Dick Cheney

Dick Cheney, born on the thirtieth of January, 1941, in Lincoln, Nebraska, became one of the most powerful and most consequential figures in modern American government. His career ran from White House chief of staff under Ford, to congressman for Wyoming, to Secretary of Defense during the first Gulf War, to chairman of Halliburton, and finally to the vice presidency under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009. His record must be stated plainly: he was a leading architect of the invasion of Iraq on claims of weapons and Al-Qaeda ties that were never substantiated, he pressed the intelligence services to conform to that case, and he endorsed the wiretapping and the "enhanced interrogation" that many have rightly named torture.

His chart is read here only analytically. The Sun in Aquarius in the sixth house speaks of an ego that shines through duty, work and the machinery of the collective. The Moon in Pisces in the seventh, and a Virgo Ascendant, describe a private, detail-driven operator who worked through partnership and behind the scenes. A natal signature describes temperament; it never excuses a person's choices. The harm he authorised was chosen, and it was his to answer for.