
Battle of Britain (July 10, 1940)
The History
On June 22, 1940, France surrendered to Germany. Britain now stood alone. A German invasion seemed certain. In a speech to [the House of] Commons on the day after France asked Germany for an armistice, Winston Churchill, the prime minister, declared:
“Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will say, ‘This was their finest hour.’”
The Germans had to defeat the Royal Air Force (RAF) before they could invade across the English Channel. On July 10, the German Luftwaffe (air force) began to bomb British airfields and ports.
Adolf Hitler expected the British to surrender, but they fought on in spite of continual air raids by German bombers. He kept delaying an invasion of Britain. Instead, he sent his armies rolling over Yugoslavia and Greece.
In September, the Luftwaffe began nightly raids on London. While the battle raged, Churchill turned up everywhere, holding up two fingers in a ‘V for victory’ salute. To the people of all the Allied nations, this simple gesture became an inspiring symbol of faith in eventual victory.
The RAF, badly outnumbered, fought bravely and finally defeated the Luftwaffe. Churchill expressed the nation’s gratitude to its airmen:
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”
Miller, Christopher. At This Point in Time: Charting the History of the Human Spirit (pp. 24-25). BookBaby. Kindle Edition.

[The Midheaven was 20° Aries in the original, published chart in the e-book, inconjunct to the Moon/Neptune conjunction.]
The Human Spirit
This chart has the peculiar feature of having all the planets situated in the Eastern hemisphere, the one nearest the Ascendant. This means all of the chart’s energy is concentrated there, symbolic of Hitler’s forces which were deployed to the eastern front, during that time.
Three separate conjunctions encompass the spirit of the battle: the Moon-Neptune connection seems to represent Germany, the nations and their people; the Jupiter-Saturn alignment stands for Britain and her allies; and the Mercury-Mars-Pluto-Ascendant conjunction symbolises Hitler and his war and propaganda machines. Interestingly, the symbol of the air force, Uranus, although trine to the Moon-Neptune conjunction, is situated nearest to, but unaspected with, the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction, which, in turn, is square to the Ascendant. The battle lines were clearly drawn, so to speak. So, I have split the analysis into three parts.
Germany: Probably you will be attracted most strongly to people who are quite unusual. (Moon Trine Uranus) Unless you make an effort to separate reality and dreams, you may start telling lies without really seeming to, particularly if you are trying to avoid something unpleasant. You are especially attracted to people who are not very well thought of by others, particularly if you feel you can help them. (Moon Conjunct Neptune) Your emotional needs may be in conflict with your long-term goals. (Moon Inconjunct Midheaven) Because you won’t stand up for your rights, you are likely to attract persons who are not very good for you. [Third comment about this!] Sometimes this pattern means that you look for someone who can solve all your problems, someone ‘perfect’ whom you can look up to. The problem is that the relationship is based on your imagined unworthiness, not on reality. (Venus Square Neptune) Your natural tendency is to yield to authority, so that those people who are most influential in your life should be very careful about how they exercise their authority over you. If they try to control you too much, or if they make you feel that you just aren’t able to manage your own affairs, it will be difficult to correct the effects of this negative influence later. (Neptune Inconjunct Midheaven)
Britain: When you take up a task, you follow it through systematically and thoroughly. You can stick to a job longer than most others, and you can keep track of many details at once. However, when things go wrong you may often wait too long to assert yourself, and it may be more difficult to correct a problem if you put up with it too long. (Jupiter Conjunct Saturn) This aspect usually works out very well, for it enables you to make a favourable impression on others and to benefit through others all your life. However, sometimes you may get so wrapped up in your own personal needs and desires that you demand more from others than you give back in return. If this tendency goes too far, it would negate most of the good effects of this aspect. It is only when you feel that your personal life is in trouble that you are likely to become selfish. (Jupiter Square Ascendant) Certainly you are not incompetent, but you tend to feel that the demands of life, specifically those made by other people, are so high that you cannot live up to them. Rather than let people know you have failed to achieve perfection, you withdraw from them. (Saturn Square Ascendant)
Hitler: You like to be the center of attention, to appear strong, confident and dominant, the leader, and you can be a good one as long as you remember that leadership is a responsibility as well as power and privilege. You can be stubborn, especially if your pride is involved. (Leo Rising) You decide on your position and jump to a conclusion. And being an argumentative person, you always stand up for what you believe. You have a sharp tongue, which you should use carefully, for the way you say things can start many a battle. You must learn to state your case without forcing others to defend themselves against you. (Mercury Conjunct Mars) Your thinking is likely to be rash and sloppy, so you get tripped up by details that you overlook. (Mercury Square Jupiter) You will have to be careful that the ideas you spread are not harmful. If you try to force people to come around to your way of thinking, they may get so angry that they will fight you on any issue that comes up. No matter what you say, they will oppose you. (Mercury Conjunct Pluto) Your mind is very active but does not work best when you are alone. You need others to give you ideas and stimulate your thinking, and you do this for others in return. (Mercury Conjunct Ascendant) If you don’t get your way, you may lose your temper. You may decide that getting your own way is the most important thing in life and that the only way to get it is by controlling others. Unless you are taught to have a high regard for other peoples’ rights, you may trample upon them. But in that case people are likely to gang up on you and try to stop you at every turn. (Mars Conjunct Pluto) You have all the classic qualities of Mars – self-reliance, courage and daring, personal aggressiveness and independence. These energies have caused you, even while young, to dislike anything that seems soft and weak. (Mars Conjunct Ascendant) You have to choose between being someone who works for positive change and reform or a person whose drive for power makes you dominate others strictly for personal gain. If you follow the latter course, people will fear your energies and will band together to stop you. Such opposition can render you totally ineffective. (Pluto Conjunct Ascendant)
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