By Shelley Jordan
A fascinating but controversial event has occurred following January’s solar eclipse in scientific Aquarius. A single mother in California has recently given birth to the second surviving set of octuplets in the United States, thanks to in vitro fertilization. As any mother knows, a new born baby is a lot of work. The job of taking care of eight of them is mind boggling. Called a “grave error” by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the pregnancy ended prematurely with the live delivery of the eight babies.
These infants were born right after the solar eclipse on January 27, only five minutes apart, according to the Kaiser Permanente Hospital spokeswoman. The first was born at 10:43 AM, the last at 10:48 AM in Bellflower, California.* The babies were born by Caesarian section to Nadya Suleman, a single, unemployed mother of six, who lives with her own mother. These circumstances are raising a public debate over the ethics and lack of controls in the unregulated fertilization marketplace during the current Saturn-Uranus opposition. Saturn, representing the law, limits and responsibility, is currently facing off independent, scientific and rebellious Uranus.
Pubic debate is productive, and usually occurs as a consequence of disagreement and conflict. A number of physicians who were interviewed about this event are in opposition to the lack of controls that led to these risky births in an already dangerously overpopulated world. Normally, in vitro fertilization procedure would not permit the gestation of as many as eight embryos, which would cause risk to both mother and infants.
The charts of the infants are interesting: while only born within 5 minutes of each other, the first has pioneering Aries rising (!), while the slowest one hanging out in the back of the uterus has deliberate Taurus on the Ascendant. Using Koch houses, there are no differences in the house placements or degrees of the planets – only the Ascendant shows any remarkable distinction, with a sign change from Aries to Taurus, and a one degree difference on the Capricorn Midheaven.
The Suleman octuplets have a massing of planets in Capricorn and Aquarius in the 10th and 11th houses, reiterated by the Saturn-Uranus oppostion. Saturn rules Capricorn, Uranus rules Aquarius. No doubt they will be high profile, and in the news for years to come because of their Uranian uniqueness and the ethical debate they’ve sparked. Like the first test tube baby, these infants are the result of science on the cutting edge. Their planets in Aquarius resonate with their scientific origins, and their undoubted place in the public’s view. These babies will belong to the masses, both in their story and in the controversy their birth has stirred. They will also possibly rely on financial support from taxpayer dollars in a threatened economy. One article described the mother as a “professional student” living off grants and parental support.
The octuplets have Mercury retrograde, which often indicates a mind which thinks for itself. These children will have to make up their own minds about a lot of things, since much about them may be under the public and medical microscope. Further, this Mercury is conjunct Mars in paternal Capricorn at the Midheaven. They will be the object of much lively discussion among law makers and physicians. There was no information in the press at this time about any actual father figure in the lives of these babies, although birth records have revealed the name of the father of the first four, and possibly all of Suleman’s brood. With Pluto, the Midheaven, Mercury and Mars in Capricorn, the father archetype will probably be something that bears some weight in their lives – either through one appearing in the family, or in their quest to fill the father’s role, or in their internalization and invention of their concept of what a father’s role is. Perhaps there will be intervention from some outside authority.
In addition to planets in Capricorn, the Suleman octuplets have a conjunction of Sun, Jupiter and the North Node in the 10th in Aquarius. Saturn is in Virgo near the 6th house cusp, aspecting Mercury-Mars in Capricorn and Neptune in Aquarius in the 11th. The Virgo-Aquarius combination can represent social service. Their mother, who was described by her recently hired publicity spokesman as “very bright and engaging”, has a degree in psychology and hopes to continue toward a master’s degree. One has to wonder how a single, unemployed mother can puruse education while raising 14 children, one of whom is autistic, according to the media. The state may have to intervene in the form of social workers to lend some support and structure to what sounds like a sadly chaotic situation.
Their Moon is less than one degree from Neptune in individualistic Aquarius. How realistic was this mother, who sought more children than the 6 she already had? Even her own mother said “obviously, she overdid herself”. Suleman is hoping for a television career as a child rearing specialist and is said to be juggling book deals and other business offers. Clearly hoping to raise her brood in the public eye, it is a good thing these children have so much Capricorn and Aquarius, indicating a solid work ethic, and group and community orientation. They form their own little Aquarian tribe of eight.
Suddenly the most sought after mom in the world, according to one Fox news report, Suleman has thus far been relying for the most part on the support of her own parents, who have themselves fallen on hard times, and had to leave their home in California. In addition, the grandmother has had to seek the help of a psychologist to deal with her daughter’s obsession with pregnancy and having children. However, another Fox news article said that the prolific mother is receiving some harsh criticism and no support or sympathy from companies and a public who often shower unusual newborns with money, services and gifts.
The mother of the babies, while raised by traditional parents, is described by her own mother as having been obsessed with having children since she was a teenager, but has always refused to get married. The grandmother says that she herself was raised in a traditional way. The planets in Capricorn and Aquarius describe both a traditional and a rebellious or individualistic approach to life. This dynamic is underlined by the Saturn-Uranus opposition. Since Capricorn and Aquarius are the signs of maturity and the experience of old age, perhaps these children will have a great deal of contact with their grandparents or other older, responsible adults or family members, although Suleman’s father has recently said he is returning to his native Iraq.
From interviews in the media, the mother of the octuplets sounds somewhat unstable and seems to be suffering from some kind of mental/emotional disorder, similar to obsessive-compulsive disorder. She’s turned herself into a virtual Grand Central Station for souls. Her own mother, whom she has leaned on with a kind of aggressive dependency, has threatened to leave home when her daughter returns from the hospital with her huge, new litter of babes. One can only send thoughts of sympathy and compassion to these new little ones and their mother, and hope that some kind of stable structure and family life will appear for them.
In any event, the whole issue of fertility treatment and regulation is now in the foreground as of the Aquarius solar eclipse in January. The Saturn-Uranus opposition in Pisces-Virgo speaks to the medical and psychiatric dimensions of this controversy. Since Aquarius is not only science, but also adoption, perhaps this can help direct people’s attention to all the parentless children already living who need loving, nurturing homes and families.
* http://living.oneindia.in/insync/2009/octuplets-birth-290109.html
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