In the Stars

Harriet Miers is a Leo. According to Linda Goodman that means she's not really a woman at all but a man disguised as one. That certainly shows in her career. And in her inability to keep a man around long enough to marry one--a common difficulty with Leo women who tend to run them off (because they're just too forceful in that masculine way).

Leo women show great respect for masculine abilities, and can show disdain for the feminine. They are, after all, men at heart.

Having said that, a paradoxically interesting feature of the Leo woman is that she often ends up showing other women how to act, what to wear, etc. Ethel Barrymore set fashion on both sides of the Atlantic (without even trying). Madonna taught all little girls to bear the midriff, among other things. Many of them report having technicolor dreams about her. Jacqueline Kennedy set fashion--hair, hats, dresses, you name it. She was a First Lady for the books in the glamor--"Please show us how to act!"--department. Martha Stewart dedicates her life to showing women how to run the home and be the best women they can be.

So what do we have in Harriet Miers? A woman who might respect the intellectual powers of the likes of Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia and borrow from their lead. But also a woman who might see as her role to show the women of America a better way--by saying "No!" to abortion, by following in the footsteps of Christ, etc.