hi there i love your post on the chiron synastry of paul and linda mccartney! i would love to read your thoughts on the synastry of john and paul and also john and yoko. everything i find on those sort of repeats what we already know as part of the historical narrative, but i want to know what astrology can reveal of the hidden things in those two relationships. eg john and yoko get the starcrossed lovers stamp in every reading i can find, yet they get into a heroin addiction together, so there have to be more challenging aspects in their synastry. and while john and paul might have been destined to break up according to you, there has to be something incredibly deep going on for paul to still talk about john all the time. please don't feel obligated to get into these charts, just if you're bored and find it interesting yourself, i would love to read your thoughts! take care! 💖
Hi! Thank you so much for the invitation to dive deep into the astrology of Paul, John, and Yoko.
When I look at synastry, I look at the natal chart first to see what themes a soul has to learn in this life and when they get into a relationship with someone, how is this theme playing out between the two?
Looking at the synastry of John and Paul, I can see their theme was on collaboration, individualism, service, careers, and expression.
Paul’s Taurus in Venus (9th house, so he’s in love with learning and expanding his horizons) is conjunct John’s Jupiter (1st house). There was a love of art that brought them together, an expression in the voice since Taurus rules the throat. Paul loved hearing the things John had to say or sing about, and John felt the same way. I can see a lot of admiration and, from Paul's perspective, Paul was definitely the staying power between the two. Was John the first to leave? I ask because Paul's Saturn touches a lot of John's personal planets. I can see with Paul that responsibilities are nothing new to him. Being responsible for others is something he's probably mastered in another life (Which is what I'll get into later). But for John, it was something he was learning this time around, so mistakes had to be made along the way.
John and Paul share a commonality of the moon in the 11th house. The moon, based on shamanic astrology, is our comfort something we're used to, so of course, they decide to build a group. I can see why their songs were based on wishes, collaboration, and togetherness. Since 11th rules the Aquarius theme. But to achieve such a beautiful theme, eventually, John and Paul do this separately.
I know there was a separation destined based on the individual charts. Our North Node is what we learn this lifetime. It shows us the themes and challenges of our soul journey. South node is based on our past life. So our North node is in a particular sign and house for a theme (ex. My North Node is in Capricorn and it's in my 12th house, the opposite of that is cancer in the 6th house, so my theme in my previous life was being of service in the home).
Paul's north node is in the 12th house in Virgo and John's north node is on the 6th in Libra, the 12th and 6th houses are opposite of each other. The 6th and 12th house theme has a lot to do with unmaking and making of oneself. A theme of sacrificing and service, spirituality, and karma.
Paul's 12th house NN tells me that Paul, in another life, was all about serving others (south node in Pisces in the 6th house). There was a lot of sacrifice for the greater good. The focus is on how Paul could learn how to take that time to sit in the garden and be within himself. Reflect and find privacy and be outside of group settings. I can see why Linda came along the way to show him just how important a safe space was, although in his chart he’s meant for public settings (10th house sun), he needs that time to learn how to be an individual and be of self in his career.
I believe the reason John had such an impact on Paul was some sort of subconscious bond. Paul could see since John's soul learned what he already accomplished: service is for the greater good, the theme of the 6th house. He could sympathize with such a tough lesson. And the same goes for John and how he viewed Paul.
John, his North node, is in the 6th house- opposite Paul. It's meant for John to understand how to serve others. He had to understand how to be less self-serving.
Now, just because the North node in the 6th house was something John had to accomplish, it doesn’t mean it was easy. With Saturn quincunx, his north node, he definitely turned down any sort of emotional responsibilities earlier in life. Saturn's responsibilities in his chart include being responsible for himself and caring for himself so he could care for those around him. But with Saturn quincunx node, he would not accomplish this until he reached his Saturn return. This means he had to break from what he was so used to doing, unmaking his collaboration and being identified in men in order to service and learn how to love and be responsible for others.
Also, I just looked it up. John and Paul broke up during John and Ringo’s Saturn return. It was time, John's time, to learn intimacy and not just through collaboration, but learning how to love a woman.
With John's birth chart I'm not sure what it was with John, but I think he had an issue with women. I’m seeing Lilith conjunct his south node in Aries. Also, the moon conjunct Chiron. Pluto-moon aspect, There was something he carried to this life that has to do with anger, violence, and women, and it had to be healed this time around. Which probably happened once he met Yoko.
His sun in the libra, John expresses himself through relationships, learning of himself through another to balance his scale, so learning all about himself in his friendship with Paul, then moving on to a wife, then Yoko.
Now are Yoko and John star-crossed lovers? Destined- yes! Destined in order for John to shoot towards the lesson he wanted to master this lifetime.
John’s theme based on his birth chart was, “Hey I was furious at one time, and now I want to learn how to be at peace, how to work with another, love others and service, can someone help me do this?”
And this is where Yoko came along. But this doesn't mean it was all sunshine and roses.
John and Yoko's synastry coming later today with a link.
