Hi All,
It's been a while since I've participated here. Like you, I can't help being drawn in to little Nevaeh's tragically short life. I normally work only with accurately timed natal charts, but in this case, have made an exception.
From first glance the thing that stands out most is Nevaeh's natal Moon. Very strong, placed in Cancer, the natural home. Cancer Moon loves her mother and thrives on maternal love, support and security. This is a very sensitive moon. The thing about Nevaeh's Moon is that its conjunct Saturn, which is extremely ill placed in Cancer. With the sunrise chart, the conjunction appears to be a little wide, but given this sensitive placement, and the receptivity of the Moon, I believe this conjunction was felt most painfully by our little one.
What comes to my mind when considering this combo is the psych experiment by Harlow and his baby rhesus monkeys - you can look it up, it concerns contact comfort. Monkeys were removed from their mothers at birth and were given two surrogate mothers: One made of wire, that had a bottle attached; the other made of cloth, with no milk. The babies would feed off of the wire mother, and then curl up with the soft surrogate. If frightened, the babies would run to the cloth mother. This speaks to me of Nevaeh's relationship with her mother - the separation, neglect and little (if any) regard from the mother. There seems to be a lack of any real bond between the two, and I think the grandmother filled the gap as best as she could. From the news reports, we gather that our girl lived in poverty, which is not so bad if there is love. I think she lacked comfort on several levels, which is suggested by the Moon/Saturn in Cancer combo.
Allright, another thing with Moon/Saturn conjunction: The Moon progresses (secondarily) at much the same speed as transitting Saturn. So there are long cycles of depression, sadness and sometimes poor health in the lives of the natives. I have seen this - a general feeling of sadness, becoming more accute the nearer these two bodies are to one another. Not only a natal influence, but in many cases ongoing for years and years.
Another testimony to the disposition of Moon and Nevaeh are that the Moon, at birth, is out of the bounds of the Sun's natural declination. You can look this up, too, if you are interested - it took me alot of study to grasp the concept, and I hardly feel comfortable trying to explain, sorry
Out of bounds planets express themselves in very exagerated ways, and need extra care and nourishment. I believe this added to Nevaeh's feelings (and reality) of lack of maternal care and comfort.
My time is growing short - but I want to add that it looks to me like transitting Saturn and progressed Moon (now in Virgo) have moved to form a difficult yod formation with Natal Aqua Sun/Neptune and Natal Moon/Saturn. I will have to look more closely..
I can't leave without saying thanks for all of those who are active and supportive in these astro threads! ((Angel)) and the last descriptive news report ((Facts given)) confirms my suspicions of the home environment. (Moon) Poor baby, I soo wish that things were different for her.
