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This is an excerpt from a 2013 ECLIPSE article on Amanda Knox, now freshly convicted by an Italian court of slander, as she pointed police during the murder investigation in the direction of a colleague (particularly insidious as the man she accused was also a foreigner, and Black).
Do I sound cynical about this case? Yes, I am, largely because from the very beginning, I felt that one’s perception of Amanda Knox was based on just how willing an individual is to see what’s really in front of them. She’s the classic Rorschach test for each and every observer: for those who are co-dependent, who carry someone in their own life they want to see in a soft light (and so must see that in others who ‘fit the profile’), those who want to pretend darkness doesn’t exist, or those who genuinely don’t see the evil in others, because they don’t have it in themselves, these individuals seem to feel her trial is a travesty, that such an obvious innocent couldn’t have bound and slashed another young woman, slowly torturing her to death. For those who can accept that a book is not so easily summed up in its cover, there are dimensions to be seen in Knox, and possibilities, both for the night in question and for other choices and statements, to be examined–but we will look through the lens of the natal chart, for what it may tell us.
Amanda Knox (9 July 1987 2:47 AM Seattle Washington USA) has a natal chart that perfectly describes this mirror quality, this way in which others look into her physical being (and this is an important point–more in a minute), and see only what they are capable of believing. She has her Earth (the material state we must create in order to live our Soul–Sun–Purpose) in Capricorn conjunct Neptune in the 8th of other people’s resources=we think we are looking at hard realities, but we’re seeing an illusion that bounces back what’s within us. With this conjunction, it’s even easy to forgive the too-generous assessments of Knox’s character; these reviews are informed with an idealism (Neptune) imported by the observer. The key to seeing Knox clearly, though, isn’t found only in the ability to withhold one’s projections, it’s also found in the realization that the physical Beingness (Earth) is providing the illusion (Neptune). We read her and think we ‘know’, but we are taking cues from the physicality that are deceptive, not necessarily deliberately, but certainly played upon by the canny Knox. The Italian and world tabloid press dubbed her ‘angel face’ and ‘foxy knoxy’ during her trial, a good illustration of the physical influence.
With Sedna obscuring things from the unconscious 12th, in generous trine to both Earth and Neptune, Knox may keep a lot riding on this combo: it may allow her to project the image she wants, without too much conscious thought, making the image seem all the more valid to onlookers, and hiding the life-death-life associations, and the play between roles and expectations, even from herself. And speaking of identity, the Cancer Sun in the 2nd quincunxes the 7th House Saturn in Sagittarius, uniting the 4th and the 8th and 9th, family/ feelings about deepest Self, other people and their resources, and foreign travel, among other things, suggesting that the Self is uneasy in situations that combine these, and/ or that the Self is uneasy in reality itself (Sun qnx Saturn). This little complex, and a lot more, was activated on the day of Meredith’s murder.
On the day of the murder, t Mars was moving quickly toward conjunction with Amanda’s Sun (aggression/ assertion characteristic of the Soul, given or received), t Saturn filled in a Grand Trine with n Neptune and Sedna (easy to have a lack of clarity, or outright delusions, about reality at this time), t Venus closely conjoined (Uranian) Zeus (valuing the ambitions and desire state–jealousy possible! which was the contention of the prosecution), t Sun was just past conjunction to n Pluto, but that puts the t Earth conjunct Sedna (‘shining a light’ on darkness/ not seeing the physical repercussions of things), t Jupiter was at the natal Saturn-Moon midpoint (setting the Self free from emotional restrictions–plus natally that unites the matters of 8th and 9th–Capricorn–with matters of the 1st and 2nd–Cancer–implying the possibility of a ‘what’s mine is mine, and what’s yours is mine’ orientation), t Pluto exactly trines n Jupiter (only 2 minutes off–letting rage out, broadcasting darkness, big change, and study of death has come to associate Jupiter with it, so possibly, facing/ creating death could have been, relatively speaking, easy), t Chiron was just past conjunction to the MC (had there been some public humiliation or wounding beforehand?) t Uranus squared n Saturn (a lot of ‘wilding’ energy challenging the status quo behaviors long-term), and t Vesta conjoined Neptune (illusions, delusions, ideals and fantasies are sacred, as are one’s idea of home and the mate). And that’s just what a cursory inspection shows.
Did Amanda Knox murder her roommate? Her frequently changed story in the early days of the investigation did not help her case; she blamed a lot of other people, at various points, with further court actions aplenty. I have a very strong opinion on the case–but so do many others, and all of us may be under that Neptunian spell, judging nothing but our own illusions.
Btw, transiting Pluto is currently opposed her Mars, creating a recipe for answering Amanda’s own aggressions and ego with the energy of ‘birds coming home to roost’; in other words, getting what one deserves. Knox’s chart–
ll9lotus said:
Thank you Julie. I read your original posts on Amanda Knox and I agree with your assessment although I am not an astrologer. I think her father had the money to blast out at us the image of innocence. I never bought it even as her camp seemed to relentlessly poured out the message in the U.S. Perhaps it is a projection, but I remember some videos shown before her trip that showed (at least to me) someone who seemed childish and manipulative. Yes, the police seemed to botch some of the investigation but as you stated, her ever changing story and strange behavior at the time suggested some involvement on her part. What a tragic story and poor Meredith and her family seemed to be ignored. Meredith and her family are the real victims.
Thank you for your input, lotus!
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Merrielis G said:
seeing that she has a stellium in 7th, 7th house is the house of projections. other people’s grossness. I can easily see how she panicked and changed her story due to the harsh treatment of police investigation and interrogation plus she was young and afraid. If i were in that situation, as a young woman and in fact if many young ladies were in that situation, it would be horrific and everyone’s accusing you and you feel alone and afraid and officers are cruel and torturous. its a cruel world out there. Her crime would be involving herself in that partying arena with students and she should have just been left to herself and not invovle herself with other people. Its difficult with a packed 7th house who need others. Plus also, she has alot of fire sagittarius stellium trine Jupiter Aries, bold and courageous but also headlong into stupid situation. Her Cancer sun /stellium really took a beating. So did her fire placements because no one can handle this stuff.
Your compassion for Knox’s situation is certainly understandable. It might be worth it to remind ourselves that projections are our own energies, disowned. Concerning those 7th House energies, I do see them as her disowning her own impulsivity, unpredictability (Uranus) and personal responsibility/ agency (Ceres) as triggered by others–and I see it that way in part because those are closely opposed by Chiron (the wound, seeing the Self as a victim) and Vesta, which in the 1st can prompt one to see oneself as sacred–that is, not to be contradicted or crossed. The Moon in there only makes confusion, emotional volatility, and fears look as if, to Knox, they are being caused by others. It’s a delicate dynamic, any way you cut it. Thank you for your comment, Merrielis G!
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Melanie said:
Well. Looking at her chart with Uranus conjunct moon in the 7th. I really think this might means snap judgements for good or ill about this girl. I have a 7th house taurus moon opposite neptune in the 1st. The projections about who I am are ridiculous. Now she has Uranus and Saturn nearby. I think women who have 7th house moons literally reflect the viewers subconscious judgement about themself. Seen this many times in my life. Unfortunate placement for a woman.
I do agree that bringing Neptune into the mix makes for an entirely different story–but Amanda’s isn’t involved in the 1st/ 7th scenario, except peripherally, as ruler Saturn is in the 7th, though not involved in the opposition. I hesitate to make blanket statements about the Moon in any House, as manifestations can vary a great deal, though as you point out the Moon and Uranus in 7th, I’ll just note that their ruler, Jupiter, sits in the Placidus 12th, guaranteeing that how that emotional spontaneity appears almost certainly involves acting as a conduit for the unconscious. Thank you for your comments, Melanie!
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