Federico Garcia Lorca. Spanish writer and composer. Nr. 43

 

 

 Federico Garcia Lorca.

June 5, 1898. Granada, Spain.

Rising in Pisces;  Sun in Gemini,  Mid heaven in Saggitarius and the Moon in the same constellation.

His writing and music skills.  His creativity with Luminaries in mutable signs.

His rebel character is on his Sun in the 4^th, opposite to Uranus and Saturn, in the 10^th house.

Spanish writer, a poet and playwright. Unusual looking, he had large, dreamy eyes and a big head, a clumsy body, flat feet and a rigid walk which he bemoaned, "Oh my clumsy walk!" He was afraid of crossing streets because he could not run should a speeding car approach.

The son of a wealthy landowner of Andalucia and a former school teacher, García Lorca lived happily in the Andalucian countryside. He loved being close to nature, which had a great influence in his future poems, before his family moved to Granada.

From childhood, he showed talent in music, writing and drawing. He was not a very successful student and was loathed by some uptight teachers, though praised by the teachers who recognized his talent. His great musical skill gave him the confidence to study piano with the goal of playing on the concert stage. Due to his father's objection, he was forced to take a law degree instead, in Madrid.

As a student, he lived in a university hostel. Highly popular, his friends leaned toward intellectuals and artists, including Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali (with whom he had an ill-fated love affair) and Rafael Alberti. During 1929-30, he visited the American east coast and New York City, where he witnessed the Wall Street Crash. His visit resulted in his volume, "A Poet in New York." He concluded his journey with a visit to Cuba, where he was well received and had a happy time.