The 27 Club: Why Age 27 Is Important

by Michael Owen

IS THE 27 CLUB JUST A MYTH? (No). Is it a “curse?” (No). But The 27 Club is not what you think. It’s more than the deaths of Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse and others. Using indigenous teachings about our life stages and the analytical psychology of C G Jung, Michael Owen explains what happens to all of us in our mid- to late-twenties and how life often takes a turn, for better or worse. 

The teachings of the Moon Cycles and C G Jung’s notion of the puer (the creative person who is always young beyond his years and often dies an early death, physical or emotional) explains what happens in our mid- to late-twenties. And read about the other “Clubs” from 24 to 30.

Not a book on astrology, The 27 Club: Why Age 27 Is Important gives new insights into how events and decisions around age 27 can set the trajectory of our lives for the next 27 years. It explains the natural rhythm by which the psyche grows and matures, and looks at what happens when we under- or over-reach ourselves.

The book sheds light on other questions: Why does life often take a turn for better or worse around age 27? Why were so many of the 27 Club from the sixties? What does science say about the 27 Club? Is the 27 Club just dead rock stars? What is the psychology of the 27 Club?

Michael Owen also explores the wider meaning of the Moon Cycles, a
measure of time based on the length of human pregnancy, and the
importance of the 9 month, 3 year, and 27 year cycles. This “calendar”
is applicable to all important life events (the birth, growth and death
of anything—a life, a business, a relationship) and the ripples in time
that it sends out. And read about the 27 year cycle and 9/11.