This
is part of a natal chart interpretation for a 45 year old
man. The focus is on how he perceives his parents.
This
man’s relationship with his father is obviously a complicated
one. While growing up he could have experienced the father
as being intense, fixed and radiating very strong emotions;
and while still a child this person probably did not understand
the intense emotions he encountered through his father and
possibly felt threatened by them.
There
are several possibilities in regards to how these intense
emotions could have been experienced in his relationship
with the father figure, depending on how the planetary energies
were experienced whilst growing up and at the current time.
The possibilities discussed below are not exclusive to each
other.
The
first possibility is that these very intense emotions may
have been attributed to a life/death struggle which, being
a child, this man would not have had the skills to comprehend
or deal with. There may have been a serious illness that
was overcome and the father seen as being powerful in overcoming
this illness. Or it may be that the actual biological father
died earlier in life and this obviously has a deep affect
on the man.
This
event would naturally bring about intense feelings: anger,
feelings of breaking down and rebuilding, and affecting
the direction in life of this person.
Within
adulthood, assuming that the biological father had died
in early childhood, the man may have had difficulty in forming
a deep bond with father figures, maybe feeling that he would
be abandoned or ‘destroyed’ by the intense nature of his
feelings surrounding father figures.
Secondly
on a more uplifting note, the father could have been experienced
as very penetrative and intellectual, a person who thought
a lot and spoke little and who was very fixed in his opinions
and manners. Also, the father may have been experienced
as highly reliable and comforting, having the personal strength
to successfully overcome personal crisis and trauma.
This
mans’ relationship with the father was and is very important
for teaching him about the world, he was and is greatly
influenced by his father - more so than the average person.
Mutual respect is very important for the relationship between
this person and his father.
The
father in this situation is also especially important in
forming ideas and ways of thinking for this person while
growing up. Obviously, this child would have looked up greatly
to the father for leadership and life direction.
Lastly,
the father could have also be seen as clever and articulate,
but also fickle and changeable: not always present mentally.
There is also the possibility that the father suffered from
some form of mental instability.
If
the father was experienced as representing some of the heavier
or more difficult energies represented by the planetary
energies operating, he may have been seen as dark, threatening
and possessing the ability to destroy this man. There may
have been a sense of seething anger, pent up sexuality and
possibly a feeling of danger surrounding the father, consequently
he may be seen as untrustworthy.
The
mother on the other hand could have been experienced as
earthy, positive and worldly. With this energy it is quite
likely that the relationship with the mother was experienced
as quite positive and uplifting. She will probably have
a strong influence on this man’s attitude towards marriage.
The
energies in this man’s natal chart could also be seen to
represent a mother who was highly restless and unstable
and not liking to be tied down for too long. I would suggest
that the mother was more on the stable side when weighing
up the natal chart in total.
She
may have been experienced as more of a worldly woman who
liked to move about physically and mentally. I think that
she would have made a positive impact on this man’s value
system too.
The
man has good potential for a positive relationship with
his mother although I think that she may at times become
overly involved and possibly manipulative and controlling
of his choice of marriage partner. The relationship this
man has with his mother is especially important to be understood
if he is to move forward in his own emotional life.
With
the two parents being perceived in such differing manners
it is not surprising that this man would have grown up in
a situation where the relationship between the parents was
perceived to be very tense.
Each
of the parents seems to have been experienced as pretty
much stuck as they are and possibly quite stubborn in their
various viewpoints, although the mother may have been experienced
as a little more flexible than the father, even if it were
merely to keep harmony within the marriage.
To
sum this situation up would be to say that the father was
experienced as quite an intense and fixed person who was
also a deep thinker. The mother was experienced as more
of a worldly woman who was of a lighter tone than the father,
although she did have her ‘darker’ emotions also and was
experienced as an illogical person at times.
Both
parents would have been experienced as having input into
the development of this man’s value system, although the
mother’s involvement would have been experienced as a little
more broadening and positive than the father’s input, which
was experienced as quite intense and fixed.
