Prince – another musical casualty

Five years after his death from an accidental fentanyl opioid overdose Prince’s estate is issuing a never-before-heard album recorded in 2010, which offers a prophetic window into present day social struggles – racism, political division, technology and disinformation.

  Regarded as one of the greatest musicians of all time, he often played most or all instruments on his recordings and was known for his flamboyant and androgynous persona and wide vocal range. He was also a career activist, advocating for the empowerment of Black people in the recording industry and beyond. His sudden death left a tangled estate behind with no will and his six siblings squabbling with the administrator, lawyers and now the IRS who reckon the valuation of $80 million was ways too low.

   He was born 7 June 1958 at 6.17pm in Minneapolis, Minnesota into a musical family with his parents divorcing when he was young.

  He had an extremely complex chart with an 8^th house Gemini Sun in a downbeat opposition to Saturn in his 2^nd. His 4^th house Pisces Moon opposed Pluto on his Midheaven squaring into Mercury in Gemini – emotionally intense, highly-strung, nervy. With his 12^th house Neptune opposition Venus square Uranus – certainly innovative, could be confused or fanatical, mystical and not always stable. Most significantly he had a high-octane 5^th house performing Mars in pro-active and impetuous Aries on the focal point of a Yod to Neptune sextile Pluto Midheaven – vitality plus but could be self-defeating, tending to shoot into top gear with maximum vigour. Part of his use of painkillers may have come from his wild physical antics on stage causing injuries to his hips and legs, which can almost certainly be ascribed to that no holds-barred Mars in his 5th – not helped by having no Earth in his chart. 

A 12^th house Neptune can have a tendency to addiction and it was trine an afflicted Pisces Moon so he would feel the need to take the edge off his hyper-active mental and emotional state.

  When he died from counterfeit pills, which have never been traced, his Progressed Mars was exactly square his focal point Uranus which is an explosive combination – and he was on his Second Saturn Return.  Oddly he also had tr Uranus opposition his 12^th house Jupiter exactly which usually brings relief and a lucky break.  Jupiter often turns up around death.