Analysis of NOW's Horoscope

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Analysis of NOW's Horoscope

 

7:17 AM 2/12/05 Sat

 

Hi All,

 

In light of the recent discussion, I thought to

introduce an analysis of the astrology of NOW, the

National Organization for Women. It never occured to

me to take a look at its foundation chart until the

other night when I ran a search for it on Google. The

data is taken from the official site for NOW

(now.org):

 

NOW

Jun 30 1966

Washington DC

*set for Noon; Plac 22 Vir 57

 

The chart is very, very interesting, and fits NOW's

reality beautifully: note that the Uranus-Pluto

conjunction is very close to the Asc, at 16 degrees,

both of them. As mentioned here and elsewhere, this

conjunction occured at a critical time for the USA.

This was the birth of the " second wave " of the Women's

Movement, far more radical than the first, I think its

fair to say.

 

The following is from the NOW website front page:

 

" The National Organization for Women is the largest

organization of feminist activists in the United

States. NOW has 500,000 contributing members and 550

chapters in all 50 states and the District of

Columbia. Since its founding in 1966, NOW's goal has

been " to take action " to bring about equality for all

women. Both the actions NOW takes and its position on

the issues are often unorthodox, uncompromising and

ahead of their time.

NOW's actions have established the organization as a

major force in the sweeping changes that put more

women in political posts; increased educational,

employment and business opportunities for women; and

enacted tougher laws against violence, harassment and

discrimination. NOW's official priorities are winning

economic equality and securing it with an amendment to

the U.S. Constitution that will guarantee equal rights

for women; championing abortion rights, reproductive

freedom and other women's health issues; opposing

racism and fighting bigotry against lesbians and gays;

and ending violence against women. "

 

I think that says it all, and again is reflected in

its chart. Note the Moon in Sagittarius, always about

affecting thought, presenting opinion and having it

respected, squaring the Uranus-Pluto conjunction, from

the 3rd House of communications, mindset, ideology

(along with the 9th), " selling a point " . This is

promotion, all day.

 

The Moon disposes of the Sun-Jupiter conjunction in

Cancer at the top of the chart, in the 10th House

(women's issues, political interests and aims, etc),

and note that Mars is exactly on the MC in Gemini -

and that it is totally unaspected (I use a tight 5

degree orb for my aspects for the general planets, 6

for the Lights); its symbolism, espcially in Gemini,

should go without saying. Argumentative, to say the

least; thought-provoking at best. It's a decidely

" masculine " energy at work, in one of the classic

" gender bender " Signs of the Zodiac, Gemini. Note too

how it rules the 8th House - clearly, this represents

Abortion, perhaps NOW's single biggest legal and

social achievement.

 

Mercury is both the chart ruler, since its Sign Virgo

(who's glyph is that of a young woman) is on the Asc

and ruler of the 10th House of honor, public

reputation and achievement. It's placed in the

organizational 11th House, in Leo, a potentially

haughty, holier-than-thou placement; at the very

least, because it's in the Sun's natural Sign, it

suggests a certain subjectivity focus. Then, note that

this Mercury is sextile Venus, a rather uncommon

aspect, and the two planets coming together by aspect

suggests more subjectivity, now with a hint of

idealism coming into the picture. There is a picture

forming here of what " could be " , what " should be " .

 

Now, checkout Neptune in the 3rd - sextile the Asc,

Uranus-Pluto, and quindecile Venus (which happens to

be in Gemini, cementing its tie to Mercury even more)

in the 9th - obsession with idealism, great potential

for being deluded - and put this together with all of

the above - and the chart image emerges definitely as

an organization that is seriously ideological - and

radical.

 

Finally, to round out our basic analysis of the NOW

chart, note that Saturn is in the 7th, and, if you're

into Chiron, it closely conjuncts it as well, also in

the 7th. This is the signature that reflects NOW's

position with respect to marriage and women's role in

it - the major movers and shakers of NOW at the time

(and to a certain extent today) considered marriage to

be a woman's doom, and saw divorce as something of a

rite of passage for women (in fact, NOW's first

chairwoman and founding member, Betty Friedan, was

divorced around the time of NOW's official founding in

66; Gloria Steinem, considered by many the living

embodiment of the modern day feminist movement, also

had several marriages from which she divorced).

Saturn-Chiron conjunctions...just the image of them in

your brain, infers pain. Think about it - what do you

think the relationship/marital life of a person (in

this case, woman) would be if you she handed you her

chart and saw Saturn conjunct Chiron in the 7th and in

Pisces??? At the very least you would raise an

eyebrow, right? C'mon you wouldn't be an astrologer

worth your salt if you didn't. Therefore, NOW's stance

regarding marriage makes perfect sense and is no

surprise at all. That Saturn is also at the Aries

Point brings all of this forward, and again, look at

NOW's history and some of its major players, and the

results speak for themselves (and we have to say that

Saturn's rulership of the 5th also speaks loud and

long to NOW's abortion-rights stance, conjunct Chiron

- " wounding " children? Note that the rulers of the 5th

and 8th Houses, Mars and Saturn - classically the

Great Malefics of Astrology - are angular).

 

Betty Friedan was born Feb 4 1921 4am CST Peoria IL;

Plac 23 Sag 16 Rodden AA. She founded NOW in 66, and

was divorced by 69 (NOW foundation and 1st

chairwomanship, transit Jupiter conjunct the Moon and

opposed Pluto in the 1-7 axis, transit Saturn square

the Asc, ruling the 2nd House of Prestige; for her

divorce from a long-standing marriage, transit Pluto

squaring the Asc, having come from the 7th where it is

natally; transit Uranus square the Moon. Note the

Moon-Pluto opposition in the 1-7 Can/Cap

axis...hmm...). The ties between her chart and that of

NOW are considerable.

 

Gloria Steinem was born Mar 25 1934 10pm EST Toledo

OH; Plac 12 Sco 23 Rodden AA. Venus conjunct Saturn

with Venus ruling the 7th at the nadir of the chart,

both in Aquarius; MC=Venus/Saturn. Hmm...

 

What's interesting to note in both ladies' charts is

the hard Moon-Venus aspects; in Friedan's case Moon

squares Venus, in Steinem's the Moon quindeciles

Venus. This suggests a certain narcissism about

oneself. Note too that in the NOW foundational

horoscope, the Moon and Venus are accross from each

other...not what I would normally consider a tight

opposition...they're almost 8 degrees away

" natally " ...but still...hmm...very interesting.

 

Some of you may recall the recent article I wrote

about Roe v. Wade. In it I presented the chart of the

date the actual decision, Roe v. Wade, came down. Of

all of NOW's goals, this has to be its crowning

achievement, and every year, they mobilize thousands

of women accross the county to lobby publicly for it

remaining in place. How much you wanna bet that the

RVW chart has tight ties to that of NOW? How much?

 

Well, save your money (I'm not a betting man), but

checkout the astrology for yourself (Roe v. Wade, Jan

22, 1973, Noon, Washington DC; Plac 16 Tau 24): RVW's

Moon sits right on NOW's Asc; its Asc opposes NOW's

Neptune; its Mars-Saturn axis falls on NOW's Moon and

squares NOW's Uranus-Pluto; its Sun opposes NOW's

Mercury; its Neptune opposes NOW's Venus; its Venus

opposes NOW's Sun-Jupiter; and its Jupiter exactly

trine NOW's Asc. Furthermore, if you checkout NOW's

measurements for the time, SA Uranus and Pluto were

closing in on exact conjunction with the Asc at the

time Roe v. Wade came down. Impressive, and this,

along with the basic analysis, suggests that the noon

mark may indeed by accurate.

 

I also said in my RVW article, that it looked like it

was a certainty that it was going to change,

radically, between Fall 05 and Spring 08; looking at

NOW's measurements for the same time period, it looks

like the organization is under serious " attack " and

the battleground no doubt WILL be Abortion.

 

In July 2006, the following Solar Arc pictures become

exact:

 

1. SA Mars=Pluto

2. SA Mars=Uranus/Pluto

3. SA Mars=Uranus

 

Keep in mind, Mars is very pronounced in the NOW

foundation chart and rules the 8th.

 

Additionally in 2006, transit Uranus will square its

own natal position and Pluto from the 6th and transit

Saturn (later in the year; keep in mind, Saturn rules

the 5th) will square Neptune, while transit Neptune

will square its own natal position from the 5th;

transit Pluto at the SUN/MOON MIDPOINT. This is

upheaval, reversal, power struggle, weakening, all day

here. As indicated earlier, July is the flashpoint but

the transits are operative all that year. Its also

very interesting that NOW was founded in 66 and this

all takes place in 06 - 40 years later. No doubt the

heads of NOW will put its entire history behind a bid

to keep Roe v. Wade as we know it in place...in my

opinion, based on all of the evidence I have before

me, it'll be to no avail.

 

It looks like the End of an Era.

 

We'll see...

 

Comments?

 

Salaam,

Mu