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Christina's Blog
The Oxford Astrologer
Culture, Sociey and Astrology
from Mythopia
I don't subscribe to any particular school of astrology, but I do make a point of keeping up to date. I choose the ideas that work when I apply them to a real chart and real life and throw out the ones that turn out to be, well, wishful.
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Christina Rodenbeck, based in the ancient centre of learning, Oxford, examines living mythology through the lens of astrology. She likes to challenge prevailing orthodoxy, champion
originality and enchant with a good story. She is available for personal consultation. Read more of what she has to say at The Oxford Astrologer.
Nelson Mandela:
"I Am Prepared To Die"
Doctor Who's Chiron Return - The fabulous sci-fi series first aired in 1963. How does the show’s story lines reflect the British psyche?
The US Fiscal Deficit - is the mother of all debts. Mercury and Saturn combine to stall discussions along with the UR-PL square and eclipses
The Dwarf Planet Ceres - is profoundly connected to nurturing, parenting, fertility: the cycle of birth, growth, death and rebirth
UK Nixes Syrian Invasion - PM Cameron Page's intention to join the U.S. is thwarted by Parliament. Here's how the UK chart is shaping up
Prince George - his Cancer Sun, chart with Scorpio Ascendant and 8th house planets explained. Plus the royal pattern of 10th house planets.-
Turkey's Identity Crisis: As Saturn crosses Turkey's Scorpio Sun, the nation and its neighbors wonder if it's a secular or Islamic state...
Water Grand Trine - This isn't just any old Grand Trine: it's between three heavy-duty planets, Jupiter in Cancer, Saturn in Scorpio and Neptune in its own sign Pisces.
Oxford Archives
"[The ANC struggle] is a struggle of the African people, inspired by their own suffering and their own experience. It is a struggle for the right to live.
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."
April 20 1964,
Nelson Mandela at the Rivonia Trial
Nelson Mandela died yesterday. As you can see from the chart, the angels, Jupiter and Venus, came to take him. I thought he might go this summer at his Jupiter Return, but in fact Jupiter is nearing his Sun now.
When he made that famous speech, a speech which was to change the course of history, put him in jail for 27 years, and truly start to form his image in the public imagination, Chiron the wounded healer was in Pisces as it is now, quincunx Mandela's orator's Mercury in Leo. (Quincunx = the results of the speech were not straightforward.) In fact, when Mandela was arrested on 5 August 1962, Chiron was at 9° Pisces. Today, Chiron is at 9° Pisces.
Chiron, of course, is one of the mythical characters who chose death over immortality. In doing so, he actually ensured his own immortality: the gods turned him into a constellation in the night sky as a reward for his great teaching.
At the Rivonia Trial, Mandela offered to sacrifice his life for his country, but the gods had another longer story planned for him. He became a symbol for the struggle for justice, an example of bravery, stoicism, reason and intelligence in the face of bigotry and cowardice.
Mandela chose the route of reconciliation and healing, and he won. This is a lesson for everyone this Christmas.
