There is one crucial detail Hillary Clinton hasn’t divulged to the American people, and it’s driving Michael O’Reilly bonkers.
Mr. O’Reilly of Bend, Ore., is an astrologer. He knows Donald Trump was born at 10:54 a.m. in Jamaica Hospital in Queens on June 14, 1946. From that, it’s possible to divine that the GOP candidate “has a very strong Mars vibe going on,” he says.
The red planet’s position in Mr. Trump’s natal chart—the precise layout of the heavens at the moment of birth—resonates with Americans fed up with Washington, says Mr. O’Reilly. Mars exudes the Roman war god’s temperament, and Mr. Trump is “basically channeling that energy.”
Mrs. Clinton was born Oct. 26, 1947, at Edgewater Hospital in Chicago, Ill., according to the Cook County Clerk. After that, astrologers must play gumshoe to get any closer. There’s decent historical evidence for two times at either end of the day. The Clinton campaign declined to answer questions, ensuring the mystery will continue.
“The craft of forecasting is really impossible unless we have a birth time,” says Mr. O’Reilly. “But the public demands it.”
Astrologers agree candidates’ birth charts are critical to understand their personalities, foresee how they may respond to adversities and perhaps forecast who will win.
Natal charts are usually circular—looking roughly like a dart board—inscribed with numbers, astrological symbols and lines representing the relationships of heavenly bodies. Even mere seconds matter.
At a political event in Concord, N.H., in the 1980s, New Hampshire astrologer Celeste Longacre said she approached Mrs. Clinton, who told her she was born at 8 p.m.
The resulting evening chart, astrologers say, shows strong Gemini-Uranus influences, suggesting an erratic or unpredictable nature. Yet fast-forward the chart to 47 seconds after 8:00, and that could indicate a nurturing disposition.
