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Examples of Relationships - Ludwig van Beethoven and Josephine von Brunsvik - Immortal Beloved


Your love has made me both the happiest and unhappiest of mortals - Ludwig van Beethoven - unsent love letter 1812


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  1. Ludwig van Beethoven and Josephine von Brunsvik's background

  2. What makes Ludwig van Beethoven and Josephine von Brunsvik such a great example?

Ludwig van Beethoven and Josephine von Brunsvik's


Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the greatest composers to have ever lived, and as a great musical talent he was in demand as a music teacher to the good and the great of Viennese society, particularly their daughters, for whom it was a necessary accomplishment to be competent musically. Unfortunately for Ludwig, he appears to have often developed a crush on his pupils, although the class difference made any actual relationship out of the question. This did not prevent him from falling in love, most notably with Josephine Brunsvik, whom he continued to write to long after she married an aristocratic equal.


Countess Josephine von Brunsvik was a student of Beethoven's from May 1799, and was the younger daughter of the deceased Count Anton von Brunsvik.


Beethoven never married, and after he died an unsent letter, now known as Immortal Beloved was found amongst his belongings. In this letter, dating from 6 & 7 July 1812, it is apparent that he still has very strong feelings for an unnamed, and therefore mysterious love. The combination of passionate letter and Beethoven's passionate music has led to endless speculation over the identity of the intended recipient, however, it seems to me that most of the candidates are unsupportable for clear and obvious reasons, quite apart from also lacking the immense astrological support that Josephine certainly has. Moreover, in addition to giving piano lessons Ludwig had periodically written to, and perhaps even met Josephine, in circumstances which suggest that she was not only the love of his life, but the tragically unavailable love that he could never get over.


What makes Ludwig van Beethoven and Josephine von Brunsvik such a great example?


Ludwig van Beethoven

We don't have an actual birthdate for Ludwig van Beethoven, only his baptism on 17 December 1770. But apparently, expert opinion is that it was most likely that he was born the day before, and when we look at the chart for 2:00pm on the 16 December it is very striking. The grand trine of outer planets would have been applicable to many of his generation, but the T-square of Mars, Chiron, Sun, Mercury and possibly Moon as well, seems very appropriate to his life.


The chart shown is for the 16 December 1770 at 2:00pm, with the 17 at midday as transits to show the movement of the Moon over this time.


Ludwig van Beethoven and Josephine von Brunsvik

The Moon position for Josephine von Brunsvik is tantalizingly unknown, yet looked at approximately could be in a significant position. This is frustratingly often the case when precise data is not known. It is possibly less significant for Ludwig's Moon, because that is likely to be so close to his Sun and Mercury, so these become significant for that part of the Zodiac. Anyway, there has to be some doubt over most of his personal planets, until one comes to accept the purported accuracy of his birth chart from the manner in which it connects to later known events.


The point is that not only did Beethoven stay in contact, off and on, with Josephine, but you can see that their connection is clearly written in the stars, in a manner which no other friendship of Beethoven's was. The only other lady who comes close was Antonie Brentano, who shared the same Mars position.


The most telling thing for Ludwig and Josephine, perhaps are the contacts between Venus and Mars, and Mars and Venus for them both.


The chart shown is the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven with the birth of Josephine von Brunsvik as transits.


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Ludwig van Beethoven and the marriage of Josephine von Brunsvik to Count Deym

Not long after Ludwig met her, Josephine von Brunsvik entered into an arranged marriage with the much older Count Deym. It is immediately apparent that this was a blow to Ludwig. By 1804 the old Count was dead and for a few years Ludwig and Josephine were able to meet frequently, though clandestinely. Thereafter Josephine was compelled to shun Ludwig for fear of losing custody of her children.


Poor Ludwig, he's just met the love of his life; she's out of his league; and to cap it all she's getting married out of necessity to some old bloke who just happens to be an aristocrat. It is one of the advantages and drawbacks of having precise patterns in one's birthchart, that when things kick off, they do so all at once, and so with greater intensity - all pulling together with conjunctions and trines, but being dragged apart with the squares.


The most telling thing, perhaps is the number of squares and oppositions to Ludwig's chart, especially the judgement inherent in Jupiter conjunct Mars but opposite his Sun and Mercury. It just goes to show that the benefics are not always benefic.


The chart shown is the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven with the marriage of Josephine von Brunsvik as transits.


It is notable that three years later Ludwig wrote the Heiligenstadt Testament, a missive concerning his loss of hearing, and that at that time Jupiter had reached the square to its position here.


Ludwig van Beethoven writes the Immortal Beloved letters

In 1812 Ludwig wrote, but it is believed did not send, the Immortal Beloved letters.


The thing to really take notice of is that the group of transits seen here relate to a period that lasted from the 3 July to 7 July, 1812. The focus is all on the opposition aspect to Ludwig's Pluto, but includes things like the transit of the Moon to his Mars. However, it was immediately preceded by a significant day on 26 June, when Mars and Jupiter opposed his Pluto, Mercury was on his Mars, and the Moon passed his Venus. Because of all these, I am showing charts for all three dates.


The chart shown is the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven with the 26 June 1812 as transits.


Note those transits marked witha red dot were in place throughout.


The 3 July is when it is thought that Ludwig met Josephine in Prague, making her the clear favourite as intended recipient of the Immortal Beloved letters. My opinion, just from the text alone, is that not only were they obviously for someone loved for a long time, but that this also coincides with the conception of Josephine's child Minona [born 8 April 1813], and that she bore a striking resemblance to Ludwig.


Progress in the succession of transits was:


The chart shown is the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven with the 3 July 1812 as transits.


The last day of the transits was when Ludwig wrote the last of the Immortal Beloved letters.


Progress in the succession of transits was:


The chart shown is the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven with the date of writing the letter as transits.


Ludwig van Beethoven and the death of Josephine von Brunsvik

Josephine von Brunsvik died just before Ludwig composed his last two Piano Sonatas, both of which have been described as requiems, which would be in keeping with her death having a great impact upon him.


The most telling thing, perhaps are the squares from Mars to Ludwig's Sun, Mercury and Mars. These would suggest that he knew that she was dying [of tuberculosis], but could do nothing.


The chart shown is the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven with the death of Josephine von Brunsvik at 5:30pm as transits.


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