Happy 100th Birthday Granny!

In honour of a century of my granny's life and deeds upon the earth, I thought I'd take a brief look at her chart (and it's apt can't-die-won't-die Pluto Saturn square).

Centenarian record keeping and accounts of childhood ('I was born near dawn') being what they are the time of birth is approximate (although the angles fit very well what I know of her personality).

As a true Sun-Venus in Libra she was celebrated for her beauty throughout her life, and she also exemplified the Libran trait of being convinced of her own fairness even when even when nobody else agreed.

Her Virgo Moon has always shown itself through a need to be needed and her best attempts to demonstrate her love were through doing a service for others. However, her Moon is also trine Uranus and sextile Pluto - no pushover! In fact her caring often had very dark undertones and her self-sacrifice was done in part to bind others to her.

Though passionate and giving in love she was equally posessive and fierce (did not like to share those she loved with anyone else). A steely core, disguised by the glamour of the Libran charm.
A remarkable woman with piercing, electrifying blue eyes (Moon Uranus) an indomitable will (no doubt helped by the prominent Pluto), and an amazingly sharp mind that was incredibly apt at intuitive grasp of truth of people and situations (Moon-Pluto).

One of the most talked-about features of my grandmother is her incredible health. Well into her nineties she was doing headstands every day, had no sign of osteoporosis, required no medication, lived completely independently, cleaned house and walked the dog, cooked all her own meals and had amazing regenerative powers (her broken arm healed in four weeks). And although in the last year she has lost much of her vitality and ability to live independently, her endurance has remained to the degree that astounds the medical profession. She has recovered from two strokes, two lung infections and numerous falls (no broken bones in any of the falls, and any tissue injuries sustained healed within a couple of weeks when the usual recovery time is six months).

Although that crazy degree of health certainly transcends any aspect or chart (rather as I see it, it's some combination of astrology and an x factor in the personality/environment) there are plenty of elements in her natal chart which allude to her amazing stamina (Capricorn Mars, echoed also in the Saturn Mars sextile) and refusal to bow down lay down and die or bow down to mere trifles like conventions of biology (Pluto Saturn square).

Happy Birthday Granny! x