Paul Manafort: Shady Adventures
People ask: why did a man of Manafort's background and education choose a life of deceit and crime? He was certainly not a Robin Hood. His spoils were for himself. He lavished himself with expensive real estate, designer suits and the now infamous $15,000 ostrich jacket. The astrological sign that screams "me" in spades is Aries. Manafort has Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Eris and True Node in Aries. This is Aries on steroids. A noon natal chart is shown below. Manafort's Moon is in Taurus, the sign of material security. It is in stressful aspect to Neptune (quincunx) and to the planets in Aries (semisextile). This probably means that his dreams found a material expression, such as the ostrich jacket. In addition, the stressful aspects between Sun, Venus, and Mars indicate a person of strong desires. Pluto square the Moon indicates that he felt compelled to be materially successful. This is a man who knew the law (J.D. Georgetown) and yet he ignored it. He ...