{"id":3067,"date":"2016-11-02T06:54:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T11:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/?p=3067"},"modified":"2016-11-02T06:54:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T11:54:16","slug":"helter-skelter-malefics-unbound-in-the-manson-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/?p=3067","title":{"rendered":"Helter Skelter: malefics unbound in the Manson Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Charlie-manson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3112\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Charlie-manson.jpg\" alt=\"charlie-manson\" width=\"451\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a>The Manson Family murders in the Summer of \u00e2\u0080\u009869 seared a hole in the American psyche. The Family was a cult of hippie nihilists led by Charles Manson, a frustrated singer-songwriter on the fringe of the LA music industry. In what was to become one of the first acts of social-class terrorism to date, Manson and his followers committed a series of nine murders, including that of actress Sharon Tate, at four locations over a period of five weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Manson believed the murders would help precipitate an impending apocalyptic race war, which he described in his own version of the lyrics to the Beatles\u00e2\u0080\u0099 song \u00e2\u0080\u009cHelter Skelter.\u00e2\u0080\u009d The seven-member Family comprised three men (Charles Manson, Bobby Beausoleil, and Charles \u00e2\u0080\u009cTex\u00e2\u0080\u009d Watson) as well as four women (Susan Atkins, Lynette &#8220;Squeaky&#8221; Fromme, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Leslie Van Houten.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Malefics at large<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In Vedic astrology, planets can be classed as natural benefics with the power to do good, or natural malefics with the power to do harm. Although there are caveats, the benefics are the Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus. The malefics are the Sun, Mars, Saturn and the two nodes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Malefic signatures are stamped on every member of the Manson Family, several of whom share common themes. Before we look at those patterns, let\u00e2\u0080\u0099s quickly review the malefics and their nature:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Saturn-Eating-Cronus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3115\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Saturn-Eating-Cronus-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"saturn-eating-cronus\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Saturn-Eating-Cronus-190x300.jpg 190w, http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Saturn-Eating-Cronus.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a>The Sun is the least of the malefics, considered cruel, with a capacity to burn, but also to command, even at the behest of a twisted ego.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mars is aggressive and violent, with the fierce temperament of a warrior, and a capacity to turn rage into criminal action.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Saturn is regarded as the prime malefic, in that it reflects depression and fear, morbidity and sociopathy, imprisonment and death.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rahu is Saturn-like, associated with alienation, strangeness, anti-social tendencies and a lust for forbidden experience.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ketu is Mars-like, and is considered \u00e2\u0080\u009cthe headless one\u00e2\u0080\u009d lacking reason, restraint or an instinct for self-preservation.<strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>It\u00e2\u0080\u0099s a Family affair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When we analyze the charts of the Manson Family, several astrological themes emerge among its members:<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"557\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><u>Astrological factor<\/u><\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"242\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><u>Members affected<\/u><\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"557\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A debilitated Sun<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"242\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"557\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kala Sarpa Yoga (Rahu &amp; Ketu)<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"242\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"557\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A destabilized Moon (often at hands of Saturn)<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"242\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 4<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"557\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dominance of <em>kshatriya<\/em> planets (Sun &amp; Mars)<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"242\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"557\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An aggravated Mars<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"242\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 7<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As we\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll see, no single factor influences every member of the group. And yet the composite influence of malefics is strikingly common.<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"317\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Charles Manson, 12 Nov 1934, 16:40\u00c2\u00a0EST, Cincinnati, Ohio<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3103\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/manson-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"manson\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"482\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-manson-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3079\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-manson-crop-300x269.jpg\" alt=\"v-manson-crop\" width=\"325\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-manson-crop-300x269.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-manson-crop.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"317\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Bobby Beausoleil, 6 Nov 1947, 07:21\u00c2\u00a0PST, Santa Barbara, CA<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/beausoleil-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3104\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/beausoleil-1.jpg\" alt=\"beausoleil\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"482\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-beausoleil-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3091\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-beausoleil-crop-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"v-beausoleil-crop\" width=\"325\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-beausoleil-crop-300x270.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-beausoleil-crop.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><em>\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"317\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Charles \u00e2\u0080\u009cTex\u00e2\u0080\u009d Watson, 2 Dec 1945, 21:05 CST, Dallas, Texas<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/watson-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3105\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/watson-1.jpg\" alt=\"watson\" width=\"200\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"482\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-watson-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3092\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-watson-crop-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"v-watson-crop\" width=\"325\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-watson-crop-300x270.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-watson-crop.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><em>\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"317\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Susan Atkins, 7 May 1948, 01:03 PDT, San Gabriel, California<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/atkins-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3106\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/atkins-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"atkins\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"482\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-atkins-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3093\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-atkins-crop-300x269.jpg\" alt=\"v-atkins-crop\" width=\"324\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-atkins-crop-300x269.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-atkins-crop.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a><em>\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"317\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u00e2\u0080\u009cSqueaky\u00e2\u0080\u009d Fromme, 22 Oct 1948, 05:37 PDT, Santa Monica, CA<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/fromme-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3107\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/fromme-1.jpg\" alt=\"fromme\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"482\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-fromme-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3094\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-fromme-crop-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"v-fromme-crop\" width=\"325\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-fromme-crop-300x270.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-fromme-crop.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><em>\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"317\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Patricia Krenwinkel, 3 Dec 1947, 04:41 PST, Los Angeles,\u00c2\u00a0CA<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/krenwinkel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3088\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/krenwinkel-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"krenwinkel\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"482\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-krenwinkel-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3095\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-krenwinkel-crop-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"v-krenwinkel-crop\" width=\"325\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-krenwinkel-crop-300x270.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-krenwinkel-crop.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><em>\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"317\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Leslie Van Houten, 23 Aug 1949, 05:51 PST, Los Angeles,\u00c2\u00a0CA<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/van-houten.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3089\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/van-houten-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"van-houten\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"482\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3096\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-vanhouten-crop-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"v-vanhouten-crop\" width=\"325\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-vanhouten-crop-300x270.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/V-vanhouten-crop.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The Sun also falls<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Out of the seven members of the Manson Family, three have a sidereal Sun debilitated in Libra. There\u00e2\u0080\u0099s a one-in-12 chance to have a debilitated Sun, so in a group of seven people we\u00e2\u0080\u0099d expect no more than one, yet here are three:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Charles Manson was the instigator who came up with the plans and sent his followers to do the killing. Although his Sun in the 7th house is strengthened by the presence of Jupiter, Mercury and a strong Venus, it is also aspected by a strong Saturn in Capricorn.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bobby Beausoleil committed one murder and participated in others. His Sun is in the 12th house and aspected by a debilitated Mars in Cancer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Although Squeaky Fromme participated in none of the Family murders, she was a devotee of the Manson cult and, years later, made an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate President Gerald Ford. Her 2nd house Sun is associated with Ketu, and aspected by Saturn.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All three find their debilitated Suns further destabilized by the association or aspect of malefics Mars, Saturn or Ketu. This suggests almost half of the group, their leader included, suffered from some sort of ego deficiency that justified violence as a form of compensation.<strong>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The demonic nodes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Moon\u00e2\u0080\u0099s nodes are described as <em>chaya graha<\/em> (shadow planets) because they denote the literal points across which shadows cast eclipses. Mythologically, they are two portions of the same body, that of an <em>asura<\/em> who crashed a party thrown by the <em>devas<\/em>. When the demon tried to drink the <em>soma<\/em> (nectar of immortality) being served, <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/kalasarpa_dosha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3117\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/kalasarpa_dosha-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"kalasarpa_dosha\" width=\"250\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/kalasarpa_dosha-300x260.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/kalasarpa_dosha.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Lord Vishnu chopped it in two, but because it had already ingested some of the nectar, the two nodes Rahu and Ketu gained immortality to torment the Sun and Moon with eclipses ever after.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Four of the Manson family have angular nodes: Manson, Beausoleil, Atkins and Krenwinkel. The nodes can only be angular, succedent or cadent, so in a family of seven we\u00e2\u0080\u0099d expect two with angular nodes, yet here there are four. Far more remarkably, three of the family (all of the men) have a <em>Kala Sarpa Yoga<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Kala Sarpa<\/em> occurs when all seven of the visible planets are contained within seven signs or less, effectively restricted to one half of the chart as delineated by the opposing axis of the moon\u00e2\u0080\u0099s nodes. Watson has a relatively \u00e2\u0080\u009cpure\u00e2\u0080\u009d example of a <em>Kala Sarpa<\/em>, since all of his other planets are truly contained within the nodal axis. Manson and Beausoleil deviate from this high standard since certain of their planets exceed the node\u00e2\u0080\u0099s degree without leaving the sign occupied.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Manson\u00e2\u0080\u0099s <em>Kala Sarpa<\/em> has all of his planets on the west side of the chart, from Cancer in the 4th to Capricorn in the 10th. This places emphasis on the nodal dispositors Moon and Saturn. Saturn is powerful in its own sign where it teams up with malefic Rahu to severely destabilize the Moon. Thus Manson, both unhappy and deranged, sought fulfillment by wreaking death on those he perceived to be part of the establishment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Beausoleil\u00e2\u0080\u0099s <em>Kala Sarpa<\/em> has all of his planets in the south half of the chart, from Taurus in the 7th to Scorpio in the 1st. This highlights nodal dispositors Venus and Mars. Venus sits on an exaggerated nodal axis (Rahu is debilitated in Taurus, Ketu exalted in Scorpio). Mars is debilitated and associated with Saturn. Charm was Beausoleil\u00e2\u0080\u0099s laissez-passer but his propensity for violence was on a short leash.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Watson\u00e2\u0080\u0099s <em>Kala Sarpa<\/em> has all of his planets in the northeast portion of the chart, from Gemini in the 12th to Sagittarius in the 6th. Mercury and Jupiter thus become the control planets for the nodal axis. Mercury is afflicted only by the Sun, while Jupiter is aspected by Saturn. He committed five murders and directly participated in several others.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In short, a <em>Kala Sarpa Yoga<\/em> can reflect an extreme form of personality, with a tendency for bigotry, conspiracy theories, fanaticism and revolution as a cure for what ails society. This was essentially Manson\u00e2\u0080\u0099s message: start a race war that would transform America. Beausoleil and Watson were his willing dupes and, with all three men in agreement, it facilitated getting the women of the Family aligned toward the same goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The dark side of the Moon<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/charles-manson-stickingtongue-CROP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3132\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/charles-manson-stickingtongue-CROP-261x300.jpg\" alt=\"charles-manson-stickingtongue-crop\" width=\"200\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a>The Moon represents the emotional mind, the part of our limbic system that \u00e2\u0080\u009cthinks\u00e2\u0080\u009d like an animal, with its instincts, primal desires and antipathies. In six of the Family members, the Moon is afflicted by Mars, Saturn or the nodes.\u00c2\u00a0Four of them are particularly destabilized:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Manson\u00e2\u0080\u0099s waxing Moon in the 10th is associated with a strong Saturn and Rahu. The north node is generally Saturn-like with the potential to take on other influences; Ketu is Mars-like with options. Both nodes function like lawyers, taking on clients by whom they are conjoined, aspected or disposited. If there are multiple clients, the lawyer favors the most powerful. In Manson\u00e2\u0080\u0099s case, Saturn in its own sign is strong so effectively Rahu also wields Saturn\u00e2\u0080\u0099s power. This creates a situation where the Moon is put under pressure from the worst two malefics.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Atkins\u00e2\u0080\u0099s waning Moon is dark in the 4th house, just two days away from a solar eclipse. This Moon is notable in being under attack from <em>every<\/em> malefic in the chart. It conjoins an exalted Sun. Alternatively, if we exercise the option to transpose the Sun and Mars in our mind\u00e2\u0080\u0099s eye, since these two are in mutual reception, we\u00e2\u0080\u0099d see the Moon afflicted by Mars in its own sign. Saturn from the 7th house aspects the Moon. Last but not least, the Moon sits on the nodal axis. She directly participated in eight of the Family murders.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fromme\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Moon is just past full in the 9th house, and exalted in Taurus. But it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s aspected by a powerful Mars in its own sign, which gives an aggressive personality. And it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s aspected by Saturn from the 12th, which gives an attitude of there\u00e2\u0080\u0099s-nothing-to-lose.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Krenwinkel\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Moon is waning but in its own sign Cancer in the 10th. There it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s closely conjoined with Saturn, with all its attendant negativity. She committed one murder and directly participated in several others.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Moon is only one element in any analysis of the <em>manas<\/em>, or emotional mind of an individual. Its stability is a general indicator of mental health, while its instability reflects at least neurosis if not some form of \u00e2\u0080\u009ccrazy thinking.\u00e2\u0080\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The <em>Kshatriya<\/em> are prepared to kill<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the Hindu caste system there are essentially five classes of society. The <em>Brahmin<\/em>, represented by Venus and Jupiter, promote culture via law, religion, education and art. The <em>Kshatriya<\/em>, posts held by the Sun and Mars, protect society in the form of the government, military and police. The <em>Vaishya<\/em>, circulating as the Moon and Mercury, are promoters of trade and commerce. The <em>Shudra<\/em>, weighed down with Saturn, offer basic services, trades and labor. The <em>Mleccha<\/em>, outcastes Rahu and Ketu, are the foreigners, sick and criminal element.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/kshatriya.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3121\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/kshatriya.jpg\" alt=\"kshatriya\" width=\"200\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a>The <em>Kshatriya<\/em> planets Mars and the Sun are considered armed, as are their personnel \u00e2\u0080\u0093 guards, police and soldiers. Being armed, they can kill. Thus, combinations involving the Sun and Mars reflect a strong-armed approach, with all possible ramifications. In the Manson Family, three out of the seven have a strong Sun\/Mars connection in their charts:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Manson has Aries rising ruled by Mars. Mars is in the 5th house Leo, the Sun\u00e2\u0080\u0099s sign. The Sun and Mars are in a friendly 3\/11 relationship. Mars is unafflicted in a friendly sign. The Sun aspects the Aries ascendant. Mars is in the \u00e2\u0080\u009ccognitive\u00e2\u0080\u009d 5th house, where it dwells on violence but doesn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t necessarily act on it. The weak ego of the debilitated Sun can only work through others \u00e2\u0080\u0093 the 7th house.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Atkins has the Sun in 4th house Aries, in mutual reception with Mars in Leo in the 8th. This exchange of 4th and 8th house lords is a bad sign for the mother, domestic stability and peace of mind. At the Sun\u00e2\u0080\u0099s end of the exchange, the 4th house is damaged by the presence of a dark Moon and Rahu, and the aspect of Saturn. The influence of prime malefics Saturn and Rahu on the 4th house or the Moon (here, both apply) is a classic signature for some form of neurosis or sociopathy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Remarkably, Krenwinkel too has a mutual reception between the Sun and Mars, although in her chart it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s from Leo in the 11th to Scorpio in the 2nd. Mars is clearly dominant since it aspects the Sun. She committed one murder and directly participated in several others.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since the Sun and Mars form powerful interactions in these members\u00e2\u0080\u0099 charts, there\u00e2\u0080\u0099s an impulse to command and control. Organizational leadership is reflected in the Sun, but it takes Mars to use the knife or pull the trigger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Caution: contents under pressure<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3124\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/rage-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"rage\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Of all the planets, Mars is the most aggressive and violent. A person with a damaged Mars, eg, debilitated or combust, is a candidate for uncontrolled rage. This usually comes courtesy of some neurosis, bad chemicals, or a shitty childhood, and can have negative effects on health, relationships and employment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Everyone in the Manson Family had a dominant Mars:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Manson\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Mars is his Aries ascendant lord, well-placed in the 5th house, unafflicted by any other planet. The lord of his rising <em>nakshatra<\/em> is Ketu, which is Mars-like.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Beausoleil\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Mars is lord of his Scorpio ascendant. It\u00e2\u0080\u0099s debilitated in the Cancer 9th, associated with Saturn. In the <em>Shadbala<\/em> system of planetary weights, Mars is his strongest planet. The lord of his rising <em>nakshatra<\/em> is Jupiter, in Mars-ruled Scorpio, and in the 1st house with Mars-like Ketu.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Watson\u00e2\u0080\u0099s debilitated Mars occupies his ascendant. In the <em>Shadbala<\/em> system, Mars is his strongest planet. The lord of his rising <em>nakshatra<\/em> is Saturn, associated with Mars.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Atkins\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Mars is in the 8th house, exchanging with the Sun to access its own sign Aries. As per <em>Shadbala<\/em>, Mars is her strongest planet. The lord of her rising <em>nakshatra<\/em> is the Sun in mutual reception with Mars.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fromme\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Mars occupies its own sign Scorpio in the 3rd house. In the <em>Shadbala<\/em> system, Mars is her second strongest planet. The lord of her rising <em>nakshatra<\/em> is the Moon, in mutual aspect with that strong Mars.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Krenwinkel\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Mars is in the 11th house, exchanging with the Sun into its own sign Scorpio. As per <em>Shadbala<\/em>, Mars is her strongest planet. The lord of her rising <em>nakshatra<\/em> is Jupiter in Mars-ruled Scorpio, and aspected by Mars.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Van Houten\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Mars is in the 11th house Gemini, the most elevated visible planet in the chart. In the <em>Shadbala<\/em> system, Mars is her strongest planet. The lord of her rising <em>nakshatra<\/em> is Mars-like Ketu, also aspected by Mars. Technically, she committed no murders but participated in some.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To sum up, every one of the Manson family has a dominant Mars by virtue of its involvement with the <em>shtoola lagna<\/em> \u00e2\u0080\u0093 the rising sign and its lord \u00e2\u0080\u0093 or the <em>sookshma lagna<\/em>, the rising <em>nakshatra<\/em> and its lord.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The end of the summer of love<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The \u00e2\u0080\u009cSummer of Love\u00e2\u0080\u009d was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 young people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior converged in\u00c2\u00a0San Francisco. Ironically, this was also where Charles Manson\u00c2\u00a0got his start, living in the Haight-Ashbury district where he gathered adoring women around him by giving out LSD. Soon he was also attracting young men to his group by promising sex with his \u00e2\u0080\u009cyoung loves.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\u00c2\u00a0Thus, a cult was born.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3137\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/haightashbury-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"haightashbury\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/haightashbury-300x173.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/haightashbury.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Two years later, things had begun to unravel. Brian Jones drowned in his swimming pool, and the Rolling Stones\u00e2\u0080\u0099 Altamount concert unleashed an orgy of violence. The first victim of AIDS died. The Chappaquiddick incident exposed Ted Kennedy\u00e2\u0080\u0099s adultery. The My Lai massacre in Vietnam outraged Americans and mobilized the anti-war movement. The \u00e2\u0080\u009cHelter Skelter\u00e2\u0080\u009d murders by the Manson Family in Los Angeles were just further evidence that it was the end of an era. Indeed, many media outlets dubbed 1969 as \u00e2\u0080\u009cthe end of the Sixties.\u00e2\u0080\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The malefics were loose again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">~~~<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Alan Annand<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0is\u00c2\u00a0a graduate of the American College of Vedic Astrology\u00c2\u00a0and a former tutor for the British Faculty of Astrological Studies.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">His\u00c2\u00a0<em>New Age Noir<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0crime novels (<em>Scorpio Rising<\/em>,\u00c2\u00a0<em>Felonious Monk<\/em>,\u00c2\u00a0<em>Soma County<\/em>) feature astrologer and palmist Axel Crowe, whom one reviewer has dubbed \u00e2\u0080\u009cSherlock Holmes with a horoscope.\u00e2\u0080\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2883 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PYv5-Dec-18-web-@-50-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"Pageflex Persona [document: PRS0000031_00006]\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PYv5-Dec-18-web-@-50-300x220.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PYv5-Dec-18-web-@-50.jpg 564w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>He&#8217;s also the author of several non-fiction books.\u00c2\u00a0<em>Stellar Astrology<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0offers a compilation of\u00c2\u00a0techniques,\u00c2\u00a0in-depth celebrity profiles, and analysis of world events. <em>Parivartana Yoga<\/em> is a reference text for one of the most common yet powerful planetary combinations in <em>jyotish.\u00c2\u00a0Mutual Reception<\/em> is an expanded companion volume for western practitioners, covering the same subject of planetary exchange through the lens of traditional astrology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Websites: www.navamsa.com, www.sextile.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can find his books on <a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"AMZN\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Alan-Annand\/e\/B0052MM0PO\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Apple\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/artist\/alan-annand\/id442957999\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"B&amp;N\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/c\/alan-annand\" target=\"_blank\">Barnes&amp;Noble<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Kobo\" href=\"http:\/\/store.kobobooks.com\/en-CA\/Search?Query=Alan%20Annand\" target=\"_blank\">Kobo<\/a> and <a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Smash\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/profile\/view\/AlanAnnand\" target=\"_blank\">Smashwords<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Manson Family murders in the Summer of \u00e2\u0080\u009869 seared a hole in the American psyche. The Family was a cult of hippie nihilists led by Charles Manson, a frustrated singer-songwriter on the fringe of the LA music industry. In what was to become one of the first acts of social-class terrorism to date, Manson [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,109],"tags":[367,360,361,359,372,370,368,74,276,365,364,373,363,369,366,371,362,358],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3067"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3067"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3145,"href":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3067\/revisions\/3145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}