Part 1

Jim Morrison's Astrological Chart Interpretation


This chart was prepared by a professional astrologer who was given Jim Morrison's birth information, but who did not know his identity.


Born December 8th, 1943 at 11:55 am in Melbourne, Florida

Your Most Important Cosmic Factors:
Four or more planets in Air signs

Your mind is your most valuable asset; you could be an intellectual. The world of ideas is important to you. Intellectual companionship, seminars, books, magazines, films, and educational cassettes interest you. Feeding your mind is just as important as feeding your body. School can be the place for you.

TIP: In the words of Robert Anton Wilson, "You need to learn more about everything, including how to learn more."

People fascinate you and you tend to regard them in a detached manner. Consequently you enjoy teamwork and social interactions more than most folk. Sentimentality does not figure highly in most of your relationships.

You can excel in any field that requires negotiation skills. Sales and writing may be avenues of pursuit. You have an affinity for abstract reasoning, codes of law and ethics - you're very good at perceiving, comparing and communicating. You are much more objective than most people, and probably more liberal in your thinking.

Your weakness is not foolishness so much as it is indecisiveness. Too much thinking can result in lost opportunities.

Fewer than 2 planets in water signs:

Have people said that you are out of touch with your feelings? Do some folks have difficulty conveying their emotions to you? Do you tend to ignore, discount or deny sentiments?

You strive to be emotionally self - sufficient or above it all. Yet, your emotional needs are stronger because they are unconsciously and habitually repressed. Work on compassion, empathy and emotional rapport. It is even possible that you don't have much past life experience as a human being on planet earth. In that case, as you age and mature you can become more sensitive to the feelings of this world.

TIP: Water is a chief symbol for feelings. Bring the water element more into your life. Get a hot tub, water bed, fish tank, fountain, and pool. Live closer to a great body of water. Lend an ear to someone who worked with feelings. Listen to Beethoven's 9th symphony.

[Jim certainly appeared to have his share of problems in his emotional life. I am not at all versed in astrology, so it is particularly interesting to find his chart in the form of an interpretation. We can see Jim was doing his best to bring more water into his life, living for the most part on the coasts of this country. It is also noteworthy that the only sport he participated in during his school years was swimming, maintaining his love of it when he was finished with school. As for this being one of his early incarnations, I imagine this particular aspect of his chart could point to that, but in his case, we can be sure that it does not apply. ~Aimee]

Five or more planets in Mutable signs:

YOU HAVE PLENTY OF INTERESTS

You're more versatile than most people. You enjoy variety and become bored easily. You're pretty good at adapting to change and going with the flow. In fact, you'd rather go with the tide than against it. Put another way, you're accommodating and obliging. You can adjust. You're good at getting the word out - by phone, by pen or whatever. It's possible that you do six or seventeen dozen things at a time. You're certainly not suited for the Zen approach of one thing at a time; nevertheless, try and focus yourself more. Establish your top two priorities in each of several arenas of your life. TIP: You'll be happier as soon as you determine exactly what it is that you want.

Sun | Contra-Parallel | Mars

HIGH ENERGY

You're aggressive and a person of action. You're something of a sex symbol. You have extra potential to develop athletic skills, strength and power. Find the right channel for your aggressive assertive energy.

Sun | Contra-Parallel | Uranus

WHAT A REPUTATION!

Paradoxically, you're iconoclastic and yet you fit in socially. Your innovation, charisma and photogenic qualities give you big super star qualities. You will be famous; how much is up to you and your ambitions. Your stars give you much favorable publicity. You do well in acting, astrology and the media.

Sun | Contra-Parallel | Pluto

POWER HOUSE

You're very competitive and not much of a follower. You can create extreme success for yourself. Your willpower, tenacity and resourcefulness are extraordinary. You'd be good at politics and big business.

mercury beyond tropic of capricorn

UNUSUAL COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS

COMMUNICATIONS DIFFICULTIES AND TALENTS

You have an unusual mind and a unique way of seeing and saying things. Sometimes you do not know how you come up with what you say. You could have some speech difficulties and be a bit shy and introverted. Not too many people accept your free thinking ideas. Feed your curiosity.

TIP: Try your hand at word processing, a second language, sculpting, carving, writing and multi-media management. You could cultivate a very distinctive voice.

Mars beyond Tropic of Cancer

UNIQUE MOTIVATIONS & ARTISTIC TALENT

You have the makings to become an excellent musician, writer, fine artist or performing artist.

You could find that your energy runs in cycles with major highs and lows. Sometimes you only motivate yourself through sheer willpower. Other times you have so much energy that you may not feel the need to sleep. Then you can become a dare-devil and a courageous fighter with a furious anger.

TIP: Find an exercise program that you are comfortable with and do the physical thing early in your day. This will take some getting used to. However, in time, you will speed up your metabolism and increase your energy levels.

It may be relatively easy for you to spark up a relationship and more challenging to sustain one.

Mars | Parallel | Pluto

SUPER STAR

You are a powerful force to be reckoned with. You can overcome almost all obstacles. Your boundless energy can make you a champion in whatever arena within which you compete. You're virtually indefatigable and when others are tiring you do some of your best work. Think of yourself as an endurance athlete. You're a gruesome competitor. You can pursue the most difficult goals. You have a stick to it attitude that gets you through the most dreadful circumstances.

Mars is Retrograde

MOTIVATING FORCE IS TURNED WITHIN
(APPARENT BACKWARD MOTION)

There is more to your actions than meets the eye. Often times, you do not do what you are told. You do not necessarily obey all of the laws all of the time. Because of this it is important for you to decide which laws you will follow. You need a code to live by to make your life easier.

Are you a candidate for repressed and potentially explosive anger? Do you exhibit passive aggressive behavior? If so, it's a good idea for you to learn healthy and appropriate ways to deal with your anger. Otherwise, your temper may get the best of you. An appropriate channel for these angry feelings might be rigorous physical exercise. Exercises specific to your needs are in the section that follows.

TIP: Beware of displaced or misplaced aggression. Energetically you're not necessarily more docile or lazier than other people, you just use your power and strength differently. You can go off on your own tangent. You can have cycles of unconventional action and sexual behavior. Prominent persons with "retrograde Mars" include Mahatma Ghandi and Martin Luther King. Some places possibly suited to your curious Martian temperament may include Alabama, Albania, Angola, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Japan, and Tennessee.

Mars | Conjunct | Uranus

MOTIVATIONS UNITE WITH LIBERATION

WIRED FOR ACTION

Excitement motivates you. You have some very fast reflexes and can be drawn to high speed machines and the martial arts. Until you deal with issues around anger it may seem as if you are injury or accident or disaster prone. You can be brutally frank. At times you are fearless, headstrong, and show flashes of uncommon ability. You've a fighting spirit and exceptional energy for unusual causes. For better or worse your friends will play a decisive role in your destiny and fate. You operate by your own rules.

You can thrive on hard work. You do not easily submit to restraint. You can be excited by very aggressive styles of lovemaking. Sometimes you feel almost irresistible urges to change or break free from commitments.

TIP: Take safety precautions and then proceed with energized daring.

You're flamboyant and strong. You can achieve the unusual and the extraordinary. You can develop supernatural sexual prowess.

['Supernatural Sexual Prowess'. . .Hmmm, guess that (at least partially) explains the various women who became (and some who remain) obsessed with Jim. . ;)]

EXTRAORDINARY SOCIAL SKILLS

Truly you are a "Jovial Character." You can be: the wheeler-dealer, liberal, optimist, lawyer, solder of fortune or preacher. In some way you are lucky. You tend to get away clean when others may be stopped by the heavy hand of authority. Something about you is very big. You're at least in part naturally affable. You can learn to reach out and network with people in a big way. Expand your limits. Major success is in your future.

TIP: Make it a point to travel around the world. Your destiny requires international people, places and things for fulfillment.

Chiron on equator
EXTRAORDINARY COACHING SKILLS

You are a "Chironic Character." You're some kind of a mentor or maverick. You can be: a sage, medicine man, shaman, chiropractor, reverend, helper, guide and astrologer. You can face the crowd and show them your unique way of doing things. You have some natural nursing skills. You can develop a phenomenal power to teach or heal. Find the right mentor and then do what they do best.

Neptune on equator

SPECIAL ATTUNEMENT

You are a "Neptunian Character." You can be: the idealist, artsie type, movie star, rock star, mystic, chemist, spiritualist, or photographer. You have a great mystique and powerful aura. Like the Jaguar automobile, with plenty of good maintenance and fine tuning you can be a high performer. You're especially sensitive to your environment. Aquatic and nautical themes increase your good luck. For better or worse, your imagination is one of your biggest personality traits. You could be in the public eye a long time. Once you find your guardian angel, all will be well in your world.

TIP: Develop your ability to dance to your own tune, be psychic, musical, and charismatic. Make a big splash with your creations and impressions.

Fleeting moments

Cocaine is a like a Stripper.
You are searching for something but not quite sure what.
You think this will give you what you need, but it's
only a tease, a tingling sensation that almost gets
you there, but not quite....

SILENT MARTYRS

Crisp morning;
I am sitting out in my balcony,
trying to find peace and balance.
A remedy from my previously hectic
and stressful day of running around.

I am smoking
and blowing out
towards the tree in front of me.
The one that protects me and my eyes
from seeing into the neighboring
apartment complex.

I think about how
trees have it easy,
standing there,
givng oxygen and
receiving carbon dioxide.

Then I think about
how they
just stand there
in one spot
for years and years
absorbing
the world's energies
in their lifetimes.

Throughout the highs and lows
of humanity, of society.
Receivng the web of
transmitting emotions.
The brain waves,
the radio waves,
the pollution.

And at the same time,
they give us serenity
whenever we decide
to slow down
and absorb them.

The occasional rustling
from the breezes and winds
is their only sound.
Planted firm and strong;

quietly surrounding us
as we humans/animals/ants/termites
go about our business
from day to day,
throughout the decades and
maybe even centuries
making the world what it is.

And then we chop them down.

I looked at my cigarette
then put it out.
Another reason to quit.

AL GORE

NEEDS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN!!!

My Declaration

I fucking hate the whole game playing feature in certain courtships and dating experiences.
I think game playing is for people who have nothing better to occupy their time with.
Why not spend that time thinking of creative ways to make the romance exciting or sweet?

I know I have said before that courtship is like a chess game that I engage in. I have been known to test a man's endurance, strength and intelligence (and at times patience!) But as far as the whole "I don't care about you" game--- ABSOLUTELY HATE IT!
Except... that I have to admit I have caught myself playing it occassionally...

I pretend to be aloof.
In order to cover up my fear of rejection.
The impact on my life is that I feel lonely at times.

Although I have dated (and rebounded) and I have men who are interested in me, I haven't had a romantic relationship in a little over a year and it's because of what I do which is stated up above.
I wasn't always like this.
It has just taken me time to heal from the last relationship with a great guy I thought I was going to marry.
I felt completely rejected & unloved coming out of that recent experience. But the truth is that wasn't completely true. I just had certain expectations that were not met.

Nobody is to blame. No one is wrong. Just different.

(and if I really wanted to, I could get back together with him)

So, I want to get off my story that love doesn't last and no one wants to love me.

I want to change NOW.

As of now, I will go for what I want.
As of now, I will not tolerate a man who is hot and cold with me.

I am declaring the possibility of inventing for myself and my life of being open with my feelings.

I am declaring the possibility of inventing for myself and my life of being caring and affectionate.

Be Kind

we are always asked
to understand the other person's
viewpoint
no matter how
out-dated
foolish or
obnoxious.

one is asked
to view
their total error
their life-waste
with
kindliness,
especially if they are
aged.

but age is the total of
our doing.
they have aged
badly
because they have
lived
out of focus,
they have refused to
see.

not their fault?

whose fault?
mine?

I am asked to hide
my viewpoint
from them
for fear of their
fear.

age is no crime

but the shame
of a deliberately
wasted
life

among so many
deliberately
wasted
lives
is.

Charles Bukowski

Humble?

Driving thru Mojave,
I saw a big sign with a quote
from the Bible.
It read:

"If my people humble themselves and pray, I will heal their land."

Deep words.
How can we go back to that?
I looked at the road
I was driving on.
It didn't seem very humble
the way it tore its way through
the Joshua trees.
The highway signs,
the billboards,
the telephone poles,
the big train on its tracks,
the oil rig pumping into the ground,
weren't looking very humble either.
I guess we're fucked...


-Jovan

Sacred

My Sun is in Aries
ruled by Mars
My Moon is in Cancer
native to each other.


Mars denotes
goals and motivation
Moon denotes
emotion and perception

...Mars and the Moon
were out that evening
at 5pm

I sat on my knees
in the desert called Indio
meaning Indian-
precisely in Mecca
staring up into the sky
a shade lighter than periwinkle
the Moon was directly
in front of me:

Crescent eye of a dragon
Mars so close to it
it looked like a birthmark
on its cheek

I stared up into the sky
and the heavenly body
stared back

complete silence

quiet surrounded me
and then sank into me

I stared between
the two orbitting rocks
of energy
with no blinking

huge and thick
translucent but palpable
vibration waves from that point
rolling down towards me
in tides
swimming mermaid style
& getting bigger
as they drew closer

when they would reach
my face
they would melt down
the sides of my cheeks
forming real tears that slid
down my skin
they kept coming
and I kept looking

the vibrations
started to take
more shape
within the levels of layers

I saw indigenous artistry
true American imagery
was embedded
in all this energy

I was hypnotized
by this humming power
it took my body
in its control
and swayed me
physically

The urge was mine
as well as a
silent command
to sway from side to side
like a snake
charmed by the beauty
of a flute's magic

So I swayed...

I then understood
the sensitivity
of this creature's biology

A tangible manifestation
of vibration
A Metaphor for energy

the sensuality
of the moistness of my skin

A foreign instinct
took over:
to crawl on my belly
so as to learn through
this grounded perspective
what would I see
while moving this close
to the ground?

The Moon and my Mars
were pulling my drive
to feel and percieve

To understand the earth
on a sensual level
to connect myself
to the ground-
the dirt breathes
like our skin
to become one

Like the snake
I shed old skins
to rejuvenate
and start a new cycle
within the patterns
of my life
to connect to myself
to integrate my selves
so that I can become
one whole.

ILLUSIONS

He is a ghost;
a foggy apparition
like a reflection of light
in the
periphery of my vision
on a shining day,
fragile like glass

a haunting image
In a cream covered
Landscape
A look
into a pool of water
& there I see
myself in him,
yet he is wavering
& distorted
looking back at me
and does a reflection
really see you back?

They say
Eyes are windows…

…so much to uncover
as the
hourglass of time sifts

the experience of words
abstractly floating in air
& then there are
never-uttered-words
lost in
thoughts ¬swimming
like tears
in my eyes
that don’t fall but instead
pool up in the recesses
of my mind

a hallucination
so clear but yet
untouchable
a faint scent of memory
a hologram of lessons learned
my bittersweet memory
never to be shared

I thought I saw his soul
so I wanted to experience
the articulation of his spirit

everything so transluscent
could it even be there?
Always seeming to be
just out of my grasp
I was reaching
for a wisp of hope-
it was a tantalizing torture
a concept
a lofty idea amid pillow clouds
a glimmer of thought
not yet realized
possibilities
frozen in ice
& images fragmented
in a maze of mirrors

Venus gazing at Adonis’
sleeping form
the skylight displaying
his lovely face
caressing
his every angle & trace

A memory imprinted
Immortally in her mind
He was her tender thoughts
& inspiration

A space in time
Inside a bubble
that has now burst

-Jovan Illa

In Other Words

the Egyptians loved the cat
were often entombed with it
instead of with the women
and never with the dog

but now
here
good people with
good eyes
are very few

yet fine cats
with great style
lounge about
in the alleys
of the universe.

about
our argument tonight
whatever it was
about
and
no matter
how unhappy
it made us
feel

remember that
there is a
cat
somewhere
adjusting to the
space of itself
with a delightful
grace

in other words
magic persists
without us
no matter what
we may try to do
to spoil it.


-Charles Bukowski