RECTIFICATION ~ VIII. On blind shooting F. Cooper writes that Hawkeye could have shot vertically upward, calculating the bullet’s trajectory so that upon exit it pierced the bottom of a bottle standing there. Presumably, Nat Bumbo possessed extrasensory abilities and knew where the bullet would fly. Rectification without the parallel creation of an image resembles shooting into the sky. There is no guarantee the bullet will hit anything. It is better to have a goal in sight. There are rectification methods known as the Hermetic Arrow, Bonatti’s Rule, and the Herich Number (opinions on the latter two rules differ drastically, but most practitioners do not use them). These methods are not tied to life events.
1. The Hermetic Arrow: arrows land close to the target
The Hermetic Arrow (or prenatal epoch) deserves attention, yet in practice it is only used with subsequent verification by other methods, as it usually yields several possible birth times. According to V.V.G., a practically applicable version of the Hermetic Arrow sounds as follows: “The Moon at birth coincides (or forms an aspect) with the Ascendant or Descendant of the moment of conception, and the Moon at conception coincides (or forms an aspect) with the Ascendant or Descendant [of birth].” The process of rectification using the Hermetic Arrow resembles balancing two ends of a scale. This method is applicable if we know the approximate birth time and whether the child was full-term (thus, the method cannot be used for rectifying many horoscopes, including those of most historical figures). The method is described in the article by V.V.G. “The Astrological Theorem of Hermes Trismegistus.” V.V.G. notes that in the Hermetic Arrow, orbs are possible for conjunctions of the Moon with the personal axis. F. Schwikert, in the book “Rectification of Birth Time,” writes that when the Moon is in conjunction with the IC in arcs, planets in the 10th and 11th houses mark milestones in later life.
Let us turn to this unique character: fearless, surrounded by friends yet lonely, with emotional expression manifesting in communication with friends. Exupéry came from a count’s lineage, steeped in the traditional atmosphere of his grandmother’s ancestral castle. A colossal place in his life, he constantly shared his innermost thoughts with her in letters — Mercury conjunct Moon in the 11th house.
The middle son would go to court and become a military man; the youngest often became a priest — or a warrior-monk simultaneously. His home and family became an order, a kind of martial brotherhood ideally bound by a lofty goal and strict discipline. He was ready to sacrifice himself for this goal. In Exupéry’s life, the second and, to the greatest extent, the third path manifested. Society united by a distant goal largely replaced family for him — Sun in Cancer in the 11th house. Exupéry defended the ideal of practical service through his entire life — full of wanderings, unconnected to glory and even impersonal — Ascendant in Virgo, Mercury in the 12th house.
The deep karmic roots of Exupéry’s worldview are indicated by combinations involving heavy planets (interpreted according to R. Ebertin). Sun/Pluto = Neptune: “martyrdom.” Sun/MC = Pluto: “frenzied achievement of goals; realization of extraordinary and unusual plans, tragic fate.” Unusual fate is often indicated by strongly involved Uranian planets. In this case, Vulcan in close conjunction with the MC suggests fanatical devotion to the mission; a bright talent is indicated by the combination MC/Apollo = Sun.
Exupéry became a cult figure largely because he revived, in the conditions of the 20th century, the myth of the wandering knight bound by a vow of service, seeking trials yet longing for the home and hearth from which he was deprived — Mars in the 10th house, Uranus in the 4th house, contrasting with the strong Cancer. He was a man of action and risk — Mars in the 10th house in opposition to Jupiter, these two planets forming a T-square with the Ascendant. The plane was his warhorse; he treated it as a living being. The company “Aéropostale,” where Exupéry served, demanded self-denial and iron discipline from its pilots. There is a known case when a plane of the company made an emergency landing on a river, and the pilots gave their life jackets to the passengers and perished themselves. Flights at that time (the 1920s–1930s) were deadly dangerous. Long-distance mail flights in primitive aircraft with open cockpits were a pioneering, mad idea. Company management disregarded weather conditions and the pilot’s well-being — and the pilots asked for no concessions.
The core of the “Aéropostale” team consisted of former military pilots, such as Exupéry’s friends Mermoz and Guillaumet, national heroes of France whom he immortalized and who died in flight. It is not unlikely that the actual refusal of family and children echoes a vow of celibacy taken in a past life (emotional problems and difficulties in relationships are indicated by the combination Moon/Mars = Neptune; the possible renunciation of property and children is indicated by Saturn, ruler of the 5th house, in square to the NN/Descendant axis).
Consuelo — “solace” — was hardly suited to the role of wife and mother; she was capricious, eccentric, lived in a fantasy world, and was likely chosen by Antoine due to an unconscious desire to remain free, though Exupéry cared for her like a child. He had no children. Yet the need to protect, nurture, and cultivate is expressed in many of his statements, especially in his world-famous tale “The Little Prince.” Like another Cancer deprived of children — Tesla — the entire Earth seemed to him a home to be preserved, ordered, and protected. “I was created to be a gardener…” (MC in Taurus).
Several years after the marriage, which bore Neptunian and Uranian traits (Neptune rules the 7th house, and Uranus is in the 4th), Exupéry met N., who remained his friend until the end of his life; to her he bequeathed his estate — diaries and notes. In reality, Exupéry had two families — or none. N. more embodied the characteristics of Jupiter — the former ruler of Pisces on the Descendant. Yet in Exupéry’s relationship with N. there was also much Neptunian: they could not live together openly for several reasons. N. wrote about Exupéry under a male pseudonym. Here one might see the archetype of the knight and lady — certainly, again arranged in the 20th century.
Another archetype evoking medieval mentality is the symbol of the Rose. It permeates European medieval culture — the rose is associated with the heart, the Virgin Mary, the hearth of spirituality, blood, sacrifice, exalted love, and Christianity. The rose is depicted on the facades of Gothic cathedrals. It is no coincidence, then, that the Little Prince cultivates a rose and journeys through the Universe for it, leaving his body on one of the intermediate stations — Earth. I would compare this Rose to the Moon in Leo on the 12th house cusp.
Exupéry’s worldview was a fusion of childlike attachment to the mother and heroic readiness for feats and death; alienation and fanaticism; contemplation and a drive for concrete action; abstract philosophy and an existential sense of daily labor. Exupéry’s spirit thrived in extreme situations; he needed solitude in flight, a sense of the grandeur of the world leading to deep reflection and, subsequently, to writing — the Illumination Point (introduced by D. Rudhyar; always opposite the Part of Fortune) in aspect to Jupiter.
Exupéry took love very seriously and strove for the utmost concentration in creative expression; he was not only a talented writer but also an inventor — the 5th house in Capricorn, Saturn at the apex of a yod with Mars and Mercury. Exupéry was well-versed in the latest scientific achievements of his time, and his interests were highly multifaceted.He was not only a pilot and a writer but also an extraordinary thinker (compared to Pascal), though he did not create his own philosophical system. Exupéry devoted many pages of his notebooks and letters to abstract philosophical reflections, yet he perceived the world primarily through intuition from four perspectives: practical action; life-threatening situations; meditative contemplation; and emotional immersion in the everyday grandeur of life. The main result of his reflections were ethical intuitions embodied in life. The reflection of Exupéry’s life stance is seen in the laconic “Cartesian” sketch of his chart. A wonderful crystal is formed by Mars, Jupiter, the personal axis, the conjunction of the Moon with Mercury, and the 8th house cusp. This creates the configuration “Sail.” The “mast” Jupiter-Mars describes the growth of practical energy (Mars) from fundamental ethics (Jupiter in Sagittarius). This mast is held by taut ropes of squares to the “deck” — the personal axis, which gives rise to the idea of service (Ascendant in Virgo). The “mast” is crossed by the “yardarm” — a trine from the conjunction of the Moon with Mercury to the 8th house cusp, which unfurled the wings of meditation (Mercury and the Moon in the 12th house) in life-threatening situations (8th house cusp in conjunction with the Enlightenment Point). However, this ship would be too unstable without the “ballast” — Saturn in trine to the Ascendant at the apex of the “Fate Finger” with the base Mars-Moon/Mercury. Venus, ruling the Midheaven, without Ptolemaic aspects, indicates that Exupéry’s profession is art, but it did not come to him immediately, and points to difficulties in relationships. Mars, ruler of the 8th house, in the 10th house in Gemini, disputes this: a dangerous profession associated with travel and communication. Mars forms a configuration with the “writer’s” trine Mercury-Jupiter. The more dangers, travels, and activity, the more will be written. “First, you must live, then write,” wrote Saint-Exupéry.
Here is a brief chronicle of Exupéry’s life with arc directions and the strongest transit aspects at the time of events.
1904 — death of his father. S MC = 180 = Mars, ruler of the 8th house.
1909 — move from Lyon to Le Mans. October 7 — enrollment in a Jesuit college. S Neptune = 30 = 12th house (Neptune — religion, a closed educational institution — 12th house). Pr Moon = 0 = IC (beginning of a new stage).
1912, summer — “air baptism”: first flight in an airplane (naturally, as a passenger). In my opinion, this is a very important event in Exupéry’s life, so I choose for its reflection the conjunction of a cardinal point with a planet in arcs. S MC = 180 = Uranus. A flight in an airplane for a boy in 1912 was undoubtedly a Uranian event. Tr Saturn = 0 = MC on June 8, 1912, and then forms a long square to the Ascendant. For an adult, this would be an aspect of professional achievements and further growth of responsibility.
1917 — death of his brother. Spiritual crisis. Studies mathematics. Pr Asc = 90 = Pluto. Tr Saturn and Neptune enter the 12th house. A period of inner uncertainty, lack of support, and spiritual journey begins. In 1918, Tr Uranus makes a square to the MC, and in 1920 — a long conjunction with the Descendant, the last contact on January 21, 1921. At the beginning of January 1921, Exupéry first appears at an airfield.
1919 — fails the entrance exam to the Naval Academy and enrolls in the Academy of Arts. S Asc = 60 = Venus, ruler of the 9th house. Tr Saturn = 90 = MC. The squares of Saturn to the MC will later be associated with changes in the professional course. Note the fivefold conjunction of Tr Pluto with the Sun. This strongest contact, which occurs only once in a lifetime and not in everyone, does not help us in rectification but emphasizes the symbolism of Pluto, which we can also expect in arcs. Slightly lagging behind its own transit, S Pluto conjuncts the Sun in 1921.
1921–1923 — clearly the first milestone period in Exupéry’s life. This is a radical transformation of his profession, which also leads to the first serious injuries. The influence of Pluto (the second ruler of the 8th house) is very pronounced.
January 1921 — Exupéry unexpectedly interrupts his studies and enlists in the 2nd Fighter Aviation Regiment in Strasbourg but ends up in the ground crew. S MC = 0 = Pluto. This is fate. Tr Uranus on the Descendant. Nevertheless, Exupéry passes the exam for a civilian pilot and is transferred to Morocco, and then to Istres. S Sun = 60 = MC (and 120 = IC, i.e., the formula of moving IV + X is formed).
October 1922 — promoted to second lieutenant and assigned to an aviation regiment. First serious feeling. Marriage plans. Pr Desc = 120 = Part of Fortune, but S January — first serious aviation accident S Uranus = 90 = 8th house cusp. Pluto. The beginning and end of the first professional acquaintance with aviation are marked by the same aspect.
October 11 — meets the chief administrator of the General Aviation Enterprises Company. This event can be considered the beginning of Exupéry’s social ascent.
1926 — Tr Saturn passes the IC. On the day of the meeting with the chief administrator, Tr Uranus = 60 = MC, Tr Neptune approaches a square to the MC. Judging by the Neptune aspect, something in the new job will be illusory yet attractive. S Saturn = 120 = MC. S Pluto = 45 = MC, = 100 = 8th house cusp. The work will be dangerous.
Spring 1927 — begins working as an airmail pilot for the company “Aéropostale” — an innovative enterprise that required pilots to be brave, selfless, and strictly disciplined. In transits, Jupiter and Uranus “loop” the 8th house, where the Enlightenment Point is located: Exupéry grows inwardly in extreme situations. By October 4, Tr Saturn is in square to the Ascendant (but from the lower hemisphere). This reflects his aspect from 1912. The childhood dream of flying is realized.
October 19 — appointed head of the station at Cap Juby (Africa). Leads a monk’s life. Writes the novella “Southern Mail,” in which he glorifies the harsh work of pilots, full of self-denial, brotherhood of pilots reminiscent of a knightly order: Tr Neptune = 90 = MC. S Mars = 30 = MC. S Saturn = 120 = MC (October 19 — orb 0°).
1929 — Publication of “Southern Mail.” In October, receives a diploma from higher aviation courses and travels to South America as director of a company branch. S Asc =: 120 = Mars (energy), =: 60 = Jupiter (expansion of prospects and travel), =: 90 = Saturn (responsibility and separation). Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter in arcs — in harmonious aspects to the 9th house cusp. From the end of 1929, Tr Neptune enters a long conjunction with the Ascendant — until July 7, 1931. Neptune in different charts is often active during the first journey.
1930 — awarded the Legion of Honor. Writes “Night Flight.” These events are overshadowed by the significant. In Buenos Aires, Exupéry meets his future wife, Consuelo. S Moon reaches the Ascendant. This is an important rectification aspect. Simultaneously, in arcs, the sextile Ascendant to Mercury (its ruler) and the trine Descendant to Jupiter (ruler of the 7th house) become exact. Tr Neptune throughout this time is in conjunction with the Ascendant: we can conclude about the illusory nature of this marriage (as it was).
October 1929 — autumn 1930 — the second most important turning point in Exupéry’s life. This is his first long trip abroad and meeting his future wife. The next two years — a period of professional instability. It turns out that the company “Aéropostale,” the order of traveling pilots, is nothing more than an illusion. Saint-Exupéry seriously engages in writing and later collaborates with film companies. These years, until 1933, are colored by the influence of Neptune.
January 1931 — returns to France. The company “Aéropostale” is on the verge of collapse. Temporarily unemployed. April — marries Consuelo but lives apart from his wife. As mentioned above, the marriage to Consuelo has a Neptunian nature. S MC = 0 = Neptune. Pr Asc = 90 = Neptune. Tr Neptune = 0 = Ascendant.
May — returns to work. In October, “Night Flight” is published. In December, awarded the Femina Prize. Unemployed again.
February 1932 — begins working again.
Collaborates with an American film company — without significant financial success. S MC = O = Pr Neptune. 1934 — in May, he is accepted as a civil servant on special assignments at “Air France,” travels to Africa, Indochina, and other countries, gives lectures, and writes articles. Tr Saturn in square to MC, Tr Uranus on the IC. S Uranus = 135 = MC; S Neptune = 90 = IC; S IC = O = Mars, = 180 = Jupiter. He meets N., who becomes his girlfriend. Pr Moon = 60 = Jupiter, = 120 = Mars, = 180 = Mercury. Pr MC ingress into Cancer, Pr Descendant into Libra. 1935, December 30 — an accident in the Libyan Desert. Barely survives from thirst.
162 RECTIFICATION ~; S MC = 180 = Saturn. Pr Asc = 90 = Saturn, = 180 = Part of Fortune. 1936, January 1 — saved by a miracle. S Neptune in trine to Part of Fortune. Stops working at “Air France.” Long recovery. The conjunction of S IC with Saturn made it clear that it was time to stop gambling with his life. However, Exupery continues to prepare quite carefree for flights. This year, the first patent is registered. S Jupiter enters the 5th house of creativity. The same aspect describes the development of relations with N.
1938, February 16 — an accident in Guatemala. In transits, Saturn from the 8th house in quincunx to Ascendant, Mars in sesquiquadrate to MC. S Mars = 40 = MC. In the relocation chart for Guatemala (14N38; 90W31), in transits: Sun = 90 = Ascendant, Mars = 45 = Ascendant, Saturn = 45 = MC, Uranus = 135 = 7th house, Lilith (Black Moon) = O = 7th house. S Mars in karmic aspects to Ascendant and MC. Examine the converse aspects of the cusps in the relocation chart. Venus rules the relocation chart. In the relocation chart in Martian arcs, 7th house = 180 = Venus, and Venus = O = IC. The Sun, ruler of the 4th house of the end of the matter, is in trine to Jupiter, ruler of the 9th house.
The accident was severe, but both the pilot and the flight mechanic survived.
1939, February 16 — the appearance of “The Little Prince.” May 25 — awarded the “Grand Prize for the Novel” by the French Academy.
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S MC = 30 = Moon (a planet associated with popularity). The planet Cronos (Kronos), symbolizing height, authority, competence, by solar arc conjuncts MC. On the day the book was released, Tr Sun = 90 = MC, and on the day the prize was awarded, Tr Sun = 90 = Ascendant.
September 4 — at the mobilization point. Appointed as a pilot of a reconnaissance aircraft. Very anxious and upset about the course of the war. S Pluto = 40 = Ascendant. S Mars and S 8th house in quincunxes to Uranus, ruler of the 6th house, forming the Finger of Fate: dangerous service in aviation.
1940. France suffers defeat, and temporarily Exupery is left without work. In December, he sails to New York. S Neptune = O = 12th house (a distant sea journey). Tr Neptune = 120 = MC. Pr Sun (from the 9th house) = 60 = Pluto (ruler of the 4th house): 4th + 9th (a formula part of a distant move).
1942, February — the appearance of “Flight to Arras.” Great success in his homeland and in America. The beginning of work on “The Little Prince,” which became the writer’s most famous work. S MC = O = Sun. Tr Uranus on MC from June 1941 to the end of March 1942. Tr Saturn on MC (an indicator of social success) from August 1941 to mid-April 1942. “Flight to Arras” and especially “The Little Prince” echo the flight of 1912.
In the relocation chart for New York, IC coincides with the natal Ascendant (which can be interpreted as a return to the origins, a deep manifestation of creative forces), and Neptune — with Ascendant. In this chart, Tr Neptune makes a square to Ascendant until August 16, 1942. From August 17, 1942, Tr Uranus forms a square to MC. Exupery soon leaves New York. These and other transits allow for quite precise “tuning” of the chart. This square of transiting Neptune emphasizes the theme of creativity.
Note that Exupery experiences transformations at the conjunctions of Tr Pluto:
– with the Sun — he becomes a pilot;
– with Mercury (and simultaneous trine to Jupiter and sextile to Mars, awakening karmic knightly experience) — he begins to fight;
– with the Moon — he writes “The Little Prince.”
These aspects are unrelated to rectification. They show Pluto’s role in Exupery’s formation. The combination of Pluto with the Moon is the absorption of the homeland, the mother, the Rose by the ruler of the underworld. One must descend into Hades to bring them back. Simultaneously, Pluto enters the 9th house of esotericism, secrets, karmic memory — “The Little Prince” is very complex.
1943 — April 6 in the USA, “The Little Prince” is released. Exupery returns to Algeria as early as March. 1942–43 — the peak years creatively. Exupery entered world literature history primarily as the author of “The Little Prince.” Here we see solar symbolism, and the conjunction of MC with the Sun — the central aspect of these years.
1944 — March–April: deputy commander of a squadron of medium bombers. He secures the right to fly on combat missions. Depression. In the last year of his life, Exupery senses his impending death and is inwardly prepared for it (Pr Mars = 90 = Part of Fortune).
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He does not want to live in the future of “the bravery of robots,” “termite mounds,” the disappearance of culture. “I don’t care if they kill me in the war! What will remain of everything I loved? But if I survive, only one question will stand before me: what can and should I say to people?”
Exupery’s health in 1944 was catastrophic for a pilot, and his age was critical. He was removed from flying but stubbornly insisted on returning to duty. He was allowed eight sorties, he insisted on several more. In one of his last flights, he loses consciousness and miraculously survives. If the plane is hit, he is doomed: he cannot bail out, cannot climb out of the cockpit — he is too heavy and barely fits into it. The “Focke-Wulfs” had shot down an American pilot, Meredith, the day before Exupery’s death. Exupery’s aircraft was a reconnaissance plane, with no nose machine gun. Throughout the war, Saint-Ex did not fire a single shot. From the ninth sortie, Saint-Ex did not return. The wreckage of the plane was found only recently.
July 31, 1944, Borgo, Corsica — the last flight. In progressions in the radix, Mars in opposition to Saturn and in square to the Part of Fortune. Jupiter in opposition to Mars. Progressed Mars and Jupiter, natal Saturn and 8th house are within 2 degrees of signs. Therefore, the natal Part of Fortune is involved in two configurations: a T-square with natal Saturn and Pluto Mars, and a creative triangle with natal Mars and progressed Jupiter. Progressed Neptune reaches the 2nd house and transforms the configuration Pluto Mars = 180 = Saturn, = 90 = Part of Fortune into a Grand Cross. It transforms the creative triangle into a Bucket. Progressed Neptune conjuncts the Part of Fortune and forms an opposition to the Enlightenment Point.
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Chart 18-2. Transits on the day of A. de Saint-Exupéry’s death in the relocation chart for Corsica
Pr 12th house in square to Uranus (4th/12th — a distant journey; but 6th/12th & Uranus — an accident). In this version, the relocation chart for the year of Exupery’s departure has S Cupido = MC, and S Ascendant = Cupido. Cupido is a hypothetical planet, its keywords are community and connection. It brings people together and governs all types of groups and communities, organizations, unions, and is also associated with summing up. The combination Ascendant = Cupido is also deciphered as “homeland.”
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Exupery returned home. In the relocation chart for Corsica (42N55; 9E44), Mars, ruler of the 8th house, falls on the MC. The “knightly opposition” Mars–Jupiter coincides with the vertical axis.
On July 31 in transits in the relocation chart, Sun and Pluto are on the 12th house (departure from the world or entry into a closed society), Saturn = 90 = Part of Fortune; Jupiter = 90 = MC; Neptune = 120 = MC (as at the departure to America). In the previous edition of the book, I rectified this chart at 8:50 GMT. Perhaps, in the relocation chart 3 minutes later, the results are more convincing. The only weak point is the lack of tense aspects in converse arcs and progressions involving MC in September 1939, during mobilization to the front. Perhaps this event is best shown by the methods of hypothetical planets.
3. Rectification within a few hours using the methods of hypothetical planets:
Winston Churchill
Churchill was born on November 30, 1874, at night, during a ball at the ancestral estate with coordinates 51N52; 001W21.
Here are some details about Churchill: he came from an aristocratic family with rich traditions; he was highly ambitious; he viewed the theater of political and military actions broadly, on a large scale, and in historical perspective, while simultaneously impressing others with his knowledge of details and figures; he was a great politician, a master of political maneuvering, yet repeatedly spoke frankly and harshly in Parliament;
168 RECTIFICATION ~ his career saw alternating rises and falls; he was a skilled orator; a prolific memoirist and historian, as well as a Nobel Prize laureate in literature; he seriously engaged in painting; he possessed unquestionable personal courage; he could be ruthless, cunning, and a nimble politician when circumstances demanded it; he had a certain inclination toward alcohol; he suffered from black melancholy; he considered marriage one of the most important events of his life, having five children; he was a truly great man, both figuratively and literally; he was known for his mania for cleanliness and could take ten baths a day; his legendary wit was extravagant, sometimes very sarcastic and biting, with his remarks occasionally containing allusions to sexual organs.
Let us take the time range between midnight and 3:00 GMT. It is obvious that after three in the morning, early morning begins. Let us construct a trial chart for the midpoint of the uncertainty interval — 1:30 GMT. This is usually presented as Churchill’s chart (see Chart 19). Most of the 1st house is in Libra: diplomatic talent, personal charm, interest in art. Mars in the 1st house: activity, boldness. Jupiter there as well, in reception with the chart ruler Venus: a great man; Jupiterian interests, an inclination toward art. However, given Churchill’s exceptional scale (both historical and physical), Jupiter could have been closer to the Ascendant.
The Sun is in the 3rd house: a writer, an orator. The original and biting wit can be explained by Mercury in Scorpio in square to Uranus, which removes any need to search for a Scorpio Ascendant. The royal complex and the mania for cleanliness; the volatility of his career and its dependence on the public. The Moon’s position on the cusp of the 7th house (in this version) more likely describes a tendency toward solitude, emotional issues related to the image of a woman and/or mother, rather than a passion for the bright lights of the political stage. This is a second argument in favor of a later birth time.
Since the 8th house is empty that night (the Midheaven reaches Uranus around 2:45 GMT), we must likely find a Midheaven position where this angle is strongly aspected, with a Pluto aspect especially desirable. In the horoscope of a national leader, one would wish to see a connection between the planet of power and the 10th house. Therefore, the next preliminary orientation is the chart for 2:00 GMT (see Chart 19-1), in which the Midheaven forms a semi-square to Pluto, a novile to Uranus, and a sesquiquadrate to Mars. Mars and Jupiter are drawn closer to the Ascendant, the Moon enters the 11th house, and the Sun falls in the 2nd house.
Mercury in the 2nd house indicates earnings from literary work (this was Churchill’s main income) and a sense of self-worth tied to knowledge of secrets, penetration into mysteries (Mercury in Scorpio rules the 12th house) and their exposure (Mercury rules the 9th house).
Here are the key events in Churchill’s life:
– 1881 (age 7) — Winston is sent to a strict boarding school;
– 1895 (age 21) — death of his father (January 24) and soon after, his first distant journey to Cuba as a war correspondent — a dangerous and Uranian endeavor;
– 1898 (age 24) — publication of his first book, which achieved great success; the book exposed incompetent military leadership;
– September 1899 (age 25) — his first (and unsuccessful) run for Parliament; in October–December, he was taken prisoner in Pretoria and miraculously escaped;
– January 1901 (age 26) — national hero status; Churchill enters Parliament;
– 1906 (age 32) — Secretary of State for the Colonies;
– September 12, 1908 (age 34) — wedding; “My greatest achievement in life was persuading my future wife to marry me”; they met in the spring;
– November 1911 (age 37) — First Lord of the Admiralty; actively modernizes and re-equips the army and navy until early 1915;
– January 1915 (age 40) — the failure of the Dardanelles operation, planned by Churchill; in May, he resigns;
– July 1917 (age 42.5) — Minister of Munitions; organizes tank production;
– January 1919 (age 44) — Secretary of State for War; oversees army demobilization;
– Autumn 1922 (age 48) — after an appendectomy, Churchill enters the election campaign late and loses;
– 1924 — back in Parliament; Chancellor of the Exchequer;
– Autumn 1929 (age 55) — crushing electoral defeat; the start of a 10-year period when Churchill held no office and was out of power;
– September 5, 1939 (age 65) — First Lord of the Admiralty;
– May 11, 1940 (age 65.5) — Prime Minister; leads the Battle of Britain against the German Luftwaffe and, like his ancestor the Duke of Marlborough, saves the homeland; he becomes not only a national hero but also the spiritual leader of the nation, fulfilling his historical mission. However, he experiences deep depression, seeing France’s defeat, Britain’s insufficient readiness for war, and understanding the future burden it would bear;
– May 7, 1945 — Germany signs the unconditional surrender act; Churchill is a national hero; yet in July of the same year, the Conservatives lose the election, and Churchill is unexpectedly removed from office (age 70.5); the start of a six-year period out of power;
– 1949 (age 74) — stroke;
– 1951 (age 76) — Prime Minister again;
– June 1953 (age 78.5) — a second, more severe stroke than the first;
– April 1955 (age 80.5) — resigns;
– January 24, 1965 — Churchill dies at age 90.
As we can see, there were enough events in his life for several lifetimes. We must select the most significant, defining events and outline the major milestones. They are marked in italics.
Now we can assess the timing of planetary conjunctions with angles in solar arcs. Without aiming for high precision yet, let us simply calculate the number of degrees from the planets to the angles.
– The Sun reaches the IC at about age 28 (1903);
– The Moon reaches the Ascendant at age 35 (1911);
– Pluto reaches the Midheaven at age 44 (1918);
– Uranus reaches the Ascendant at age 49 (1923);
– Neptune reaches the Midheaven at age 67 (1941);
– Jupiter reaches the IC at age 72 (1946);
– Mars reaches the IC at age 79 (1953).
If we subtract two years from each date in the list of conjunctions, we obtain an approximate correspondence between the timing of planetary conjunctions with angles in solar arcs and seven major events in Churchill’s life: the Sun’s conjunction corresponds to his entry into Parliament; the Moon’s to his wedding; Pluto’s to his tenure as Minister of War; Uranus’ to the operation and unexpected electoral fiasco; Neptune’s to the start of the Battle of Britain; Jupiter’s to victory over Germany; Mars’ to his second stroke.
It is very important that the aspects symbolically reflect the events accurately (we will return to Neptune on the Midheaven in 1940). Moreover, these are stronger aspects, leaving no doubt about their efficacy.
It might seem that to make the solar arc conjunctions correspond to the events, we would need to reduce the arc length from the Sun to the IC, from the Moon to the Ascendant, etc., by about 20 degrees. However, this is a winter birth, and the progressed Sun moves slightly faster than 1 degree per year, so the arc length should be reduced by no less than 20 degrees, but by a smaller amount. We must find the main rectification aspect, by which we will orient the chart a third time. Let us take the event Churchill himself considered central to his life — his marriage.The Moon is conjunct the Ascendant in 1908 at 1:53 GMT (see Chart 19-2). On the wedding day, the solar arc Sun forms an opposition to Saturn with an orb of 1′. During the acquaintance in the spring of that year, progressed Descendant is conjunct Neptune, and progressed Ascendant is conjunct progressed Jupiter. Transiting Saturn is retrograde and conjunct the Descendant. Let us check the aspects in solar arcs for the major events at this birth time. If only the year is known, we look at the middle of the year (July 1). If only the season is known, we take its midpoint (e.g., October 15 for autumn). We will also involve the planets of the 8th harmonic in the chart — arcs involving them allow us to see events clearly and distinctly. The interpretation follows A. Witte. Formulas from the book by K. Arev and D. Kutalev “Essays on Uranian Astrology” are also used*. However, verification using these planets and Uranian methods should be done after rectification using the primary planets. Of course, the more methods (Uranian astrology, Indian astrology, etc.) you use, the more confident you will become over time. But initially, it is better to use Uranian methods or Indian astrology only to verify the rectification. In the text, you will encounter three-part formulas A + B – C. This means that the ecliptic longitudes of points A and B are added, and the longitude of point C is subtracted from the result. In classical astrology, such formulas are used to calculate lots. They are widely used in the USA. The point on the ecliptic resulting from such a calculation can be shifted by a solar arc. This is recorded as S [A + B – C]. The equality sign A = denotes that A is conjunct or forms an aspect to it that is a multiple of 45°.
1881, October 15, a strict school, separation from the family. The solar arc Moon enters the 8th house. This signifies both separation from the mother and the solitude of young Winston. S Vulcan = Ascendant: “Suffering from the cruelty and violence of others.” S Admet = MC: “Resilience, rigidity.” Admet imposes restrictions. This combination also has another meaning — death, at least symbolic. S Cupid/Apollo (signifying school) = Ascendant/Hades (unpleasant acquaintances, pressure from others) = MC/Saturn (duties, depression, and solitude).
1895, father’s death and trip to Cuba — S Uranus conjunct the cusp of the 9th house of distant travels (exact conjunction in July 1894) and in sextile to the MC. s Pluto in novile to the Part of Fortune. MC = 80 = Mars. In progressions, several conjunctions form: 8th house ± 9th house: 8th house and progressed Moon (from the 8th house) = 180 = Mercury; 12th house = 120 = Pluto. There is also a conjunction: 8th house # 1: 8th house = 150 = Mars.
Chart 19-2. W. Churchill. Refining aspects in solar arcs. November 30, 1874, 1:53 a.m., 51N52; 001W21
____________1895 — S MC/Admet (death) = Sun/Cronos (father) = [Mars + Saturn – Cronos] (father’s death). The father’s death is also described by the formula [Sun + Saturn – Mars]. In January 1895, the point resulting from this formula, by arc, reaches the MC. The trip is reflected in the aspects of progressed 9th house: it is trine to Mars and sextile to Uranus.
November 15, 1899, captivity — S Saturn on the 1st house cusp and simultaneously trine to the MC: the escape will benefit Churchill’s career.
177 ~ OLEKSIY AGAHONIV The MC has moved into Leo, progressed Ascendant approaches Jupiter, and soon the solar arc MC will conjunct Apollo — Churchill is to be met with glory and success.
January 1901, beginning of work in Parliament — S Sun 55′ before the IC, within orb. Progressed Ascendant has just passed Jupiter. S Cronos/Vulcan (politician) = MC/Cronos (official, state post, authoritative position).
September 12, 1908, wedding — S Moon on the Ascendant (wide conjunction with an orb of 13′). A very indicative aspect for marriage. Progressed Ascendant has passed the opposition to Neptune and is now trine to the Moon. Progressed MC is in opposition to Saturn. S Sun/Moon (the most important personal point, the inner “cosmic marriage”) = [Cupid + Cronos – MC] (legal marriage).
November 1911, First Lord of the Admiralty. MC/Cronos (official post) = [Neptune + Hades – Mars] (naval forces).
August 1914 — the beginning of the war. Progressed MC = 0° = Uranus. At this time, Churchill is engaged in modernizing the army.
January 1915 — failure at Gallipoli. Progressed Ascendant conjunct Lilith. S Ascendant/MC (another important personal point related to social status) = [Neptune + Zeus – Aries Point] (defeat).
July 1917 — Minister of Munitions, organizing tank production: S Pluto on the MC.
January 1919 — War Minister. Transiting Pluto on the MC.
