July 4th USA Birthday
Natal Chart Reading: The Illusion of Freedom & Independence by
theastrofiend
It's July 4th in the
United States. This is called Independence Day where the brave strong ex
Europeans broke free from mainly the British Empire to self-govern themselves
as a free independent country. America for short, it established itself to the
world as free and pride itself on independence, rights known as amendments
including voting rights, rights to bear arms, etc. and the ability for self-determination.
However like it's natal
chart America or the United States is a contradiction, an outlier & flat out
liar.
The United States of
America as much as it is about freedom, opportunity, autonomy and self-determination.
It also just as much a hypocritical unapologetic Racist Capitalist Classist
Business. You can't separate one from the other and the natal chart shows this.
FYI America is racist.
Always has been always will be. FYI I don't prescribe or subscribe to the
elementary school over-simplistic definition that racism is when you hate and
think you are better than another races. No that's called prejudice and
supremacy (or simply arrogance). Racism to me is systematic oppression. This
isn't political, this is history.
Also FYI I do not hate
America. As of now I have a very complicated relationship & experience with
America. I am grateful for all the privileges I am afforded to have as an
American in a first world western country. I am grateful to be given a fighting
chance and opportunity for a less sucky life in my privileged as a black woman
in America. However this country is not perfect, it will never be, and honesty
this country and countries all over globally are overdue for a reckoning
against my people/distant family. I see the other side of America's image and
the ideals kinda like seeing someone without makeup. They look sick.
Now let's get into the
natal chart of USA, screenshot below:
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NOTE:
THERE ARE MANY NATAL CHARTS FOR THE USA.
I AM USING THE SIBLY SAG RISING JULY 4TH 1776 4:50 PM PHILADELPHIA, PA USA NATAL CHART. FOR MORE INFORMATION OF USA VARIOUS NATAL CHARTS: Astrological Chart for USA [Sibly or not?]The United States of America July 4th, 1776 5.10pm [17:10]? BY EQUINOX ASTROLOGY LINK HERE: http://www.astrology.co.uk/news/USA.htm#sag |
Ascendant
in Sagittarius
Appearance is everything
with Ascendant/Rising. The Ascendant / Rising sign is not just a mask. It's how
we move in life. It's how we introduce ourselves to the world and get to our
goals. It's our path in life. America with the mutable Fire energy of Sagittarius
is seen as a very lucky gregarious, happy go lucky, larger than life character.
America and the American Dream where wealth, big houses, big fast cars, sexy
women, brawny men, hedonistic pleasures, and all your wildest dreams can come
true. This can be true, but doesn't mean that it is for everyone. Inside those
big smiles and open welcoming arms tells another story. The Ascendant in
Sagittarius is just the front door, the living room in a big house inside USA's
underbelly. Sagittarius loves journeys so let’s take a journey further into
America’s natal chart.
2nd
House in Capricorn
Pluto
in Capricorn
The 2nd House is about
money, how we make/earn money, our values, inside and outside, materialism, and
our skills.
The United States of
America has the 2nd House in Capricorn with their natal Pluto in Capricorn in
it. Money was always the motive since before this country was a country.
American history is
interesting. It started out as a group of colonies by various European empires
solely to make money off of trade. This was during the time of the start of
Capitalism, with Europe moving away from feudalism to Capitalism in the 16th
and 17th Centuries (1500s'-1600s'). America is the first modern Capitalist
country.
The pre America
Americans were tired of their main mother country England (Britain, Britannia)
controlling and using them. So they rebelled. America literally transformed
itself and recognized it's own power (Pluto) and took control (Capricorn) to
make a self-sustaining country where they didn't have to share their wealth
with their mother/parents (Europe).
You can see it as a
business merger where a group of strong but disorganized businesses (colonies)
merged to form one powerful company in order to gain a bigger market share
(money).
The phrase of Capricorn
is "I use." This perfectly describes America's Pluto in Capricorn and
2nd House in Capricorn. Pluto is a generational slow moving generational planet
so its' effects is felt by generations of people and is very
interpersonal.
The European Empires via
the colonies, then later the newly formed America took the autonomy and
power away from others (black slaves, native Indigenous peoples) through
violence, trade, monopolizing their products (via the slave labor) in order to
make money for themselves and to gain power.
America's survival and
resources was on the backs of others which is a negative effect of Pluto and
Pluto in Capricorn. The negative effects of Pluto is power struggles and taking
power from others to become more powerful.
3rd
House in Aquarius
Moon
in the 3rd House in Aquarius
Contrary to popular
belief Moon in air signs feel emotions and are not robots. However they like to
detach from their emotions, talk themselves in or out of emotions and most
importantly like to rationalize their emotions, and actions as a result of
their feelings. This is what America does. There's a level of detachment and
rationalizing/intellectualizing emotions with Moon in Aquarius that is
startling considering the stellium of Cancer/Moon/water sign energy in the US's
natal chart.
As a fixed Air sign,
Aquarius moon emotions are pretty consistent and stable (for an air sign).
Stubborn, dogmatic, needing both space/freedom, and intellectual stimulation.
Aquarius moons feel emotions but they run from it. They would rather think
about it than feel it. Oftentimes compartmentalizing it than letting it flow
through them.
Aquarius is seen as a
very brotherly, humanitarian sign. It is, but there is an undercurrent of
focusing more on collective rather than the individual. The "I love
humanity but hate humans paradox."
You, your,
emotions/feelings don't matter but the collective does. Oh you're suffering, well
millions of people are suffering too. The end results matter. We as the water
bearing control and pour the water, but we don't drink it.
America with Moon in
Aquarius has done a great job of flat out ignoring and trivializing personal
suffering for the greater "good" or for personal gain. America with
Moon in Aquarius does a lot of emotional labor to rationalize it's seedy and
immoral origins story.
The War of Independence
(1775-1783) was waged and funded off the backs of forced black labor is ironic.
The Declaration of Independence where all men were created equal and free
except black slaves.
Rationalizing &
intellectualizing the inhumane evil nature of slavery by adding religion. Using
Christianity to justify slavery. The violence, rape, incest, Brainwashing
slaves by teaching them Christianity so they are easily controlled.
Rationalizing &
intellectualizing White Supremacy, Eugenics with scientific racism, and
manifest destiny to make it seem ok to invade occupied lands and steal them from the natives.
This isn't solely an
American thing, this is Global but with America it is still going on. America
does not want to confront it's atrocities, do the work of feeling emotions, of
reflection. slowing down and thinking that it's actions has done to a big majority
of it's peoples'.
4th
House in Pisces
Chiron
in Aries
In the origins story of
America in relation to the 4th House in Pisces. America is the unloved,
undesirable child who was separated and isolated from it's parents (Europe) in
a foreign land with foreign people. America was there on a mission, but soon
deviated from the mission because the lines got blurry and the boundaries were
broken down. This strange land felt more like home than their original
"home." Loyalties changed, and new identities were formed beyond
their family, and traditions.
These are some of the
themes of the 4th House in Pisces. Sensitivity and being isolated from their
family/home. Lost familial lines, crossed/crossing boundaries, blurring &
ever changing loyalties and fluid identities.
Having the 4th House
ruled by Pisces/Neptune, it is easy for America to have their boundaries
crossed and to cross other people's boundaries. Stealing the homeland from
Indigenous peoples and making them foreigners and enemies in their homeland is
very 4th House Piscean/Neptunian. There is a misconception that Pisces energy
is automatically these sweet, naive, uber sensitive passive energy. That isn't
true. Pisces is more like a blank ever changing slate. Pisces is both the
predator and the prey, the victim and the perpetrator. Like mist there is
confusion surrounding what Pisces energy is.
Not to mention Chiron is
in Aries in America's natal chart. Asteroid Chiron is the known as the wounded
healer, a centaur that can heal others but can't heal itself. America has
Chiron in Aries in the 4th House (ruled by Pisces). Violence is the United
States of America wounded healer.
The violence of
slavery/slave labor created wealth for the world's countries, and the colonies.
Especially for America as a country to build and sustain itself up.
World War 2 and that
violence and opportunist Capitalist nature of America established and promoted
America as a world power.
America is constantly
attacked/criticized for its' violence (Gun violence/school shootings, anyone?)
and its hypocrisy surrounding it. Violence got America to where it is now.
America respects and honors violence (2nd Amendment anyone). We take advantage
of violence so much so that it benefits us or "heals" not as much as it
wounds.
Just as
"independence" and "autonomy" is seen as national ideal/
Violence and denial is our national identity and our pride.
7th House in Gemini
Jupiter in Cancer
(Abundance, Luck, Opportunity, Faith, Cultures etc.)
Venus in Cancer (Relationships, Romance, Business)
Uranus in Gemini
(Rebellion, Freedom, Change, Innovation)
Mars in Gemini
(Drive, Action, Energy, Sexuality, Stamina, etc.)
The themes for the 7th
House includes Relationships, partnerships, Business, marriage, open enemies,
and projection to name a few.
America has a packed 7th
House in the sign of Gemini. America has Jupiter conjunct Venus in Cancer &
Mars and Uranus in Gemini in the 7th House. 4 planets
To note America has a
major Stellium in Cancer with 2 Cancer planets in the 8th House and 2 Cancer
planets in the 7th House. America is a very Cancer country projecting an image
of being very motherly, welcoming, jovial, larger than life, protective, and
abundant.
America uses its charm/allure
(Venus), refreshing rebellious independent spirit (Uranus) and energetic,
persuasive, combative energy (Mars) to attract
partnerships/allies/opportunities/wealth and abundance (Jupiter).
You want to vacation
here, build a home here, live out your dreams from New York, to Hollywood, to Las
Vegas, to friggin’ Texas. Thrilling, enticing, so many cultures, so many
images; America has projected a fanatic mercurial energy for the world. However
once we move past the projection, we much delve further into our journey to the
8th House.
Cancer Stellium: 8th
House Energy
8th House in Cancer
Sun in Cancer
Mercury in Retrograde in
Cancer
North Node in Leo
America has a stellium
in moody emotional Cardinal water sign Cancer. Sun, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter
in Cancer conjunct. This shows that America values family, patriotism,
patriarchal, traditions, family values and ancestry.
A narrative I've come up
with is:
The United States of
America is Europe's privileged Bastard child/prince who inherited the wealth, stolen
land, and freedom from his parents who had exiled and abandoned him. He’s
rebelling against his family. Sowing his royal oats, making a name outside his
family's name and legacy. Immature, entitled, with a chip on his shoulder
moving through the world and bending it to his will. Instinctual knowing what
to say or do to gain support. Knowing how to form attachments and forging
relationships with people by whatever means necessary.
This is very related to
the Cancerian 8th House energy of the United States of America. America has
Cancer Sun & Mercury retrograde in Cancer, plus North Node in Leo.
The 8th house is many
things sex, death, taxes, and much more. The 8th House is also about shared
resources and inheritance.
America won it's freedom
from the British. America “inherited” stolen land from native people by simply
eliminating them and killing them. America turned their backs on the stolen peoples
brought to a stolen land who build up America via forced labor, violence, and
trauma still felt and inherited via it’s living descendants and their bloodlines
to this day. Sun in Cancer in 8th House is very telling. Murky secretive
origins story, questionable moral code, and a transformative narrative of a
self that is very different from the reality of how it started out.
Cancer is one of the
most psychic, sensitive, and spiritually in tune, In the 8th House with Sun
(ego, personality) and mercury retrograde (communication, thinking, learning
internalized) America understands the psychological depths of humans, human nature,
and the human psyche. America is a good psychic, channeler, and alchemy master.
This great for judging someone’s strength, sizing someone up, and for
manipulating someone and their energy. Things are not what it seems here, are
much deeper. Nefarious dealings and pacts made with the underworld.
Especially with Sun in
the 8th House there is a conflicting contradictory identity. America
deeply religious country that still has the death penalty. A country afraid of
the different facades of sexuality but is very comfortable with violence. A
country about family values, tradition, with maternal welcoming arms for
immigrants and foreigners, while as disrespecting/killing off the native inhabitants
and punishing/cursing the forced black builders who are also natives via
birthright of this great country. The identity he built for himself became a
country and his adoptive family. An identity that is not allowed to be
questioned. If it is question, the spin masters are here to call you
ungrateful, un-American, to go back to your country. Who’s country is this
though?
Mercury retrograde in
Cancer in the 8th house flipping the narrative especially with Mars
in Gemini trickster energy. FYI yes America uses violence but it mainly fights
via its’ words and the media which is so Mars in Gemini.
“The media's the most
powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and
to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds
of the masses.” ― Malcolm X, a quote by an American.
America's destiny and
life path North Node in Leo in the 8th House. From its seedy inception and past
to its place currently in the world. America is here for a reason and purpose.
Nothing is by chance or by accident. America has moved away from South Node in
Aquarius in the 2nd House ideals (Fraternity, brotherhood) from yesteryear
to the current/future where it’s not the passive bystander of its destiny but
the star. An active passionate set of energies that wants its presence known,
admired and noticed. Wanting to be seen, wanting to get the spotlight in the
most Plutonian/8th House way possible.
America is the dark banished
unapologetic shameless powerful prince who claimed and inherited the future
throne of a stolen land through violence, divine right, and manifest destiny. America
took on its birthright, its bloodlines soaked in the blood, sweat, and tears of
its mother country’s imperialism, colonization, Capitalism, and ravenous excess.
America flipped it, bent it to its will and shitted on it.
9th House in Leo
Neptune in Virgo
conjunct MC
Lilith retrograde in Leo
America has the 9th
House in Leo. The 9th House is all about higher education,
longer term travel, different cultures, beliefs, value systems, religion/spirituality,
philosophy, and much more. Here in Leo America is proud and unapologetic not
feeling the need to apologize for its past and current savagery. Neptune in
Virgo is in here and it’s conjunct MC. Focusing on just the Neptune here in the
9th House can show questionable ethics, morals and values. Someone
willing to cross boundaries on a surface and on a spiritual levels. Highly
idealistic, at times self-righteous, and hypocritical. The search for knowledge
in the most extreme ways without limits or boundaries. It’s important to note
that Neptune in Virgo is opposite of Neptune’s domicile/home sign in Neptune in
Pisces. So Virgo goes about Neptune ideals in the opposite way but share
similar goals. Lending a helping with a divine cause higher and deeper than
itself. Not allowing itself to be a sacrificial lamb
America has also Lilith
retrograde in Leo in the 9th House. This is the bad bitch energy of
the motherly, maternal, matronly Cancer that has been flipped upside down.
America’s love is conditional, loyalty to no one, self-centered, egotistical,
and repressive/oppressive when it comes to 9th house pursuits (higher
education, travel/movement). It’s no wonder why the cost of higher education is
so high and people go into debt to pursuit it and the American dream? It’s no
wonder why the truth is so hard to come by and suppressed (especially with
Mercury retrograde in the 8th House).
10th House in Virgo
Saturn in Libra in the 10th House
Neptune in Virgo conjunct the MC
To build after the 9th
House energy of America. America has the MC, Mid-heaven, 10th House
in Virgo with Saturn in Libra there. The 10th House is the house of
career, reputation, public image. It’s how we want to be seen and how we
actually are seen to the world on a wider level.
Here America is seen as
hard working, studious, with an effort to project the image of being a fair,
just country built off of freedom (off that Saturn in Libra energy). America is
the world’s peace keeper leading the way against human rights violations and
highly encouraging other nations to follow suit.
In terms of Saturn in
Libra in the 10th House with Libra supposedly being exalted in
Saturn. Saturn is all about hard work, discipline, structure, authority, restrictions,
and responsibility.
The downside is that
America is seen as meddling, hypocritical, backwards, especially when
fashioning itself as leader of a free world being that America profits off of
violence and conflict. There is a repressive, oppressive, and restrictive
energy and perception here especially in terms of America fashioning itself as
a model for justice, liberty, and freedom.
Remember Neptune in Virgo
is conjunct MC in Virgo. So there is a bit of self-delusion and not seeing your
public self clearly here. This can be true, however.
Yes America has used
slaved labor and genocide the native population but what about the other
countries? The other nations seem to forget that America is here because of
their own greed, their own need for additional resources via global colonization
and imperialism that contributed to much of its modern wealth. America has it’s
fair share of doing the dirty work but other nations and countries started it
and America dominated it. The fact that America dominates is what get these
other countries salty. America was their cash cow, the prince that was
promised. America publicly defied its’ destiny and made its’ parents their
bitch babies and taking a share of the glory.
This can be a symptom of
Neptune in Virgo conjunct MC in Virgo AND SATURN in the 10th House
being the fall guy, the “victim” in the colonize
Criticisms with America’s
reputation by other nations is the pot calling the kettle black. No one’s hands
are clean. If America has to deal with the reckoning of its own unforgivable actions
so do these countries. They all know this, but they shift blame, point fingers,
instead of doing the real work to rectify the conditions. Not that they ever
can ever correct things or wash the blood off their hands, but the effort would
look pretty.
Overall this was very
long and hard to write. Especially in today’s climate and times. But I’m here
on the 11th Hour. America is my home. I am a student of history. I am invested in its’ future
even if I have conflicting feelings for its' future.
