Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
general characteristics

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's fundamental needs, values, and orientation towards life are symbolized by the four astrological elements. Each person has their own unique balance of these four basic energies: fire (warmth, inspiration, enthusiasm), earth (practicality, realism, material interests), air (social and intellectual qualities), and water (emotional needs and feelings).

Winnie Mandela's "elemental make-up" is described below. Remember that most people are "unbalanced" or lopsided, and if Winnie is lacking or deficient in a certain element (or elements), it simply means that she needs to consciously develop that particular aspect in order to appreciate and/or work harder in that dimension of life.

Sometimes we overestimate the element that we are least endowed with, sensing it as a lack within ourselves, but more often we neglect or ignore it. The qualities described below will be reiterated and explained in more detail in the following pages.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela values order and security in her life and prefers dealing with known quantities and following clearly defined guidelines in order to achieve her aims. She is ruled by reason rather than emotion and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela thinks in clear, practical, no-nonsense terms. She is uncomfortable with ambiguity, emotional impulsiveness or extremism, and things that cannot be explained in rational terms. Even spiritual or mystical realms - if at all of interest to Winnie - must have either some scientific basis or be palpable to Winnie Mandela through her own experience.

Winnie Mandela thoroughly thinks a situation through before deciding upon a course of action, assessing and analyzing the matter carefully, and she can be relied upon to reach a fair, reasonable, and sensible solution to whatever she is facing.

She is able to handle practical matters very efficiently, using both deductive reasoning and manual skills. However, it is easy for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to become overly "adult" and to loose touch with her spontaneous, playful, vibrant, and childish side. Winnie can become too organized and controlled, and avoid giving her emotions or creative, playful impulses full expression, thereby creating a certain sense of emptiness. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela needs to learn to appreciate a certain degree of "creative chaos"!

Winnie has trouble dealing with emotions - both her own and those of others. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela often ignores or discounts feelings and the emotional reality of a situation, thus seeming insensitive or uncaring to others. Winnie Mandela needs to develop the capacity to experience deep emotional ties, empathy, compassion and sensitivity to the feelings of others; however, this ability will only manifest later in life rather than in her youth.

Though she may appear emotionally self-sufficient or above it all, Winnie's tendency to repress her feelings could have physical ramifications; as such, it would serve Winnie Mandela well to learn to acknowledge and express all of her emotions.

Winnie Mandela may also find that she craves fluids or the desire to live near bodies of water as a means to acquire balance.

Astrological factors in this Astro Profile section:

Air and Earth are Strong (F,E,A,W Scores = 4,24,20,1)

Water is Weak (F,E,A,W Scores = 4,24,20,1)