Chart of the day of birth of Miep Gies (100 today)

Miep Gies is known in connection to Anne Frank. She was Otto Frank's secretary in the house where the family Frank was hiding. She provided them with food. Later she hid the notes of Anne Frank until her father returned (as the only survivor). The notes were published as the diary of Anne Frank. Miep Gies was honoured with the Yad Vashem award.

Today Miep Gies became 100. On the day of her birth Uranus was the first outer planet rising before the Sun (the oriental planet). That is not uncommon in the charts of aged people.

Miep Gies has a tight Mars opposition Pluto. Mars and Pluto are in harmonious aspect with the Sun. The theme of use and abuse of (political) power is strongly related to her life and lifestyle. She has given many lectures about Anne Frank and her diary. Notice that the Sun is biquintile Jupiter, creating successful combinations of Sun, Mars and Jupiter and of Sun, Jupiter and Pluto.
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Re: the fallen tree (link to AOL...) before the Anne Frank Museum (the tree that she mentioned in her diary):


Astropost: Chart, progressions, transits of Anne Frank




and related to the story of Anne Frank, the chart of day of birth of Miep Gies:
http://astropost.blogspot.com/2009/02/chart-of-day-of-birth-of-miep-gies-100.html
Miep Gies is the woman who took care of the diary of Anne Frank during the war.

• http://astropost.blogspot.com/2010/02/sun-inconjunct-saturn-like-gordon-brown.html

(about Sun inconjunct Saturn, Gordon Brown and the death of Miep Gies)

• http://astropost.blogspot.com/2009/05/transit-saturn-square-sun-during-war.html

(about the hard impact of Saturn in times of war)

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Jeopardy: charts, Prada, Callas, Gies, elevated Uranus?

The answer is: ' Subjects of posts on Astropost on February 15, 2009'. Was that easy? I wish I could give you ' Jennings' or 'Rutter' or 'Watson'  so that you could ask: "Who won Jeopardy on February 16, 2011?". But I can't. I don't have hours or places of birth for the three of them and I don't know at what hour and minute the final moment of the competition is, tomorrow. Also, I keep waking up at about 2:45 a.m. (since the Mars return, but now I FEEL it) and so I take it easy tonight...This post has some links to earlier posts and an alinea about Jeopardy. I will start with the links.

On February 15, 2009 I had a more productive day than today: 4 posts. One about Jaya Prada, politician and Bollywood Actres who was attacked on that day but fortunately not hurt. She was born April 3, 1962 and had transit Jupiter conjunct Saturn in that period and the transit Sun trine progressed Venus. It was, in other words, a good day and there was some help (Jupiter) in hard times.

http://astropost.blogspot.com/2009/02/astrology-chart-jaya-prada-and-escaped.html

I also wrote about Aristoteles and Maria Callas, who loved him more than he loved her. 

http://astropost.blogspot.com/2009/02/astrology-of-maria-callas-and.html

There was a post about the 100th birthday of Miep Gies, the woman who kept the diary of Anne Frank till after the war. Miep Gies died in 2009.

http://astropost.blogspot.com/2009/02/chart-of-day-of-birth-of-miep-gies-100.html

And last but not least there was a post about Uranus on top (I mean: elevated and square Ascendant) or in aspect with Midheaven. 

http://astropost.blogspot.com/2009/02/uranus-on-top-or-in-aspect-with.html

That post brings us back to ' transit month February'  because of the mentioned transits of Uranus with Midheaven and Ascendant.

JEOPARDY

Today's post could have been about Jeopardy only, but I can't make up my mind about who wins:). How could I, without hours of births, hours of the final minute and without the 'natal chart'  of the computer, Watson? And without being able to watch the show!? 
All I can tell you is, that the battle is between two human beings  and a computer. Their names are:

• Brad Rutter (born on January 31, 1978 and the biggest all-time money winner in Jeopardy) and 
• Kenneth Jennings (born May  23, 1974 and not only a Jeopardy record winner. He also won the Rookie Divisioin of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournement in 2006)
• Watson, an artificial brain

The men both have a wider trine between Sun and Pluto and that they share Venus square Uranus. That tells us that they have sense of rhythm and that they love excitement and surprises (Venus-Uranus). They will also find ways to self esteem and authority (and they did, didn't they, with Sun trine Pluto). Because they SHARE these aspects it also tells us that they are able to join forces against a shared enemy. And that they will have fun together! 


When they broke a record a few years ago they had a minor aspect between Jupiter and Sun (see their - progressed - charts) and one of them had a Mars-Uranus trine. On February 16, only one of them has a transit Mars trine Uranus. The other one has transit Jupiter opposition Pluto. And for the rest: only difficult aspects, like Progressed Sun inconjunct Progressed Neptune or transit Pholus conjunct Neptune...I don't know about Watson...:) I heard one of the man say that Watson doesn't have nerves or emotions, like humans do. But he also doesn't have a compact brain. Anyway, may the best 'man' win! Tomorrow we will know the name.

Also visit: Astromarkt.net for example about sharing aspects.... Quotes:

If Sun and Pluto make an aspect in both of your charts living together will not be easy. Two strong wills, two fanatics, both wanting to win and to have the power. If harmonious both will finally win in some way or win and survive together after making a difficult start


Venus-Uranus is for sharing the same love of music, dancing and adventures. Venus-Uranus could be the shared aspect for falling in love for a short period of time.

Astropost: Chart of the day of birth of Miep Gies (100 today)

Today Miep Gies has been cremated. We know her name because of what she did for Anne Frank. There is a message on this blog about her chart, posted when she became 100 yhears old. Just click on:Astropost: Chart of the day of birth of Miep Gies (100 today) to see it.

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Chart, progressions, transits of Anne Frank

Almost everybody knows who Anne Frank was and what her short life was like. Many of us grew up with the diary of Anne Frank.

Here below is her chart. The chart doesn’t inform us about her actual circumstances and about the war and the holocaust. So, we have to read the chart giving the circumstance that she was a Jewish girl in a country occupied by an army sent by people who wanted to eliminate Jews. Hard and difficult transits and progressions are harder for those in difficult circumstances. See for example the post about transit Saturn in times of war that I wrote before. In this post I want to show how the transits and progressions corresponded (and are still corresponding) with her life and legacy.

ARREST
On August 4, 1944 Anne Frank was arrested. There is one ‘harmonious’ or ‘ soft’ transit on that day: Progressed Ascendant trine Uranus, the culminating planet in her chart. It could be interpreted as ‘an easy way to independence and freedom’ and in a way she was ‘ freed’ from the attic. But, there is also P IC inconjunct Quaoar: an unbalancing new reality related to her home…The combination of Uranus and Quaoar with Midheaven suggests sudden new realities.

There was unfortunately a very bad sign: transit Saturn is on her Sun and about to square Midheaven. Saturn is the symbol of endings. A period in her life ended and it started to end her life. Pholus is in the 21st of Capricorn, quindecile Saturn and Sun. Pholus refers to turning points and an aspect of 165 degrees informs us about obsession or intense focus: on endings and separations.

Here is her birth chart with transits and progressions for the day of her arrest.

DEATH
She didn’t die that day. She died in March 1945, of typhus. In those days Pholus was square her progressed Midheaven and transit Neptune was square progressed Sun and sesquisquare natal Sun. Neptune was also close to the IC. She was ill and weak and Neptune rules the 8th equal house, the house of life and death.

We all get such aspects and transits sometimes, but then there is a doctor, antibiotics and we haven’t been starved to death before. That is why the Saturn and Neptune in Anne Franks’ case hit that hard: awfull circumstances. It is the oriental Jupiter that is reflecting the positive and international known girl that she will always remain. Transit Jupiter was inconjunct progressed Midheaven (and trine Pholus) when she died. The inconjunction is always unbalancing and sometimes refers to a lost.

PUBLICATIONS
Through her diary the memory of Anne Frank has been kept alive. Her progressed chart keeps corresponding with events related to her and to her diary. On the day that her diary was first mentioned in a newspaper (April 3, 1946) her progressed Sun was exactly square Midheaven and transit Jupiter was about to be in opposition with progressed Midheaven (that when a publisher was found). With P Sun trine Saturn and Uranus trine P MC in July 1999 she became one of the 100 most important persons. And when a group of persons tried to save the tree before her house, transit Jupiter was opposition her natal Sun with transit Saturn inconjunct natal Midheaven. Even today Anne Frank is an important icon. CNN writes about ‘ her’ tree today (see the picture of it above). (Link to CNN about the tree and Anne Frank

ALSO READ: chart of the late Miep Gies...the woman who found and kept the diary of Anne Frank and handed it over to Anne's father when it was clear that Anne would not come back.

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Sun inconjunct Saturn (like Gordon Brown)

When I read about Gordon Brown and his complaining staff, I remembered his natal Sun inconjunct Saturn. This inconjunction is about finding balance (inconjunction) between you and your position and life/lifestyle, however high or low, free or restricted, short or long it may be. And sometimes that is hard to do.

TRANSIT
Sun inconjunct Saturn in transit is the reflection of your position when this is no longer in a straight line. It is reflecting you when you are not in the position that you should have at that moment in time. Something starts pulling your back or you miss the proper skates for the thin ice. There also seems to be no balance between what you did and what you got.
That is when you start falling, break a hip or get depressed and/or exasperated. That is when your staff starts complaining about you, if you are a manager. And that is when you and your boss are not in line about your career, too. This aspect - in transit - easily brings you out of balance because of demands, debts, obligations, punishment or a nasty manager. Most of us survive several inconjunctions of transit Saturn (though we might not easily forget them and the effect might be longlasting).

PROGRESSION
The progressed Sun inconjunct Saturn is a different story. You sort of slowly glide into the wrong position. You have to take care not to go down hill when your progressed Sun is inconjunct Saturn and watch your health.

NATAL
In a natal chart the effect of Sun inconjunct Saturn is sometimes even harder. You might have to learn to live with a depressing restriction, lost or tragedy. There is always a 'but' with an inconjunction, but sometimes it is hard to find consolation and compensation, because it is a heavy (Saturn) lost (inconjunction) or a heavy load to carry, like the responsibilities of parenthood.

GORDON BROWN
I am afraid that Sun inconjunct Saturn is not the most desired aspect and that is an understatement. You are lucky if it is being compensated by more fortunate and pleasant reminders of the bright side of life. (Gordon Brown has a 'calling' Jupiter (without major aspects). A calling Jupiter is the symbol of positivism at any possible level. Maybe that helps him. But it apparently doesn't help his staff right now:).

Gordon Brown has his progressed Midheaven inconjunct Saturn in the 6th house. That seems to be a perfect moment to encourage his staff to tell the world about his bad sides. (Yes, it is election time!)

Gordon Brown has Sun inconjunct Saturn in the natal chart. Gordon Brown lost a prematurely born daughter and one of his two sons has cystic fibrosis, all from 2002 on. This, he said, changed him and his wife. Here is his chart.

Check your ephemeris and remember what was going on during the transit of Saturn 150 degrees from your Sun or Midheaven. Maybe that is when you had the position of a lame duck or you were supposed to be number one and in the end you didn’t (you lost), like Susan Boyle's finale .

(HEAVY) EXAMPLES
Here below you see 2 more examples of Sun inconjunct Saturn in the natal chart amd 7 examples of the effect of Sun-Saturn inconjunctions in transits and progression. Of course, those are pretty heavy examples. Often 'all' that you will notice is a promotion being denied because you and your management have different levels in mind. Or you have to give up something that gave you status (and you had to move to a smaller office or buy a cheaper car or house). And if you get a promotion with this aspect, beware! There might be a disadvantage that weighs more than you think it will do. You might have to give up on some important thing in life or lifestyle and you might regret this later.
My advice: in order not to fall hard, keep a low level and beware of thin ice!

NATAL SUN INCONJUNCT SATURN
1. Gordon Brown

2. Amanda Knox has a natal inconjunction between Sun and Saturn. She faces years in prison.

3. A Norwegian young man, see Wikipedia and the comment on the post of Amanda Knox,convicted to death in Congo

PROGRESSIONS AND TRANSITS
And here are 7 examples of the effect of Sun-Saturn inconjunctions in transits and progressions:

1. Skater Gretha Smit (1976.01.26) had transit Saturn inconjunct progressed Sun, when newspapers revealed an accusation about trying to buy a starting place from a Polish skater (the accusation is being investigated).
2. Sportsman Franck Vandenbroucke (1074.11.06) died in the year after P Sun inconjunct P Saturn.
3. Miep Gies, see the post died at age 100, after falling during transit Saturn inconjunct Sun.
4. An important Dutch statesman had transit Saturn inconjunct Sun when he was forced to step back after signing fraudulous declarations (of another politician).
5 and 6. Elizabeth and Josef Fritzl when the trial started: t Saturn inconjunct natal Sun. See the charts and posts of the Fritzl case: http://astropost.blogspot.com/2009/05/charts-and-post-of-fritzl-case.html
7. A Dutch football player (soccer) lost his premature born daughter with Transit Saturn inconjunct Progressed Sun

MORE SUN-SATURN
For more about Sun-Saturn combinations, click here...

MORE INCONJUNCTION
For more about the effect of the inconjuncion, see the labels below this post on my blog: (c) http://astropost.blogspot.com