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Volume 18, May 2007
(Download a printable .DOC version here)
Welcome to May. It sure is enjoyable to
finally be able to get into some Spring weather and be without jackets for a
while.
They say that in the winter, you discover
your pockets, while in the spring, you discover your feet.
That said, it’s so sad to be starting out a
new year with such an awful, startling crisis as the one that unfolded at
Virginia Tech. I intended to do a full exposé on the mad gunman, Seung Hui Cho,
but I just couldn’t do it. Frankly, I’m already tired of seeing his hateful
visage as he has received enough press. However, there are a few things I’d
like to address about his chart. I knew
when I was watching his “video”, that he had Cancer energy (his Moon placement),
and I was right. That is NOT TO SAY that all Cancers go out and commit
mass-murder (in fact, he was a Capricorn sun sign) or even that they are
violent. They are not. They are usually a very kind, loving, and sensitive
sign. And, this can backfire… They are the most sensitive of signs and
therefore are prone to being hurt deeper than others can grasp.
His diatribe, and more importantly, his
tone, was one of not being loved, given recognition, or given what he “needed.”
No one cared (from his perspective, which is all that matters here.) The basis of his morbid, sullen, withdrawn,
and festering wounds was that he was convinced that no one gave him what he needed - and he did need much. This is a
common refrain for those with “neglected” Cancer planets (and only his Moon was
in Cancer.) Certainly most souls damaged to this degree don’t go to such
lengths. However, Cho had a Mars/Saturn/Pluto stellium in Scorpio square to his
Capricorn Sun. Someone was going to pay
the price.
It is a very tricky matter raising a child
with Cancer energy. Depending on their entire chart, they need more emotional
support and reassurance than any other sign. It is a common experience that if
the Cancer isn’t strongly supported that they can crawl sideways, like the Crab
they represent, under the rock and not be able
to come back out. Yes, this was a very extreme case and one with a horrific,
tragic ending.
In my business, it is a wonderful sight to
meet certain Cancer personalities who didn’t get what they needed but have
found the strength from within to rise above it and nevertheless become well-rounded
adults.
This
month we celebrate Taurus
Taureans
of Interest and Astrological Musings…
There are other
ways to be grounded, rooted, powerful and appeal
to the “common man,”
in the other extreme of Taurus, we find:
During the Middle
Ages astrologers were called “mathematici.” The term was used to denote a
person proficient in astrology, astronomy, and mathematics. Inasmuch as some
practice of medicine was based to some extent on astrology, physicians learned
some mathematics and astrology.
Those were indeed
strange times, according to modern ideas, when astrologers were dominant by the
terror they inspired, and sometimes by the martyrdom they endured when their
predictions were either too true or too false.
Next month we ask Kid Astro: “Why are signs considered ‘masculine’ or ‘feminine’?”
Free
birth chart calculations are available at: http://www.alabe.com/freechart/
The PA Dept. of Vital Records form for
ordering your birth time/birth certificate is at: www.starself.com/birthtime
Make sure to stay in touch with my web site
at www.starself.com and as always,
“May the planets be with you as you find your Starself!”
Rick