Stella Artois (launched for Christmas 1926)

This beer has been around for almost one hundred years. I’ve been drinking it since the mid-1990’s. Of course, the version that I know has slightly less alcoholic content than the Belgium version. And in the UK, it has a terrible reputation for causing violent tendencies, especially in their hooligan young men.

So, is the hype justified? Since Stella Artois was launched in 1926 as a Christmas (star) beer, I figured that I could do a chart dated December 1st at noon, to capture its cosmic energies. There are three inconjuncts, only two of which can be ‘relied upon’ and which form a Yod, pointing at Uranus, bearing in mind that the date and the time are speculative, to the nth degree.

Moon Inconjunct Uranus (perhaps)

With this aspect you must learn to control sudden outbursts of emotion that occur at difficult times when you least expect it. Also your present home life may not be a stable situation in which you can grow up emotionally secure and confident.

Planets in Youth (page 130) by Robert Hand (1977)

Uranus Inconjunct Neptune (for sure)

This aspect indicates a generation that had mixed feelings about its ideals and how to implement them. States of conscious beyond the ordinary are very confusing to them, and they prefer not to get involved with such matters.

Ibid (page 318)

Pluto Inconjunct Midheaven (maybe)

You may have trouble with older people who try to teach you how to effectively take control of your life. To a great extent, your path in life will be shaped by your early confrontations with authority figures.

Ibid (page 357)

I know this sounds weird, but these aspects indicate a reluctance to grow up, and an active refusal to do so. That means that the beer born in this time frame definitely influences the younger drinkers who just want to have fun. I guess that’s why it doesn’t quite have the same effect on me, since I was over 45 when I started drinking it.

Cheers.