Cervantes’ Fictional Hero, Don Quixote

With this article, we’ll return to the day when our imaginary knight, Don Quixote, who mistook windmills for giant monsters and fought valiantly, first met his readers.

Did you know that the Spanish poet, novelist, and playwright Cervantes wrote this book while in prison? This work, which is among the classics of Western literature, was first published on January 17, 1605, and reprinted 10 years later.

I am sharing Cervantes' birth chart.

In astrology, publishing, writing, novels, and having a message to tell are signified by two planets: Mercury and Jupiter.

In Cervantes' chart, Mercury and Jupiter are in strong positions (Jupiter is in its ruling sign, Pisces, and Mercury is in Libra, where it holds triplicity dignity).

Jupiter's placement in Pisces is quite symbolic. It perfectly illustrates the imaginary and fictional world, the blending of reality and illusion. By nature, Pisces doesn’t know what everyone else knows, and reacts with surprise, saying, "Oh! How could you not know that?" about things no one else knows.

Naturally, this subtly touches on the story of how the novel came about. Additionally, Pisces represents prisons.

During the years he lost his freedom, Jupiter gave Cervantes the opportunity to create an imaginary world—allowing him to escape within his mind.

There’s also a reflection technique we use called Antiscia, and according to this technique, Jupiter and Mercury are mirrored by degree. It’s as if these two planets are in conjunction, transferring two separate topics to one another.

When we look at the chart for the moment Don Quixote was first published, we see that transiting Mars in Pisces intersected with natal Jupiter. In other words, Mars in Pisces activated the nature of the story, bringing Don Quixote to life.

Up until now, our lives have been filled with countless dreams, displayed in a shop window. But as we grew, reality shattered those dreams, one by one. Could it be that reality is simply a reflection of how we perceive things?

Let us remember this once again with Don Quixote, who still meets us today...

With awareness,

Kenan Yasin Bölükbaşı

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