Cora (Hatch) Scott (April 21, 1840 – January 3, 1923)

It was an off-hand remark by Dr. Justin Sledge that alerted me to a connection between Ms. Scott and Taylor Swift. (See, I do get my inspirations from the most unlikely of sources.)

The timing is randomized, so I wouldn’t count on it being accurate, and yet, two placements in this chart was remarkable. Neptune in the 7th House relates to her age of 31 years.

In 1871 her famous poem, “Hesperia” was published. This poem, a book of some 250 pages, was dedicated to the future world Republic and the future Brotherhood of the World. It attracted the attention of the scholars and statesmen of the nation and it became very popular. It was allegorical in content, the characters presented in the style of Greek Mythology. It describes the coming Federation of the World, with the ultimate universality of people and the positive application of the “Golden Rule.” In it were predictions of world wars and the ultimate fall of European Governments; the apparent loss of culture and morality; the growth of materialism and finally the corrective method for recovery by the growth of understanding of Spirit. In reading the book, one would almost think that the author was describing the trend of the present times from observation. Hesperia, a beautiful woman, (in reality the Spirit of Liberty) having traveled over the World, unites with Justice to find a Haven of Hope in America. These are some of the lines written in 1871:

Europe shall feel my breath, ere while
She loathes me and my children,
But she waits until slow tyranny
Unlocks the gates.
Sandaled with plumes of thought,

Her spirit sent its living form
Across the continent,
A thousand leagues, on its
Great purpose bent.

Another gem of thought from the lips of Hesperia:
“Matter reveals God’s form, but Truth reveals His Soul.”

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The other placement is Jupiter in the 4th House @ 15° Scorpio 30′ (age 5) This position makes Jupiter inconjunct to the Midheaven.. Evidently, Cora was a child medium who gradually rose to prominence by age 12 or 13. That would relate to the conjunction of Saturn and the Moon in her chart. Hmm.

Taylor Swift (December 13, 1989)

Taylor Swift’s birth time is unknown, so other astrology sites have rectified her birth chart to bring Mars into focus for the Ascendant.

As a result, the Moon is inconjunct Venus, and that may account for how the public loves her so much.

But Are They Connected Reincarnationally?

This is where it gets weird. Normally, my response would be non-committal, but the link-up of at least two close pairs of planets makes me question the validity of the presumption that they are not the same soul in two different incarnations.

Swift’s Sun is (almost exactly) conjunct Scott’s Saturn (@ 21° Sagittarius 22′). At the same time Swift’s Pluto is exactly 1° from Scott’s Jupiter (@ 15° Scorpio 30′). Finally, Swift’s North Node is within 5° of Scott’s Neptune @ 14° Aquarius 40′). Because these planets in Scott’s chart were highlighted above, I think they are a sign of something significant. What do you think?