Your Party’s Horoscope: Can a Dream Survive Reality?

Tomorrow, in Liverpool, a new political entity takes its first official breath. "Your Party," the brainchild of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, holds its founding conference on 29 November 2025. In mundane astrology, the moment a party constitution is ratified or a founding conference begins acts as its "birth," setting the template for its destiny.

At the Wilfred Hazelwood Clinic, we normally look at the charts of humans, but organisations have souls too. And looking at the chart for 10:00 AM on the 29th (a standard opening time for conference business), we see a map that is startlingly literal. It is a chart of immense, almost painful idealism, struggling to find a container strong enough to hold it.

The Ascendant: The Crisis of Authority

The chart features an Ascendant at 29° Capricorn. In astrology, the 29th degree is known as the anaretic degree, a point of critical tension, urgency, and fate. Capricorn is the sign of the Establishment, the Elder, and the structure of the state. Rising here, it gives the party a serious, grave demeanour. It is not a "fun" pop-up movement; it perceives itself as the heavy weight of history returning.

However, the 29th degree suggests a party born in a "last chance" saloon. It speaks of a desperate need to restructure authority before it is too late. It also strongly signifies the "Old King" archetype, unavoidably linking the party's identity to the legacy of its veteran leader, Jeremy Corbyn.

The Ruler: Saturn in the Ocean of Dreams

Because Capricorn rises, the "Chart Ruler" is Saturn. If we want to know where the party is going, we follow Saturn. We find him in the sign of Pisces, locked in a tight, intense conjunction with the Moon and Neptune.

This is the defining signature of the chart. It is beautiful, but incredibly difficult.

Saturn-Neptune: This is the classic astrological signature of Socialism. It is the attempt to build a structure (Saturn) out of a dream (Neptune). It represents the dissolution of boundaries and the longing for a utopia.
Moon-Saturn: The Moon represents the membership and the public. Conjunct Saturn, the membership feels a heavy burden of responsibility, perhaps even a sense of depression or restriction. It suggests a party born of shared suffering or austerity.
The Danger: The shadow of this triple conjunction is confusion. With the ruler of the party drowning in Pisces, the organizational structures may be fluid, chaotic, or non-existent. We are already hearing reports of logistical rifts and leadership squabbles; this chart warns that "fog" (Neptune) is the party's greatest enemy. It risks becoming a martyr complex rather than a governing force.

Sun and Mars in Sagittarius: The Crusading Spirit

While the leadership (Saturn) is swimming in deep waters, the engine of the party is fiery. The Sun and Mars are both in Sagittarius. This is the sign of the preacher, the internationalist, and the crusader.

This placement ensures that the party will never lack for rhetoric. It will be fiercely ideological, focused on global justice, peace, and foreign policy (Sagittarius rules foreign lands). However, Mars in Sagittarius can be scattershot, firing arrows in a thousand directions without hitting the target. It reinforces the image of a movement that is brilliant at campaigning and rallying the faithful, but perhaps struggles with the boring, earthy details of administration.

Jupiter in Cancer: The Saving Grace?

There is one massive beacon of hope in this chart. Jupiter, the planet of growth and the ruler of the Sun/Mars, is Exalted in Cancer. An exalted planet is operating at its peak power. Cancer is the sign of the home, the tribe, and emotional security.

This suggests that despite the structural chaos, there is a huge, untapped well of emotional goodwill towards this project. The public (Cancer) wants to love it. It taps into a deep nostalgia for a caring, protective state (the Cancerian mother-archetype). If the party can stop fighting itself (Mars) and stop drowning in bureaucracy (Saturn-Neptune), Jupiter offers the potential for a massive, family-like base of support.

The Verdict

"Your Party" is born under a sky of high stakes. The 29° Capricorn Ascendant says, "This is serious." The Pisces stellium says, "This is a dream." The challenge written in these stars is simple but brutal: Can you build a container strong enough to hold the water? If they can master the Saturnian discipline required to manage the Neptunian chaos, they could become the spiritual conscience of the nation. If not, they risk dissolving back into the ocean of lost causes.