The Nation of Israel

Israel is a young state carrying an ancient name, born on the 14th of May 1948 in the Southern Levant, a land the histories call Canaan, the Holy Land and Palestine. Its chart opens with a Libra rising, the Venus-ruled mask of balance and diplomacy, the scales held by Astraia, goddess of justice; and indeed this is a nation forever measuring itself against the ideal of equilibrium, forever presenting a case, forever aware of how it is seen. That polished, relational face contends with much harder ground beneath.

The Sun sits in Taurus, the earthy, foundational pillar, the bull that plants its feet on values, assets and unshakeable opinions and refuses to be moved. Taurus builds to last and holds what it holds. This Sun shines from the eighth house, the Scorpionic realm of death, rebirth, buried money and survival: the phoenix rising from ashes, a self forged in crisis and loss.

The Moon in Leo, king and queen in one, gives an outsized heart, a dramatic pride and a hunger to lead. Rooted in the tenth house of reputation, that emotional life plays out on the world's stage, watched, contested and impossible to hide.