The marriage between Princess Martha Louise of Norway and Californian shaman Durek Verrett, which no one thought would happen (me included), took place in Norway yesterday with her family in attendance.
Full details on both from previous post below. In brief, he has a Scorpio stellium with Sun Venus in his 10th and Mars Mercury in his 9th all trine Saturn in Cancer – charming, good at public relations and unbudgeable. His Capricorn Moon is widely opposition Saturn and square Pluto – so not soft and cuddly at an emotional level.
She has a packed 8th house with a Sun Pluto conjunction in Virgo close to Venus in Libra which in turn is conjunct Uranus plus a Scorpio Moon. Her Sun/Moon midpoint, the marriage significator is conjunct her Uranus which will not make for long term stability in relationships.
Their relationship chart has a needs-space composite Sun Uranus which is trapped in the composite 8th – and a harsh composite Mars opposition Saturn which usually points to a one sided relationship where one partner has to give up their identity/assertiveness to make it work. That element is being undermined by transiting Neptune in square from early this month on and off through till early 2026.
Which is echoed on the wedding chart – 31 August 2024 2.15pm Geiranger, Norway, which has Mars trine Neptune also being undercut till early 2026. The relationship chart also has tr Neptune Saturn opposition the composite Pluto by 2026 – confused, disappointed and stuck.
This one is a wait-watch-and-see.
Previous post: October 4 2023
Princess Martha Louise of Norway, whose alternative therapy school taught clairvoyance and communication with angels seems determined to marry her shaman fiance Durek Verrett. This despite the hair-raising stories of his life – imprisoned, bisexual, conspiracy theorist, multiple factual claims about his life that don’t check out as well as comments from previous relationships which describe him as controlling and manipulative. See his wiki page.
She was born 22 September 1971 5.07 pm Oslo, Norway and has a difficult and challenging chart with a packed 8th house containing a Virgo Sun, Pluto conjunction conjunct Venus in Libra which in turn is conjunct Uranus with her Scorpio Moon also in her 8th.
Her clairvoyant and occult interests will stem from her 8th house and she will be driven by unconscious forces she does not understand and will not have control over.
Martin Sebastian Moritz in his book Pandora’s Box, The Mysterious 8th House, points to entanglement as being an 8th house phenomenon – as well as it being a gateway to another world.
Her previous husband Ari Behn, 30 September 1972, father of her three children, who committed suicide in 2019, had his Mars in Virgo conjunct Pluto falling in her 8th as well as his Libra Sun, Mercury, Uranus.
Durek Verrett, 17 November 1974 11.25 am Sacramento, California, a 10th house Sun, Venus in Scorpio with his ambitious Mars in Scorpio conjunct his Midheaven from the 9th, has his Pluto, Uranus, Mercury, Mars all falling in her 8th. Such subterranean connections will feel fated and meant but can also be trapping, conflict-ridden and obsessive.
Her relationship chart with Durek echoes the 8th house theme with the composite Pluto, Mercury, Uranus and Sun as well as Venus all deeply buried there. There is a 10th house Moon Neptune which will be soaked up by their spiritual therapy interests. But what is damaging and destructive is a composite Mars opposition Saturn square Pluto. Mars Saturn is unkind, can be cruel and suggests a relationship where one partner has to grit their teeth and suppress their identity and needs to make it work. And that is before it locks onto the 8th house Pluto. Tr Neptune will be chiselling away at the Mars opposition Saturn in 2023/24 and opposing the Pluto in 2025/26.
I never thought it was workable though 8th house individuals can be exceedingly stubborn and impervious to advice, argument or evidence.
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