This series covers events from 10/02/1983 - 10/03/1983

This series of classes uses Giacomo Puccini's natal chart to demonstrate advanced interpretive techniques focusing primarily on quintile and septile aspects as revealing deeper levels of the human being. Quintiles represent ongoing mental processes that are "never completed," while septiles reveal fixed ideas and presuppositions that provide "in-seeing" into deeper psychological processes, often expressed unconsciously through creative work or behavior. The analysis reveals Puccini's Mars-Venus quintile as a tendency to romantically idealize his friendliness toward the Dragon, which provided continuous anima images for his operas, while his Uranus-Moon septile granted direct insight into gut-level emotional reactions, which explains his ability to portray universal human feelings. His Mercury-Saturn septile manifested as ongoing self-therapy through his involvement with his operatic characters, with the Mercury function consistently exposing the Saturn's romantic self-image. The classes examine crucial transits: when Puccini saw Aida and chose to be an opera composer, and when he saw a performance of the play Madame Butterfly and recognized unconsciously he was destined to compose an opera about this material. The study reveals astrology as a sophisticated system for understanding the timing of creative inspiration, the preconditions of knowledge, and the mysterious relationship between an artist's mental processes and their artistic creations.

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