Huffpo Launches Huffpollstrology

By Jeralyn, Section Media
Posted on Thu Jan 24, 2008 at 02:02:59 PM EST
Tags: astrology, pollsters (all tags)

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Arianna at Huffington Post is not big on pollsters. Today the site launched a new feature, Huffpollstrology.

It will keep you up to date on the latest poll results, along with the candidates' latest horoscope predictions, the latest online political betting lines, and the latest weather forecasts for key primary states (and we know how accurate those often turn out to be!). Pollstrology is a great way to see who is hot and who is not -- and which candidates' stars say they might be lucky in voter love today.

I know the astrology part is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but I'm going to take it a step further anyway. HuffPo gives us the birthdates of the three top Dems, but we need more. We need birth times so we can examine their entire charts. We need rising signs, Moon and Venus placement, a picture of what planets are in their 10th houses. Thanks to Google, the results are below:

Here's Hillary's Chart. The astrologer who posted it includes his or her interpretation, which I haven't yet had time to read.

Here's Obama's chart, found on another astrology blog, and that writer's assessment.

Here's John Edwards' birthchart, found on yet another astrologer's blog.

This is going to be fun. Given the results of our pollsters these days, astrological analysis is probably as reliable. If you aren't an astrologer and need some tips for interpreting, here's one astrologer's suggestions.

If you'd like my takes, check back in a few days. In case I never mentioned it before, I had my own astrology business during college and law school. (I even cast an election for the Denver Mayor's race one year at the request of one of the candidates who was then our District Attorney, using a combination of his birth chart