I want to start by saying that I don’t know Erika personally. This piece is written because someone on TikTok asked me to look into her chart after her husband, Charlie Kirk’s passing, and it is meant purely for entertainment purposes. Astrology can offer interesting symbolic patterns, but it’s not a substitute for facts.
That being said, let’s take a look at Erika’s natal chart and the transits that were active around this very intense time.
Natal Chart Impressions
Erika was born on November 20, 1988. Without a birth time, we can’t be completely precise, but her chart already shows some striking patterns. She has Venus in Libra, giving her charm and a natural sense of how to connect with people socially. Her Sun, Mercury, and Pluto are all in Scorpio, which suggests depth, intensity, and a core personality that feels life’s highs and lows very strongly.
Then there’s her Moon and Mars in Aries—the signature of a fighter. This gives her boldness, the ability to act quickly, and a raw emotional honesty. Even if she appears stoic on the outside, her Moon in Aries rarely hides how she feels; it burns hot, even if it’s expressed through action more than words.
She also has Saturn at 0° Capricorn and Neptune at 8° Capricorn. Saturn in Capricorn is very strong—ambitious, dutiful, and tied to big life lessons. Neptune, on the other hand, dissolves and blurs boundaries.
I actually suspect she might be a Capricorn rising. If so, Saturn would be her chart ruler, tucked away in her 12th house (the house of loss and solitude). This would make Saturn a huge player during major life events.
Her Neptune, in that case, would sit in the 1st house, shaping her whole way of being. First-house Neptune people often live with a fog around them—it can feel like reality is distorted. Many with this placement are drawn to religious groups, ideologies, or belief systems that turn out to be more illusion than truth.
And her Venus would likely fall in the 10th house in Libra, right on her Midheaven—a placement that makes perfect sense, since she was crowned Miss Arizona in 2012 (according to Wikipedia).
Another important natal note: she has Chiron retrograde in Cancer, pointing to deep wounds connected to family, home, and emotional belonging.
Transits Around Her Husband’s Passing
So, what was happening in her chart during this very difficult moment?
Saturn and Neptune conjunct her natal Mars in Aries. This is huge. If she is Capricorn rising, both her chart ruler (Saturn) and her 1st-house planet (Neptune) were hitting her Mars—the planet of action, anger, drive, and the body. A conjunction like this can bring feelings of exhaustion, heartbreak, or even the experience of being forced to face something impossible to control. Mars being involved means it likely felt sudden and deeply personal.
Transit Jupiter in her 7th house, squaring her Moon in Aries. Jupiter expands whatever it touches. In the 7th house of partnerships, Jupiter could highlight relationships, but the square to her Moon shows tension. This might have magnified emotional pain around her husband, amplifying grief in ways that were difficult to contain.
Transit Chiron retrograde around her Moon in Aries. This is a double hit, because her natal Chiron is already in Cancer (family wounds). Chiron crossing her Moon indicates reactivation of raw, personal pain—often tied to family or the loss of emotional security.
Transit Uranus conjunct her natal Jupiter retrograde in Gemini. Uranus brings shocks, and paired with her Jupiter, it could bring sudden, destabilizing events related to growth, faith, or even her partner (since Jupiter rules expansion of partnerships when in the 7th). Her natal Jupiter was already quincunx Uranus, so this transit likely re-triggered that unstable energy.
Transit Mars near her Midheaven (if Capricorn rising). Mars on the MC can bring very public, shocking events that disrupt one’s reputation or career image. Around this time, Mars was just separating from an opposition to her natal Moon as well, which only added more intensity to her emotional landscape.
On top of that, her progressions are just as telling. Her progressed Mars in Aries would be conjunct her Aries Moon, while progressed Saturn would sit on her (suspected) Capricorn Ascendant. At the same time, progressed Chiron retrograde would square her natal Mars—together forming a tense T-square. To add even more weight, her progressed Moon would be moving through the 8th house, highlighting themes of transformation, endings, and deep emotional shifts.
The Face of Strength
With her Scorpio stellium and Aries Moon–Mars, Erika’s chart belongs to someone who survives through sheer willpower. She’s not weak, not fragile, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t feel pain. Scorpio teaches you to wear armor, Aries charges forward, and Capricorn (if she is rising there) builds a stoic façade. I imagine she may not show her grief openly, but it’s very much there, burning beneath the surface.
Most Likely Transit Triggers / Husband’s Passing
If I had to highlight the biggest astrological culprits around her husband’s death, they’d be:
- Saturn + Neptune conjunct her Mars (a heavy, heartbreaking blow to her action/energy).
- Chiron transiting her Moon (deep emotional wounds around family/home life).
- Mars on her MC (public life disrupted by sudden, painful events).
- Uranus activating her natal Uranus-Saturn-Jupiter quincunx.
Key Takeaways
- Erika’s natal chart shows a fighter who hides her deepest wounds beneath strength and stoicism.
- If she is Capricorn rising, her Neptune in the 1st house suggests a lifelong challenge of seeing reality clearly, and Saturn as her chart ruler makes every major transit of Saturn deeply life-altering.
- Around her husband’s death, Saturn, Neptune, Chiron, and Mars were all strongly activated—symbols of sorrow, loss, and shocking changes that hit at the core of her identity and public life.
