Taurus New Moon: Food, Fuel and Money. Sir David Attenborough. Israel. Ludwig van Beethoven.
Taurus Keynote
“I see and when the Eye is opened, all is light.”
(New Moon: May 16, 2026. GMT 20.01)
Taurus: Moon, Food, Fuel and Money
Taurus David Attenborough Cracks the Ton
Israel and the Taurus New Moon
Taurus Rising Beethoven
Taurus: Moon, Food, Fuel and Money
Taurus the “mother of illumination” is similar to Cancer the mother – both embody the theme of Mother Earth or Gaia. The moon’s respective exaltation and rulership of these signs links their similarities.
The moon is intimately related to growth in the vegetable kingdom, in terms of ancient lunar cycles for planting and harvesting: The moon is, “the sovereign of the vegetable world”.
Earthy Taurus is a sign of money, resources, land and property – and farming. The Strait of Hormuz crisis has raised the spectre of food shortages in the next couple of years – due to delayed supply chains of fuel and fertiliser.
The current situation has also raised the problem of mass agricultural practices – dependent upon synthetic fertilisers and pesticides, the harvests from which supply most of the supermarkets worldwide.
Not only is “industrial farming” environmentally degrading but nutritionally deficient or harmful to humans, contributing to many diseases and ailments.
Furthermore, independent farmers are being driven off the land all over the world, by corporate interests who are gobbling up land at an alarming rate. (e.g. Bill Gates now owns over 250,000 acres, making him the largest private farmland owner in the USA.)
Hence, the current crisis may force people back toward self sufficiency and organic farming.
On average, only 2.1% of the world’s food is grown organically, with very high exceptions in mainly European countries like Liechtenstein (43%), Austria (27%). Estonia (23%), Sweden (20%). The USA and China are at only 0.5%! (See table of all countries.)
The world has been living beyond its means for a long time and part of the Aquarian dispensation is about developing intentional communities and co-operatives, decentralised from the large cities – allowing more control over food supply and lifestyle in general.
Taurus is the “bull of desire” and has a close relationship to money (and sex):
“From the simple process of barter and exchange to the intricate and formidable financial and economic structure of the modern world, desire is the underlying cause. It demands the satisfaction of sensed need, the desire for goods and possessions, the desire for material comfort, for the acquisition and the accumulation of things, the desire for power and the supremacy which money alone can give.
This desire controls and dominates human thinking; it is the keynote of our modern civilization; it is also the octopus which is slowly strangling human life, enterprise, and decency; it is the millstone around the neck of mankind.
To own, to possess, and to compete with other men for supremacy has been the keynote of the average human being—man against man, householder against householder, business against business, organization against organization, party against party, nation against nation, labour against capital—so that today it is recognized that the problem of peace and happiness is primarily related to the world’s resources and to the ownership of those resources.
The dominating words in our media and in all our discussions are based upon the financial structure of human economy: banking interests, salaries, national debts, reparations, cartels and trusts, finance, taxation—these are the words which control our planning, arouse our jealousies, feed our hatreds or our dislike of other nations, and set us one against the other. The love of money is the root of all evil.”1
Taurus David Attenborough Cracks the Ton
May 8 was David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and as cricketers exclaim, he “cracked the ton” – 100 runs, not out and what an innings!
DA’s first public offering was the 1979 “Life on Earth” which set the benchmark for quality wildlife film-making.
And an appropriate title for 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝘂𝗿𝘂𝘀, often cited as “mother earth” – partly due to the moon’s exaltation in this sign, influencing all growth and reproduction cycles in the vegetable and animal kingdoms.
His work is described as 𝘢𝘸𝘦-𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 – coming from an ecological viewpoint, in preserving the fragile balance of the planet.
All of his presentations raise the viewer up into a higher realm, a broader and more inclusive view. Truly gaspworthy – especially from some of the drone footage and innovative film techniques he helped develop.
His pioneering work for the last sixty years is reflected by 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝘀, 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹-𝗯𝗹𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀. His proposed 𝗔𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝘁 (soul purpose) is powerful, with esoteric ruler Jupiter sitting right on it.
The presence of 𝗝𝘂𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝗴𝗲-𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 (career), describes his extensive travels to the ends of the Earth on documentary missions. This is also reflected by Saturn in the Sag-influenced ninth house (in an equal house system).
𝗔𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 – the only ray to pass through this sign.
𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗔𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 and so it is quite possible DA has a 5th ray mind, living in a powerful 5th ray city/nation. (London a 5th ray soul.) He won a scholarship to Clare College, Cambridge in 1945, where he studied geology and zoology and obtained a degree in natural sciences.
Attenborough’s 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗕𝗖’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 is also connected to his Aquarian ascendant, an air sign of mass communications and distribution: Aquarius the water-bearer and world server, pours forth for “those who thirst”.
𝗨𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘂𝘀 – 𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘂𝘀, 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻, uniquely innovative, underscored by a deep compassion and mass appeal. The combination of Aquarius and Pisces elements have allowed DA to reach the world on a massive scale.
Attenborough has a similar horoscope to Krishnamurti – Sun in Taurus opposite Saturn in Scorpio – T-square to an Aquarian ascendant. With Jupiter conjunct the ascendant, DA carries many similar sage-like qualities. (As depicted in the accompanying owl artwork below.)
Co-ruler of DA’s Pisces moon is 𝗡𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗼, 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 – opposite Jupiter-Asc in Aquarius. Neptune is also in a grand trine formation to the Sag midheaven and Mercury in Leo, reflecting his great gift for inspiring and revelatory intellectual stimulation.
In the past year or so, transiting Neptune and Saturn have been activating Attenborough’s moon in Pisces, contributing to raising awareness of the dire state of our oceans, of which only 3% is protected.
In his new film 𝘖𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯 he states, “if we save the sea, we save our world”, referring to severe damage to oceans, caused by industrial ocean floor trawling – creating an “unspeakably awful” environment. He emphasises the urgent need for action to protect marine ecosystems.
Whether we agree with his views on “climate change” or not, David Attenborough has made a tremendous contribution to Planet Earth – scientifically, ecologically and artistically – with heartfelt love and dedication.
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𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝙊𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣
𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁: Rectified by Isaac Starkman.
Israel and the Taurus New Moon
The new moon falls just a couple of degrees from Israel’s sun in Taurus, closing squaring its deadly Mars in Leo, a position held by two participants of the ongoing genocide – Netanyahu and Trump.
With this aspect, positive possibilities for a lapse in hostilities by Israel do not look likely. Ever-increasing aggressions do not appear to cease too soon and this new moon square aspect will only amplify those tendencies.
Gaza’s moonscape – 90% destroyed.
Israel has developed an unique national psychosis, based upon decades of Zionist propaganda. It is truly remarkable that polls show 82% of its population believes that the ethnic cleansing of Gaza is justified.
Yet its endless cruelty toward the Palestinians and now southern Lebanon, surely cannot last. Israel is losing the war against Iran, its infrastructure is severely battered and its people are severely traumatised; they are leaving in large numbers for many other destinations.
The world is witnessing Israel burning itself out. Many observers and experts in global affairs have stated this and it is backed up by the progressions and transits in the 1948 horoscope.
Israel progressios and transits for May Day (Wesak) 2026.
The most notable trend is the progressed sun conjunct the Moon in Leo, exact in six months time. This position is somewhat like a progressed new moon, symbolically in a kind of balsamic phase – in the depths of its own darkness.
Speaking of which, transiting Pluto – lord of the underworld, is moving into an opposition to the Leo moon in the next several years. The results of this are already apparent in Israel’s ruthless actions and destruction.
Transiting Pluto activating the Leo moon – the “lion of Judah”, will increase Israel’s fanatical adherence to the deeply crystallised thoughtform of the “promised land” and “chosen ones”.
And by the end of 2029, transiting Pluto may have completed its renovation for the nation – to reform and regenerate itself, or of complete self-destruction – burning itself out upon Pluto’s burning ground.
Transiting Pluto will closely oppose the Leo moon in mid 2027 and mid 2028, reaching it for the last time, for all of 2029.
As Pluto rules the first ray of will or power – and as this ray passes through Leo, Israel may well continue its rampaging bull behaviour (Taurus) – unless there is some kind of international intervention. And there is another conundrum, the moral and political failure of the world to bring that about.
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Taurus Rising Beethoven
(This article is an excerpt from a much longer, unfinished astro-biography by the author.)
Seethoven mit der Missa solemnis Ölgemälde, 1819. (Stieler, Joseph Karl.)
“Some definite direction has led man from the stage of primeval man to that evolutionary point where a Plato, a Shakespeare, a da Vinci, a Beethoven can appear.”2
In Esoteric or Soul-Centred Astrology, the rising sign is determined by the time of birth, indicating the way of the soul in any incarnation. (The Sun sign represents the personality expression.)
There are several disputed times for Beethoven, but the 1.29 pm Taurus rising chart is the most resonant with this author.3 (There are polar opposite Scorpio rising charts and even Aries rising that some astrologers use.)
Taurus rules the ears because it is associated with the throat, neck and organs of speech: Sensory perception and communication giving the ability to hear sound and appreciate music.
Ironically, one of the greatest composers in the history of music started to go deaf from the age of 28 – at the beginning of his first Saturn return. The deafness steadily became worse, to the point of total deafness in 1816 – at the age of 46, ten years before his death.
But what does it mean to lose one of the five senses – especially hearing, for a composer and musician? It would seem a cruel cosmic trick! The answer must be simply to develop the sixth sense or intuition, direct knowledge. Neptune is one of the main planets of intuition, and was prominent in Beethoven’s horoscope.
Beethoven (Dec. 16, 1770. 1.29 pm. Bonn, Germany)
Deprivation of senses is not totally rare in music, with exceptional musicians who were, or went deaf but still continued their work: Bedřich Smetana, Gabriel Fauré, William Boyce and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Contemporary percussionist and rappers include Glennie, Forbes and Signmark.
Blindness appears to be the sense more commonly deprived in musicians and singers, such as Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, José Feliciano, Andrea Bocelli, Maria Theresia von Paradis, Blind Willie Johnson, Roland Kirk etc.
When looking at the symbolism of Vulcan the Smithy with his hammer and anvil, one is reminded of the ear’s hammer (malleus) and anvil (incus):
“Sound travels through the ear’s air conduction pathway by first entering the outer ear, where it is funneled into the ear canal and causes the eardrum to vibrate. These vibrations are then transmitted to the malleus (hammer) and incus (anvil), which are tiny bones in the middle ear that amplify the sound before it reaches the inner ear.”4
Modern theory states that for Beethoven it was more of an issue to do with the air conduction pathway but regardless of medical hypotheses, the symbolism of Vulcan’s hammer and anvil for a Taurus rising is highly significant:
“The powerful sonic blows found throughout much of Beethoven’s music relate to Taurus and its esoteric ruler Vulcan, the “Blacksmith of the Gods”. Taurean people have much first ray because of Vulcan, and this was true in Beethoven’s case.
His Sagittarius [Sun] bestows its tremendous aspiration, one-pointedness and high idealism. Taurus rules the hearing and the deafness.”5
Beethoven had many indications of having a first ray personality,
“An individual whose soul ray can reasonably be considered the fourth, with a strong subsidiary first ray influence … is Beethoven, an outstanding musical genius, regarded by many as the greatest composer who ever lived.”6
The fourth ray of Harmony through Conflict, reflects Beethoven’s life of struggle followed by triumph and the creation of masterpieces in the face of severe personal difficulties. The fourth ray may have also influenced his mental body. The fourth ray is also known as the ray of art, beauty and music – so when combined with a first ray personality,
“… has strong feeling and affection, but he does not readily express it; he will love strong contrasts and masses of colour, but will rarely be an artist; he will delight in great orchestral effects and crashing choruses, and if modified by the fourth, sixth or seventh rays, may be a great composer, but not otherwise; and there is a type of this ray which is tone-deaf, and another which is colour-blind to the more delicate colours.”7
The obvious example of orchestral effects and crashing choruses is the well known Symphony number 9 – that sets Friedrich Schiller’s “Ode to Joy” to music.
Germany and Austria are both fourth ray souls8 – and both nations have given much to the world in the form of classical music within a minor fourth ray cycle, during the Piscean Age.
Beethoven was born on the verge of a short but intense cycle of the fifth ray of science and knowledge – which came into manifestation in 1775, through to the late 20th century.
These two centuries were characterised by the Age of Enlightment (or Reason) which came to its peak in the late 1700’s and the Industrial Revolution in the same period.
Many planets above the horizon reflect Beethoven’s fame – and with Pluto on the midheaven, some infamy. With Saturn in Leo the king, he was both an authority in his field and an autocrat who spurned kings – as conveyed in his disdain for privileged nobility: “What you are, you are through chance and birth; what I am, I am through my own labor.”
Taurus rising was Beethoven’s soul purpose, a sign that has only the fourth ray passing through it, ruled exoterically by Venus – the goddess of beauty and art. Ruled esoterically by Vulcan, Taurus brings together rays 4 and 1 in his make-up.
Beethoven had the Sun, Moon and Vulcan in Sagittarius, born during the balsamic or “dark” phase of the moon – a very Plutonic position where one must find their way out of the underworld.
Indeed, through his increasing deafness for which he even contemplated suicide, as stated in his “Heiligenstadt Testament”, he “reflected on his struggles with deafness and emotional turmoil, stating that he found strength in his own hell.”
This theme also complements first ray-ruler and lord of the underworld – Pluto, dominating the midheaven – indicating a powerful leader in his chosen domain, who can also create major upheavals in the work environment.
Beethoven was equally plagued in his home environment. Cancer-the-home is on its own fourth house cusp – ruled by an erratic Moon in Sagittarius – opposite cantakerous and argumentative Mars in Gemini. There is a potent recipe for emotional instability in the family life.
Further to this Mars in Gemini opposite Sun-Mercury-Moon in Sagittarius, Beethoven quarrelled bitterly with relatives and frequently treated other people badly. There is autocratic Saturn in Leo with sharp-speaking Mercury in Sagittarius firing off arrows – with the aid of Mars in Gemini.
The esoteric ruler of Beethoven’s Taurus rising soul purpose, is Vulcan – also placed in Sagittarius, not far from the Moon and Mercury. (Although empherides for Vulcan vary, there is consensus that this intro-Mercurial planet is never more than 8° away from the Sun.)
Venus at Vulcan’s forge.
With Vulcan in Sagittarius comes the image of Vulcan fashioning his metal arrows upon the anvil of the mind, sending forth arrows of lighted thought – and waiting for the returning arrow of the intuition. Other interpretations to reflect upon,
“Forging the Path to God; building the ‘highway’ to spiritual Destiny. The ‘Will-to-Direct’. Forging a code of ethics. Unvarying opinion, firmly set. Inflexible orientation for good or ill. Firm in faith. Undeviating one-pointedness. The will of the one-pointed disciple.
Unrelenting search for Wisdom. ‘Hot coals’ upon the “Burning Ground”. Tap-dancing: shoes with metal toes and heals, for the purpose of tapping out rhythm. Endurance and persistence in adventure, travel and quest. The directive power of the ajna center and highest head center.
The imposition of the directive power of higher mind (ruled in part by Sagittarius). The will to rightly orient the astral forces (lunar lords) at the second initiation; the fusion of will and desire. The will to persist in the journey to the Mount of Initiation.”9
1798: Beethoven’s hearing loss began during a “heated quarrel with a singer – when he jumped up from the piano and angrily rushed to the door, tripping face-down on the floor.
This moment, although not the cause of it, triggered the long and sad hearing loss that ended in complete silence. Beethoven was reported to say about the fall, “I found myself deaf, and have been so ever since”.10
Here we see how Beethoven’s powerful passion projected an uncontrolled astral force, precipitating the latent deafness:
Here is the destructive force of a “loud” Sagittarius stellium opposite Mars in Gemini, ruler of the solar plexus chakra. Beethoven had a Sagittarian/first ray personality, a volatile combination.
The deterioration of hearing was accompanied with buzzing noises, sometimes continuously torturing the composer. With some stable periods the decline was continuous and by 1816 at 46 – he had became completely deaf.
1798: That year was the first progressed lunar return in Sagittarius (March 1798) – always at the age of 27, preceding the first Saturn return a year or two later.
Sagittarius is a sign known for being loud and “in your face”- as the ninth labour of Hercules indicates, where he used clashing cymbals to clear the marsh of the ravaging Stymphalian birds.
In 1798, transiting Neptune the mystic – in Scorpio, was opposite his Uranus in Taurus, indicating this unusual event and the awakening of another sense – the intuition. Similarly, transiting Uranus was conjunct natal Neptune in Virgo: A blending of Uranian “scientific mind” and the Neptune buddhic force.
“”No man begins to coordinate the buddhic vehicle until he comes under the influence of Neptune…. When this happens, his personality horoscope will show this influence as dominant.” [Moon in Sag square Neptune in Virgo.]11
Also, regarding the retardation of hearing, transiting Saturn in Cancer was opposite Beethoven’s Jupiter in Capricorn in the ninth house:
“Saturn is in the home of its detriment and thus produces those difficult conditions and situations which will lead to the needed struggle.” ((Esoteric Astrology, Alice A. Bailey p.342.))
The ruler of Beethoven’s sun in Sagittarius is Jupiter in Capricorn – which is “accidentally dignified” in the ninth house. Jupiter in Capricorn – a sign of perfection and initiation, might well be indicative of Beethoven’s greatest achievements in music. Yet as Jupiter “falls” in ths sign, it came with a heavy price:
“Jupiter in its lowest aspect gives the fulfilment of desire and satisfied demand, whilst in its highest Jupiter is the outgoing expression of love, which attracts magnetically to itself that which is desired—this time the good of the whole.
In Capricorn, therefore, Jupiter reaches its lowest point of expression in the densest material aspect, and then—as love and selflessness triumph—this lowest aspect vanishes and disappears.”12
From 1798 to 1800, transiting Saturn in Cancer opposed Beethoven’s Pluto-midheaven, finally opposing his Venus in Capricorn in October-November 1798 – through to June-July 1799.
Venus in Capricorn is the exoteric ruler of his Taurus rising soul purpose – and at the personality level can be reserved, traditional and shy. Esoterically,
“In Capricorn, Venus reveals to man that desire for the whole, for the universal, which is the hallmark of the initiate and the true expression of the spiritual life.”13
Venus in Capricorn might say, “Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.”
“The Mount of Transfiguration in the New Testament is Venus in Capricorn when love and mind and will meet in the person of the Christ, and “He was transfigured” before all men.”14
Transfiguration is another name for the third degree initiation – which Beethoven may have achieved in that lifetime (even higher), after enduring a recapitulation of the arduous tests of the second degree. (This is a subject that will explored in the longer version of this article.)
“To his friend Wegeler he wrote: “You would find it hard to believe what an empty, sad life I have had for the last two years. My poor hearing haunted me everywhere like a ghost; and I avoided—all human society. I seemed to be a misanthrope and yet I am far from being one.”
1801: Falling in Love and the Moonlight Sonata
All of these events from 1798 to 1801, occurred between the first progressed Moon return and the first Saturn return in Leo (August 1800).
The activation of natal Venus, the goddess of love – was in 1801, when Beethoven met a young countess and pupil – Julie Guicciardi, stating his love for her in a November 1801 letter.
But a rigid class difference prevented him pursuing marriage, leading to the composition of the Moonlight Sonata and its dedication to her. It has been speculated that she was his “immortal beloved”, although there were two other contenders.
During 1801 it was Beethoven’s “progressed new moon”, i.e. progressed Sun and moon conjunct in Capricorn, had moved to a conjunction with natal Venus.
This was considerably magnified by the opposition of transiting Jupiter exalted in Cancer – from August 1800 to April 1801: Eight months of intense longing for union and even flirting with the idea of family.
Transiting Pluto in Pisces was also sextile natal Jupiter in Capricorn, highlighting class differences and social prestige of the time that ultimately denied him any union.
The Moonlight Sonata was composed during his Middle or “heroic” period that began shortly after his crisis around deafness. The period is noted for large-scale works expressing heroism and struggle; these include many of the most famous works of classical music.
Here is where Jupiter in Capricorn is highlighted again, with transiting Uranus in Libra squaring natal Jupiter at that time.
A ninth house Jupiter (especially in Capricorn the summit of achievement) can be considered “heroic”, due to its potential for wisdom, resilience and navigating great obstacles – a strong character who can bring inspiration to others.
Beethoven’s final years were 1823–1827, seeing the completion of three notable works, one of which was – Missa solemnis where he described as, “A plea for inner and outer peace”.
“His primary goal was to awaken and instill spiritual feelings in both the performers and the listeners, aiming to create a deeply religious and transcendent musical experience. The other two were the Ninth Symphony (with Ode to Joy), and the Diabelli Variations.”
On May 7, 1824 in Berlin was the debut of the Missa and ninth symphonies – a success, though not financially rewarding and these problems constantly plagued Beethoven. Critics gushed, “inexhaustible genius had shown us a new world” … “the Symphony breathes such a fresh, lively, indeed youthful spirit … so much power, innovation, and beauty as ever from the head of this original man, although he certainly sometimes led the old wigs to shake their heads”.15
Here transiting Uranus is influencial again, conjunct his midheaven, the summit of achievement. With Uranus conjunct his natal Taurus ascendant – his soul purpose, Beethoven created a revolution in music, hence transits from Uranus were always important in his life.
By this time, his progressed Sun had been in Uranus-ruled Aquarius for almost 22 years, symbolising his genius of innovation and invention. To conclude, the very moving 1826 String Quartet (No. 16 in F major, Op. 135), written in October 1826. (Conducted by Seiji Ozawa.)
Prominently again, transiting Saturn in Cancer opposite Jupiter in Capricorn. Transiting Mars exalted in Capricorn was conjunct Jupiter in Caapricorn – then Pluto, midheaven and Venus in Capricorn! The mountain top was conquered …
hillip Lindsay © 2026.
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Thank you Phillip for these insights, especially what Taurus ans Beethoven concerns.
I am with Khalil Gibran. Only when we think universally, we are connected to the whole.
David Attenborough is certainly a wonderful example for humanity. Thanks for sharing, Phillip.