Hi all!!
Johnny Depp also has it conjunct Venus in the 10th house....look at the Martian roles he has played...Sweeney Todd the demon barber,Edward Scissorhands,the surgeon in Sleepy Hollow!!
Wishes Saturngirl.

The one I would throw into the mix is Bono from U2. He has been quoted as saying he was born at 2am on the nose (May 10.1960) But if you shift the time a bit he ends up with Algol on his IC. Considering that his mother died when he was 14 and he said that his house was three guys rattling around a box (or something like that) it might make sense. There was a lot of fighting between him and his brother (he once threw a knife at his brother and missed but it stuck in the door). Also, 2am makes his rising Capricorn and Saturn above the horizon. He's definitely not a tall man, but if you shift the time back then Saturn is below the horizon so that might make more sense.

Oh for joy, an Algol Thread!

Personal life:
My husband happens to have his NN 24TAU conj. his D/C
He has had the worse "Luck" all his life. My 3 daughters had a nickname created for it, called the " H Curse"....in honor of his bad luck.
Although not particlarly superstitious at all, it was hard to deny or see this type of so-called, "bad luck"...in his life.

I noticed that Padre Pio also has Algol conj. his Mars and Neptune, which to me speaks volumes about declination in the natal chart and the fixed stars such as Algol. The 7th house is about others, and he both healed them in physical ways which were supposedly quite mysterious (like Bi-Location) hence, Mars/Neptune , but if you read his biographies,
you find Padre Pio also had a terrible temper he needed to try to keep under wraps from exploding in his earlier days as a monk .

http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Pio,_Padre

Dick Cheney the VP of the U.S.under G.W. Bush also has Uranus conj. the MC in Algol......"piled up corpses" for Al-Ghoul.

I always liked however the way that Diana Rosenberg (Ye olde Stars) astrologer put the energy and experience of Algol together when she says:

"you will not be able to ignore suffering and horror, or brush it aside... The Algol placement on a chart insists upon a confrontation and assimilation of these harsh aspects of human experience in this lifetime. Some of the fixed stars are harsh, yes. But to a purpose. Each defines an area that will be tapped for good or ill; the tests are intense and unavoidable. Algol, like other stars, confers tasks upon us

which, if comprehended and accepted, offer great rewards of power and creativity. These stellar challenges are not to be feared, but understood and used in a positive manner."

As for those who do not believe this star has merit with it's out of the sphere of ecliptic influence I'd refer to this link (as well as the noted experiences of course of so many who are familiar with this star):

http://www.astrologyinstitute.com/Fixed ... on_one.htm

Quote:
Q: Can we fully trust a zodiacal position of a heavenly body very far from the ecliptic? (BTW, this may cause a problem with Pluto?s position, but don?t get me started!

One solution to this is given by Bernadette Brady, in whose book she advocates using stars as they appear on angles during the day of somebody?s birth.

I should also mention that prominent astrologers of the past -- such as William Lilly ? just used zodiacal position, regardless of distance from the ecliptic.

A friend has got Algol conjuct Mars and midheaven. She's a photographer who blurs or adds distorting effects to the heads of those she portrays. Whenever she does self-portraits, she inscenates her decapitation, death or hanging.

I've got Algol conjuct the midheaven. A long scar runs around my neck. I am quite violent and prone to rage outbursts - but thank God I channel all of this energy in sports or heavy manual/intellectual labour

Well, since we have a new moon coming up at 26'56 taurus and my midheaven is 27'52 taurus , I think its time to revive this thread ! I am an admitted workaholic, so have already lost my head at work. I would like to change that scenario, it has gotten old. I am just discovering this whole Medusa story , but I can see a lot there that is relatable in my life ..eesh. I would like to hear how this plays out for others with Algol on their "stuff". BTW, what is the consensus on how tight an orb is needed for a fixed star? Is 26'23 taurus correct for Algol's location now?

wangshan wrote:Well, since we have a new moon coming up at 26'56 taurus and my midheaven is 27'52 taurus , I think its time to revive this thread ! I am an admitted workaholic, so have already lost my head at work. I would like to change that scenario, it has gotten old. I am just discovering this whole Medusa story , but I can see a lot there that is relatable in my life ..eesh. I would like to hear how this plays out for others with Algol on their "stuff". BTW, what is the consensus on how tight an orb is needed for a fixed star? Is 26'23 taurus correct for Algol's location now?

No, the Fixed star has moved on

PD

Wednesday 13th 2015, Algol
Longitude: 25?59? Taurus; declination: 40?54? (Placidus7).
Longitude: 26?23? Taurus; declination: 41?01? (Morinus).
Longitude: 26?24? Taurus (56?24?); declination: 40?57? (university of Strasbourg [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-fid] with Zet 9 converter).

So, yes: the value you have given is good.

So, yes: the value you have given is good.

Good. Then this should be interesting. It's exactly opposite someones 8th house mars. Someone who threatened me once.
Aside from that, I have been toying with applying for a new position, but thought I'd wait out the mercury retrograde. I'm not quite ready anyway.

There was a case in the news back in 2003 about a man who strangled a woman to death, after years of looking at videos of such things. He was born on 22nd April 1968, in Scotland, no time of birth known. Sun about 2.5 degrees Taurus (antiscion 27.5 degrees Leo), Jupiter 25 degrees Leo 50 minutes, Neptune 25 degrees Scorpio 47 minutes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jane_Longhurst
"At his murder trial, Coutts confessed to a long-standing neck fetish and obsession with strangulation"

Another strangler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bruce_Ross born July 26th 1959. Sun about 2.5 degrees Leo (antiscion 27.5 degrees Taurus), Chiron 26 degrees Aquarius 18 minutes. Neptune 4 degrees Scorpio 13 minutes (antiscion 25 degrees Aquarius 47 minutes).

These are just two examples, I can also think of lots of non-murderers with Algol aspects strong in their charts. And that 1959 Chiron in Aquarius square Jupiter in Scorpio, and aspecting Neptune's antiscion, produced a lot of genius gothic musicians, particularly during April and May when the Sun was in Taurus. Taurus and the throat rule the voice. These musicians came to public attention when transiting Pluto was in early Scorpio in the early to mid 1980's, thus its antiscion in late Aquarius squaring Algol. Also transiting Pluto in around 26 degrees Scorpio in the mid 1990's brought another wave of gothic musicians, such as Polly Harvey http://www.astrotheme.com/astrology/PJ_Harvey
who has Neptune in 26 degrees Scorpio 57 minutes. So transiting Pluto would have been conjunct her natal Neptune when she came to public attention. Has anyone ever linked Algol with the (gothic) voice?

The musician Lou Reed of the Velvet Underground had a gothic sound, and he has a Mars Uranus conjunction which is conjunct Algol. http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Reed,_Lou
He has Mars 27 degrees Taurus 15 minutes, Uranus 26 degrees Taurus 40 minutes, and Pluto 3 degrees Leo 52 minutes (antiscion 26 degrees Taurus 08 minutes). Also his Saturn in Taurus is close to this conjunction and IsisTranspluto is 1 degree Leo 53 minutes. Born 2nd March 1942, Brooklyn NY, no time of birth known.

Algol apparently means "a ghoul", so unsurprising if it is linked to dark waves in music, and wearing black clothes and dying hair black, and using white face makeup.

I don't know the exact dates for the witch hunts during the 17th Century, and it would take me hours to do this, but just from a few googlings, the Pendle witch trials were 1612 to 1634. On January 1st 1612, transiting Pluto was 2 degrees Taurus 58 minutes, retrograde, and IsisTranspluto was 28 degrees Scorpio 37 minutes. Jupiter was 25 degrees Leo 33 minutes.

Pluto was stationary to go retrograde at 25 degrees Taurus 42 minutes on 26th August 1633.