Celebrity Natal Charts: George W. Bush

Our much maligned past president may have had some funny slips of the tongue in public and created many controversies ... but underneath all that, he is very much human! Today we venture into George W. Bush's natal chart, looking way back to when our nation's former leader came squealing out in the hospital and to what the planets were doing at that time.

George W. Bush was born just a couple of days after our nation's birthday -- his birthday was July 6, 1946, at 7:26 a.m. in New Haven, Connecticut. Here is a selection of his natal chart characteristics and their meanings.

Sun in Cancer

Some of the most telling characteristics of this planetary positioning that we recognize in George W. Bush include:

• Cancer, the crab, has an innate need to protect itself from threats and stabilize its environment -- the hard crab shell means that remarkable self-defense systems are in place.
• A strong attachment to home is a Cancer trait -- which could be interpreted as patriotism.
• A tendency to respond to events and circumstances in the context of your feelings, which can seem vague to other people

Leo Ascendant, Aquarius Descendant

The ascendant in a natal chart is the side of George W. Bush that he shows to the world -- the descendant represents his inner self and mental life. Those with Leo on the ascendant usually have a generous personality that loves a bit of drama and is highly sociable. Leo ascendants often need to find some sort of power to feel that they can release their creative energies, which are vast -- I’d say he found enough power!

The Aquarian descendant in Bush's natal chart shows an underlying desire to fit into a larger society, and means that all that generosity and magnanimity is shadowed by a healthy dose of objectivity and rationality.

Mercury Square Midheaven

Interestingly, this positioning indicates the Bush may have communication troubles, both at work and at home. They could cause misery if left unsolved.

Venus in Leo

This aspect of the natal chart indicates that Bush's style in love is much like his general face for the world -- generous, sociable, creative and very loving. Drama is a theme, and seems to follow George W. Bush ... even be encouraged by him.