In Tigers precessed Lunar Return the Moon is now located at 22 degrees and 51 minutes of Sagittarius due to precession. Prospective new students shouldn't worry about the math involved in creating this chart because computer software will make the perfect horoscope in less than a second with a simple click of a mouse. In any event, when dealing with either a Solar or Lunar Return, planets in the angular houses (1, 4, 7 & 10) are of critical importance for the time in question. In addition, the house position and primary aspects of the Moon in a Lunar Return and conversely the Sun in a Solar Return, are crucial to consider as they set the theme for the month or year in question. In this case, Uranus, the planet of sudden and unexpected change, is exactly conjunct the midheaven and stirring up the waters of his angular tenth house of honor, reputation, status and aim in life. Well, that certainly fits his current situation. But perhaps that is just a coincidence. Let's see if there is more. In addition to Uranus, Saturn, the planet of restrictions, limitations and problems, is powerfully located deep in the angular fourth house. This is not good news for Tiger. This house deals with Tigers home and family. Did Tiger experience restrictions, limitations and problems (Saturn) that month concerning his home and family life? You know that he did. According to the news, his wife discovered his infidelity's, chased him out of his house and hit him in the head with a golf club. In a vain attempt to escape, he ran his car into a tree and then passed out on his front lawn. Fortunately, the good people at Evac came to his rescue and hauled him off to the hospital. All this is reflected by the Moon (women) square (a negative aspect of tension) his angular Saturn in the fourth house of ones home. But wait, there is more. Pluto, the all or nothing planet of transformation and regeneration, was exactly conjunct the cusp of his seventh house of marriage.
To say this is not a good time for ones relationships, (seventh house) honor and reputation, (tenth house) and ones home and family (fourth house) couldn't possibly be more correct. I think we just went well past the coincidence stage. The Moon has other aspects but the closest and most powerful, only 23 minutes of arc from being exact, is the square to Uranus the planet of sudden and unexpected action. After all you have just read do you really think it was just a coincidence that a situation concerning his reputation, marriage, public image and domestic circumstances was the primary theme of Tigers month? Astrology was clearly right on target which is why I so often say, isn't astrology marvelous?
There are many other aspects to consider in this lunar return such as Venus, the planet of love, being square both Jupiter (problems from over indulgence) and Mars, the planet of sex. Additionally, Mars in the second house of money in an opposion aspect with Jupiter in the eigth house of joint finances, telling the astrologer that Tigers sexual situation (Mars) is going to cost him a great deal of money. But, to return to the main theme of this chart, Uranus is promising a sudden and unexpected change with his honor, status and reputation. The square aspect from the Moon to both Uranus and Saturn tells us that Tigers aim in life would take a sudden and unexpected turn along with restrictions, frustrations, limitations and problems from past behavior (Saturn) concerning the woman in his life (the Moon) and his domestic circumstances. (the fourth house) In fact, they would be the primary theme of his month. Worse yet is the fact that in addition to all this Pluto is exactly conjunct the seventh house cusp keeping it busy transforming his marriage and public image. In this chart the Moon is in the sixth house of work and health and sure enough he took a break from his job and suddenly discovered a need to make adjustments concerning his health. He did this by checking into a rehab center for sexual addiction. A cynical person could come to the conclusion that in this case, as with so many other scandalous situations that involve celebrity's, rehab becomes the last refuge of a scoundrel. However you wish to slice it, Tiger Woods Lunar Return for November 2009 was the perfect astrological storm. It was stunning, unexpected and absolutely correct. Once again, the awesome facts of life concerning the wonders that are astrology, are validated beyond reproach.
Tigers
Precessed Lunar Return
Nov 18, 2009
Orlando, Florida
The greatest golfer in history is all over the news and it isn't because he made a hole in one. Birdies, bogies and par for the course are also not applicable. Instead, we have another example of a celebrity acting badly. Everyone on the planet is voicing their expert opinion of his infidelities. To be honest, I am more interested in the astrology. Can his chart tell us if he is the skirt chasing cheater that we have come to discover? His natal horoscope tells us that Mars (sex) is opposite (an aspect of tensions, separations and difficulties) his Moon. (women)
It is also receiving an aspect from expansive, over indulgent Jupiter, another opposition aspect from erotic Neptune and a final aspect from all or nothing and "morals be damned" Pluto. His ruling planet, Mercury, is in the fifth house of his pursuit of pleasure, sports, love and romance. This horoscope clearly spells out Tigers sexual appetites. But, I think this horoscope can best be used to demonstrate a predictive technique some astrologers are rather fond of called Lunar Returns.
A Lunar Return is a horoscope cast for the moment the Moon, by transit, occupies the exact same place in the heavens that it did at ones birth. It is not made for the place of birth but rather is made for the place one is at when the lunar return occurs. This happens every 28 1/2 days or so and is said to set the stage for the coming month. As you are about to discover, Lunar Returns are a very powerful predictive technique and we teach them in our classroom. That same concept, when applied to the Sun, is called a Solar Return and is said to foretell events and circumstances for the next year of life. Tigers natal horoscope has the Moon opposite his Mars deep in the third house near the nadir at 22 degrees and 23 minutes of the sign Sagittarius. If we were to make a horoscope for the moment the Moon was located at the exact same location for Orlando, Florida where he resides, it should tell us about his sudden and unexpected fall from grace. But, some astrologers, myself included, say, wait a minute, because of precession, which is a slight wobble in the orbit of the earth that causes the sky to slowly shift at the rate of about one degree every 72 years, 22 degrees and 23 minutes of the sign Sagittarius has moved on and so we must take this slight correction into account. Okay, then let's create a precessed lunar return horoscope for Orlando Florida, Tiger resides and see what we shall see.
Tiger Woods
Born 12/30/1975
@ 10:50 PM
Long Beach, California
An example of a predictive technique
astrologers call Lunar Returns