The Role of the Least Aspected Planet in Astrocartography.
Planetary Symbolism in Astrocartography and Transcendental Astrology,
by Rob Couteau.
Saturn = 121
Neptune = 151
Moon = 210
Pluto = 211
Mercury = 212
Jupiter = 230
Venus,
Mars = 242
Uranus = 311
Sun = 340
[Least-aspected Saturn] [Neptune]
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas
Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eighth president of the United States (1913-1917;
1917-1921) was
born in Staunton, Virginia. When he was one year old, his family moved to
Atlanta, Georgia, just several degrees east of the vertical, Midheaven position
of his Primary Saturn. In 1882 he began his law practice in Atlanta, and in
June 1885 he married Ellen Louise Axson, of Savannah, Georgia.
Like many other American presidents
born with Saturn as a key Transcendental (see my essay on the prevalence
of Primary Saturn in U.S. presidential horoscopes, below), in fulfilling
his presidential duties, Wilson experienced one of the most burdensome forms
of “responsibility to society” (Saturn).
After his election in 1912,
unstable conditions in Latin America and Europe forced Wilson to devote much
of his attention to foreign affairs. Following the Mexican revolution of February
1913, he refused to recognize the presidency of Victoriano Huerta and, after
a period of so-called watchful waiting, U.S. Marines were sent to Veracruz
after the arrest of American sailors in Tampico. War with Mexico was narrowly
averted, but, after Huerta’s fall from power, additional conflicts arose,
including Pancho Villa’s raid across the border and John J. Pershing’s punitive
expedition into Mexico. As we can see in his astrocartography, Mexico lies
directly under Wilson’s Primary Saturn / Secondary Neptune Transcendental
Midpoint-Field, extending from Primary Saturn, which runs in a vertical, Midheaven
position over the Gulf of Mexico and Central America, to the setting position
of Secondary Neptune, which curves over northwestern Mexico.
During Wilson’s second presidential
term, much of his attention was focused on Europe, another geopolitical region
completely framed by his Saturn / Neptune Transcendental Midpoint-Field. On
April 6, 1917, Congress approved his declaration of war on Germany, and the
U.S. mobilized its resources to assist the Allies. Following the Allied victory,
Wilson enumerated his historic “Fourteen Points” of peace before the Congress
on January 8, 1918: terms that lured the Germans into negotiating and that
led to the armistice of November 11, 1918. Within this European midpoint-field,
Wilson was met with an enthusiastic reception by the people (if not by the
leaders) of Europe when he made the unprecedented presidential decision to
travel outside of the U.S. to attend the Paris Peace Conference.
Wilson’s most aspected or
Leading Planets symbolically reflect his unsuccessful attempt to create a
“new global order.” His “vision of a global society” (second most aspected
or Secondary Leader, Uranus) governed by the “self-determination” (Leading
Sun) of the people was “far ahead of its time” (Secondary Leader, Uranus).
So, too, was his creation of the ill-fated League of Nations, which in many
ways was a “precursor” (Secondary Leader, Uranus) of the United Nations.
Wilson’s “innovative plans
to organize a global league” (Secondary Leader, Uranus) represent a classic
attempt to integrate a most aspected energy with the goals symbolized by the
least aspected or Transcendental Planets. In his case, it signified a spiritual
need to create a “suitable organization for the enduring / expression of idealistic
beliefs and for the protection of the disenfranchised” (Primary Saturn /
Secondary Neptune). The ill-fated history of these attempts attests to the
hyperactive yet frequently unproductive nature of the Leading Planets, especially
when contrasted with the more durable, dynamic, and creative expression of
the Transcendentals.
Revised & updated:
5 August 2005
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II. Transcendental Biographies
| III. Transcendental Events
IV. Psychic inflation
- Summary of Planetary Symbolism
- Transcendental
Planets
V. Nodes / the Triple-zero Transcendental | Appendices: Orbs / References / Data
Additional Maps | Bibliography | FAQ
Postscript:
I. Interview in Astrolore
| II. Transcendental Nations
| III. American Presidents
& LAP Saturn
IV. World Events | V. Numinous Consciousness
VI. The LAP as a metaphor of the soul | VII.
Zones of Intensity |
VIII. Complete Index of Names and Events
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