The 27 Club

The  ill-starred death of very talented musicians at the age of 27 has yesterday sadly captured another: Amy Winehouse.

In this short essay I present the natal astrology charts of her, as well as Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin, and the transit overlay of the planets at the approximate time of the artists’ deaths.

And here is some patterning in the order of most likely to be influential.

All have the following astrological influences.
At death, SA by transit in 12th house to natal SA, RA/KE by transit opposite natal RA/KE, ascendant at time of death is likely to be in the natal 7th or 8th house, KE with MA at time of death, JU aspect or conjunct transiting MO at death. Let’s take these one by one.

1. at death, SA by transit in 12th house to natal SA
the 12th is inimical to the first; as these young people approach their Saturn return the ball of weight of Saturn is pulling them to themes of finality; Kurt and Janis were in Saturn mahadasha at time of death.  Since Amy’s birth time is unknown we just don’t know her mahadasha at death, and Jimi’s was in his avayogi planet of Mercury, where Mercury natally is in the 12th


2. at death, RA/KE by transit opposite natal RA/KE
as the above gravitational weight was pulling them to oblivion, another longstanding effect of concomitant  psychological duress was being felt by all, for the nodal seesaw of Rahu and Ketu were switched for all, promoting addiction


3. ascendant at time of death is likely to be in the natal 7th or 8th house
a time of great delicacy, the daily trespass of the Ascendant into the natal maraka seventh or maraka-squared eighth house


4. KE with MA at time of death
this is where the addiction becomes overdose, with the anger of Mars applied


5. JU aspect or conjunct transiting MO at time of death
the following may be controversial, but because of this element, along with the remarkable fact that all four have Jupiter within half a sign of Moon natally, I have to think that all four died with some measure of comfort

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