Muldoon, Robert
From Astro-Databank
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| Birthname | Muldoon, Robert David | ||
| born on | 25 September 1921 at 02:30 (= 02:30 AM ) | ||
| Place | Auckland, New Zealand, 36s52, 174e46 | ||
| Timezone | ONZT h11e30 (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   01°00'   27°39 Asc. 23°44'
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Biography
New Zealand politician who was first elected to Parliament on 11/26/1961, but became Minister of Finance from 1964-1972. He became the leader of the National Party in July 1974 and the Prime Minister on 11/25/1975 to 7/26/1984 as well as Chairman of the World Monetary Fund and Money Bank. He was overweight with a brash personality that people either loved or hated. He was known for applying political pressure to ruin his adversaries. His term of office was marked by domestic measures to tackle low economic growth and high inflation.
His dad’s family came from Northern Ireland, as his name would suggest, and his mom’s parents had emigrated from England. Robert's father, Jim, was an accountant and a sportsman and Robert became a professional accountant.
In 1929, his dad suffered a stroke, causing him to lose his power of speech and the use of one of his
arms, and he remained in hospital until he died, almost twenty years later. Robert's mother was left with the task of bringing up their only child during the grim years of the depression. She returned to her trade as an upholsterers and her son remembered hearing her sewing machine going at all hours of the night. She also grew her own vegetables and bottled fruit and jam to help make ends
meet. The hardship of the depression remained with Robert for the rest of his life. There was at the same time strong family support and he was particularly close to his grandmother who first talked to him about politics.
He was an advanced student as well as the youngest
and smallest boy in the school. He was also no angel. At one time he received so many detentions that there were not enough days left in the year to serve them. He played soccer and cricket at school. When he turned
nineteen, he joined the army, serving his country as part of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force before entering Parliament as MP for Tamaki in 1960.
He remained the Member for that electorate for 31 years until his resignation, one year before his death. Robert Muldoon was one of New Zealand's most colorful and
powerful political figures. He dominated NZ politics for almost twenty years, and his characteristics and political style were familiar to almost all New Zealanders – who were either avid admirers or ardent critics. Even after he lost office in 1984, he remained a Member of Parliament and a prominent figure, appearing in television and stage shows and hosting talkback radio programs until his death in 1992, Auckland, aged 71.
Events
- Work : New Job 26 November 1961 (First elected to parliament)
- Work : New Job July 1974 (Leader of the national party)
- Work : Gain social status 25 November 1975 (Prime Minister)
- Family trauma 1929 (Dad suffered dibilitating stroke)
- Work : Fired/Laid off/Quit 1984 (Lost office)
- Death, Cause unspecified 1992 (Age 71)
Source Notes
Donn Forrest quotes a letter from Muldoon to an associate in which he corrected a newspaper time of 5:15 AM to "about 2:30 AM."
(In a letter to LMR 11/2001, Sy Scholfield quotes Garth Carpenter for 9/25/1921, 05:15 AM NZT in his "Aspects of Astrology," however in an email to Sy Scholfield in October 2001 Garth stated: "Muldoon's data ... was given to an Auckland astrologer by him, but was a 'trick' intended to act as disinformation regarding election
prospects, this information being disclosed about three years after the book was published. Most astrologers in New Zealand consider that Muldoon actually had a Taurus ascendant." Sy Scholfield calculates a time of 21:22 (9:22pm) to give a 15 Taurus ascendant.)
Categories
- Vocation : Business : Economist
- Notable : Book Collection : Occult/ Misc. Collection
- Vocation : Politics : Government employee (Minister of Finance)
- Traits : Body : Weight (Overweight)
- Vocation : Politics : Public office (Parliament)
- Traits : Personality : Aggressive/ brash (Brash, outspoken)
- Vocation : Business : CPA/ Auditor/ Accountant (Accountant initially)
- Vocation : Politics : Party Affiliation (National Party)
- Family : Childhood : Parent, Single or Step (Raised by mom)
- Family : Childhood : Family traumatic event (Dad suffered stroke)
- Vocation : Military : Military service (Army)
- Family : Childhood : Family supportive (Close to grandmom)
