“Jelena , the Woman Who Is Not...”
Published: 11th September, 2017 I Author: Smiljana Gavrančić
It is well-known
that Ascendant-Descendent axis (or 1-7 axis) represent the axis of partnership
in one’s horoscope. But, there is another, maybe even more important axis
through which relationships may be analyzed. It is the axis of lunar nodes, in
which the real partnership lives. Unlike Ascendant and Descendant that describe
the relationship that will develop, carry on and end in one life, lunar nodes
axis depicts relationship with the partner at the level of three incarnations,
so it is very important if some planet is in good aspect (trine, sextile) with
this axis, because it describes the partner in the symbolism of the house and
the sign of that planet in the natal chart.
Namely, there
are three categories of aspects with lunar nodes axis: favorable (trine/sextile),
unfavorable (square) and conjunctions with the North or South Node. Here we
shall examine only the favorable aspect (trine/sextile) with the lunar nodes
axis of the planet of love – Venus...
Happy
love story…
When Venus is in
good aspect with lunar nodes axis, it is probably about a happy love story from
the previous life that must appear in this life in some moment as well. This is
depiction of meeting the person we had always loved and with whom we share much
more than physical attraction… Here two people feel they naturally belong to
each other, everything goes their way and all is supportive when they are
together…
Ivo Andrić i Milica Babić Ivanović
The first, and
for now the only Nobel Prize laureate from former Yugoslavia – the writer Ivo
Andric, has in his natal chart Venus (love) at 2º Virgo (the sign of Venus’
fall, often indicating solitude), but in a good aspect (trine/sextile) with
lunar nodes axis (8º Taurus - 8º Scorpio). The Venus is in the 1st
house (him), and it carries the exalted Saturn from Libra (the ruler of 7), which
emphasizes the importance of relationship for him. Also, Venus rules 3rd
house (writing), so in his literature we meet a series of female characters, village
girls and city girls, ladies and countesses, but only one among them is “Jelena,
the woman who is not”... – the story without a plot, a first-person narrative,
in which Andric expressed feelings no one even guessed existed deep within him (Venus
square Pluto).
Everybody
thought that Jelena was only imaginary character, not knowing about the flood
of feelings of the man who truly loved one woman for a long time, a woman that
could not be his – so the woman who is not. Andric, known for his
introvertness, kept his secret for years. Some thought he was a loner, not
knowing he was in love with Milica Babic Jovanovic, a costume designer (Venus in
Virgo), the wife of his friend Nenad Jovanovic, journalist and translator (Venus
square Moon might be depiction of falling in love with somebody who already got
family), the woman he did not expected, the woman he does not have, but who, in
his imagination, often comes to him to different places, in different
situations, who is distant, wonderful, unapproachable (Venus square Neptune)...
Only love that
is pure and true, unconditional – is the real one, for the love is made of Uranus
and Neptune. In his chart, Andric has a good relation of Venus (essential
signifier of love, and Milica herself in this case) and Uranus (ruler of his 7
– relationships), which certainly gives him lightness, even in strange (Uranus)
situations – when loving somebody else’s woman. Through disposition his Venus
goes to trine with Mars at 15º Aquarius, and Mars carries exalted Uranus from
Scorpio, so this man knows how to love, and not to limit the loved one. Also,
Aquarius at Descendant gives him unusual situations in the area of
relationships… He never tried to make a scandal, jeopardize her marriage and
claim her love. He decided to love her quietly from afar – in trine with Neptune,
Pluto and Moon, which solved original squares. Dispositor of his Venus in Virgo
is Mercury in Libra in 3 (writing) – which brings Venus from fall to domicile,
into the sign of Saturn’s exaltation, so he is able to wait for a long time… He
wrote her letters and contacted her from all of his travels. Until the death of
Nenad Jovanovic, he would start his letters with “Dear friends”, and sign them
with the nickname Milica gave him before his travel to China once with the
delegation of writers – Mandarin. She recognized his hidden intentions and
accepted this way of “lovers play”, through letters… Not hoping for anything,
Andric patiently waited…
Arrival
to Berlin...
But, this story
has its introduction, as any other… Namely, Andric has built his very
successful career in diplomacy during his life – from Vatican, through
Bucharest, Trieste, Graz, Marseilles, Paris, Madrid, Geneva to Berlin, where he
fell in love with Milica Babic Jovanovic.
On April 12, 1939,
couple of months before the World War II started, Andric presented his
credentials on behalf of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia to Adolf Hitler and became
officially the ambassador in Nazi Germany. Love happened to him in special, war
circumstances, which is not strange for him since he has in his chart the
square of Venus (Milica, love) and Pluto (war, danger). He met Jovanovic couple
in Berlin, and that meeting changed and marked him for the rest of his life. He
was 47 when he fell in love with Milica. She was the only woman he ever let in
to his loner’s world. She was 17 years his junior, married to another man, but
at the same time him great and life-long inspiration…
Venus
at 13º Pisces – Love in Silence
It is
interesting to take a look at Andric’s daily (diurnal) horoscope for Berlin on
the day he arrived in this city, the city in which he would fall in love, for
that chart certainly represents a shift in this man’s life.
The first I
recognized as important is the position of Venus (love) at 13º Pisces, the
degree of Mercury’s fall (words, letter...), all indicating some secret love,
love that would not be discussed… Also, this was depiction of secret letters
through which Andric courted Milica, but in which he was also incomplete,
mysterious… Love is the most beautiful when it is only a presentiment, not
spoken out loud, but in codes… I would say that Andric had correctly sensed the
needs of Venus at 13º Pisces, for through the silence (Pisces) leads the road
to love… Also interesting is the conjunction of Sun and Saturn at 21º Aries,
the ruler of Andric’s natal axis 1 (him) - 7 (partner), which is also in
conjunction with natal Jupiter (ruler of 5 – love) in 9 (affairs, but also the
second marriage, which is important for Andric since Milica was already
married). Was all this an indication that Berlin opens possibility for him to
reach marriage through patience, waiting, silence? I would say so…
Wedding
in 1958
Nenad Jovanovic died
in 1957 and then started the period when Andric cannot and does not want to
live any longer without his Milica. In the spring of 1958 he writes her a
letter from one of his travels, starting it for the first time with “Dear
Milica”, and admitting he was lonely… To his declaration of love Milica
responded with – love...
On September 7, 1958
they got married. Andric was 66 then. He had waited for his love story with
Milica for almost two decades! Only then he admitted that while writing the
story “Jelena, the woman who is not” he thought of his wife. Confirming that
his love for Milica was the real one, true and strong, the love that grows from
morning to night, that is more today than it was yesterday, but much less than
it would be tomorrow is the fact that while now married and in his seventies,
Andric continued to write love letters in which, like a naughty boy, he still
courted his wife. Until the end he wrote her letters starting them with “Dear
Beautiful”, and signing them with “Gentle hugs from your Ivo Mandarin”.
Venus
and lunar nodes axis
As an
astrologist, I have to tell you something that will confirm all I said
previously at the beginning of this story, and it refers to the significance of
lunar nodes axis for a relationship. I believe you remember the story started
with the fact that Andric’s Venus (love) is in good aspect with nodal axis. In
the year of his marriage, his Venus in directions (moves 1º for 1 year) came at
8º Scorpio, i.e. at the South Node, and in opposition with the North Node,
which automatically activated nodal axis and served as the sign of this story’s
realization… It took all of 66 years (6 is the number we relate to Venus)...
Finally, Milica
also had in her chart (DOB: September 2, 1909, Bosanski Samac, time of birth
unknown) the Venus (love) at 12º Libra, depiction of secret love with a
diplomat, i.e. Andric. It is interesting that her Venus, as well as Andric’s,
was in a good aspect (trine/sextile) with nodal axis (12º Gemini - 12º Sagittarius),
and an exact one!
Sun at
13º Virgo – The End of Silence
Andric’s diurnal
(daily horoscope) for the wedding day show some interesting features. The Sun (ruler
of his Ascendant in the natal chart, but also the natural representative of the
series 5 - love) was at 13º Virgo, the degree of Mercury’s exaltation, right
across 13º Pisces, where the Venus was on the day Andric became ambassador in
Berlin in 1939, which announced some secret love story. This axis 13º Pisces (silence)/13º
Virgo (talking) is something very special appearing in this love story, for
Andric kept silent until he married Milica, and only then he revealed the truth
about the story “Jelena, the woman who is not”… Also, there is conjunction of
Mercury with Venus at 26º Leo (depiction of marital signature), touching
Andric’s Ascendant at the same degree.
Nobel
Prize
The news that
the novel “The Bridge on the Drina” was proclaimed the masterpiece of Yugoslav
literature and that his author was awarded a Nobel Prize, came soon after the
wedding, in 1961. In that moment his loved one was beside him to share a toast.
She is beside him, in lavish evening blue gown and with a huge black bow in her
silver hair, entering the hall where Andric was presented with the reward.
After their
mutual triumph started the long battle with Milica’s illness, a severe form of
arthritis that will eventually kill her – the therapy weakened her heart which betrayed
her – Andric’s Venus (Milica) is in conjunction with Chiron (wound) in Leo (heart),
so this is depiction of the sick Milica…
The woman who
was the greatest anchor, inspirational force and starry skies of Ivo Andric, Milica
Babic Andric, died in 1968. They spent only 10 years together, while 20 were
spent in silent waiting. Andric loved her even after her death… He died after 7
years, in 1975.
“Nothing
happens before it should be happening”
If the love is
real and true, then time is of no importance (Saturn)... Everything happens at
just the right time for us… Love should be unconditional, silent, and even
waiting should be enjoyed and given sense… If the waiting is a burden (Saturn),
than it is not the real think… To have the easiest conditions possible, it is necessary
to fill the inner universe with endless silence and faith…
“I see Jelena in
my travels, I only meet her in these circumstances…, so that is one of reasons
I like travelling…
I do not
surrender, I expect her letter. She tells me something joyful in every letter.
She suggests we meet somewhere or invites me to come for a day or two to the
seaside where she spends her summer…
One spring day
Jelena was standing behind me and she put a hand on my shoulder!
It is spring again. I am rich, calm and I
can wait… I know that everywhere and anywhere Jelena, a woman who is not may
appear… I just must not stop expecting her!”
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