October 7th is the one year anniversary of natal progressed New Moon at 25° Virgo, which took three weeks to begin expressing its Sabian Symbol, “A flag at half mast.” The to-do list is long under this category initially designated “End-of-Life” and now listed as “Legacy” to-dos instead.
One of the images still in mind is of Ronald Reagan as told by a former executive assistant and friend of the family who writes about him coifed and well-dressed sitting on a stately patio with an impressive view of L.A., his funeral fully planned years in advance, the program and hymns of his choosing, and a Secret Service agent sitting at his side, holding his hand in those vulnerable late stage days of dementia. [Peggy Grande, 2017]
Meanwhile in this past year, most of the father’s legacy — the same father who took us out of high school to see that same president’s inauguration parade — ended up in a haphazard estate sale, with his wife’s decades worth of employment retirement resources now funding her $5000+/month facility care on one side of the country, which is owned by someone on the other side of the country who was trained as an engineer, but who shifted over to real estate investments.
Natal chart today by secondary progression:
Progressed Moon conjunct natal Midheaven (orb 1° 00′), Vesta (orb 1° 04′)
Progressed Sun at 26° Virgo: “A boy with a censer”