The Assisted Dying Bill for England and Wales was voted through yesterday in Westminster at around 2.15pm. It would allow terminally ill adults expected to die within six months to seek help to end their own life. There will be hurdles ahead before it becomes law and (I think) it requires two doctors and a judge to sign off on any procedure as a safeguard which could be cumbersome.
If the time is accurate there is a hidden Fire Grand Trine of Sun in the 8th house of death and transformation trine North Node (and Chiron) In the 12th trine Mars in Leo which Mars opposition Pluto. Both the 8th house Sun and ‘driving rod’ Mars Pluto opposition tie in with a profoundly serious, fundamental issue concerning death.
Uranus in the 1st conjunct the ‘destructive’ planet Algol oppose a 7th house Scorpio Moon. Algol features heavily in other dying with dignity campaigns and organisations. See
Taking control of death in terminal illness + Canada & EXIT 19th December 2023.
Dying with dignity – Algol rules 10th May 2023
Algol – light in the heart of darkness ++ additional thoughts 25th March 2024
Greg Wise – an Algol that breeds empathy 24th March 2024
On a personal note I used to be drawn to the notion of death being a spiritual journey which should not be interfered with – but the older I have got the more I see it as a personal choice. Modern medicine prolongs life long after it would have petered out in centuries past. And in more recent times pre-the odious Harold Shipman (the GP who bumped off scores of aged patients) doctors were happy to administer morphine overdoses to speed the process along when too much pain and suffering was involved.
Having had dogs and cats put down over the years when it was ‘their time’ and life had become too much of a struggle (with many tears but knowing it was in their best interest), it seems heartless to force people to hang on grimly to an often bitter and inhumane end.
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