Mercury rules singing

Since Mercury rules singing, you’d expect that the quality of a singer’s voice would be reflected by aspects made by other planets to Mercury in the Magi Astrology chart - and this is exactly what happens. One reason mainstream astrologers haven’t figured out that the aspects to Mercury describe a singer’s voice is they fail to look at all the required dimensions. If an amazing singer has a longitudinal geocentric chart that doesn’t have impressive aspects to Mercury, it would be easy to conclude that the Mercury aspects “have nothing to do with it”. But if you’re armed with the Magi Astrology symbolisms and all the six dimensions we work with, then you will find the impressive Mercury aspects. Apart from using multiple-planet aspects to analyse the voices of superstar singers - as described on page 115 of the Magi Society Ephemeris - we find that planetary synchronizations reveal the character of a voice.

Karen Carpenter

The first time I realized that I could correctly hear the planetary energies of a voice was when listening to Karen Carpenter sing. "That has to be a planetary eclipse between Mercury and Jupiter," I thought. This means her Mercury and Jupiter were both conjunct and parallel, with the planets being virtually on top of each other. Karen Carpenters planetary eclipse between the planet of singing and the planet of benevolence and success is what gives her voice that warm and benevolent quality. In addition to the Mercury-Jupiter conjunction, her Pallas and Chiron tie into the synchronization - and we get a career (Chiron) as a composer (Pallas) and singer (Mercury) with a benevolent, warm and successful (Jupiter) voice (Mercury).

Chaka Khan

Powerhouse singer Chaka Khan has two overlapping synchronizations involving Mercury in the geocentric longitudes. The first includes Jupiter, the Jupiter/Chiron midpoint, Chiron, Pluto, Mercury and Neptune. She was to have a Cinderella (Ju/Chi) successful (Jupiter) Career (Chiron) from her charismatic (Chiron) powerful (Pluto) expansive (Jupiter) and sensual (Neptune) voice (Mercury).

The Jupiter/Chiron midpoint has been omitted in the graph to the right, but from the position of 20 degrees Virgo it forms a grand trine with Jupiter and Chiron. It is also located at 20 Pisces where it’s by Mercury. The grand trine creates a super career and super charisma energy, around which Mercury, Neptune and Pluto are symmetrically arranged. Super career as a powerful (Pluto), sensual creative and feminine (Neptune) singer (Mercury).

Chaka Khan’s second synchronization involving Mercury connects into Pallas, Sedna, Saturn and Neptune. She has a creative and sensual (Neptune) voice (Mercury), which she uses competitively (Sedna) with control (Saturn) and intelligence (Pallas). In the declinations, she has a tight contra- parallel between Mercury and the Jupiter/Chiron midpoint, which suggests she may turn into a Cinderella singer. Which is exactly what happened when she joined Rufus as a young woman.

Gregory Porter

If you’re thinking we’re back in eclipse territory when we hear Gregory Porter sing you’d be right. He has a planetary eclipse between Mercury and Venus, which equates to a hugely (eclipse) beautiful (Venus) voice (Mercury). His Mercury synchs with Juno, Venus, Mars, and Pluto. This means he has a energetic (Mars) powerful (Pluto) beautiful (Venus) and seductive (Juno) voice (Mercury). In the declinations he has an exact parallel between Jupiter and Mercury, which equates to benevolent, successful and harmonious (Jupiter) voice (Mercury).

Sabina Ddumba

Swedish singer Sabina Ddumba also has a Plutonic voice. If you start listening with the planets in mind, it should not take you long before you begin to hear the characteristics. Pluto represents power and singers who can reach the high notes typically have Pluto in aspect to Mercury. But it doesn't always have to be the high-revving voice, the power can also come from "torque" as is the case with Greg Porter.

Celine Dion

Perhaps not surprisingly, Celine Dion has another of the Plutonic voices. She also has the planetary eclipse between Mercury and Venus - giving her that "hugely beautiful voice" that's powered by Pluto. Pallas also enters the synchronization, assisting with the technical skill and sequencing. For a detailed examination of Celine's voice, see page 117 in the Magi Society Ephemeris.

Leona Lewis

British songstress Leona Lewis has a remarkable conjunction of the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Pallas - all packed in within a one-degree orb. In addition, Jupiter is sextile the Sun, Mercury and Venus. This give a beautiful (Venus) woman (Sun) with an expansive (Jupiter) beautiful (Venus) and technically skilled (Pallas) voice (Mercury).

Eminem

Rapper Eminem provides us with another interesting astrology vocal example. With rappers you would expect Mars playing a factor. In his chart Mercury, Venus, Mars and Chiron almost form a kite, but some of the orbs are too wide. We therefore have to divide this into two synchs. The first gives a beautiful (Venus) and aggressive (Mars) voice (Mercury) - and the second give a career (Chiron) from a charismatic (Chiron) and beautiful (Venus) voice (Mercury).

Susan Boyle

For Susan Boyle's voice, we need to investigate the heliocentric astrology to find a really powerful synchronization: Mercury, Venus, Neptune and Pluto. She has a beautiful (Venus) inspirational (Neptune) and powerful (Pluto) voice (Mercury). Note: the geocentric and the heliocentric astrology are both "true" at the same time - they are evidence of the multi-dimensional nature of astrology. We look at the stars much in the same way as we would inspect a statue from more than one direction.

In the heliocentric dimension, Grace Davies has a synchronization that means successful and benevolent (Jupiter) beautiful (Venus) powerful (Pluto) and seductive (Juno) voice (Mercury).

Grace Davies

Sissel Kyrkjebo

Sissel Kyrkjebo’s soaring voice is explained by a rare pattern called a Flying Eagle. In the heliocentric realm the Norwegian singer has a Flying Eagle created by Mercury, Vesta, Ceres and Pluto. She has a powerful (Pluto) voice (Mercury) that is commercially viable (Ceres) and also delicate and feminine (Vesta). The Flying Eagle pattern consists of two Mystical Triangles working together and it indicates the ability to soar in the area the connected planets.

Maria Callas

Famed opera singer Maria Callas was born with a grand trine between Mercury, Chiron and Neptune. She had a charismatic (Chiron) and artistic (Neptune) voice (Mercury). Chiron and Neptune are also both financial planets, which enabled her to make money from singing. Maria could make a long-lasting (Neptune) career (Chiron) from singing (Mercury).

Birgit Nilsson

Swedish opera singer Birgit Nilsson was born with a so-called Invincible Fortress in the heliocentric realm. This structure is also a Magi Quad, meaning a conjunction of two midpoints. By looking at this voice from a Magi Quad perspective, we get more detail of what’s happening. The pairings are Mercury-and-Pluto and Pallas-and-Neptune. “La Nilsson,” as she was called in Sweden, had a powerful voice (Mercury and Pluto) that was artistic and technically skilled (Neptune and Pallas).

Astrological voice analysis

Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra is another singer we’d expect to have exceptional astrology - and he does. Not only does he have a planetary eclipse between the Sun and Mercury, but Venus is also parallel Mercury. In the longitudes the Sun-Mercury conjunction combines with a triple conjunction formed by Jupiter, Chiron, and Pallas. Frank (Sun) enjoyed super success and super charisma (Jupiter-Chiron) as an intelligent (Pallas) singer (Mercury).

In the heliocentric realm Frank had a fortress created by Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Vesta and Saturn. He was a sociable (Venus and Vesta) singer (Mercury) who was dominant (Saturn) and had star quality (Uranus). He also made money (Venus) from his fame (Uranus) as a singer (Mercury).

Mercury rules singing

Since Mercury rules singing, you’d expect that the quality of a singer’s voice would be reflected by aspects made by other planets to Mercury in the Magi Astrology chart.

Karen Carpenter

The first time I realized that I could hear the planetary energy of a voice was when listening to Karen Carpenter sing. "That has to be a planetary eclipse between Mercury and Jupiter," I thought. This means her Mercury and Jupiter were both conjunct and parallel, with the planets being virtually on top of each other. This gives her voice that warm and benevolent quality. Karen had a career (Chiron) as a composer (Pallas) and singer (Mercury) with a benevolent, warm and successful (Jupiter) voice (Mercury).

Chaka Khan

The Jupiter/Chiron midpoint has been omitted in the graph, but from the position of 20 degrees Virgo it forms a grand trine with Jupiter and Chiron. It is also located at 20 Pisces where it’s by Mercury. The grand trine creates a super career and super charisma energy, around which Mercury, Neptune and Pluto are symmetrically arranged. Super career as a powerful (Pluto), sensual creative and feminine (Neptune) singer (Mercury).

In the declinations, Chaka Khan has a tight contra-parallel between Mercury and the Jupiter/Chiron midpoint, which suggests she may turn into a Cinderella singer. Which is exactly what happened when she joined Rufus as a young woman.

Gregory Porter

Sabina Ddumba

Celine Dion

Celine Dion has another of the Plutonic voices. She also has the planetary eclipse between Mercury and Venus - giving her that "hugely beautiful voice" that's powered by Pluto. Pallas enters the synchronization, assisting with the technical skill and sequencing.

Leona Lewis

Eminem

With rappers you’d expect Mars playing a factor. In Eminem’s chart Mercury, Venus, Mars and Chiron almost form a kite, but some of the orbs are too wide. We therefore have to divide this into two synchs. The first gives a beautiful (Venus) and aggressive (Mars) voice (Mercury) - and the second give a career (Chiron) from a charismatic (Chiron) and beautiful (Venus) voice (Mercury).

Susan Boyle

In Susan Boyle's heliocentric astrology we find a powerful synchronization: Mercury, Venus, Neptune and Pluto. She has a beautiful (Venus) inspirational (Neptune) and powerful (Pluto) voice (Mercury).

In the heliocentric dimension, Grace Davies has a synchronization that means successful and benevolent (Jupiter) beautiful (Venus) powerful (Pluto) and seductive (Juno) voice (Mercury).

Grace Davies

Sissel Kyrkjebo

Maria Callas

Famed opera singer Maria Callas was born with a grand trine between Mercury, Chiron and Neptune. She had a charismatic (Chiron) and artistic (Neptune) voice (Mercury). Chiron and Neptune are also both financial planets, which enabled her to make money from singing. She made a long-lasting (Neptune) career (Chiron) from singing (Mercury).

Birgit Nilsson

Swedish opera singer Birgit Nilsson was born with a so-called Invincible Fortress in the heliocentric realm. This structure is also a Magi Quad, meaning a conjunction of two midpoints. By looking at this voice from a Magi Quad perspective, we get more detail of what’s happening. The pairings are Mercury- and-Pluto and Pallas-and-Neptune. “La Nilsson,” as she was called in Sweden, had a powerful voice (Mercury and Pluto) that was artistic and technically skilled (Neptune and Pallas).

Astrological voice analysis

Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra is another singer we’d expect to have exceptional astrology - and he does. Not only does he have a planetary eclipse between the Sun and Mercury, but Venus is also parallel Mercury.

In the longitudes the Sun-Mercury conjunction combines with a triple conjunction formed by Jupiter, Chiron, and Pallas. Frank (Sun) enjoyed super success and super charisma (Jupiter-Chiron) as an intelligent (Pallas) singer (Mercury).