Sara Lownds (October 28, 1939)

When Dylan secretly married Sara, she was pregnant with their first child together. This event proved to be the start of domestic obscurity for Dylan. So, who was Sara?

I randomized her chart, which came out as close as could be expected to noon. The Yod pointing at Saturn (conjunct her South Node) is formed by inconjuncts to Mercury and Neptune. That configuration seems to agree with descriptions of her.

Dylan biographer Robert Shelton, who knew Dylan and Lownds in the mid-1960s, writes that Lownds “had a Romany spirit, seeming to be wise beyond her years, knowledgeable about magic, folklore and traditional wisdom”.^[10]

His first song about her was called “Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands”. Lowlands was a reference to her last name at the time, Lownds.

Their Marriage (November 22, 1965)

If you want to understand why Dylan was so connected to Sara just see how the slow moving planets Neptune and Pluto are very closely connected, in spite of the 17 month difference in their ages. There are other connections between them, such as Dylan’s South Node is conjunct Sara’s Jupiter and Dylan’s Moon is conjunct Sara’s Uranus. These connections feel karmic.

Since the full extent of their marriage occurred during his withdrawal from the public glare of publicity after his accident in 1966, I can only surmise that this period was important for his healing.

Long may he run.