This chart has been chosen because in my view any discussion on the significance of the Lunar Nodes would be incomplete without an analysis of this contemporary figure. His life perfectly embodied what the nodes are all about. He was a revolutionary not in the physical but more mental sense of the word. He produced poetry and music in the same years as Jimi Hendrix during the times of musicopolitical social revolution of the late sixties and died at the same age (28y).

'Jim', has the mystical and prophetic sign of Scorpio rising in the Ascendant. When he was just four years old a strange incident took place which he later recalled as the most important event of his life - He, his parents and his grandparents were driving through the desert in New Mexico USA when they came across a fresh accident scene. The accident involved Native American Indians whose bodies and blood was scattered all over. According to his account he could see the souls of some of those dead Indians just hanging around and a few of them jumped straight into his soul. In his own words," Indians scattered on the dawn's highway bleeding, ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind".

This incident in astrological terms is surely the result of the presence of Ketu in his third house, the house of travel and childhood (till around 5 years). The fact that his grandparents (representing his nodes) were present when this incident took place leaves no doubt as to what forces were behind it.

Since his Ketu is placed in the earthy, concrete sign of Capricorn the journey was taking place by road and the incident had a permanent affect on his psyche. In many individuals with this placement some sort of psychic and otherworldly encounter takes place in the early childhood that may or may not have lasting effects.

In his case he voiced the sentiments of the Native American Indians through his songs. In my view, there was no bitterer critic of the American State, the way it was formed, the way it was run and the way it was heading than Jim Morrison. He proclaimed when he got famous that his parents were dead -a statement very typical of the nodes who like to block out the father (Sun) and the mother (Moon) planets, which in a sense meant that he was a free individual having cut himself off from his roots. Also he was rebelling against the very establishment which his parents were a part of ; his father was a Rear Admiral in US Navy signified by his tenth lord Sun in the watery sign of Scorpio. This position of Sun was also responsible for providing him with a towering outer personality.

The sign dispositor of Ketu, Saturn is placed in the eighth house intensifying the basic psychic quality of the chart. This also caters for the fixation he had on death. He was always trying to overcome the fear of death (Saturn) by going to the extremes. In light of that it is no wonder his actions seemed suicidal to most. But in this quest he also gained cosmic knowledge and wisdom springing from the Universal consciousness.

He was known to make repeated trips to the desert (another Ketu signification) in order to meditate. This exemplifies why Ketu is considered the key to liberation from the cycle of time. In his own words -"cancel my subscription to the resurrection".

Most of his planets are placed in the constellations ruled by the nodes boosting the significance of the nodes. Sage Parasara's opinion that Ketu is the co-ruler of Scorpio and Rahu of Aquarius seems to hold true for his chart. His inner personality governed by the Ascendant was very much influenced by Ketu; it revealed itself as he proclaimed himself the Lizard King. A lot of his songs are full of reptilian imageries (especially snakes). His clothing (mostly leather) and public image (shaman) governed by the fourth house clearly shows the influence of Rahu.

The Aquarian part of his nature which was so very important for making an impression on the masses in those days was also brought out by Rahu. The aspect of Jupiter on the sign Aquarius added a benefic quality to his actions. His second house, the house of poetry and singing combine's influences received from Mars, Saturn and Jupiter by aspect.

Interestingly his Mercury and Saturn are placed in exactly similar positions as the chart of Nostradamus, providing a prophetic touch to his writings. His singing quite often turned into oratory (third house) and that's when the nodal axis took over the proceedings; to hear his songs is like listening to the nodes! Nodes are the forces, which as I said before represent the cycle of time and thus can, provide insight into the past as well as future.

Mercury in the second aspected by Jupiter is a good combination for writing poetry. The presence of second lord Jupiter in the tenth helped turn his interest in poetry into his vocation. The presence of Mars as the dispositor of the Sun, Moon and Ascendant in the seventh house shows his Martian tendencies causing trouble in his relationships. Public recognition came in his 24th year, which is governed by Moon according to Vedic astrology. Moon, the ninth lord is also the karmic distribution control planet being the dispositor of Rahu. The major period of Sun was in operation.

The placement of Pluto along with Rahu, Uranus along with Mars and Neptune along with Saturn allowed him to become a vehicle for the collective. Venus in the twelfth in its own sign is responsible for his Dionysian tendencies.

Like Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison was dead before his 28th birthday. There is alot of controversy surrounding his death in Paris. We can see that in his chart Venus is placed in the 12th house in Vishakha (which as we mentioned in the Jimi Hendrix article is one of the three constellations representing the dark forces at work on earth at present). We know that 12th house represents foreign lands and bed partners. It is interesting to note that the only person present at the time of his death was his girlfriend (as is the case with Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Lee). His girlfriend was a heroin addict who herself died in mysterious circumstances a couple of years after his death.

Final Comments ~ Like most of the artists coming out form the west he too relied on hallucenogenics and alchohol to get into altered states to create. This in the long run is really harmful for the soul and in the immediate present causes the body to decay at a rapid rate ( early death of all 3 J's a testament to this). The real repercussions of this meat, alchohol, drugs lifestyle haven't been taught on our planet. So the masses unknowingly throw themselves into this cauldron to escape the everworsening reality. The genepools on the planet need to understand basic bliss hygiene (hi-gene) to get higher. Any other path to seek bliss and enlightenment just leads to misery and pain as highlighted through the lives of the souls like Jim Morrison.