THE BASIC PSYCHOLOGY OF THE FAN PATTERN

The Fan Pattern is a unique and definable pattern quite different and apart from the psychological characteristics of the Bucket pattern. However, as with the Bucket pattern, the nature of the Handle Planet must be kept foremost in mind. Its energy will be given great emphasis in the personality and temperament of the individual. Refer to the Appendix for the typical modes of expression for High Focus planets. For example, in the John F . Kennedy horoscope we find Uranus in Aquarius in high focus. Kennedy was willing to

"experiment" with new political and humanitarian ideas and typified all that Uranus and Aquarius symbolize. "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country," an old idea expressed in a new way!

As we found in the Bowl, Bucket, and Wedge, there is a "reaching out" to complete some emptiness felt by the native, represented in the open area. The ability to accomplish this goal will be in direct proportion to how well the native is able to reconcile the diversive effect the Handle Planet is able to achieve in deflecting the native from the foremost aim of the Thrust Axis.

Both the Bucket and Fan are "pragmetisfs", being willing and anxious to experience all that life has to offer. While they might set high goals for themself, they remain aware of the

The "Head" f---°---> The "Tail"

need to compromise upon occasion to get as "much of the loaf" as possible. Both are much more objective than the Bowl in general outlook; with the Fan, their objectivity diminishes in direct proportion to the difference in dis tance between Thrust Axis and Handle Planet.

The Fan is more driving than the Bucket, however, and not nearly so willing to share its experience with others like the Bucket.

Unlike the Bucket types, the Fan-type native is a "creature of habit' and usually quite predictable in his actions to a given set of circumstances. He possesses the typical Tripolar momentum that the Bucket lacks. This is especially true in any Fan pattern that includes the Kite configuration. The Grand Trine also gives the Fan native greater stability of foundation.

The Fan native's reality is deeply grounded and rooted in the house and sign in which the Handle Planet is located. It becomes a point in his chart that he feels he can rely upon when all else fails. The Handle Planet is like the roots of the tree than reach out for nourishment in the immediate environment in order to grow and maintain itself. The Fan nourishes itself from "without"; the Bucket nourishes itself from "within," before going to the outside for additional resources.

The Fan and the Wedge tend to nurture themselves and seek fulfillment through the bunching or concentration of their energies. The Wedge does it by concentrating his

energies internally and feeding them outward to accomplish his goals. The Fan draws upon energies external to himself, by mustering the energies of others and drawing upon them, taking them into himself, in order to gain fulfillment. They are "takers" and they have to be very careful of the way in which they draw upon the resources of others in order not to engender their displeasure.

Negatively expressed, the Fan can be very selfish; positively expressed, they have the same ability that the Hour-Glass possesses of getting diverse groups together in a common cause. And, whereas the Wedge type can become very obsessed with his own capabilities and desires (often very selfishly too though he usually won't see it or admit it if he does), the Fan type is more obsessed with the

capabilities of others and how he can capitalize upon them himself in order to further his own interests.

The Fan looks for resources in others for fulfillment; the Wedge looks for resources within himself whenever possible before going to the outside, The Fan reaches out for the missing resources; the Wedge magnetically attracts external resources to him.

Note also the hemisphere in which the Blade is located. Where North, all of the "taker" characteristics of the Fan are at maximum potential; by contrast, they are minimized when the Blade is South and here the native is more concerned with repayment for what he takes. Where the Blade is East there is great self-assurance and all of the Wedge characteristics of the Blade are maximized; where the Blade is West, the "reaching-out" and magnetic qualities are turned on to their fullest.

SUMMARY

To sum up the essence of the Fan psychology, the Fan is like a vacuum with the for self-completion. The motivation for doing this, where the resources will be sought, and how, are in large measure

determined by the Handle Planet with its house and sign. How successful this person will be in coping with the reality of his world will in large measure be determined by how well he is able to integrate the conflicting forces (Handle Planet and Thrust Point) within his horoscope.

While this is the last lesson, it is not quite the end of this book. In the final pages that follow I have tried to tie together a few loose ends that do not seem to fit well into any particular lesson, yet are important for you also to consider. I hope that you will also consider these concluding remarks in rounding out the more complete picture and understanding of the planetary patterns that you have just learned about.

For once we have analyzed the particular trees that comprise the forest, it is necessary that we again try to visualize the forest as a Whole and see it in its greater perspective!

The horoscope of popular TV personality and actress Rose Marie (Guy) illustrates quite well a near ideal planetary Fan Pattern.

Pluto-Jupiter form a near perfect trine, and the Handle Planet Uranus completes a Grand Water Trine. But for Uranus we have an excellent Wedge Pattern. Uranus is only about 5°

from the Wedge's far trine midpoint, thus its thrust is consonant with the Handle and hardly deflects the other planets from the accomolishment of their purpose.

The horoscope of Governor George Wallace contains an interesting Fan Pattern. The Blade is narrowed (only 80° wide). There is a Core Opposition, but more importantly, Uranus is also the apex of a Yod with Mars/Venus. There is only one weak (8°) Trine, Uranus/Pluto, and no planetary Squares at a l l ! Here, Uranus is truly the "tail that wags the dog"

astrologically.

In the horoscope of former president John F. Kennedy we find the Handle Planet skewed by about one sign and house from the centerline of the Fan's blade (or trine midpoint). Mars-Moon, forming the boundary of the Wedge, are strongly trine. Uranus, though unopposed, is at the Moon-Saturn midpoint usually indicating inherited position in life through family.

Bom about a month and a half later than John F. Kennedy, comedienne Phyllis Diller's chart has an even more skewed Handle Planet with Uranus now two houses away from the axis of thrust and opposing Venus. It also trines Mars. The Fan blade has its boundary planets within a quintile (72°) instead of a trine. This horoscope contains no planetary squares!

Finally, we come to the horoscope of Dean Martin, born between the birth dates of John F.

Kennedy and Phyllis Diller. Uranus, the Handle Planet, makes no opposition to any of the Blade planers. All ten planets are clearly in the Western hemisphere of the chart with Uranus also emphasized as a singleton in hemisphere North. Note both the similarity and the difference here to the John F. Kennedy chart.

It is quite possible to have the Grand Trine present (here in the Water element) but have a horoscope lacking a Core Opposition and thus the Kite configuration. In the chart of

Princess Anne of England we have Jupiter so widely opposed to both Sun and Moon (about 1 1 ° ) that its effects are minimal. Lacking this Core Opposition there would be much

greater difficulty in integrating Jupiter's energies into the wholeness of her personality and temperament.

In the horoscope of composer Hector Berlioz we see the most radical departure from the

"ideal" pattern of all of the examples given here. The thrust point and Handle Planet are more than a sextile apart and all ten planets are clearly within the same hemisphere. The Blade here is contained within a square. As any musicologist will confirm his music was revolutionary (Plutonian) in nature, and his reputation was scandalous, though he claimed to be writing for the masses (11th house). Pluto is also emphasized as being a singleton in hemisphere. No opposition is present in this chart whatsoever between the planets.

S O M E G E N E R A L R E M A R K S I N C O N C L U S I O N

Since the initial publication of this book, I have been called upon on many occasions to lecture and hold workshops on the Planetary Patterns, and as the result (as any teacher knows) I have learned a lot from my students about how best to guide them in their general approach to this subject. There are some "pitfalls" that ought to be avoided, which has prompted me to add this new section to the book.

There is a tendency on the part of students, once they've been exposed to the great value of pattern analysis, to grab every chart in their collection and attempt to classify it as to pattern type. This is both fun and certainly instructive, for it gives you the practical experience needed here, but it is also frustrating! You will inevitably find some charts (possibly your own) that are very hard to classify. It is a great American tradition to

attempt to classify everything in sight - especially if you happen to have a few Virgo planets in your horoscope, as I do. And you've probably discovered, as have I , that there are

certain individuals who just cannot be neatly classified. As above, so below - so you might also expect then to find certain horoscopes that cannot be classified either. What to do?

At the end of every single lecture I've ever given on Patterns there are always students who come to me and ask that I help them classify a chart or two. The charts that they present are always the "borderline" cases between two (sometimes three) possible patterns.

Sometimes, I must tell them that the chart does not fit any pattern at all well, and to forget about the pattern altogether and go on with their delineation. I always get the feeling when this happens that somehow they feel cheated - and they really shouldn't. Planetary

Patterns are an artificial, manmade type of classification, and since nothing in nature is every perfect, neither is this classification system. It is merely one more tool in your bag of tricks to make delineation a little simpler and a bit more revealing. Remember, you can't use a hammer for every repair job in the house; sometimes, other tools work better.

The major reason for bothering at all to classify charts by planetary pattern is to give you a grip on that "elusive thread" by which you can begin to unravel the fabric of the individual's basic makeup. Patterns are one way of giving you a starting point from which to begin your delineation. By emphasizing some planet that is in High Focus.

There are other ways of picking a High Focus planet besides using pattern analysis. The apex planet of a T-Cross or Yod, a Singleton planet, or the focal point of a Panhandle are equally as effective as a starting point in analysis. You do not have to understand a thing about partem analysis at all to do an adequate delineation, but to understand patterns is to increase your understanding of the total makeup, especially the temperament, of the

individual.

So, this brings me to emphasize the following rule: IF YOU CANNOT DETERMINE THE PATTERN WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF STUDY OF THE CHART, GO ON TO SOME OTHER TECHNIQUE. Don't waste time trying to classify a chart that cannot be easily classified.

Next, I would point out to you that this is not a "finished" system of planetary classification, by any means. The astrological community will forever be indebted to Marc Edmund Jones for establishing this system to start with in his "Essentials of Astrological Analysis," but it is not a finished system. I've tried to add one new pattern to the system - The Fan - and I am currently working on several others which I suspect may also be viable, alternate patterns for future consideration .

In the last analysis it is up to you, the Student, to extract that which is of value to you here in this course, and discard the rest. Do not take what I, or any other astrological author, tells you in his book as "gospel" truth - test it out for yourself to see if what is being said is valid on the basis of your own experience. There is too much "mythology" cluttering up the pages of astrological books these days, and it is time we identified this mythology for what it really is. In a larger sense, if what I have shared with you in this book makes sense to you as it does to me, I will have achieved one of my major goals in writing this book in the first place.

If you are inclined to study planetary midpoints in the tradition of the Uranian astrologers and Cosmobiologists, you should also find pattern analysis especially interesting. Once you've established a High Focus planet in the pattern, see if this planet is at the midpoint of some other two planets in the pattern and check on the interpretation of this planetary combination. It is sometimes rather startling what this will reveal.

Do not neglect to look for other High Focus planets in the chart which may not necessarily be emphasized in the pattern. They are still very important. The qualitative assessment of a chart is fairly easy compared to its quantitative assessment. For it is really not enough to know that, for example, Uranus is emphasized in the chart under study. The question

inevitably follows - how much is it emphasized? Various systems, such as "Astrodynes" have been invented for doing such quantitative assessments. For, in a chart where several

planets are found to be in High Focus, the question invariably follows, which is the most emphasized? It is in situations like this that your pattern analysis can aid in the final determination.

I would finally advise that you commit to memory the "super" meanings for High Focus planets given in the Appendix. They are a valuable adjunct to your complete understanding of the value of High Focus planets, however and whenever you discover them in a

horoscope - be it through pattern analysis, or otherwise. And do not neglect to add your own keywords in the spaces provided as you expand your own observations through personal experience.

A P P E N D I X " A "

INTERPRETING HIGH-FOCUS PLANETSWhen a planet is brought into high focus in the horoscope/

regardless of the particular

reason, it should serve to focus your special attention upon what it represents in the life of that individual. Not only should you give the planet special attention/ but also the sign and house in which the planet is located. The high focus planet will always be of special concern to your subject in some way because its shows you how the person characteristically meets experience and attempts to deal with his immediate environment and day-to-day problems.

The manner in which he/she attempts to cope.

Below/ we have given you certain keywords for interpreting each of the planets when they are found to be in high focus. Note that these words given have both a positive and

negative. It will probably take some judicious questioning to determine which of the two words best fits the individual. However, in either case, the keyword should be placed in the blank space in the following statement: "He/She typically acts or attempts to accomplish his/her goals in a(n) manner."

THE SUN____________________________________+ Masterful, Regal________- Egotistic

Master of all they survey, paternal, kingly, supremely confident, they always seem in some way to be in charge no matter what the situation. Others naturally defer to them. Used negatively they can be overbearing, egotistic, overly demanding, and act like they know what's best for everybody though this is often just a dillusion. Example: Muhammad Ali

THE MOON__________________________________+ Intense__________________- DissociativeGreat intensity of purpose. Some seem almost "driven" by their great intensity of purpose and vast emotional energy that is brought to bear on whatever has captured their attention.

Their needs are also felt very intensely. They can become so driven that they dissociate themselves from what is really happening all about them, take a very romantic or idealistic view of themselves and their goals, and lose track of their original purpose. Example: John Lennon

MERCURY___________________________________+ Inquisitive, Naive - Immature

A certain childlike naivety and curiousity carry over into their adult life and all of their dealings. They can be life a "butterfly" sampling all of the delights of each "flower" they encounter. Coquettish, the eternal ingenue, the playful kitten. Used positively their curiosity can be used to excellent purpose (like Louis Pasteur); used negatively they can use their childlike qualities very shrewdly to delude others into a false sense of being in control and then "snap their trap" quite unexpectedly. Example: Cher Bono

VENUS____________________+ Intensely Personal, Intimate ________- Lazy

Intensely intimate and personal in all of their dealings, when they come to public

prominence they tend to attract "a cult of personality" or their "groupies." They come on in a very personal manner as if what they have to say is for "you alone." Usually it is you who must first go to them; rarely will they approach you first. The singing style of artists Diana Ross, Wayne Newton, and Barbra Streisand, who all have a high-focus Venus, illustrate this quality beautifully. Used negatively, these people are always relying on someone else to do something for them.

MARS_____________________+ Indomitable, Sensuous_____- Belligérant, Pugnacious

Highly competitive individuals, these persons respond to challenge and have the ability to persevere in the face of the greatest adversity; e . g . , Abe Lincoln or Bobbie Fisher. They are real scrappers like Lynn Redgrave and Bob Dylan. Some rely on their magnetism and sex appeal to attract others; e . g . , Paul Anka and Lucille Ball. When thwarted in their attempts they can goto the more negative qualities when it suits them, to the point of being quite overbearing.

JUPITER__________________+ Paternal, Folksy________________- Fanatic

These people, usually highly conventional in approach and supportive of established values, usually come on as a "father figure", the "home town boy" (or girl) that mama always wants

These people, usually highly conventional in approach and supportive of established values, usually come on as a "father figure", the "home town boy" (or girl) that mama always wants