MC is getting a trine from Saturn. Helpful Saturn aspects being structure and ease of accountability and structure. We can say Venus and Saturn are both society planets in a way, with Venus how we interface one on one and Saturn placing those interactions in containers that shape society, or move it. SR Saturn trine Venus also says something scrupulous and honest about her career endeavors for this upcoming year, a practical and cautious person.
Unfortunately, Harris SR Mercury is RX and in Scorpio in the 12th. The ruler of the MC for the upcoming year in 12th house subterfuge. On the bright side, Harris has natal Mercury in Scorpio going for her. So she'd be used to the temperament here. But on the not so great side, RX Mercury in the SR 12th and opposite SR Uranus reminds me of getting shocking or sudden bad news. Information somehow held against someone. It may just color the character of the election itself--with so much mail-in voting happening, we won't really know the result of the election on election night, and rather, a couple of weeks or EVEN MONTHS after. Mercury RX during mail-in ballot season is awful as far as losing things, organizing things, counting things, etc. It's going to be a shit show. But because this Mercury rules of Harris's SR MC and Venus--it may be that this confusion ultimately works out for her win. Harris's natal Scorpio is in the 6th house of government and bureaucracy, of the mundane things we do to establish order. That moving to the 12th speaks to the chaos that can ensue.
Joe Biden will have a birthday on 11/20, after the election. Without getting too far into it, his SR Sun is in his 1st, and rules his SR MC in Leo. His SR Mercury is also right on his SR ASC of Scorpio, and his SR Moon in Capricorn is involved in a tight conjunction with SR Pluto, Saturn and Jupiter in the 3rd. There is something serious and sober about that. Plus SR Mercury on the ASC shows a busy bee for the year.
Interesting to note both Harris and Biden have SR Sun sextile Moon, showing a year of movement, heightened vitality, enthusiasm, and ultimately pivot points in the life of a native.
So, do I think they will win? Yup. Technically anyway. But it will be messy, hard-fought, chaotic, and eventful.