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Trauma and the Outer Planets

by Jeffrey Wolf Green

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This article first appeared in the Llewellyn book called "How To Personalize The

Outer Planets", book number 10, in 1992..a series of books edited by Noel Tyl.

The subject of trauma is a subject rarely dealt with by astrologers, yet it is a

dynamic and experience that MANY people have. Accordingly, we as astrologers

would do well to understand the nature of trauma in general, and specifically to

be able to help our clients who are experiencing the effects of trauma. In this

spirit the following article is presented. As always your comments or questions

are welcome.

First I would like to thank Mr. Noel Tyl for inviting me to write on this topic

for it is a highly personal subject for me. The opportunity to write about it

constitutes an act of personal therapy as some of the material that follows will

be autobiographical in nature. For those who have experienced me as an enigma

over the years the mask will he removed.

We will be examining in this section just exactly what is trauma: consider

possible causes of it, and examine the effects that it produces. Specifically,

we will examine trauma from the point of view of types of trauma. These types

will be (I) mental, (2) emotional, (3) spiritual , (4) physical, and (5)

collective trauma. Within these considerations we will examine the astrological

correlations (planets, signs, houses) to these types of trauma, and specific

case histories in order to uncover possible astrological signatures in birth

charts that reflect higher probability rates for trauma.

Also, in this section, we will include Saturn even though it is not considered

to be an outer planet. The reason we will do this is that Saturn correlates to

the outer threshold of our conscious awareness, the boundary defining the

interface between conscious awareness and the unconscious. Because Saturn

correlates to the psychological function of repression or suppression which is

based on the act of denial of some dynamic or experience, its linkage as a

causal factor in certain types of trauma is implicated. Saturn will also be

included because of its correlation to the inner and outer structure of the

physical body, thus it has a linkage to physical trauma of the body.

So, what is trauma? A succinct definition will suffice. Trauma is an intense

mental, emotional, physical or spiritual/psychic disturbance resulting from

stress or shock that can have a lasting psychic or psychological effect. AN

INTENSE DISTURBANCE CAUSED BY SHOCK OR STRESS THAT CAN HAVE A LASTING EFFECT.

Yes, this statement can probably describe the state of affairs for the entire

planet right now because of what psychologists have termed the Delayed Stress

Syndrome. Astrologically, this is a function of Saturn, Capricorn, or the 10th

house. Delayed stress infers some dynamic or event that has been suppressed,

repressed, or ignored.

All that one has to do, in this country for example, is to tune into one of the

talk shows to witness yet another person, or set of people, talking about some

horrible event: rape, sexual or psychological abuse, etc to understand the

effects of delayed stress caused by trauma. Or the Viet-Nam Veteran's problems,

or the collective (Neptune) search for the inner, wounded child. The wounded

child syndrome infers "origin issues" and how these issues define one's sense of

identity. When Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune began their transits through

Capricorn, the delayed stress of childhood surfaced into the collective

consciousness of many within the Western World. Because Capricorn is a Cardinal

Archetype there has been and is a need to go backwards, in the sense of

recovering the inner child, by bringing to light the nature of the psychological

and emotional imprinting that occurred in childhood. This must occur in order to

go forwards thru becoming free or liberated (Uranus) from these early

conditioning (Saturn) patterns.

On a larger level, there is a collective need all over the planet to

politically, economically, and philosophically restructure (Uranus transiting

Capricorn) the internal nature of each society/country in order to be free

(Uranus) from outmoded or crystallized political, economical, and philosophical

structures that are impeding the evolutionary growth (Pluto) and needs of the

planet, and each nation on the planet. The revolutions within Eastern Europe,

the Soviet Union, the restructuring of the Middle East, the "new" world order",

the progressive enforcement powers extended to the United Nations, the rebellion

within the Canadian Provinces, the replacement of dictators within South America

with freely elected officials, the soon to be social revolution within the U.S.,

all attest to an individual and collective stress and trauma that will have

lasting effects.

Delayed stress is implied in all of this because we are living in very

transitional times in which everything has to change. The old ways of doing

things do not work any more, yet to confront new and unknown ways of doing thing

is to create a fear of the unknown. Fear of the unknown creates an individual

and collective insecurity. The essence of feeling secure lies in the need for

self or collective consistency. So the tension or stress between the old and the

new, the transition therein, leads to the delayed stress syndrome because the

resistance (Pluto) to necessary change generates a suppression or ignoring of

the "signs" that change is necessary. When evolutionary needs are ignored or

suppressed then the need to change, now suppressed or ignored, increasingly

compresses and intensifies, like the increasing friction in a fault line, until

change carl no longer be avoided. This resistance can lead to cataclysmic

change, which produces intense forms of individual or collective trauma.

'I'he Gaia of the Earth as a biosphere has been generating many such signs for

many years now. The breakdown in the ozone layer, the greenhouse effect, the

contamination of the water, the contamination of the food chain, the alteration

of weather patterns all attest to a trauma within Nature that will have lasting

effects. The signs have been and are many and yet the necessary changes to

adjust to the scientific and empirical facts have been and are too slow. The

delayed stress in the Gaia of our planet will mushroom into possible cataclysmic

events that will have long range consequences leading to irrevocable change.

This may occur in many ways including the accelerated (Uranus) mutation (Pluto)

within the genetic structure and coding with many forms of life within Nature,

as all forms of life seek to adapt and adjust to the increasing trauma within

the biosphere of Earth. This includes the forms of life called viruses and

bacteria s as they attempt to sustain their own lives through accelerated

mutation within their own genetic structures. Uncontrolled disease is the

result, the AIDS virus being but the first manifestation of the planetary

trauma.

This is interesting to consider from the point of view of the gaia.

Astrologically, Neptune correlates to the overall functioning of the immune

system, and specifically to the pineal and thymus glands. Saturn or Capricorn

correlate to the overall structural integrity of the human body. Uranus

correlates to the overall atmosphere of the planet, and, among other anatomical

and physiological correlations, to the respiratory system of the human body:

specifically, the lining of the lungs. Pluto, again, correlates to the phenomena

of evolution, metamorphosis, mutation, and the genetic coding in all forms of

life.

So what do we have here ? The delayed stress within the gaia of the biosphere is

now manifesting as an acceleration within the breakdown of the atmosphere;

Uranus transiting Capricorn. This breakdown is fundamentally and radically

altering the nature and quality of "light" within the atmosphere of Earth. The

functioning of the pineal gland within the brain is determined by the quality

and nature of light entering the retina of the eyes within all living organisms.

By altering the quality of light entering the biosphere the simultaneous

altering of the pineal gland and immune system occurs within all living

organisms. In effect, this alteration will initially weaken or depress

(Capricorn) the immune system as it seeks to adjust to these new conditions

(Uranus in Capricorn).

In conjunction with this are mutations of the various forms of viruses and

bacterias as they seek to adjust to these new conditions as well (Pluto in

Scorpio). Thus, we have the AIDS virus which is known as a retrograde virus, a

function of delayed stress, which has the capacity to merge (Scorpio) itself

within the RNA/DNA genetic structure and coding in such a way as to turn the

immune system in upon itself (lupus in the worst form) to the point of killing

the organism (the human body) that it has invaded.(P) This condition is but the

first warning to mankind that the Gaia is out of balance due to the activities

of humankind. With Neptune leading Uranus (as of this writing) thru Capricorn,

the immune system is that which suffers first from the effect of delayed stress

within the Gaia. As Uranus catches up with Neptune the next major disease that

will likely occur will be specific to the respiratory system. By way of viruses

that have mutated thru evolutionary necessities, this will probably manifest as

multi-drug (Neptune) resistant (Pluto) forms of tuberculosis which will be

spread thru casual contact with other people; by simply sharing the same air or

atmosphere with other human beings, in conjunction with immune systems that are

being altered or weakened, the impact of such disease has incredible

implications for the planet. And, from the point of view of the Gaia, this just

may be a way that Nature adapts to the out of balance state that it is in. Maybe

this is Nature's way of culling organisms in to order rebalance itself into a

state of structural integrity once again.

On a collective psychological/emotional level, the breakdown (Uranus) and

dissolution (Neptune) within consensus societal beliefs and values (Saturn,

Capricorn) i.e., the American Dream, has been and will continue to generate an

increasing collective futility, depression, anxiety, angst, and hopelessness

that has potentially far reaching sociopolitical /economic implications that

will radically (Uranus) alter "the system" as currently structured. This kind of

collective trauma is necessary because it forces the collective and individual

consciousness to invert (Saturn/Capricorn) to withdraw from the individual and

collective "system" so that new ideas, realizations, and directions can be

realized that reflect and symbolize the new and necessary way. A quick glimpse

in into modern history when Uranus and Neptune were transiting through Capricorn

the last time they were together, the 1820's, reveals this dynamic relative to

the Industrial Revolution of that time. The Industrial Revolution totally

altered and restructured western societies whose imprint we still live with

today. And it is this imprint or structure that is once again demanding radical

change.

The point of citing delayed stress as an example of trauma is that it is one of

the most common forms of trauma that generates a collective or individual

reality that is defined (Saturn /Capricorn) by the effects of the trauma itself.

Yet, the behavioral effects that are generated are not recognized as caused by

the trauma itself. It is not recognized because of the suppression or repression

within the collective and/or within the individual. And, of course, the reasons

of the suppression or repression are that the nature of the specific trauma is

so severe that the individual or collective can not accept that the trauma has

or is occurring in the first place. Yet, the suppressed trauma continues to

dictate behavior, the dictation of the behavior operating at a subconscious

level (Uranus). Operating in this way, the effects of the trauma produces many

"signs" within the behavioral patterns at any level of reality, i.e. breakdown

in the ozone layer, irrational rage in an individuals behavioral patterns,

economic structures that produce increasing homelessness, bankruptcy, mergers of

corporations, insane budget deficits, etc, that tell us something is amiss. As

of this writing, one out of ten Americans is currently on Food Stamps. One out

of ten!

If we focus on the individual, such signs can be classified as (I) personality

disorders of various types such as agoraphobia, pathological lying, extreme

forms of masochistic or sadistic behavior, intense or irrational rage that

permeates an individual's behavior, and all forms of pathological or repetitive

compulsive behavior, (2) sociopathic behavior, (3) multi or split personalities,

and (4) neurosis or psychosis. And even though these "signs" of behavioral

disorder define the nature of one's identity, the individual typically does not

recognize or "own" the behavior until the nature of the specific trauma is

unlocked. Once unlocked within the individual it becomes imperative that

treatment or therapy is entered into so that a reintegration of the personality

can occur. This does not necessarily mean that the effects of the trauma can be

permanently erased as if the trauma never happened, but it can mean that the

effect of the trauma is changed because it has been brought up from the

unconscious into the full light of consciousness. In this way a perpetual

awareness of the effects relative to the affect can be sustained in such a way

that the individual over time can consciously change his or her behavior, the

repetitive compulsion syndrome linked with traumatic behavior fundamentally

altered.

The delayed stress syndrome caused by specific trauma is but one type of

reaction to trauma even though the most common and pervading. Behavioral

reactions to it are not dependent on suppression of a specific trauma. This

means an individual can experience trauma and not suppress it, and yet the

effects of that trauma will alter the individual's behavior anyway, this

alteration can continue on into a potentially indefinite amount of time until

the effect of the trauma is worked out in some way. The behavioral alteration is

a function of the stress associated with the trauma even though the trauma is

not suppressed.

Trauma occurs, again, to the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual or

psychic bodies. And, as will be seen, these bodies, when trauma occurs, can

interact in a chain reaction like way, i.e. severe physical trauma causing a

trauma to the mental, emotional, or spiritual bodies. Let us examine in detail,

through case studies, the types of trauma associated with these different bodies

and provide the appropriate astrological associations for them.

The Mental Body: astrologically this will correlate with Uranus as primary

significator, and its lower octave Mercury as secondary significator. The types

of trauma associated with the mental body are stroke, various types of

psychological or psychiatric disorders, epilepsy, various diseases of the brain,

sudden, unexpected changes that alter the psychological reality of the

individual and the external structures of his or her reality that have defined

their sense of identity up until the unexpected changes begin to occur.

The Emotional Body: astrologically this will correlate with Pluto as primary

ruler, and the Moon and Neptune as secondary rulers. The types of trauma

associated with betrayal, abandonment and gross misuse through misapplied trust,

psychological and sexual abuse, sudden loss, experiencing cataclysmic events of

an individual or collective nature, anticipation of events that appear to be

fated or beyond the control of the individual, etc.

The Physical Body: astrologically this will correlate with Saturn. The types of

trauma associated with the physical body are various physical traumas such as

severe injuries of various types, rape, torture, intense physical illness,

degeneration of the body through various causes such as disease, birth disorders

such as cerebral palsy, spinal bifida, etc.

The Spiritual Body: astrologically this will correlate with Neptune. The types

of trauma associated with the spiritual body are loss of faith, loss of beliefs,

loss of values, massive disillusionment, and in rare cases being possessed by an

unwanted spirit.

Again, a key point to remember is that even though trauma can occur in one of

the specific bodies, i.e. physical, there is almost always a chain reaction

effect that impacts the entire organism, the other bodies, in a variety of ways.

Let us now examine two case histories, from an astrological view, to help

illustrate these ideas. In these cases you will notice the presence of stressful

aspects to the relevant astrological dynamics or archetypes. In my work with

over fifteen thousand clients I have observed that stressful aspects do indeed

correlate with a higher probability rate for traumatic experiences than the non-

stressful aspects. Natal charts that have stressful aspects to the planets that

correlate with the various traumas thus have a higher probability rate for

trauma than those that do not. When these natal planets experience stressful

aspects through transits or progressions the probability of some kind of trauma

becomes quite high.

Case #I: Physical Trauma: Birth date 12-03-1982, 4:16 p.m., Seattle, Wa. This is

a case history of a girl born with a genetic disorder called Turner's

Syndrome.This syndrome is a genetic condition in which forty five or forty eight

double Y chromosomes in a girl are damaged or split. The causes of this

condition are not known by western medicine. Turner's syndrome essentially is a

growth disorder because these girls are born with no ovaries, or severely

damaged ones. This does not allow them to have their own biological children, as

well as having a lack of estrogen in their physiology which impacts the ability

of the receptor cells within the bone marrow to absorb the growth hormones

produced through the pituitary and thyroid glands. Maximum height is generally

4'4" to 4'8". In addition, generally half of Turner's girls have malformed

kidney's and hearts which can cause death. These girls also have difficulty with

their motor skills and left brain logical organization of information, and

spatial relationships.

Western medicine typically treats this syndrome with anabolic steroids, estrogen

and testosterone in order to induce growth larger than genetically prescribed.

The anabolic steroids, in particular, have been demonstrated to damage the liver

and thyroid, and testosterone to produce an abnormally sized clitoris. Around

thirteen or fourteen these girls must be given estrogen in order for them to

develop their secondary sexual characteristics allowing for psychological and

emotional maturing into adulthood. If left untreated these girls reach their

genetically prescribed height around thirty years of age. Western medicine

claims that these girls can not grow more than one inch a year if left

untreated. Turner's babies are also typically horn premature, generally at the

eighth month, which creates its own set of traumatic conditions.

Pluto correlates with the RNA/DNA genetic coding in all forms of life, Saturn

correlates with the physical structure of the body. Saturn also correlates with

the pituitary gland as does Jupiter. Venus correlates with the kidneys as well

as to estrogen and the receptor cells within the bone marrow. The 5th House, Sun

and Leo correlate with the heart. The 3rd House, Gemini, and Mercury correlate

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