When I first went to India in 1992 a fellow traveler gave me
a tape of the Irish musician Enya. It quickly became my favorite
tape and source of solace during the harsh months of traveling
in a third world. Now, since our son Jai was born in February,
my wife and I have become even bigger fans of Enya since we
often play her CD's to put Jai to sleep. Her music is reliably
soothing and uplifting no matter which CD we play, which has
become quite useful for us as parents!
Recently, I thought I'd try to get her birth data. I wanted
to understand what makes her tick as a musician. She composes
and performs all her own music, and has sold over 70 million
albums worldwide. Unfortunately, I couldn't find her birth time,
but I pulled up her chart anyway and just used a 12 noon birth
time. This will at least show where the planets are placed even
though we won't know the ascendant.
Enya's Natal Chart
The extraordinary influence in Enya's chart is her Venus at
23 degrees 30 minutes of Pisces. Venus's peak of exaltation
is at 27 degrees Pisces, which is often called a "deeply
exalted" Venus. The exaltation degrees of planets are part
of a brilliant system of planetary strength. When a planet is
strong by sign position, especially exalted which is the highest
measure of strength, then it tends to manifest the most dignified
or highest vibrational frequency of the planet. In Enya's case,
it's an additional sign of strength to have her Venus placed
before its point of exaltation since this means it's
approaching this point, rather than departing from it.
If Enya was born after 1:25 am then her Moon would be in Gemini
- which would be about a 95% chance. This would mean that her
exalted Venus forms a malavya mahapurusha yoga from
the Moon ascendant or chandra lagna. This is a yoga
or combination representing describing her as a great soul related
to Venus. Venus is the signficator of music, beauty, and harmony.
One would be hard pressed to find any song of Enya's that is
jarring in any way or anything but harmonious. Enya's a person
that embodies and exudes beauty, which is due to her exalted
Venus combined with the malavya mahapurusha yoga. It's also
seen by the fact that Venus is the planet with the highest degrees
making it the atmakaraka or significator of the soul
in her chart.
Why is Venus exalted in Pisces? It's because its qualities can
flourish in Pisces. Venus is the planet of creativity and Pisces
is the sign of imagination. Pisces gives Venus free reign to
have unlimited creativity because it's a sign of no limits being
ruled by expansive Jupiter. To get an idea of the unlimited
imagination of the sign of Pisces combined with the images and
sounds of natural beauty which Venus represents watch this following
video by Enya on YouTube.
