The Death of John Lennon. Life is what happens to youwhen you’re busy making other plans. John Lennon. It has been over 2. John Lennon yet his words and music continue to find new and appreciative young audiences. Musical styles and fashions shift ceaselessly but the music of John Lennon continues to commercially outpace most contemporary acts 4. It’s well known that John and (in particular) his widow Yoko Ono employed astrologers. Whilst their advice might have been exemplary, the fact of Lennon’s assassination begs the question whether this kind of violence could have been foreseen and warned against. That’s not to say this necessarily wasn’t the case at the time. It’s only certain that if a warning was issued, it was not heeded. What then would an astrologer have seen in the fall of 1. And did living in New York City bring potential danger and threats more into focus for John Lennon? John Lennon natal chart. As with all astrological analyses, we begin with the natal birth chart. John Lennon was born in war time Liverpool England (2. W5. 5, 5. 3N2. 5) on October 9, 1. PM BST. This gives an ascendant of 1. Aries and a Midheaven of 7. Capricorn. The Sun is at 1. Libra and the Moon is at 3. Aquarius. I look at two midpoints in most charts. One is the Ascendant/Midheaven midpoint (ASC/MC). A chart factor(s) on this sensitive point (either - 0- , - 4. Using Alfred Witte’s Hamburg School rules, the ASC describes the place of an event and the MC its moment. So the ASC/MC can be translated as “at this place and time”. The other midpoint I look at is the Sun/Moon midpoint (SU/MO). A chart factor(s) on this sensitive point colours the basic identity of the event. In John Lennon’s birth chart his ASC/MC was 2. Aquarius (1. 3. 3. SU/MO 9. 5. 4 Sagittarius (2. The natal chart fits many of the themes of John Lennon’s life. The Sun setting in Libra underscores his life long search for a radiant and creative partnership which he achieved first with Paul Mc. Cartney professionally, and then with Yoko Ono. Chart ruler Mars in Libra (conjunct Neptune) describes his charismatic popularity, artistic and imaginative drive. True Film of AIDS in the 1980s: Dallas Buyers Club. Because that's what AIDS looked like in. In the 6th house, it can describe a predisposition to addictive habits and escapist behaviours. Mars conjunct both Neptune and the North Node, and squaring the MC, probably explains why he gravitated toward musical bands as an expression of his professional persona, his tireless campaigns for world peace, and his propensity for controversy. He was reputed to be quite aggressive and even abusive toward others sometimes, particularly in his youth, which seems to fit the pattern of an Aries ascendant conjoining the South Node. Yet his public image as a musician is very Neptunian; romantic and beguiling. The Man with Bogart's Face (1980) Trivia on IMDb: Cameos, Mistakes. Photos We Love; EVENTS. Awards Central; Sundance; Cannes. This was Victor Sen Yung's final film before his death on November 1, 1980 at the age of 65. John Lennon was assassinated by Mark David Chapman outside his house in front of. Most carried radios and listened to news accounts of the singer’s death. Many saw Yanka's death as a symbolic end to the Siberian punk era. The Death of John Lennon . We love you, yeah yeah yeah! Jonathan Cott recalls his friendship with John Lennon and Yoko Ono from 1968 to Lennon's death in 1980. Mandela death: How a prisoner became a legend. From the section Magazine. In 1980, Percy Qoboza. Death of a Playmate by. The brutal death In August of Dorothy Stratten, Playboy's 1980 Playmate of the Year. And the dear boy's face upon you; It is hard to. All that we have is but death's livery. There often is a wide gulf between the real and the ideal when the collective imagination is fired up to the extent it was for John, which his chart ruler Mars conjunct Neptune conveys so well. His acerbic wit, sarcastic sense of humour, and ability to pen powerful lyrics is neatly shown by Mercury in Scorpio in square to Pluto. Mercury in the 7th perhaps shows the collaborative nature of his much of his earlier song writing with the Beatles (always credited as Lennon- Mc. Cartney compositions). He often referred to himself as a journalist, and he could have been a fine investigative journalist. Mercury also opposes Jupiter conjunct Saturn. It may not be so much that Lennon was a spokesperson for his generation but more that he was intellectually receptive to the powerful changes which were percolating through the collective in the 1. Mercury sextiles Venus and rules his 3rd house. He compared his position as a Beatle to being in a ship’s crow’s nest: a high vantage point from which to experience the way new social trends were developing. Later as his confidence grew, his opinions and skill in manipulating the media made him the voice of conscience, exhorting world leaders even to embrace the concerns of young people and their search for meaning and freedom with responsible leadership. The Moon in Aquarius in the 1. The overall air emphasis in the chart shows his adherence to the principle of world peace in the face of wide spread skepticism, and the self revelatory honesty which was the hallmark of his art. On a mundane level, Moon exactly opposite Pluto must have something to do with the death of his mother, and the domestic upheaval which informed some of his musical narratives. The Moon rules both the 4th and 5th houses. John almost seemed to need to purge his potentially destructive feelings through music and social causes. The strong air emphasis, whilst communicative, intelligent, and rational, doesn’t really speak to his romantic side. There’s Mars conjunct Neptune of course, but note in Lennon’s chart the powerfully manifesting Venus/Neptune aspect of 2. It is this aspect perhaps more than any other which brought out the tender idealism of perfect love and harmony he expressed in so many songs. Venus in Virgo is well represented in artists who have discriminating tastes and are attracted to the simple techniques and pure forms of artistic expression like rock’n’roll or the blues. Note that John Lennon was born within days of an exact Jupiter/Saturn conjunction. This cycle, in part, has something to do with professional advancement, or the grounding of inspiration and joy. Jupiter conjoins Saturn in the 1st and trines the MC. The MC ruler Saturn opposed Mercury (ruling the 3rd), in turn sextiling the MC, which gave him a world wide stage to perform on once he paid his dues coming up, which he did against all odds. He was hardly ever expected to succeed after a turbulent adolescence and failed school career. New York City ( 7. W1, 4. 0N4. 3) was an important city in John Lennon’s life. He not only chose to live there during the 1. Beatles first TV appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1. It’s interesting to note that on that day transiting Jupiter at 1. Aries was exactly opposed Lennon’s Sun and on his ASC/MC midpoint in New York, hinting at personal fulfillment at that location but was also forming up its exact outgoing “fated” septile aspect with Saturn at 2. Aquarius. The performance was a tour de force, and maybe more than any other single event imprinted the image of the Beatles into the collective consciousness of North Americans, inspiring a generation of rock musicians coming up from behind. The planetary cycles to which a person is tuned at birth are mapped out by the planetary aspects. Many of the important events in a life will occur at resonant moments in the outworking of those planetary cycles. Not only was John Lennon born under a Jupiter/Saturn conjunction but he died under one as well. The planetary positions and SU/MO midpoint remain the same in the relocated chart, of course, but the Angles and the ASC/MC midpoint will change from location to location. Relocating John Lennon’s birth chart to New York City gives an ascendant of 4. Capricorn, an MC of 2. Libra and, as already noted, an ASC/MC midpoint of 1. Sagittarius (or 1. Lennon’s Sun is tightly linked to the relocated New York City ASC/MC midpoint (SU=ASC/MC). He admired New York as the centre ( Sun) of the cultural (Libra) world, and felt he could be at home and move about freely and relatively undisturbed by disinterested New Yorkers. The astrology connects the man to the city in no uncertain terms. Lennon’s Sun is angular in both Liverpool and New York. Pay particular attention to the positions of the Angles in all these charts. We shall see that the repetition of certain degrees down through the hierarchy of charts provide the mundane astrologer with key information with which to base prospective forecasts. The channels through which planetary energies are able to eventually find expression through progressively shorter and shorter cycles, until an event is primed and ready to be released into the world. The eclipses prior to an event are the amongst the most important charts for predictive purposes. Then, both the seasonal ingress and monthly lunation charts are brought in to complete the overall astrological picture of an event. I suggest that charts cast for the conjunction phase of planetary cycles prior to an important event, to which a person is keyed at birth, also need to be examined to tell the whole story. One technical note. As with midpoints, a reflection of each chart factor and sensitive point occurs at every subsequent 4. Harmonic) around the horoscope. I have listed the indirect positions of the Angles and planets because it is as if they simultaneously occupy those indirect (8th Harmonic) placements too. Although there is some credence to giving more weight to a conjunction of two planets than the sesquiquadrate in a natal reading. As far as actualized manifested events go, I have found no difference between any of the so called “hard” (8th harmonic) aspects. In fact, I hesitate to call either the semisquare or sesquiquadrate minor aspects at all. If they are very close by orb (within 3. Lennon was not only selfless and empathetic in the expression of his aggressive instincts, he could be self defeating at times through misguided faith and poor judgment. He was also dedicated and passionate, as well as original, spontaneous and progressive. These are hints of self pitying temper and pique too, but the point is that the Mars/Uranus, Mars/Neptune, and Mars/Pluto cycles are all important in his life. Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983, by Tim Lawrence. By October 1980 Crowder. Their symbolism is highly descriptive of his death, given that he was a victim of gun violence, and furthermore was shot in the back. At the moment of John Lennon’s death. At the moment of Lennon’s death ( December 8, 1. PM), Mars was forming its outgoing semisquare with Uranus at 1. Capricorn, which is exactly equals the his natal ASC/MC in Liverpool (at 1. The image of sudden yet deliberate use of force finding expression into the world for John seems to corroborate the recorded time of his death.
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