Georgia O’Keeffe: A Biographical Analysis
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887 – 1986)
American Modernist Painter — A Biographical Analysis
An example of the Project 2 Biographical Analysis from the Training in Holistic Biography Work.
In this analysis, written in December 2023, Jane Gilmer follows the life of the painter Georgia O’Keeffe (1887 – 1986) through its planetary septennials, and reads Lunar Nodes, planetary returns, Soul Type, Mirroring, turning points, life themes, trials and karma — up to the hero’s journey of a long creative life.
What the Analysis Covers
Jane Gilmer wrote this analysis in December 2023. It follows the painter Georgia O’Keeffe through her planetary septennials — Moon, Mercury, Venus, the three Sun phases, Mars and Jupiter — and onwards to her death at 98: the Wisconsin childhood, the meeting and marriage with Alfred Stieglitz, and the New Mexico years.
The further analysis reads Lunar Nodes, planetary returns, Soul Type and Mirroring — a mirroring sequence that reveals her illnesses — turning points, life themes, the Fire, Water and Air Trials, and destiny and karma through the Three-Step and Four-Step Karma Exercises. Two closing chapters read her artworks against the life phases and her path as a hero’s journey in three acts.
Summary: Karl-Heinz Finke, Canberra, October 2026.
Main Topics of the Original Document
- Introduction
- Section A — Septennial summaries: Moon · Mercury · Venus · Sun 1–3 · Mars · Jupiter · After 84 years
- Section B — Life Panorama Chart (submitted separately)
- Sections C–D — Further Biographical Analysis: Lunar Nodes · Planetary Returns · Soul Type · Mirroring · Turning Points · Life Themes · Illnesses · Fire, Water and Air Trials · Destiny and Karma (Three- and Four-Step Karma Exercises) · Art Works and Life Phases · Georgia’s Hero’s Journey
- Bibliography and Appendices
[Ed.] This page offers a summary and the main topics of the original document. The complete analysis is the linked PDF.