Episode 380 - The Poet Rumi

This week we are working with the Astro chart of the Sufi Poet Rumi

Interesting Article:

The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-erasure-of-islam-from-the-poetry-of-rumi

Astro Databank version of his chart using the Gregorian calendar (!why??)

https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Rumi

Rumi's birth using Julian calendar

Sun Libra, Moon Capricorn, Mercury Libra, Venus & Mars in Scorpio

First meeting with Shams-i-Tabriz

Transiting Saturn conjunct natal Mercury

Journeys he made from birth to death

Picture of his life-work called Mathnavi for sale in London

https://shapero.com/products/rumi-mathnavi-manuscript-timurid-105219

Death of Rumi in Türkiye

Transiting Saturn in Libra conjunct natal Mercury,

Transiting retrograde Mercury in Sagittarius opposition natal retrograde Saturn in Gemini

Transiting Venus in Scorpio conjunct natal Venus in Scorpio