The Enigma of Celebrity Misery
People are always envious of celebrities with all their glamour and amazing talent, but sometimes it seems that God’s gift of exceptional talent comes with a price tag. For some people, even with all the riches and honour in the world, they can’t resist the endless loneliness, pain, and sadness in their hearts. Most worldly mortals can’t understand why they have mountains of gold and silver, why they have positions of power and countless glories, but they still can’t be happy. It seems to be a very mocking thing to think about how many people have gone forward and backward in the pursuit of fame and wealth, for the sake of not being happy and joyful in life.
The Tragic Downfall of Superstars
The fall of countless world-class artists and superstars has been sobering, and the world is not short of such tragedies. I could make a long list counting the famous musicians and entertainers who died young, like Mike Jackson, like Whitney Houston, and so on. For them, the fervour of millions of adoring fans and admirers all over the world did not make them happy and contented, but made them feel more confused and disoriented. My father once visited the United States when Mike Jackson was at the height of his glory, and he made a remark to me as a young boy after his return, saying that in the United States Mike Jackson was more popular than the President at that time, travelling in a much grander spectacle, and being greeted by fans almost as if he were being sandwiched in the middle of the street. This was really a shock to my young mind! Why did he possess so much magic? Why do people who possess so much magic power end up in such a miserable state?
The Seductive Influence of Neptune
Neptune is a seductive planet that dissolves any boundaries and boundaries it touches. Neptune has the uncanny ability to bring unrivalled inspiration to your mind, and its magic seems to link you to the energy of the collective unconscious, so that you become a trend, a symbol or a ‘myth’ that reaches millions of ordinary people. So for many artists, Neptune is the magic that makes them successful. People are fascinated by the stars, but in fact they are fascinated by an undiscovered part of themselves that they can’t realise in their own lives, so they can only project it onto an external person, and celebrities are certainly one of the most convenient objects to project it onto. Neptune’s blessings come with a curse; Neptune is a planet that represents confusion and illusion. The person who receives the benefits of Neptune is at the same time prone to be annihilated by an innate and subtle sensitivity. This sensitivity keeps people afloat in a sea of pain, but at the same time it is this unrivalled sensitivity that makes them glamorous superstars.
Whitney Houston: A Case Study
Whitney Houston was born on 9 April 1963 in New Jersey, USA. In her birth chart, her sun sign is Leo, and Venus also falls into Leo and conjoins the sun. We can easily feel a kind of kingly demeanour of her through the screen or photos. When she sings, it seems that she is standing on top of the world, with a kind of lion king’s domineering and aristocratic temperament. The luck of the Sun-Gold conjunction also gives her such a beautiful voice. I believe no one will not be impressed by this magnetic voice, right? She is also blessed with a beautiful appearance and figure, as well as a natural ability to master and appreciate the arts and performance. It is important for her to show and express beauty in her life, and she needs a lot of appreciation and love in return. This appreciation and love will support her vitality and keep her heart beating strong.
The Dark Side of Fame
No one’s life is easy. This enviable Sun-Gold conjunction is squared (180 degrees) by Saturn in the 12th house and retrograde, and quincunx (90 degrees) by Neptune in the 8th house. With Saturn retrograde square the Sun, part of the unquenchable pain in her life is an intense lack of self-confidence and a deep sense of deprivation. This means that no matter how rich her material world is, no matter how much wealth she possesses, and no matter how many ardent fans she has, she can’t fill the bottomless pit of deprivation deep down in her heart. It’s as if there’s a constant voice inside her saying, ‘This isn’t enough, it’s not loved enough, I want more and more and more.’
The Role of Neptune in Her Life
Neptune in the 8th house quincunx Sun and Venus complicates and aggravates this situation. Neptune’s charisma and sensitivity allow her singing voice to touch countless hearts and soothe suffering souls, making her one of the most popular singers in contemporary society. Her beautiful singing voice seems to be like a fairy music from heaven that can bring our emotions to a new level. We note that her Ascendant is in Pisces, thus reinforcing the theme of Neptune in the birth chart. Positive Neptune gives creativity and a sense of magic and glamour, and can set a trend and bring about a frenzy. Negative Neptune will put the person in an escape mechanism. She may choose to shut down her sensitive senses in one way or another, but when she shuts down that sensitivity, her creative inspiration disappears and she loses the magic. This is something that sends her even further into self-doubt and denial, and so only more alcohol and more drugs can help her escape the deep inner voice that is always there chasing her.
The Path to Healing
Whitney’s South Node is in Capricorn, and we know that she would have unconsciously built a thick wall around her life. Her soul had faced harsh realities in her passing, and her soul had not had an easy time of it. So she habitually restrained herself, shut down her emotions to protect herself, a defence mechanism that had made her feel safe for thousands of years. But her soul can feel very lonely as a result. She’s used to going through everything alone, the mark of loneliness remembered deep in her soul. Even in the midst of a lively crowd, even if she is always surrounded by a whole team of people at her service, even if she is filled with friends, family, and companions, she will still feel uncontrollably alone, a sense of life’s eternal loneliness following her around. Yes, she would most likely suffer from depression, she would look at life in a grey pessimistic light, such a feeling would be completely contrary to her sunny Leo energy. Life is so full of contradictions and ironies at times.
The North Node Solution
Yet, how should she go about curing this sense of loneliness and depression that runs deep in her soul? The antidote lies in a systematic reading of the North Node. Whitney’s North Node is in Cancer in the 5th house. Her soul came into this world to be her own mother and heal her inner child. To give herself the ‘unconditional love’ that she has never received in thousands of years, to pamper her inner child without reason or justification, to open up her emotional body, to shed the tears that she has held back in silence for thousands of years in a safe state of mind, to cry, to cry, to cry, to cry, to cry, to cry, to cry, to cry, to cry, to cry, to cry, to cry, to cry, to cry, to cry, to cry, to cry, to cry, to cry. You can no longer be a ‘serious adult’, you can cry freely.
The Importance of Self-Love
Her soul came into the world in need of softening, her soul contract was to integrate and accept the soft and emotional parts of life. We can imagine that after a hard day’s work, she prepared a hot bath for herself, filled the bathtub with hot water and rose petals, lit cosy candles and some gentle background music. This is her loving herself tenderly, and that’s beautiful, isn’t it?
The Role of the Moon in Healing
The North Node’s ruling planet, the Moon, falls into the 1st house Aries, so her soul needs to be brave, brave to nourish herself, brave to be herself and not fall into the role of always pleasing others. We know that Aries represents the warrior, and being a warrior doesn’t mean not being afraid and fearful. A true warrior is one who can face up to fear and act in spite of extreme fear and dread! Yes, she needs to be brave, at times brave enough to express her vulnerability, and brave enough to face conflict in a relationship instead of running away from it. She needs to build extreme security in order to show her vulnerability and express her sadness, anger, inner needs and weaknesses. Her guardian angels must be celebrating her at such a time.
The Tragic End
Let’s zoom in on the moment of her death, which is a poignant moment. She died at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, and on the night of her passing, it was said that her staff had packed almost the entire 4-storey floor, but she must have been very, very lonely and isolated. According to foreign media reports, the Los Angeles District Coroner said the cause of her death has been determined, probably due to Alprazolam and other prescription drugs mixed with alcohol
caused by coma and drowning in the bathtub. And she had been suffering from a chronic heart condition!
The Influence of Neptune at Her Death
Neptune is in the 8th house – the house of ‘death’ – so there was an air of Neptunian mystery surrounding her death – drowning, drugs, and leaving a mystery that no one knows what caused it. But there is no doubt that she would have been overwhelmed by her emotions before she died. Her chronic heart condition seemed to echo the most important element in her birth chart, the Sun in Leo (both the Sun and the heart and Leo echo each other). The fact that something was wrong with her heart was a metaphor for her lack of self-confidence, her self-doubt, the fact that she didn’t know who she was, and the fact that she wasn’t getting enough love and sunshine. It’s probably all because she can’t accept love and absorb the sun’s rays.
Conclusion: The Legacy of Whitney Houston
The dead are gone, may her soul find itself and nourish itself in reincarnation. And thank you for the years of youth that her beautiful voice accompanied us through.
