Chart of Sharon Tate raising questions about trines, Venus and Jupiter

I was in the middle of translating the reading of the chart of Charles Manson for my site Astromarkt. Then I noticed an article on CNN about the Manson family and their demands for parole. The murder was 40 years ago now. In May of this year there will be another attempt to free Susan Atkins (who has a brain tumor). And the parole will probably be denied, again.

I wrote about the birth chart of Susan Atkins, last year. And now I wondered if their was an astrological link between the charts of Susan Atkins and Sharon Tate. The killer is Charles Watson, but Susan Atkins held Sharon Tate down so that he could stab her. She participated in the killing.

I found a lot of trines. They were abundant in the chart of Sharon Tate. She and Susan Atkins share a grand trine. And their charts are connected by trines, too.

First Sharon Tate's chart:


Sharon Tate's chart has the Moon, Venus, Mars and Jupiter without Ptolemaic aspects in sign or orb 5 degrees. These are the planets of being a woman, of having success and of enjoying life. She has a grand trine of Sun, Saturn and Neptune, tightly. The grand trine is considered to be fortunate. And of course, Sharon Tate was a beauty, she had success and money.

The only thing is that Mars is biquintile Pluto and 157.5 (135+22.5) degrees from Saturn. Saturn is sextile Pluto. Mars-Saturn-Pluto is the combination of the danger of untimely death.

CONNECTION
The connection with Susan Atkins is found in shared aspects and progressions of Saturn and Pluto.

A. SHARED ASPECTS
Sharon Tate had Sun trine Saturn. Atkins has Sun square Saturn.
Sharon Tate had Sun opposition Pluto. Atkins has Sun square Pluto.
Sharon Tate had Mars semi square Neptune. Atkins Mars square Neptune.
Tate had Sun trine Neptune. Atkins Sun biquintile Neptune.

B. 9 AUGUST 1969
In the year before her death, the progressed Sun of Sharon Tate had changed sign, to indicate a different life style (maybe as she was pregnant). Her Sun had just been square Uranus. This is a signal that her life changed in a sudden way, related to 'life and death'. The aspect had occured already. But it says: sudden transformation related to 'life and death'.

Her Ascendant had progressed to the 14th degree of Leo, conjunct the natal Saturn/Pluto of her killer. The progressed ASC of Atkins was conjunct the progressed Pluto of Sharon Tate, who had progressed Saturn and Pluto close together. Atkikns and the victim share Sun-Saturn and Sun-Pluto aspects and the progressed angles are conjunct each others' Saturn-Pluto.

C. 22ND DEGREE, BLACK MOON AND INCONJUNCTION
The 22nd degree is not a fortunate degree. The Black Moon seems to show the dark side of the moon. And the inconjunction reflects losts and losing. These 3 are relating one chart to another.

The Ascendant of Sharon Tate is in the 22nd degree of Cancer, inconjunct the Black Moon of Atkins (in the 22nd of Aquarius) and inconjunct her own Venus in the eight house (perhaps an indication for the disproportionate way to die by the hands of a woman).

QUESTIONS
When I studied the chart of Sharon Tate, I was surprised for several reasons:
- They say that a trine is a harmonious aspect. Sharon Tate had Sun and Mercury trine Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. She had a grand trine of Sun, Saturn and Neptune.
- They say that Jupiter on the Ascendant brings you luck. In fact, the study of Ken Gilmore showed that Jupiter on the Ascendant is a rather fortunate placement. Sharon Tate had Jupiter on the Ascendant.
- They say that Venus in the eight house helps you to die the soft way. Sharon Tate was stabbed to death by a fanatic follower of Charles Manson. And so was her unborn baby.

And how about synergie?
- They say that Venus means love and sympathy, but the Venus of Sharon Tate square the Midheaven of Susan Atkins didn't help much.
- They say that a Mars-Jupiter combination is very productive and stimulating, but how about Sharon Tate's Mars conjunct Susan Atkins' Jupiter?
- Sharon Tate's Uranus and Neptune were trine the AScendant of Susan Atkins, who was under the influence of drugs.
- Atkin's Chiron (the healer) was trine the Ascendant of her defenseless victim.

Trines sometimes seem to make it easy to die (the hard way). Venus is not always nice. Jupiter doesn't always protect you. And nice trines in synergy don't seem to mean a thing, sometimes.

MEETING THE WRONG PEOPLE AT THE WRONG MOMENT
Also read the article on Astromarkt.net about meeting people at the right (or wrong...) moment. Victim and killer met when they both had a combination for hard confrontations with others in their progressed charts. And they happened to have 'hard confrontations' in their natal charts (Sun-Saturn-PLuto), too.

How to explain that? I wish I knew.

OTHER POSTS:
I noticed another post about the chart of Charles Manson on this blog...

See the story of the gigolo and his grand trine...


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The second oath of Barack Obama

CNN reports that Obama has been sworn in again - this time without a bible - and this time the correct way. That was at 7:35 PM on Wednesday 21 of January 2009, for just in case people might question if Barack Obama was in fact the president of the USA because of a garbled oath at noon on the 20th. Per the Constitution, Obama became president at noon Tuesday without taking the oath.

MOON
Here you see the moment of the second oath (no Void Moon this time and no cheering crowds full of emotions, either). On the outside the positions of Obama's natal chart. His Moon is exactly conjunct the Midheaven of the moment of the oath (Transit MC conjunct Moon). Transit Black Moon is conjunct Obama's Midheaven. The Moon is of importance for the moment of the oath, as it seems and makes a difference between the moment that the administration started officially (Noon on January 20) and the moment of the oath (19h35 on the 21st). Maybe that 'tackles' the void moon that worries so many astrologers. At least, any doubt about Obama being the righteous president has now been a-voided:)

For the post about the Inauguration (with chart of the official moment at noon), click here...

BIRTH CHARTS ELLEN DEGENERES AND PORTIA DE ROSSI

Actress, stand-up comedian and talk show presenter Ellen DeGeneres (January 26, 1958 Merairie, USA) is going to get married to Portia de Rossi (January 31, 1973, Geelong, Australia, time unknown), now that homosexual weddings are no longer illegal.

In the chart of Ellen we see indications for not getting married to a male (or at all): Sun in Aquarius opposition Uranus, Venus tightly opposition Uranus, Mars conjunct Saturn...These are 3 out of the 4 indications (the fourth is Sun conjunct or afflicted by Mars). Those indications were noticed in the 1930's, that was long, long aga, before homosexuals could get married, of course.

Her partner Portia has Venus conjunct Jupiter and both tightly square Uranus. So, Ellen and Portia share Venus square Uranus, so that both are gifted with artistic aspirations, sense of rythm and repeated new sensational feelings or loves that gives an impulse to get married immediately (sometimes too soon). It is fascinating that there Venus and Uranus are connected by quindeciles (15, 75, 105 or 165 degrees), minor aspects, but apparently important in this relationship. One of the indications for not getting married (Venus-Uranus) is the connection between the two and the connection is a sign of 'obsession'. Maybe they are obsessively in love:), I don't know, but I thought it was interesting to mention the link between the ladies. They share an aspect of Venus and Uranus and that aspect is srongly interacting between the charts. Venus-Uranus can also be read as 'free love' or 'controversial love/marriage' or 'extraordinary sympathy'. It is not a sign of homosexuality (hetero sexuals can have this combination as well), but it points at sensation related to love (just like a divorce in 'the old days' could be sensational, well, in fact in modern times divorce is still 'news'!).

Venus of Ellen is conjunct Sun of Portia (she loves her).
Mars is conjunct Mars (within orb 3 degrees) and that could be worrysome once that the romance would be over, because it shows competition as well as attraction and sometimes these synergies lead to fighting.
The upcoming year however, both have signs of celebrations in their charts. Ellen has Sun semisquare Venus, Portia had Sun semisquare progressed Jupiter, so together they can have a party (Venus-Jupiter).

Of course Ellen has a talkshow!:) She has Mercury calling (not making Ptolemeic aspects in sign), rising before the Sun (orientation on communications) AND opposition Ascendant. That is 3 times prominence for Mercury, the messenger. I wonder what to think of the position of the Black Moon Lilith (read Astro.com about it) tightly on the Midheaven of this chart. The link leads you to an explanation of the myth of Lilith, a woman EQUAL to Adam (not like Eve, subjective to Adam). Rather interesting idea that this symbol is crucial in the chart of Ellen. I understand that her 'coming out' drew a lot of attention and that for a period of time she sort of was forced to become an activist for the rights of homosexuals. The solar return chart of that year (1997) had Pluto conjunct the Ascendant. Pluto is the symbol of (a.o.!) sex and the Ascendant for (re)presentation. This year's solar return has Mercury on the Descendant (tightly now) and Black Moon Lilith conjunct the IC.

PS Last Friday (Jupiter conjunct her MC) Ellen got a Daytime Emmy Award for her talkshow.