These modern icons all died while at the same phase of their Uranus and
Neptune cycles, their lives apparently measured out by sixty degrees of
Neptune. Nick Kollerstrom, who compeered the evening wrote this letter
to The Mountain Astrologer in September 2004
The Mountain Astrologer, September
2004
Dear Editor,
Children of Dionysus
Concerning the mysterious 'club of 27', viz.
the brilliant musicians whose lives have burnt out, like meteors in
the sky, by the time of their Uranus-trine return: Neptune has twice
the orbit period of Uranus and thus makes its sextile-return (one-sixth
of its orbit) near to the time when Uranus makes its trine return -
about the age of 27 (for example, one would reach the Neptune opposition
at 84 years, as Uranus makes its full-cycle return). Listed here are
five rock stars who died at that youthful age, together with the orbs
of these two return aspects: i.e., the degrees by which Uranus exceeded
or fell short of making the trine - and likewise Neptune, its sextile
- between their positions at each musician's birth and death.
Kurt Cobain Ur +3º,
Ne -1º (Feb. 20, 1967 - April 5, 1994)
Jimi Hendrix UR +6º,
NE -3º (Nov 27, 1942 - Sept. 18, 1970)
Brian Jones UR + 4º,
NE - 3º (Feb 28, 1942 - July 3, 1969)
Janis Joplin UR +8º,
NE -3º (Jan 19, 1943 - Oct. 4, 1970)
Jim Morrison UR +3º,
NE -3º (Dec 8, 1943 - July 3, 1970)
We are startled to realise that these heroes
all left the scene four or five degrees beyond their Uranus trine return
- in each case, shortly after it had chimed - while each, without exception,
died just before their Neptune sextile return - around three degrees
before it had happened. This suggests that some interaction was taking
place between the Neptune sextile returns and the Uranus trines - the
latter having arrived slightly earlier, measuring out the destiny of
these rock icons.
Their youthful lives did not get as far as
their first Saturn return. Thus, the primary defining feature of the
'Club of 27', in terms of lifespan, has been a Uranus-Neptune interaction
- with the latter planet conferring the more exact period
- Nick Kollerstrom
London, England (Neptune rising)
Following this presentation a range of material has been put together
looking at these ideas on an ongoing basic: www.astrolodge.co.uk/clubof27
7pm,
Monday, 17th January 2005 
