The Sun Mythology
Aaron Spelling
Published: 21 August, 2019 I Author: Smiljana Gavrančić
Published: 21 August, 2019 I Author: Smiljana Gavrančić
It was first published by Infinity Astrological Magazine (#IAM27 #Zebras July/August 2019 issue). You can get your digital/hard copy of #IAM27 here
...the
source of the 'river', at the bend of the 'river', and finally, the end of the
'river'...
The
Sun Mythology
The
Sun may express itself at three levels of existence, the conscious, subconscious and unconscious
levels. In relation to that, it may be defined through Roman, Greek and Babylonian
mythology in the horoscope.
Certainly,
the Sun naturally expresses itself through its conscious nature, since it
basically represents being awake and aware, and it strives to achieve that. Its
force is the strongest, its nature the most meaningful if expressed at the
conscious level. It means that the Sol
Invictus (Roman unconquerable Sun)
actually represents the essence of the need of the Sun (conscious level). Each
Sun has that need primarily, for it reaches the point of being unconquerable.
When speaking of unconquerable Sun, we actually mean heliocentric Sun, which cannot have any bad aspect – it is
simply unconquerable and also cannot be hurt ever. It is the essence of
awareness one tries to develop – not to be hurt ever no matter what happens,
because an unconquerable Sun is contained within. It is the degree of certain
development.
On
that path of Sun’s development, at unconscious level, the Sun creates
characteristics of extreme autocrats with strong ego-system, who has the strong
need to fight, and where despite the prominent ego the Sun is undeveloped – it
represents human ego, limited by its comprehension. This model is primarily
expressed through the mythology of
Babylon (Shamash) – through the
unconscious level. The Sun represents the factor of evolution reaching its maximum
maturity after recognizing its state of being unconquerable. That is the
category that rises above.
Intermediate
state (subconscious level) is related to the
Greek mythology (Helios).
It
is up to us to assess at what level of development the Sun is in every chart,
i.e. which archetype is expressed – Babylonian, Greek or the Roman one…
Every
Sun corresponds to one of three models: primary egocentric (Babylon),
primary seeking for affairs (Greece) or primary striving success and stability (Rome) and it symbolizes both the person and all other persons in
the symbolism of the Sun in one’s horoscope.
Shamash in Babylon
Regarding
the nature of the Sun at one of those levels, Shamash is the Sun that indicates signs from the unconscious level,
it is simply the remnant of the part communicating with our unconscious, so if
we let is pass, let it talks and not follow the rational part, for it is not
possible (there is incomprehension), then what that Sun says is the SIGN,
indicator of something.
Archetypical astrology
symbolism of the myth of Shamash is the following: the Sun in Aries in favorable
aspect with Jupiter or Saturn or with disposition in such aspect
Helios and Apollo in
Greece
Regarding
the subconscious level, the Sun is actually somebody inspiring, awakening,
seducing, maybe indicating wishes, things we would want, it emotionally bounds
us and communicate with us, and we can be inebriated from that. There is
hedonism with Helios and this might
be very happy Sun, and Apollo also
enjoys his values.
Archetypical
astrological symbolism of the myth on Helios:
the Sun in Leo or Taurus, in favorable aspect with the Moon or in conjunction
with the Venus
Archetypical
astrological symbolism of the myth on Apollo:
favorable with Jupiter and Neptune, strong Venus, strong Mars (also possible
opposition or square Sun/Uranus)
Sol Invictus in Rome
Sol Invictus represents altogether different
value – values we are aware of, which are basis of Western civilization and
which give the possibility to change in time, to learn, to comprehend and
finally to overcome the inevitability of the fate.
Archetypical symbolism
of the myth on Sol Invictus:
the Sun in Capricorn, as well as any connection of the Sun and Saturn, also
strong Sun in favorable relation with series 10 (10th house, Saturn, planets in
10th house)
It
is important to assess what the Sun in the chart is (position in the sign,
house, aspects, dispositor and its aspects, as well as all that resides in
Leo), for all that determines the Sun and implies the archetype. Since the Sun
is the central planet, the level at which the Sun is determines the most the
mythology we are connected to (Babylon, Greece, Rome).
Aaron
Spelling as Helios
Known
around the world as the ‘father’ of Charlie's
Angels (1976–81), The Love Boat
(1977–86), Hart to Hart (1979–84), Dynasty (1981–89), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–2000), 7th Heaven (1996–2007), Charmed
(1998–2006), Mod Squad (1968-1973), The Rookies (1972-1976), Sunset
Beach (1997-1999), Aaron is the holder of the record of the most prolific
TV writer and producer in the history of American television. He was born in
Dallas, in the family of Russian Jewish immigrants. He is known for its
enormous fortune and grand mansion known as “The Manor House” (so-called “Spelling
Manor”) which he bought in 1988 for US $ 12 million, and which is the
largest manor in Los Angeles. The manor has 123 rooms and covers the area of
5,200 m2. It also has the recording studio, gym, bowling alley, four garages,
pool, tennis court…
If
we take a look at Aaron Spelling’s chart, we see Asc at 9º Leo, and the Sun
(the ruler of Asc) is high, at the very MC (career, reputation), and close to
the Moon’s exaltation degree (3º Taurus). This is depiction of Helios, the Sun
god, living in a grand ‘golden’ palace. In three steps only there is here the
archetype of the Greek god Helios – Asc in Leo, the Sun in Taurus and on the
degree of Moon’s exaltation. The Sun god, with golden hair and crown made from
sun rays, lives in the golden palace and goes out every morning in golden
chariot with 4 winged horses. He shines his rays to the Earth, giving it the
light, warmth and life. Helios sees all and hears all, he is the
clear eye of the Zeus, he uncovers affairs and to Demeter he discloses
the kidnapping of Persephone. He was loved by gods, people, animals and plants,
and he was not welcome only in Hades (Scorpio) empire…
Aaron
has the Moon (the essential signifier of the house) in its domicile, at 14º
Cancer 11’, and almost at the degree of Jupiter’s exaltation (15º Cancer), and
Jupiter is actually Zeus. The Sun and the Moon are in mutually sextile signs;
the Taurus Sun exalts the Moon, just confirming the archetype of Helios in the
chart of Spelling.
It
may be said that the nature of this Sun is related to the symbolism of Taurus,
for the enjoyment is prominent, material safety (golden palace) important, and
in Hades empire (Scorpio, the opposite of Taurus) it is not welcome. Also, the
nature of giving life, light, love is prominent as well, all related to the
earth.
This
Sun is loved by people, so it is related to the Moon (and Taurus is sign of
Moon’s exaltation and Venus’ domicile), it is joyous, enjoying. It is much more
acceptable to people, not autocratic as Shamash in Babylon. The will of this
Sun (the will and power of the person) is not militant as in Shamash; it is
stable and colored with joy.
Phaeton – sin, fall
into the river, getting out of the river…
But,
the myth on Helios contains the story of Phaeton, Helios’ son who got killed in
chariot, so with this Sun (and certain affliction) there is some problem with the child, the abandoned child… In th
end, Phaeton fell into the river, and the story of river is always the story of
genetics, of sin, of problem ending upon getting out from the river…, there are
many stories...
Many
say that Phaeton was the son of Eos and Cephalus, while the most accepted
version was that Phaeton was the son of Oceanid Clymene and Helios, and that he
was raised by his mother alone, without father’s knowledge of him.
When
Phaeton was adult, his true identity was revealed. Then, he asked his father
Helios to drive his chariot as the proof of father’s acceptance. Helios refused
at first, but later he approved, giving his son advice and instructions.
Phaeton
followed the usual route driven daily by his father, but when he got much
higher than necessary he got scared of height and of zodiac circle symbols, so
he suddenly changed the direction. He continued to drive the chariot
erratically, going too low and risking burning the Earth, or too high and
risking doing the same to stars…
In
order to mitigate the dangers of such driving, Zeus (Jupiter) hit him with the
thunderbolt and threw him to the river Eridanus
(constellation Eridanus is connected
to the story of genetics, cleansing, travelling the underground river and the
light at the end of tunnel), where he was found by sisters Heliadae and buried
with all honors.
Tori
and Randy Spelling
Let
us get back to the chart of Aaron Spelling. Retrograde Jupiter rules his 5th
house (describing children), and the Sun goes to the strong applying opposition
with that Jupiter at 15º Scorpio (the end of ’Via Combusta’, so-called ’the
Burning Way’), and also Jupiter is the dispositor of asteroid Helios,
located in the chart of Spelling at 11º Sagittarius 51’ in the 5th house (the
house of children). So, here it is more than obvious that there would be some
trouble with children, which turned out to be true after Spelling’s death. But,
since that same Jupiter rules Spelling’s 8th house (inheritance), here are the
financial problems…
Asteroid Helios was discovered on July 11,
1918, and the Sun was at 18º Cancer, and each 18º contains 1 (life, beginning,
Asc) and 8 (death). The very asteroid Helios was discovered at 14º Capricorn
29’, right across the natal Moon (real estate, family) of Aaron Spelling, which
is more than significant now. All that across the axis of fall (15º Capricorn)
and exaltation (15º Cancer) of Jupiter (Zeus) - Zeus being the one who stopped
Phaeton and brought him down into the river…
18º
Cancer as the spot of danger in Zodiac – the very beginning, ancient past,
memories…
Within
the sign of Cancer, which is primarily related to genetics, there is one
special spot (18º Cancer) telling of someone in our genetics who had made the
great change and joined 1 and 8. One describes the personality itself, while 8
is always related to danger for it is connected to the 8th house. Someone
managed to change something sometimes, or if he/she failed (which will be shown
by the dispositor planet) – that someone did a very negative thing by joining 1
and 8, which might be the dangerous sign… The sign of Cancer is the sign of
emotions, which are only the memories of our ancestors… So, it is desirable to
have our Waters (emotions) as ‘clean’ as possible…, and then we can change our
DNA code (18º is analogue to the sign of Virgo, and Mercury, the ruler of
Virgo, is the essential signifier of gene…).
Also, 18º of any
sign is known as the degree of danger emphasized by fate, the degree related to
the “hard fate”, the fate that is hard to change…
Every
symbol of water related to its beginning implies the phase of the very
beginning, the ancient past, birth or starting of something, describing the
water of the type of sign of Cancer… (Aaron has natal Moon in Cancer.)
When
Spelling bought the famous Manor House,
his secondary progressed Moon (house) was crossing the asteroid Helios in his
natal chart, while the Solar Arc directive Jupiter (the ruler of his 5th house
– children) was at 18º Capricorn, across from the fatal 18º Cancer! Exactly at
18º Capricorn there is the Moon (family, house) of Randy Spelling, the son of the famous producer, who is life coach
and lives modestly in comparison with the time when his father was alive. In
the year when his father bought the Manor
House, his Solar Arc directive Fortuna (which is the most personal point in
the chart because it is the mix of Asc, Sun and Moon) was at 18º Cancer and
activated his natal Moon (house, family) in the 4th house (house, family).
In
draconic chart (memory of the soul from the previous incarnation), Randy has
IC/MC axis – the axis of genetics, of our parents – across 14º Cancer 56’/14º
Capricorn 56’. As may be seen, this is the axis covering the natal Moon of
Aaron Spelling (14º Cancer) and the position of the asteroid Helios at the time
it was discovered (14º Capricorn).
But,
beside the son Aaron also has the daughter, Tori Spelling, known by the role of Dona Martin in the famous
series ’Beverly Hills 90210’, the
return of which is going to be aired on FOX on August 7, 2019! In her chart,
the asteroid Helios is located at 26º Cancer. When Aaron Spelling died on June
23, 2006, her secondary Moon (family) was crossing over 25º - 26º Capricorn,
activating her asteroid Helios by opposition.
Film and TV producer Aron
Spelling left the fortune estimated to be US $ 500 million. The ruler of his
Sun is the exalted Venus in Pisces, bringing the Sun to the sign of Pisces and
to the 8th house (inheritance), and that Venus crossed the South Lunar Node and
Uranus, so there has to be some dramatic
issues related to his last will…
Namely, he left ‘only’ about US $ 800,000 to his daughter Tori Spelling, in
cash and stocks. She expected more and she wrote in her memoir “'I lost my father. I lost my hero. But did I
think I would get more? Yes. It is also the truth that it hurts me he left my
mother more money”, wrote Tori.
All
that came as shock to Tori, since she used to spend US $ 60,000 on a daily
basis. At present, Tori is hugely indebted, which is the main subject of
Hollywood gossip. And that is the myth story where the child is unable to manage the golden chariot.
When
Tori landed serious job and serious salary that goes with it, her father
expected more reasonable approach to the earned money. But, he continued to pay
all her expenses and to show how much he loved her by huge sums of money. That
was his style and he decided to change it at the end of his life.
“It
was a difficult conversation. I did not want him to think I ask for his money
or that I talk about something that shall happen after he is gone, but I
believe I needed such conversation. Both me and my brother. We were having
lunch and he said: ‘You will be all right. I took care of it. You will get a
bit less than a million”,
said
Tori.
But, Tori has the Sun (father) at Algol, so it comes as no surprise that
her father denied her the fortune…
’Spelling Television’
The famous ’Spelling Television’ (October 25, 1965, L.A. CA) was founded with
the position of asteroid Helios at 10º - 11º Pisces, squaring Aaron’s natal
Helios at 11º Sagittarius and indicating future problems with the ‘golden
palace’. Solar Arc directive Mars of Aaron Spelling was at 15º Cancer, just
having crossed over 14º Cancer, i.e. his natal Moon, activating the
asteroid Helios at 14º Capricorn, across
the way, for the moment when it was discovered. In Spelling’s chart, the Mars
is the ruler of his IC, the angular house, so it represents the creating of
some foundations, and the founding of ’Spelling
Television’ is a kind of Spelling’s home.
Secondary
progressed Sun of Aaron in 1965 was at 12º Gemini (the spot occupied by transit
Moon at the time of his death on June 23, 2006, 6.25 pm, Beverly Hills, CA). In
the chart of his death it may be seen that the Ascendant is at 10º Sagittarius
37’, exactly at the asteroid Helios from his natal chart - 11º Sagittarius 51’
(there was, if you remember, the secondary Moon of Aaron at the time of buying the Manor House, in 1988).
It
is interesting that his son Randy has the asteroid Helios at 10º Leo, exactly
at the Asc of his father Aaron (9º Leo), and at the time of his father’s death,
the solar Arc directive axis IC/MC (axis of parents) in his chart was at 9º
Aquarius/9º Leo, which is the position of Aaron’s Desc/Asc axis. Angular houses
are always activated somehow when important things happen.
At the bend of the
river – the end of the river...
At the end, let us return to the
chart of Aaron Spelling, namely to his Sun (the ruler of Asc), which not only
was close to the degree of Moon’s exaltation (telling about fruitfulness,
fortune in real estate, big house, for all that is the Moon), but was in
conjunction with the fixed star ANGETENAR from the constellation of Eridanus (underground river), situated
(regarding the anatomy of the fixed star) –
in the bend of the river... So,
there is an issue here, for sure…
The
bend of the river means there is a need for regeneration, cleansing, and that
is similar to the nature of Scorpio… (Tori has her natal Moon in Scorpio)
On
the other hand, Aaron has grand water trine including the strong Moon in
domicile, at the very good degree, the degree of Jupiter’s exaltation (so Zeus
is supporting him from 12th house, which is the direct support from the God),
retrograde Jupiter at 15º Scorpio (in this case, these are his children, since
Jupiter rules his 5th house – the house of children), and Uranus at 16º Pisces
07, and exactly there at 15º-16º Pisces there is the only benefic star from the
constellation of Eridanus (the
underground river), named ACHERNAR – the
end of the river, It has the nature of the Jupiter and speaks about the end
of a long ‘journey’ and of the light at the end of the tunnel, but only after
the deep family ‘cleansing’ that is inevitable in order to put things on new
bases and to start with the new, better life, but deeply cleansed from family
sins that originate from the deep past… Finally, next to Uranus there is the
South Node, additionally confirming the need to ‘clean’ things…
Dragon
Every
grand trine means nothing without the planet across the way that transforms the
trine into the Dragon and enables materialization
of the grand trine. In this case, it is Aaron’s Mercury (the ruler of the 2nd
house – finances, but also the essential signifier of gene, and if you remember
I said that the Mercury is the DNA earlier in the text) at 16º Taurus, across
from the Jupiter at 15º Scorpio. I have to emphasize that besides being the
ruler of the house of children, the Jupiter is also the ruler of the 8th house
(inherited money, money gotten from others). That very opposition of the ruler
of the 2nd house – Mercury in Taurus (money) and Jupiter (children, inherited
money – the ruler of his 5th and 8th house) represents the main problem here,
for it depicts excessive spending, throwing away money by his children, i.e.
unworthiness to adequately manage Aaron’s fortune, for they are unworthy of the
ride in ‘golden chariot’…
Candy Spelling
Uranus
at ACHERNAR – the end of the river,
as the part of the mentioned grand water trine, and at the same time the modern
ruler of Aaron’s Desc (marriage) in Aquarius, here represents Aaron’s wife, Candy Spelling, the mother of Randy and
Tori, the person managing Aaron’s fortune. She is the one with the talent
(great trine is always some talent) to keep things under control.
The
end of the river means cleansing, and carries the connection with water living
inside the sign of Pisces… (Candy has her natal Moon in Pisces)
Finally,
the water is always the symbol of a
woman…
It
is interesting that her asteroid Helios was activated at the moment of Aaron’s
death, on June 23, 2006. Her secondary progressed Asc was at 21º Libra 33’, the
spot occupied by the asteroid Helios in her chart!
If
you remember, at the moment of Aaron’s death, the asteroid Helios was active in
the chart of Tori, Randy, and Aaron himself....
The time ahead us...
One
thing that might be important for Spelling family in the time ahead is the
moment when Saturn again, in direct motion, activates axis at 18º Capricorn/18º
Cancer, but before that also the axis 14º Capricorn/14º Cancer – October 2019,
and the very end of 2019. That shall be the time of great responsibility of this family and we shall see if they relay got
serious and learnt the lesson… since they were exposed to stress by Uranus in
the previous years, and then transformed by Pluto. Now is the time they show
they got stronger and more responsible…
Randy
has his natal Moon in Capricorn that, together with three other Moons that make
the grand water trine (fathers in Cancer, sister’s in Scorpio and mother’s in
Pisces) – transforms the trine into the Dragon… and Dragon materializes…
~
Aaron
Spelling – the very beginning, the birth...
Tori
Spelling - renewal, transformation...
Candy
Spelling - cleansing, the light at the end of tunnel...
Randy
Spelling - Dragon...
Chart
sources:
All charts were taken
from www.astro.com,
including the chart for the moment when Aaron Spelling died
Smiljana Gavrančić was born in Serbia and she is the editor, founder and owner of the bimonthly IAM – INΦINITY Astrological Magazine. She is an ISAR CAP, studied hermetic astrology and practises astrology of karma and archetypes (fixed stars, mythology). She is also a leading exponent of significant degrees in mundane and natal charts – and was one of a few astrologers to predict that Donald Trump would become the 45th US President a year before his election. She blogs in English and in Serbian and you can read her articles at www.astrologsmiljanagavrancic.blogspot.com You can visit her official website at www.infinityastrologicalmagazine.com and order digital/hard copy of IAM (since September 2018 Smiljana started to print IAM) , and if you want you can book your reading with Smiljana at smiljana.gavrancic@gmail.com
Smiljana Gavrančić was born in Serbia and she is the editor, founder and owner of the bimonthly IAM – INΦINITY Astrological Magazine. She is an ISAR CAP, studied hermetic astrology and practises astrology of karma and archetypes (fixed stars, mythology). She is also a leading exponent of significant degrees in mundane and natal charts – and was one of a few astrologers to predict that Donald Trump would become the 45th US President a year before his election. She blogs in English and in Serbian and you can read her articles at www.astrologsmiljanagavrancic.blogspot.com You can visit her official website at www.infinityastrologicalmagazine.com and order digital/hard copy of IAM (since September 2018 Smiljana started to print IAM) , and if you want you can book your reading with Smiljana at smiljana.gavrancic@gmail.com
