{"id":1948,"date":"2016-04-22T15:05:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T21:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hunavaruna.net\/?page_id=1948"},"modified":"2020-09-11T22:25:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T04:25:12","slug":"princes-passionate-purple-exit-stage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hunavaruna.net\/index.php\/princes-passionate-purple-exit-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"The Astrology of Prince’s Passionate Purple Exit Stage-^"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"prince3\"<\/a>Yesterday, April 21, 2016 Prince Roger Nelson suddenly passed away, shocking and saddening the world. Minnesotans now mourn the loss of a bright creative light, who inspired and enriched us locally with his musical and artistic genius that uplifted, united and delighted us in ever-refreshing ways during the last four decades. \u00a0The magic of his musical passion bridged and unified us across human schisms and divisions with the transcendence of pure heart and play. \u00a0His departure from the world of form has precipitated a swell of love, emotion and gratitude that may be unprecedented — locally, nationally, and internationally — as the song ‘Purple Rain’ plays continually, purple lighting in our City of Minneapolis, and spontaneous memorial parties honor his\u00a0life with us.<\/p>\n

What has been published in media is that he was battling the flu for several weeks, appeared to be feeling very well during his public appearance in our area last Saturday (April 16), and that there are no signs of trauma to his body, as reported by the local police department who responded to the 911 call from his Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen yesterday morning and pronounced him dead.<\/p>\n

I personally didn’t follow Prince via media, but I spent a great deal of time near his residence and studio throughout my life and have felt a spiritual grounding kinship. \u00a0Now, as the full spectrum of his creative gifts to us rises for objective appreciation, his greatness, love, spirit, creations, and healing light he so generously shared with us, remain as his legacy.<\/p>\n

This article presents a brief examination of his natal astrology chart for information about the mystery of his passing<\/strong>. \u00a0It is offered for other astrologers and students of astrology and does not include much explanation or detail for laypersons.<\/p>\n

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Prince’s natal chart above shows that he was Gemini with Scorpio rising, and Moon in Pisces. \u00a0Only Venus in Taurus is in an earth sign, and in T square to Uranus-Neptune. \u00a0Saturn opposes the Sun (6\u00b0), but is creatively aspected with Jupiter and Chiron. \u00a0We note the airy Grand Trine with Sun-Jupiter-Chiron. \u00a0He is an exceptional channel via communications. \u00a0He has Pluto in Leo conjunct the Midheaven, in opposition to Chiron in Aquarius, and also opposing Moon in early Pisces, and T-square to Mercury. \u00a0Note the quincunxes from Mars to Pluto and Neptune. \u00a0This is a highly charged nervous system, sometimes emotionally hypersensitive and uncompromising. \u00a0There would be issues with loss of perspective and over-sensitivity about appearance and self-worth. \u00a0Clearly, he needed to retreat regularly from the sometimes overwhelming pressures of his four oppositions in relating with the ‘outside’ world. \u00a0Neptune on his North Node would lead him forward inspirationally and intuitively via music and the element of water, which would rejuvenate his soul, and he would enjoy being in proximity to water at his home base.<\/p>\n

I knew nothing of Prince’s doings in recent years, so my deductions here are from studying his charts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Prince<\/a>Clearly, he began to experience the challenge of re-grounding and re-defining his being and purpose when Saturn crossed his Ascendant in July 2014<\/strong>. \u00a0When Saturn is in the first house of a birth chart, it is time to start fresh, and build a new body, a fresh perspective and outlook, and to lay the foundation for the next 28 years. \u00a0This is not an easy passage. \u00a0People typically run into painful problems if they haven’t sufficiently let-go of the previous chapter of life, which would have been dissolved during 2011-2014 for Prince. \u00a0The problems relate to the requirement to release everything one may have previously identified with that no longer suits who one actually and honestly IS now. \u00a0Relationships are especially difficult when Saturn moves through the first house because one is repeatedly presented with barriers and failures when one’s relationships are not accurately engaged by the truth of one’s being. \u00a0Prince needed to put himself first at this time, and release what was not a true match for him in the outer world of relationships and career objectives.<\/p>\n

2015 would have been an especially difficult year for Prince<\/strong>, as Saturn formed a T-square with his Pluto (on his Midheaven), and Chiron, and the Moon. \u00a0Saturn also opposed his natal Mercury. \u00a0He would have had some intense releasing and heart-clearing, mental and nervous stress, perhaps concerns with siblings and friends, and finally emotional clearing and releasing in his home base that would have been\u00a0a depression passage. \u00a02015 may have been one of the most difficult years of his life as Saturn provided reality corrections via his body and mind, and he came to terms with physical limitations. \u00a0I have read that he had trouble with his hips from dancing in high heeled shoes onstage, and epilepsy. \u00a0I also read that he could not play guitar anymore, but I don’t know why. \u00a0At any rate, the Saturn passage of 2015 would have required him to slow down and be more present with his true needs, even limiting his movements. \u00a0 Saturn formed a trine with Mars in Aries in the Fifth House which would have been very good for grounding his creativity in new ways. \u00a0Jupiter would have offset some of the difficulties and provided encouragement \u00a0as it was\u00a0high in Prince’s birth sky, reaching his midheaven in August 2015. \u00a0He released ‘HitNRun’ in September.<\/p>\n

January 2015 would have been refreshing for Prince<\/strong> (Uranus sextile natal Sun, Neptune sextile natal Venus) and he was probably feeling a resurgence of passion to come forward in new ways, having moved through much of the restrictions and limits of Saturn’s reality checks. \u00a0But the strongest reality check was yet to come as Saturn approached opposition with his Sun, which is one of the greatest challenges to vitality, strength and persistence, which I would guess he normally had plenty of.<\/p>\n

We all have been working through a re-balancing of expansion and contraction with the closing Jupiter-Saturn Square which began in third quarter 2015. \u00a0This is a reworking of faith and realism, of confidence and appropriate\u00a0presence. \u00a0A grappling with physical and material limitations that have to be better integrated for progress, ethics, and social responsibility. \u00a0This crisis passage for everyone on earth, was personally very engaging for Prince, as Jupiter passed over the highest point of his birth chart into his Tenth House of career and highest achievement for a once in 12-years, two-year brightening and lift. \u00a0 He was also coming up for his second Saturn Return, so transiting Jupiter was squaring his natal Saturn. \u00a0 Prince’s greatest challenge now, was to rebalance his success, career opportunities, and the brightening of his star, with the physical and philosophical reality of who he\u00a0has truly become. \u00a0And this is a clash that became too unbalanced to sustain — he overextended himself physically, with his opportunities to rise up and shine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Prince<\/a>Since Prince’s birth Saturn position is on the cusp of the Second House, and he also has Capricorn on that house, he was redefining his VALUES, and needed affirmation from the public about his own self-worth as he ages. \u00a0Thus his current tour became such a lift and affirmation for him because he was very well received, touched, and applauded by those attending. \u00a0And he loved this more than anything … being, communicating, expressing himself creatively and passionately, and being adored and loved by his audiences in return. \u00a0This was heaven on earth for him, and when he felt most alive and joyful.<\/p>\n

Transiting Jupiter squared his natal Sun on March 20, 2016, adding to the over-extension of vital energies<\/strong>. \u00a0Transiting Chiron squared his natal Saturn on April 10 from his Fourth-Fifth Houses cusp. \u00a0This marked a critical grounding problem to the point of travel being dangerous because Prince had lost his base anchoring and stability, though he didn’t consciously know it. \u00a0In fact, he probably felt fabulous as Venus and Mars formed a grand trine with his natal Uranus on April 12, which would have been exhilarating, uplifting, and joyful in his experience. \u00a0Indeed, on April 15 he tweeted: \u00a0“I am still floating on a cloud of purple intoxication after last night’s ‘Piano And A Microphone’ show in Atlanta.”<\/p>\n

On April 17, both Mars and Pluto turned retrograde and began a great downshift of physical energy, desire, and drive for us all, though this was masked by the rising energy of the waxing Moon, and we are just now feeling the energy deflation which will be with us thru June. \u00a0Mars was moving through Prince’s First House with Saturn, so his physical energy was due to internalize and shift down, withdraw, pull back and retreat. \u00a0He was having a great time on the 17th, and tweeted: \u00a0“What did u do 2 us in Atlanta? \u00a0I’ve barely slept since that nite.” \u00a0#FeelingRejuvenated #FeelingInspired #Feeling Loved. \u00a0Yet this was absolutely the worst time to be planning to continue an international tour, and if he had had a good astro counselor he would have been strongly advised not to do so if he wanted to remain in his body. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prince Passes<\/strong><\/span> –\u00a0The chart below is calculated for the approximate time of Prince’s death. \u00a0Here is a list of major aspects and they are quite profound:<\/p>\n