With the sad news that the gifted but troubled Amy Winehouse has passed away, we are showing her birthchart in order for those who can interpret them to gain insight into her character, life and the challenges she faced.

She is not listed in the AstroDataBank, but apparently her birthtime was given by her mother to a mutual friend of astrologer Margaret Zelinski. This must be regarded as speculative until confirmed however. The chart below is from Astrotheme, a French database of famous birthcharts.

It is unusual to see so many conjunctions in a birthchart, indicating an intense but scattered nature. Note how Neptune is closely entwined with the lights (the Sun and Moon) as well as Venus and Pluto.

Graham

In the light of the tragic massacre yesterday in Norway, the horoscope of the country, set for the parliamantary declaration of secession from Denmark in June 1905, is reproduced below.

Announced today that the NOTW is to close following the continuing repercussions of its reporting techniques. The chart is for the first edition. Sun Venus (good for a new business venture); Mercury in Scorpio is good for investigative journalism, but its all but unaspected position means it's not connected to the rest of the chart. Transiting Neptune trine that Mercury may be bringing the truth to light. Saturn Moon Mars close in Capricorn may be a fascination with the darker side of life, but would you trust someone with a Jupiter-Neptune conjunction ? I guess it depends - good for a charity (especially in Aquarius) but a newspaper ? The current Pluto Saturn square is hitting the Sun/Venus square Mars - and with Pluto to make more transits of Mars along with transitting Uranus (see earlier posts) killing off the newspaper (BTW not every Pluto Mars transit means 'murder'!) is unlikely to end the unfolding story.

Kris