The last thing I searched for online was a free Natal Chart for my mother. I had a rare couple of hours with her just this morning on our own. It’s rare because usually when I visit her, I am with my son and/or my stepfather is also in the room. Today, it was just me and her which was lovely.
My mother is intensely spiritual and has a ‘knowing’ that is beyond anything that she would ordinarily have. Her occasional homilies are so on point, it’s stunning. But she doesn’t really see herself that way. My stepfather is definitely not a believer. He is a very logical man, very scientific really. He has had experiences with my mother which are, frankly, inexplicable and he agrees that they are logically inexplicable. But he disregards them because they don’t fit his view of the world. His view of the world is very pragmatic and he has no patience with a more esoteric conversation. And so, my mother and I rarely engage in one when he is around. Today, he was busy in his office so my mother and I had a chance to chat.
We talked a lot about my son, her beloved grandson. To say my mother adores my son would be an understatement. He is her world. I think it goes back to the fact that her son, my brother, died of SIDS at three months old and after me, she had a succession of miscarriages. So, having her grandson is a precious thing for her. We reminisced about my grandparents, her parents, and about past pets and their funny idiosyncrasies. And we talked about my paternal grandparents and how my paternal grandmother in particular had a negative impact on both my natural father’s life and my own. In fact, she had a negative impact on all four of her children’s lives and her husband’s who was nothing short of a saint. And a wonderful man we all adored.
We got onto the subject of my book, and the fact that I have finally finished the third book after having re-written significant parts of it over the last week. Which led us to have a conversation about all things spiritual. About how I am led to information by spirit and given insight into things like astrology and how it works by spirit (please see previous blogs). Before I said anything about it in significant detail, she already told me that the planets have a very important impact on our lives. Which led us to talking about natal charts and the fact that I have thoroughly investigated mine and my son’s. She asked if I had done hers and I had to admit that I hadn’t. Mostly because I knew she was born in London but I didn’t know where exactly or what time.
Now that I have that information, I have gotten the rudimentary natal chart for her and will now investigate it thoroughly – she may be nearly 80 but she definitely wants to know what her North Node is. Her purpose. I really admire that. That at nearly 80, she wants to know whether she has fulfilled her purpose or not. How would it feel if you haven’t at that age? I mean, I hope she has a tonne of years left of course she is incredibly fit and healthy thankfully. So, she has time still to fulfil her purpose. What if you have this really significant natal chart (my son’s is packed full with spiritual warrior energy) that says you’re meant to do really significant things…and you feel you’re at the end of your life. How do you achieve that? How does that feel, I wonder?
I know in my own natal chart I have it is full of spirituality, writing and creativity and leadership with my North Node in Aquarius being about seeing things differently and putting forward innovative solutions to issues which I certainly do and have done more so as I have grown older. As I say, my son’s is about being a spiritual warrior from his North Node all the way through his chart – he can’t avoid it, and frankly it is already innate in him. My mum’s is less about doing the bigger things, more about learning personal lessons from what I have seen on a cursory look so far which I think she’s done naturally.
So, yes, the last thing I searched online was for a free natal chart for my mum because she wanted to know what it had to say about her. I will spend the next few days doing a deep dive into it so will be doing lots more online searches!
Louisa Simpson 