The missing link in the chart as an important clue
CONSPICUOUS
BY ABSENCE
Harry Potter was written by J.K.
Rowling. She has no aspects at all with the planet of communications, Mercury (apart from a very wide conjunction with Venus).
How that works in her private life, I do not know. For writing and concentration
you need silence and possible your contacts suffer when you are facing a
deadline. But the fact she became an author is remarkable, giving this NA (Not
Aspected) Mercury.
Jeanne d’Arc did not have planets in the
element fire. Yet she became a warrior. And she died by fire. Oprah Winfrey has
no planets in the element earth (the material element) and started very poor.
Still she became one of the richest women in the world! Hillary Clinton also
lacks earth signs and the Sun is only making one aspect: a quintile with
Saturn. Rich Donald Trump has no placements in earth. Liz Greene has no planets
in water signs but she occupies herself with the psychological side of
astrology. Theo van Gogh –Dutch director - had no planets in water and was
killed by Mohammed B, who has 60% of his planets in water signs. Michael Palin
amuses people with his stories about travelling with an
unaspected Venus in Gemini (an indication for the love of telling stories).
Evita Perron did not have major aspects with Neptune and became a legend.
You see my point…That what your chart
does not have is that what you seem to be looking for in life if it has not
already found you…So find the missing link in your chart and see how to use it.
No air, but maybe good aspects with Mercury or Venus? Like Mary J. Blige who
communicates perfectly by means of her musical talent. Those who miss fire in
their charts might look for the position and aspects of Mars or Jupiter. If you
have a NA Mars, find the planet in Aries or Scorpio or look for another symbol
of fire (like the Sun).
When you come on earth with a desire for
material security because there is no such a basic security for you, you are eager to
find it. Donald Trump used his Saturn, ruler sixth house of working and the
conjunction with Venus (ruler of the tenth house of career) to make it in the
world outside using his talent for knowing what is worthwhile. Oprah’s square
between Venus and Saturn did the same. Donald and Oprah have no earth. Theo van
Gogh had no water, but his chart has Sun square Neptune (a water sign ruler)
and Neptune is the symbol of movies. You see people somehow
compensate for the lacking element in their natal chart.
Some interpretations:
No aspects with:
Sun = seeking for creativity, leadership
and fame, health is important
Moon= seeking consistency in habits, a
family, emotions
Mercury = seeking for contacts and ways
for communication
Venus = seeking for love, kindness and
sympathy
Mars = seeking for activities, work
Jupiter = seeking for a conviction or
religion. Wants development.
Saturn = seeking for stability and
security, status
Uranus = seeking for sensation, new
items
Neptune = seeking mystic, romance, rest
Pluto = seeking challenges and influence
Missing elements:
Fire = looking for possibilities to
express aggression and feel vital
Earth = looking for possibilities to
collect material and feel secure
Air = looking for social contacts and
exchange of ideas
Water = looking for emotions and the
feeling to ‘belong’
Fire signs are Aries, Leo and Sagittarius
Earth signs are Taurus, Virgo and
Capricorn
Air signs are Gemini, Libra and Aquarius
Water signs are Cancer, Scorpio and
Pisces
Mar Bervoets
February 2006
PS October 2006
A planet that does not make major aspects (such as trines, squares and oppositions or conjunctions, or sextiles: the Ptolemic aspects) is called a peregrine planet (see Noel Tyl).