CHARIKLO AND THE WHONIVERSE

The British television series, Doctor Who first aired on November 23, 1963 at 5:15 or 5:16 pm (depending on the source). Setting the chart for London, the MC is 18 Aquarius 06 (or 18 Aquarius 21) conjunct Saturn 17 Aquarius 21. But what you won't see in charts calculated with the traditional planets is that Chariklo is the most elevated body, conjunct the MC at 19 Aquarius 21.

After the first actor to play Doctor Who decided to leave the series, the writers came up with an ingenious way to explain another actor taking his place. At various times, The Doctor goes through a kind of reincarnation (called 'regeneration), and is reborn with a new look and a new personality.

The first 'regeneration' occurred Oct 29, 1966, where we watch the face of William Hartnell morph into the face of Patrick Troughton. Chariklo was again in the 10th house, most elevated body, 2 Pisces 00 in an out-of-sign square to Mercury 29 Scorpio 35.

After a long and successful run, Dr. Who went out of production for many years. Finally, on March 26, 2005, at 7:15 pm, the show was 'reincarnated' with the broadcast of the first new episode, Rose. Chariklo was 11 Libra 41 R opposition Mercury 11 Aries 21 R.

There have been eleven actors playing Doctor Who in the TV series, as well as one in two movies based on the series. Let's look at Chariklo in the chart of each actor. Unless otherwise noted, birthtimes are unknown so charts are based on Noon. Aspects for those with unknown birth times are only listed if they would be valid during the entire 24 hour birthdate

• The first Doctor was played by William Hartnell, born Jan 8, 1908 in London, England.
  Chariklo 16 Pisces 52 sextile Sun 16 Capricorn 49
• Second Doctor - Patrick Troughton, born March 25, 1920 in London.
  Chariklo 13 Taurus 29 conjunct Moon's South Nodes 16 Taurus 19
  • Birth time unknown, but I'm using a speculative chart of 2:27pm. This puts Chariklo conjunct the 11 Taurus 45 MC. (Some of my reasons for this birth time: Leo Rising fits this comment he made, ""Doctor Who gave me a chance to indulge my passion for dressing up and being able to have some sly fun as well as a bit of clowning." At his death from a heart attack on Mar 25, 1987, transiting Mars would have been exactly square a 25 Leo 25 Asc. This chart also has natal Sun in the 8th house, which fits death from heart problems. Mars, ruler of the 9th, in the third; he enjoyed reading philosophy and comparative religions. Saturn in the first house, ruler of the 6th, fits this comment from a producer about him: "He was a father figure to the whole company..." )
• Third Doctor - Jon Pertwee, born July 7, 1919 in London.
  Chariklo 15 Taurus 14. sextile Sun 14 Cancer 16
• Fourth Doctor - Tom Baker, born January 20, 1934 at 5:40 am in Liverpool, England.
  Chariklo 3 Leo 19 R trine Moon 2 Aries 22
• Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison, born April 13, 1951 in London.
  Chariklo 22 Sagittarius 23 sextile Sun 22 Aries 45.
• Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker, born June 8, 1943 in London.
  Chariklo 12 Libra 23 sesquiquadrate Mercury 27 Taurus 46.
• Seventh Doctor - Sylvester McCoy, born August 20, 1943, 5:00 am in Dunoon, Scotland.
  Chariklo 14 Libra 52 sextile Ascendant 15 Leo 37 (and North Nodes 15 Leo 53)
• Eighth Doctor - Paul McGann, born November 14, 1959, in Liverpool, England.
  Chariklo 1 Aquarius 42.
  • Unless he has it in aspect to an angle, he doesn't seem to have a major Chariklo aspect. However, this is not surprising, considering that he only appeared as Doctor Who one time in a 1996 Doctor Who TV movie that was intended as a pilot for a new series...but the new series did not get off the ground partly due to very poor US ratings.
• Ninth Doctor - Christopher Eccleston, born February 16, 1964, in Salford, Lancashire, England.
  Chariklo 23 Aquarius 42 conjunct Saturn 25 Aquarius 44, Sun 26 Aquarius 50, Mars 26 Aquarius 59
• Tenth Doctor - David Tennant, born April 18, 1971 in Bathgate, Scotland.
  Chariklo 25 Pisces 32. conjunct Venus 23 Pisces 35 opposition Pluto 27 Virgo 36 R
• Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith, born October 28, 1982 in Northampton, England.
  Chariklo 17 Taurus 38 R opposition Jupiter 17 Scorpio 30
• In two Doctor Who movies, The Doctor was played by Peter Cushing, who was born May 26, 1913, in Kenley, Surrey, England.
  Chariklo 15 Aries 48 conjunct Mars 13 Aries 57 square Jupiter 17 Capricorn 10 R

As mentioned above, Aldous Huxley had Chariklo in Capricorn square both his Mars in Aries, and his Saturn in Libra.

(Chariklo/Mars aspects seem the most prevalent Chariklo aspect in the charts I've been studying among Sci-Fi authors. While I'm not an actual sci-fi author, I've dabbled a bit, written a few sci-fi pieces, and the genre is my favorite type of fiction. I have Chariklo opposition my Mercury/Mars conjunction, the aspect to Mars almost exact.)

Most people know Huxley as author of "Brave New World", a book about a seeming utopia.....but is actually a frightening scenario of a possible future. But he was also a researcher in the mind, and going beyond one's reality. He did a great deal of exploration with 'mind-expanding' drugs such as LSD, and one of his books, based on his experience under Mescaline, is called "The Doors of Perception."

Interestingly, Huxley was nearly blind most of his life, so his other senses were much more important to him than the visual.

This going beyond one's reality seems a recurrent theme with Chariklo.

Umberto Eco is another Chariklo opposition Mars individual. His books, such as "Foucault's Pendulum", question theories about what is real. In "The Name Of The Rose", the author questions "truth" from theological, philosophical, scholarly, and historical perspectives.

Yet another Chariklo opposition Mars individual, Herman Hesse once wrote the following lines:

"Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin."