Solunars by Aldebaran Sidereal Academy

Stuart: January 21, 1957, 2:46 AM EST, Portland, ME

Dr. Millard wrote:...eldest of three sons, all of whom are hemophiliacs. This is one of the worst hereditary diseases... painful and crippling when hemorrhage occurs in the joints, fatal when it occurs into the brain, always threatening, causing psychological as well as physical problems...

...There is a long chain of factors responsible for clotting... The clotting factors are made by the liver...

She added that rather than try to restrain their sons, the parents "seemed rather to encourage [them] to do everything a normal child would do." This led to various accidents (sled, bike) with consequent hospitalizations. "He was encouraged to stand up for his rights at school, which meant many a bloody nose, and the was in hospital on the average six times a year." At the time of her writing he had graduated high school and was entering adulthood.

MY ANALYSIS: Stuart was a Capricorn-Virgo, which starts us down the right path. Capricorn children usually have hardship early in life (and, in his case, probably joint-crippling disabilities not long after we lost track of him). Virgo Moon boys tend to be bullied. The Capricorn Sun is square Neptune (background) - not uncommon for frequent convalescence or weakness - but partile trine Jupiter, probably showing he had a better life than most.

Pluto is the stronger foreground planet (plus a little Saturn), probably showing much about the life conditions from his disease. We might have a clue of the disease with the angular Pluto, but we need many more examples before suggesting this. A Virgo Moon might (by "reflex action," so-called) connect to the liver (normally a Pisces matter), but it's not the main message.

Mostly, I want to look at hard aspects, especially if background. Also, for a bleeding disease, I theoretically want Mars to be a big part of the picture. In the background, we do have Sun square Neptune, an aspect of convalescence and weakened vitality. I have listed "blood diseases" for it. This is a clean hit!

Speaking of "hit," I still want a major Mars involvement. Mars is in Aries, background. Only in the mundoscope do we see... a partile (0°59') Mars-Uranus square! At the least, this is consistent with a life of many accidents that landed him in the hospital. Read Millard's descriptive words above, though - about the ongoing threat, the continued pain, the too-easy and too-often bleeding. I do wonder if this aspect is perhaps linked directly to his disease. In any case, it describes the surrounding circumstances.

The two close background hard aspects describe his physical condition: Sun-Neptune and Mars-Uranus. Capricorn Sun appears for childhood hardships. Angular Pluto suggests that something highly unusual and "outlier" would mark the life.

In the background, we do have Sun square Neptune - a mentioned, an aspect of convalescence and weakened vitality.

Some feedback: I am experiencing t Neptune partile 180 to my Sun. For sure this transit is weakening my vitality significantly.

Sorry to hear that, Steve And not surprising.

I was surprised how innocuous Neptune transiting my angles has been. Not like Neptune to Moon at all! Possibly affected by Neptune being exactly square Venus ♀ when it was exact.

Thanks Jim. I love the outdoors with long early morning walks and working on my 2 acres of land. For sure this t Neptune to my Sun has weakened my vitality by about 40%, placing a major hindrance on my normal life style. But hey---75 years of age sooner or later catches-up to you, it could be worse.

At least you've recovered from that accident a while back that would have made walking itself impossible.

I'm not cut back much in recent years, but some (especially since an ankle injury from 24 years ago came back as a weak ankle). In my 20s and 30s I'd routinely walk 30 blocks most nights, just to get out and feel the vibe on the streets. Now, I have to be really motivated (at the end of the day) to walk the four short blocks to the supermarket. (The convenience store a block way is the compromise when it works.)

I hear you Jim. My experience of a weakened vitality came on most suddenly, probable because my Sun is partile 90 Uranus. Do you see any new long term trends starting with t Neptune on your Natal DSC? I know this for my life. Years ago when t Neptune came into partile contact on my Natal IC, I went through a long 3-4 period of a new trend of having to take of a Mother with slow deteriorating health conditions. It was by far the most confusing/convoluted (Neptune) time cycle of my entire life. So, I am preparing myself for another slow Neptune cycle with t Neptune on my Sun.

Nothing yet. I have a lot of transit activity to NATAL Neptune thee days so MAYBE that has to clear before transiting Neptune gets clearer. (A lot of slow transits take the second pass before they're really noticed.)

Neptune to IC was mostly my two years in San Diego and getting deeply involved in a lot of Neptunian things.

Maybe look for SLRs with t Neptune angular for a kick-start with this long t Neptune on your Natal DSC.