John Adams critiques power

"Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws." John Adams ~

Too true, Mr. President!

John Adams was born Oct 30, 1735 (Oct 19, Old Style; 2:57 am LMT) - this chart data is rated 'C' in the AstroDataBank files with his details supplied by Doris Chase Doane.

Unless Pres. Adams, the first US president to reside in the White House, was born after 8:59 pm LMT, his natal Moon is in Aries, with Sun in Scorpio.

Sun Sco-Moon Aries, a Water-Fire blend, gives the personality a moody temperament with volatility and impatience supplied by the Aries Moon. It has a great appetite for life, missionary zeal, pride and ambition. This combo desires to be great in some way - it's the 'rush in where angels fear to trend' blend.

An incisive, sharp-witted mind with foresight and tenacity, with this blend Adams was a problem-solver who thrived on challenges and was never afraid to mix it up with anyone who crossed his path.

Suspicious by nature and attracted to subterfuge, he was either a great friend or the worst of enemies to have. This blend gives its all to any cause that's believed in and finds compromise difficult.

Yet I write as if I know his Moon was in Aries, and I do not. A Taurus Moon is Earthy and adds quite a different caste to the picture:

Sun Sco-Moon Tau is a blend of quiet strength and determination, with much concern for others and devotion toward one's partner. It sees the world as a dance between sensual delights and life's pleasures vs corrupted innocence and the darkness of death.

This blend would make Adams quiet and gentle though passionate, and a 'rock' for his associates and friends to lean on.

Feast and famine, hard work and hard play, the opposites of the Tau-Sco polarity work well together if directed properly, so this would give him an intensely practical and sometimes withdrawn character.

Actually the Taurus Moon with Scorpio Sun sounds a good bit like him, now that I think about it - especially considering his well-known devotion to his family.

So I'll close with the Images for Integration for both combos and let you decide what you will!

Sun Sco-Moon Aries: "A crusader fights for (a) vision of truth...A dedicated scientist pioneers new frontiers of knowledge."

Sun Sco-Moon Tau: "A celebrated surgeon amasses a great fortune...A successful businessman probes the mysteries of life...Pluto takes Persephone into the Underworld." (Sun Sign-Moon Sign, Chas & Suzy Harvey.)