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 8th house Gemini Sun in a downbeat opposition to Saturn in his 2nd. His 4th house Pisces Moon opposed Pluto on his Midheaven squaring into Mercury in Gemini – emotionally intense, highly-strung, nervy. With his 12th 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 5th 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 12th 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 12th house Jupiter exactly which usually brings relief and a lucky break.  Jupiter often turns up around death.

5 thoughts on “Prince – another musical casualty

  1. I could never stand Prince – from the way he looks to the two songs that he made. He also abused Sheena E, which doesn’t exactly enamor me towards the pencil mustached weirdo

    • I don’t know enough about those Sheena E allegations (that’s what they are at this point) to comment on them, but –

      A creative genius who’s also a bit of a weirdo…Stop the presses! That’s unheard of! (sarcasm)

      Also, the “two songs” Prince made?
      Or the TWO THOUSAND songs (and counting…) Prince made?

  2. Prince’s Sun opp Saturn Spoke to his workaholism, and the hundreds of hours of unreleased material that exist in his Paisley Park vaults. He has a strong Venus in musical Taurus, so earthy, opp Neptune and both square his genius Uranus in early Leo. I saw him a few times, once at a little club show he liked to do after his main gig. It was levitatingly brilliant, his guitar playing alone was the greatest I ever saw. Clapton was once asked what it was like to be the greatest guitar player in the world and he replied “ I don’t know you better ask Prince” . Him and Bowie leaving us within a few months of each other in 2016 was a savage blow. He wouldn’t be operated on for his hip problems as he was a Jehovah’s Witness, and afraid there might have been a need for blood transfusions during surgery, so he subsisted on heavy painkillers instead. Crackpot religion and drugs are Neptune/ Pisces signatures I think.

  3. Thanks for this Marjorie.

    This man did more for me than probably any other man in my life, and I never even met the guy.

    We both have Mars in 5th in a fire sign and we’re both low on Earth, chart-wise.

    Sigh….he is missed.

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