|
| |
|
Ted Hughes
Comments
on this Chart |
Birth Data / Biography
Interpretive
Reports
Printer-friendly Format
View Sylvia Plath's chart |
|
|
The Vedic Chart for Ted Hughes is available
here.
|
Top
|
Birth Data
|
| Birth Name: |
Hughes, Ted |
| Birth Date: |
08/17/1930 (Aug 17, 1930) |
| Birth Time: |
01:12 (01:12 AM) GDT (+0:00) |
| Birth Place: |
Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, England |
| Latitude /
Longitude: |
53 N 44 / 01 W 59 |
| Rodden Rating /
Source: |
B / Bio/autobiography |
| Source Notes: |
In late 2005, Paula Gassmann cited a biography, "Her Husband—Hughes
and Plath, a Marriage" by Diane Middlebrook (NY Penguin, 2003) for the
time shown. Gassmann writes: "Middlebrook's book lists 1:11:58 AM, giving
him 1CANCER 44 rising. Here is what she says on page 51: 'He was delivered
by a midwife at precisely "solar midnight", according to Hughes. This is a
term in astrology, referring to the position of the Sun in an astrological
chart. In the Calder Valley [where he was born in W. Yorkshire] that night,
the sun reached its lowest point in the zodiac-- "solar midnight" at 12:12 AM,
GMT. England was on "summer time" (daylight savings time) in August 1930, so
in the village of Mytholmroyd the midwife's timepiece would have read 1:12 AM.
We know the exact hour of Hughes's birth--or at least we know what he said
about it--because of a business letter dated 1974, on deposit in the Berg
Collection at the New York Public Library.' And on pg. 54: 'Though Hughes's
private papers are full of rough little sketches of astrological charts, for
example, he did not divulge his birth hour to the journalists and scholars who
interviewed him after he became famous. Nor did he mention it in his autobiographical
essays or in his radio broadcasts about becoming a writer, where it would have
provided an attractive bit of esoteric lore. Yet he leaked the most valuable detail
into a business letter that ended up in a public archive.' Gassmann continues:
"Middlebrook credits Janet Booth and Joanne Wickenburg for explaining the meaning
of 'solar midnight.' Without seeing the actual letter in the public archive, I wonder
about the difference between 1:11:58 AM in the chart included and 1:12 AM, the position
of "solar midnight", but he might have rectified himself, as it seems he had a good
working knowledge of astrology and used it for decision-making." Previously, this
record carried a time of 23:55 rated C, with the source notes reading: LMR speculative
chart, deduced from his poem which refers to his date of meeting Sylvia Plath.
"Our magazine was merely an overture To the night and the party. I had predicted
Disastrous expense: a planetary Certainty, according to Prospero's book. Jupiter
and the full moon conjunct Opposed Venus, Disastrous expense According to that book.
Especially for me. The conjunction combust my natal Sun, Venus pinned exact on my
mid-heaven." ................... "That conjunction, conjunct my Sun, conjunct With
your ruling Mars. And Chaucer Would have pointed to that day's Sun in the Fish
Conjunct your Ascendant exactly Opposite my Neptune and fixed In my tenth House
of good and evil fame. ......That day the solar system married us Whether we knew
it or not." Using wide orbs, on the date they met, Jupiter at 25 Leo conjunct the
full Moon at 4 Virgo were conjunct his Sun at 24 Leo and Neptune at 3 Virgo;
conjunct her Mars at 21 Leo. "That day's Sun in the Fish .... in my Tenth House,"
puts his Neptune in the 4th house.
The only planet that does not fit is "Venus pinned exactly on my mid-heaven" as
transit Venus was at 17 Aries. The Astrological Journal 5/1988, "time estimated as
3:30 AM" gives an MC of 17 Aries.
Biography: Emma Tennant, "Sylvia and Ted," Holt, 2001. |
|
Top
|
Interpretive Reports
Check these chart interpretations:
From the Indra Report
from Kepler.
From the Merlin Report from
Kepler.
Computer produced reports are more
accurate than you think.
|
Top
|
Biography
British writer, England's poet laureate from 1984, perhaps the most famous
contemporary poet in the world until his death of cancer in late October 1998.
His fame is due not only to his extraordinary talents but to his marriage to
renowned poet Sylvia Plath. A man of many interests, his work reflects his
affinity for mythology, astrology, animals and nature, and classic literature.
His prolific writing career yielded children's literature, poetry, short stories,
essays and literary criticism, plays, translations of ancient and modern work,
and even an opera libretto. Hughes was awarded an OBE in 1977.
Growing up amidst the Yorkshire landscape, Hughes was the youngest of three
children whose dad was a carpenter. A bright and poetic child, he began writing
early and won prizes for his work. In 1951, he was awarded a scholarship to
Cambridge University where he studied English and anthropology. There he met his
future wife, the equally gifted poet Sylvia Plath. From their first meeting on
February 25, 1956, passion reigned. The handsome, intelligent and driven couple
married on June 16, 1956. After a stint in the United States, when Hughes taught
English and Creative Writing at a Massachusetts college and published his first
volume of poetry (1957), they returned to England. Two years later, in 1961,
their daughter Frieda arrived, and in the following year, 1962, her brother Nicholas
was born.
As time went on, the brilliant and tortured Plath, who had previously attempted
suicide, became more erratic in her behavior. Their marriage witnessed emotional
storms, accusations, and his extramarital affair. Plath committed suicide on
February 11, 1963 after Hughes left her for another woman, Assia Wevill with whom
he later had a daughter. Tragically, Wevill killed herself and their four-year old
child in 1969 in the same way as Plath, by putting her head into a gas oven.
Feminists passionately blamed Hughes for Plath's and Wevill's deaths, claiming
that his behavior, coldness and inattention led to their suicides. For 35 years he
would not discuss in public his relationship with either woman. Finally in January
1998 he published "Birthday Letters," a cycle of 88 poems based on his stormy
relationship with Plath. The book was hailed by critics and sold over 100,000
copies. With the publication of his book and the changing times, Hughes received
more sympathetic treatment from the public than he had had since Plath's suicide.
That same year, on October 28, 1998 in London, Hughes died after an 18-month fight
with cancer, survived by his children with Plath and his wife, Carole Orchard, a
former nurse whom he had married in 1970.
Top
For More Information on the Web:
|
Top
What Do You Think?
Valentine's Day seems like a good time to do some synastry. Let's examine
the charts of a famous pair of modern star-crossed lovers, Sylvia Plath and
Ted Hughes, whose poems often speak of their love and their torment. Plath's
life ended in suicide, with a silent Hughes looking like the villain for many
years. A critique of his "Birthday Letters" by Katha Pollitt in the March 1,
1998 edition of the New York Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/03/01/reviews/980301.01pollitt.html)
sums up last book this way: "Here, we are to believe, is The Truth About Sylvia, which can be
summarized as: she was beautiful, brilliant, violent, crazy, doomed; I loved her, I
did my best to make her happy, but she was obsessed with her dead father, and it
killed her." From examining their charts, we might be able to get a glimpse of some
of the complex needs that drove them to act as they did.
In order to do a complete synastry reading, we must first examine the
charts individually. You might want to keep these questions in mind when you
interpret their charts:
- What does each chart tell us about the kind of relationship each poet
would be drawn to? What does each person need and want in a partner? In
some of Plath's poetry she depicts her husband as cold and domineering man
who stifled her creativity. Does this view of her husband show up in her
natal chart?
- Where in Plath's chart might you see the astrological indicator of her
suicide at a young age? From an astrological point of view, what might have
driven her to attempt suicide and ultimately take her own life? Where does
the death of her father and its impact on her show up in her chart?
- What in their charts speaks of their passionate love and her mournful
death? Where in his chart might you see the feminist outcry accusing him
of contributing to her suicide? Where in the chart might you see his long
silence on his relationships and his ultimate need to offer his perspective
late in his life?
View Others' Answers
|
|
|
|
AstroDatabank offers this
privately-funded forum for astrologers who want to share
astrological insights in a respectful and educational way.
AstroDatabank does not condone or support comments that are
profane, obscene or discriminatory against anyone’s race, color,
religious creed, national origin, ancestry, gender, disability,
sexual orientation, veteran status or any other similar
category. While we make an effort to remove as soon as we can
any comments that we deem inappropriate for these or other
discretionary reasons, we cannot guarantee that we are always
able to do so in a timely way given the nature of the Internet.
However, we reserve the right to remove comments or to block
participation at our sole discretion and at any time. Please
understand that users’ comments are their own and do not reflect
the views, techniques or interpretations of anyone at
AstroDatabank. We hope that you will use this forum to share
your astrological insights with your colleagues in a respectful
manner and that you will enjoy reading others’ comments on the
chart under discussion. For more information, please read our
legal disclaimer and terms of service.
Where do you want to go now?
|
|
09Feb2006:
|
| |
|
