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The recent death of Amy Winehouse has spurred renewed interest in the “27 Club,” famous musicians who died when they were 27. The 27 Club had its origins in the death of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix,Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin, all of whom died between 1969 and 1971. More recently Kurt Cobain and now Winehouse have been added to the group.
The astrological significance of age 27 lies in the fact that it is one year short of what we call the first Saturn Return. This is the return of transiting Saturn (Saturn in the sky now) to the place it occupied on the day of a person’s birth. This occurs around age 28 and represents the period when a person fully accepts the role of an adult in his or her social structure. This transition typically manifests in a significant event in the person’s life. This may be marriage, the birth of a child, completion of your education or apprenticeship, your first “serious” job or a promotion to a position of authority. Whatever form it takes, it is a time to accept responsibility and recognize that your actions impact many people other than yourself. Your bad behavior can no longer be excused because you’re “just a kid.”
Relationships between parents and their children are often just as complex and problematic as relationships between lovers. The reality show on the OWN Network featuring Ryan O'Neal and Tatum O’Neal is a classic example. Tatum, sober after years of alcohol and drug abuse seeks to reconcile with her father, Ryan, a handsome and classically self-involved actor whose career seemed to run out of gas after he starred in a couple of hit movies in the 1970s. The most memorable of those hits, Paper Moon, featured Tatum as his precocious nine-year-old co-star.
A comparison of the horoscopes brings out one striking factor. Tatum’s Moon in Cancer is very close to Ryan's Ascendant. A connection such as this shows us that there is natural affinity and a very positive emotional bond between these two people. Tatum is an important part of Ryan’s sense of self. She signifies his identity as a father and, despite all indications to the contrary, his identity as a good father. For Tatum, the conjunction means that she sees her father as an important factor in her emotional well-being, that she seeks protection and security in his presence. This is a wonderful indication of a close father-daughter relationship. Unfortunately, nearly everything else in the two horoscopes points in the opposite direction.
Astrologers connect the economic disaster of 2008 to a particular arrangement of the planets Saturn, Uranus and Pluto that began in Nov. 2008 and will continue through March 2015. What is remarkable is that there was a very similar arrangement of Saturn, Uranus and Pluto at the beginning of the Great Depression.
This aspect “officially” began when the 90 degree aspect between Saturn and Uranus became exact in March of 1930. This, of course, was several month after the Oct 1929 stock market crash but that is not as odd as it seems. Financiers and even politicians had been aware of the tremendous bubble that had emerged in the stock market long before Oct. 1929 and most considered “the Crash” as a painful but necessary correction. It was only when the economy failed to rebound in early 1930 that these experts began to worry.
The Midheaven or Medium Coeli (MC for short) is the highest point in the sky at the moment of birth. Like the Ascendant, the degree marking the Midheaven changes every four minutes or so. Taken together, the degree of the Ascendant and the degree of the Midheaven form the horoscope. Most systems for dividing the horoscope circle into sections (called houses) derive from the placement of the Ascendant and the Midheaven.
The Midheaven or MC usually represents the beginning of the 10th House in a horoscope. It is associated with career, accomplishment and our “public” image or reputation. The person with Aries on the Ascendant, for example, might seem impulsive and reckless in terms of his or her outer personality but if this person has Capricorn on the MC (which is likely) then he or she will strive toward substantial accomplishments that have long term value. In the end, the reputation of this person would be that of a productive and rather conventional citizen, despite the more adventurous attributes of their outer personality.
Directly opposite the Midheaven, we have the Imum Coeli (or I.C). Some people also refer to it (incorrectly in purely astronomical terms) as the Nadir. It is generally associated with the home and family connections.
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sober after years of alcohol and drug abuse seeks to reconcile with her father, Ryan, a handsome and classically self-involved actor whose career seemed to run out of gas after he starred in a couple of hit movies in the 1970s. The most memorable of those hits, 
This aspect “officially” began when the 90 degree aspect between Saturn and Uranus became exact in March of 1930. This, of course, was several month after the 
The Midheaven or Medium Coeli (MC for short) is the highest point in the sky at the moment of birth. Like the Ascendant, the degree marking the Midheaven changes every four minutes or so. Taken together, the degree of the Ascendant and the degree of the Midheaven form the horoscope. Most systems for dividing the horoscope circle into sections (called houses) derive from the placement of the Ascendant and the Midheaven.