Canadian politician, a senator from East Preston, Nova Scotia, who was formerly a social worker and educator. Bernard is the first Black Canadian to have an academic tenure position and become a full professor at Dalhousie University, where her research focuses on anti-oppression and diversity. Bernard was one of the founding members of the Association of Black Social Workers. In 2005, she was appointed to the Order of Canada for her work addressing racism and diversity in the field of social work, and in 2014, she was awarded the Order of Nova Scotia. On 27 October 2016, Bernard was named to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sit as an independent. At the time of her appointment, she was the chair of the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women. She is the first African Nova Scotian woman to serve in the Senate Chamber.Sy Scholfield quotes her in an online article: "I was literally born minutes after midnight on August 1, so I was meant to be born on Emancipation Day and not on July 31" ("ASK AN EXPERT: SENATOR WANDA THOMAS BERNARD ON WHY EMANCIPATION DAY IS CRUCIAL IN FIGHTING ANTI‑BLACK RACISM" by Matt Reeder, Dal News, 29 July 2021 [1]).
Chart Analysis
Lagna for this natal chart is Aries. The lagna lord Mars has a shadbala ratio of 1.34 and is placed in house 4.
Moon is in nakshatra of Ashvini (β,γ Arietis) in pada 1. Moon has a shadbala ratio of 1.12 and is placed in house 1
The strongest planet in this chart is Saturn with a shadbala ratio of 1.68 and is placed in house 6.
The weakest planet in this chart is Mercury with a shadbala ratio of 0.967 and is placed in house 4.