Barack Obama is a Leo. He was born in 1961. In The New Astrology™, that makes Obama a Leo/Ox. Leos born in Ox years like to be Boss - charismatic head honchos. Adulated big shots - Like Louis Armstrong, Menachem Begin, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman and... ta dah! Napoleon Bonaparte.
LEO OX -- "THE ARROGANT CONQUEROR"
Leo Keywords: Nobility, power, self-satisfaction, loyalty, vanity, philanthropy, tyranny, warmth, promiscuity, protection, immodesty.
Ox Keywords: Stubbornness, integrity, strength of purpose, eloquence, standoffishness, innovation, vindictiveness, bigotry, plodding, diligence, bias, stability.
Leo, "I will." Fire, Sun, Fixed.
Ox, "I preserve." Negative, water, Yin.
Leadership and dominion combine here to create a forceful, if stolid, personality. Rapport with you never feels completely intimate or cozy. One wonders if there is really a heart beating inside your ribcage or whether you might be propelled by some remote control device. This assessment may sound unfair. But you Leo/Oxen are so austere and deliberate in manner that it’s difficult not to imagine you as insensitive.
Sexually, you plumb serious depths and are not always faithful. In all aspects of life, you are convinced that you know best. You are the first and final judge of what is suitable and true. If others have a different opinion, you prefer they keep it to themselves. You simply are not curious about others’ views. You are driven to do things perfectly; so you are tireless at keeping order. Your life will always be missing spontaneity because you prefer plans and schedules and routines to impromptu gatherings or hurry-up picnics in the park. You are rigidly concerned about image and maintain the same rigor vis-à-vis your family and friends. You may appear to be active, busy and energetic in the extreme. But however you seem, you are nonetheless ponderous and somehow, leadenly deliberate. For you, it's the final result - the victory - that counts. Not the means by which you achieve it.
Famous Leo/Oxen: Monica Lewinsky, Napoleon Bonaparte, Oscar Peterson, Russell Baker, Dustin Hoffman, Louis Armstrong, Menachem Begin, Robert Redford, Barack Obama.
Obama embodies two quite different qualities. "I Will" and "I Preserve". It's true he has enormous thrust. He is both charismatic and forceful in manner. But deep down, I worry he might be just a tad too strong-minded - even at times fanatically so. Secondly, although he talks of nothing but change, he is one to want to preserve the status quo. He is not going to turn things around quickly. It's not in his nature to hurry. And it is also not in his experience to know the ropes in Washington well enough to know what steps to take with whom to bring about change. He did not live in that Washington milieu for 8 years, learn all the tricks of the trade and know whose palm to cross with which silver. He's a charismatic novice. And he has an ego as big as Chicago. Enough with egos! Let's get on with creative civilization.
