



The anaretic degree from 29° to 29°59’59’’ was always deemed fated or problematic though it has also been associated with old souls who have reached a peak, with hints of the difficulty about being able to leave the past behind. The effect can be of the ‘dither and dash’ variety – unable to decide and then making an impulsive leap often in the wrong direction. It can bring a sense of urgency of unfinished business connected to the sign involved that needs closure which can lead to poor choices, difficulties or overcompensation.
One astrologer suggests there is a “feeling of inevitability and ‘fatedness’ about the anaretic degree with a fascination with what happened before birth that cannot be undone.
For those who don’t have a final degree planet in their chart they will still feel the effects from the changeover of Solar Arc Sun (every 30 years) to a new sign and Progressed Moon (every 2.5 years). Both of these herald a significant shift with the run up to the changeover being filled with uncertainty, indecision leading to hasty commitments and sometimes crisis – described as sometimes ‘packing a punch’.
As with the transiting outer planets when they reach the final sign before the changeover there can often be a ‘swansong’ of unfinished business connected to the sign that is being exited which show up as crises. Pluto leaving Capricorn – money, governmental practice, capitalism. Neptune leaving Pisces – weird ideas, conspiracy theories, religious zealotry. The theory being that a resolution must be found before it is too late – the Trump madness and the UK Post Office debacle being two examples to ponder.
On a quick scan through examples:
29 Taurus Sun – Cher and Laurence Olivier.
29 Capricorn Sun – Janis Joplin, Dolly Parton, Al Capone.
Not sure I would draw any great conclusion from those examples.
Last degree Moons seem trickier:
29 Aries Moon – Celine Dion
29 Taurus Moon – Friday Kahlo, River Phoenix, Henrik Ibsen.
29 Leo Moon – Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher.
29 Virgo Moon – Jack Nicholson, Deepak Chopra, Betty White
29 Scorpio Moon – Jennifer Lopez, Melinda Gates, Ellen Pompeo
29 Capricorn Moon – David Beckham, Prince George Cambridge, Napoleon 1, Robert Kennedy Jnr.
29 Pisces Moon – Kim Kardashian, Hilary Clinton, Catherine Zeta Jones, serial killer Wayne Gacy.
Interesting to hear from those who have final degree planets.
PS Fun example. The Great Stink in London of 1858 – a stench that was so noxious from untreated human waste and industrial effluent that it led to a major overhaul and introduction of new sewage systems occurred when Uranus was at 29 degrees Taurus – and that’s an appropriate astro-signature. Taurus being earthy and fairly anal – and up-in-its-head Uranus moving into Airy Gemini wanting freed from the grosser aspects of city living.
Add On:
Rupert Murdoch – Venus 29′ Aquarius – making an impulsive leap, often in wrong direction.
Oscar Pistorius – Sun 29′ Scorpio (square Mars) and Reeve Steenkamp Saturn 29 Libra (conjunct Pluto and trine his Mars).
Peter Mandelson – Saturn 29’ Libra
Michael J Fox & George Clooney – Saturn 29′ Capricorn
Harvey Weinstein – Sun 29’ Pisces
Cillian Murphy 29 Aries Chiron in painful square to Saturn 29 Cancer.
Jerry Hall Jupiter 29 Leo conj Pluto 26 Leo
Sir Mick Jagger: Chiron 29 Leo; Neptune 29 Virgo
Chris Hemsworth 29′ Saturn in Libra conjunct Pluto square Mars.
Kate Hudson has Sun at 29 Aries square Moon at 29 Capricorn opposition Jupiter 29’ Cancer.
Jeremy Corbyn – Uranus 29 Gemini and Saturn 29 Leo.
Chris Packham, naturalist – Mars 29′ Cancer opposition Saturn 29′ Capricorn.