Virgo Beyonce Knowles: She’s back, and more personal than ever
November 17, 2008 by Laura F. Walton
Pop goddess Beyonce is back with her third solo album, set to be released on November 18. The album is rumored to include a cameo by co-divinity Justin Timberlake, and has already teased us with the pre-release singles “If I Were A Boy” and “Single Ladies.” It should be hot stuff—that’s almost a given—but what about the rumors of its surprising depth?
According to pre-release press, this is Virgo Beyonce’s (b. September 4. 1981 in Houston, TX, birth time unknown — view natal chart) most personal, revelatory album ever. In her own words: “That’s why half the record, I AM … , is about who I am underneath all the makeup, underneath the lights, and underneath all the exciting star drama … [the] album allows me to take more risks and really step out of myself, or shall I say, step more into myself, and reveal a side of me that people only know me see.”
In many cases, this kind of hype from a popstar press release might set off our BS detectors, but one look at the astounding number of transits to Beyonce’s natal Chiron indicates otherwise: she’s be hard pressed not to get personal with this much Chironic stimulation.
In a birth chart, Chiron represents that deep place inside where we’ve been permanently wounded; Chironic wounds are more fundamental than minor day-to-day tragedies, and eventually form a large part of our core sense of purpose and identity. Major transits to natal Chiron indicate a time of increased self-awareness and healing, usually triggered first by dredging up past trauma. Now, and during the creation of this album, Beyonce is undergoing no less than nine such transits, including transiting Jupiter and Saturn trine natal Chiron, transiting Uranus sextile natal Chiron, and transiting Pluto in a creative biquintile to natal Chiron.
Beyonce’s natal Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto are touched in turn by pretty trines from transiting Chiron, offering her the opportunity to successfully transmute her own raw personal history into something tangible and beautiful — and this is one of the most liberating, progressive uses of Chironic energy. This new album should really be all it’s cracked up to be and more. I, for one, will look forward to it.
About the Author
Laura F. Walton is a writer, artist, and arts instructor based in Texas. She has been a practicing astrologer for nearly ten years; she specializes in areas of sexuality, individuality, and creative self-discovery. She has contributed forecasts for print media, and currently provides monthlies on her blog Astro What?
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I am really looking forward to her album too. I watched the video for “If I Were A Boy” and I was very pleasantly surprised by how gentle, introspective, and feeling-laden it was. It actually made me want to cry. I don’t think I’ve seen anything like that from Beyonce (except maybe “Me, Myself and I”).
Usually, I love R&B/POP songs+videos because they are HILARIOUS. However, when I saw Beyonce’s videos and “If I were a boy” and “Single Ladies” my jaws dropped. I was impressed.
I questioned myself. “I actually… have… respect… for…. this…..?” It was a new found appreciation. It was a life-altering and profound appreciation.
In “If I were a Boy” what I appreciated most was the story line. That story is OFTEN never told. I asked a fellow guy the other day (Cancer sun + Libra Moon) what he thought of it and he said the same. He also loved the twist. But I really, really question what men think of the video, or if they would care enough to sit through it and see anything out of it at all. Because at the ‘twist’ when the guy smirked and unapologetically blurted, “It’s not like I’m sleeping with the girl,” I just felt the hurt (for the girl). It affected me (perhaps my pisces rising took it hard).
In Single Ladies, I really wonder what was the significance of the mechanical hand? And why was there a ring? And isn’t she married? And is she just propagandizing that marriage sucks?
But still, I liked her video and I really give her props to her and her crew and video producers, etc. I liked it a lot.
So, oops, I forgot to mention as a follow-up in “If I were a boy” comment. It obviously affected me, but does it affect guys? Do men feel ‘hurt’ at all watching that video? Was it eye-opening? Or just another narrative?
In a way, her song is kind of like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qBZhBjxsg8