Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has ruled for over 40 years. He is a military man, having been schooled at military college in Libya, then furthering his training at the Hellenic Military Academy in Athens. In 1967 at the age of 27, he led a  bloodless coup against the monarchy in Libya, and has ruled ever since. Another post looks at the Libyan Horoscope.

We have no time of birth for Gaddafi but using the noon chart there is still enough to describe his nature, especially his reputation for oppression and cruelty. First up, the Sun is on the fixed star Rigel in constellation Orion.  Orion is the Hunter, and it gives a strong and dignified nature, self-confidence, inconstancy, arrogance and violence, but danger of treachery. The star Rigel with his Sun causes courage, insolence, unruly temper, hasty actions, bloodshed, many enemies, fortune and military success [1].

Ebertin has found that the Sun on Rigel will give a quick rise in life because of the strong, inherent will power, love of action and luck. Also that there is a continuous battle to maintain the high position, and this battle increases the vigor. However, Ebertin also discovered that people with Rigel on their Sun canl face failure, disappointment and fall from success if they do not show caution, or if they have an attack of weakness [2].

Gaddafi’s Sun is now being aspected by the Jupiter Saturn opposition, Jupiter sextile his Sun, and Saturn trine his Sun. This does not suggest an attack of weakness, and Saturn trining the Sun does not indicate lack of caution. However Jupiter sextile the Sun could lead to an increase in the violence an over-kill, and the lack of caution. Jupiter opposite Saturn here indicates a major turning point in the global cultural, political and economic situation.

The violence nature of Gaddafi is further explained by having Mercury on the fixed star Al Hecka, in the Horns of the Bull. The star is known for male violence, and with Mercury gives a hasty temper, selfishness, greed and  loss of wealth [1].

Mars is the planet of war and violence, and Gaddafi has Mars on a star called Procyon. Robson says this star gives “sudden and violent malevolence, sudden preferment by exertion, elevation ending in disaster” and with Mars “Cruelty, violence, scandal and slander, disgrace and ruin” [1].

Interesting, Gaddafi has a very strong Lilith placement, with the dark feminine laying between his Sun and Mercury. His Lilith is also on the female warrior star, Bellatrix in constellation Orion. Gaddafi has an elite private body guard made up entierley of women. They are hand picked by Gaddafi, all virgins and forty in number. They are called the Amazonian Guard. Bellatrix is also called the Amazon Star, because of the link to the ancient nation of all-female warriors, the Amazons.

The December Lunar Eclipse was right on Gaddafi’s Jupiter which on it’s own would sound favorable. However both Uranus and the Lunar Nodes are square his Jupiter at the moment, and will be for a few weeks. This has triggered his downfall, as Gaddafi has Jupiter on the fixed star Menkalinan, which Robson says causes “ruin, disgrace, and frequently violent death” [1].

References
1. Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.125, 175, 192, 198.
2. Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation, Elsbeth Ebertin, 1928, p.32.