The Astrological Signature of Abuse
July 9, 2008
When O.J. Simpson was tried for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, this astrologer, like the rest of the country, was caught up in the courtroom drama. Being out of work that summer, I watched raptly just about every minute of the televised trial. When the trial yielded little conclusive evidence one way or another, I attempted, astrologically, to figure out if the famous football hero was responsible for her death. That started a fourteen year ongoing astrological study in the nature of violence, domestic abuse and domestic as well as “stranger” murder. Was there something that came up consistently which displayed a potential for violence?
A pattern did emerge for me, and I have successfully been able to apply it when counseling my clients about relationships.
Here is the chart of a man who has a history of abusive behavior in his relationships. All identifying information is blanked out.
The first striking thing is the yod from the Aries Sun, Pluto and Neptune. Martian issues would dominate his life, the and the need is to handle them in a transformative and spiritual fashion. With Pluto as a leg of that yod, pointing to the Mercury, Sun and Venus stellium, he is under cosmic orders to transform his view of women and children. However, the energy of the inconjunct makes this difficult, as he has an inability to see the real issues involved. But this in and of itself is not what marks abusive behavior.
We’ve all been taught that a Mars, Uranus combination indicates an explosive temper and it certainly does. But an added component in most abuse charts that I study is the the Moon connects energetically with either Mars, Uranus or both. This is the astrological signature of a potentially abusive situation. Here Mars connects energetically in a sextile to Uranus, and Mars is in tension aspect to an impulsive Moon in Sagittarius.
The aspects shown in the outer wheel is the man’s recent arrest for domestic disturbance. Here transiting Mars has just come within a one degree orb of the Plutonian leg of the yod. Mars, I find, is usually involved in arrests, the trigger for a building set of transits. A protective order was granted to the wife, and the man violated it just a few days ago, prompting another arrest and an upgrade of the protective order. Uranus is crossing back and forth over his Venus and Sun, and yes, the wife, has filed for divorce. I counseled her to be very strict in the enforcement of the protective order, because with these transits, the man is not done with being stupid.
Tomorrow we will look into the murder of Spec. Megan Touma, and the reasons why her death was not a “stranger” murder.
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July 9th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Beth,
Really interesting post. Something I know that I will be using in the future. I wonder if the same research could be done for men or women who aren’t emotionally supportive.
Now it makes me want to go check out my husbands natal chart. Not saying that he’s either non supportive or has anger issues.
July 11th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Hi Beth,
I am enjoying your blog posts very much; thank you for putting out such quality astrological writing.
From a traditional perspective, while there aren’t “signatures” as such, one would look at the “significator of manner” (as in, one’s overall mental and emotional make-up). In the chart you posted, there is nothing but trouble.
Mars in the 1st house in Gemini is not very strong in that sign, so it probably will not manifest very beneficently (no other planets are helping it out). We could expect a hot-tempered, foul-mouthed person who likes to start fights. Note that Mars rules the 7th house of partners.
Mercury is combust, so the person may tend to lose their head. Aries can give a hair-trigger temper, when combined with the prominent Mars. Algol, the Head of Medusa, on the Ascendant, does not help in that regard.
One could go on and on; look at the difficult Moon contacts, for instance.
Best wishes,
Nina
July 11th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Thank you, Nina, for your kind words and stopping by and leaving a comment. I enjoy your blog as well. Though traditional horary is not my thing, I respect a great deal those that practice it. And there is more than one path to get the same answer, as your analysis of the above chart demonstrates.
Yes, you are right about the hot, hair trigger temper. Not a foul mouth, not crude in most instances, but certainly argumentative, and in an unreasonable, unthinking way. With Neptune inconjunct the Mars, it is alchohol and substance abuse that facilitates the angry behavior.
Folks you can check out Nina’s great blog, Gryphon Astrology here.
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