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Examples of Relationships - William Wordsworth, Mary Hutchinson and Dorothy Wordsworth


They flash upon that inward eye which is the bliss of solitude - Mary Hutchinson - I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud


Index


  1. William Wordsworth, Mary Hutchinson and Dorothy Wordsworth's background

  2. What makes William Wordsworth, Mary Hutchinson and Dorothy Wordsworth such a great example?

William Wordsworth, Mary Hutchinson and Dorothy Wordsworth's


William Wordsworth was the first of the Romantic Poets, and famously the author of 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud', a poem inspired by his sister, and contributed to by his wife. .


Mary Hutchinson was the childhood friend of William Wordsworth, whom he married in 1802.


Dorothy Wordsworth was the sister of William Wordsworth, separated from William on the death of their mother, but lived with William and Mary all their adult lives.


In 1802, Dorothy spotted a bed of daffodils while on a walk, and this inspired William to write the poem, to which Mary contributed what William considered to be the best two lines.


What makes William Wordsworth, Mary Hutchinson and Dorothy Wordsworth such a great example?


William Wordsworth and Mary Hutchinson

So what can Astrology tell us about the relationship between William Wordsworth and Mary Hutchinson?


The most telling thing, perhaps is that Mary was born with a Sun-Mercury conjunction, while William has a Mercury-Chiron conjunction. Mercury is our ability to question, and in this case contributes to Mary's intellect and to William's feelings. The outer planet connections are generational, although perhaps we could say that Mary brings them more into alignment for William, but the Sun, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus connections are personally important for these two, and come into play with the creation of the poem, as we shall see.


The chart shown is the birth of William Wordsworth set at 10pm with the birth of Mary Hutchinson set at midday as transits.


William Wordsworth and Dorothy Wordsworth

So what can Astrology tell us about the relationship between William Wordsworth and Dorothy Wordsworth?


The most telling thing, perhaps is the Mercury-Venus conjunction that Dorothy has, complementing the Mercury conjunctions of William and Mary, together with the fact that Dorothy's Mars is exactly conjunct William's Jupiter.


The chart shown is the birth of William Wordsworth set at 10pm with the birth of Dorothy Wordsworth also set at 10pm as transits. These are not the most reliable timings, having a Rodden rating of B for William and C for Dorothy.


Dorothy Wordsworth and the Daffodils

April 15th, 1802 from the Journal Written at Grasmere by Dorothy Wordsworth


It was a threatening, misty morning, but mild. We set off after dinner from Eusemere. Mrs. Clarkson went a short way with us, but turned back. The wind was furious, and we thought we must have returned. We first rested in the large boathouse, then under a furze bush opposite Mr. Clarkson's. Saw the plough going in the field. The wind seized our breath. The lake was rough. There was a boat by itself floating in the middle of the bay below Water Millock. We rested again in the Water Millock Lane. The hawthorns are black and green, the birches here and there greenish, but there is yet more of purple to be seen on the twigs. We got over into a field to avoid some cows - people working. A few primroses by the roadside - woodsorrel flower, the anemone, scentless violets, strawberries, and that starry, yellow flower which Mrs. C. calls pile wort.


When we were in the woods beyond Gowbarrow Park we saw a few daffodils close to the water-side. We fancied that the sea had floated the seeds ashore, and that the little colony had so sprung up. But as we went along there were more and yet more; and at last, under the boughs of the trees, we saw that there was a long belt of them along the shore, about the breadth of a country turnpike road. I never saw daffodils so beautiful. They grew among the mossy stones about and above them; some rested their heads upon these stones, as on a pillow, for weariness; and the rest tossed and reeled and danced, and seemed as if they verily laughed with the wind, that blew upon them over the lake; they looked so gay, ever glancing, ever changing. This wind blew directly over the lake to them. There was here and there a little knot, and a few stragglers higher up; but they were so few as not to disturb the simplicity, unity, and life of that one busy highway.


We rested again and again. The bays were stormy, and we heard the waves at different distances, and in the middle of the water, like the sea.... All was cheerless and gloomy, so we faced the storm. At Dobson's I was very kindly treated by a young woman. The landlady looked sour, but it is her way.... William was sitting by a good fire when I came downstairs. He soon made his way to the library, piled up in a corner of the window. He brought out a volume of Enfield's Speaker, another miscellany, and an odd volume of Congreve's plays. We had a glass of warm rum and water. We enjoyed ourselves, and wished for Mary. It rained and blew, when we went to bed.


So what can Astrology tell us about the witnessing of the daffodils?


The most telling things are, perhaps, the accentuations of Dorothy's Mars on her brother's Jupiter, but also we have the possibility that Dorothy's own rising sign was rising for the bulk of their walk that afternoon. This brings into light the presence of Neptune in Virgo, that is not only applicable to the Wordsworth's, but to their whole generation, for whom it could be argued the poetry of the Romantics was a key to liberating their inner feelings.


The chart shown is the birth of Dorothy Wordsworth set at 10pm with the transits set at 3pm.


William Wordsworth and the Daffodils

So what can Astrology tell us about the writing of the poem?


The most telling thing are, perhaps, the trines of Sun and Jupiter to William's Jupiter - bearing in mind how his Jupiter is affected by both Mary and Dorothy. The trine from Jupiter is longer lasting, and can be taken as a background effect, while the transit of the Sun is applicable to the day.


The chart shown is the birth of William Wordsworth set at 10pm with the transits set at 3pm.


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