Left, D. and A., Rome, 1968
Above, D., Earthdance, 2005
Right, A., Christmas, 2008
Far right, D and A., Central Park, NYC, 1968
When David and Andrea spoke the Saturday after Christmas, 2008 for the first time in decades, the Capricorn Moon was new in the same degree as the Rising sign of their Composite relationship chart. This man and woman had been close once, and on the Winter Solstice 12/21/08 they had had a remarkable case of mental telepathy.
The New Moon on 12/27 also conjuncted David's natal South Node in 8 Capricorn and Andrea's Moon in 7 Capricorn. With these things accentuating the past, a light shone on the doorway into the history of the connection.
There are meanings for the 360 degrees of the zodiac, Sabian symbols that Arthur M. Young, the astrologer and philosopher thought important. The Composite Rising sign in 9 Capricorn means angel carrying a harp comes though a heavenly lane. The basic harmony of fulfilled selfhood. Realizing harmony in everyday life through detached and lofty understanding. A photograph taken of David and Andrea decades ago prompted a woman at the local xerox shop to say she wanted a copy. Another welled up, "That's the way we all want it to be, beautiful and forever....” Indeed, the Composite North Node is in the Leo degree old-fashioned belle and flapper admire each, Realization of changeless subjective worth beyond changing appearances. Interchange of sympathy. Enhanced self-awareness.”
There are other portents for a stirring connection with D.'s natal Sun trining A.'s natal Moon; D.'s Sun conjuncting A.'s North Node and A.'s Moon on D.'s South node that suggests these people knew each other in a previous life. [See Jan Stiller, Astrology of the Soul for past/ current life themes regarding the Moon's nodes in the signs and houses.] Furthermore, composite Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Pluto all are conjunct in the 7th and 8th houses, with the composite North Node found in the 7th of partners. This means the purpose of the relationship is partnering, whether intimate or business! A. said to the women at the copy shop, “Relax, he dates his ex-wife and rarely comes to town."
On Saturday, January 10th at 10:28 pm EST the Moon waxed full in 21 Cancer. The meaning for that degree is operatic prima donna sings to a glittering audience. Elevation and popularization of human values through art as a social factor. Supreme realization of the life ambition.
This degree is where D.'s natal Saturn and A.'s natal Jupiter fall precisely. Arthur said aspects between these bodies can be symbolized by the image pillar of society to mean all the customs, laws and policies supporting and regulating how people live and prosper in society together. Note the pillars D. and A. were photographed against, part of St. Paul's in Rome.... D.'s Saturn is in the 5th house of creativity, while A.'s Jupiter in the 9th of travel, broadcast, books and philosophy. They met Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullman in Rome. D. worked for Parisian film director Claude LaLouche. D.'s father invited them to the Edgar Bronfman home. D. credits A.'s dad with introducing him to literature and writing. They enjoyed photography together, printing their own B @ W prints in a kitchen darkroom in the apartment they shared.
But there is a cap on feelings, "a cultured restraint," due to natal Venus conjunct Saturn for D., and Venus square Saturn for A. This is compounded by composite Saturn in the 6th near the Descendant/ Rising sign axis. Further, composite Sun and Chiron are conjunct in the 8th. There could be too much karma here to bear, unless assisting others change for the better were to be these people's shared purpose, unlikely, especially when young. True, A.'s Jupiter warms D.'s Venus/ Saturn aspect, while A.'s Venus on D.'s 7th house cusp helps.... But D. and A. have Uranus intensely aspecting Mars in their natals, so each needs independence, high activity and off-beat experiences. They didn't meet at a party, school or work.... Rather, they physically crashed into one another coming around a corner in the city, the 3th incident after finding themselves in the same office building elevator--after A. noticed D. in a group of people at the park.
With the Moon ruling the composite 7th house located in the 2nd of money and values, and opposing composite Jupiter in the 8th of shared monies, profound change and other people's business, A. remembered what she'd been thinking on the Solstice. She hoped to find someone to help her relax into saying what she must, for all her insights and increasing instances of coincidence. There would not be many who'd understand her unusual background propelling her as life roars into high gear to head to the year 2012. People would be needing new ways to think and act only on the most positive high notes. Then D. and his son W. interested in E.T.'s appeared. Whether or not he [they] are the one[s] A. was seeking, it didn't matter. They were helping her on her way....
D. is a professional MC for public gatherings, musical and activist like Earthdance and Burning Man, a career suiting his Uranus/ Mars conjunction on his Nadir, and Moon/ Mercury trine pouring up out through his Sagittarius Midheaven. Although his life concerns family, roots and relationships, he capitalizes on a past life professional focus, also to wit his South Node in Capricorn in the 10th. On her part, A. is joining a social ecologist and public policy expert to help informal horizontal systems of the people work in better alignment with the formal, vertical systems of agencies and government. With her North Node in her Virgo-ruled 10th, this gives her the chance to apply at grass roots Young's Theory of Process highlighting purpose and intention and fulfills astrological indications, since her Young's Arabian Part of Spirit conjuncted her Sun, while his Jupiter conjuncted her Uranus in 5 Gemini. The Sabian symbol for that degree, known as the degree of aviation is radical newspaper headline displays a sensational front page. Compelling power of social propaganda. Exteriorization of emotional sympathy in organized reform. Efficiency.
