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“It’s alright to keep your grief, long’s you make room for other things” Bubbles, The Wire
We are so often told we must forgive, forget, move on, recover; we begin, in fact, to feel that if we aren’t complex-free and happy, we’re in some way defective. This just isn’t so; a natural part of the human condition is to grieve for what was, could’ve been, for our regrets, for the sadnesses that are woven through our days, including the impersonal ones that come to us through the news, the neighborhood, the internet, unbidden. Even without significant trauma, the passage of time will bring change, and that alone can bring us grief, as we look back and recall how things looked different in the past (including ourselves!) how we were more optimistic, or innocent, or energized–and so often in hindsight it seems what we faced was simpler, the choices more easily discerned. the opportunities missed; and yet, if we’re honest we realize that at the time, what was presented was the ultimate challenge, in terms of our ability to deal with the alternatives. We tend to think it was all easier, back when–but in truth our minds have smoothed over the edges–we’ve forgotten the depth of our fears, our goals in the moment, and all the influences we were under.
The natal horoscope gives some suggestion of where we might be vulnerable throughout life, and can point to the areas where we may store our grief. Our Moon is a prime repository, and the House with Cancer on the cusp can be the point where we pour that upset into the physical world; Neptune may be involved, as we follow the natural impulse and hide from, mask, or misunderstand the affected areas; and Sedna may be the new kid on the block, but also one to watch, as her touch makes understanding (even perception!) impossible in the affected arenas; and hard contacts to the Sun can be debilitating, suggesting Soul vulnerabilities that affect the literal and figurative heart.
Actress Brittany Murphy (10 November 1977, Atlanta GA, no time available) died suddenly yesterday in her Los Angeles home, and my first thought on hearing this was that her heart may have stopped from an electrolyte imbalance; her extremely thin appearance of late points to this as a possibility, and she would not have been the first Hollywood actress to suffer this (Kellie Waymire had a similar cardiac disruption at a young age). With Brittany, no time of birth is available, so we can’t attribute signs to cusps, but transits and Solar Arcs tell us something of the possibilities.
Transiting Neptune and Jupiter are sextile natal Ceres, suggesting the possibility of an exaggerated and poorly chosen diet, perhaps an intensive fast; T Pluto is trine Chiron in Earth–could there have been a strong impetus for transformation (clearly gone too far) as the primal wound is stimulated? I heard a media individual say this morning that Brittany’s career had peaked five years ago; if this was her perception, too, then who knows what emotional damage this may have done, and what it might have spurred her to do to try to change the situation; Solar Arc Pluto was conjunct the Sun, symbol of the heart; and on the day of death, December 20th (and just prior to and concurrent with the time of discovery) the transiting Moon was square natal Uranus, bringing the emotional ‘light’ to bear on the nervous system, and the higher functions specifically. Could this in total show a grief that overcame this young woman? Of course, all this is purely speculative, as cause of death is still to be determined, but the loss of someone young always draws our attention, and gives us a fresh source of Collective, and even personal, grief, through our own empathetic nature.
Addendum: Reports now are stating that Murphy was vomiting severely prior to her collapse; this is a classic symptom of heart failure, whether from natural or induced causes. The chart and transits don’t suggest to me any drug involvement.
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very intense transits last few days
thats for sure…
I always think chiron when I see birth date ’77-78 (when it was discovered)
Britany was voice of lu-ann in King of the Hill, that voice sounds
very fragile…anything could’ve happened to her I get the feeling..
8 mile a very intense movie too…
when you’re 32 you still don’t know very much and I think the planets are in full swing just then..
As for grief and such, I don’t think anyone really “recovers” from anything- that’s an illusion..
you carry all those things all your life…
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Hi Julie:
Thank you for posting this. I was saddened by the loss of the young actress, Brittany Murphy. Having also followed up on reports about her nutritional habits, her too-soon death is really hitting national airwaves as a tragedy. I’ve watched “Clueless” about a million times and loved her character. The girl was multi-talented to me and full of charm.
Here’s hoping that we all invest in self-awareness and self-care this winter. We don’t have to do a LOT, just enough to remove as much stress and demands from our lives as possible. Life is not guaranteed to us for 100+ years. It’s kinda on loan, and we need to respect and take care of it, all the while thinking about how we’d like to leave our precious planet behind…
Murphy will be missed.
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Julie – I did my own analysis over at my heavenly truth blog and foolishly did not look at the solar arcs – solar arc Pluto conjunct the Sun, while it would have been happening all year, is still quite profound in the backdrop of the many things going on in her chart. I like your inclusion of Ceres especially with the eating disorder speculation. Transiting STATIONING Mars was squaring her sun at the time of her death and very near the time of the station, as well as her progressed Mars just stationing 10 days earlier. It has been such a sad year for celebrities passing 😦
Hi Amy–I’m glad someone took a more thorough look at the chart–just the little I noted seemed enough to signal a stressful time, and I thought the SA of Pluto to the Sun especially important, with it suggesting long-term, debilitating stress–and you make a good point about the Mars situation, considering the heart is one big muscle! Thank you for adding to the picture–jd
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I found the first paragraph immeasurably touching. Thank you for posting this….
Thank you so much, Sara
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