By Shelley Jordan
Chironian Captain Chesley Sullenberger has currently been in the news for his heroic, safe landing of his US Airways plane on the Hudson River.* All passengers survived.
A former fighter pilot with two masters degrees, one in industrial psychology and one in public administration, this highly educated, travelling Sagittarius rising hero has Chiron conjunct his Ascendant. An exemplary pilot, Captain Sullenberger also runs a safety consultant firm. As a true representative of the Chironian archetype he is an educator, role model and mentor for others. He has Sun in scientific Aquarius in the financial 2nd house, exactly trine a balanced, authoritative Saturn in Libra in the long distance 9th house – in air signs, no less. Venus, the ruler of his professional 10th, is also in Aquarius in the 2nd house, exactly trine Neptune, lord of the watery realms, in his 10th. I don’t know how a chart could be more descriptive of a gifted sovereign of the air. Completing the themes of travel and education, Jupiter, the ruler of his Sag Ascendant, is in the 3rd house (it was an airbus) trine the ruler of humane Aquarius, Uranus in the 7th. All his passengers were safely escorted off the soggy plane.
Where’s the perceptual precision in his chart? Mercury is in realistic, responsible Capricorn in the 1st, opposite Uranus, quickening his reflexes. Mercury is also square Saturn in the 9th, enhancing his powers of concentration and disciplined focus. Mercury’s aspect to the 9th house Saturn also describes Captain Sullenberger’s educational achievements. I’ve seen this combination of Mercury with Saturn and Uranus in the charts of intelligent, intellectually disciplined people with fast, analytical minds. Mercury’s sextile to Jupiter in the 3rd, gives him a perspicatious view of a given situation.
Born at the Full Moon in heroic Leo, Captain Sullenberger is currently in the limelight while Jupiter and the recent solar eclipse in Aquarius are near his Sun in the 2nd . At the time of the crash, Jupiter was conjunct his Sun. Uranus was conjunct his 3rd house North Node in watery Pisces, a transit which could only enhance his already alert, focused mind. This recent event can’t hurt his business, which is all about safety. He’s literally a walking (or flying) advertisment for his own product.
Let’s hope this recent heroic close call is a metaphor for all of us and together we’ll have a collective safe landing from this current crisis.
*(January 23, 1951; 5:06 AM; Denison, TX – thanks to Pam Young for the birth time; airbus landed in the Hudson on January 15, 2009 at 3:30 PM, 6 minutes after takeoff, according to Newsday: http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/nation/ny-ussull256012022jan25,0,829112.story))
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