The Mother of South Africa

Nelson Mandela is a Gemini, the communicator, with a Libra Moon, the emotional need for equality and justice. He lead the ANC for 30 years like a Gemini. As the titular leader of a bag of cats, he included all the political stripes and persuasions, from tribal chief to the communist party, and they all felt they had a place at the table. He suffered 27 years in prison for his commitment to the job.

He's steadfast to his values (Venus in Taurus) and quick, versatile and adaptive (Mars in Virgo). His intellectual mind (Mercury in Cancer) was the reflection of the needs of the African people.

In fact, he has Saturn, Neptune and the asteroid Lilith in Cancer as well as Mercury. Mandela was the mother to his people, the mother of South Africa's birth as a democracy.

His Cancerean qualities of grabbing on to something and not letting go helped him fight the long struggle. His ideas grew slowly, like a vine. When he was sentenced to hard labor at Robbin's island, he was a complete unknown. By the time he was released, every child in every village was chanting his name, and, millions agreed with the aims of the ANC.

This mass movement coupled with an international outcry eventually choked apartheid to death.

Nelson Mandela was a speech-maker, he traveled the world after his release from prison, promoting the revolution and the new South Africa. Mandela's support of liberation struggles all over the world was meaningful and inspiring.

Nelson Mandela, a descendant of African kings

The Moon in Libra makes Mandela is a reflection of the best in us, the demand of freedom, the struggle for justice, the love of humanity. He is the symbol of sacrifice and revolution.

Mandela has now retired to a modest farm house outside Johannesburg, but has recently (6/9/2013) been returned to hospital with a recurring lung infection. [Nelson mandela died Dec 5th of that year]

Read the charts of Winnie Mandela, Joe Slovo, and Chris Hani, the other top leadership of the South African revolution

Comparison of the Zodiac systems



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Sidereal 13/Sign Aries Mar 21 - April 20 April 15 - May 15 April 19 - May 13 Taurus April 21 - May 20 May 16 - June 15 May 14 - June 19 Gemini May 21 - June 20 June 16 - July 15 June 20 - July 20 Cancer June 21 - July 21 July 16 - Aug 15 July 21 - Aug 9 Leo July 22 Aug 22 Aug 16 - Sep 15 Aug 10 – Sep 15 Virgo Aug 23 - Sep 22 Sep 16 - Oct 15 Sept 16 – Oct 30 Libra Sep 23 - Oct 22 Oct 16 - Nov 15 Oct 31– Nov 22 Scorpio Oct 23 - Nov 21 Nov 16 - Dec 15 Nov 23 – Nov 29 Ophiuchus NA NA Nov 30 – Dec 17 Sagittarius Nov 22 - Dec 21 Dec 16 - Jan 14 Dec 18– Jan 18 Capricorn Dec 22 - Jan 20 Jan 15 - Feb 14 Jan 19 – Feb 15 Aquarius Jan 21 - Feb 19 Feb 15 - Mar 14 Feb 16– Mar 11 Pisces Feb 20 - Mar 20 Mar 15 - April 14 Mar 12 – April 18





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