Caroline Flack: Why Astrology and Mental Health should be taken seriously
Following the release of the Disney+ documentary on Caroline Flack, I've revisited her chart alongside the research I have on other untimely deaths, and found a pattern we all should be aware of...
Summary
Ruled by Mercury
Arrested at Mercury Return
Died at Mercury Retrograde
Trial scheduled for Mercury retrograde
She was in her Neptune / Pluto opening square to add to the intensity
The importance of tracking your chart ruler for mental health sufferers
For those of you unaware of the story of Caroline Flack, I don’t wish to get into the ins and outs, but I will share some headlines. One of the nations most well-known TV personalities and presenters found herself at the centre of a trial by media experience after a domestic argument went wrong. The documentary covers all of the details in… detail, so I don’t want to waste time covering ground there, but needless to say, the stories printed couldn’t be further from the truth. This was actually a woman suffering with what doctors believed was Bipolar Disorder, and feeling ashamed of her mental health.
Within a few weeks of the domestic incident, Caroline was found hanged.
Of course as I was watching the documentary, I couldn’t help but think what was going on in her natal chart.
Over the last several years I’ve been researching patterns, especially in suicide and accidental deaths linked to mental health, for my own personal interest. After witnessing first hand how mental health and planetary patterns work for individuals over the last 5 or so years, I was curious to see if Caroline fit the pattern.
And no surprise, of course she did.
If someone suffers from mental ill health, PLEASE begin to understand their ruling planets retrograde patterns. This couldn’t be more clear as a pattern.
There are some other patterns that are more nuanced to an individuals chart. These are individual and require individual citation. But as a starting point, track their ruling planet. It’s probably one of the most obvious, and accurate patterns I see in mental ill health.
Ruling planet goes retrograde, individuals mental health gets worse.
The ruling planet is the planet associated to the rising sign. For example, Caroline was a Virgo Rising. Virgo is ruled by Mercury. Her family, friends and therapists, as well as herself for her own understanding of her mind, needed to be watching the patterns of Mercury - where it was transiting but ESPECIALLY when it went retrograde, which would be a couple of times a year. This would also explain ‘manic’ episodes, which were described in the documentary. Short bursts, then back to balance. Mercury being a quick moving mind.
So why was tracking Mercury so obvious in this case?
Because less than 36 hours before Mercury went retrograde… her chart ruler, AND the planet linked to the mind… she died by suicide.
Let’s take a look at the timeline.
Caroline was arrested on 12 December 2019 for common assault and should have been cautioned and released, given the information we now know.
Look at Mercury on 12th December… she was on a Mercury return. Exactly, to within 1 degree. The chances? We can then start to work out some timelines. Mercury ruled, Mercury return, we’re looking at Mercury unfold.
This triggered the timeline of events that followed as she received abuse through the media and social media. Trial by media at its greatest, being flung through the court process at lightening speed compared to other cases. Mercury, again, known for its quickness in escalation.
She found out she would go to court and stand trial on 13 Feb 2020. 2 days before her death.
The next timeline we have is her death. Found on 15 February 2020. Around 36 hours before Mercury goes retrograde.
And where is Mercury about to go retrograde? On her descendant. Sunset. Darkness. Furthest point away from the sunrise. As the sun was rising in Virgo at the time when she was born, it was setting in Pisces. Her mind was about to go into the darkness.
And just 36 hours later? Mercury, her chart ruler, went retrograde.
Mercury, the mind, was about to plough back over all the pain of the last 2 months as it tracked its path back to fix, establish and make amends. Now the astrologer in me says it was coming back to wrap up the truth. My feels on this? The judge would have thrown out the case.
In terms of timelines, Mercury retrograde would have ended on 10th March. She would have needed 3 weeks of intense support. Rehab perhaps? Somewhere to really support her mental health. It would be an intense 3 weeks, but it was a 3 week transit which was about to wrap up this episode. The trial was scheduled for 4th March. I’m almost convinced it would have got thrown out through both the evidence presented, and the timeline at play.
Final Mercury alignment moment?
The Disney+ documentary was published on… you guessed it, the day Mercury went retrograde.
I see suicides and accidental deaths happen a lot when chart rulers go, or establish, their retrograde. Some other examples include:
Avicii - ruled by Pluto, died 36-48 hours before Pluto retrograde started
Ricky Hatton - Sun ruled - died during eclipse season (the sun/moon intense period)
Robin Williams - ruled by Pluto, died during Pluto retrograde
Marilyn Monroe - Sun ruled - died during eclipse season
Princess Diana - ruled by Jupiter - died during Jupiter retrograde
Liam Payne - Pluto ruled - died a few days after Pluto left retrograde
Matthew Perry - Sun ruled - died during direct eclipse
Heath Ledger - Mars ruled - died during Mars retrograde
And these are just a few off the top of my head.
I don’t think everyone is as sensitive to energy, which is perhaps why some people don’t get it. Some people don’t experience mental ill health. Or things they can’t explain. Scientists can’t prove energy (or don’t want to bother to prove it). But the majority of deaths above can be linked to mental ill health. And they all died either accidentally or through suicide, while their chart ruler was either just on the cusp of retrograde, or going retrograde (or eclipse, which is sun/moon ruler equivalent).
If you struggle with your mental health, or you have friends, family members, or clients who do, PLEASE consider the importance of tracking the chart ruler.
It could quite literally save lives and help to put timeframes on the chapters of intensity too. Helping to show light at the end of the tunnel. And once this pattern and rhythm becomes clearer, it helps to establish a greater understanding of our own patterns. Working with our patterns, rather than against them, or in confusion.
If you’re a therapist or coach, I have the 6 month training which will begin again in March. This goes through human design and astrology to help integrate these things into your work and help support people beyond the physical. As you can see, if Caroline or her friends and helpers had seen this pattern, perhaps it would have helped see her through this chapter. Another 20 odd days of intensity, and then a release.
If you struggle with your mental health and want to more deeply understand your chart ruler patterns, I’d recommend the Year Ahead or Golden Hour reading. Let’s get a plan together so you can communicate that to the people around you too, so they can help you.
We must begin taking energetic health more seriously.
It could quite literally be a matter of life and death when mental health is concerned.
Becky x
