Joe Biden

Joe Biden carries a Scorpio Sun, the ego and soul that shine through transformation, death and rebirth: the phoenix rising from the ashes, the survivor whose whole avatar keeps dying and being reborn. Few public lives have been marked by so many cycles of loss and return, from a near-fatal illness and family tragedies to two failed presidential bids before the third. That Sun sits in the twelfth house, the unknowable house of spirit, sacrifice and the collective unconscious, where the ego learns to serve something larger than itself. He meets the world through a Sagittarius Ascendant, the jolly, larger-than-life mask of the wandering philosopher and preacher, the likable, optimistic figure forever giving lectures and advice. His Moon is exalted in Taurus in the fifth house, one of the healthiest places a Moon can rest: an earthy, loyal, security-loving psyche whose peace is bound up with love, family and the things one creates. Elected to the Senate at twenty-nine, he served Delaware for thirty-six years, then eight as vice president, before becoming, at seventy-eight, the oldest person to take the presidency. A natal signature describes temperament, never the merits of a leader's choices; his chart speaks of resilience, warmth and the long arc of return.