Angelina Jolie, whose very name advertises her prettiness, has Venus closely conjunct her Ascendant.
Her Venus sits at the top of her chart, conjoining her Midheaven. If Mars promotes athletic ability, Venus amplifies beauty, particularly when it isĬonjunct the Ascendant, the Sun, the Moon, the Midheaven, or the ruler of the Ascendant.īrooke Shields, for instance, was a recognized beauty even as an infant, when her modeling career began. Athletes, like artists, benefit from a touch of Leo - not because it advances athletic ability (Leos, I have noticed, can be amazingly klutzy) but because it stimulates the love of performance. Athleticism, like other talents, is an amalgamation of many factors.įinally, although gifted athletes are born under every sign of the zodiac, fire and earth signs are slightly more common among them than air and water. I don’t want to suggest that Mars is the only planet that affects athletic ability. Such a solitary planet, unhampered by other planets with competing agendas, operates without interference and can consequently be the strongest influence in a chart. Mars can also dominate a chart in the opposite situation: When it makes no aspects whatsoever. I do know this: His Mars in Aquarius aspects all but one of his other planets, making it very active indeed. Angularity depends on birth time, and I don’t have that information about him. For instance, I don’t know whether Lance Armstrong has an angular Mars. Mars can also be prominent for other reasons.
Tiger has a similar setup, with an impatient Mars in Gemini conjunct his Midheaven. Ali has a tenacious Mars in Taurus conjunct the Midheaven. The sensitive areas near the Ascendant are the twelfth house and the first ten degrees of the first house.) You see these positions in the charts of Muhammad Ali and Tiger Woods, both Capricorns. (The specific areas near the Midheaven are the ninth house and first ten degrees of the tenth. Mighty Mars, the planet of aggression, figures strongly in the charts of athletes, who are statistically more likely than nonathletes to have Mars within striking distance of either the Midheaven or the Ascendant. Also, the ruler of the fifth house, Jupiter, is conjunct her Sun in the sign of its exaltation, making it exceptionally well-placed.įrida Kahlo struggled with heart-rending difficulties during her short life, but lack of artistic talent was not among them. Neptune is closely conjunct her Sun.īy house: Two planets - Uranus, the planet of originality, and Mars - inhabit the fifth house (along with the South Node). Venus rules her Midheaven, conjuncts Pluto, and sextiles her Ascendant. Only Libra is vacant.īy planet: Both Venus and Neptune are prominent in her chart. Taurus holds the Moon and the Midheaven, while Leo is the home of her Ascendant and her Mercury. Here’s how her chart stacks up to the factors described earlier in this section:īy sign: Two of the three signs on the list are central in Kahlo’s chart. In recent years, her anguished, colorful canvases have attracted many admirers, and her fame has skyrocketed.
During her lifetime, she wasn’t as famous as her muralist husband, Diego Rivera. Look for the Sun, Moon, Ascendant, Midheaven, or Venus in those signs.īy planet: A prominent Venus and Neptune quicken the aesthetic sense and the imagination.īy house: An active fifth house accentuates your need to be creative.Ī planet is prominent when it’s within 8° of your Ascendant or Midheaven when it occupies an angle (that is, it’s in the first, fourth, seventh, or tenth house of your chart) or when it makes close aspects to other planets.Ī house is active either when it holds one or more planets or when its ruler is in a prominent position.Ĭonsider the chart of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (see Figure 19-1). Here are some indicators of artistic talent:īy sign: Taurus, Libra, and Leo sustain artistic talent. But the all-time greats - geniuses like Leonardo da Vinci and Pablo Picasso - belong to a category all their own. In the following sections, I reveal the astrological secrets behind great gifts.Įvery sign has its complement of artists. Where do extraordinary qualities come from? What goes into the chart of a world-class beauty, a groundbreaking artist, a celebrity, or a billionaire? These people obviously have something special. Recognizing special talents in a birth chart
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