

(part 1)

Since 2017 when I last made blog posts about Freddie’s possible birth chart(s) I’ve found new helpful information that has allowed me to come to a conclusion. I’ve also gotten better at the rectification of celebrity charts with limited biographical info; have switched to using the topocentric Moon position (which corrects for parallax effect and is more precisely accurate), and have learned more rectification tools. One of those new tools is loka planets in the nirayana zodiac of Indian tradition.

Biographies referenced:

– Mercury by Lesley-Ann Jones

– Somebody to Love by Mark Langthorne

Freddie’s mother told biographer Lesley-Ann Jones “that she gave birth during office hours – and that the news was relayed to Bomi at work.” That gives us a range of around 8 AM to 5 PM.

https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Mercury,_Freddie

That means Freddie’s chart has a singular loka — Jupiter — since both Sun and Moon were in the nirayana decan of Sagittarius/Jupiter when he was born. That helps simplify things a little because we’ll want to find Jupiter making a significant aspect to Asc and/or Midheaven or at least angular in the 1st or 10th house. So, placing Jupiter in angular houses we’re looking at roughly this range of prime territory:



Starting at around 8 AM Jupiter in the 1st house allows Libra rising, well worth considering for Freddie.



Jupiter in the 10th or near the Midheaven allows Capricorn rising with Moon moved over into Capricorn, not at all like Freddie; or late Sagittarius rising with Moon also in Capricorn, more worth considering, but still not like Freddie. Just consider this from (Peter) Phoebe Freestone, Freddie’s long time assistant:

… Freddie hated being alone unless he specifically wanted time to think on his own, so always had friends with him wherever he went, whether it was shopping, to the theatre or a restaurant. Really the only place he was alone was in the bathroom, and not always there, as seen in one of the videos on youtube, and by the carp pond in the Garden at Garden Lodge.

http://www.freddiemercury.com/en/ask-phoebe/blog-26

Moon in Capricorn people with Capricorn rising behave more with a sense of privacy and propriety, more in contained, introverted fashion. So we can eliminate that combination for Moon and Asc.

Then, there’s what Freddie said about himself to journalist Rick Sky, “By nature, I’m very restless and highly strung … a person of real extremes, and often that’s destructive to myself and others.” (from Mercury by L. Jones)

There are two things to notice in this quote. First, Freddie’s description of himself in physical terms, restless and high strung. That can be found astrologically in Moon’s contra-parallels to both Uranus and Pluto (especially Uranus) in the time frame we are looking at here for his birth chart.

Restlessness can also be seen in air signs, fire signs (especially Sagittarius, whose natives can be roamers). So it would appear that Sagittarius for rising sign and Moon is worth considering. But wait — no go, because the Moon had moved into Capricorn as Asc was in Sagittarius. This leads me to the second thing worth noting in this quote from Freddie.

Look at his self-awareness and honest directness, that he is “a person of real extremes, and often that’s destructive to myself and others.” In spite of some Virgoan shyness evident in some aspects of his personality, he did not shy away from the direct honesty about the consequences of his inner restlessness and proneness to extremes.

Proneness to extremes can also be seen well in Moon’s contra-parallel to Uranus and Pluto. But it would be far more outwardly expressed if Moon were in Sagittarius. That leaves only Libra worth considering for his rising sign with direct, assertive Mars in the 1st house, possibly closer to the Asc than Jupiter.

With Libra rising Jupiter could have a few features of a loka planet:

– in 1st house

– conjunct Asc

– square MC

– 105° (quindecile) MC (it functions as a mini-square)

A conjunction or parallel aspect to his Asc by one of these planets makes sense, because that is often a feature of the birth charts of persons who change their names. And Freddie did that, of course.

He also moved from birthplace, an island off the coast of Africa, to India for schooling, then to England after his primary schooling was over. So we need to see some indications in the birth chart involving 9th house and/or 4th house factors indicating the possibility of such a drastic move from his birth place.

But to go back to the possibility of Asc in Libra, let’s look at this chart again. Uranus in the 9th house of a Libra rising chart, and Saturn or Pluto possibly quincunx (or bi-quintile) the IC/4th cusp (and Moon in the 3rd house, which would help make emotionally driven communication instinctive):



As to the Asc, look at those planets in Libra: Neptune, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus. We can pretty much eliminate an early Libra Asc degree conjunct Neptune. I’ll tell you why.

“… I was at boarding school for nine years so I didn’t see my parents that often. That background helped me a lot because it taught me to fend for myself.” (Somebody to Love, Langthorne) “It was obvious that Freddie was different from the other boys. He would run around calling everyone ‘darling’ and he often got over-excited. At that time we didn’t understand being gay…” — Schoolmistress, Janet Smith (Langthorne) Freddie: “The school had a very strong emphasis on sport and I ended up doing every single one of them. I did boxing, cricket and table tennis, which I was really good at.” (Langthorne)

In fact, at age 11 he won the school sports trophy for Junior All Rounder (1958).

1958 was the year he formed his first band, The Hectics. (Langthorne)

It was also during his time at boarding school in India that he changed his name to Freddie, because a teacher (probably British) had difficulty pronouncing Faurokh.

Later, during his time at art school he had a girlfriend, classmate Rosemary Pearson who said …

He was a clown, so much fun to be around. Freddie was also the only truly fearless person I ever met. (Langthorne)



His next girlfriend and woman he considered his common law wife, Mary Austin, said:

He was like no one I had met before … He was very confident — something I have never been.

This creates a picture of someone active, assertive and involved, who definitely outgrew the shyness of his younger years. It strongly favors Mars being closer to his Asc than Neptune, and probably closer to Mars than Jupiter. That favors Asc in mid-Libra, which puts it +/-8:30 in time range. That is within the 8 AM to 5 PM range, but with qualities that match what Freddie said about himself and the major life changes in his biography.

So let’s look at a chart set in mid-Libra:



So this frames up some questions:

– Is Mars in the 12th or 1st house of his correct birth chart?

– Is Pluto in a quincunx or bi-quintile to is IC/4th cusp?

– Are there any internal chart rectifying metrics to help nail down his correct chart?

These questions will be answered in our next episode of Freddie Mercury — the rectified birth chart.

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