AstroBiography

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AstroBiography

Queen Elizabeth II: Royal Stability

AstroBiography

The AstroBiography of Queen Elizabeth II

Birth: April 21, 1926 2:40am BST

Known For: Longest Reigning Monarch, Recent Death (September 8, 2022)

Astrology Stats: Taurus Sun, Leo Moon, Capricorn Rising, Scorpio Midheaven

Favorite Documentary or Show: The Crown

In Brief: Royal Stability

Queen Elizabeth’s outer personality is characterized by the wielding of dominance, with all the seriousness and decorum assigned her role (Capricorn Ascendant). She exuded poise, authority, and a sense of stabilization with her longstanding reliable presence, even as the British Empire rapidly diminished during her rule. Her Sun in Taurus symbolizes this picture of stability. At the same time, you might just as easily conjure up an image of Queen Elizabeth dressed in pastel outfits and ludicrous hats, reflecting the softer side (Venus in Pisces ruling the 10th House). On a more internal note, her Moon placement in Leo echoes the pattern of regality, yet its difficult (8th House) placement suggests the heaviness of the role bestowed on her, as well as a sense of isolation or loneliness, especially in her marriage. Many may envy or despise the royals; however, it is not an enviable life for anyone who values freedom, personal expression, or privacy.  Queen Elizabeth II passed away recently at the age of 96.

Please watch the video to learn more.

Venus Williams: Connection and Competition

AstroBiographies of Inspiring People

Born: June 17, 1980

Venus Williams – Astrology of the Natal Chart: Astrobiography with AstroPath

Film: King Richard

 

Venus Williams, Tennis Star
Gemini Sun, Leo Moon, Libra Rising (Air and Fire)

According to Venus Williams’ chart, her outer personality is characterized by the need for balance and diplomacy, while also struggling with being defined by her rivals.  At best this allows for space from emotional reaction, and at worst sees her giving away her power to others.  She exhibits a surprisingly profound desire to test herself against others in the pursuit of transformation.  (Libra Rising; Pluto in the 1st House)

Despite being recognized internationally for her excellence in tennis, Venus’ chart suggests someone who desires to be seen for her intellect and her ability to communicate, and who would like to get positive feedback for her words and ideas, particularly in group settings. She is clever, witty, and wise.  She clearly had to grow up fast and learn to cope with intense pressure from an early age. Additionally, there is a strong emphasis on the importance of her relationships.  Interestingly, the planet Venus plays a prominent role in her horoscope, though its placement indicates hidden introversion.  (Leo Moon in the 11th house, square Uranus; Gemini Sun; Gemini Venus Retrograde in 9th House, Ruler of Libra Ascendant)

On the whole, we see a person who strongly desires connection and camaraderie, and has a great ability to instruct others on the value of true friendship, through sharing her skills and her story.  She certainly has the tools to accomplish this, and find it deeply satisfying.

Amanda Gorman: Fierce Empathy

AstroBiography of Amanda Gorman

Born: March 7, 1998

AstroBiography: Astrology of Amanda Gorman

Reading “The Hill We Climb” at the 2020 Presidential Inauguration

1st National Youth Poet Laureate

Activist, Feminist, Harvard Attendee

 

What She Is Known For

Amanda Gorman became the First National Youth Poet Laureate and read her poetry before the nation at 21 years old, a stunning achievement.  This only becomes more dramatic when you learn that she had a speech impediment as a young child, which she overcame with focus, hard work, and diligent practice.  At age 16, she declared herself a feminist, began community organizing, and wrote poetry in direct response Dr. Ford’s testimony at Kavanaugh’s hearing and Trump’s election.  This rising star’s burning question, after receiving accolades and fame, is “What am I going to do with my access?”

 Astrology Highlights of Her Horoscope

Amanda Gorman displays a Grand Trine in Water, which illustrates the ability to generate a lovely flow of creative, empathetic, and sensitive energy.  The Pisces Sun moves easily with the Moon in the protective and fierce sign of cardinal Cancer, and both of these connect to the wounded healer Chiron, in Scorpio.  Taskmaster Saturn squares the Moon, showing someone who grew up quickly and applied serious effort to all of her undertakings.

 Her Midheaven (MC) in the communicative and teaching sign of Gemini reveals how she appears from the public’s viewpoint.  This points to the planet Mercury, just barely hanging on in very late poetic Pisces.  It makes a bridge to Mars, powerfully situated in home warrior sign of Aries.  This warrior holds the mighty pen as a weapon for truth in the fight against racism and misogyny, and the poetry that emerges also holds the promise of transcendence (Neptune influence).  In addition, her chart indicates a strong value system rooted in the desire for social change (Venus, Neptune, Uranus in Aquarius).  Her ability to write beautiful poetry that both protects and cuts to the heart brings this astrological symbolism to life. 

Finally, with her Ascendant sign in Virgo, the planet Mercury also rules her more personal affairs, indicating that the person on stage is also the person her good friends see.  The chart suggests a thoughtful and sensitive dreamer who listens and wields a strong ability to follow through and makes things happen.

Serena Williams: Relentless Resourcefulness

AstroBiographies of Inspiring People

Born: September 26, 1981

Serena Williams – Astrology of the Natal Chart: Astrobiography with AstroPath

Documentary:  Serena

Film: King Richard

 

Tennis Star Serena Williams’ Chart Analysis

Libra Sun, Virgo Moon, Taurus Rising (Air and Earth)

According to Serena Williams’ chart, her outer personality is characterized by the need to be resourceful and get tangible results, through physical and material means.  The down sides may be stubbornness, materialism, and an inability to shift quickly.  Her chart suggests that she may get stuck in this pattern easily, but ultimately can break through complacency and unconscious habits in a way that inspires others.  In balance, she’s very productive and steadfast, and out of balance she can really dig her heels in. (Taurus Rising, Chiron in the 1st House)

Like her sister, Serena’s chart has a prominent focus on the planet Venus, indicating the importance of relationships.  However, in her case, this plays out as a deep desire for intense intimate connection, and describes the need to have a partner who meets her need for material security and emotional depth.  The chart suggests a difficult journey to find equilibrium with partners, including her sister Venus, though her tenacity is not to be underestimated!  Her ability to focus on her own physical excellence through tennis provides her with grounding and an outlet for her intense feelings.  Note that Libra is the sign of rivals, who have helped her establish her roots.  (Scorpio Venus in the 7th House, square Leo Mars in 4th house; Libra stellium in the 6th House)

The chart suggests a huge capacity to work very hard, perhaps too hard at times. Her need for competition and the daily rigors of exercise overpowers her ability to put her family first at times. She shows her love through practical, helpful and tangible methods and has an emotional need for precision.  Overall, we see an implacable, diplomatic focus fueled by a powerful need for intensity.  (Virgo Moon in the 5th House, Scorpio Venus ruler of the Ascendant)

Prince AstroBiography

Prince: Transformational Power

AstroBiographies of Inspiring People

Prince AstroBiography

Born: June 7, 1958, 6:17pm CDT

Prince, the Musician – Astrology of the Natal Chart: Astro-biography with AstroPath 

Documentaries: 

  • Prince: A Behind The Scenes Documentary (2017)
  • Slave Trade (2020)
  •  Prince Rogers Nelson Omnibus BBC Documentary (2020)

The Astrology Keynotes:  Transformational Power*

Princes’ astrology chart signifies a powerful, complex storyteller/poet with the heart of a mystic.  A raw force to be reckoned with, Prince harnessed his sexuality to mesmerize his audience and became famous nearly overnight.  His unyielding efforts paid off to create a truly sensational career, yet it was not without a price.  Part of his craft with music was wrapped up in an instability and sensitivity that turned toward addiction later in his life.  He had a phenomenal, drive and a reputation for recording his music unaided, without outside prompting or guidance, as most musicians tend to need. Not only did he change music itself, but he also challenged the recording industry itself for reaping profits and entrapping artists into unfair contracts.  His reputation suffered for this willingness to take on industry bigwigs.  Nonetheless, he continued to produce music and perform with a nearly transcendent creativity, often composing, arranging, and producing all of his own music.  Watch the video for more insights. 

What He Is Known For

Prince was born to a jazz singer (mother) and a songwriter (father) and wrote his first song when he was 7 years old (“Funk Machine”).  Prince had an amazing vocal range and ability to play many of the instruments in his recordings.  He went through many phases and chapters throughout his career and produced an impressive 39+ albums, not to mention numerous videos, singles, soundtracks, and other pieces of music.  Unfortunately, Prince died young of an accidental overdose when just 57 years old.

*The Astrological Keynotes

  • Transformative Pluto exactly conjunct the MC representing career
  • Sun in the sign of the voice Gemini, in the 8th House of confronting other peoples’ values, Moon in imaginative Pisces in the creative 5th house
  • Mars strong in home sign Aries in its joy in the 6th house or work and routines and at the Aries Point. This indicates enormous willpower and needing no other impetus to work
  • Transcendent Neptune oppose Venus, ruling the 5th house of creativity
  • Rising Sign in intense Scorpio, completing the picture of his path as a catalyst to others, and also his sensitivity to the environment

 

Jolt Of Sensitivity

Robin Williams: A Jolt Of Sensitivity

Jolt Of Sensitivity

Born July 21, 1951

A Jolt of Sensitivity – the Astrology of Robin Williams – AstroBiography with Jennie & Laurie


Documentary: Come Into My Mind

The Keynotes Of His Horoscope*

Robin Williams’ astrology chart shows an effervescent personality warmly engaging the audience with depth and naughtiness, supported by a pioneering comic genius and a lot of hard work. His completely unpredictable antics, plus his gift for mimic, captured his fans and demonstrated a surprising ability to cut to the truth. On a more personal level, he used his characters to find connection with others, and truly needed to make people laugh. His chart also indicates an aching sensitivity, someone who felt quite vulnerable, internalized everything, and sought acceptance through his ability to entertain.

His friend Billy Crystal described him as a “light that didn’t know how to switch off.” After his performances, a sweat-drenched, exhausted Williams often didn’t know how to wind down and showed an insatiable appetite for stimulation.   Interestingly, while playing serious roles, Williams ruthlessly joked with all and sundry in between shoots. On the other hand, when performing live onstage, he often sat completely silent and inert, just before launching into his vigorous comic display. These extremes demonstrate his ability to jolt others with his lighting fast mind, and also his struggle to calm an intensely electrified nervous system. Watch the video for more insights.

What He Is Known For

Renowned comic performer Robin Williams caught audience attention with both his outrageous physical humor and surprising sensitivity. The Mork And Mindy Show kick-started his career in the early ‘80s, where only he could have pulled off the ridiculous premise. Robin attended Juilliard with Christopher Reeve and also was with John Belushi the night John died from an overdose. He spent most of the ‘80s doing improv and stand up (see Live At The Met), before landing his first big-time acting role in Good Morning Vietnam in 1987. Subsequently, he starred in many great films, including Mrs. Doubtfire, Good Will Hunting, The Dead Poet’s Society, and Awakenings.

Though raised as a lonely, only child, Mr. Williams had relationships with his two older half brothers in adulthood. His practical joker mother steeped him in a comic ethos, and he learned at an early age to attract attention with humor. Not surprisingly, his early successes went hand-in-hand with lots of drugs, drinking, and promiscuity. Married three times and father of three children, he struggled with depression and personality extremes alongside a very busy professional life. He clearly treasured his small number of close friends, in particular enjoying an intimate friendship with Billy Crystal. Unfortunately, Mr. Williams took his own life at age 63, while struggling with a variety of distressing neurological and mental symptoms, posthumously discovered to be the beginnings of Lewi Body Dementia. Robin Williams brought much laughter and joy to his audiences throughout the course of his career.

*AstroSpeak For The Astrological Keynotes

  • Leo the Performer in the 10th House Of Career, containing communicative Mercury and empowering Pluto, next to the bright Sun in sensitive Cancer.
  • Jupiter the Jester in Aries, in the 6th House of Work/Routines, supporting Mercury& Pluto.
  • Action-oriented Mars conjunct electrifying, never-sit-still Uranus in sensitive Cancer, in a T-square with Jupiter and Neptune.
  • Rising Sign in intense Scorpio, completing the trio of water signs with Sun in Cancer, Moon in Pisces, painting the picture of profound susceptibility to his environment.

 

Poetry Blooms

The AstroBiography Project: Inspiring

Poetry Blooms

Laurie Farrington of Astrolore and Jennie Date of Hidden Path Astrology celebrate the stories and horoscopes of badasses, brave souls, and unsung heroes who are work to uplift others, challenge the status quo, or otherwise make bold change in our troubled world. Our goal in the Inspiring series is to bring these harbingers of hope to your attention while you learn the fun and exciting art of astrology.

Amanda Gorman

What She Is Known For:

  • Reading her poem “The Hill We Climb” at the 2020 Presidential Inauguration
  • 1st National Youth Poet Laureate                                                                                               
  • Activist, Feminist, Harvard Attendee

Amanda Gorman became the First National Youth Poet Laureate and read her poetry before the nation at 21 years old, a stunning achievement. This only becomes more dramatic when you learn that she had a speech impediment as a young child, which she overcame with focus, hard work and diligent practice. At age 16, she declared herself a feminist, began community organizing, and wrote poetry in direct response Dr. Ford’s testimony at Kavanaugh’s hearing and Trump’s election. This rising star’s burning question, after receiving accolades and fame, is “What am I going to do with my access?”

Astrology Highlights of Her Horoscope

Amanda Gorman displays a Grand Trine in Water, which illustrates the ability to generate a lovely flow of creative, empathetic, and sensitive energy. The Pisces Sun moves easily with the Moon in the protective and fierce sign of cardinal Cancer, and both of these connect to the wounded healer Chiron, in Scorpio. Taskmaster Saturn squares the Moon, showing someone who grew up quickly and applied serious effort to all of her undertakings.

Her Midheaven (MC) in the communicative and teaching sign of Gemini reveals how she appears from the public’s viewpoint. This points to the planet Mercury, just barely hanging on in very late poetic Pisces. It makes a bridge to Mars, powerfully situated in home warrior sign of Aries. This warrior holds the mighty pen as a weapon for truth in the fight against racism and misogyny, and the poetry that emerges also holds the promise of transcendence (Neptune influence). In addition, her chart indicates a strong value system rooted in the desire for social change (Venus, Neptune, Uranus in Aquarius). Her ability to write beautiful poetry that both protects and cuts to the heart brings this astrological symbolism to life.

Finally, with her Ascendant sign in Virgo, the planet Mercury also rules her more personal affairs, indicating that the person on stage is also the person her good friends see. The chart suggests a thoughtful and sensitive dreamer who listens and wields a strong ability to follow through and makes things happen.

 

Find her interview on Good Morning America.

Robert Frost: Poetry Saves Lives

Moon in Cancer square Neptune: Robert Frost

In a natal horoscope, the Moon reveals the deepest emotional need and the greatest ego struggle of the individual. Lunar symbolism helps us to understand the feminine side, the relationship to mother, and the instinctive self, wired for survival. It illuminates the truth that hides in the shadow, those places that are necessarily dark. Think of the rich black soil where a seed takes root, the womb in which young life grows, or night sky holding bright stars.

Studying the position of the natal Moon makes it possible to understand the native’s emotional nature and orientation. When in hard aspect to other planets, we witness powerful forces impacting the person’s approach to life. To see this, let’s look at Robert Frost’s life and poetry. This is one of his most famous poems:

Nature’s first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf’s a flower

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

Notice the effect of reading this poem. Feel the lilting fragility to the whole piece, the deep longing it conjures, and notice where you feel this in your body. Pause.

Depression, Grief, and Poetry

Robert Frost dealt with a large share grief. As a young lad, he lost his father to tuberculosis. He was forced to shut away his younger sister in an asylum. Four out of six of his children died before him, including one in childbirth, and one from suicide. He himself suffered from depression. Nature inspired him to write poems from this well of sorrow, and he often wrote in the early morning light. He won the Pulitzer four times, becoming one of the most well known poets of our time.

The Water Element

Astrologers look for repeating patterns. Robert Frost’s natal Moon is in the cardinal water sign of Cancer, squared by oceanic Neptune, and trine to Mercury in Pisces. Neptune signifies states of consciousness. Like tuned keys on a piano, these states range from drugged ecstasy to delusion, daydreaming, imagination, and spiritual enlightenment. Frost’s Cancer Moon suggests a life lesson regarding healing and nurturing through expressing his gift to the world (Moon in 5th House), through the eloquent communication (trine Mercury) of poetry (Pisces). The Neptune square implies the difficulty of swimming to the surface of family circumstance. We also note the possibility of magnified prominence (Moon sextile Pluto & Jupiter).

This paints a picture of a man partially submerged in the ocean, close enough to the surface to speak yet dangerously subject to the tides. He may have easily drowned in all that grief. Instead he wrote poetry.