John Lennon: Imagine

Imagine was released in 1971, it is ranked as the 3rd greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone. The natal chart of John Lennon speaks volumes about why this song was written and why he believed it was as good as anything else that was produced by the Beatles. The song was inspired by a poem written in Yoko Ono’s 1964 book Grapefruit. John believed that we are all one country, religion, and one people. Lennon had his chart ruler Mars in Libra conjunct Neptune in Virgo. Neptune represents the principle of dissolving boundaries and it is often boundaries between countries that separate and even define us all as separate nations. The planet is also characterised by its boundless sympathy and is representative of inspired artists, talented actors and actresses, musicians, poets, addicts, idealization, dreaming and dissolution. Mars in Libra expresses their personal drive in a civilized and ethical cooperative manner and works best involved in partnership or group activities. The Mars- Neptune conjunction fights for non-violence and represents the archetypal spiritual warrior. Conversely, its not that all person’s with Mars aspecting Neptune are all non-violent, sometimes anger spills out everywhere, and the feeling of impotence and weakness, often reveals anger that is expressed unconsciously, and in an indirect or deceptive manner. Lennon experimented with LSD which according to his biographer brought him close to erasing (Neptune) his identity (Mars). The transits in 1971 when the album was released, show that Pluto was conjunct his Mars-Neptune conjunction creating extreme and intensified feelings towards his spiritual goals and evolution.

John’s murder in 1980 occurred under the mundane Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in Libra. I talked about the conjunction regarding the marriage between Prince Charles and Lady Diana; it represented social economics and a peaceful worldview. It seems contradictory that I would be talking about the murder of John Lennon under the same conjunction. However, following his death, Imagine re-entered the chart at number one for four weeks. Thousands of people paid their respects to him and his values of peace and love. Transiting Pluto in Libra was also conjunct John’s Sun on the Descendant (others). Pluto transits can attract obsessive types, stalking and destructive individuals, it is also indicative of personal transformation in behaviour and lifestyle, ego death and massive changes. The individual may also be involved in power-struggles with men, who are jealous, manipulative and power-hungry.