After the Democrats swept Congress in the mid-term election, Nancy Pelosi will be the new Speaker of the House, the first woman ever to hold that position. Breaking glass ceilings is nothing new for Nancy; she was the first Minority Whip back in and once the Democrats take over the House in January she will be third in line for the Presidency. Nancy Pelosi was a homemaker married to a wealthy banker turned real estate developer until her last child was a high school senior, after which she began working her way up in the California Democratic party.
She has raised more money for Democrats than anyone else other than the Clintons. Correctly, she sees this issue as a diversionary tactic to draw attention from the real issues of the day: the war in Iraq and the state of the US. Still, Nancy Pelosi is generally respected and admired by Democrats and has shown a strong and fiery leadership style. She has brought the congressional Democrats together to form a solid voting bloc, sometimes with encouragement and sometimes by withholding funds.
House Democrats under her leadership have been more unified than any other time in the past twenty-five years. Those with Sun in Aries are courageous and independent, seeking experiences that will allow the purest expression of their will. The alignment of the Self Sun with the planet of power Pluto encourages a passionate drive to achieve and a single-minded focus of purpose. Pelosi is comfortable with power: she once said as a child that she would rather be a priest rather than a nun because the priests had all the power.
Pluto gains power through the transformation of endings and regeneration; throwing off the old skin that no longer fits in order to grow into the new, more powerful self. Scorpios are courageous and fearless when it comes to their emotions, and Pelosi is not afraid to release the Scorpio sting when she is angered. She has attacked her Republican colleagues for running a criminal enterprise. She unapologetically calls President Bush incompetent.
She called Hugo Chavez a thug. But her self-avowed thick skin has won her the respect of both her fans and her critics. Pelosi can be extremely stubborn with three planets conjunct in Taurus: Uranus, Venus and Mars.
