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Vaclav Havel Dies 18 December 2011
Vaclav Havel, the Czech Republic's first president after the Velvet Revolution against communist rule, has died at the age of 75.The former dissident playwright, who suffered from prolonged ill-health, died on Sunday morning, his secretary Sabina Tancecova said.As president, he presided over Czechoslovakia's transition to democracy and a free-market economy.He oversaw its peaceful 1993 split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Havel first came to international fame as a dissident playwright in the 1970s through his involvement with the human rights manifesto Charter 77. A black flag has been flying over Prague Castle, the presidential seat, and people have been gathering in Wenceslas Square, scene of anti-communist protests in 1989, to light candles in honour of Havel. The Czech cabinet is to meet for a special session on Monday to consider arrangements for national mourning.
Tributes have been pouring in for the man many consider a driving force in the overthrow of communist rule in eastern Europe. "His peaceful resistance shook the foundations of an empire, exposed the emptiness of a repressive ideology, and proved that moral leadership is more powerful than any weapon," said US President Barack Obama.German Chancellor Angela Merkel hailed Havel as a "great European" in a letter of condolence to Czech President Vaclav Klaus.British Prime Minister David Cameron said he was "deeply saddened" and that Europe owed Havel a "profound debt"."Havel devoted his life to the cause of human freedom. For years, Communism tried to crush him, and to extinguish his voice. But Havel could not be silenced. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt wrote on Twitter: "Vaclav Havel was one of the greatest Europeans of our age. His voice for freedom paved way for a Europe whole and free."Havel died at his country home north-east of Prague.In his final moments, he was comforted by his wife Dagmar and several nuns, his secretary was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.Havel had looked thin and drawn during recent public appearances. A former heavy smoker, Havel had a history of chronic respiratory problems dating back to his years in communist prisons. He had part of a lung removed during surgery for cancer in the 1990s. He was taken to hospital in Prague on 12 January 2009, with an unspecified inflammation, and developed breathing difficulties after undergoing minor throat surgery. Vaclav Havel was Born in 1936 to a wealthy family in Czechoslovakia. He was considered "too bourgeois" by communist government. He studied at night school. His writing was banned and plays forced underground after the 1968 Prague Spring. In 1977, co-authored the Charter 77 movement for democratic change and faced constant harassment and imprisonment as Czechoslovakia's most famous dissident. He was Czechoslovakia's first post-communist president in December 1989 and oversaw transition to democracy, and 1993 division into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. He left office in 2003 and continued writing, publishing a new play in 2008 and directing first film in 2011. His plays satirised the absurdities of life under communist rule, but his work was banned after the reformist Prague Spring of 1968 was crushed by a Soviet-led invasion.
Havel's d.o.b. is 5 October 196, 15.00 CET. Prague, Chech Republic. (from Astro-databank)The first thing of note is the Grand Cross configuration consistng of Saturn in Pisces square to the Moon (conjunct Chiron) in Gemini, opposite Neptune in Virgo and square to Jupiter in Sagittarius. All are within two degrees of each other and would have had a major impact on his life one way or another. It would have accounted for his loss of freedom when he was incarcerated, yet it also became the energy that drove him to live 'the dream of freedom'. Mercury is in Libra in the 9th House and trines the Aquarian Ascendant. This is indicative of the dissident playwright, the man for whom the written word extended beyond the safe and ordinary. The Moon,Neptune and Jupiter connection could be seen as the hallmark of the sensitive artist, the emotional dreamer with a love of humanity. Someone who'd be inclined to build castles in the air. However, the Saturn square and opposition have likely given the necessary grounding here and allowed his dreams to become reality.
Aquarius is rising and its ruler Uranus is in Taurus. It trines Mars in the 8th House in Virgo. This again indicates someone who values individual freedom. Someone who is able to act decisively with determination in order to bring about change. Pluto is conjunct the descendant, square the Mars/Jupiter midpoint and indicates much the same. Uranus opposes Venus and suggests change and disruption within his relationships. This could be quite difficult for someone with the Sun in Libra. The Sun is in the 9th House and on the Venus/Neptune midpoint. As Venus rules this house and opposes Uranus, we come back to the person whose core being is centred on freedom for the individual. L.S.
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