ELIZABETH TAYLOR DIES
POSTED BY BEVERLEE, Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Anyone who does not believe astrology is a valuable, intuitive predictive tool simply has not studied the subject as I have. Despite her doctor’s assertion earlier this year that Elizabeth Taylor was doing well, I knew she was going to die soon. I knew that for a certainty from looking at her stars. I thought of saying so in a blog at the time, but did not wish to put that thought out into the Universe. I did, however, tell a few friends that she was going to die.
How did I know? The Eclipse cycle clearly declared it. First, the Solar Eclipse of July 11, 2010, conjoined her natal Pluto in the 10th house while transiting Pluto at 3 degrees of Capricorn at the time of the Eclipse exactly squared her Ascendant at 3 degrees of Libra. Second, the most recent Solar Eclipse of January 4, 2011 fell in her 4th house of the end of the matter. It was ominously enclosed by Pluto and Mars, with Pluto still squaring her Ascendant, with the transiting North Node squaring her ascendant while transiting Jupiter and Uranus fell exactly on her natal North Node. Saturn (the “grim reaper”) at that time was squaring her natal Pluto.
Elizabeth’s natal Moon was a very sensitive point in her chart—more sensitive than most Moons, apparently. I’ll explain more about that in a moment, but at the time of the January Eclipse, Venus (ruler of her chart and bestower of her beauty) was exactly conjunct her Moon at 26 degrees of Scorpio, and was simultaneously squared by Neptune (surrender) at 26 degrees of Aquarius.
Today, at the time of her death, Saturn tenets her 1st house (body, physical presence) opposing her natal Venus/Uranus conjunction, while transiting Jupiter, noted for its presence in our death charts, conjoined that Venus/Uranus conjunction. But to return to her extremely sensitive natal Moon at 26 degrees of Scorpio (ruled by Pluto—signifier of death and resurrection), we find with frank amazement that the transiting moon was exactly on her natal Moon!
This was her Lunar Return! Looking at the Lunar Return chart, we find that the Moon occupies the 8th house of death, while the Sun, on the Ascendant of the Lunar Return chart was enclosed (hugged?) by Jupiter and Uranus. Now do you see why I say Elizabeth’s Moon was an especially sensitive point in her chart?
This is not unusual with native Pisceans, either. For they, more than most of us, have an innate connection to the “other side”. I do not think Elizabeh Taylor was reluctant to leave this plane. She was ready to go.
THE 2011 SPRING EQUINOX
POSTED BY BEVERLEE, Saturday, March 19, 2011
The Sun moves into Aries tomorrow. Click here to learn what Aries, the Cycle of Initiation, offers all of us. Happy Birthday to all Aries! Click here for the Aries Affirmation. Here is the Aries Tarot Card Affirmation.
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FRANK McCOURT’S DESTINY: DELIVERANCE FROM DESPAIR
POSTED BY BEVERLEE, Saturday, March 05, 2011
I’ve recently been re-reading, I believe for the third time, Frank McCourt’s three books: Angela’s Ashes, ‘Tis, and Teacher Man, while at the same time, during my morning workouts, listening to him reading 'Tis on audio cassette. I must confess that although I was originally captivated by his sardonic sense of humor as he recounted his miseries ad finitum, his works are now beginning to pall on me just the least bit.
For you see, his memoirs are nothing short of a continuing lamentation—a repetitive recalling of the woes of his childhood and early life. Granted, Mr. McCourt grew up in the direst poverty in the lanes of Limerick, Ireland. Granted, too, his childhood was miserable because his alcoholic father drank up all of his wages and ultimately deserted McCourt's mother Angela and their four sons.
But come on! Whose childhood wasn’t, at least to some degree, miserable? I, for example, was born in the depths of the Great Depression. I know what it is to be poor and go without. Besides, in one's childhood there are those bossy adults ordering us about, forcing us go to bed in the summertime when the sun is still up in the sky for heaven's sake; insisting that we eat all those veggies we don’t like, and foisting upon us many more indignities which we had to endure as little helpless people! But we grew up, and we grew beyond our misery. Didn't we?
[Parenthetically, or serendipitously, if you will, I must tell you right here and now that this morning while in the midst of composing this blog, when I took time out to solve the cryptogram in the morning paper that I more or less enjoy doing every day, this is what it said: "Everything else you grow out of, but you never recover from childhood.”]
So I guess it's true: Frank McCourt apparently, in his own mind, never recovered from his miserable childhood. Furthermore, it has been my observation that he grew more and more bitter as time went by, in spite of his achieving fame at the age of 66 with his first book, Angela’s Ashes, which won a Pulitzer and made him world-renowed and wealthy. But did that dry his tears and wash away his angst? Oh, my, no! He went on to write two successive books into which he poured even more vitriolic diatribes against all those who had not suffered as mightily or as lengthily as had he!
Now of course you and I know that there must be an astrological reason for his fate—both the early misery and the subsequent fame. I intend to explore his chart at length in a few moments. But to begin with, Frank McCourt was a Leo. So, naturally, he took everything personally. For when you are a Leo, life is all about you! Everything! And so, since Frank McCourt could not brag about his wonderfulness to satisfy his “all about me” neediness, what with his decayed teeth and diseased eyes that (to quote him) "looked like pissholes in the snow", he had to resort to playing “poor me” to the hilt in order to gain the attention he, like all Leos, innately craved. Accordingly, in his first book, Angela’s Ashes, he regurgitates all the anguish of growing up poverty-stricken in the lanes of Limerick. Poor little, hungry little, deserted little, Frankie! Woe was he!
His second book, ‘Tis, continues in the same “ Poor me!” vein: a lamentation about his life after he emigrated to the United States in 1949 at the age of nineteen. Oh! The lowly, unskilled labor he had to perform! Oh! The shame of being looked down upon (or worse! ignored!) by wealthy college students while he cleaned up the lobby of New York's Biltmore hotel! Oh! The trials and tribulations of working on the docks! Oh! Poor undereducated, underpaid, and misunderstood Irish/American Frank McCourt! Woe was he and frequently drowning his sorrows in a pint, to boot! (Like father, like son!)
This, too, is predictable by virtue of McCourt's chart having Neptune in a wide conjunction to the Sun. The Sun in one's chart first of all symbolizes one's father. Sun/Neptune conjunctions often denote a father who is an alcoholic, and further, a father from whom one may be separated early in life. And it can at times also describe one's own battle with the bottle, Neptune describing alcohol among other things.
His third book, Teacher Man, recounts the vicissitudes of ultimately, (laboriously, of course!) courtesy of the G. I. Bill, earning a college degree and becoming a teacher in the New York City school system where he taught for 30 grueling years. There he was, continually ill-treated by those diffident and unruly students, along with enduring the spiteful high school administrators who invariably seemed to have it in for him as he struggled to find his way through the system, finally snagging a plum teaching job at Stuyvesant, New York's most prestigious high school before retiring. Oh! Poor Teacher Man! Woe was he! But then, by the grace of crucified Christ and the Holy Mother, he was at last free to pen his never-ending tale of woe, thereby, at long last, enabling him to become rich and famous.
Now, before we discuss his astrological birthchart, let's first examine his Book of Destiny Birth Card—the 7 of Clubs:
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"The Seven of Clubs Person
The Card of Spiritual Knowledge
All Sevens are highly spiritual cards but it is up to the individual to manifest this spirituality and to turn negativity into accomplishment. The Seven of Clubs challenge rests in the negative aspects of the mind which are worry, doubt and pessimism. They have much inherent inspiration and insight, but when they don't follow it, Saturn's influence brings much despair and sometimes depression. They have power to overcome their problems and to attain the fame and recognition they secretly desire, but they must apply themselves diligently. [How about that for accuracy, folks! See why I love the Book of Destiny? BB]
They are likely to have large sums of money at different times in their life, but often they spend it as fast as they get it. They are not the best money managers. All their difficulties in life can be traced directly to their thoughts. So the Seven of Clubs, more than any other card, has a great responsibility to maintain positive, healthy thoughts. Any contact with spiritual thoughts or ideals is sure to have a positive effect on them and is highly recommended.Developing honesty and integrity is part of the Seven of Clubs challenge. If they let their desire for success override their integrity they will suffer, especially in the areas of love and family.Some of the Seven of Clubs Issues Concerning Relationships
The Seven of Clubs person has neither bad nor good karma in the area of love. The true story of their love life comes as a result of how they handle the other areas of their life. The good news is that if they apply themselves, they have more chances than any other card in the deck to attain mastery of their emotions and romantic involvements. They have some karma to be sure, and sometimes this karma may be reflected in learning to let go of personal attachments to others or in creating a positive attitude about their partner as well as the rest of their life. They always operate better if they are married and will sooner or later make that commitment and be increased by it.If they do attain the fame they seek, they are more tempted with indecision in their personal life and in the choice of a mate. This can often result in remarriage."*****************
Speaking of relationships and remarriage, did I fail to mention that Mr. McCourt was married three times? His first wife, Alberta Small, was an Episcopalian, horror of horrors, he being a failed Catholic but nevertheless highly contemptuous of her religion which bore but a pale, watered down resemblance to his own. His second wife was a psychotherapist. Their marriage lasted only a year; I'm not clear whether she failed to "fix" him during their brief time together, or if he was soon well enough to proceed onto a happy marriage with his third wife, Ellen.
There is, of course, ample explanation for his marital woes, as we turn to McCourt's birthchart. For there we immediately notice that the Moon (representing the mother and subsequently all the women in one's life) is conjunct Mars and forming a square to his natal Mercury (thinking, writing, communicating), which rules his chart, because of its Virgo Ascendant. At best, McCourt had a love/hate relationship with his mother. He could not tolerate without embarrassment the begging and servility that Angela resorted to in desperation as she struggled to get them through the worst days of his childhood; simultaneously, moreover, he felt guilty about not accepting her as she was, because despite her character flaws, deep down he recognized that she was a very strong woman. Interestingly, his natal Saturn in the 4th house, (home, family, foundation of life) describes his mother who was a Capricorn (ruled by Saturn).
His relationship with Angela (and the subsequent women in his life) is perfectly described by the Moon/Mars conjunction (anger at Mom/women) squaring Mercury (communication, thinking processes). Now, as I have explained in an earlier article, whether you are a man or woman, until you resolve your relationship with your mother, none of your relationships will work. Moreover, with Virgo rising, McCourt had Pisces on the 7th house cusp (partnership). I have, alas, never known anyone whose 7th house was afflicted by being either ruled by Neptune, or having Neptune posited in that house, who has had an easy time with intimate relationships. Not one person. Further, to compound his difficulty with relationships, McCourt had the planet Uranus (freedom/upheaval/breakthrough) posited in the 7th house as well, and opposing his 1st house Venus (what one loves or values), which exacerbated his intense need for freedom. So much for relationship compatibility.
Another extremely challenging aspect in McCourt's chart is the Jupiter/Saturn opposition across the 4th/10th axis. Ideally, you do not want to find any relationship whatsoever between Jupiter and Saturn in a birthchart. The two planets are diametrically opposed by nature, and thus incompatible: Jupiter represents free-wheeling freedom to explore, learn, and experiment, while Saturn imposes relentless restrictive boundaries and limits. Saturn in his 4th house (of family and mother) describes the limits and deprivation of McCourt's early years, while Jupiter in the 10th, if worked toward assiduously and continuously, may ultimately grant success and often fame, as in his case. Saturn ruling his 5th house of creativity also accurately describes the postponement of his writing career which had to languish on the back burner until he retired from teaching.
As for McCourt's returning to the United States, where he had been born 19 years earlier, do I need to remind you that this was the return of his Prenatal Eclipse, an event almost always indicative of propelling us in a fated new direction in our life? [What happened to you when you were 19? I became engaged to my husband of almost 57 years.]
Furthermore, on the eve of McCourt's departure from Limerick, there was a Lunar Eclipse at 13 degrees of Aries, conjoining his Uranus (breaking free), opposing Venus (what one values) and squaring his natal Jupiter (Exploration). Neptune was close to the Sun, giving him the inspiration (and soon-to-be disillusionment) to return to his native land. These prominent squares issued the challenge for him to move on, up and out....and he followed their stellar injunctions, also listening intently to transiting Jupiter, accompanying the Eclipse, as it exactly trined (favored) his natal Mercury—ruler of his chart.
The return of his Prenatal Eclipse at 8 degrees of Taurus, which had occurred earlier that year in April, belonged to the Saros Series 5 North, and had, without his being consciously aware of it, evidently triggered his decision to return to his native land. This is what Bernadette Brady has to say about this particular Saros Series (5 North): "A very unusual Saros Series involving sudden flashes of ideas that seem to have a psychic or unconscious flavor to them. Hunches, visions, prophetic dreams are the essence of this family of eclipses. A truly creative series which should leave the individual enriched. The ideas or hunches which come from this eclipse can be acted upon."
True, poor little Frankie McCourt was on his way, following his bliss, but without any idea of the long, arduous upward journey that lay ahead before he would achieve his ideal to recover from his childhood.
