Moongold
I have been reading the thread with much interest but am still very much a novice and don’t have a lot to offer. This is a really worthwhile exercise and thanks heaps for thinking of it and guiding us through it.
Whilst the discussions have progressed I’ve been reading as much as I can about the Sun. In Luminaries Liz Greene writes about the Sun and the Development of Consciousness in the light of the ancient symbol of Kingship. She outlines the various mythical expressions of heroism and these are basically very male.
Martha Stewart with her Sun in Leo and with the Pluto placement may really have had a very strong drive to accomplish a heroic journey of some kind , and she seems to have done this in business in the US. It is interesting to consider what it must have been like for a woman with this kind of chart. A mild observation – the US does seem, more than any other country to have more of the cultural climate for this kind of “heroism” – in private industry I mean. The US is the natural home of “for profit” business and corporate giants seem to have such a lot of influence.
I’ve been much more aware of issues and discussion around the influence of Moon (Mother/female) than I have of Sun (Father/male) so this kind of speculation is quite interesting.
Liz Greene also makes a strong point about Pluto in Leo and what it means for a whole generation of people about the influence of the “absent father”. Those with this kind of Pluto placement would have been borne during WW II when a whole lot of men were away. I wonder whether anything is known of Martha’s father and his place in her life.
Just another observation – I know that people like this are in the public domain and this kind of examination of their lives is routine - but I wonder what it must be like for them to be so dissected? At least this kind of analysis is more respectful than many in the press, for example.
Whatever, Martha Stewart does seem to have been a remarkable woman. I’d love to know more about her now.
Whilst the discussions have progressed I’ve been reading as much as I can about the Sun. In Luminaries Liz Greene writes about the Sun and the Development of Consciousness in the light of the ancient symbol of Kingship. She outlines the various mythical expressions of heroism and these are basically very male.
Martha Stewart with her Sun in Leo and with the Pluto placement may really have had a very strong drive to accomplish a heroic journey of some kind , and she seems to have done this in business in the US. It is interesting to consider what it must have been like for a woman with this kind of chart. A mild observation – the US does seem, more than any other country to have more of the cultural climate for this kind of “heroism” – in private industry I mean. The US is the natural home of “for profit” business and corporate giants seem to have such a lot of influence.
I’ve been much more aware of issues and discussion around the influence of Moon (Mother/female) than I have of Sun (Father/male) so this kind of speculation is quite interesting.
Liz Greene also makes a strong point about Pluto in Leo and what it means for a whole generation of people about the influence of the “absent father”. Those with this kind of Pluto placement would have been borne during WW II when a whole lot of men were away. I wonder whether anything is known of Martha’s father and his place in her life.
Just another observation – I know that people like this are in the public domain and this kind of examination of their lives is routine - but I wonder what it must be like for them to be so dissected? At least this kind of analysis is more respectful than many in the press, for example.
Whatever, Martha Stewart does seem to have been a remarkable woman. I’d love to know more about her now.