Good bye, Banko

Banko was an internet friend that I met online, and we shared interests in Astrology and in Carl Jung's theories, so we connected. I was stunned and greatly saddened to hear that Banko died on Christmas night, from injuries he received when his house burned down due to an electrical fire in the wall of his house - the house burned down to the ground in an hour.

Since Banko was so open about much of his life and was a sage and a teacher - I don't think he would mind if I posted and discussed how the transiting planets impacted his natal chart.




When I studied the chart, I noticed that the Uranus in Pisces/Saturn in Virgo opposition that has been impacting us all was now in a T-square with the Moon in Sagittarius, forming a T-Square. A T-Square is a closed negative aspect formation - with 2 planets in opposition to each other and both planets are square to a third. This usually denotes drama - especially with the emotional Moon involved.

We all have been dealing with the opposition of Uranus, the planet of abrupt and radical changes, striving for balance against Saturn, the Karmic Task-Master. Uranus also rules electricity - and the Ancients have named Saturn the Great Malific - due to it's association with death. So we have the balancing act of the two heavy weights (long term changes since these are outer planets) - Uranus & Saturn - and we get an intense short burst of negative emotional energy from the fast moving moon. Yep, drama for sure.

Now we see how this interacts with Banko's natal chart. His natal Uranus is also square the transiting Uranus/Saturn - meaning his Uranus makes this now a Grand Square for him - and this is a most powerful negative closed aspect formation. He had Uranus square Uranus - a lot of negative electrical energy. Interestingly, he had Hygenia conjunct his natal Uranus - and Hygenia represent health issues. Also - Saturn is associated with structures - like houses. And the Moon was in a fire sign as well.

In addition to this Grand Square - transiting Mars was conjunct with Pluto & the Sun - a powerful, transformational energy. Mars is associated with violence, and Pluto is associated with transformations - including from life to death. These three plantets were conjuct Banko's moon - he was having powerful emotions...

One very nice thing to point out - transiting Venus was conjunct his Natal Venus in Aquarius.

Banko found his joy - his Sofia.