Quotes

". . .he sometimes described himself quite accurately, as an introvert in an extrovert's business. Most politicians, good and bad, are men who can't stand to be alone. Nixon did not like to be with people."

"He was always a man alone. A strange man of uncomfortable shyness. . ."

"He had learned how to act. Nixon had memorized his lines, as he had memorized hundreds of pieces of music in order to play the piano --"

"And, alone, as he thought or as he watched others, he studied their words and actions and he calculated their motives. ... He assumed the worst in people...He was too suspicious, has judgments were too harsh, too negative."

"Nixon had great abilities. The testimonies of his men converge on his intellect and vision. ...'He could feel a raindrop here and another there, and know there was a flood coming somewhere.'"¹

PERSONALITY: The Nixon personality has become the subject of extensive psychology inquiry. In Nixon v. Nixon (1972), Dr. David Abrahamson, a psychoanalyst, described him as a man torn by inner conflict, lonely, hypersensitive, narcissistic, suspicious, and secretive. In In Search of Nixon (1972), Bruce Mazlish, a historian trained in psychoanalysis, concluded the that predominant characteristic of the "real" Nixon behind the public figure was a fear of passivity, of appearing soft, of being dependent on others. In Richard Nixon: The Shaping of His Character (1981), historian Fawn Brodie painstakingly sought to demonstrate that he was a compulsive liar and concluded: "Nixon lied to gain love, to shore up his grandiose fantasies, to bolster his ever-wavering sense of identity. He lied in attack, hoping to win . . . And always he lied, and this most aggressively, to deny that he lied." ²

Richard Nixon, the second of five children, was raised in poverty in Yorba Linda and Whittier, California. Of Scotch-Irish heritage, Nixon can claim a royal heritage. "Though his maternal grandfather [English-Irish], Franklin Milhouse, Nixon descended from King Edward III (1312-1377) of England. His great-grandfather George Nixon was among the troops to cross the Delaware with General George Washington during the American Revolution. His great-grandfather George Nixon III was killed at Gettysburg during the Civil War."

At ages 3 and 4, Nixon nearly died. First, he fell out of his buggy and sustained a bloody wound to his scalp and nearly bled to death. A year later, he suffered from pneumonia:

Progressed MC 19 Gemini opposite 4th house Vesta of "safety;" progressed Moon 25 Pisces, in T-square with natal Pluto and Mars. Nixon's progressed Moon reached 28 Pisces on April 1, 1916 just after his 3rd birthday igniting a two year period of life and death struggles. Twenty-eight degrees of the signs rouses Nixon's natal Pluto, positioned as the "boomerang" planet in his natal YOD. [John Dean, Nixon's White House counsel, and Henry Kissinger, Nixon's National Security Adviser, have natal planets which also set off Nixon's natal Yod.] Nixon's progressed Moon entered the sign Aries on May 26, 1916. Mars/Moon is oftentimes associated with accidents involving the head. Nixon died in 1994 after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 81. [Progressed Sun 11 Aries; progressed Mercury retrograde 3 Aries conjoined to progressed North Lunar Node.]

Nixon spent his childhood hustling produce to market for display in his father's store, Nixon's Market. At night he lay in bed listening to the radio for "spin" on the Harding administration's Teapot Dome Scandal. At the age of 10 He told his mother that he ". . .would like to become a lawyer -- an honest lawyer, who can't be bought by crooks." Progressed Juno (political "marriage/destiny" trine natal Saturn, 27 Taurus in Nixon's 9th house of "law." ["The Teapot Dome incident became a symbol for supposed excesses and government graft and corruption."]

Nixon was described as ". . . quiet, obedient child, dutifully (Capricorn) helping out with chores and keeping out of mischief." For all that, obedience couldn't save his brother Arthur from death by Tuberculosis after a two year stay in an Arizona sanitarium. "His mother later recalled that Richard set out to make up for the loss by becoming a success and making his parents proud of him." [natal Mars at 29 Sagittarius opposite Pluto of "life and death" in quincunx to Neptune, signifying a disease of "malaise" and Saturn in Taurus. Mars is the ruler of Nixon's 3rd house cusp representing siblings. Venus in Pisces, ruler of his Saturn, is in his 6th house of health conjoined to Chiron of life-long wounds. Venus is exalted in the sign Pisces. "making up for loss (Chiron) by [devoting his life to] making his parents proud of him."]

At age 27, Nixon married Thelma Catherine "Pat" Nixon (age 28) on June 21, 1940, at the Mission Inn in Riverside, California. [Pat Nixon: March 16, 1912, Ely, Nevada.] Among the various biographical notes related to Richard and Pat Nixon, one stands out: Nixon, a young lawyer, heard from a friend that a "pretty new teacher had come to town [Whittier, California]." Pat Ryan, a teacher and part time actress was active in local community theatre. Nixon learned of her whereabouts, auditioned for part in The Dark Tower(!!!) and won a part opposite her. He proposed to her the same night. "I thought he was nuts or something," said Pat Nixon when she recalled their subsequent two year courtship.³

[June 21, 1940: Progressed Ascendant 12 Libra; Mercury 12 Aquarius trine progressed Ascendant; Venus 3 Aries conjoined to Progressed North Node in house 7. Progressed Mars conjoined to 5th house natal Sun and natal Juno of marriage (5th house/stage; acting; actors and performing). Progressed Juno 3 Aquarius, sextile progressed 7th house Venus and in the degree of the progressed Lunar Nodes. Progressed Sun 17 Aquarius conjoined to 6th house cusp trine natal MC.]

[Thelma Catherine "Pat" Nixon. Her nickname, Pat, was given to her by her father who maintained that Pat had been born on St. Patrick's Day. However, ". . . evidence of the birth certificate, which indicates the birth occurred at 3:25 am on the sixteenth," indicates that Pat Nixon was born the day before. pg. 28, The Arrogance of Power," by Anthony Summer, copyright 2000, Penguin Books.]

Mrs. Nixon has Venus and Moon conjoined to the USA's natal Moon (27 Aquarius) in square to RMN's Saturn. Pat's Moon/Venus set off Nixon's natal Moon/Saturn square and links him to his mother, Hannah, a woman who Nixon's psychiatrist maintained did next to little by way of nurturing RMN. Nixon's father was not above beating his sons. However, two of the Nixon children said that they would rather be beaten than be subjected to Hannah's quiet words. Words she used to rip them apart.

It is well-known that Nixon projected his early deprivation upon Pat, who he oftentimes rejected with the same kind of disdain he experienced in childhood.

Pat's Sun square Pluto ignites Nixon's chart via his 7th house of marriage and kicks off his YOD. Pat's natal Neptune at 21 Cancer, in the degree of her Lunar Nodes, is one indicator of Pat Nixon's addictive complex. She had problems with alcohol and died of lung cancer as the result of chain smoking for most of her adult years.

Both Pat and Richard share a Chiron conjunction (7 Pisces) [the "wound" arising from a failed vision of "exalted love"], another testimony that links the two to a penchant for addiction to alcohol, cigarettes and power. Halderman, for example, hated Pat Nixon. He believed she approached her position as First Lady as "a job" sans the more gentle "feelings" the American public expects from the wife of the president. [Remember that Hillary Clinton was accused of the same.] Pat's approach to her role as First Lady was the only power she had and thus refused to brook Halderman's interference. Pat's Sun square Plutoi is, in part, why it took her so long to accept Nixon's repeated marriage proposals. She "sensed" something dark in RMN, a similar darkness caught up with Pat's deep desire for her own power and independence. Pat knew, unconsciously, that RMN's drive to power would subvert her personal creative ambitions (Pat enjoyed acting and performing) and subsume her.

For Nixon's Second Inauguration, Transiting Pluto at 24 Virgo opposed Pat's natal Sun and formed a T-square to her Natal Pluto (26 Gemini). If Pat's chart alone had been analyzed in connection with Nixon's Second Inauguration chart, it would have been easy to see the "fall from grace" indicated for her husband. Transiting Chiron at 29 Pisces had also been hovering around Pat's Sun setting off its square to her and Nixon's natal Plutos, as well. At the time Transiting Saturn reached 19 Gemini, it crossed her Mars, and subsequently her own Pluto, just before before Saturn conjoined Nixon's Pluto at 28 Gemini. Pat's natal Mars at 19 Gemini opposes Nixon's 4th house Vesta (the comfort of "home fires burning"). Saturn's conjunction to Pat's Mars in opposition to Nixon's Vesta signaled from the beginning that domestic violence would be a strong part of their marriage. Nixon's rejection of Pat grew stronger the closer he came to the presidency. By the time he was first inaugurated in 1969, the separateness and coldness between them was plain to everyone. Note: The aforementioned T-square in Pat's chart on January 20, 1973 kicked off Nixon's Natal YOD.

我還以為當上總統的人10宮11宮會特強哩
看來占星要鐵口直斷"喔!!這孩子以後會當總統!"
這種事好像不大可能?

從來也不能，你最多說他有那種特質或潛質罷了。