Min's Light & Sound - Chapter 5 of 10
Ph.D.
Chapter 5
Chromatic Transposition
Certainly the greatest musical genius of all recorded history,
Ludwig van Beethoven was born to Johann van & Maria Magdalena
Keverich (Leym)- Beethoven at their house,--now a museum--the
Beethoven-Haus, Bonngasse 20, D- 53111 Bonn, Koln, Nordrhein-
Westfalen, Deutschland (exact coordinates 007E06:03 50N44:13)
Sun's day December 16th anno Domini 1770, near h.I m.XXX post
meridiem horologii mathematici; he was baptised the following
day as recorded on Monday morning the 17th. Note that Neptune
transits the cusp less than five minutes prior to calculation.
The competition between Mercury and Jupiter tricked Zeus into
submission (the untamed Locrian modality of shrewd and crafty
Hermes readily steals from the other Gods), so thank goodness
for Neptune's transit to wisdom's resuscitation on the octave
of Mercury toward Saturn second house of horoscope @ 13:24:05
LAT (13:20:18 LMT i.e. within five minutes before birth time).
In approaching superior conjunction, Mercury takes to rule in
the sixth house of the horoscope, with the Sun & Moon therein,
the Sagittarian falls under the control of Mercury's Servants.
Venus superior is ruling nearby in the first house of evening,
i.e. seventh house of the horoscope, of Marriage, tail of the
dragon therewith is for Pluton-souljourn by or before transit
on the local meridian, that is necessarily after 13:20:18 LMT
but before 13:31:04 LMT: the judicial window of rectification
since souljourns occur at, or within hours after, the time of
birth as in this case after Neptune's transit at 13:20:18 LMT
(which is 13:24:05 LAT or 12:51:54 UT). Remember, that Pluton
is the center of human hearing, who is on the resonant Ionian
octave of Aphrodite (Venus). Mercury's theft of the horoscope
from Mars forces the Pluton souljourn under Aphrodite's reign.
Thus, the percussive meter of father time, Kronus, there with
earthquaking Poseidon in the second house of morning, that of
Riches, Saturn & Neptune are together ruled by Venus inferior,
Lucificus who is our fiery passion for life and living in sin.
On account of latitudinal ascendant (50N44:13) first house of
morning (i.e. of terrestrial zodiac), thus part of fortune is
therealoft in tenth house of the horoscope which is the house
of Society; Ouranos is yet a quarter-hour below the ascendant
with the part of spirit--a very strong influence in the chart,
but not strong enough to dethrone Hermes from the sixth house.
Thus Mars at opposition to Mercury is in the twelfth house of
the horoscope in Indebtedness to Neptune and Jupiter-inferior.
The head of the dragon falls in the fifth house, that of Sons.
Mars, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune are retrograde, the Sun, Venus,
Saturn & Neptune are closing benefic by radial velocity, with
Venus the nearest planet at 0.337 AU and closing the distance.
Since we covered decans and pentads in previous chapters, the
chart of Beethoven focuses on its astronomical precision, and
dominant key characteristics as are revealed in his horoscope,
telling us a lot about the man and his mastery of composition:
Cardinal Day: 09:24.42:37
Tropical Day: 09:24:43:08
Julian Day: 2367889.03931
LAT: 13:28:47 16-Dec-1770
LMT: 13:25:00 16-Dec-1770
UTC: 12:56:36 16-Dec-1770
TDT-UT: +15.3836 sec
Obliquity: 23* 28' 09"
Sidereal Time: 19h 05m 45s
Metonic calendar: 29 Kislev 5531
Islamic calendar: yawm al-'ahad
27 Sha`ban 1184 (1948439.17=1AH)
Mayan Long count: 12.7.14.8.6
Haab: 19 Yax; Tzolkin: 10 Cimi
Sun 16-Dec-1770 1:25 PM LMT +0:28:24 07E06:03 50N44:13
Body Caelestial Latitude r Hs RUL. Velocity
Antemidhea: 23Gem32'34" + 0:00'00" 1 | __________
Wasat : 23Gem44'05" - 0:12'18" 1 | deGem
Saturn : 24Can12'04" + 0:53'16" F 2 [-] -0.0355277
Merak : 24Can37'10" +45:06'27" 2 | beUMa
Mizar : 20Leo51'16" +56:21'54" 2 | zeUMa
/Neptune : 22Leo23'37" + 0:58'44" - 2 [-] -0.0002224
\6th Cusp : 23Leo39'55" + 0:00'00" 3 | __________
Vertex : 21Vir36'44" __________ d 3 [-] __________
Descendant: 14Lib10'56" __________ 4 | __________
True Node : 4Sco54'01" + 0:00'00" - 5 [F] -0.0432663
9th Cusp : 25Sco55'22" + 0:00'00" 6 | __________
Moon : 26Sco23'44" + 1:55'01" d 6 [-] +12.220225
Mercury : 1Sag00'32" - 1:12'59" F 6 [R] +1.5760049
Gal.Center: 2Sag03'12" - 5:34'40" 6 | SgrA*
Sun : 3Sag07'16" - 0:00'00" - 6 [-] +1.0188727
Eltanin : 3Sag09'41" +74:57'12" 6 | gaDra
Jupiter : 11Sag38'29" + 0:03'47" R 6 [F] +0.2299043
/Midheaven : 23Sag32'34" + 0:00'00" 7 | __________
*Pluto : 24Sag57'25" + 0:00'36" - 7 [-] +0.0319349
Venus : 5Cap10'16" - 0:32'25" - 7 [R] +0.1376402
Lilith : 12Cap03'31" + 4:47'44" - 7 [-] +0.1119266
V.Equinoct: 8Pis24'08" + 0:00'00" 9 | -0.0000385
East Point: 26Pis13'45" + 0:00'00" - 10 [e] __________
Fortune : 7Ari27'23" __________ - 10 [-] __________
Sheratan : 9Ari10'55" + 8:28'41" 10 | beAri
Hamal : 12Ari52'13" + 9:57'32" 10 | alAri
Ascendant : 14Ari10'56" __________ 10 | __________
Uranus : 20Ari32'09" - 0:23'11" - 10 [-] -0.0272934
Spirit : 20Ari54'28" __________ - 10 [-] __________
Aldebaran : 15Tau00'00" - 5:29'02" 11 | alTau
Mars : 0Gem54'39" + 2:56'03" - 12 [-] -0.3889445
Saiph : 1Gem36'51" -33:06'02" 12 | kaOri
Radial Distance/v
Earth: 00.0000000~
Pluto: 34.5712237-
Neptune: 29.9928352+
Uranus: 18.9085958-
Saturn: 08.4785687+
Jupiter: 06.1853794-
Mars: 00.5822229-
Sun: 00.9837156+
Venus: 00.3369469+
Mercury: 01.4472653-
Moon: 00.0026699-
Node: 00.0026336+
Lilith: 00.0027106~
Fundamental Aspects
1: Sun (Sag) Con (Sag) Mercury - orb: a2:06'
2: Moon (Sco) Con (Sco) 9th Cusp - orb: a0:28'
3: Sun (Sag) Opp [Gem] Mars - orb: s2:12'
4: Mercury (Sag) Opp [Gem] Mars - orb: s0:05'
5: Sun (Sag) Con (Sco) Moon - orb: a6:43'
6: Pluto (Sag) Con (Sag) Midheaven- orb: a1:24'
7: Moon (Sco) Con (Sag) Mercury - orb: a4:36'
8: Neptune [Leo] Tri (Sag) Pluto - orb: s2:33'
9: Uranus [Ari] Tri [Leo] Neptune - orb: s1:51'
10: Moon (Sco) Tri [Can] Saturn - orb: s2:11'
11: Venus (Cap) Sex [Sco] Node - orb: s0:16'
12: Moon (Sco) Opp [Gem] Mars - orb: a4:30'
13: Moon (Sco) Squ [Leo] Neptune - orb: s4:00'
14: Uranus [Ari] Tri (Sag) Pluto - orb: s4:25'
15: Neptune [Leo] Con (Leo) 6th Cusp - orb: s1:16'
16: Saturn [Can] Squ [Ari] Uranus - orb: a3:39'
17: Venus (Cap) Squ (Ari) Fortune - orb: s2:17'
Fiducial Aspects
18: Sun (Sag) Con (Sag) Eltanin - orb: a0:02'
19: Saturn [Can] Con (Can) Merak - orb: s0:25'
20: Mars [Gem] Con (Gem) Saiph - orb: s0:42'
21: Antemid (Gem) Con (Gem) Wasat - orb: a0:11'
-adjudicated by Daniel Joseph Min 7 February 2002
Notably, Ludwig van Beethoven died about three-quarters of an
hour before sunset, Monday 26 March 1827 at about 5:30 PM LMT
(GMT +1:05), Polaris souljourn at the zenith in the lightning.
CHART INTERPRETATION BY LIGHT & SOUND
The musical theme of Beethoven's natal chart is in the key of
F-Locrian for ruling Mercury and Gb-Ionian for Venus & Pluton,
in effect transposing the relative diatonic positions between
the half-step interval 'B' to 'C', for the Locrian and Ionian
respectively, likewise to the 'F' and 'Gb' of Virgo and Libra
on the chromatic scale, in this case of the horoscopic zodiac.
Like Isaac Newton, Beethoven's natal Mercury was acquiring in
conspicuously close conjunction to the galactic center Sgr A*,
though Beethoven enjoyed a distinct advantage with the nearby
Sun & Moon joining side by side together with Mercury therein
the house of Servants, Jupiter also. Venus with Pluto seventh
house brings their beautiful Ionian modality to the center of
the horoscope, with Venus on the crest of the wave. As we see,
Jupiter, Moon, Mercury & Venus reap the benefit of the Ionian
in Gb and a half-step down, the same planets benefit from the
Locrian in the same respective tones and colors of the zodiac:
Libra - Ionian
EMPRESS (Venus) - Three of Swords
FOOL (Pluton) - Ten of Swords
III IV V VI VII I II
Bb B Db Eb F Gb Ab
IVi Vio ROr OYe Gre GBl BIn
Aqu Pis Tau Can Vir Lib Sag
Mar Jup Sat Moo Mer Ven Sun
R R R R
Virgo - Locrian
MAGICIAN (Mercury) - Two of Pentacles
IV V VI VII I II III
Bb B Db Eb F Gb Ab
IVi Vio ROr OYe Gre GBl BIn
Aqu Pis Tau Can Vir Lib Sag
Mar Jup Sat Moo Mer Ven Sun
R R R R
Which brings us to a very important principle regarding these
sidereal modalities of the planets, in that each mode is made
according to the planets' sidereal orbital distances from the
Moon to Pluton. Of course the Sun and Moon are unique in that
they both orbit Earth, relatively speaking. They are referred
to as "twins", since the Sun is around 400 times further away
from the Earth than the Moon is and the Sun is also about 400
times greater in diameter than the Moon is, hence they appear
to be approximately the same size, as becomes apparent during
a total solar eclipse. The principle of the sidereal modes of
planets is that each planet is part of one whole solar system,
just as each synodic phase or aspect of the very same planets
to the Earth renders one whole zodiac. We cannot consider the
sidereal modality of any particular planet, without reference
to the other planets who compose the particular planet's mode.
Similarly, we cannot consider a particular sign of the zodiac
without regard to the entire zodiac and planets who define it.
In other words the synodic aspect of a particular planet made
to the Earth is geocentrically either superior or inferior at
the time for which the chart is calculated--this irrespective
of the horoscope, but strictly with respect to the Sun to the
Earth, since the planets orbit the Sun and the Sun orbits the
Earth, so the planets in effect orbit the Earth epicyclically,
just as Earth's Moon effectively orbits the Sun epicyclically.
While the apparent relationships of the planets and planetary
orbits are easy enough to visualize, describing this in terms
of simple English isn't so easily accomplished as you can see.
But I've had plenty of practice translating analytic geometry
into plain text, so I won't hesitate to do so in this chapter.
Imagine yourself at the center of a planet, then "seeing" the
other planets in motion relative to you. That's simple enough
for our home planet Earth, but takes some creative discipline
to visualize seeing from the other planets, including the Sun
and Moon, from whose respective vantage points we can see the
Earth in orbit relative to other planets in this solar system
(some refer to this as "soul travel", which between lifetimes
is literally the case). Here, we are merely using imagination.
As in Beethoven's natal horoscope we must consider the Ionian
mode as being transfixed under the key of Gb, i.e. Venus, Sun,
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Moon and Mercury in the signs of Libra,
Sagittarius, Aquarius, Pisces, Taurus, Cancer, and Virgo, res-
pectively. We acknowledge the behavior of each planet in each
respective sign, as with Venus in Libra by virtue of her rule
thereover and therefore therein: Libra is the superior aspect
of Venus within the zodiac; notably, Venus is approaching her
maximum elongation from the Sun (Thu 20-Dec-1770 12:28:58 UT),
reinforcing her Libran reign by horoscope and radial velocity.
These are two distinctive issues: one, the synodic phase of a
planet to the Earth; and two, the sidereal orbital pathway of
the planets in the context of the whole solar system together.
Beethoven's horoscope finds Venus ruling in two distinct ways:
1) The apparent synodic motion of Venus with respect to the
Sun i.e. Venus synodic and the Sun sidereal to the Earth,
and this without specific reference to the other planets.
This reign of Venus is for the soul, the ensign of Libra,
ergo the third heaven closing benefic by radial velocity.
2) The sidereal orbital path of Venus around the Sun wholly
with respect to the other planetary orbits which compose
Venus' sidereal Ionian modality, and all of which refers
to the sidereal order of the planets based on the orbits,
and therefore, results in the numbering of the horoscope;
Venus' mode is transposed to the key of Gb in the zodiac.
Again, this requires all of the planets and zodiac signs
to be considered as one, all as part of the whole system,
which altogether pertains to soul's terrene incarnations.
The planetary modalities are sidereal while transposition is
synodic; the former eternal, the latter temporal. Understand?
So you see Beethoven's natal Venus is acquiring near maximum
superior elongation from the Sun, verily the ensign of Libra.
Also, Beethoven's natal horoscope finds Venus in the seventh
house, thus her sidereal orbital modality transposes all the
other planets' orbits accordingly, with our souljourns among
the ten heavens empowering its mode since each mode requires
all seven of the planetary orbital paths for its composition,
as the three outer planets add their repeat mode in the bass,
as Earth's caelestial firmament, atmosphere, and terra firma,
as carefully explained & charted in my Compleat Tarot Manual.
In other words, it is our individual and collective sojourns
in each heavenly sphere which enables the planetary modality
and characteristics for that order of the planets or heavens,
in which we as souls are moving along the path of the planet,
which in turn influence us as souls-incarnate upon the Earth
according to each planet's muse, it relative ethos in heaven.
This sojourning influence includes our incarnations on Earth
to the aggregate sum-totality of experience in soul-and-body.
The pronounced distinction between the planetary spheres and
their sidereal orbital distances vs. apparent synodic motion
to the Earth is best illustrated by the relationship between
a violin bow and the violin string. The "bow" is the planets,
the "strings" their respective orbits. Strings on our violin
represent the sidereal orbits & macrocosmic valence bands of
the planets in our solar system. We can visualize this solar
system connecting with other solar systems, much as elements
combine into molecules, as tiny magnets following attraction
one to the other. In this sense, the entire universe is some-
how and in someway interconnected by the astrological forces,
just as huge molecules of galaxies are connected in clusters
and so on ad infinitum. In every solar system, orbital paths
of the planets form or splay out in diatonic intervals, from
the primordial soup of their conception, inception, creation,
until fruition, extinction, decomposition and disintegration.
Hence, the planets and their orbits are inextricably related,
each planet to its orbit, each planet and orbit to the whole.
This is our development, the exegesis of universal astrology.
The cosmic bow of the planets is bowing the strings of their
orbits always in real-time or the ever-presence of existence.
The strands of the bow always work together, resonating each
string according to its open tuning and position. Every fret,
or chromatic fingering positions along the fretless neck, is
representative of the houses of the horoscope, each a unique
composition comprised of soul-in-body, as houses and planets
in our adjudicated horoscope, the undulating snake of rhythm
as the meter of the planets transposing across the zodiac of
the horoscope as they transit house-cusps in sidereal hourly
intervals, roughly speaking, rectified by the synodic motion
of planets within the Earth's houses as numbered by the same.
These are called "progressions" and pertain to the horoscope.
Beethoven's natal Mercury rules in the sixth house, although
Mercury is barely inferior to the Sun acquiring in close orb
of about 2 minutes 6 seconds of arc. Here we find Mercury is
having the same effect on the planets in the Locrian mode, a
half-step below the Ionian mode of Venus in horoscopic Libra.
Thus you see, a planet need not be in corresponding inferior
or superior aspect in order to be ruling via its superior or
inferior house in the horoscope. As in this case, Mercury is
inferior (to the Sun), but rules in Mercury's superior house,
because Mercury's phase depends only on the Sun to the Earth,
while the horoscope is composed of the Pantheion of the Gods.
There's certainly much more which could be said of Beethoven
through reading his natal horoscope but I leave such reading
to others. Chapter six will focus on the circle of fifths in
the zodiac and how each mode is transposed through its signs.
See Chapter 6 for continuation...
Daniel Joseph Min
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