Love Song
Minor Planets and Love Beyond Death
“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” - Thomas Campbell
This post will attempt to illustrate how the Minor Planets can augment the understanding of what is surely life’s most devastating event: the loss of a child to suicide. Since the COVID lockdowns, we have seen the incidence of suicide among the young grow to horrifying proportions, and so I write about a hard, hard topic on this beautiful Thanksgiving Day.
Readers who are new to Minor Planet Astrology may find this introduction helpful: Minor Planet Basics
We will look at the synastry between the natal chart of a young man (SON) and the event of his tragic death by suicide (SUI). The Minor Planets that represent father and son have anonymized:
MP Son
MP Dad
MP Surname
There are two other MPs with a curious name connection to both men that seems to echo across the chart. Given the strength of Neptune, I think it justified. See what you think:
MP DadSong
MP SonSong
Other MPs represent the name of the business they owned together:
MP Work 1
MP Work 2
For the sake of their privacy, I will give no more details.
Moons and Nodes
When I drew up the figures that comprise this synastry, I was struck by the poignant gesture of each Moon: transiting Moon on natal Pluto, exact; transiting Neptune on natal Moon, exact, and squared by the transiting Nodal Axis.
I’ve often found the action of the NN to be significant in death charts, as if it were an exit ramp or directional vector for the departing Soul. In this case, the stars seem to confirm it. See how the NN is perfectly conjunct Fixed Stars Hoedus 1 and 2, which some interpreters associate with suicide, a compelling connection in this case.
SON MP Surname opposite SUI MP Surname: image of father losing son
SON MP Son on SUI MP SonSong opposition SUI MP Work 2: son “singing good bye” to what they created together
SUI MP DadSong Mars exact opposite SUI Moon SON Pluto: song of indescribable pain, anger?
SUI Neptune on SON Moon square SUI NN Hoedus
I find this last point, that of Moon’s aspect to North Node on Hoedus, to be a most reassuring and loving figure. It’s as if Neptune has its arms around the young man’s Moon and is directing his attention home.
I realize this is an extremely difficult topic, but if I were to have the honor of consulting with the family, I believe they would be comforted to see the beauty, love and spiritual promise held within the astrology of this utter agony and loss.