from
“Imagine” by John Lennon
It’s hard
to believe that twenty years have passed since the murder of John Lennon
outside his Central Park West apartment on December 8, 1980. Lennon
was, of course, the founder of the 60s rock group The Beatles, who were
catapulted from very ordinary lives to fame and fortune almost overnight.
In the U.S., it was called the “British Invasion,” and Lennon was undeniably
its general. Probably the most controversial of the Beatles, Lennon
once noted that they were more popular than Jesus. For him, it was a
curious and amusing matter of fact, a commentary on the values of modern
society. But for many of those untrustworthy folks over 30, it was nothing
less than blasphemy.
Love,
Love, Libran Love
John
Lennon, a Libra, was born on October 9, 1940, at 6:30 pm in Liverpool
England. Libra, a cardinal air sign ruled by the planet Venus, usually
endows one with considerable charm and grace. Librans love the idea
of love, and Lennon was no exception. After all, it was Lennon and songwriting
partner Paul McCartney who penned “All You Need Is Love,” a chant that
became an anthem for a generation of flower children. Remember Lennon’s
famous honeymoon “bed-in” with Yoko Ono? While the media watched, the
pajama-clad couple enthralled the world with their antics, all designed
to showcase the couple’s message: Give peace a chance. You can’t get
more Libran than that!
The sign,
symbolized by the scales of justice, is noted for its quest for harmony.
It must have been a Libran who came up with the idea of a win-win solution.
Yet, there was an angry, hard-edged side to Lennon, a trait that is
also curiously Libran. They often need to go to extremes, including
anger, so that they can eventually learn to strike that delicate balance.
Moon
in Aquarius: An Idealist and Humanitarian
Lennon
did more for the cause of world peace, however, than simply stay in
bed. He led a number of peace demonstrations and was probably one of
the first rockers to realize that he could use his celebrity to have
a social impact. His Moon in the sign Aquarius, a fixed air sign co-ruled
by both Saturn and Uranus, epitomizes the concepts of revolutionary
ideals, social justice and humanitarianism. People with an Aquarius
Moon can easily empathize with the underdog, but can be far more emotionally
detached when it comes to those close to them. They are apt to think
through their emotions rather than feel them. Often rebellious, their
family life may be a bit unconventional. It is not uncommon for those
with Moon in Aquarius to be nurtured in unconventional ways, which was
true of Lennon, whose mother Julia eventually turned him over to her
sister Mimi to raise.
Lennon’s
Moon is in opposition to the planet Pluto, which adds intensity to whatever
it touches. The powerful (Pluto) influence of women (Moon) on John Lennon
could never be understated—his mother, Aunt Mimi and, of course, Yoko
Ono. The Moon-Pluto aspect is also indicative of the profound losses
that Lennon experienced in his life. First, his father deserted his
mother when Lennon was a baby. In 1958, his mother was struck and killed
by a car. Later, there was the loss of his good friend Stuart Sutcliffe
(the fifth Beatle) to a brain hemorrhage. And, Lennon clearly felt betrayed
and bitter at the end of his partnership with Paul McCartney. Witness
his own words in the song “How Do You Sleep,”
Something
Greater at Work: Jupiter and Saturn
John Lennon,
in spite of his song to the contrary, was not just an ordinary guy.
He was born with a very extraordinary aspect in his chart, a nearly
exact conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. This conjunction occurs once
every twenty years and marks the beginning of an important cycle for
the economy, politics and our social structure. It is not a personal
cycle, it is a collective cycle. Many believe that the “star
of bethlehem” that the magi saw heralding Jesus’ birth was
actually a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. For the ancients, the
coming together of these two outermost planets (Uranus, Neptune and
Pluto had yet to be discovered) began anew their longest planetary cycle
and portended events of great significance, for good or for bad.
At Lennon’s
birth, Jupiter and Saturn were in Taurus, a Venus-ruled sign. Venus
is the planet of singers and artists. The Beatles began to take shape
around the time of the next Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in 1960 in Capricorn,
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Madalyn Hillis-Dineen, C.A. NCGR, is a noted Uranian astrologer and certified Astro*Carto*Graphy interpreter. Madalyn is a contributing author to the Llewellyn anthology, Astrology for Women: Roles and Relationships. She is also the Director of Marketing of Astrolabe, Inc., the largest independently-owned astrological software company in the world and the publishers of Solar Fire. Winner of UAC's 1995 Regulus Award for Community Service, Madalyn is the Clerk of the National Council for Geocosmic Research.
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