Some of my friends and acquaintances and readers of my column on Nafella have been asking me to write, just for fun, on the Campaign 2008 candidates, from an Astrology perspective. So here is the first one - on Ron Paul.

According to Wikipedia, Ron Paul was born in Greentree, Pennsylvania on August 20, 1935. Since no birth time is provided, we will make do with a Moon sign horoscope and not consider the position of the horizon (Ascendant) at the time of birth.

This is what we can see in his birth chart:
With an Aries Moon sign and Sun in Leo, Ron Paul has clear hallmarks of a leader. Saturn retrograde in Aquarius makes him a rebel, against established ways of doing things and highly individualistic. Jupiter and Mars in Libra, across from his Moon Sign enable him to passionately use his intellect to influence people around him. A retrograde Venus in Leo ensures that he is not charming, with a tendency to be awkward.

Looking at the curent placement of planets, here are some indications of where things may be headed for Ron Paul in the next few months:

Jupiter transits to Sagittarius on November 22nd 2007. That should boost his luck and remove some obstacles from along his way. Jupiter stays in Sagittarius until late December 2008. So he will have a positive year coming up: his voice will be heard and he will become more influential.

Mars retrograde in Gemini between now and end of January 2008  will give him considerable momentum towards achieving his objective. Mars moves out of Gemini towards the end of April. By mid May we will know how far Mars has carried him.

Saturn in Leo is not very helpful. It goes retrograde on December 20th and remains so until early May 2008. His campaign will face strong opposition from the establishment, which will work behind the scenes to put a stop to his campaign.

The net of all this is that Ron Paul will have Jupiter (intellect) and Mars (passion) working strongly in his favor, with Saturn (establishment) working hard to bring him down between mid December 2007 and mid May 2008. If his campaign (of intelligent and passionate people) is still holding strong towards the end of May 2008, we may see some very interesting and surpising times in the campaign for rest of 2008!