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HADES MOON
Part 1
By Anne Robertson
Feb 22 2008
Happy New Year everyone and what a year it is going to be with the entry of Pluto into the sign of Capricorn. Pluto has always held a fascination for me which is not surprising with my having Sun and Mercury in Cancer in the 8th house trining Jupiter in the Scorpio in the 12th. I was introduced to the mysteries of Pluto’s realm at the ripe age of seven when my schoolteacher parents gave me a book on Greek mythology, complete with illustrations of minotaurs and other scary creatures inhabiting Pluto’s domain.
My interest in Pluto and its effects on personal planets by aspect natally or by transit was intensified when transiting Pluto opposed my natal Moon and Mars in Gemini the 6th house seven years ago. A friend who had just gone through a Pluto Moon transit recommended that I read Judy Hall’s book, ‘Hades Moon’, hence the title of my article. Before sharing with you my personal journey into the Underworld I would like to share some of Judy’s insights.
Judy Hall is a well known karmic astrologer in the UK who used to teach astrology with the late Howard Sasportas. In her book she acknowledges Howard’s vital role in encouraging her to write the book, ‘Hades Moon’. Judy Hall herself has a tight square between her Scorpio Moon and Pluto so she is well qualified to write about this configuration. She has traced Pluto Moon aspects in her family back 5 generations and forward into the next 2 generations. Judy herself underwent a near death experience when giving birth this life time but chose to go back and continue living to work through the karma. The titles of the chapters of her book reveal the wide range of the scope of Pluto Moon contacts. She devotes chapters to the Mythic Moon, the Raging Moon, the Devouring Moon, the Prophetic Moon, the Cathartic Moon, the Karmic Moon, and the Psychic Moon etc. She draws on the birth charts of famous figures from royalty, literature, history and the arts to illustrate the effects of Hades Moon.
To illustrate the Mythic Moon she relates the story of the Bronte family and in particular Branwell Bronte, the only son of a family of 5 girls. Branwell’s Pluto trine Moon is expressed by his dissolute life of addiction to drugs and alcohol, adultery, debauchery ending in his early demise. He served as a source of inspiration for the demon lover archetype for the characters inhabited by the books of his sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne – Rochester, Heathcliff and Huntingdon. The Bronte family carries the typical Hades Moon imprint with their lives being marked by scandal, secrecy, symbiotic relationships, and passion against the backdrop of the bleak Yorkshire Moors. Judy Hall claims that Pluto Moon contacts primarily concern Mothering karma. In the case of the Bronte children they lost their mother at a very young age. Other cases she cites include John Lennon whose Pluto Chiron Moon Mercury T square enabled him to express the grief of being abandoned by his mother. He also underwent primal therapy with Dr Arthur Janov which inspired his album, Primal Scream. Judy Hall refers to Pluto Moon contacts as the Prophetic moon. Both Branwell Bronte and John Lennon knew their deaths were imminent.
HADES MOON
PART 2
The Fallout When Pluto collides with Moon and Mars
By Anne Robertson
In Part One of this article I wrote about Judy Hall’s experiences of Hades Moon. In Part Two I will be sharing my journey when Pluto opposed my natal Moon and Mars. Judy Hall’s book gave me much food for thought while I pondered what would be in store for me when Pluto opposed my natal Moon and Mars. However, nothing could have prepared me for the drama that was about to unfold in my life and how it would involve a whole cast of players!
On examining my astrological family tree, I discovered that my mother had Pluto square Moon while I had Pluto sextile Moon. Judy claims from her research that even the harmonious Pluto Moon Mars aspects can have a very powerful effect natally or by transit. In my case it is not surprising to learn that when Pluto opposed my natal Moon Mars in Gemini in the 6th house that I had trauma in the areas of work and health. Issues that had been simmering beneath the surface exploded into consciousness so that they could no longer be denied. I was so stressed in my teaching job that I was forced to confront the boss and when he was unable to support me I walked out. Pluto transits are very much about survival, so with my health deteriorating from the stressful work situation, I had no choice but to follow my instinct for self preservation. There was another player at work in my journey in the form of transiting Chiron which for a while was conjuncting Pluto, thus intensifying my health issues. I also had an ovarian cyst which had increased dramatically in size. I had a pathological dread of surgery but eventually with the help of therapy, kinesiology and bush flower essences etc. I surrendered to the inevitable – major surgery to remove a benign cyst.
However, it was not only health and work issues that had to be faced and resolved. It also involved a karmic encounter with a man who acted as a catalyst to turn my life upside down, transforming me at the very core of my being. During this transit I experienced losses, not only through deaths of relatives and friends, but also through falling out with friends. I lost 4 women as friends when I was forced to admit that they were unhealthy friendships based on co-dependency. When I fell obsessively in love with this man who personified the demon lover archetype, reminiscent of Heathcliff, certain women in my life were drawn into this Plutonian drama of love, intrigue, jealousy and passion. It was if this man and I acted as Hecate and Pluto archetypes initiating these women into the Underworld to face their own unresolved rage and pain. It was like a scene in a play where the restaurant where he worked took on the role of Hades. These women projected their unresolved relationship issues onto me. Three of these women were older than I was and entrenched in the Demeter archetype of mothering which they projected onto me to the point where I felt so suffocated that I had to end the friendships. These three Demeter archetypes had major issues with their own children. What was even more telling was the fact that they all had Pluto Mars aspects in their natal charts. Judy Hall says that Pluto trine Mars indicates old abuse and misuse of power, whether victim or perpetrator. One of these women had been so brutally bashed by her violent ex-husband that she lost her spleen and nearly died. Long after I had completed my Pluto transit one of these women died a violent death at the hands of her own son. They both had Pluto trine Mars natally.
My demon lover also has the Moon in Gemini but at a later degree – mine is at 9 degrees while his is at 23 degrees. So he and I were in for another roller coaster ride of emotions when Pluto opposed his Moon. His marriage of 8 months and his business failed causing him to have a complete nervous breakdown. We first met when Pluto opposed my Moon Mars and the intensity between us lasted over 5 years until Pluto opposed his natal Moon when our intense karmic connection was suddenly severed as dramatically as we had first been connected. He served as my muse acting as a catalyst for my creativity. Judy Hall talks about the Karmic Moon and this was certainly the case with us. His Pluto squared my Moon’s nodes. Our intense relationship also embodied the Cathartic Moon as he acted as a catalyst for me to release the pain, grief and repressed passion of past relationships. It also involved the Psychic Moon when we discovered there was a strong psychic bond between us and astral travel between us also occurred.
What were the gifts of this Pluto transit for me? Despite the emotional stress and physical pain, the journey was worthwhile. Like Inanna, the Sumerian goddess who descends to Underworld to meet her sister, Ereshkigal, where she meets her death and then is reborn, I too was hung on a hook to rot until the alchemical process was complete. I had to face my demons – my fears, obsessions, co-dependency. I returned to the Upper world, feeling stronger, more integrated and lighter, having shed the heavy burdens of old patterns of relating. I had freed myself from the yoke of co-dependent and toxic relationships, reclaiming my power. I had learned to trust my own judgment and intuition. I had to face my own shadow and not just blame other people but have the courage to honestly examine my own patterns and my part in these dysfunctional relationships, as well as act as a catalyst for other people in my life to face theirs.
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