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David Attenborough<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“If we save the sea, we save our world.”<\/em><\/p>\n

~ David Attenborough, 2025<\/p>\n

David Attenborough celebrated his 99th<\/sup> birthday this week.\u00a0 \u201cNational Treasure\u201d is an accolade of a label reserved for the few, lest it be devalued.\u00a0 But I don\u2019t think anyone would dispute his right to be called that, though apparently he himself has not endorsed the term.\u00a0 According to the Guinness World Records, he has had the longest career as a natural historian and television presenter.<\/p>\n

Birth Chart<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I last wrote a blog about David Attenborough in October 2020, when he set up an Instagram account, due to travel restrictions during Covid times.<\/p>\n

Here was my description of his birth chart:<\/p>\n

\u201cHis Sun is in Earth sign Taurus [The Conservationist Archetype], and he has done more to illuminate Life on Earth than anyone.\u00a0 At the age of 94, he has made a huge contribution to its study, which is impossible to exaggerate.\u00a0 Taurus also gives him a great deal of grounding.\u00a0 His Sun is opposed by Saturn, so he feels a huge weight of responsibility, which he carries and conveys admirably.\u00a0 His Sun is also square Neptune, showing great sensitivity\u2026 emphasizing the role of the oceans in his life and work.\u00a0 With the Sun sextile Pluto, what he has to say is always profound, and this is given extra karmic weight with a conjunction between Pluto and the North Node, and a sextile between the North Node and the Sun.\u00a0 His has been an extraordinary destiny.\u00a0 His Moon conjuncts Venus, giving him great tenderness, and you can see that through some of his animal commentaries.\u00a0 His Moon conjunct Uranus gives him imagination and the power to surprise through the expression of emotion, which, placed in Pisces, contains a great deal of compassion too.\u00a0 Mercury is sextile Jupiter in his chart, showing breadth of mind and vastness of travel… Jupiter shows the scale of his life plan and contribution, and placed in Aquarius it hints at the extent of his futuristic vision, where he has always had his finger on the pulse of what would happen to our planet.\u00a0 Mercury exactly trine Neptune gives him acute mental sensitivity, and the ability to channel higher frequencies of thought.\u00a0 With Mercury conjunct Chiron, he’s a problem-solver\u2026\u00a0 With Saturn closely square Neptune he is very sensitive to the interface and relationship between the Earth and her Waters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jupiter<\/span> opposite<\/span> Neptune<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jupiter opposite Neptune in his birth chart merits a close look, if only to look at where this legend is coming from spiritually.\u00a0 Jupiter in a chart represents religion, and Neptune represents spirituality.\u00a0 An opposition in the birth chart often represents an ambiguity, a not-knowing, or in David Attenborough\u2019s case, an avowed agnosticism.\u00a0 In some it can create confusion, but he exhibits the higher or highest manifestation of this combination: an ability to balance and possibly merge the two.<\/p>\n

He has said:<\/p>\n

“My view is: I don’t know one way or the other but I don’t think that evolution is against a belief in God.” <\/em><\/p>\n

and <\/em><\/p>\n

“It never really occurred to me to believe in God”.<\/em><\/p>\n

plus<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is a supreme being then he chose organic evolution as a way of bringing into existence the natural world”.<\/em><\/p>\n

I wrote in 2016:\u00a0 “He describes himself as agnostic, and maybe he doesn\u2019t need religion as he is well and truly ‘doing his bit’ for the planet.”<\/p>\n

Life and Career<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

David Attenborough was born in Isleworth on 8th<\/sup> May 1926.\u00a0 His father was principal on the campus of Leicester University, which is where he grew up.\u00a0 His older brother Richard (Attenborough) pursued the path of acting and directing in film.\u00a0 As a child, David collected fossils, stones and natural specimens.\u00a0 At the age of 10, the brothers attended a lecture at De Montfort Hall, Leicester, about conservation, and according to Richard, his brother was smitten with the subject, and the need for action to maintain ecological balance.\u00a0 David won a scholarship to Clare College, Cambridge, in 1945 and studied geology and zoology.\u00a0 After obtaining a degree in natural sciences, two years later he was called up for national service and served in the Royal Navy for two years.<\/p>\n

He then undertook a three-month training course with the BBC, and was taken on in the Talks department.\u00a0 In 1954 he fronted a programme called \u201cZoo Quest\u201d, around the time of his Saturn Return, a time when life patterns can be cemented.\u00a0 In 1965 he became Controller of BBC 2.\u00a0 He began to make occasional films abroad, and in 1971, he found himself in a first expedition to a remote part of New Guinea seeking out a lost tribe \u2013 a classic hallmark David Attenborough production.\u00a0 This reflected his North Node in Cancer (karmic mission centring around indigenous populations). He was promoted in 1969 to be responsible as director for both BBC channels, but resigned in 1972 because that role was taking him away from what he really wanted to do, make natural history programmes: his progressed Sun at the time was trine his natal Mars (asserting his will in the direction of what he really wanted to do).\u00a0 He began to work on \u201cLife on Earth\u201d, a project which came to fruition in 1979.<\/p>\n

His transits at the time were very karmic: Pluto was square his natal Nodal Axis (a hard fought karmic fulfilment); Saturn was sextile his natal Pluto (a serious life work); and the North Node was sextile his natal North Node, very karmic (the world karma aligned with his own personal karma).<\/p>\n

Documentaries<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I enumerated some of his work in 2020:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has made legions of documentaries for the BBC over the decades.\u00a0 Here is a timeline of a few of those, which you may remember fondly depending on your generation:<\/p>\n

1979 – Life on Earth<\/strong><\/p>\n

1984 – The Living Planet<\/strong><\/p>\n

1995 – The Private Life of Plants<\/strong><\/p>\n

2001 – The Blue Planet<\/strong><\/p>\n

2017 – Blue Planet II<\/strong><\/p>\n

2020 – Extinction<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Blue Planet II, he brought us graphic evidence of the plastic pollution in our waters, and sparked a worldwide effort to reduce the impact of plastic.\u201d<\/p>\n

His Current work: Ocean<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

He is launching an important film, about the crucial role of the oceans in the healing of the Earth, in a cinema-length film.\u00a0 He says:<\/p>\n

“After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea.”<\/em><\/p>\n

In the film, he documents the changes in the world\u2019s oceans which have been occurring over his lifetime.\u00a0 He warns us that we are almost out of time.<\/p>\n

He shows for example the contributory factor of some wasteful trawling for fish, in causing the release of carbon dioxide and global warming.<\/p>\n

Yet he says the ocean has the capacity to recover faster than we had ever imagined.<\/p>\n

Sir David says the story of the world’s whales has been a source of huge optimism for him.<\/p>\n

He cites the heartening story of how worldwide action to save the whales succeeded.\u00a0 He is hoping that his film will be a catalyst for countries to do more to help the oceans recover: they need to be left alone.\u00a0 The ocean\u2019s recovery would enable recovery from climate change, by protecting its ecosystems.<\/p>\n

The film is currently available in some cinemas.<\/p>\n

David has half his planets in the Water element, which is a high proportion, so he is extremely sensitized to the problem.\u00a0 He also has his North Node (karmic mission) in the Water sign of Cancer.<\/p>\n

I have worked without a birth time, but a rectified chart is in existence which gives him Jupiter on the Ascendant: that can be a World Saviour Archetype!<\/p>\n

“This is not about seeing brand new natural history behaviours. It is the greatest message he’s ever told”<\/em><\/p>\n

~ <\/em>Toby Nowlan, producer of \u201cOcean\u201d<\/p>\n

Aspects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Tomorrow (Monday 12th<\/sup>) we have a Full Moon at 22 degrees Scorpio.\u00a0 The atmosphere may become feverish as we approach the afternoon event.\u00a0 This is the most emotionally intense Full Moon of the year.\u00a0 A conversation could set you on a profound journey.\u00a0 You will need to be in touch with your deepest emotions and be constructively authentic.\u00a0 There may be a focus on shared finances and an attempt to balance material resources and needs between two people.\u00a0 With the Moon opposite the Sun in Taurus, values and shared values may be the current issue on your mind.\u00a0 Donald Trump may be making more statements about Tariffs and trade transactions.\u00a0 You may pull off a deal, if you have been conducting yourself ethically.<\/p>\n

Your arrow of truth needs to be utterly straight, because not long after the Full Moon Pluto squares Mercury, and mentally you need to be on top of your game.\u00a0 It is a square which requires you, among other things, to rise above negative thinking, or to get to the root of it.\u00a0 There may be a setback or a reversal (even if a fragile ceasefire was under way), so make sure your actions in the morning are solid if you have a conflict to resolve in your own life.\u00a0 Perhaps there is a twist in the plot.\u00a0 You may encounter awkward communications or travel.\u00a0 You may need extra ‘me time’ in order to separate yourself from worried pronouncements about the state of the world.\u00a0 If you do engage in chatter, choose a worthwhile subject.<\/p>\n

The next planetary aspect does not occur until Saturday, so in the meantime let\u2019s play among the Fixed Stars.\u00a0 On Wednesday (14th<\/sup>) our Sun aligns with Capulus, otherwise known as H & Chi Perseus, a double cluster star. Bernadette Brady characterizes this star thus: that “Capulus energy is clear, decisive, focussed, and possibly even ruthless”.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cStarlight Elixirs\u201d by Michael Smulkis and Fred Rubenfeld provides different information:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis double star cluster assists individuals who seek to love God and understand just what that means – to recognize gratefulness, compassion, and praise.\u00a0 A resonant phenomena may occur to make one aware of the deliberate separation that one has allowed in coming into incarnation\u2026 This can give some remembrance of past lives and some awareness of the time before birth in which contracts were made with individuals one is yet to meet.\u201d<\/p>\n

So on Saturday (17th<\/sup>) we have the stunning, but possibly disruptive, conjunction between the Sun and Uranus, at 27 degrees Taurus.\u00a0 The influence may occur gradually throughout the day, as it peaks in the evening.\u00a0 On the other hand, Uranus is notorious for achieving a bolt from the blue.\u00a0 So expect the unexpected, and that may include pleasant surprises.\u00a0 It is a good day to demonstrate your originality and inventiveness, and in your leisure time begin a project which is highly creative or benefits society.\u00a0 You may decide to join a group activity along those lines.\u00a0 If you are feeling more contemplative in mood, new ideas can flash into your consciousness during meditation.\u00a0 The evening’s television or film viewing (I do believe it\u2019s Eurovision time!) could provide heightened interest.\u00a0 The surprise may be that we don\u2019t come last\u2026?<\/p>\n

The week in bullet points:<\/p>\n