I’m not sure what caused me me to do a natal chart on Anne Frank or why. Maybe it’s because of the recent American elections and the United States has always had an infringing presences regarding other countries. Maybe it’s because when countries, America included, need all the help imaginable it is the last country to join ranks. Or maybe I got the urge to do Anne’s horoscope because I’m a fellow writer and in some way all creative types are connected with each other, in life and death. I don’t know but Anne’s chart is beautiful like she was.
In terms of WW2 and the Holocaust I’m not going to go into explicit details. Just know that this Horror shows us what cruelty humans are capable of creating.
Sun In Gemini (11th House) and Moon in Leo (2nd House)
“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.”
The dual signs represent the multiple facets of the human being and Mercury rules the sign of Gemini and lives in the third house of communications. Gemini is a very writerly sign and want desperately to get their message across to people.
Anne from a young age had always wanted to be a writer and her sun paired with her Leo Moon Anne would desire recognition and did. With the sun in the 11th house it tells the messengers that you cannot solely write for yourself that your words aren’t your own but a gift that must belong to everyone. With moon in the 2nd house the native will want stability involving the family and those considered to be family, something no one got during got during the war and Holocaust. Obviously Anne did not have this but she could a little security with her diary which was a gift she had on her birthday before she went into hiding.
“I have one outstanding trait in my character, which must strike anyone who knows me for any length of time, and that is my knowledge of myself. I can watch myself and my actions, just like an outsider […] This ‘self-consciousness’ haunts me, and every time I open my mouth I know as soon as I’ve spoken whether ‘that ought to have been different’ or ‘that was right as it was.’ There are so many things about myself that I condemn; I couldn’t begin to name them all.”
Mercury and Jupiter in Gemini
“Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!”
Jupiter is all about luck and expansion whereas Mercury is Hermes aka the Messenger. This is why air signs do well in these planets. Fire would be forceful in turn turning people off their message. Earth signs are too critical, too stubborn to allow other sides of the conversation. Water signs would be emotional and intense in a way people wouldn’t understand.
Air signs will take different forms to speak their words. They will be open minded so that they can pass their knowledge to the next person in line. Gemini is the open book, Libra is the profound painting, and Aquarius is the internet.
Anne’s diary is the open book just like her persona was in life and death. 70+ years since then and we still cling to her words. Perhaps if she survived the Holocaust she would have had a ling successful writing career, spanning across many books instead one one.
Leo Ascendant & Leo/Aquarius Interception in the 2nd and 8th Houses
“Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will bring you happiness again, as long as you live.”
Leo ascendants are exactly what they sound like. They are the warmth and the elegance that the sun–the brightest star in our galaxy–gives us. Leo Ascendants are pure energy. Everyone is drawn to them and we are just their audience enjoying the show. Anne’s loved ones always said that she was this silly sweet girl with high confidence. She wasn’t afraid to speak her mind and go after what she wanted. It’s not surprising that her book was banned, not for her depictions of the Holocaust, but because of sex, specifically her questioning her sexuality when she sees her mother’s figure and likes it.
However this ascendant does have a standoffish side about them which they hide their insecurities and fears behind, and its a wonderful mask they have. While Anne was open about her feelings toward Peter (a son of the other family hiding with the Franks) she also kept a distance with him. And when she no longer had romantic feelings for him she pretty much cut herself off from him completely.
“Everyone thinks I’m showing off when I talk, ridiculous when I’m silent, insolent when I answer, cunning when I have a good idea, lazy when I’m tired, selfish when I eat one bite more than I should.”
In my own readings I’ve seen more interceptions and duplicates than any other aspect and with interceptions the native has to create the missing lesson for themselves because this wasn’t given to them at birth. A Leo/Aquarius interception has all to do with the ego. This person will not be allowed the solo spotlight until they learn give the spotlight to others. And having this interception in the 2nd and 8th houses that this lesson will involve possessions, security, and sexuality. No one in WW2 had stability, every second was filled with the terror that the bough would break with this being a large theme in her journal. In order for Anne to shine she first had to consider others more than herself and in her journal she laments the fact that she is “safe” in hiding and her friends outside were in greater danger than she. However she did find contentment in her two years in hiding.
Sagittarius as Third Dominant Sign
Even in the camps Anne never lost her hope granted their were times where she definitely succumbed to the darkness but she have faith that things would get better. This is all very Sagittarius who see the beauty in everything. If Sagittarius were a Philosophical movement it would be Aestheticism.
“People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things. You don’t necessarily even have to be afraid of punishment after death; purgatory, hell, and heaven are things that a lot of people can’t accept, but still a religion, it doesn’t matter which, keeps a person on the right path. It isn’t the fear of God but the upholding of one’s own honor and conscience. How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to their minds the events of the while day and consider exactly what has been good and bad. Then, without realizing it you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day; of course, you achieve quite a lot in the course of time. Anyone can do this, it costs nothing and is certainly very helpful. Whoever doesn’t know it must learn and find by experience that: “A quiet conscience makes one strong!”
