{"id":1513,"date":"2020-10-17T12:40:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T13:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/?p=1513"},"modified":"2020-10-17T12:40:30","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T13:40:30","slug":"pt-ii-of-van-halen-the-astrology-of-guitar-legends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/2020\/10\/17\/pt-ii-of-van-halen-the-astrology-of-guitar-legends\/","title":{"rendered":"Pt. II of Van Halen: The astrology of guitar legends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following on from our look at Eddie Van Halen in Part I, we turn our attention here to other guitarists who have thought outside the box and advanced the art. The investigation into Eddie Van Halen and his life in Part I turned up factors in a chart that led on to looking at other legendary guitarists for similar factors and turned out to be an interesting study. I had a lot of fun with this piece and listened to some amazing guitar. Some of the people listed in what follows had difficult lives and had to overcome obstacles to get to their place of success. Some of them died tragic deaths or died young, and in their case we quote Neil Young: \u201cIt\u2019s better to burn out than to waste away.\u201d The thing that interests us here, though, are certain planetary combinations that go toward the manual dexterity and free thought of great musicians \u2013 in this case, guitarists \u2013 both of which go toward virtuosity and originality in performance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mention was made of Uranus in Part I in aspect to the angles or the Sun in the case of the innovators in guitar. That would apply to any field of work. Uranus is the planet that brings in the new, shatters old paradigms, introduces an increased awareness and advances the human condition. It is found where independence is the order of the day, and directions and transits of Uranus or to Uranus indicate change is upon a person and more often than not stirs a sense of, \u201cI want to break free!<\/a><\/span>\u201d That said, Uranus is often found active in relationship breakups, but also in significant changes that advance relationships. It is also found in cases of sudden deaths and accidents, especially when connected with the Sun.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is another factor, though, that is found often in the charts of great guitarists, and that is Mars in aspect to the Sun. That same factor will be found in performers on any musical instrument where great adaptability, courage (as in appearing on stage), daring (as in trying something new on the spot, or moving out of one\u2019s comfort zone) and \u2013 notably \u2013 where physical flexibility, endurance and especially manual dexterity is needed. Most of the guitarists we will look at here have the aforementioned planetary combinations in common, namely the Sun and\/or angles in a major aspect with Mars, Uranus or both. And since this post follows on from the one about Eddie Van Halen, we are looking solely at guitarists here.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, aside from Mars and Uranus there are other planetary combinations that contribute to the difference between \u2018your average guitarist\u2019 and the greats. We might list a few of those factors below, keeping in mind that the Mars and Uranus aspects usually set great performers apart from the crowd:<\/span><\/p>\n