Gryphon Astrology Blog

As I wrote yesterday in a post about Steve Irwin’s unfortunate death, the astrology of death is very definite. The evidence of death occurs in many forms, and with multiple testimonies. After all, death is a major event in the life.

Here we have Steve Irwin’s Lunar Return for September 4, 2006, the date of his death. The Lunar Return is simply the horoscope for the moment when the Moon returns to its exact position at birth. This occurs roughly every 28 days, and so we have a new Lunar Return every month. The Lunar Return fulfills the promise of the Solar Return (which is the annual equivalent). Steve Irwin’s Lunar Return for the date of his death is rather grim, and had he come to us for his annual consultation, we would have told him to beware this month.

Steve Irwin’s Horoscope: Indications of Death in the Lunar Return

In my first post about Steve Irwin’s horoscope, I discussed the potentially malefic nature of Jupiter, ruler of his 8th house of death. Saturn and Mars, being the two malefic planets, are always suspect, and even if they are strong in the natal horoscope (Saturn is Steve Irwin’s strongest planet), they will kill one just as dead. The Lunar Return repeats the ominous themes of Steve Irwin’s natal horoscope and his Solar Return for 2006.

Jupiter, the death-bringer, is in the 9th house of journeys (Steve Irwin was on a filming expedition), and it will shortly square Saturn. This sets up a deadly combination, sort of a crossfire of malefic influences. Remember that Venus rules Steve Irwin’s natal ascendant, symbolizing his body. In the Lunar Return, Venus is about to conjoin Saturn in less than 1 degree, thus wandering into the deadly crossfire between Saturn and Jupiter. Moreover, Venus is in the malefic 6th house of illness. His body is about to be seriously ill, and possibly die (Jupiter and Saturn). Venus is also about to oppose Jupiter by antiscion, showing hidden harm to the body or hidden danger of death.

One testimony is not enough, however, to show death. In Steve Irwin’s Lunar Return, there are more disturbing elements. The Sun is very important in Lunar Return charts. Notice the Sun on the 7th house cusp. It is about to set by primary motion (the Lunar Return became exact right at sunset, in other words); given that the Sun shows the vitality, sunset is not an auspicious sign. At the same time, the Sun opposes the Ascendant (the body), showing that the body will come to harm due to the dramatic decrease in vitality. In other words, beware illness or death. The Sun is at 2 Virgo, precisely opposing Steve Irwin’s natal Sun at 2 Pisces, giving yet another testimony of a life in danger.

The most chilling and precise indication of the time of Steve Irwin’s death must be the Moon, however. The Moon is in the 8th house of death, having just moved into Libra. It will oppose Mars at 21 Virgo by antiscion in 9 degrees, again showing hidden danger of violence and death. Nine days after this Lunar Return (which is set for August 26, 2006), Steve Irwin met his untimely death in a watery grave.

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