Phonograph Patent Issued (February 19, 1878)

We’ve come a long way, baby! Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, initially on cylinders. It wasn’t long before RCA-Victor put the sounds on discs. Then we went to cassette tapes, and now we use CDs.

I wasn’t sure what would appear on the chart, but it only makes sense when looked at from the home consumer’s point of view. There are four inconjuncts, three of which form a double Yod pointing at the Moon (popularity). The other inconjunct links Jupiter and Uranus, a sign of the electronic revolution and spread of music and sound. Hmm.

Sun Inconjunct Moon

As you get older, you will respect people who make solid worldly achievements that have concrete, observable results, such as successful businessmen or builders, people who complete large-scale projects that everyone can point to.

Planets in Youth (page 77) by Robert Hand (1977)

Moon Inconjunct Venus

You need to be loved, even more than most. This need for love will be the force behind many of your actions. If you don’t find the love you are looking for, you will develop an insecure hunger for love from everyone you meet.

Ibid (page 119)

Moon Inconjunct Neptune

This aspect indicates that you are very sensitive and that you pick up feelings from the people around you very easily. The danger is that many of these feelings will be difficult to cope with; they may make you afraid of the world and reluctant to go out into it.

Ibid (page 133)

Jupiter Inconjunct Uranus

You will always need freedom, but you will also discover that what you do with your life will have meaning only if it means something to others. This is not an artificial rule, but a truth that you will discover within yourself.

Ibid (page 266)

Honestly, where would we be if Edison hadn’t invented the phonograph?