I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Whenever a prompt about which sign is “the most” or “the best” is asked of me, I tend to let out a big sigh. Astrology is an ancient timing system more akin to math than it is to a personality quiz. Yes, it can be a fate calculator, but that doesn’t mean being born during a certain month or season determines the events of your life—the calculations are much more complex than that! That being said, when this question of which signs are most likely to start a cult came across my desk? I laughed. The idea of being a “cult leader” is one that actually comes up with clients more often than one would think. In a rhetorical way of course. Usually in a conversation around creating a brand or finding community. “You should start your own book club. People would join. Honestly, you’d make a great cult leader.”
The part of the chart where one might see a skill for getting others to “join” is the ninth house. This is the part of one’s birth chart that contains the topics of travel, higher education and also, religion. It’s a place that I call “the house of professors and priests” because those with placements here (especially the sun or the moon) are usually very concerned with knowledge, expertise and expanding their mind, particularly within the realm of a greater collective or institution. Those with prominent placements in the ninth house usually have an immigration story, or were raised religious, or have a grandmother who defied the odds of her generation and got a Master’s Degree. It’s here where we also see what kind of travel buddy or teacher or cult leader each person might be.
I think there are two signs that are the most likely to start a cult: Virgo and Aquarius. That’s because these are the two signs that might find it both intriguing and comfortable. Here’s why.
