Isigny, France, natal chart June 6, 1944
Can an event that happened in a particular place and time be linked to astrology? Let us take one small area and one moment in time, and see what we can discover.
The place is Isigny, on the Vire river in Normandy, and it is close to the Omaha and Utah beachheads, where the American forces landed as part of the invasion of Normandy in the Second World War. The chart is set for H-Hour, which was just before dawn on June 6, 1944.
The Sun was just about to rise and cross the ascendant. The Sun symbolizes the heart of the matter—or what the allies were trying to achieve. Gemini represents brotherhood—in this case, the brotherhood of the military and of the allies. Gemini indicates youth, and most of the men involved were in their teens and early twenties. There were no hidden agendas because both the outward manifestation of the event (the ascendant) and its true meaning (the Sun) were in total agreement. Everyone knew who they were fighting, and why.
Gemini suggests that communication was of supreme importance. It had already been discovered during the practice sessions that typing errors and a lack of proper coordination could cause unnecessary deaths, but on that day, everyone involved knew what they were supposed to be doing. However, there was some lack of intelligence about the terrain and the number of German troops in the area, and there was insufficient artillery backup when it was needed.
Isigny, France, natal chart June 6, 1944
The combination of the Sun and ascendant in the Libran decan of Gemini suggests that this was a true partnership between the allies, and that the ultimate aim was for peace and justice. Libra is associated with open enemies.
The Sun was in the Sagittarius dwaad, so this event took thousands of young men into a new country that had been subjected to life under a totally alien regime. The ascendant was in the Scorpio dwaad, suggesting a fight to the death—and also something that could never be forgotten.
The Moon was in Sagittarius in its own decan, emphasizing the need to shoot the modern equivalent of arrows at an enemy. Sagittarius rules belief systems and ideology, and here the emotional lunar motive was one of ridding the world of a dastardly ideology and replacing it with a humane and democratic one.
The Moon's dwaad was just into Pisces, and in ancient astrology, Jupiter ruled Pisces as well as Sagittarius. The invasion reintroduced religion to a continent that was fast destroying Judaism, and Catholicism would have been next on Adolf Hitler's list.
There are other fascinating factors on this chart. Venus, the planet of open enemies, rising in conjunction with revolutionary Uranus. The warlike Mars/Pluto conjunction in Leo, close to the karmic north node of the Moon. Lastly, the Vertex in Scorpio, representing people of vital importance. Generals Montgomery, Patton and Rommel were noted leaders in the Normandy situation. All three had the Sun in Scorpio!