FIXED STARS
A Solar Writer Report
for Napoleon Bonaparte
Written by Diana K
Rosenberg
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Astrological Summary
Chart Point Positions: Napoleon Bonaparte
Planet |
Sign |
Position |
House |
Comment |
The Moon |
Capricorn |
28°Cp58' |
3rd |
|
The Sun |
Leo |
22°Le46' |
10th |
|
Mercury |
Leo |
6°Le09' |
9th |
|
Venus |
Cancer |
7°Cn02' |
8th |
read into 9th House |
Mars |
Virgo |
12°Vi03' |
10th |
|
Jupiter |
Scorpio |
15°Sc01' |
1st |
|
Saturn |
Cancer |
25°Cn54' |
9th |
|
Uranus |
Taurus |
11°Ta30' |
7th |
|
Neptune |
Virgo |
8°Vi42' |
10th |
|
Pluto |
Capricorn |
12°Cp54' |
3rd |
|
The North Node |
Sagittarius |
22°Sg18' |
2nd |
|
The South Node |
Gemini |
22°Ge18' |
8th |
|
The Ascendant |
Scorpio |
7°Sc07' |
1st |
|
The Midheaven |
Leo |
15°Le08' |
10th |
|
The Part of Fortune |
Aries |
13°Ar19' |
5th |
read into 6th House |
Chart Point Aspects
Planet |
Aspect |
Planet |
Orb |
App/Sep |
The Moon |
Opposition |
Mercury |
7°11' |
Applying |
The Moon |
Sesquisquare |
Mars |
1°54' |
Separating |
The Moon |
Opposition |
Saturn |
3°04' |
Separating |
The Sun |
Semisquare |
Venus |
0°43' |
Applying |
The Sun |
Trine |
The North Node |
0°27' |
Separating |
The Sun |
Sextile |
The South Node |
0°27' |
Separating |
The Sun |
Conjunction |
The Midheaven |
7°37' |
Separating |
Mercury |
Square |
Uranus |
5°20' |
Applying |
Mercury |
Sesquisquare |
The North Node |
1°08' |
Applying |
Mercury |
Semisquare |
The South Node |
1°08' |
Applying |
Mercury |
Square |
The Ascendant |
0°57' |
Applying |
Mercury |
Conjunction |
The Midheaven |
8°58' |
Applying |
Venus |
Sextile |
Neptune |
1°39' |
Applying |
Venus |
Opposition |
Pluto |
5°51' |
Applying |
Venus |
Trine |
The Ascendant |
0°04' |
Applying |
Mars |
Sextile |
Jupiter |
2°57' |
Applying |
Mars |
Semisquare |
Saturn |
1°09' |
Separating |
Mars |
Trine |
Uranus |
0°33' |
Separating |
Mars |
Conjunction |
Neptune |
3°21' |
Separating |
Mars |
Trine |
Pluto |
0°50' |
Applying |
Jupiter |
Opposition |
Uranus |
3°30' |
Separating |
Jupiter |
Sextile |
Pluto |
2°06' |
Separating |
Jupiter |
Square |
The Midheaven |
0°07' |
Applying |
Uranus |
Trine |
Neptune |
2°48' |
Applying |
Uranus |
Trine |
Pluto |
1°23' |
Applying |
Uranus |
Opposition |
The Ascendant |
4°23' |
Separating |
Uranus |
Square |
The Midheaven |
3°38' |
Applying |
Neptune |
Trine |
Pluto |
4°12' |
Applying |
Neptune |
Sextile |
The Ascendant |
1°35' |
Separating |
Pluto |
Square |
The Part of Fortune |
0°25' |
Separating |
The North Node |
Semisquare |
The Ascendant |
0°10' |
Applying |
The South Node |
Sesquisquare |
The Ascendant |
0°10' |
Applying |
The Midheaven |
Trine |
The Part of Fortune |
1°48' |
Applying |
Fixed Stars
The heavens declare the glory of god; and
the firmament sheweth his handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night
unto night sheweth knowledge.
-- Psalms, 19: 1-2
Fixed stars, constellations and lunar
mansions are the most ancient astrological heritages of humankind. Long before
there were horoscopes, aspects, houses or signs (or even systems of writing!)
the dedicated priest-astrologers of Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, Greece, Phoenicia,
Egypt, China, India, Central America, indeed, of virtually every ancient
civilization of which we have record, carefully observed and analyzed
sky-patterns, and attempted to relate their observations to the experiences of
humankind, under the universally-held doctrine, "as above, so below."
Until recently it was difficult for
modern astrologers to research stars; the available star lists were limited,
their positions outdated, and new information hard to come by, and by the
mid-19th-century astronomers had shifted their focus from the Ecliptic (i.e.
Celestial Longitude, easily converted to tropical degrees) to the Equator
(Right Ascension), which required complex calculations to convert to tropical
degrees. Only in the last two decades of the 20th century did computers,
conversion programs and extensive star catalogues make it possible for
astrologers to return to basic research on the stars and to the study of their
effects. At the same time, knowledge once available only to the most learned
priests of the earliest civilizations has at last come into our hands, and we
may now benefit from their learning.
The ecliptica is the primary
resonating-board or interface for the multidimensional contents of the heavens,
seen from our planet. Everything in the sky is brought to this plane which is
our path around the Sun, an invisible belt of sensitivity on which all
phenomena in the sky can be projected and ordered. This is
the astrologers' tool, like the measuring-rod of a carpenter.
-- Sander Littel, 2003
All stars and DSO's (deep space objects -
i.e. galaxies, black holes, clusters etc) in this work have been converted from
Right Ascension and Declination, projected perpendicularly onto the ecliptic
and expressed in celestial longitude, that is, in degrees along the Ecliptic
measured from 0 Aries, the Vernal Equinox point. Each individual's chart
placements are adjusted for precession (using epoch 2000.0) and then entered,
each with its appropriate starset.
Black holes are dying stars collapsed
into infinite density. One possibility is that they are collapsed neutron stars
pressured into infinite curvature of space and infinite gravity; gravity so
intense that nothing - not even light - can escape. X-rays from these (and
other) sources reach and are absorbed by Earth's atmosphere, so it is possible
that their energies may manifest in our lives. It is now thought that most
galaxies may have black holes at their cores. Most bright stars are actually
multiples (doubles, trebles, etc), but I have not indicated this in the text.
The Tropical And Sidereal
Zodiacs
Because of a phenomenon called
"precession of the equinoxes," over more than two thousand years the
zodiac of signs, that is, of our familiar tropical degrees, has gradually
shifted backward, largely moving away from the ancient sky figures that gave
them their original names and identities; each sign of this tropical zodiac
now largely overlays the star-figure that once preceded it. Our tropical
sign of Aries now overlays most of the original sky-figure of the Pisces
fishes, the sign of Taurus overlays the stars of the sky-Ram, tropical Gemini
has backed onto the mighty Bull of Heaven, tropical Cancer now overlays the
original Gemini Twins, most of tropical Leo covers the Cancer Crab (however,
because of the uneven length of the ancient figures, the Lion's head and
forepaws are still Leo in both the tropical and sidereal, i.e. constellational,
zodiac), tropical Virgo occupies the stars of the body and tail of the Lion,
tropical Libra now lies in the midst of the ancient Virgin-goddess, most of
tropical Scorpio overlays the Scales of Justice, tropical Sagittarius rides the
back of the menacing Scorpion, tropical Capricorn has taken over the original
stars of the half-human, half-equine Archer, tropical Aquarius overlays the
Sea-Goat's stars, and tropical Pisces largely overlays the figure of the
original Water-Pourer.
These overlays are confusing at first,
but they actually become enlightening when we search for the deeper layers of
astrology's very ancient sources. For while I believe that the tropical
zodiac is the most useful for day to day interpretation of horoscopes, it is
the ancient sky-pattern figures that reveal the "fated," totemic
level of our lives. Fate is a harsh word, conjuring images of helplessness,
passivity, "what's-the-use-of-trying" emotions; but the actuality is
that the soul, in each lifetime, has chosen a body, sexual polarity, set of
parents, locale, schooling, economic situation, and formative matrix that will
best nurture the spirit and carry it forward in the direction it has chosen to
explore. It was astonishing to discover, after years of research, that there
is nothing casual or coincidental in the constellational sky; the constellations are in no way arbitrary,
casual, or even just seasonal markers - each one is an intensely sophisticated
icon, designed to express the energies of its sky-space. And it is not only the
ecliptic figures that play a part in our lives, but the outlying, non-zodiacal
aggregations that seem to fly above or swim below the Sun's eternal path; these
areas were once called the "Sphaera Barbarica" and are as vital and
important as the twelve familiar ecliptic-dwellers; indeed, each posture, position, length and
breadth of every figure, has its reason and message.
It has been my experience that the most
meaningful and exciting reactions from clients come when I describe the
constellation patterns and individual fixed stars on their charts (usually at
the end of a reading). There is often a profoundly personal emotional response
that resonates on a "life-myth" level of being. Frequently a client's
deepest conflicts are delineated by the difference between the archetypes of
the tropical signs and the original constellations: the variance, for instance,
between proud, courageous tropical Leo and his underlying sensitive, cautious,
vulnerable star-Crab, or the tropical sign of Cancer, home-loving,
self-protective, careful, but now fully overlaying the original Gemini
siblings, who were rollicking, daring, competitive adventurers! It is the task of each of us to find ways to
reconcile these differences and make them work creatively in our lives. Many
Cancers, for instance, become actors, writers, or filmmakers, permitting
themselves the vicarious experience of danger and adventure while actually
remaining quite snug and safe, while others expand Cancer's love of home to
love of homeland and become super-patriotic, risk-taking test pilots,
astronauts, or Olympic athletes! There
is no longer a need to debate whether the tropical or sidereal zodiac is to be
preferred. They combine their energies!
It has become apparent to me that the
universe is imprinted upon and within us; I strongly take issue with the idea
that if a star is not able to rise at a particular location or birthplace, and
therefore would never be visible at that place, then it has no influence there
and should not be used in the birth chart. The great 1st-magnitude star Canopus
(Alpha Argo Navis, the brightest star in the constellation of the great ship)
for instance, is never visible from Shelter Island, New York (latitude 41N00),
yet its degree of celestial longitude exactly culminates, with the Sun,
on a client's chart who was born there; her parents went to great trouble to
arrange for her to be born on their boat, and traveling on water has been a
major part of her life. Another client, born Jewish in Chicago (41N52) has
Venus and Neptune (the latter co-ruler of his 9th house of religion) aligned
in celestial longitude with stars of the Southern Cross (56 to 64.5 south
declination, 0 - 13.5 Scorpio) in the far southern skies, and although Crux is
never visible above 27º north geographic latitude, and thus not visible in the
place of his birth, he became a convert to Christianity. After years of
research, it has become apparent to me that all of the sky belongs to all of
humanity, without strictures or curtailments relating to birth latitudes,
longitudes or visual passages. The universe is not "out there" - it
is within and a part of all of us, our co-creation with God; each of us resides
at the focal center of our personal universe, and the entire cosmos is both
within and without each each of us. Each member of the human race, whatever his
or her latitude of birth, is heir to, and part of, the entirety of the
universe.
It has been suggested that only the
brightest stars, and/or those close to the ecliptic, should be used by
astrologers. I have not found this to be a useful approach; first, because even
more than the stars themselves, the full constellation figures, including those
of the Sphaera Barbarica, carry important messages and second, because some
rather dim stars (4th-magnitude Omicron Leonis and Mu Cephei, for instance, at
9 Aries 42 and 24 Leo 15 respectively, in 2000) produce powerful effects that
belie their pallid visual impacts. For the most part I have kept to the ancient
sky-figures and left out the "modern" constellations created in the
17th and 18th centuries. There are a few notable exceptions: Indus, the Indian,
for instance, does seem to relate to indigenous peoples. Every named star has
been included.
I have described each star's placement
within its constellation figure, as far as can be ascertained (some of these placements
are open to question; however, they have turned out to be extremely important,
and so have been attempted); each constellation figure is described as it is
seen from Earth (rather than reversed as in a "god's-eye" view as
some old sky maps show them). Left or right means the figure's own left or
right; for this approach I have the authority of the 2nd-century BCE
astronomer-astrologer Hipparchus, considered the greatest ancient authority on
constellation figures; this is from his only surviving work:
"All stars' positions are fixed with
reference to our point of view, as if they were turned towards us, except if
one or another of them is in profile. Aratus in many examples makes this clear;
in all instances where he clearly describes the right or left portion of a
constellation his description agrees with this hypothesis." --Hipparchus, Arati
et Eudoxi Phaenomena, I, 4, 1-8
It is interesting that this extraordinary
scientist (discoverer of precession of the equinoxes) went to the trouble of
writing a 2-volume work detailing the exact postures and positions of the
constellation figures, correcting errors in Eudoxos and Aratus; it demonstrates
the importance he placed on their precise locations and delineations. Roman
astrologer Manilius, writing almost 2 centuries later, carried forward this
idea:
"You must not divert your attention
from the smallest detail; nothing exists without reason or has been uselessly
created." -- Manilius, Astronomica, Book II (ca 10 CE)
Far from following these ancient
authorities slavishly, when I began my research I discounted their insistence
upon the importance of the placements of various arms, legs, heads, hands,
eyes; it seemed to me (as it seems to almost everyone) that the constellations
are fairly arbitrary, a sort of ancient "connect-the-dots" game, and
a not-very-well played one, at that! With only a few exceptions, the stars of
constellations do not seem to limn the figures they are said to represent. My
early insouciance has had its comeuppance! Hipparchus and Manilius were simply
stating facts.
As for the examples given under each
starset and planet, I am keenly aware of the distortions that must result from
the use of only famous or notorious people - where are the homemakers, social
workers, secretaries, farmers, laboratory assistants, the quiet, often
unnoticed performers of our daily tasks? For the most part, they were left out,
only because if, for instance, I wrote "Jane Jones, secretary," so
little could be read of her soul from that description, and the reader none the
wiser about the energies of her placements. I can only hope that something can
be inferred about the inner lives of the "Jane Jones" from the more
prominent sharers of her stars. The descriptions of planetary influences are,
of course, generalizations, and it should be noted that each planet can
describe a person or persons in the reader's life, rather than the reader
him/herself; Venus, for instance, stands
for loved ones, and Mercury may represent a sibling, neighbor or co-worker;
Jupiter can be an uncle or avuncular person, Saturn a teacher, father or
father-figure, the Moon may describe the mother or a childhood nurturer, Mars
an aggressive, assertive person in the life. These are never, however, individuals
completely apart from ourselves - as souls we draw them into our lives, as they
draw us.
There are no wholly benefic or wholly
malefic stars. Each one proffers energies that may be used for good or ill. As
I entered data it became apparent to me that stars and constellations, rather
than being "good" or "bad," embody a polarity of
issues, concerns and struggles that must be addressed in a lifetime, where the
free will of the individual is tasked with the responsibility of choosing,
manifesting and actively expressing the positive polarity. While a few may fail
to even try, others might overcome great difficulties and achieve success, both
spiritual and worldly. In working towards interpretations for each starset, I
included as many positives as possible, but did not shrink from negatives; what
I actually found in each case were polarities of concerns that were likely to
come up in each life, rather than deterministic good-bad, right-wrong
delineations. Each polarity really spans one issue - a person may express one
side of it or the other: peacemakers and warmongers, for instance; activists
for tolerance versus haters and bigots, idealists and cynics, each and all are
"sensitive" to the issue at hand, and are making choices about where
to stand: the issue will constantly crop up in their lives, and they are not
likely to be indifferent or passive about it.
Precession corrections, especially for
ancient charts, may appear to cause a chart's position(s) to change signs;
Michaelangelo, for instance, was born with the Sun at 24 Pisces 01 in 1475, but
because of precession, the stars his Sun aligned with, then in tropical Pisces,
are now at the beginning of tropical Aries (the closest is 26 Piscium in the
tail of the West Fish, which in 2000 was at 1 Aries 43; his Sun, precession
corrected to 2000.0, is 1 Aries 20).
Thus, because of precession, a person born under one tropical sign might now
appear to be placed in another. Even for some born in the 20th century with a
planet in a late degree, precession correction may take the planet into the
next sign. The important thing to remember, in this regard, is that the
original tropical signs and rulerships hold sway on each chart; precession
corrections simply serve to indicate which stars the original placements
were aligned with. The longitude spans given for each Starset in this report
have been adjusted for the date of birth of the individual.
Because I wanted to wanted to check out all
stars, not just the most famous, or brightest, or those nearest the ecliptic, I
began with a long list and often added to it as I worked, ending up with about
2,300. The stars included in this study
were culled from this "master list."
About this Report
The stars represented on each horoscope
mark, I believe, the points where a soul will be most intensely and constantly
tested. The tests are acute, the failures (sometimes public) devastating, but
while the victories are uplifting, they are usually hidden away from others.
There is rarely publicity when a thief quietly decides to turn his or her life
around; a person prone to anger and violence who has learned to contain his/her
rage will get no medal for it; an accountant who has resisted the impulse to
embezzle funds gets no pat on the back - and can't even tell anyone about it!
These are victories nonetheless; quiet victories of the soul struggling against
darkness, anguish and temptation.
Cirlot's Dictionary of Symbols has, under
"star":
"As a light shining in the darkness,
a star is a symbol of the spirit.
It stands for the forces of the spirit
struggling against the forces of
darkness"
Abbreviations
WWI, WWII for World War I and II; Gen,
Capt, Adm, Brig, Lt, Col, Maj instead of General, Captain, Admiral, Brigadier,
Lieutenant, Colonel and Major, Pres for President, Sen for Senator, Gov for
Governor, PM for Prime Minister, Prof for professor, CEO for Chief Executive
Officer, N for North or Northern, S for South or Southern, W for West or
Western, E for East or Eastern.
Sources
General sources:
Hermes, Liber Hermetis. Part II. Translated by Robert
Zoller. Project Hindsight: Berkeley Springs, WV, 1993. The Liber Hermetis,
attributed to Hermes Trismegistus is a Latin astrological compendium that may
contain translations of Hermetic material dating from 2nd century B.C.E.,
although much of the material is related to the Greek astrologers Vettius
Valens and Rhetorius and the Latin writer Firmicus Maternus.
Manilius, Astronomica, trans G P Goold,
Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1977.
Virtually nothing is known of Manilius, a Roman, except what can be gleaned
from his "current events" references and encomiums to the two
Emperors he was working under - these place his work somewhere between 5 and 15
CE.
Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, trans F E Robbins, Loeb Classical
Library, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1971. Claudius Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos
or the Quadripartite Mathematical Thesis (2nd Century CE) is considered
the seminal text of Western Astrology. He is supposed to have been working from
the now-lost star catalogue of Hipparchus (2nd Century BCE).
Robert Brown Jr, Researches into the Origin of the
Primitive Constellations of the Greeks, Phoenicians, and Babylonians,
Williams & Norgate, London 1899. Brown was a philologist who translated
crumbling, fragmentary Euphratean cuneiform texts stored in the British Museum.
Although some of his work has been superceded by later scholars, it remains a
major source.
Morse, Eric, The Living Stars, Amethyst
Books, London and New York, 1988
Kunitzsch, Paul and Smart, Tim, Short Guide to Modern Star Names and
their Derivations, Harrassowitz: Wiesbaden, 1986
Allen, Richard Hinckley, Star Names, their Lore and Meaning,
Dover Publications, Inc, New York, 1963 (reprint of 1899 original)
Sources for longitudes and other
coordinates:
Sky Catalogue 2000.0 (2 Vols), Edited by
Alan Hirshfeld and Roger W Sinnott, Sky Publishing Corp, Cambridge, MA and
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1982
NGC 2000.0, Edited by Roger W Sinnott,
Sky Publishing Corp, Cambridge, MA and Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
1988
List of Black Hole Candidates compiled by
Wm. Robert Johnston: http://www.johnstonarchive.net/relativity/bhctable.html
(updated 30 January 2020); positions in Right Ascension and Declination
translated into Celestial Longitude using conversion option in Mark Pottenger's
CCRS Horoscope Program: AGS Software, Orleans, MA 1988
Sources for determinant stars of Lunar
Mansions (note: the spans of Hindu Lunar Mansions as currently used no longer
completely jibe with their original determinant stars)
H Norman Lockyer: from NATURE, 12 28 1893, No.
1261, Vol 49
Vivian Robson: The Fixed Stars and Constellations
in Astrology: Samuel Weiser Inc, NY 1969
Derek Walters: Chinese Astrology, The Aquarian
Press, Wellingborough, 1987
Al-Biruni: The Book of Instruction in the
Elements of the Art of Astrology (Gaznah, 1029 CE): Luzac & Co, London,
1934, trans. R Ramsay Wright
Valerie J Roebuck: The Circle of Stars, An
Introduction to Indian Astrology, Element, Shaftesbury, Dorset/Rockport, MA,
1992
Your Starsets
Starset ALMACH - 10°Ta16' to
13°Ta16'
Uranus is aligned with
starset Almach
High-strung Uranus’ influence is
unconventional, eccentric, inventive, original, self-willed, erratic, extreme,
restless, rebellious, psychic and utopian; it correlates to everything new –
especially new technologies, electronics, innovations and inventions. In your
horoscope, Uranus is the channel through which you receive, experience and
express the energies of these stars.
Almach is Gamma Andromedae in the left foot of Andromeda, the
Chained Woman, a star that is accompanied in these celestial longitudes by Ts'e
(or Cih), Gamma Cassiopeiae in the arm of Cassiopeia, the Queen, Menkar,
Alpha Ceti, in the jaw of Cetus, the Sea-Monster, Zibal, Zeta Eridani in
the upper western bend of Eridanus, the River, Pi Arietis in the loin of
Aries, the Ram and 2 Persei between the head and sword of Perseus, the
Rescuer. In ancient Sumer-Akkad and Babylonia, Almach, with stars of
Triangulum, formed a Plow.
In ancient China, Almach was a star of T'ien-Ta-Tsiang-Kiun,
the Great Celestial General or Commander of the Horses who, beside his military
duties, held high responsibility for the welfare of the state, protected the
weak against tyranny, put down revolts and enforced law, order, and justice.
Patient, cheerful, industrious, with a great multiplicity of talents, including
strategic ability, you are popular, courageous and resourceful, with the
potential to become a leader and figurehead, but this is the place of the
crushing jaws of Cetus, the Sea-Monster - you may experience difficult family
conditions, lack of domestic harmony, or even loss of identity and home in
early life, loss of fortune, or there may be an inheritance that brings
misfortune with it. You are restless and passionate and may suffer from
anxiety, anguish, false accusations, even disgrace and ruin (for farmers, there
may be loss of crops), and/or severe health problems. Through all you remain
dogged, persistent and courageous; your heart, will, and endurance are
challenged to the utmost; refusing to admit defeat, you are willing to take
huge risks, forging within yourself strength, perseverance, determination,
commitment and devotion. Your life often runs on several rails at once,
displaying your dazzling array of abilities, such as the military, politics
(often these two are combined), medicine, healing (including psychic and
hypnotic ability), philosophy, sports, art, theatre, literature, music and
farming. With the overlay of tropical Taurus, these stars usually offer
considerable creativity along with writing and performing ability, but these
potentials may remain undeveloped if your will remains unfocused, or if
domineering, dictatorial attitudes are indulged (Ts'e means "whip"),
and if you are unwilling to listen to others, or you blame them for your
personal troubles. Under such conditions you may draw or commit violence,
abuse, or there may be an exile of some sort, by force, necessity, or
self-imposed. The tests of these stars have positive outcomes only if you
maintain your personal honor and avoid selfishness, greed, jealousy, dishonesty
and any kind of immorality with great determination. Traditional star lists
promise "luck" for Almach, but it is likely that this will occur only
after much hard work. Challenges include developing and maintaining
communications; religious faith versus skepticism or atheism, and steady
cultivation of hope versus giving way to despair. Here Eridanus, the great
River of Time, fertilizes and nourishes dreams, washing away all cares. Possible
physical and/or psychological manifestations: disabilities, chronic illness
(especially head and throat ailments and accidents: Cetus' head is here),
blindness, hearing difficulties, paralysis, suffocation, drowning, alcoholism,
sado-masochism, possible danger from
explosions, blockages, animal attacks, assassination; may become
involved in religious events.
Examples of Uranus here include Napoleon
I, 18th-19th-century militaryconqueror and Emperor of France, Chulalongkorn,
19th-early-20th-century King of Siam, Cecil Rhodes, 19th-century British
imperialist, business magnate, diamond tycoon and statesman, founder of
Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), William Lilly, 17th-century astrologer, Percival
Lowell, astronomer, Michael Munkasey, astrologer, communication and
transportation systems engineer, Georges Cuvier, 18th-19th-century
"brilliant and prolific" naturalist and geologist, founder of studies
of comparative anatomy and paleontology, H A Lorentz, theoretical
physicist, Adolf Lorenz, orthopedic surgeon, Athanasius Kircher,
17th-century Jesuit scholar of philosophy, mathematics, alchemy, archaeology,
oriental languages, hieroglyphics, David Thompson, 18th-19th-century
Canadian-born explorer, geographer and fur trader, Ludwig Van Beethoven,
18th-19th-century composer (became deaf), Joni Mitchell,
singer-songwriter, Glen Campbell, singer, John Gay, 18th-century
poet and playwright ("The Beggars' Opera"), William Gillette,
actor and playwright (famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes), Liv
Ullman, Sal Mineo, (murdered), Ned Beatty, Jon Voight,
Dustin Hoffman, actors, Dante Alighieri, 13th-century poet, William
Wordsworth, 18th-19th century poet, known for his nature poems and sonnets,
Rod McKuen, poet and singer, Jose Arguelles, art historian and
new age author, I.A. (name withheld) archivist and poet who taught
himself Norse and Sanskrit, Bill Cosby, actor and comedian, Murray
Rose, Olympic 3-gold-medal swimmer, Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, Islamic
fundamentalist cleric, instigator of terrorist attacks and assassinations
(blind, diabetic)
Starset EL NATH - 18°Ge58'
to 22°Ge27'
The South Node is aligned
with starset El Nath
The South Node represents “fated” karmic
connections and habits, negative traits that are hard to shed, a “quicksand”
area that holds back and weakens the soul. On the positive side, it represents
that which the soul has thoroughly learned and practiced (but which now must be
set aside and left behind, so that spiritual advancement can occur). In your
horoscope, the South Node is the channel through which you receive, experience
and express the energies of these stars.
El Nath is a star that is "shared' by two constellations - it
is both Beta Tauri - the tip of the
north horn of Taurus, the Bull, and Gamma Aurigae, the right heel of Auriga,
the Charioteer. It is accompanied in these celestial longitudes by Al Hecka,
Zeta Tauri at the tip of Taurus, the Bull's south horn and, right next to Al
Hecka, the "Crab Nebula," the remnant of a supernova that
blazed in 1054 CE. There are also the three famous "belt stars" of
Orion, the Hunter: Mintaka, Alnilam and Alnitak (Delta,
Epsilon and Zeta Orionis), as well as Na'ir al Saif (also called Hatsya
or Hatysa), Iota Orionis, in his sword, the Great Orion Nebula, also in
the sword, Meissa and Al Hak'ah (Lambda and Phi1 Orionis) in
Orion's head, along with Phact (also called Phaet - (from Arabic fakhita,
ring dove), Alpha Columbae, in Columba, the Dove. In the most ancient lunar
mansions (Sumero-Akkadian-Semitic, ca 3,000 BCE), Mintaka, Na'ir al
Saif, Alnilam, Al Hak'ah, Meissa and Alnitak
were part of Kakkab Lugal, The Mighty Man (Orion). In ancient China,
stars of Orion's belt (Mintaka, Alnilam, Alnitak) were
determinants of the lunar mansion Tsan, The Supreme Commander, a
trustworthy military leader with nearly absolute authority: Tsan ruled
fortresses and frontiers; Meissa and Al Hak'ah, however, (stars
in Orion's head) were Tsoui, Mouth, or Beak of a tortoise (an asterism
in the head of their huge, ancient White Tiger), presiding over flocks, herds,
and people under protection, divination before military action, barriers, arms
stores, merchandise, and soldiers of the guard assisting the Great Commander.
In ancient India, Meissa and Al Hak'ah were determinants of Mrgasiras,
The Deer's Head whose ruler was Soma, God of a sacred drink, later ruled by
Moon-God Candra; it was derived from mrga, 'to hunt, search, ask for'
now meaning any path or road; of going where others have gone before, therefore
tradition and custom. In the lunar mansions of Arabia, Al Hak'ah was a
determinant of al Hak'ah, the White Spot or Circle of Hairs, from which it gets its name.
You are dramatic and adventurous, a
natural leader with the potential to attain high office; your goals, whether
mundane or spiritual, are set high, and you don't compromise easily; but within
you there is a hidden struggle for self-control and dignity. While imaginative,
experimental and inventive, for the most part you tend to be serious and stern,
with a saturnian adherance to a code of behaviour, and a strong need to
discipline yourself and to command others. Orion's head gives you a mind that
is swift, inquisitive and deep, and you have a lifelong interest in the
history, earliest practices and procedures of your culture or profession. You love to talk and give advice, to tell
people what to do and how to think, and you may, at times in your life, find
yourself at odds with the government, the values of the people you live among,
or "the powers that be" that you must work under, yet your inner
sense of self-worth and innate aristocracy will help you through these
struggles. It is difficult for you to rein in your feelings - impatient,
intolerant and easily enraged, you are intensely emotional (and more than a
little theatrical!). Unless you find ways to master and/or channel your
impulsive, eruptive emotions you could at times be overwhelmed by them, destroying
what you have carefully built. On the surface you are cool and confident, think
big, and usually have a good sense of humor verging on sarcasm, but the sharp
horn-tips of the head-down, charging Bull are here: if denied what you believe
is your rightful place in the world, you could become a combative, eccentric
"crank," heedless, rude, irritable, ill-tempered, sullen, surly and
quick to criticize others; a few born under these stars even have a capacity
for a fully murderous rage; it may be needful for you to "grab the bull by
the horns" and funnel his tremendous power and energy into positive
channels. This placement, with its
juxtaposition of the hunter-warrior Orion, the aggressive, charging Bull,
"rein-holder" Auriga and the peace-loving Dove, is good for the
military, diplomacy, espionage, law, sports, education, religion, social
service, filmmaking, astrology and occult subjects, but it is troublesome in
personal areas, for you may, under pressure, become jealous, overbearing,
high-strung, demanding, quarrelsome, intemperate, greedy and litigious. Many
born under these stars follow a creative vocation, exhibiting literary ability
(tropical Gemini's contribution), a high, even remarkable, degree of
originality and, surprisingly, a free-wheeling whimsicality. There is also a
tradition that El Nath is called the "Wounded" or "Slain"
and though I have not found a source for this, there are enough examples to
bear it out. Your life will bring
you into contact with racial and religious issues, intolerance, and a choice to
be made between staying true to your ideals versus giving in to greed and
corruption. With your stern inner code, struggle with pessimism and conscious
effort to fight off despair, you are also challenged to choose between a narrow,
prejudiced attitude versus one of beneficence and hopefulness, with a universal
viewpoint and acceptance of other cultures. Here recklessly powerful Orion and
the angry, charging Bull may be held in check by the rein-holding Charioteer
and peace-loving Dove. Possible physical and/or psychological
manifestations: lung ailments, mental and physical disabilities,
blindness, eye injuries, ear problems, emotional instability, accidents,
wounds; possible danger from quakes, explosions, storms, epidemics, aggression,
riots, upheavals, assassination; there is something here to do with oil wells.
Examples of the SouthNode here include Napoleon
I, 18th-19th-century conqueror, Emperor of France, Nelson Mandela,
President of South Africa (after a 27-year imprisonment), Thomas Henry
Huxley, 19th-century navy surgeon, zoologist, biologist, physiologist,
anatomist, anthropologist, educator and author ("an intellectual giant of
the 19th-century"), an early supporter of Darwin, Dr Robert Koch,
one of the 19th-early 20th-century founders of science of bacteriology
(identified tubercule and colera bacilli), Georges Cuvier,
18th-19th-century "brilliant and prolific" naturalist and geologist,
founder of studies of comparative anatomy and paleontology, Joseph Jerôme
Lalande, 18th-century astronomer, 19th-century St Bernadette
(Bernadette Soubirous) (asthma, died of bone tuberculosis), Ebenezer Sibly,
18th-century astrologer, Dennis Harness, Vedic astrologer, Derek
Appleby, astrologer, Maurice Maeterlinck, author and occultist, O
Henry, author (jailed for embezzlement), Dmitri Shostakovitch, Bela
Bartok, Michel de Lalande, Carrie J Bond, Claude Debussy,
composers, Hoagy Carmichael, musician and songwriter, Eugene Ormandy,
conductor, Nancy Wilson, singer, Magic Sam, blues guitarist and
singer, Chad Mitchell, singer-actor, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert
Preston, Pat O'Brien, Margaret O'Brien, Mercedes
McCambridge, William Holden, David Carradine, actors, Tom
Smothers, comedian and yo-yo expert, Ingmar Bergman, filmmaker, James
W Silver, fighter for racial equality, Bruce Ismay, Manager of White
Star Line (took a seat in a lifeboat, saving himself in the Titanic disaster), Ann
Landers, Abigail Van Buren (twins), advice columnists, Boris
Spassky, chessmaster, Kitty Dukakis, politician's wife (addictive
personality)
Starset ALHENA - 4°Cn58' to
7°Cn04'
Venus is aligned with
starset Alhena
Venus is the planet of love, desire,
social impulses, beauty and art; it is affectionate, adaptive, receptive,
calming, charming, sensual and seductive. In your horoscope, Venus is the
channel through which you receive, experience and express the energies of these
stars.
Alhena (also called Almeisan) is Gamma Geminorum in the left foot
of Pollux, one of the Gemini Twins, a star that is accompanied in these
celestial longitudes by Mebsuta, Epsilon Geminorum in the knee of
Castor, the other Gemini Twin, Delta Columbae in the wing of Columba,
the Dove, Epsilon Ursae Minoris near the base of the tail of Ursa Minor,
the Lesser Bear, Psi7 Aurigae near the right arm and whip of Auriga, the
Charioteer, as well as stars near the head of Canis Major, the Greater
Dog. Alhena and Mebsuta were determinant stars of ancient lunar
mansions: in China, they were part of Tsing, "The Well," which
had to do with washing, with digging new wells as well as cleaning and
reinforcing the old ones, thus assuring clean water; by extension, it had to do
with the cleansing of crime, moral uprightness, and law and order. It was also
a meeting place, forum, and Stopping Place for the Emperor; an assembly place
for war chariots; another name was the Celestial Leveller, governing irrigation
as well as balance and equity (because water always seeks its own level); it
also had to do with marking out of new towns, boundaries, and allotting parcels
of land; in Arabia the same stars were determinants of al Han'ah: a
Brand, Mark or Scar (on a horse or camel, according to Eric Morse).
The Twins' intense curiosity and a love
of pioneering, adventure, exploration and discovery are paramount here, coupled
with daring and a great independence of mind and spirit. You are restless,
feisty, outspoken, argumentative, aggressive, more than a little arrogant, and
won't flee from a fight. This is the area of the Charioteer's whip, and Pullox
is usually depicted holding a club: at times you can be domineering
and manipulative, and, with your keen
sense of strategy, you may ride roughshod over anyone or anything in your way.
You like to figure out "how things work;" your intellect, imagination
and a love of learning are modifying graces in what is otherwise your primal
drive to master and dominate others. Creative and dramatic, you love attention
and like to "ham it up," "chewing the scenery" with gusto.
With the overlay of tropical Cancer, you have a wide range of talents,
theoretical aptitudes and an excellent sense of imagery, with an ability to
summon up ideas and sell them. You are also fascinated by the sky and light:
astronomy, astrology, physics and astrophysics are possible professions, and
playwriting, filmmaking, math, philosophy, medicine, aviation (the Dove's wing
is here, and Ursa Minor was formed from stars that were once the wings of
Draco, the Dragon), along with religion and mysticism, are some of the fields
you have the potential to enhance. Many born under these stars tend to be
egotistical, controlling, obsessive, bad-tempered and cruel, damaging or
wrecking personal relationships, causing great personal sorrow. The harsh and
oppressive among them must seek their own answers, and some eventually learn
beneficence, often arising out of their own suffering. There are issues of
divided loyalties, of religion and faith versus cynicism, atheism, emptiness,
despair and a search for light in the darkness; as well as freedom (including
religious freedom), versus slavery or submission. As always under the Twins,
there are lessons of brotherhood versus racism and intolerance; under the Dog,
issues of fidelity; under the Lesser Bear, caring for animals and the
environment; under the Dove, a search for peace. Possible physical and/or
psychological manifestations: birth defects, physical disabilities, blindness,
hearing problems, mental illness; possible danger of earth upheavals, storms,
heat-waves, attacks due to intolerance; assassination
Examples of Venus here include Napoleon
I, 18th-19th-century conqueror, Emperor of France (exiled), Sir Edward
Heath, English PM, Arthur Goldberg, lawyer and US UN representative,
Henri Jules de Bourbon (17th-century), 5th Prince de Conde (interested
in arts, science, technology, a magnificent host, but an eccentric, malicious
practical joker who terrorized his wife and children) (became insane), David
R Brower, naturalist, pioneer environmentalist and conservationist, founder
of Friends of the Earth, fondly called "The Archdruid"
("painfully shy and fearful as a kid, learned to talk to animals"
("the greatest force ever known in conservation, environmentalism, and the
fight for the earth"), Florence Nightingale, 19th-century
"founder of modern nursing," public health pioneer (nursed soldiers
in the Crimean War) (gradual loss of sight in old age), George Graham,
17th-century watch and instrument maker and inventor, Reginald J Mitchell,
aircraft designer (Spitfire), Otto Struve, astronomer (great-grandson of
Friedrich Struve), Edward Lear, creator of nonsense verse and artist
("The Owl and the Pussycat"), Thomas Duncan, artist (brain
tumor at 38 caused blindness, then death), Clint Eastwood, actor and
director, George Gobel, comedian, Cecil B DeMille, film director,
Al H Morrison, astrologer (intermittent paranoia), Ernie Pyle,
war correspondent (killed at Okinawa, 1945), Thomas de Quincey,
19th-century author (opium addict), Peter Hurkos, psychic, Baba
Muktananda, mystic and guru (struggle with sensuality), "Unsinkable"
Molly Brown, Titanic survivor, George "Beau" Brummel,
18th-19th-century dandy and fashion arbiter (died broke, insane)
Starset ALUDRA - 24°Cn18' to
26°Cn42'
Saturn is aligned with
starset Aludra
Cautious, serious, conservative Saturn
has an influence that is structuring, controlling and disciplinary; it
represents authority, rules, organizing and teaching, but can also repress,
limit, frustrate and delay, in order, in the long run, to bring about patience,
dedication and discipline; it is the “great teacher” of the planets. In your
horoscope, Saturn is the channel through which you receive, experience and
express the energies of these stars.
Aludra is Eta Canis Majoris in the hindquarters of Canis Major,
the Greater Dog, a star that is accompanied in these celestial longitudes by Mu
Cancri in the back edge of the shell of Cancer, the Crab, Tau Puppis
in the stern of legendary Argo Navis, the Great Ship, Galaxy M81
in the head of Ursa Major, the Greater Bear (with a black hole at its core),
and minor stars at the heads of the Gemini Twins. In ancient Orphic and
Platonic doctrine, the constellation of the Crab was the "Gate of
Humanity," the point of entry for reincarnating souls.
Commanding, resourceful, visionary,
fiercely emotional, you are an achiever who puts on a tough front, seeing
yourself as a hero, demanding of yourself high standards and success, and
demanding loyalty from others. With a good sense of strategy, whether military,
political, or business, you are ambitious and structured, with little or no
patience for ignorance or incompetence; you are, however, intensely sensitive
to your environment and your place within it. Imagery, mythology, and all forms
of symbolism are your natural elements; poetry, prosody and melody pour from
you as naturally as a river. Your a strong sense of theatre and the drama
inherent in everyday life infuse your experiences; you are one of the "true Cancers" - that is, a Cancer
in both the sidereal and tropical zodiac, and this influence, together with two
black holes in Ursa Major's head may make you, at times, crabby and bearish,
and there are major issues in your life of strength of character and willpower,
for unless you stay focused and keep a positive attitude, there is a danger
that you may slip into morbid ruminations, indulging and dwelling upon your
weaknesses, fears, sins or misfortunes, all the while longing for redemption.
You are a collector and compiler, surrounding yourself with accumulations of
objects, ideas and data in an enveloping clutter. In your behaviour towards
others, you believe in "being cruel only to be kind;" in extreme cases,
you may become heartless, even sadistic and murderous. Under these stars,
mathematics, geography, philosophy, astronomy, astrology, concepts of law,
communications, and human rights are matters of concern, as well as excessive
sensuality, for you are fascinated by sex, drawn to bondage, and tend to be
either fanatically correct in your behavior or weak, unstable, and
scandal-prone. Here the legendary fidelity of the Greater Dog and the fierce
maternal instincts of the Great Bear withstand and overcome temptations, teaching
devotion and loving care, while Cancer, the Crab guards the "Gate of
Humankind" shoreline demarking our world of sheltered appearances and the
great ocean abyss of endless mystery. Possible physical and/or psychological
manifestations: multiple births, birth anomalies, eye problems, wounds, exile,
addiction, pedophilia, sexual diseases, danger from fires (very many fires
occur under these stars), explosions, meteorite falls, storms, ship and train
wrecks, attacks, invasions, battles, epidemics, assassination
Examples of Saturn here include Edward
I ("Longshanks"), 13th-century King of England, Queen Elizabeth
I, Queen of England (reigned during England's victory over the Spanish
Armada - Argo Navis!), Napoleon I, 18th-19th-century conqueror, Emperor
of France (exiled), William H Taft, US President, Aldo Moro,
Italian Premier (kidnapped, murdered), Kenneth Starr, prosecutor in the
Clinton impeachment, Byron "Whizzer" White, football player
and Associate Justice, US Supreme Court ("known for his character,
scrupulously honest"), David Thompson, 18th-19th-century
Canadian-born explorer, geographer and fur trader, Georges Cuvier,
18th-19th-century "brilliant and prolific" naturalist and geologist,
founder of studies of comparative anatomy and paleontology, Konstantin
Tsiolkovsky, research scientist in aeronautics and astronautics, pioneer in
rocket and space research, built the 1st wind tunnel, William Wordsworth,
18th-19th century poet, known for his nature poems and sonnets, Johann
Holderlin, 18th-19th-century lyric poet (became insane), Roald Dahl
(severely beaten at school as a child, fighter pilot WWII, shot down, severely
wounded; died at 74 of leukemia), Joseph Conrad, authors, Ferdinand
De Saussure, 19th-century linguist (especially Indo-European and Sanskrit),
David Hume, 18th-century philosopher, Marian McDowell, pianist,
founder of The McDowell Artists Colony
(wife of composer Edward McDowell), Vera Zorina, Cynthia Gregory,
ballerinas, Trevor Howard, Rossano Brazzi, actors, "Mayfair
Boy," jewel thief
Starset PRAESEPE - 3°Le09'
to 6°Le44'
Mercury is aligned with
starset Praesepe
Mental, versatile Mercury represents
thinking, talking, writing, reasoning, analyzing, delineating and all forms of
communication; it especially relates to mental functions and thinking habits.
In your horoscope, Mercury is the channel through which you receive, experience
and express the energies of these stars.
OC (Open Cluster) Praesepe is M44
Cancri, a nebulous cluster in the shell of Cancer, the Crab; it is also called
Little Cloud, Little Mist, Manger and Crib, but most famously "The
Beehive." In ancient Orphic and Platonic doctrine, the stars of
Cancer, the Crab formed the "Gate of Mankind" where souls
entered Earth's dimension as they took on human form at birth. In Indo-Aryan
and Moslem teachings, bees symbolized souls because they migrate in swarms (it
was thought that souls "swarmed" from divine unity like bees); in
ancient China, this area was called the "ghosts" or "spirits,"
thus both eastern and western traditions relate souls and spirits to this place
in the sky! Praesepe is accompanied in these celestial longitudes by North
Asellus, Gamma Cancri and South Asellus, Delta Cancri (both in the
Crab's shell, near the Beehive), Sarir Banat al Na'ash, Theta Ursa
Majoris in Ursa Major, the Greater Bear's right front leg, Sigma Puppis
in the Stern of Argo Navis, the Great Ship of the far-southern skies, as well
as Open Cluster M48 and C Hydrae, both in the area of the
poisonous breath of Hydra, the Water Snake. In the ancient lunar mansions of
China, Praesepe (M44), North Asellus and South Asellus
were determinant stars of Kuei, The Spirits or Carriage of Ghosts (also
called T'ien-Soung, Celestial Punisher), presiding over sickness, death,
extermination, battlefields, horses, soldiers, war materiel and buried
treasures hoarded in wartime, thus accumulated wealth, including jewels. M44
was also Tsi-Chi, Piled-Up Corpses, Tsi-Chi-K'i, Exhalation of
Piled-up Corpses (souls leaving bodies) and "Eye of the Sky,"
(anciently, the eyes of China's Great Red Bird were here, governing
watchfulness over wicked people); another name was Fou-Tchi, The Cutlass
used for slaughtering sacrificial animals. In ancient India, the same stars
were determinants of Pusya, 'Nourishment,' 'Nourishing,' also called Sidhya,
"Lucky," "Successful;" symbolized by a cow's udder, ruled
by Brhaspati, priest of the Gods, with his qualities of nourishment, plumpness,
blossoming, good fortune, as well as prayer, speech and wisdom. In the lunar
mansions of Arabia, they were part of al Nathrah; Nose, Gap or Crib, the
upper lip of a huge, extended Arab lion; the Aselli (North and South
Ascellus) were his nostrils, Praesepe his uvula
Here energies of the wild, untamed Bear
and the Crab's Beehive Cluster combine with a seething, fiercely focused
intensity: you are a natural leader, single-minded, obsessive, fanatic, and
willing to take risks. Aggressive, conquering, enterprising and dictatorial,
you have the potential to be an industrialist and/or head of your own business.
Water, the element common to the Ship, Crab, and Hydra, makes you a vast
emotional holding pond, containing and expressing reservoirs of talent, ferment
and energy. Strongly Neptunian (in both the positive and negative sense, that
is, imaginative, high-minded and spiritual, but also delusive or
illusion-prone) with an interest in psychic phenomena and alternate realities,
you are at the same time analytical and attentive to detail. The Crab was the
ancient Orphic/Platonic "Gate of Souls' Incarnation:" astrologers,
who analyze the date and time that souls incarnate, are found here. Creative,
inventive, taken with the myths and glories of the past; you are drawn to mysticism,
and may become an author, poet and skilled wordsmith. At your best you are
hard-working, feverishly energetic (many sports champions have placements
here), pioneering, productive and idealistic, with an inner sense of power and
potential; at your worst, brutal, blatantly prejudiced, critical of others and
at the same time smugly self-justifying. With the overlay of tropical Leo, you
are aristocratic, arrogant, controlling, interested in power whether direct or
occult, you may be prone to arbitrary, willful, unilateral actions that attract
controversy, either fomenting or suffering slander and/or violent intolerance.
Cultivate truthfulness, for honesty and forebearance are not necessarily your
strong points. There are, in your life, sharply polarized issues of idealism,
mysticism and fundamentalist passions versus dispassionate judgment,
objectivity, and respect for hard, cold facts; the alternative choices of
daring and win-at-all-costs recklessness versus caution, integrity and wise
conservatism; and there are life-long choices to be made between greed and
selfishness or the alternatives of generosity, charity, temperance, pro bono
work, care of the environment and a resolve to "do the right thing."
You may commit or attract violence and/or persecutions, and some born under
these stars get bogged down in sensuality, self-indulgence and addiction; yet
there are always opportunities to evolve from stubborn intemperance and
aggression to creating, and sustaining, peace, both within yourself and among
others. There is something to do with food here (this is the area of the
ancient Hindu lunar mansion Pusya, nourishment). Here the Mother Bear
Ursa Major fiercely protects her progeny, while the busy bees of Praesepe
produce nourishing honey. Possible physical and/or psychological
manifestations: head ailments and injuries, fevers, allergies, sight issues
(blindness, color blindness, eye problems or unusually keen eyesight),
addictions, bee stings; intense energies, ghost and UFO encounters,
embarkations, invasions, amphibious, shoreline, harbor and riverside events;
possible danger from fires, explosions, epidemics, toxic conditions, insect
attacks, storms, shipwrecks, riots, assassination or other violent death
Examples of Mercury here include Napoleon
I, 18th-19th-century military conqueror, Emperor of France (Napoleon chose
the bee as his imperial symbol - Praesepe is the Beehive!) (died in exile), William
Jefferson Clinton, US President, Benito Mussolini, fascist dictator
(captured and killed by partisans), Menachem Begin, terrorist who became
Israeli Prime Minister, Cecil Rhodes, 19th-century British imperialist,
business magnate, diamond tycoon and statesman, founder of Rhodesia (now
Zimbabwe) (last years marred by scandals), US Sen George J Mitchell of
Maine, lawyer, judge, negotiator of 1999 Irish peace accords, Gov George
Romney of Michigan, George Meany, labor leader, head of the AFL-CIO,
Leona Helmsley, arrogant real estate tycoon (imprisoned for tax fraud)
("only little people pay taxes"), William Kunstler,
"attorney of the underdog," "a true believer in the Bill of
Rights," known for defending the poor and radicals, famous or infamous,
against excesses of the system, Rosalind Franklin, chemist,
biophysicist, X-ray crystallographer (produced the 1st usable X-ray pictures of
DNA ever taken, a crucial contribution to the solution of the structure of DNA)
(died at 37 of ovarian cancer), E A Wallis Budge, orientalist,
philologist and archaeologist, Isaac Stern, violinist, Ottorino
Respighi, composer, Ron Kovic, wheelchair-bound Viet Nam
vet-turned-war protester "born on the 4th of July," Charles
Emerson, Uranian astrologer, astrology teacher and schoolteacher
(alcoholic, diabetic, died of a stroke), James Randi, stage magician,
cynic and professional debunker, John Galsworthy, author, Robert A
Heinlein, science fiction author, Ernie Pyle, risk-taking war
correspondent (killed at Okinawa, 1945), Dorothy Kilgallen, journalist, Frida
Kahlo, artist (polio, severely injured in accident), Ginger Rogers, Maureen
O'Hara, Barbara Stanwyck, actors, Della Reese, singer,
actress and minister, Andy Green, racing driver (broke sound barrier on
land, 1997), David Koresh, cult leader and pedophile (suicide by shot to
head while his followers died in a fire that he had ordered set)
Starset MERAK - 13°Le56' to
17°Le17'
The Midheaven is aligned
with starset Merak
The Midheaven is the degree that
culminates at the moment of birth; it represents your highest values, fame,
reputation, honor (or notoriety) and ability to shine in the world, as well as
your soul’s life path, or dharma. In your horoscope, the Midheaven is the channel
through which you receive, experience and express the energies of these stars.
Merak (from maraqq, flank or groin) is Beta Ursae Majoris
in the body of Ursa Major, the Greater Bear, one of the "pointer"
star guides to the Pole Star; it is accompanied in these celestial longitudes
by Al Terf, Lambda Leonis at the front of the head of Leo, the Lion (it
is also called Al Tarf, but there is another Al Tarf - the star Beta Cancri), Tania
Borealis, Lambda Ursae Majoris in the Greater Bear's right hind paw, Suhail,
Zeta Puppis in the Stern of Argo Navis, the Great Ship of the southern
skies, and Theta Hydrae in the upper neck of Hydra, the Water Snake. In
ancient China the stars of Hydra's head (part of the Beak of their huge Great
Red Bird, associated with fire and the Sun) formed the lunar mansion Lieou,
The Willow, portending tears and funeral services. Willows, thought to ward off
poisons, were symbols of longevity, immortality and eternity, and were used at
funerals as consolation to survivors. These stars also stood for trees and
plants and as the Celestial Kitchen or Larder, the preparation of festivals,
banquets, and summer thunder and rain. In the lunar mansions of ancient India,
stars of Hydra's head formed Aslesa "The Clinging" or
"Embracing" ruled by Sarpas, deified Serpents, symbol: a coiled
snake: Aslesa was associated with clinging, creeping, poison, embracing,
sexual union (although Theta Hydrae is not an "official"
determinant star of Aslesa, it should probably be considered part of the
mansion). The combination of Lieou, Aslesa and Hydra here is
interesting, for they were all, directly or indirectly, associated with
poisons. In the lunar mansions of Arabia, Al Terf was a determinant star
of al Tarf "The Glance" or "The Eyes" of the huge,
early Arab lion, said to hinder harvest and travel.
Stars of the head and forepaws of the
Lion are in Leo in both the sidereal and tropical zodiacs, and here the solar
radiance of the Lion's forehead infuses your soul like a great hearth, and you
are able to draw others to you with your warmth. Proud, passionate,
conservative, ambitious, outwardly serene but inwardly stormy, you are a true
child of the Lion, needing and seeking the spotlight. Intuitive, perceptive and
idealistic, you see the foibles and failures of your milieu and expect to take
the lead in rectifying them. Many independent women and early feminists had
placements here, long before anyone thought women had rights. Under the
paternal and maternal impulses of the proud Lion and great Mother Bear, there
is a need to control and dominate those around you, and you will seek positions
of leadership, command and eminence in order to claim the right to do so, with
a natural facility for attracting followers (if taken to the extreme, you may
even demand absolute obedience). Drawn to religion and philosophy and intensely
sensual at the same time, you may spend your life trying to reconcile these two
sometimes complementary but more often conflicting impulses. Fascinated by
words, word sources, word uses, with your highly developed imagination, powers
of visualization and sense of style, color and flair, you have the potential to
be successful in the arts, especially theatre and film. The great ship Argo
Navis draws you to travel, and you have a love of the natural world, but be
aware that the Lion, Bear and Water Snake are powerful nature totems that may
lure you into a walk on the wild side; agitation, anguish, extreme sensuality,
intemperance, brutality; obsession and violence are possible, and you will experience
major transformations in your life; yet no matter how troubled or beset you may
become, you have an inner drive that just doesn't let you give up. Merak is a
pointer to the perfectionist pole star; some born under these stars, feeling
trapped in their bodies, seek spiritual purity, inspiration and redemption, but
a few of these, in their haste for heaven, become seriously derailed, indulging
a "gotterdammerung" impulse for self-destruction, even
self-immolation. Sexuality is a major issue: extremes of either indulgence or
ascetic denial are possible. Other issues in your life are the impulse to
dominate and control versus detached, selfless caring, and idealism versus
depravity. While Merak points the way to true North, far-voyaging,
strong-keeled Argo bears its crew safely through life's hazards and storms. Possible
physical and/or psychological manifestations: physical disabilities, hearing
problems, paralysis, accidents, injuries (especially head, neck and spine
injuries), pedophilia, poisons, contaminations, addictions, suicide, murder,
violent death; possible danger from fires, fog, extemely high winds, air and
shipwrecks, quakes, eruptions, contaminated air, animal attacks
In your horoscope, your highest values,
fame, reputation, honor (or notoriety) and ability to shine in the world,
represented by the Midheaven, is manifested by your use of the energies of
these stars
Examples of the Midheaven here include Clare
Booth Luce, writer, editor, reporter and congresswoman, Martha Stewart,
homemaking entrepreneur (convicted in insider stock trading scandal), Edward
White Jr, astronaut (asphyxiated in Apollo I capsule fire), Sir Richard
Burton, 19th-century orientalist, adventurer and author, James A Pike,
lawyer and charismatic Episcopal Bishop (alcoholism, three marriages, charged
with heresy, died lost in the Judaean desert wilderness during a search for the
historic Jesus and the site of Dead Sea Scrolls, Sigmund Freud, founder
of psychoanalysis, Henry Thoreau, transcendentalist and author, Mark
Twain, Washington Irving, Stendahl, Katherine Mansfield,
authors, Alfred Adler, psychoanalist, Pierre Renoir, artist, Michael
Munkasey, communication and transportation systems engineer and astrologer,
Groucho Marx, comedian, Katherine Hepburn, Ed Asner,
actors, Twyla Tharpe, dancer and choreographer, Marc Edmund Jones,
astrologer, Auguste Vaillant, bomb-throwing anarchist (guillotined), Conjoined
twins (male) joined from chest to abdomen: after surgery, one survived
Starset SUBRA - 20°Le37' to
23°Le34'
The Sun is aligned with
starset Subra
The Sun represents dignity, authority,
courage, self-confidence, self-assertion, the essential life force and central
core of being, as well as health and physical vitality. In your horoscope, the
Sun is the channel through which you receive, experience and express the
energies of these stars.
Subra is Omicron Leonis in the extended forepaw of Leo, the Lion,
a star that is accompanied in these celestial longitudes by Tau2 Hydrae
in the neck of Hydra, the Water Snake, Omega Ursae Majoris in the bend
of the right hind leg of Ursa Major, the Greater Bear, and Alpha Pyxidis,
a star of the modern figure of Pyxis, the Compass, created by astronomer
Nicolas Lacaille in the 18th-century and designed as a mariner's 2-pronged
drawing compass, it was originally a star of Malus, the Mast (of Argo Navis,
the Great Ship). In ancient China, Tau2 Hydrae was a star of the
lunar mansion Sing (or Niao), Bird, forming the neck of their
ancient Great Red Bird; it governed the Summer Solstice when honors, awards and
positions for virtue and merit were bestowed and the hungry assisted. Army
commanders gave out new uniforms and weapons and exquisite ceremonial court
costumes were inspected. It presided over clothing (plants were gathered and
cloth dyed during the summer), as well as fords, highway robbery, brigands, and
danger from attacks during journeys.
Adventurous and an instinctive opportunist,
you seek immortality through brilliance, daring, and fanatic dedication; under
the royal Lion's paw, your soul is filled with a longing for power and glory;
you demand and take what you want with an inner sense of "divine
right," and you have a "figurehead" instinct - a good sense of
how to be a symbolic leader (you can easily imagine yourself on a white horse
leading a crusade!) Much is made of
bright Regulus, the star of the Lion's heart that is just a bit further on, but
it is actually here that the Leonine drive for glory fully expresses itself!
Fascinated by history and ancient texts, you have a visionary sense of the
future, an ability to see "the big picture," and may use historical
myth to launch yourself into a position of leadership. You are a Lion in both
zodiacs; creative, innovative, with considerable expressive power and an inborn
sense of style, you love the spotlight - many performers are born with
placements here, especially comedians - you have a good sense of humor.
Jupiterian and Uranian, you need to be right, dare to be different, want to be
the star of every show; you have a strong sense of the god within, and don't
think laws and rules necessarily pertain to you. Proud, tough, dynamic and
charismatic, you reach for leadership, knowledge, imagination, words, symbols,
and expression. Money is important to you, but only as a means to an end. You
may have an interest in the occult, and/or become proficient at occult
disciplines. The harsher energies of these stars are arrogance, aggression,
cruel satire, cynicism and excessive sensuality. High-strung, touchy and
reactive, with wild animal's instinct to guard your turf, you can be
hot-tempered and murderous, especially if thwarted. Your challenges are
selfishness versus benevolence and humanitarianism, honesty versus
prevarication, and a dangerous tendency to believe that God is on your side in
conflicts, giving you the right to dominate or destroy those you perceive as
enemies. You may become involved with animals. Here the celestial Mother Bear
fiercely protects here progeny, while mighty Leo's royal paw extends an
imperious, benevolent benediction. Possible physical and/or psychological
manifestations: insanity, addiction, head ailments or injuries, eye
problems, blindness, injuries, paralysis, murder; possible danger from storms,
fires, battles, rebellions, acts of hatred and intolerance, beheading,
assassination, epidemics, animal attacks
Examples of the Sun here include Alexander
the Great, (4th century BCE) and Napoleon I (17th-18th-century),
military conquerors, T E Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia,"),
adventurer and author (died at 46 in a motorcycle accident), William
Jefferson Clinton, US President, Rosalynn Carter, US 1st Lady, George
Meany, labor leader, head of the AFL-CIO, Gene Roddenberry, writer,
producer, creator of "Star Trek" (might Argo stand in for Starship
Enterprise?), Jon Lindbergh, oceanographer, Robert Redford,
actor, producer and environmentalist (claustrophobic), Mae West, Maureen
O'Hara, Shelley Winters, Ethel Barrymore, Ann Blyth, Julie
Newmar, Robert DeNiro, actors, Patrick Swayze, dancer-actor
(severely injured left knee several times), Suzanne Farrell, ballerina, Mark
Oliver Gebel, circus wild animal tamer (according to 1st-century Roman
astrologer Manilius, one born under Ursa Major will be "able to control
huge beasts with a gesture...and will join them in friendship to
himself"), Brigadier R C Firebrace, diplomat, soldier, author,
editor, statistician and astrologer, Llewellyn George, astrologer, Helen
Wambach, clinical psychologist, pioneering researcher into reincarnation,
hypnotist using past life regression and future life progressions, author
("Reliving Past Lives"), Edna Ferber, author, Thomas de
Quincey (opium addict), Sir Walter Scott, 19th-century authors, Ogden
Nash, poet and humorist, Sri Aurobindo, mystic, poet and author, J
I Rodale, health food expert, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, 19th-century
neuropsychiatrist, known for work in sexual psychopathology, Prince Louis de
Broglie, theoretical physicist (Nobel Prize), Julia Child,
television chef and author, Anne Josephe Theroigne de Mericourt,
18th-century courtesan, singer, violent, fiery revolutionary rabble-rouser and
a military commander during French revolution (once stripped naked, flogged in
public; became insane the following year)
Starset ZOSMA - 5°Vi15' to
8°Vi56'
Neptune is aligned with
starset Zosma
Neptune’s influence is imaginative and
boundary-dissolving; it is the power of the mind to create its own reality,
thus it can be either a source of inspiration or an area of illusion and/or
escapism. In your horoscope, Neptune is the channel through which you receive,
experience and express the energies of these stars.
Zosma is Delta Leonis in the rump or hindquarters of Leo, the
Lion, a star that is accompanied in these celestial longitudes by Alioth,
Epsilon Ursae Majoris in the tail of Ursa Major, the Greater Bear (the 1st
"handle" star of the Big Dipper asterism), Al Wazn, Lambda
Velorum in Vela, the Sail (of the great ship Argo Navis), Lambda Hydrae
at the first rise of the back of Hydra, the Water Snake, Beta Sextantis
in the modern figure of Sextans, the Sextant, and Galaxy/Black Hole M106
in the modern constellation Canes Venatici, the Venatician (hunting) Dogs. In
the ancient lunar mansions of India, Zosma was a determinant star of Purvaphalguni
"The Former Reddish One" or "Front of the Culprit;" a
mansion of fulfilment, cleansing, good luck, well-being and amorous pleasure.
In Arabia, it was a determinant of al-Zubrah,
The Mane (of a huge, extended Arab lion). In ancient China, Lambda Hydrae
was one of the determinant stars of the lunar mansion Tschang, Drawn
Bow, or Spread Net (used to catch game or birds who fed on crops); it presided
over the imperial kitchens, food preparations, feasts, utensils, gifts; if the
stars of this mansion could not be seen,
it was a sign that the Emperor would fall ill
You are a passionate pilgrim, carried by
Argo's sail into fascinating yet dangerous explorations of mind, soul and human
experience. With the courage and intense sensuality of the Lion, you challenge
authority, attempting to go beyond accepted ideas and behavior, sometimes
shocking people, then using your notoriety to advantage. Adventurous,
determined, absolutist, you use your deeply intuitive intelligence to pry and
probe your limits. Ideas and convictions are important; you have a need to be
true to yourself, believe in acting on
your principles, and carry the banner of your causes even to the extent of
fanaticism and putting yourself in harm's way. Audacious and unsettled, you are
drawn to the primal and primitive, love to perform, and need an audience.
Tough, pragmatic and versatile, you may be capable in two or more fields and
may bring about sudden breakthroughs, realizations, and discoveries,
contributing to fields such as religion, philosophy, literature, education,
communications, military tactics, police methods, finance, theatre, music,
dance, science (especially medicine, chemistry, aviation, space exploration),
technology, invention, psychology (especially related to sexuality), food
preparation, astrology and psychic research. You are imaginative - even if
devotedly scientific and fact-oriented, you allow a tinge of the wild and weird
to edge into your psyche. In this lifetime you will be physically, mentally or
morally challenged, and in response will develop courage to deal with
adversity; a good sense of humor and whimsy is one of your greatest assets. The
overlay of tropical Virgo gives you a concern for the Earth and all who sail on
her, and the Virgo urge to be of service manifests in environmentalism and
concern for human rights, especially women's rights - many pioneering feminists
were born with planets here (Purvaphalguni was related to fulfillment in
marriage, yet a few males here are misogynists, i.e. women-haters). You may
deal with issues related to religion, economics, ethics and greed,
communications and connections, nature versus technology, intellect versus
emotion, selfishness and self-indulgence versus benevolence and generosity; a
tendency to melancholia and brooding can be counteracted with positive thinking
and a re-organization of mental attitudes, and you will be presented with
choices to be made between waging war and working for unity and peace. The
realistic, analytical and perfectionist influence of tropical Virgo combined
with the navigating, guiding Sextant keeps you on course, and, if
well-embarked, Argo will bring you through the dangers and storms of life's
passage. Possible physical and/or psychological manifestations: polio,
asthma, mental and intestinal ailments, chronic illnesses, physical
disabilities, accident-proneness, communications problems, sexual extremes,
pedophilia (lunar mansion Purvaphalguni was associated with "amorous
pleasure," but Ptolemy related these stars, under certain harsh aspects,
to possible "depravity"), brooding, depression, suicidal impulses;
multiple births, birth anomalies; possible danger from accidents, gas, toxic
chemicals, storms, floods, fog, fires, battles, persecutions, attacks,
assassination
Examples of Neptune here include Marcus
Aurelius, 2nd-century CE Roman Emperor and stoic philosopher (died of
smallpox at 59), Robert I "The Bruce,"
13th-14th-century King of Scotland, Duke of Wellington (Arthur
Wellesley), 18th-19th-century general and PM of England, Noh Tae Woo,
President of South Korea, Benigno Aquino, Philippine political leader
(assassinated), Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Associate Justice, US Supreme
Court, US Sen George J Mitchell of Maine, lawyer, judge, negotiator of
1999 Irish peace accords, Yuri Gagarin, pilot, cosmonaut, 1st human in
space (died in plane crash), Manuel Pineiro, spymaster of Cuban
revolution ("a ruthless, unrepentant revolutionary, but urbane,
extraordinarily perceptive, personable, a great raconteur"), Bill
Moyers, journalist, author and documentarian, Ralph Nader, lawyer,
author and consumer activist (ran as a 3rd-party candidate in the 2000
presidential election, becoming the "spoiler" who drew votes from
Gore, throwing the election to Bush), Lester R Brown, environmentalist, Stanton
Friedman, nuclear physicist, UFO researcher, Jean-Baptiste Fourier,
18th-19th-century mathematician and physicist, Georges Cuvier,
18th-19th-century naturalist, founder of studies of comparative anatomy and
paleontology, Dame Jane Goodall, primatologist, ethologist, naturalist,
dedicated to saving endangered animals and the environment (and in the process,
humankind!) (discoverer of tool-use by chimpanzees), Oliver Sacks,
neurologist and author, Dr Stanley Milgram, world-reknowned social
psychologist at Yale, creator of the famous and controversial 1961 Milgrim
Experiment testing the willingness of individuals to obey orders of an
"authority," to inflict electrical shock pain upon others, Umberto
Eco, Philip Roth, authors, John C Gardner, author, teacher,
Anglo-Saxon and Medieval scholar, translator of the ancient Mesopotamian epic
"Gilgamesh" (as a child, accidentally killed his brother with a heavy
farm machine, later wrote "Redemption") (recovered from colon cancer,
died in motorcycle accident at 49), Sylvia Plath, poet (suicide), Lillian
Huber, Diana K Rosenberg, astrologers, Julian Bream,
classical guitarist, Van Cliburn, Peter Nero, pianists, Otis
Rush, blues singer and guitarist, Nina Simone, singer-pianist, Quincy
Jones, composer and conductor, Patsy Cline (killed in plane crash), Abbie
Lane, Pat Boone, singers, Carol Burnett, comedian and
actress, Piper Laurie, homemaker and actress (abandoned a successful
career for years to raise her children), Sander Goldman, architect and
building contractor (asthma, left leg and hip amputated-bone marrow cancer), Yoko
Ono, artist, Richard Lester, Mike Nichols, film directors, Michael
Caine, Dennis Hopper, Kim Novak, Godfrey Cambridge, David
McCallum, Robert Vaughan, Alan Arkin, Ellen Burstyn, Jim
Nabors, Richard Chamberlain, actors, Shirley Maclaine,
actress, author and mystic, Nichelle Nichols ("Uhura" of Star
Trek), Shirley Jones, singer-actresses, Harry Boughton Jr, stage
magician (son of "The Great Blackstone"), Robert Blake, actor
accused of killing his wife ("mercurial, nonconformist, blustering,
blatant, brooding, a gambler with a drug habit"), Charlotte Corday,
assassin of Marat during French Revolution, Paul Anderson, Olympic gold
medal champion weight lifter, Dionne Quintuplets (female), 1st known
surviving quints (exploited, abused in childhood), Jay Seabring,
Hollywood hairdresser murdered in the "Manson family" cult killings, John
Geoghan, pedophile priest, defrocked after years of church protection in
spite of his persistent sexual abuse of children, Male (name withheld),
child molester, sentenced to Calif State Hospital for sex offenders (Ptolemy
associated stars in the hindquarters of the Lion, under certain aspects, with
"utter depravity")
Starset CHORT - 8°Vi57' to
12°Vi04'
Mars is aligned with starset
Chort
Action-oriented Mars represents physical
energy, vitality, strength, independence, ambition, impulsiveness,
self-assertion, anger and aggression. In your horoscope, Mars is the channel
through which you receive, experience and express the energies of these stars.
Chort (also called Coxa or Chertan) is Theta Leonis, a star in
the loin or hip of Leo, the Lion; it is accompanied in these celestial
longitudes by Galaxy NGC 3607 a "DSO" (deep space object)
above the Lion's rump that harbors a Black Hole at its core, Mu Hydrae
in the back of Hydra, the Water Snake, the Butterfly Nebula (IC 2220), a
very large extended, diffuse spiral nebula in Carina, the Keel, and Psi
Velorum, a star in Vela, the Sail (Carina, the Keel and Vela, the Sail were
all once part of a single constellation, Argo Navis, the Great Ship, but in the
19th-century astronomers decided it was "too big" (too big for
what??) and arbitrarily chopped it up into component parts: Puppis, the Stern,
Carina, the Keel, Vela, the Sail; then, adding insult to injury, they changed
Malus, the Mast into Pyxis, the Compass! To avoid confusion I use the
designations they have given, yet I make it clear at all times that these
elements are all part of one constellation: Argo Navis, the Great Ship.
In the very ancient Euphratean star lists, Chort was called Ilu Kua,
"Oracle-god;" in the lunar mansions of ancient India, it was a
determinant star of Purvaphalguni "The Former Reddish One" or
"Front of the Culprit;" a mansion of fulfilment, cleansing, good
luck, well-being and amorous pleasure. In Arabia, it was a determinant of al-Zubrah, The Mane (of a huge,
extended Arab lion). In ancient China's lunar mansions, Mu Hydrae was
one of the determinant stars of Tschang, Drawn Bow, or Spread Net (used
to catch game or birds who fed on crops); it presided over the imperial
kitchens, food preparations, feasts, utensils and gifts; if the stars of this
mansion could not be seen, it was a sign
that the Emperor would fall ill
Here Argo's restless wanderlust and the
audacious Lion lend an inner wildness to tropical Virgo's quiet nature, giving
you a crusading, missionary fervor and a drive to excel. Enterprising,
adventurous yet sensitive and keenly perceptive, you love nature and your
native land, and may search out and preserve ancient traditions to pass them on
to future generations. You are idealistic, with a will to discover life's
deeper meanings through religion or philosophy. Once set securely on a life
path, you become a crusader, working tirelessly to implement your beliefs. Art,
music, dance and literature (especially poetry) are areas in which you may
excel, and you have a need for excitement that lends itself to drama. As always
under tropical Virgo, there are analytical gifts, technical and mathematical
abilities, along with issues of health, here abetted by Hydra's association
with poisons and environmental contamination. Even if you start out with an
aggressive, self-centered opportunism, life will probably temper this energy
and lead you into more humane attitudes and devotion to service. You may at
some time have to deal with scandal, suffer exile from your family or nation,
or simply adopt another that you find more congenial. Under these stars there
is usually a love of animals, and something to do with food and the fruits of the
earth. There are issues in your life of honesty or dishonesy, sensual self
indulgence (Purvaphalguni's "amorous pleasure") versus
temperance or self-denial and asceticism, greed and stinginess versus
generosity, hatred versus love and tolerance, and harshness and cruelty versus
kindness and concern for others. Here the great ship Argo Navis, metaphor for
planet Earth voyaging through space, carries its passengers on joyous,
adventurous journeys of mind and spirit. Possible physical and/or
psychological manifestations: eye problems, birth defects, lung ailments,
asthma, allergies, nervous or emotional problems, pedophilia, gender identity
issues; possible danger from pollution and other environmental contaminations,
fires, explosions, smoke and toxic air conditions that cause trouble breathing,
storms, shipwrecks, fog, earthquakes, poison, orgies and sex attacks,
assassination
Examples of Mars here include Napoleon
I, 18th-19th-century conqueror, Emperor of France (exiled), Sa'ud Ibn
Abdul, King of Saudi Arabia, Pasquale Villari, Italian historian and
statesman, Nikolay Przhevalsky, 19th-century explorer of Central Asia, Eugene
Burnouf, 19th-century orientalist and expert on Old Iranian religion and
language of the Avesta (the sacred scripture of Zoroastrianism) as well as
Sanskrit and Buddhism, Sir Anthony Panizzi, 19th-century Italian
patriot, Librarian of the British Museum ("a brilliant and dedicated
administrator who raised the standard of library administration all over
England"), Elias Ashmole, 17th-century astrologer, alchemist,
collector and historian of heraldry, Dr James Lind, 18th-century naval
surgeon (Argo!) who discovered that citrus fruit cured scurvy, Jean Louis
Agassiz, 19th-century naturalist and geologist, pioneer in glacial studies
and the effects they had on the Earth (one of the first to suggest that there
had been an ice age on Earth, and that the boulder and rock deposits had not
been made by the great flood of the Bible), William Lilly, 17th-century
astrologer, author of "Christian Astrology," B V Raman, Vedic
astrologer and homeopath, Mother Teresa, "the saint of the
gutters," nun, social activist and humanitarian (worked in the slums of
Calcutta), Carl Sagan, astronomer and author (died of bone marrow
disease myelodisplasia and pneumonia), US Army Major General William B
Fulton, John C Haley, banker, Emily Bronte, 19th-century
author ("Wuthering Heights") and poet (died at 30 of tuberculosis), Charles
Lamb, 18th-19th-century essayist and critic (worked as a clerk to support
himself and his insane sister who had stabbed their mother to death), Sherwood
Anderson, author, Laura Riding, poet, critic and author, Kurt
Jooss, dancer, teacher and choreographer (famous for anti-war ballet
"The Green Table") (died of injuries from auto accident), Patricia
McBride, ballerina, Leslie Caron, dancer and actress, Jack Paar,
television personality, Geraldine
Chaplin, Roger Smith, Godfrey Cambridge, actors, Abbie
Lane, singer, Thomas Duncan, 19th-century artist (brain tumor at 38
caused blindness, then death), Chic Young, cartoonist
("Blondie"), Thomas Clarkson, 18th-19th-century English
anti-slavery agitator (cataracts, blind in old age), William Hogarth,
18th-century painter and engraver, Nina Simone, singer, composer and
pianist, Joe Chambers, jazz drummer, Thomas Hill, Olympic bronze
medal hurdler, Alan Ameche, football running back, Ray Berry,
football wide receiver, Bob Pettit, basketball forward and coach
("self-disciplined, a drive for perfection"), Azaria Chamberlain,
2-month-old eaten by dingo (wild dog), Andrei Chikatilo, serial sexual
killer: murdered, mutilated, cannibalized 55, mostly children (executed-shot in
head), Albert Dyer, murderer of three young girls (hanged)
Starset NUSAKAN - 5°Sc13' to
7°Sc33'
The Ascendant is aligned
with starset Nusakan
The Ascendant is the degree that is
rising at the moment of birth; it is a place of emergence, initiatives, and new
beginnings; it can also describe the immediate environment and is the face you
present to the world. In your horoscope, the Ascendant is the channel through
which you receive, experience and express the energies of these stars.
Nusakan is Beta Coronae Borealis in Corona Borealis, the Northern
Crown, a star that is accompanied in these celestial longitudes by Rijl al
Awwa, Mu Virginis in the right foot of Virgo, the Virgin, Omega Centauri,
a globular cluster in the horse's back of Centaurus, the Centaur, "the
biggest and brightest globular cluster in the sky," and Mu1 Crucis,
just east of the top star in Crux, the Southern Cross. Early, dim stars of Libra,
the Scales are here. In ancient Akkad, Rijl al Awwa, with one other
star, was Mulu-izi, "Man of Fire."
Courage and "true grit" are
keynotes here: once you have set your mind to do something, you allow nothing
to stand in your way, even threats to your life. Danger seems to be your
natural element - if there is not an element of risk in your undertakings you
do not feel truly alive, or true to yourself. Born under Crown, Centaur, Virgin
and Cross, it never seems to occur to you to back off from a challenge or
position, and you may find yourself fighting against great odds, or, with an
instinct to test your strength and endurance, you may deliberately put yourself
in situations where you must pit yourself against severe hazards. Idealistic,
your religion, philosophy or beliefs form the core of your being, and, with a
strong need to be different and to go your own way, you may stand up for ideas
that are considered unusual, outrageous, or even "heresy," in your
chosen field. Domineering and controlling, "quick on the trigger,"
you often seem to be "spoiling for a fight" (centaur - kentauros -
is derived from a Greek root meaning "to goad") and some of the more
extreme born under these stars are drawn to fascism or other radical beliefs).
You have an inquiring mind, enjoy playing with inventions and ideas, have a
great love of words, and an excellent sense of symbols, shapes and visual
details: if you survive your adventures, you like to write about them. An authority
and a connoisseur, you recognize quality and demand the best in everything, but
in in the area of personal character and morality you do not necessarily live
up to high standards, and this may become an issue in your life. 1st-century
astrologer Manilius held that Corona Borealis was the floral wedding crown of
Ariadne, and indeed flowers, gardening, botany, scents and perfumes may become
important elements in your life, as well as Bach flower remedies. Many born
here are explorers, inventors, geologists, geographers, mapmakers,
mathematicians, poets, translators, scholars of ancient languages, occultists
(with a particular interest in portents), lawyers, soldiers and police, chefs,
physicians and surgeons. Mythical centaur Cheiron, whom Centaurus may
represent, was known as "old handy" (cheiro is the Greek
prefix for "hand"): hand skills and handcrafts are important here, as
well as a love of animals, especially horses (1st-century astrologer Manilius
wrote that those born under Centaurus "know how heal animals, to relieve
dumb creatures of disorders they cannot describe for his hearing"). With
the overlay of tropical Scorpio, your keen curiosity makes you a good
interviewer; with your tendency to fanaticism, obsession, dominance and an
ability to use words like knives, you are an effective interrogator and
propagandist. Religious persecution is a possibility (either imposed or
suffered - or both!); under the influence of Crux, the Southern Cross, there
may other religious issues, especially related to Christianity. Some here are
nonconformists with a bit of the wild and freaky in their natures; you may be
obsessed with sex, and/or may be drawn to sadism, fetishes, dominance, and the
equation of pleasure and pain. As a warrior and/or peacemaker, you have the
ability to turn suffering into exaltation, misery into beauty. Issues include
personal character and integrity, morality versus deliberate amorality, courage
versus fear and despair. A Cross is an archetype of a human at full stretch,
affirming the primary relationship between the celestial (vertical, spiritual,
intellectual, positive, active, masculine) and the earthly (horizontal,
rational, innately wise, receptive, passive, feminine); here, above and beyond
all conflicts, Crux, the Southern Cross stands as a beacon of hope for
humanity. Possible physical and/or
psychological manifestations: lameness, head ailments, obsession,
cruelty, insanity, addiction, murder, starvation; possible danger from fires,
explosions, drought, blighted crops, famine, murder, assassination, execution
Examples of the Ascendant here include Sigmund
Freud, founder of psychoanalysis, Alfred Adler, psychotherapist and
social reformer, Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician and
anti-war activist ("extraordinarily complex, intensely intellectual yet at
the same time passionate to the point of near-madness, an atheist yet
fascinated by mysticism"), Daniel Berrigan, Roman Catholic priest
(Crux!) and antiwar activist, Basil Rathbone, Ed Asner, actors, Red
Skelton, comedian, Charlie Chaplin, comedian, producer and director,
Jose Feliciano, singer and guitarist (born blind), Clare Booth Luce,
writer, editor, reporter and congresswoman, Gustave Flaubert, 19th-century
author, Paul Verlaine, poet, Michael Munkasey, communication and
transportation systems engineer and astrologer, Pina Bausch, Twyla
Tharpe, dancer-choreographers, Robert Bardo, stalker-murderer, Conjoined
Twins (male) joined from chest to abdomen: 2 hearts, 1 liver: one survived
surgery
Starset ZUBENESCHEMALI -
14°Sc14' to 17°Sc58'
Jupiter is aligned with
starset Zubeneschemali
Jupiter, a
knowledge-and-experience-seeking planet, has an influence that is expansive,
enlarging, increasing, confident, cheerful, optimistic, generous, out-going,
free-wheeling, freedom-loving, ethical, philosophical and humane, but can also
be disdainful, careless, over-confident and irresponsible. In your horoscope,
Jupiter is the channel through which you receive, experience and express the
energies of these stars.
Zubeneschemali is Beta Librae, a star in the North
Scale of the constellation of Libra, the Scales; in ancient times it was the
North Claw Tip of a huge, extended Scorpion. It is accompanied in these celestial
longitudes by Zubenhakrabi, Sigma (20) Librae in the South Scale (this
star's constellation is disputed; it was also called Gamma Scorpii, and in
ancient Akkad it was Entena-mas-luv, the tail-tip of Hydra, the Water
Snake). There are also Eta Centauri in the outstretched arm of
Centaurus, the Centaur (in the ancient Euphratean Celestial Sphere this was Sugub-Gudelim
"Left Hand of the Centaur"), Iota Lupi in Lupus, the Wolf (in
early texts Lupus was not a wolf - the figure was called Wild Beast, Victim,
Hostage), Beta Serpentis in the head of Serpens, the Serpent, T
Coronae Borealis, a blaze star (recurrent nova) in Corona Borealis, the
Northern Crown and I Carinae in Carina, the Keel of Argo Navis,
the Great Ship. Zubeneschemali was a determinant star of three ancient
lunar mansions: China's Ti, The Foundation (floor, base), originally the
chest of their Great Azure Dragon, also called 'The Celestial Root' (of the
exuberance of nature), representing as well royalty, empire and illnesses of Spring);
India's Visakha, the 'Forked,' 'Two-Branched' alternately Radha
'The Delightful,' ruled by Indra, King of the Gods and Agni, the Fire God,
representing a purpose or goal and its attainment, and Arabia's al-Zubana,
the Claws (of the Scorpion).
Beast-victim Lupus, his punisher
Centaurus and Libra's karmic Scales of Justice bring in souls willing to
champion difficult or unpopular causes. Justice, slavery, freedom, human
rights, race, religion, politics, social inclusion or exclusion and war or
peace are major themes under these stars. Corona Borealis offers you a crown of
intellect, considerable scholarly and psychic ability, and the capacity to
attain high honors, but also the threat of danger (there is a high rate here of
accidents, murder and assassinations). A keen individualist with formidable
inner strength, you have high ideals, but encounter challenges and problems
living up to them. A natural politician, you are intensely curious about how
people organize themselves in social constructs and maintain their communities'
laws. Energetic and courageous, you take chances, go your own way, and have the
potential to become a social innovator and reformer. Although interested in
diplomacy, you are naturally militant (centaur - kentauros - is derived
from a Greek root meaning "to goad"), and like to keep the reins of
power in your hands. Some of the professions preferred here are politics, law,
diplomacy, religion, philosophy, mathematics, medicine, science (especially
astronomy, chemistry and food preservation), flight and space exploration,
literature, poetry (there is a gift of words, spoken and written), caring for
horses, and the study of occult and ancient texts. You love drama, dance, and
theater arts, as well as scents and flowers (according to 1st-century
astrologer Manilius, Corona Borealis was a floral crown, and begets a love of
gardening, flowers and perfumes). Although you are usually beneficent, you may
also be elitist, or suffer from elitism (or both!). Keenly aware of injustice,
you weave this theme into your work and art. With the overlay of tropical
Scorpio you are sensual, sexual, loving luxury, fine foods and wines, but must
take care lest the half-beast Centaurus and Serpens-of-temptation lure you into
dishonesty, intemperance and excessive self-indulgence. Libra's Scales were
once, in ancient times, the huge claws of a mighty, extended Scorpion (thus
giving this area a "double Scorpio" flavor), and in your life choices
will present themselves: whether to manifest justice, balance and benevolence,
or find yourself clutched in the ancient arachnid's fearsome claws of the law.
Many born under these stars victimize others, are moved by the victimization of
others, or themselves become victims. Honesty is an issue, corruption a danger;
you are also charismatic, and must take responsibility for those who follow
you. Very concerned with doing the right thing but sensitive, bitter and deeply
angry about injustice, you may experience great inner tension and a battle with
brooding, depression and despair, but always within your reach is the
regenerative, renewing potential of the healing Serpent (serpents have always
been associated with healing and renewal, because they shed their skins and
grow new ones). Issues and challenges include intemperance, greed, both
intolerance and the battle against intolerance, a concern for social justice,
issues of bondage or freedom, persecution and victimization, equal rights for
all versus exclusion, partiality, parochialism and/or elitism, and choosing
whether to wallow in hatred and resentments or to reach for a high level of
love, service, working to establish and maintain peace and justice. Here the
Scales work to balance out turbulent inner conflicts, while the renewing,
regenerating Serpent heals all wounds; balance, self-discipline and good
judgment are the keys. Physical and/or psychological manifestations: addiction
(including sexual addiction), suffocation, asphyxiation, eye and hearing problems; caesarian births; possible danger
of storms, shipwrecks, fog, air crashes, fires, eruptions, earth upheavals,
environmental contamination, epidemics, intense, destructive intolerance,
animal attacks (especially snakes), accidents, stalking, murder (but also,
under these stars, are peace treaties, actions for the establishment of health,
justice, peace and human rights, religious events, transformations, meteorite
falls...and miracles!)
Examples of Jupiter here include Napoleon
I, 18th-19th-century conqueror, Emperor of France, Marshal Joseph Joffre,
Allied commander, 1st 2 years of WWI ("imperturbable, painstakingly
patient, forceful, courageous"), Archduke Francis Ferdinand of
Austria (his assassination triggered WWI), Alfred Thayer Mahan,
19th-20th-century US naval officer and historian, influential early exponent of
sea-power ("profoundly affected both US and worldwide naval developments
before WWI began") (Argo!), Walter Schirra, combat pilot and
astronaut, USAF Brig Gen'l Charles "Chuck" Yeager,
fighter and test pilot, the 1st to break the sound barrier, David Blunkett,
British Home Secretary (Secretary of State for Education and Employment) (born
blind), Arnold Schwarzenegger, body-builder, actor and Governor of
California, Werner Erhard (John Paul Rosenberg), founder of EST (Erhard
Seminars Training), a dictatorial, coercive forum of self-analysis, Rainer
Maria Rilke, poet, Ken Kesey, author, Richard Strauss,
composer, George Smith, 19th-century bank note engraver and self-trained
Assyriologist, excavator of Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh, translator of
the ancient Chaldean account of the Deluge (died at 36 from a fever while
excavating near Aleppo), Gustaaf Schlegel, 19th-century sinologist,
interpreter, professor of Chinese language, author of Uranographie Chinoise,
the source of Staal's Stars of Jade, Annie Jump Cannon, astronomer,
specialist in stellar spectra (Henry Draper Catalogue), Dr Sophia Jex-Blake,
pioneering 19th-century physician who worked to open the medical profession to
women, Dr Alois Alzheimer, 19th-early-20th-century neuropathologist and
psychiatrist, discoverer of the disease named for him, Georges Cuvier,
18th-19th-century "brilliant and prolific" naturalist and geologist,
founder of studies of comparative anatomy and paleontology, Count Alessandro
Volta, 18th-century physicist, inventor of electric battery, Charles
Jayne (nearly blind), Marion March, Doris Hebel, astrologers,
George Santayana, poet and philosopher, Emil Zola, 19th-century
author and crusading journalist who championed the unjustly imprisoned Alfred
Dreyfus (died at 62 of carbon monoxide poisoning due to a blocked chimney), Norman
Mailer, author and journalist ("a career at once brilliant, varied,
controversial, public, prolific and misunderstood - his passions, feuds,
imbroglios, litigations and loyalties are numerous, notorious and complex; he
is regularly and simultaneously celebrated and reviled") (married 6 times,
9 children), Salmon Rushdie, author (condemned to death by an Islamic
fatwa), Steven Spielberg, filmmaker, Boris Karloff, Carroll
Baker, Patty Duke, actors, Ann Miller, tap dancer, Cyd
Charisse, dancer and actress, John Clifford, dancer and choreographer, Marcel Marceau, mime, Donald
Swann, comedian and lyricist, Sherrill Milnes, baritone, Sonny
Terry, harmonica virtuoso (blind), Arlo Guthrie, musician and songwriter,
Elvis Presley, singer (died at 42 of a heart attack), Odilon Redon,
artist (famous for his paintings of flowers: 1st-century astrologer Manilius
associated Corona Borealis with a love of flowers and gardening), Edvard
Munch, artist ("The Scream"), Joe Rosenthal, photographer
("Flag-raising on Mt Suribachi"), Philip Berrigan, antiwar
activist Catholic priest (left church, married), John Jacob Astor IV,
millionaire (drowned on Titanic), Ken Uston, stock broker and successful
gambler (has a system), Larry Csonka, football fullback, O J Simpson,
football champion accused of murdering his wife, Tanya Harding,
discredited ice skater who hired a thug to harm her rival (banned from
professional skating)
Starset SARGAS - 21°Sg53' to
23°Sg49'
The North Node is aligned
with starset Sargas
The North Node represents connections,
associations and the need for courage to attempt new and untried experiences.
In your horoscope, the North Node is the channel through which you receive,
experience and express the energies of these stars.
Sargas is Theta Scorpii, a star just before the sting in the tail
of Scorpius, the Scorpion; it is closely attended by Girtab, Kappa
Scorpii. Northeast of the Scorpion's sting lies Aculeus (M6, NGC 6405),
also called the "Butterfly Cluster." Sharing these celestial
longitudes are Cheleb, Beta Ophiuchi (also called Kelb Alrai or
Cebalrai) in the right shoulder of Ophiuchus, the Serpent-Bearer, a shamanic
figure whom the Greeks associated with Aesculapius, the Great Physician, Tso
Kang, 58 Ophiuchi at the Serpent-Bearer's right foot, Omicron Serpentis
in that part of Serpens, the Serpent that lies below Ophiuchus' right hand
(serpents have always been associated with healing and renewal, because they
shed their skins and grow new ones), Mu Herculis in the left arm of
Hercules, the Strong Man, and Delta Arae in the flames of Ara, the
Altar. This is also the area of the Galactic Center, a region visually
obscured by dust clouds, but detected by its radio and IFR emissions; at its
core is a black hole, and this is also the approximate location of the "Pistol
Star," a massive star of extraordinary intrinsic brightness in a
pistol-shaped nebula, discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope using a camera
sensitive to IFR emissions that penetrate dust clouds; at an absolute magnitude
of -12.5, the luminous blue variable is "one of the most energetic star in
the heavens." Sargas and Girtab, together with stars of the
Scorpion's sting, were determinants of the ancient Chinese lunar mansion Wi
or Wei, the Tail (of the Dragon) governing successions or inheritances,
and of ancient India's lunar mansion Mula, the Root, ruled by Nirrti,
Goddess of Destruction, personifying evil, corruption and decay; however, she
is said to confer magical powers, and to protect those physically or mentally
disabled, if they are good and kind; Mula symbolizes non-violence,
non-injury, and everything bound or rooted, tying-up, capturing, and "that
which is one's own"
In
ancient Euphratean star-lists Sargas was a star of Sar-ur,
"Director-of-Fire" and Girtab was a star of Sar-gaz,
"Director-of-Sacrifice."
Darkness and hidden light at the Galactic
Center make this a place of intense, passionate longings, of struggles against
the bonds of earth and incarnation. The Scorpion's tail is the area of the
Hindu lunar mansion Mula, "Root," giving you an instinct to search
for sources, for origins and reasons, with an aptitude for outreach,
determination, "true grit" and endurance under pressure. With the
influence of Hercules (Phoenician Harekhal,
"the Traveler") and tropical Sagittarius, you may be among those who are
voyagers, flyers and explorers; needing freedom, you strive to escape the
limitations of your body and Earth's gravity (Mula governed all things
bound or rooted). Energetic, strong-willed, imperious, brooding, passionate,
emotional, with a dramatic, stormy and authoritarian personality, you dig deep,
into the ground, the sky, in the origins of religion, geneology, and obscure
sources of knowledge for something to live, work and die for. Ara, the Altar
and tropical Sagittarius add idealism and a belief in the benefic effects of
learning and culture. Some here become pioneering innovators, reformers and
peace advocates, struggling to get people to listen to them. Intelligent and
perceptive, you are, nevertheless, both a criticizer and criticized, often finding
yourself at odds with your family, neighbors, society, culture, or government.
You are a dedicated, never-say-die fighter, refusing to give in or knuckle
under, even against great odds, but the Scorpion's sting and the black hole at
the Galactic Center are energies that foment resentments and sullen anger; if
you refuse to examine your own inner nature, or fear looking into your own
soul's dark mirror, and seek rather to blame outside causes for your own or the
world's troubles, there is a danger that you could become embittered, giving up
or lashing out, raging against the blows of fate. A few here even make a
scapegoat of God, insisting that S/He must be cruel, indifferent, or
nonexistent, but others born under these stars may devote their lives to religion.
The energy and talents that are the gifts of these stars often grace the fields
of philosophy, religion (or dedicated atheism), mysticism, metaphysics,
medicine, astronomy, astrology, aviation, space exploration, literature
(especially playwrighting - some seem to hear dialogue in their heads!),
poetry, publishing, math, law, sociology, engineering, architecture,
archaeology, the military and teaching. You have a greater-than-average horror
of war, and may become active in pacifist causes (Mula symbolized
non-violence). The challenges of your life include self-knowledge and
self-discovery versus flinging blame at others, the cultivation of kindness and
cheer, courage and personal redemption versus giving in to negativity, anger,
depression, despair. The burden-bearing shoulder of Ophiuchus, his healing
regenerating Serpent and the inspiring Altar combine, helping all born under
them to master life's cares and responsibilities. Possible physical and/or
psychological manifestations: head problems, eye and ear ailments, addictions,
suicide, especially by poison (Serpens is associated with poison); arm and
shoulder ailments, speech defects (some texts mention blindness, but I have
found only a few examples here); possible danger of fires, air crashes, battles,
earthquakes, droughts, famines, epidemics, disasters caused by carelessness
Examples of the NorthNode here include Napoleon
I, 18th-19th-century conqueror, Betty Ford, US First Lady (overcame
alcoholism), Dr Robert Koch, one of founders of science of bacteriology:
identified tubercule and cholera bacilli (Ophiuchus!), Tim Berners-Lee,
computer expert and software engineer, creator of the World Wide Web,
19th-century Bernadette Soubirous (St Bernadette) whose vision of the
Virgin Mary brought forth the healing spring of Lourdes (asthma, died of bone
tuberculosis) (Ara, the Altar and Ophiuchus - healing), Arthur Schopenhauer,
18th-19th-century philosopher-pessimist who "inaugurated an emphasis on
the will in modern philosophy," Petrarch, 14th-century humanist and
lyric poet, Beverly Nichols (male), author (father was sadistic
alcoholic), Michel Richard de Lalande (17th-18th-century), Joseph
Haydn, 18th-19th-century), Claude Debussy, Carrie Bond,
composers, Pearl Bailey, singer, William Holden, David Carradine,
actors, Chad Mitchell, singer-actor, Robert/Roberta Cowell,
transsexual racing driver and fighter pilot, Brian Coombs, astrologer
and historian, Jackie Cavalero-Slevin, astrologer
Starset VEGA - 11°Cp57' to
14°Cp39'
Pluto is aligned with
starset Vega
Pluto represents deep insight,
revelation, profound transformation, and bringing-to-consciousness that which
has been hidden, buried or forgotten; its effect is deep, intense and obsessive
(some deal with Pluto’s obsessive tendencies by reaching for the opposite
polarity, i.e. rejection or repudiation); In your horoscope, Pluto is the
channel through which you receive, experience and express the energies of these
stars.
Vega (Wega) is Alpha Lyrae, "The Harp Star" that lies
in the upper, western corner of Lyra, the Lyre (anciently, these stars were an
eagle or vulture; on some star maps, the two figures, Lyre and Vulture, are
combined). The 5th brightest star in the sky, Vega was the Pole Star ca
12,000-11,000 BCE, and will be again in 12,000 years. It is accompanied in
these celestial longitudes by Alya, Theta Serpentis in the tail-end of
Serpens, the Serpent, Arkab, Beta1 Sagittarii in the right front pastern
of Sagittarius, the guardian Archer-Centaur, Alrami (also called
Rukbat), Alpha Sagittarii in his right foreleg, Al Baldah, Pi Sagittarii
(also called Al Na'ir), at the back of the Archer's head, Psi Sagittarii
in his right arm or wrist, along with Lambda Aquilae at the lower
wing-tip of Aquila, the Eagle. In China Vega is Tchi-Niu, The
Weaving Girl of a famous Chinese sky myth, who loved the Ox-Boy Kien-Niu
(represented by Altair, a star at the beginning of tropical Aquarius). In
ancient India, Vega was a determinant star of a mysterious intercalary
lunar mansion called Abhijit "The Victorious;" all that is
known about Abhijit is that it belonged to the Vaisya caste (farmers and
merchants), that its symbol was a triangle or three-cornered nut, and that it
was said to be the mansion under which the Gods vanquished the demon Asuras in
battle. Al Baldah was a star of the very ancient Akkadian figure Gu-shi-rab-ba,
"Yoke of the Sea;" in the lunar mansions of Arabia, it was a
determinant star of al Baldah, the Gap (or the City, District, or
Desert).
"Embattled" might be the best
description of those born under the Archer's head and bow-string-drawing right
arm, for whatever field they turn their considerable abilities to, they often
find themselves in the midst of disputes and controversies (perhaps because
they tend to see every challenge as a war!)
Dignified, idealistic, forward-seeing, a keen observer of your own times
and social values, you study and critique the culture you live within and want
to right wrongs, which often leads to conflicts. Fascinated by how people
interact, you pay close attention to the personal lives of people in your
milieu, while at the same time worrying about how others see you (you can be
fanatically protective of your reputation). Extremely concerned with the human
religious and philosophical experience, it may become a primary issue in your
life - you either live by religion or reject it - sometimes both in one
lifetime! Headstrong, not inclined to heed advice, you will fight for your
principles but are not usually willing to share power; your leadership style is
usually stern, autocratic, dictatorial and self-protective. With your strong
egotistical and sensual appetites, somewhere along the line you have to choose
whether to be arrogant, self-indulgent, selfish, and self-centered, or humane,
public-spirited and idealistic. Ambition is a natural element here; the more
high-minded born under these stars take up causes and work for them, with the
possibility that their actions might turn militant, as though they were engaged
in a military conflict! Some here are scions of great families, expected to
uphold lofty traditions; others start at the bottom, strategizing and battling
their way up the ladder. You may, at times, be called upon to make sacrifices.
With the pragmatic influence of tropical Capricorn, you have a good sense of
how to profit from your talents, with the potential to excel in the military,
business, law, theology (including mysticim and a focus on salvation),
politics, government, diplomacy, history, literature, music, poetry, art (Lyra
is said to bring forth lovers of music, but I have found rather more artists
and poets than musicians here); you probably have an excellent sense of humor,
and either indulge a mordant, eccentric, merrily ghoulish wit or stick strictly
to cheerful, upbeat themes (this is the Sun of cartoonist Charles Addams and
cartoonist/artist Edward Gorey, the Moon of Norman Rockwell, Jupiter and Saturn
of Walt Disney). You are deeply sensual and sexual (with the possibility of
involvement in sex scandals) and prone to jealousy. Among the issues and
choices in your life are exploitation of others versus humane commitments,
commercialism versus art for art's sake, expediency versus conscience;
"doing the safe thing" versus doing good without fear of the
consequences; suspicion versus trust, and temperence versus abandonment to
appetites. It is vital that you listen to your conscience, for otherwise you
could descend into coldness, cruelty, indifference to suffering, harsh
prejudice, even sadism. Bigotry may be an issue (either experiencing it or
dealing it out). A few here may live in exile or suffer imprisonment. With
keen-eyed, high-flying Aquila keeping watch, the Sagittarius Archer-Centaur
guards and guides souls under his care. Possible physical and/or
psychological manifestations: eye and ear injuries and afflictions,
birth defects and anomalies, addiction (including sexual addiction), paranoia,
sadism; possible danger from battles, invasions, assassination, kidnapping,
exterminations, fogs, arson
Examples of Pluto here include
3rd-4th-century Emperor Constantine, 1st Roman Emperor to accept
Christianity (date of birth unconfirmed), Napoleon I, 18th-19th-century
conqueror, Marshal Michael Ney, general under Napoleon, Louis-Antoine
de Bourrienne, 18th-19th-century diplomat (amassed a large fortune in
"questionable" trade dealings), Alexander von Humboldt,
18th-19th-century mining engineer, explorer and pioneer earth scientist, originator
of ecology, author ("Kosmos"), Baron Georges Cuvier,
18th-19th-century naturalist, founder of the studies of comparative anatomy and
paleontology, Jean-Baptiste Fourier, 18th-19th-century mathematician and
physicist, William Wordsworth, 18th-19th-century poet, Amelia Opie,
18th-19th-century author, Charlotte Corday, assassin of Marat during the
French Revolution
Starset ALTAIR - 26°Cp52' to
29°Cp48'
The Moon is aligned with
starset Altair
The Moon is sensitive, emotional,
nurturing, reactive and instinctual. It represents unconscious attitudes and
how one deals with and expresses emotions. In your horoscope, the Moon is the
channel through which you receive, experience and express the energies of these
stars.
Altair is Alpha Aquilae in the body of Aquila, the Eagle; it is
accompanied in these celestial longitudes by Alshain, Beta Aquilae in
the Eagle's neck, Tarazed (also called Reda), Gamma Aquilae in his back,
Albireo, Beta Cygni in the head of Cygnus, the Swan, Sham, Alpha
Sagittae in Sagitta, the Arrow, Xi Capricorni in the horn of
Capricornus, the Sea-Goat (or Goat-Fish), Theta Lyrae at the top of
Lyra, the Lyre (anciently, these stars were an eagle or vulture; on some star
maps, the two figures are combined), and Iota Indi at the right shoulder
of the modern figure of Indus, the (American) Indian. Altair, Tarazed
and Alshain are determinant stars of India's ancient lunar mansion Sravana,
the mansion of Vishnu, which has two groups of meanings: "hearing,"
"the ear," and "the lame" or "the one who limps;"
its emblem is 3 footprints side by side; there is an alternate name, symbol and
meaning: Asvattha, India's sacred pipal tree of immortal life (Ficus
religiosa) of the kind under which Buddha achieved enlightenment,
representing alternative methods of rising from Earth to Heaven; Sravana
symbolizes hearing, listening, learning, teacher and pupil, oral tradition, and
flowing. In ancient China, Altair was Kien-Niu, the Ox-Driver in
the famous Chinese fairy tale of the love between the Ox-Driver and Tchi-Niu,
the Weaving Girl (Vega at 15 Capricorn). Xi Capricorni was a star of
ancient China's lunar mansion Niu, The Ox, a draft ox representing
peasants' beasts of burden which were sacrificially slaughtered in winter when
no longer needed for field work; oxen also pulled war chariots and army
provision carts; this mansion was also called T'ien-Tchi-Koan-Liang,
Celestial Barrier, a defense against marauders; Xi (with one other star)
specifically presided over roadways. In ancient Orphic and Platonic doctrine,
the constellation of Capricornus (now tropical Aquarius) was the Gate of
the Gods "wherein the souls of men, when released from corporeity,
ascended to heaven through its stars;" it has also turned out to be a Gate
of Angels.
We hold these truths to be self-evident;
that all men
are created equal; that they are endowed
by their
creator with certain unalienable rights;
that among
these are life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness...
-Thomas Jefferson (Uranus here), Declaration of Independence, 1776 (Pluto
here)
Life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness! Here Aquila stands in for North America's great bald eagle, an
emblem of your high-flying aspiration and intense desire for freedom, along
with a need to be admired, to surpass your roots, colleagues and environs.
Intensely ambitious, competitive and doggedly persistent, you have a need to
define yourself outside of conventional values of society, and you search for the ideal in every
part of your life, for like an eagle you want to fly ever higher, even beyond
the Sun, as if to bring earth to heaven and heaven to earth! Able to function
in two worlds, physical and metaphysical, your need for independence may make
you an itinerant, a wayfaring stranger or (with Lyra), a wandering troubador
who enriches every stop along your way. Both military leaders and pacifists are
found here, and the Arrow proffers military genius, strategy (including
business, political and financial strategy), an interest in weaponry and
flight, and there is something to do here with the sea and ships. The overlay
of tropical Aquarius adds technical wizardry, mathematical ability and a gift
for invention. You love the spotlight ("the smell of the greasepaint, the
roar of the crowd"), have a strong dramatic sense, and may, like many
here, have the ability to find the glory in language, for some born under these
stars become actors and dramatists, gracing the theatre and film. You are
intrigued by physical movement, both human and animal, and may become a dancer,
choreographer, ice skater, sports achiever, artist or photographer. If you are
technically and mathematically-minded you may be drawn to the romance of
science, the joy of breakthroughs and discoveries, the solving and resolving of
eternal mysteries. According to the ancient Liber Hermetis, these stars produce
"experts, lovers of the arts, poets, scribes of cities, tutors and
mathematicians." However, take care that you do not, like an eagle blinded
by the glare of the Sun, ignore the needs of those around you, which could lead
to difficulties and disappointments in love and relationships. You are acutely
self-protective, and with a need for freedom from conventional social
constraints, you could, in extreme cases, be cold, cruel, mean, aggressive,
even violent, and your high-flying ambition might manifest as avarice. There
may be an obsession with sex; some here may have to struggle to control their
sexuality and a tendency to aggression, and there is a danger of scandal,
especially sexual scandal (star expert Eric Morse points out that they
"can soar to great heights, but if their behavior is inappropriate, they
will be shot down"). There are issues of women's rights, workers' rights,
sexual harassment, and humanitarianism versus deliberate cruelty, avarice and
brutality. Most here are benevolent and beneficent, however, and at their best
are teachers, coaches and helping hands, giving a "leg up" to those
in need. Here Cygnus, the Swan and the soaring Eagle challenge the heights of
heaven, inspiring those below, while stars of Capricornus, the ancient
"Gate of the Gods," form a celestial doorway, promising, for those
who reach for it, divine guardianship and protection. Possible physical
and/or psychological manifestations: head and eye wounds and/or injuries, lung
ailments, alcoholism, nervous breakdowns, neurological afflictions, paralysis,
multiple births, birth anomalies; possible danger from storms, high winds,
eruptions, epidemics, violence, kidnapping, abduction, animal attacks
(especially bears and snakes)
Examples of the Moon here include Isabella
of Castile, 15th-century Queen of Spain, Napoleon I,
18th-19th-century military conqueror, Emperor of France (died in exile), Woodrow Wilson, US
President during WWI, champion of the League of Nations (disabled by stroke
after a grueling cross-country campaign to convince Americans that the US
should join the League), Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice, US Supreme
Court, Walter Schirra, combat pilot and astronaut, John Dee,
16th-17th-century occultist, spy, code expert and astrologer to Queen Elizabeth
I, Michael Munkasey, communication and transportation systems engineer,
analyst and astrologer (helps children with learning disabilities), Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle, physician and author, creator of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Theodore
Dreiser, George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), Andre Maurois,
authors, Andy Warhol, artist, Anton Bruckner, 19th-century
composer, Leslie Caron, dancer and actress, Patricia McBride,
ballerina, Red Skelton, comedian, Jack Lambert, football
linebacker ("mean, aggressive")
Conclusion
Author and lecturer Diana K. Rosenberg
has been acclaimed as the world's foremost authority on Fixed Stars. A founding
member and Vice-President of The Uranian Society, she has written articles for
the Mountain Astrologer, NCGR Journal, Geocosmic News, The Traditional
Astrologer, Astrology Quarterly, Ingress, Heliogram, Urania, Dell Horoscope
& American Astrology magazines. She is the author of "The New Fixed
Star Workbook", "Nakshatras, Manzils and Hsui: Hindu, Arabic and
Chinese Lunar Mansions Research Workbook" and a "Correspondence
Course in Fixed Stars and Constellations". Llewellyn's "The
Astrology of the Macrocosm" includes her chapter "Stalking the
Wild Earthquake", NCGR's "Essentials of Intermediate
Astrology" contains her essay on Fixed Stars, and her chapter on Fixed
Stars and the Hindu Lunar Mansions appears in Richard Houck's Hindu Astrology
Lessons.
Diana K. Rosenberg lives in New York,
USA. Email address: [email protected]
Illustrations are from The Geography of
the Heavens, by Elijah H Burritt, New York, 1835.
Text Copyright © 2004, Diana K.
Rosenberg.