Hillary Clinton: Unmasking Her Personality with Birth Order

 

One of the unique tools that Birth Order gives us is the ability to unmask someone’s personality.  Every birth order has a set of characteristics that are molded by their interactions, usually with other siblings. Unique to the firstborn is their interaction with parents. They usually imitate many traits of the most powerful parent. Each birth order can develop both positive and negative personality traits.

Firstborns

Hillary is the firstborn in her family followed by her brother Hugh Jr. 3yrs younger and her brother Tony 6yrs later. Firstborns hold themselves up to a very high standard as their parents see them as an extension of themselves, and the firstborn does not want to disappoint them.  Control of others is the central feature either by power over others or showing them kindness and service to make them dependent, thereby control by the firstborn. They also feel they should not make any mistakes. In politics it may mean they will take both sides of an issue, one will be right.

Hillary’s Parents

Her father Hugh Rodham was a small textile supply owner. He was a son of Welsh immigrants a sullen, tight-fisted, contrarian.  He would often exaggerate about his own accomplishments. Appearances were important and he always drove a new Lincoln or Cadillac. Hillary was his princess. He encouraged her to play baseball, football and basketball. She in turn tried to bring home good grades.  Carl Bernstein’s, 2007 A Woman In Charge, describes him as a sour, unfulfilled man who was relentless in demeaning sarcasm and the family silently accepted his humiliation and the verbal abuse of their mother. He was the power in the family that Hillary would have tried to emulate. Hugh had great difficulty in expressing pride or affection. Hillary’s mother, Dorothy, was constantly belittled by Hugh. Jerry Oppenheimer in his book on the Clintons written over a decade ago described Dorothy as a person that wasn’t happy unless she was mad at someone. She was Hugh’s secretary for five years before she agreed to marry him. A person to hold grudges, was greedy and used anti-Semitic slurs. Her youngest son Tony said she hated housework and cooking, she took every opportunity to go out to dinner. Hillary would certainly have picked up some of these traits as well as those of her father.

The Family

The Rodham’s as a family were a little bit of an odd duck in their suburban neighborhood.  Because of Hugh’s personality they rarely interacted with their neighbors. No one in the family could measure up in the eyes of Hugh but Hillary got a pass as Daddy’s favorite.  He did instill a sense of family in them but they were secretive and close knit. Hugh, the former drill instructor, ran the family like a boot camp.  Challenging them at every opportunity preparing them for life.  He trusted no one and felt there should be no restrictions on how far Hillary could rise, even though she was a woman.  In spite of Hugh’s bulling the family did develop a closeness.  To this day they all look out for and help each other.  The entire family accompanied Bill and Hillary to Acapulco on their honeymoon.  Later they moved to Arkansas to be closer to Hillary and their first grandchild. The younger boys Hugh Jr. and Tony have never really gotten their lives together. The early pressure by their father surely took its toll.

Hillary Unmasked

We can now see why Hillary has difficulty portraying sweetness and warmth. She got little of this as a child.  Her mimicking the personality traits of her father and some of her mother’s shows her to be a survivor.  Her parents prepared her well as she has been the wife of a President, US Senator and Secretary of State. Now she is running for President of the USA. She can handle the worst of the critics but does not trust anyone outside her inner circle. She would love to have control over the media and her message. Money is her measure of self-worth and power and she has shown that she and Bill are very good at increasing their net worth. She was raised as a fighter and this is why it is not easy for her to show a tender emotional side in order to connect with the public.  She is more than up to the challenge of a Presidential campaign.  

Update 9-13-17
Hillary has come out with her latest book  What Happened . It shows her birth order again as the #1 that can't stand to admit she failed to accomplish her goal.  To a firstborn it strikes to their very core. She needs to read this blog and let her know its ok to fail sometimes.

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Does Rihanna have a Double Birth Order?

       

Rihanna, the Barbadian singer, actress and fashion designer 

was born February 20, 1988 in Saint Michael, Barbados.  

Her career started at the age of 15 when she was discovered 

by record producer Evan Rogers. She has risen to the top of the music 

industry and fashion world in just 10 years. What propelled

her to this level of success?  A look at her birth order will

give us the answer.

Early Family Life

Robyn Rihanna Fenty was the oldest of three children of 

Monica and Ronald Fenty.  She was a child full of life and 

liked being the center of attention posing for the camera 

when family pictures were taken.  Her mother Monica was 

a make-up artist and Robyn learned early how to apply 

makeup. Her father, Ronald is a clothes designer and he 

and Rihanna would sell them at a stall in the open market 

in Barbados. She has two younger brothers Rorrey 2yrs 

younger and Rajad eight years younger.

Older Siblings

Rihanna has three older siblings from her father’s earlier affairs,

each has a different mother. She meet Candy the oldest when 

she was 15 and Candy was 24. Samantha is 7 years older 

than Rihanna and remembers braiding her hair when she was 

3 years old.  The youngest is Jamie and he is 4 years older 

than Rihanna.  There is no information when he first met her 

but extended families in Barbados are not uncommon.  

Rihanna gets together with all hersiblings when she returns 

to Barbados.

Her Birth Order

If we look at her birth family we see she is the firstborn with two

younger brothers.  She certainly has demonstrated the traits of

the first born, looking after her younger brothers and getting

a lot of attention. There has been mentioned a fight with her

younger brother Rorrey.  This is a natural occurrence for the

firstborn to defend her throne. Her father was a known alcoholic

and addicted to crack cocaine.  She has described abuse in the

family. Her parents divorced then she was 14.  As the firstborn 

with an addicted father she would be an overachiever as she 

would feel some responsibility for the problem.  Of course she 

had nothing to do with the cause of his problem, but it is 

common for firstborn children to feel responsibility when these 

problems occur.  If we look at her older half/siblings she 

becomes the fourth birth. This number is added to her #1 birth   

order giving her a 4/1 double birth order.  The four birth order is the  

playful child that wants to have 

fun and others look out for them. This combination of birth 
orders may be the reason she has been so successful. 
Leaving Barbados at 15 and moving to the US with another 
family was a way she could escape her situation.

Chris Brown

In 2009 her boyfriend Chris Brown was arrested on suspicion of

making criminal threats. He was also charged with assault as 

photos showed the visible injuries sustained by Rihanna. 

Picking boy-friends may go back to her experiences with her 

abusive father.  Let’s hope she has progressed past this 

problem in her life.

Achievements

For having worked only 10 years in the entertainment industry

she has achieved great success.  She holds the Guinness 

World Record for digital single sales of 58 million in 2012.  

She is the 2^nd best selling female artist only behind Madonna. 

She received the Fashion Icon Lifetime achievement award in 

2014. In 2006 she started the Believe Foundation to help 

terminally ill children.  Many more awards have come her way.

The Future

The future looks bright for Rihanna.  Balancing her two birth 

orders has been easy for her.  Taking charge as a #1 and 

entertaining and having fun as a #4 seems to be in balance 

for her. She shares this double birth order with none other

 than Walt Disney and Donald Trump.

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celebrities you can find this information in my book or blog.

Life’s Fingerprint: How Birth Order Affects Your Path 

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 www.mybirthorder.com or my blog

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Robert Durst: Sibling Rivalry & Birth Order

The multi-millionaire firstborn son of the real-estate developer 

Seymour Durst has been a suspect to the disappearance of his 

wife Kathleen and linked to the death of Susan Berman 

daughter of a mafia boss. He was arrested in Galveston Texas 

after body parts of his elderly neighbor were found in the Bay. 

He was acquitted of his murder. Cross dressing, shop lifting 

and urinating in public are but a few of the obvious signs of 

his anti-social behavior.

Sibling Rivalry

Sibling rivalry is a natural occurrence especially between the

first two siblings.  This happens in nature all the time, the first

born being stronger pushes the younger siblings aside to get

more of the food. Be they birds, foxes, or humans, moving to

the top or defending your position on the “throne” is a never

ending job. When the first born comes into the world he has 

no competition and little understanding of the fight that is

about to come when the second sibling arrives. If he loses 

this fight and his position, he may completely drop out. Many 

times there is no competition and usually is the result of 

gender. Oldest boy with younger sister is an example. When 

the genders are the same more rivalry is possible. The Bible 

tells the story of the brothers Cain and Able the first to take

this natural rivalry to the next level, murder!

Early Years

Robert was born in    1943    #1

Douglas                     1944    #2

Wendy Susan            1947     #3

Thomas Gregory      1950     #4

There is less than 2 years between the first two boys.  When

Robert was 7 their mother died falling from the roof of their

home, a possible suicide in 1950. Robert said he witnessed this

but others deny he did.  Seymour, his father, never remarried

so it is safe to assume the children had plenty of time to sort

things out themselves with hired help doing much of the

parenting.  It is the interaction between siblings that account

for much of a child’s personality development.

Rivalry Issues

As the boys grew up it was obvious to all that they were acting

out or going beyond simple sibling rivalry. The same year their

mother died Robert shoved his brother Douglas onto the ice

at a skating rink and broke his wrist. This was just the beginning

as fights were always breaking out between them. His father

sought the advice of counselors to help solve the problem.

Douglas remembers fighting with Robert until an incident when

he was 14yrs old and he was now bigger than Robert.  That he

says was their last physical fight. Robert seemed to drop out,

his high school year book shows only his picture with no

mention of extracurricular activities.

Adults Rivalry Continues

The boys finished college and took positions in their

father’s real-estate company. In college Robert took

 a counter cultural path. Drugs and meditation were

his interests. He did come back and take a position with

the company and at times could be very charming, and

a seemingly normal person. There was always tension in

the office between the boys. Douglas kept a piece of pipe

on his desk as Robert kept a sharpened plumber’s wrench.

It was in 1994 after a number of incidents at the office

where Robert had urinated in his brother’s and uncles

waste baskets that the family decided to have Douglas

succeed Seymour as the head of the family business. 

Robert knew what was about to happened and had moved

out of the office. He never showed up for the meeting that

would officially dethrone him.

A Continuing Problem

Both of Robert’s brothers fear for their lives as Robert said,

“I have a score to settle”.  They have both given the police

evidence of his stalking their homes. This expression of

sibling rivalry rising to the level of pathology can happen.

A little competition between siblings is good as it prepares

them for life in the real world.  Unresolved dethroning

of a firstborn can be lethal to everyone.

For more information on Birth order and its ability to

Unmask personalities you can find the information in my

book, Life’s Fingerprint: How Birth Order Affects Your Path

Throughout Life, by Dr. Robert V.V. Hurst or go to my website

www.mybirthorder.com