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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Algol, George Clooney, dead bodies and bombs

George Clooney has been confronted with issues of life and death related to his house lately. First they found a dead body near his house and now they discovered a large amount of arms (bombs and granates) less than 15 meters from the walls of his house. This happens to him with:

- transit Pholus in hard aspect with AC/MC (crucial turning point; the catalyst to basic changes)
- the progressive Scorpio Moon square Jupiter and 75 degrees from Uranus (moment of relief)
- progressed MC in minor hard aspect with Vesta
(indicating domestic issues)
- transit Node trine Sun and progressed Sun sextile Node
(good relationship with the community)

Also, the progressed Ascendant is conjunct Algol, the 'demon star'. In classical astrology Algol is considered to be a (or should I say: THE) most unfortunate -binary -fixed star. Maybe that explains?

Here is the progressed chart of George Clooney. For the birth chart and talent of George Clooney,see the post on Art&Astrology.

For more posts about fixed stars, see the labels

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Gordon Brown and the Elections of May 6, 2010

The chart below is the natal chart of Gordon Brown with transits and progressions of Election day (May 6, 2010). On September 30, 2009 when it was expected that the elections would be in June, I wrote about the astrological situation and that prognosis hasn't changed. The past few months I have been especially interested in Pholus and now I like to add that transit Pholus is sesquisquare his progressed Sun. That is reflecting a turning point in life. As his progressed Sun sign is changing, another way of living is to be expected (his life style is changing). The third sign of change comes from the transit of Pluto on his natal Midheaven. Third time lucky is not the case...
A chart is hardly needed when there are polls, but still: the correspondence between the polls and the astrological positions is interesting. Now let us wait and see what happens...

Here is what I blogged before. I quote:

There are more and more signs that Gordon Brown will loose the elections and that he will have to get used to another life style, just like his progressed Sun (changing sign!) tells us that he will. The combination of transit Pluto on Midheaven and Progressed Midheaven inconjunct Saturn is at least a difficult one. There is stress (Pluto) and there is a big chance of losing status (inconjunction with Saturn). Saturn-Pluto-combinations in politics often reflect the hard sides of politics. Falling down is a hard thing. And there are no helping transits whatsoever

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Unless a miracle happens, Labour will see of lot of the voters switch to another party.

Here are a few of the posts about Gordon Brown, who managed to make a big mistake yesterday when he insulted a lady who voted for Labour before. Here is the link to the posts with ‘Gordon Brown’ in the text: http://astropost.blogspot.com/search?q=gordon+brown

And here are some of the posts strictly about Gordon Brown and the elections.
Gordon Brown and the elections
Dated Sep 30, 2009

Nevertheless, even with such difficult aspects Gordon Brown made it to the top of the UK, just like George W. Bush managed to be in charge of the nation. See the topic about Sun and Saturn, managing to be in charge. ...

Astropost: Sun inconjunct Saturn (like Gordon Brown)
Dated Feb 21, 2010

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, ...

Synastry Brown-Blair (Mars inconjunct Saturn
Dated Feb 25, 2010

Did, by any chance, Tony Blair ruin the life of Gordon Brown? Perhaps. With Mars inconjunct Saturn and Moon opposition Moon there are enough problems to solve between then, in spite of the Venus and Jupiter of Blair. ...

ALSO: about his opponents:

Astropost: David Cameron on June 3
Dated March 13, 2010

You see, his opponent, Gordon Brown, also has the progressed Sun in the final minutes of the sign. The inconjunction with Saturn in his chart is just as unpleasant as the transit of Saturn is in the chart of Cameron. ...\

(!Attention: the transits and progressions are for June 3, while the Elections are on May 6…)

Astropost: Liberal Nick Clegg
Dated Apr 16, 2010

The people of England have more than just two choices on May 6, election day. There is Gordon Brown, there is David Cameron and there is the winner of the debate today: Liberal Nick Clegg, born January 7, 1967, time unknown. ...

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Bobby Brown lives

Bobby Brown is an R&B singer-songwriter, occasional rapper, and dancer (watch the Venus-Uranus opposition for sense of rhythm), the ex-husband of Whitney Houston. The news about Bobby (real name is Robert Barisford) is that he is alive. That is what Seven-sided Cube reports after twitters about Bobby Brown’s death. Fact: he did see the doctor in hospital, there were pictures of him in bed and his representative said that Bobby had a heart attack. Bobby says that he is alive and kicking.

Charts, transits and progressions mirror the actual situation, like the water in the fjord mirrors the hills. There is a difference between the mirror and the real situation (shaped and coloured by other elements than the mirroring water in the picture). Every astrological reflection needs knowledge of the material situation in order to ' read' the possible interpretation in real life. We don't know the hour of birth of Bobby Brown and we don't know all the circumstances. That is why it would have been easy to misjudge the composition of astrological indications in the chart below. It is not an easy going chart. Several serious transits and progressions accompany the news about his supposed death and the interesting thing is that these transits and progression are like a warning. Saturn and Neptune (combination of illnesses) are linked by Uranus and Sun (news/health). Also the Mars, Saturn and Pluto combination is reflecting danger (or fear) of death. Maybe his short stay in hospital helped him understand to take better care of himself, who knows.These combinations don’t imply death or near death. They just indicate the fact that the issue of death and being ill is a very hot item in this period of his life.

Virtually he WAS (considered to be) death for a few hours and his chart could be read as 'supporting' the rumours. As Mars is inconjunct Saturn in his natal chart, the theme of death and hitting too hard already is important. One of the persons he slapped was his wife Whitney Houston. (More about Mars-Saturn and slapping on this blog...)

Here is the chart drawing and a list of the transits with the positions on his day of birth and progressions:

Progressed Sun trine Neptune (seems that he is in ‘ isolation’ because he is working on a new album and perhaps he is living in dream land, finding inspiration:)
Transit Saturn opposition progressed Sun (a period ending? The opposition is the question mark…)
Transit Uranus conjunct progressed Sun and trine Neptune: the hype…(physical: danger of losing consciousness)
The combination of Saturn and Uranus could point at limited freedom or the will to break free (out of hospital?)
Progressed Sun in the final degrees of Pisces…life style changing
Transit Pluto square Jupiter (the price to pay for success)
Transit Pluto semi square natal Mars and 105 degrees from natal Saturn (in the natal chart Mars inconjunct Saturn); this might be the reflection of pain or fear.

Bobby Brown is the ex-husband of Whitney Houston. His Venus is oppostion her Juno, there Suns are also in opposition and the Moons are inconjunct. More about the match of the famous couple on Astrolgy & Love (link).

Whitney Houston seems to be attractive in the eyes of violent males. Here is part of my reading of Osama Bin Laden's chart:
In August 2006 an 'ex-sexslave' of Osama told the media that he was obsessed by Whitney Houston and even planned murdering her husband. It is astrologically a case of counterparts. Whitney Houston is a Leo and Osama a Pisces (difficult combinations basically). The Moon of Whitney is in Aries and his in Cancer (difficult to live together or to get used to the different habits.) His Mercury is opposed to hers (problems communicating). Her Venus is in a very narrow inconjunction to his Venus (they cannot match preferences). Her Mars is sesqui square his (good for a fight or not longlasting sexual attraction). Her Pluto opposes his Venus and Mercury (that makes the attraction very intense). Check it yourself: Whitney Houston is born 9th August 1963.

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Princess Madeleine's ended engagement

Swedish Princess Madeleine had a fiancé, but he had an affair and now the relationship has stopped. There are several transits and progressions reflecting the situation. Some of these indications were there when the engagement was announced (with transit Pholus on the progressed Ascendant, see the second chart of this post). Short lists:
Mercury-Saturn, Pluto-Ascendant, Mars-Saturn, Pluto and Saturn with Juno, Pholus with Venus, and the solar return chart with Saturn ruler 7 opposition Midheaven. There is more about those aspects and transits when you scroll down.

JONAS
Jonas has Mars rising before and conjunct Sun in Aquarius, opposition Jupiter. I think that the transit of Saturn inconjunct his progressed Sun perfectly describes how a mistake had a very unbalancing effect on the continuation of his way of life.

But, did her chart match the chart of Jonas Bergstrom? More on Astrology&Love …

MORE ABOUT THE TRANSITS AND PROGRESSIONS
A keen indication for the separation is 1) transit Saturn square progressed Mercury (combination for a goodbye) and for the revelation in the newspapers: transit Uranus square and Neptune trine her progressed Mercury.
In the natal chart Mercury is in the 7th house of the now cancelled marriage, opposition Uranus in the first house. And that is what the news is about: she opposition her partner.

Also 2) the progressed Ascendant in the 10th of Sagittarius (with fixed star Antares) is semi square natal Pluto, mirroring the difficulties in relationships. 3) In the progressed chart Mars was conjunct Saturn last year and that is one of the 4 signs for separations in the chart of a woman, maybe at the time of meeting her fiance.

Juno is the symbol of marriage. 3) Transit Pluto (ruler 1st house) is now exactly conjunct Juno and recently transit Saturn was square progressed Juno.

Also 4) transit Pholus was opposition Venus for a turning point in love...In the solar return for the coming solar year (after her birthday), Pholus holds a prominent place on the IC. The past year's solar return had Saturn on the IC..
So there is enough reason (3 or more) to expect hard times in love.

The announcement of the engagement on August 11, 2009 was with transit Pholus exactly conjunct the progressed Ascendant, with the Progressed Sun about to square Saturn. Was that the sign of shooting her foot and regret later?

PS One of the less 'fitting' transits is Jupiter opposition her Midheaven. In the natal chart Jupiter is in the equal 12th house and the Placidus 11th. Perhaps she is happy or prosperous in another field than love right now.

PS One of the less 'fitting' transits is Jupiter opposition her Midheaven. In the natal chart Jupiter is in the equal 12th house and the Placidus 11th. Perhaps she is happy or prosperous in another field than love (perhaps international) right now.

Here is the chart with transits and progressions for the announcement of the engagement,








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