Vladimir Nabokov (April 22, 1899 – July 2, 1977)

Does he look like a dirty old man? I would say, “no”. But, one wonders why he would explore such a theme in “Lolita”. According to Luke Aaron, he translated “Alice in Wonderland” into Russian, and therefore has a connection, of sorts, with Lewis Carroll. Vladimir Nabokov was born 15 months after Carroll died.

Nabokov is noted for his complex plots, clever word play, daring metaphors, and prose style capable of both parody and intense lyricism. He gained both fame and notoriety with Lolita (1955), which recounts a grown man’s consuming passion for a 12-year-old girl. This and his other novels, particularly Pale Fire (1962), won him a place among the greatest novelists of the 20th century. His longest novel, which met with a mixed response, is Ada (1969). He devoted more time to the composition of it than to any other. Nabokov’s fiction is characterized by linguistic playfulness. For example, his short story “The Vane Sisters” is famous in part for its acrostic final paragraph, in which the first letters of each word spell out a message from beyond the grave. 

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I do things like that, especially with my poems. Hmm.

That one inconjunct linking the Moon and Mercury puts me in mind that his work is challenging, at every level.

Moon Inconjunct Mercury

It may be hard for you to put your feelings into words, because your emotions are so different from your intellect. Of course, there is nothing really strange about your feelings, but that part of your mind is quite different from the reasoning part. In fact it would be very unfortunate if you decided to listen only to your reason, because your intuition and imagination, both of which are more related to the Moon, can be of great assistance to you. They can tell you much about the world that your reasoning mind cannot.

Is He Lewis Carroll Reincarnated?

Perhaps. I suggested to Luke that their connection is more intellectual than emotional, but that was before looking at a comparison of their birth charts, alone. Now I see that Carroll’s Saturn is midway between Nabokov’s Moon/Part of Fortune conjunction. At the same time, Nabokov’s Uranus is conjunct Carroll’s Moon/Ascendant conjunction. Also, Nabokov’s Saturn is conjunct Carroll’s Venus/Mars conjunction. So maybe the emotional connection is stronger than I thought. Wonders never cease.