ONLY A VERY FEW PEOPLE on Earth have not heard something of the songs, attitudes and music of the Rolling Stones. There have been times when the Rolling Stones were seen as being distinctly anti-establishment, but in these times, they are more likely viewed as something of an institution. Their music may not be to everyone’s particular taste, but one must hold a sense of admiration for their resilience as an internationally acclaimed rock band for over 30 years.

One thing is clear about the presence of the Rolling Stones as a group in the world: they stand and sing and play for that most precious quality: rebellion. At this time in America’s journey to discovering herself, not only as a world power, but also as an enlightened world presence honoring every Individual, there is something comforting in the synchronicity that the champions of the rebellious individual are coming to town! The Rolling Stones are on a concert tour of America once again.

In this article, we shall look into the Design of the recently knighted Sir Mick Jagger, the lead singer, figurehead, and perhaps most infamous member of the Rolling Stones.

Sir Mick Jagger
Michael Jagger was born on July 26, 1943 in Dartford, England into an interesting incarnation of indulging the "unexpected." This incarnation, one of 112 different human incarnation possibilities playing out here on Earth, implies that its bearer not only has to constantly deal with unexpected issues in his or her life, but also actually provides "the unexpected" for others.

For Mick Jagger, within this incarnation is a natural quality of leadership through which he can literally hold the sway with any audience; imagination that can stretch to include the fantastic; caring, to the point that everyone around him can feel overindulged; and the sheer thrill of adventurism that makes his presence so completely outrageous as he confronts anything remotely aligned with the status quo.

The incarnation of the unexpected also relates to the inherent ability to move through difficult times and shifting scenarios, showing others by personal example, how to do this. Because the incarnation relates from vision, imagination and a sense of caring on levels that deny much of the obtuseness that life sometimes seems to offer us, it gives a natural sense of reassurance to others, that things are never quite as bad as they might seem.

By Design, Sir Mick is a Projector. Projectors have a need to be recognized for who they are, and then invited for what they can contribute. In Sir Mick’s case, getting recognized means that whoever interrelates with him attunes to the qualities of his leadership nature. A real leader points out things that can expand one’s intelligence.

The Defined Channels
In his Design, he has two defined channels, linking the Throat Center to the Self Center. There is no doubt that Mick Jagger expresses a very strong and convincing sense of self. The two defined channels are both "leadership" channels that operate in their own particular ways.

The 31-7, the Channel called The Alpha, meaning "the leader of the Pack", describes someone who has the inbuilt attunement to take people anywhere, and experiment with anything, provided they give him leave and license to do so.

Leadership is a quality that can take others into all kinds of experiments within their own lives. When invited, Sir Mick offers one the possibility of entering into a wild ride with him, but that does not necessarily mean that he is giving license to others to misbehave. One must always remember that one’s actions are one’s own responsibility coming from a place of personal authority and clarity.

The other definition that he has is the 13 - 33, the channel called "The Prodigal", relating to a quality of leadership that comes from having personally tried, tasted first hand, or at least heard about every conceivable experience offered to humanity. When accumulated experiences are assimilated, Mick shares them for others to hear. Through listening comes the possibility for others to find their own place in life without actually having to live out the experiences themselves! They can live the experience through the telling. It is a channel of the storyteller, or the one who relays accumulated human experience by the oral tradition.

In the story of The Prodigal, mentioned in the Bible and other ancient texts, the prodigal is the perceived "Bad Boy" who leaves home to have his own experiences in life. During his time away, he loses and wins fortunes, tries everything imaginable, and returns home replete with experience, and exhausted. His brother, who has stayed home and done the "responsible" thing, considers him a complete disgrace and shuns him. His father, who recognizes the enormous wealth of experience that his errant son brings home, arranges an enormous celebration, inviting everyone to come and hear of the wonders of the outside world that his son has experienced. The father recognizes the tremendous fount of wisdom that is available and the importance in its telling, so that everyone’s curiosities can be satiated, and they can feel content in having heard about personally unattainable wonders, first hand.

In these times of information piled on information, there are few who have the ability to continue the oral tradition. Sir Mick seems to have honed this ability!

Seven Undefined Centers
Sir Mick Jagger has in his Design chart, seven undefined Centers. This implies that he is very "open" to absorb or reflect other people’s "stuff". I can remember as a kid, in the early days when the Rolling Stones would play on the TV, there would be a hush and then a building sense of outrage that anyone would be allowed to dress/groom/behave/play as did the Rolling Stones, and particularly Mick Jagger, in public! In a very short space of time, it seemed, The Rolling Stones were blacklisted and banned from televised appearances.

Anyone with seven undefined Centers has the ability to either mimic or, reflect back other people’s behaviors and character traits. They can also absorb these character traits as though they were their own. In Sir Mick’s case, it is clear that he has a real knack to parody everyone and everything that he sees around him, only sometimes getting caught in other people’s interpretations of life that do not relate to himself. Projectors often feel that they need access to other people’s energy and will do anything to get the attention that allows for this to happen. Early in life, Sir Mick recognized how to get people’s attention by parodying them outrageously, and he still carries this act well.

One of the quickest ways of recognizing one’s own foibles is to have someone else play them out in front of you. The Rolling Stones' performance might appear exaggerated but it nevertheless gives a clear demonstration of many of the crazy scenes played out in our own lives or in our fantasies.

In Sir Mick’s Design, he has an undefined Sacral, Sex Center, that allows him to ride other people’s energy, reflecting back to them a sense of sexuality that appears promiscuous, but is actually based in an extravagantly caring nature that desires everyone has a good time and gets good "value".

Sir Mick’s undefined Emotional Center reflects back a sensuality that is almost tangible. Curiously, many women will have projected "Daddy" trips onto him. His undefined Root Center fuels imaginations in unpredictable ways, exhibits a sense of vitality, and it also facilitates others to be able to engage in new experiences in their lives.

Sir Mick’s undefined Spleen Center can make him appear fearless, reckless and thoroughly confrontative, while all the time, he personally carries a deep concern about death and about dying unrecognized as a worthy participant in life. His undefined Mental Centers can allow him great mental agility and the facility to ceaselessly justify his actions, while constantly being pressured to stay abreast of a changing world. His open Heart Center indicates that he is very hard to impress. He has seen it all, done it all, heard it all. You have to be offering something very lucrative (like a full-blown American tour) or alluring (like a knighthood!) to get his attention these days!

A Master of the Age
To have survived as a headline star and household name for 40 years is no small feat. To have made the transition from pessimist to anarchist, revolutionary to icon and yet to be welcomed worldwide as a unique rebel with adulation and opulence is an amazing feat. Sir Mick Jagger, even though he is a little battle scarred from relationship fallouts, tax difficulties, police actions, concert riots, drug deaths and other stressful concerns, still has the chutzpah to stand in front of capacity crowds and blast them! He has been a champion for the rebels of at least three generations.

There is no question that British bands love to play for American audiences; it is very lucrative apart from anything else, and Americans can be thoroughly appreciative when they are given recognition. However, I feel in this time that there is a special synchronicity in the (perhaps, last) return of Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones. America is arriving at a point in time where she sees herself having to redefine an identity that stands apart from big business, vested interests and the endless power of the oil cartels, so that she can align herself with her own intrinsic Truth. America is based on a Declaration of Individuality brought about through rebellion.

The political and oil conglomerates and their partners are very similar to the vested interests of the British in their times of maintaining America as a colony, when they regarded everyone here as slaves or puppets. Since disengaging from the British power-brokers, America has always prided herself as the home of the brave and the land of the free. These essential qualities are stifled by apathetic attitudes towards controlling influences within our own society. We all need to remember the rebel within each one of us. Herein lies America’s greatness. The danger to our society is not from without, it lies in our giving up our authority to the vested interests that don’t care whom they misuse.

When we live our life according to our own Design, regardless of what anyone else wants us to be, we have a most profound effect on our world, because we are free to be who we are! No one can rob us of our truth! But we can let ourselves be fooled into surrendering our truth.....by denying our own authority and our own spirituality and presuming that others are to be trusted with it.

This Fall, we have the opportunity once again, to reflect and remind ourselves that freedom is our birthright, and rebellion is the quality that ensures it. Thank you, Sir Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones! Rock on!

Next Month: Martha Stewart, lifestyle genius or scheming opportunist?

© Chetan Parkyn, 2002