Susan Boyle

There's a very informative thread at Noel Tyl's forum concerning Susan Boyle's birth data along with brilliant observations about her chart with regards to her recent fame. Anyways, thank you to the great astrologers over there.

Boyle is the Scottish woman who recently auditioned for Britain's Got Talent and completely shocked and wowed the audience with her wonderful singing. When the show aired on Apr. 10 she became an instant international success. It couldn't be any other way with an Aquarius Midheaven. At any rate, from what I hear, this is an excellent example of the type of career successes a person with a conjunction of Jupiter-Chiron-Neptune transiting the 10th House can have.

Susan Boyle
b. Apr. 1, 1961 Bathgate, Scotland 9:50 BST

Sun 12 Aries; Moon 13 Libra; ASC 29 Gemini; MC16 Aquarius; NN 5 Virgo

First thing I thought about was that Boyle at age 47 is going through a Jupiter Return. Her natal Jupiter is in Aquarius so it's full of surprises. Jupiter, of course, rules Luck. Boyle's Jupiter is special because it is in a conjunction with her Saturn over the cusp in Capricorn. This is the same 1961 Jupiter-Saturn conjunction that President Obama has and he has shot to amazing success this year as well.

An interesting story on the Wikipedia entry is that Susan's Mother was 47 when she gave birth to Susan. So Susan is the same age her Mother was when she was born and so they share a Jupiter Return. Since her Mother recently died I have no doubt that she's hanging on Susan's shoulder and giving her a boost in life. 47 was pretty old for a woman to be giving birth back in 1961 and apparently caused some complications with Susan's breathing at birth. It looks as if the Saturn conjunction with the Jupiter was maybe a way of holding her back until this moment. Saturn makes you wait. It also can show a flowering late in life and can indicate an older parent in some way.

The date for the actual performance I believe may have been Jan. 21, 2009 in Glasgow, Scotland. According to (http://forum.unrealitytv.co.uk/index.php?topic=6250.0) the actual auditions may have been on Oct. 22, 23,24, 2008. I get the feeling that some of this surprise was a bit staged, not that there's anything wrong with that. I just don't think the show let Boyle out on that live stage without knowing who they were sending on.

At any rate, on Jan. 21, Boyle was celebrating her Jupiter Return within a degree. It was also conjunct the Sun in Aquarius and Mercury in Capricorn. And remember that it was also conjunct her natal Saturn. So maybe it was her Father who was helping her out. Either way, Saturn equals Career and Social Standing and Ambition. The North Node (Destiny) was at 10 Aquarius having just passed over Boyle's Midheaven which rules all the same things as Saturn.

Mercury rules Boyle's Ascendant which represents Appearance. Interesting that her older, perhaps dowdy physical appearance is being used as a lesson for us all not to judge people by appearances. Mercury here is in the sign of age, Capricorn and is conjunct Saturn. The combination of Gemini ASC and Aquarius Midheaven is always a bit unpredictable.

If this birth data is correct Susan is an Aries born on a Full Moon within a degree. Interesting that her Moon is conjunct Simon Cowell's Sun within a degree. She is being called something like "The Woman Who Shut Simon Up." Or made him speechless, or something like that.

Anyways, Aries Suns are the most lyrical singers. They naturally lead with directness and an ability to flow. I can hear that in the way Susan sings. They don't fiddle with unnecessary doo-dads and embellishment. Billie Holiday and Aretha Franklin are Aries Suns.

Venus rules the voice along with Mercury. Susan's natal Venus is in Aries and is Retrograde. It's just very interesting that she was revealed to the world during a Venus Rx. That would be close to her Venus return (natal Venus at 27 Aries so she's really getting everything she can out of this one).

Venus Rx Aries natally could explain her problems in childhood in which she was thought to have some brain (Aries) deficiency and suffered a popularity problem among her peers (Venus Rx). My new keyword for Venus Rx is "popularity problem". Venus stationed direct by progression exactly on Susan's Sun (Ego, Creativity, Limelight, Vitality) back in 1991-92. I wonder if this was a turnaround time for her with regards to coming out of her shell. I saw that she took lessons in 1995 and recorded in 1999. The progressions, of course, are very slow moving as they show psychological and spiritual development in a person.