Liz Truss and Kwazi Kwarteng

Dream Team or Nightmare Team?

This new duo running the country have been re-named “Kamikwasi Kwarteng and Librium Liz” by John Crace of the Guardian.  What do their birth charts tell us?  I was originally set to write about Liz when the Queen died, but now find myself writing about the pair in the aftermath of Kwarteng’s “mini-budget” and the dramatic fall of the pound.

Liz Truss

I wrote about Liz in 2019, during the Tory leadership contest when Boris Johnson was elected:

“26/5/19

Liz Truss (odds 50/1)

“Just for fun.  Liz Truss has not yet declared her candidacy, but is rumoured to be considering it.  I only include her because she is my local M.P.  Like Jeremy Hunt she unnerves me, but for different reasons.  Her deadpan voice and slightly soulless gaze worry me, and some of the stances in parliamentary voting she has taken have lacked compassion.  She sits in a Tory heartland, and most of the people I know who have met her have been underwhelmed by her intellect.  She has Mercury conjunct Saturn, so there is some slowness mentally, but otherwise she has done well climbing on the political ladder without accomplishing anything remarkable.  She has Jupiter exactly square Saturn natally, which can indicate a strong Inner Saboteur.”

Her birth chart

Her birth chart reveals that she was born to lead and enjoys the limelight: she has half her planets (5) in the Cardinal signs, the Sun in Leo, and the Sun trine the North Node (karmic mission).  Her Sun squares Uranus, giving her an unbending and contrary nature.  She has a difficult T-square composed of  the Sun/Mercury conjunction, with an exact opposition of Chiron and Uranus, making her a square peg in a round hole.  Mercury square Uranus means she is not afraid to be controversial, “I don’t mind being unpopular”.  Moon in Pisces opposite Venus indicates there may be some disharmony with women, although she has been generous with providing her cabinet with women.  Mars in Taurus is very stubborn.  She has Jupiter exactly square Saturn, another indication of being a square peg in a round hole.  Her opposition between Jupiter and Uranus shows she is a gambler by nature, possible a Chancer.  She has the difficult Saturn-Uranus square, an aspect coming close this week to reappearing, which may be significant for her.

Life and Career

Her father was a professor of pure mathematics, and her mother worked as a nurse and teacher.   Their politics was much further to the left than her current stance, which has caused problems in terms of their support of her policies, though her early politics is unrecognizable compared to her current extreme right wing stance.  She went to a comprehensive school in Leeds, and the teachers and pupils were offended by her description of her education there as being inadequate during her leadership contest.  She went on to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University.  She married in 2000, and in 2004 and 2005 she had an affair with Mark Field, a married Tory politician (possibly indicated by Venus square Neptune in her birth chart).  Her early employment was at Shell.  She became an MP for South West Norfolk in 2010, the year David Cameron became Prime Minister, and was taken under the wing of the then Chancellor George Osborne, the architect of the regime of austerity. As our local MP she did not seem very active, though she supported the prevention of a waste incinerator being built in King’s Lynn.  However, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn has been crumbling in recent years, and this week was reported to be the joint worst in the country, without any interest shown on her part.  She worked through several government departments after 2010, but her work was not distinguished enough to merit her slogan “delivery, delivery, delivery” in the Tory leadership contest.  [Please note I am not deliberately criticizing, merely stating facts].  In her recent role as Foreign Secretary, she has been very blunt in her condemnation of Vladimir Putin (visiting Russia earlier this year sporting a Russian hat), and she recently insulted both Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland and Emmanuel Macron, President of France.  But she achieved the release of Nazanin Zhagari-Ratcliffe from an Iranian prison, which was rumoured to have been an opportune moment for the troubled Tory party – an overdue and welcome achievement.

The leadership contest after Boris Johnson resigned as Prime Minister is so fresh in our memories, as not to necessitate a historical account!  Her transits on becoming Prime Minister were Mars opposite her Neptune (spiritual zeal), and Jupiter opposite her natal Pluto (taking power, but not necessarily in a balanced way).

Kwasi Kwarteng

Old friends Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarting both became MPs in 2010, the year Cameron became Prime Minister.  They were born in the same year, two months apart.

His Birth Chart

Kwasi has 0 Earth planets, suggesting he is not very grounded.  He has 6 of his 10 planets in Cardinal signs, so he likes to be a leader.  With 0 Fixed planets, he may lack staying power.  It is being suggested that he may be the fall guy if the unpopularity of their joint economic policy requires someone to take the blame.  He is an intellectual Gemini Sun exactly sextile Mars in Aries, a Verbal Warrior.  He has the Warrior linked with his karma, too, with Mars trine the North Node. His Sun conjunct the South Node may mean he is used to power, from past lives, possibly in Egypt.  He has Mercury trine Uranus, showing an innovative mind (he has been described as brilliant).  Mars opposite Pluto could show an inclination to railroad policies, disregarding obstacles or people.  Neither Liz nor Kwasi show diplomatic skills.  Jupiter exactly squares Saturn, just like Liz, a bit of the square peg in a round hole syndrome she has…that’s one way they flock together.  Their synastry shows a personal magnetism, with his Venus sextile her Mars, a mental affinity with her Jupiter sextile his Mercury, and their outer planets are conjunct by virtue of the closeness of their age.

His Life and Career

Kwasi is an only child, and his mother is a barrister, his father an economist. He was educated at an independent preparatory school, then Eton College. He then attended Cambridge University  where he read classics and history.  He worked initially as a colomnist at the Daily Telegraph.  In 2016 he voted in favour of Brexit, and he became Business Secretary in 2021 under Boris Johnson’s leadership.  Liz Truss appointed him as Chancellor on 6th September, and he produced his shock mini-budget on 23rd September, abolishing the 45% higher rate of income tax thus favouring the richest strata of society, and scrapped the limit on banker’s bonuses (in order to grow the economy).  The pound slumped to an all time low within days.

He has been described variously.  In an article in the Guardian, it is reported that one ally described him as having a “brilliant mind and is unbelievably intelligent, but sometimes too impatient and direct.”

Another description, from a Tory MP stated he was “the worst combination of laziness and arrogance.”

He is married, has a daughter, and lives in Greenwich, near Liz Truss.

On Trickle-Down Economics

“The problem with zombie ideas is that they encourage other undead ideas to rise up too. It already seems that Kwarteng, instead of killing off the trickle-down zombie, will revive the austerity zombie; even though tax cuts never generate growth, and austerity never arrests the growth rate of public debt, the UK is destined to be haunted by these two zombies for two more years.”

~ Yanis Varoufakis, writing in the Guardian

Labour are now 33% ahead in the polls, and Liz Truss this week completed a bruising set of interviews on local radio.  She needs to show leadership this week at the Tory Party Conference.

The future seems uncertain, both for the two of them, and the country.  I did mention during the Tory leadership contest that for Liz  “In the New Year, Pluto will exactly sextile her natal North Node, so a new phase of karma is likely to come about.”

Aspects

We have had six planets retrograde, which necessitated a great deal of inner searching.  But Mercury turns Direct today, and Pluto will also do so later this week. So today’s event is a long-awaited (well, three weeks) boost, especially if you have been struggling with computers, I.T. and broadband connections, or delays in communications (which I have!).  There may be some accompanying sense of relief.  You can certainly pick up momentum on some projects which involve paperwork and documentation, and make some more essential journeys (as long as they are not by train!).

On Tuesday (4th) Saturn comes close to revisiting its square with Uranus, which may register in  your life.  You may revisit some of last year’s issues, hopefully to resolve and understand them finally.  It has been a conflict between the old and the new, or the new trying to make its way through.  That day may be particularly significant for Liz Truss, as she has the square exact in her chart.

Fast forward to Friday 7th (mid weeks have been fairly empty lately!) and we have a helpful trine between Mercury and Pluto.  Mercury trine Pluto is mentally harmonious if not challenging us to dig deeper.  This aspect is conducive to psychological reflection, and earnest conversations between friends or colleagues.  It is good for in-depth consultations and negotiations, and researching past lives.

Friday’s trine is well timed, because on Saturday (8th) Pluto will be Stationary, prior to turning Direct.  The previous day’s trine will enable a thorough going over of outstanding psychological issues, so that a movement forward can take place on the Saturday.  It will be a fresh start, psychologically.  We may feel we are making headway in our transitions, or at least gaining a foothold on a more salubrious path.  Although we are still living in stressful times, we may be able to size up our tunnel, even if the light at the end may not yet be showing itself.  If you have a breakthrough on Saturday, that may be the sign you need.

The week in bullet points:

  • Today – communications go ahead
  • Tuesday – a confronting of long standing issues, and possible resolution
  • Friday – deep and satisfying conversation
  • Saturday – psychological go ahead
Date: Oct 2nd, 2022 · Comments RSS · Tags: News