Preface
If your birthday does not fall during the
Virgo timeframe for the year you were born, this DOES NOT mean that you do not
experience the energy of Virgo, because somewhere in your natal birth chart, it
is present. All twelve signs of the zodiac are expressed in your being,
although some signs, and therefore their corresponding energies, may be more
emphasized than others.
The Sun sign is about your essence, your
vitality (what makes you feel alive), and your self-image. Whatever your Sun
sign, you are on a life-long journey to discover and fully embrace this sign’s
energy. You may be tested in life to experience the meaning of your Sun sign’s
energy.
The Sun transits the sign
of Virgo beginning August 22, 2012 at 10:07 am PDT.
Virgos Speak!
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| Lance Armstrong |
“Cycling
is so hard, the suffering is so intense, that it’s absolutely cleansing. The
pain is so deep and strong that a curtain descends over your brain….Once;
someone asked me what pleasure I took in riding for so long. ‘PLEASURE???? I
said.’ ‘I don’t understand the question.’ I didn’t do it for the pleasure; I
did it for the pain.”
Lance Armstrong
Virgo Professional Cyclist and
Philanthropist
Born September 18, 1971
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| Kobe Bryant |
“I'm chasing
perfection.”
Kobe Bryant
Virgo All-Star Pro Basketball
Player
Born August 23, 1978
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| Lily Tomlin |
“Sometimes
I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.”
Lily Tomlin
Virgo Comedian and Actor
Born September 1, 1939
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| Mother Theresa |
“Let
us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely, and the unwanted according to the
graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble
work.”
Mother Theresa
Virgo Activist Catholic Nun
Born August 27, 1910
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| Jane Addams |
"In
his own way each man must struggle, lest the normal law become a far-off
abstraction utterly separated from his active life."
Jane Addams
Virgo International and Chicago
Social Activist
Born September 6, 1860
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| Molly Ivins |
“What
stuns me most about contemporary politics is not even that the system has been
so badly corrupted by money. It is that so few people get the connection
between their lives and what the bozos do in Washington and our state
capitols….Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you
can decide you don't much care for.”
Molly Ivins
Virgo Journalist, Social
Commentator, and Humorist
Born August 30, 1944
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| Leonard Cohen |
“Ring
the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.”
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.”
Leonard Cohen
Virgo Singer and Songwriter
Born September 21, 1934
The Transition from Leo to Virgo
The Sun’s transit of the sign of Virgo occurs in late
summer, when daylight still predominates, but is waning. The weather is still
warm, and sometimes hot, but changes are perceptible. With respect to
astrological personalities, we have experienced the bravado of sunny, creative
Leo, displaying talents for all in a reciprocal exchange of love. Time, as
expressed in the zodiac wheel, moves on, and we embark upon a new stage of
development. As the signs proceed around the zodiac, the succeeding sign shows
a tendency to display behavior in “reaction” to characteristics of the previous
sign. Whereas Leo was a showcase for a personality on exhibit, Virgo’s energy
turns inward, desiring a little more modesty. Those of us who have strong
streaks of self-involvement know that such a perspective can get boring, and
that we can quell that through identification with a greater purpose. Virgo
represents the beginning of that stage in the zodiac. Virgo taps into the need
for personal growth and humility through service.
I am now more cognizant of looking at what a sign “retains”
from the previous sign. Virgo is intent upon taking risks, just as Leo was, but
in a different style and with a different purpose. At the beginning of his
book’s section on Virgo, astrologer Steven Forrest has a wonderful quote from
author James Baldwin: “One can give nothing whatever without giving
oneself—that is to say, risking oneself. If one cannot risk oneself, then one
is simply incapable of giving.” [i]
Leo took risks to perform and to love, and Virgo carries on, but with a
different perspective and focus. Virgo is intent on discovering, perfecting,
and transforming herself through being of service. Steven Forrest clarifies
that Virgo is not about the servitude that astrologers of other centuries
described, but rather about the desire to be of service as a form of
self-expression. By perfecting herself, Forrest says, Virgo serves the principle
of service. [ii]
Virgo Symbolism, Rulerships, and Personality
The symbol of Virgo is the maiden
or virgin (like the medieval painting shown at the beginning of this article).
In modern times, the term virgin has a sexual connotation of inexperience, but that
is a distorted view of the symbol. Astrologer Catherine Auman says the name
Virgo derives from the Latin word “virgo” meaning unmarried, and the term
virginal means that she belongs to no man, that she cannot be possessed.[iii]
The maiden, or virgin, in simplest terms, refers to the state of purity.
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| Glyph of Virgo |
Bruce Nevin, an astrologer living
in the Rockport colony of Massachusetts, explains that the sign’s glyph (shown
above) suggests virginity by its self-contained final curve. The loops of the
symbol resemble the loops of the intestines, which are ruled by Virgo. The “M”
of the symbol stands for the Mind, which facilitates the talent for
discrimination, like sorting the wheat from the chaff, metaphorically speaking.[iv]
Virgo is the sixth sign of the zodiac, ruling the sixth
house of work, servants, health, diet, and daily routines. This house covers
the terrain of skill building and competence, so that we can meet our
responsibilities as adults and contribute to society. It is the place where we
are apprentices in the development of a trade. Conversely, it can also be the
realm where we serve as mentors to others. Steven Forrest observes that modern
astrologers have a gap in meaning for the sixth house. He notes that the
western side of the chart has to do with various forms of relationships, but
modern astrology leaves out the discussion of relationships for the sixth
house. Forrest posits that the sixth house is about relationships, but ones
that are no longer prevalent in our nuclear family constellation. These are the
relationships that we traditionally had with aunts and uncles. These relatives
cared about us, but they had the “emotional distance” to assist us with
developmental issues that young people find difficult talking to their parents
about. In our modern society, we may have mentoring relationships that
substitute for the traditional ones, and in that case, the sixth house is where
we might expect to find that activity.[v]
Virgo is a mutable earth sign. Mutable signs are often in
motion, says astrologer Lynn Bell, but they are not about action in the way
that cardinal signs are. Instead, mutable signs move between the realms of the
cardinal signs and the fixed signs. Bell uses the analogy of the Tao, what the
Chinese refer to as the one constant in the world. This is the center between
creative and receptive energy. When this mutable energy is disregarded, Bell
continues, a culture (or person) may be uncomfortably caught between the need
for constant action (the cardinal principle) and the desire for permanence (the
fixed principle).[vi]
Because Virgo is an earthly manifestation of Mercury, the
planet of the rational mind, it is characterized by both the urge to produce
and the urge to analyze. This makes Virgo an excellent craftsperson, and
someone who may be attracted to gardening, and to the practice of herbalism or
other forms of healing. Interestingly enough, the earth signs are not viewed as
particularly fruitful in childbearing.
Astrologer Deborah Houlding says that ancient and
traditional sources cite “the benefits of Virgo as bestowing purity, diplomacy,
a mastery of words, a discriminating intellect, a propensity for study, a
talent for investigation and analysis, skillful creativity, and a keen
appreciation of the mysteries of nature.” [vii]
The more difficult sides to Virgo are pickiness, extreme criticism, skepticism,
hypochondria, self-deprecation, and overly self-sacrificing.[viii]
Forrest says that in order for Virgo’s self-criticism not to be
self-destructive, there must be self-acceptance.[ix]
Debunking the Virgo Stereotypes
The Virgo need to improve or perfect is often misunderstood
or exaggerated. Any personality characteristic can be taken to an extreme, but
this is true of any sign. With a Virgo Sun and Pisces Moon, Jan Posse, editor
of The Mountain Astrologer, observes,
“Virgo knows only too well that we live in an imperfect world. She doesn’t
expect to be perfect—only beyond reproach.” Posse also notes that astrologer
Stephanie Austin often substitutes the word impeccability for perfection.[x]
I have known many people with Virgo Suns in my lifetime. As
with any sun sign, you will see variations in personalities because of the
various combinations of energies in an astrological birth chart. I sometimes
read that Virgos are very neat, clean, and orderly. Now, this certainly may be
true of many Virgos, but it is not the common thread I see running through the
personalities of Virgos. I have observed that Virgos seem to share a gift of
knowing how to implement a concept in earthly reality, and the ability to articulate
the steps one might take to resolve a problem. This does relate to orderliness,
but it is the orderliness of the mind. It is analytical. It is the meshing of
air and earth energy of the planet Mercury (Virgo’s ruler), which needs to
utilize the rational mind, but in the context of earthly manifestation.
At her most balanced, Virgo has the powers of discrimination
and discernment. She uses her analytic abilities to determine where to put her
energy. This reminds me of the discussions I used to hear in the 1980’s among
working women with children about how to have a balanced life with so many
demands. The concept I most remember hearing is that priorities change from day
to day. What was a priority yesterday is not necessarily a priority today. This
to me reflects Virgo energy, i.e. knowing where and for what to devote one’s
energy.
Popular western astrology often paints a picture of Virgos
as demure, prudish, and perhaps sexually uninterested. Vedic astrologer Kenneth
Johnson points out that jyotish (Hindu) astrology views Virgo as passionate and
sensual with a soft, relaxed, languid, erotic quality.[xi]
Even if we use the western astrology framework, Virgo is an earth sign, in
touch with carnality. I do not know how this western astrology image came to
be, but it may surprise many to know that Virgo is associated with the sacred
prostitutes in the ancient cultures of Egypt, Babylonia, Sumer, and Rome. The
concept of sacred prostitution may be foreign to us in our present-day culture.
In the Pre-Christian times of goddess worship, sex with sacred prostitutes was
viewed as a sacred act. They were teachers of the mysteries, and of the
healing, restorative, and transforming power of sexual energy.[xii]
Profiles of Two Sun Sign Virgos
Agatha
Christie
Mystery
Author
Born
September 15, 1890
According to the United
Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the late
British mystery writer, Agatha Christie, remains the most translated author in
history, even exceeding the translated works of William Shakespeare! Some
sources claim that with 4 billion copies of her works sold, she is also the
best-selling author of all time. One of her novels, And Then There Were None, purportedly sold 100 million books, which
puts her in the top ten for best-selling single works. The London production of
her play, The Mousetrap, is the
longest continuously running play in the country to this day.
Born Agatha Mary
Clarissa Miller in Torquay, Devon, England, she was the youngest of three
children. She was home schooled and she later reminisced that her childhood was
a very happy period. Others observed her to be a highly imaginative child who
frequently made up stories with a wide range of characters.
In World War I,
Agatha Miller became a member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) that
provided nursing services at a hospital in her hometown. Not surprising for a
service-oriented Sun Sign Virgo, she enjoyed her duties, referring to nursing
as “one of the most rewarding professions that anyone can follow.” As part of
her assignment, she worked at the hospital pharmacy, where she learned
extensively about medicines and poisons, appropriate subject matter for the
first detective story that she wrote during this period.
At the age of 24,
Agatha Miller married Archibald (Archie) Christie, an aviator enlisted in
Britain’s Royal Flying Corp. The marriage produced only one child, a daughter
named Rosalind Hicks. Mr. Christie’s assignments called for travel, and Agatha
accompanied him, leaving their child with family. The couple traveled to
Hawaii, Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand. Agatha and her husband became
avid surfers.
Early in her
marriage, Agatha wrote her first novel, The
Mysterious Affair at Styles. Although it was completed in 1916, it was not
published until 1920 in the United States. Set in a large isolated country
manor, it introduces her soon-to-be famous character, Hercule Poirot, an
Inspector of Belgian origin. The novel, similar to her future works,
successfully presents meticulous details about the scene of the murder, possible
motives, red herrings, and surprise plot
twists. She later revealed that she did not care for her character Hercule
Poirot, whom she considered pompous and arrogant. Agatha Christie expressed
greater fondness for her elderly sleuth protagonist, Miss Marple.
The year 1926
became a tumultuous one for Agatha Christie. First, her mother passed away.
Later that year, Archie asked her for a divorce, explaining that he had fallen
in love with another woman, Nancy Neele. After a quarrel in early December,
Agatha Christie left a note saying she was headed to Yorkshire, but she could
not be located for 11 days. In Yorkshire, Agatha Christie had checked into a
hotel registered under the last name of her husband’s mistress. Accounts for
her disappearance ranged from speculation that she had suffered a nervous
breakdown to reactions that she had planned this event as a publicity stunt or
to embarrass her husband. The couple divorced in 1928 after 14 years of
marriage.
On one of her
travels, Agatha Christie met archaeologist Max Mallowan, many years her junior.
The two became romantically involved as she accompanied him on archaeological
digs. They married in 1930, and their marriage remained a happy one until her
death. Because of her husband’s frequent travels to exotic locales, these sites
became settings in her stories.
During World War
II, Agatha Christie once again worked at a hospital pharmacy in London,
expanding her pharmaceutical knowledge that she later applied to post-war
literary works. Her 1961 novel, The Pale
Horse, was credited with helping doctors solve a baffling medical case,
which they discovered was caused by thallium poisoning, described in detail in
the Agatha Christie’s book.
Agatha Christie
attained much acclaim for her literary works, and her country bestowed honors
such as the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and later the Dame
Commander of the Order of the British Empire. With her health failing, the
successful author signed over the rights to her literary legacy to her
grandson. Mathew Prichard assumed the position of Chairman of Agatha Christie
Limited in 1970, which now oversees the late author’s estate following her
death at age 86 in 1976.
Some
Observations about the Natal Chart of Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie’s
natal chart appears toward the end of this section. Sometimes when I view
someone’s chart, I devote significant time to understand why someone engaged in
his or her life pursuits. From my vantage point, this is not the case with
Agatha Christie. My eye naturally went to the author’s 10th house of
career, which contains the sign of Gemini, although the MC (the cusp of the 10th
house) is in the late degrees of Taurus. Gemini is ruled by Mercury, the planet
representing the mental processes and communication. This indicates that any of
the communication processes, speaking and writing, would incline the native to
use these talents in a career. The planets Neptune, representing imagination,
and Pluto, the motive to purge and transform, as well as to explore deep
mysteries in life, are drives impelling Agatha Christie to express these in
writing. Moreover, the ruler of Gemini, Mercury, is in the writer’s second
house of personal resources. No doubt, Christie used her communication
resources in her career, and in turn, her career brought her tremendous
financial resources. Furthermore, Jupiter in air sign Aquarius, the planet of
abundance and good fortune (and sometimes overindulgence) trines (flowing
compatible energy) both Neptune and Pluto from the fifth house of creativity
and fun.
Agatha Christie’s
Mercury is in the air sign of Libra, a sign that strives for harmony in
relationships and other aspects of life. I have also seen Libra associated with
various aspects of the arts, including literature. Libra is also the sign on
the cusp of Christie’s third house, the area of life associated with one’s
local environment and the sphere of communication. The third house is naturally
associated with Gemini, which, once again, is ruled by Mercury. The planet of
innovation and uniqueness, Uranus, resides in Christie’s third house, conjunct
(fused with) her Mercury in the second house. Bringing a new style to
mysteries, Christie ushered in the golden age of detective fiction.
Furthermore, the planet Venus can be found in Christie’s third house of
communication. Venus, ruling relating, the arts, and resources, is in the
intense and passionate sign of Scorpio. This zodiac sign is driven to dig for
the truth, to delve deeply into the psyche, and to uncover life’s mysteries.
The modern day ruler of Scorpio is Pluto, the planet appearing in Christie’s 10th
house of career and social standing.
Agatha Christie’s ascendant,
or rising, sign is in the sign of Virgo, the zodiac sign often associated with
the processes of perfecting, attention to detail, a sense of service to a
cause, health and purification. Needless to say, Christie earned the reputation
of being meticulous in her detail of fictionalized crime. Although an earth
sign, Virgo is ruled by the planet Mercury. During two world wars, Christie
served her country in the medical field, becoming adept in the knowledge of
medications. The sign of Virgo is often involved in the healing professions.
With so much
Mercury influence, through Gemini and Virgo, it is no wonder that Agatha
Christie had the capability for prolific literary production in terms of
quantity, as well as in the brief span of time in which she produced her
mysteries. By the end of her life, Christie had written over 100 literary works
in the genres of romance, detective, crime fiction, thriller, and murder
mystery.
Saturn, the planet
associated with Father Time and boundaries, resides in Christie’s first house
of identity, personality, and physical self. Saturn squares (a relationship of
tension) Christie’s Neptune and Pluto in the 10th house of career.
This relationship between the planets reflects the need for Christie to display
discipline in order to bring manifestation to her creative imagination and her
ability to delve deep into the human psyche and into the realm of murder.
Sagittarius, the
sign often symbolizing the urge to travel and to understand and be immersed in
other cultures, thereby exploring a wide variety of subjects, takes up the good
part of Christie’s fourth house of residences and roots, which fits with
Christie’s wanderlust and lifestyle of traveling extensively with her husbands.
Despite her travels
to countries with cultures much different from her own, Christie displayed
considerable cultural snobbery, racism, and anti-Semitism. Considering her
works have been translated into so many different languages and enjoyed by
readers representing the whole spectrum of political thought, the author
herself was tremendously intolerant of people who were not of the white upper
crust. Her descriptions of characters of non-white origin are less than
appealing in her pre-World War II works.
Writing for Inside Story, Dennis Altman says British
journalist Johann Hari posited that Christie held a conservative Burkean
worldview that possesses a deep desire for order (Virgo!) and a suspicion of
radical change. Altman contends that this is giving her too much credit for
having a coherent political position. Nevertheless, continues Altman, “we read
Christie despite her prejudices, not because of them, just as one might enjoy
James Bond as entertainment but deplore Fleming’s sexism and love of violence.”
Furthermore, observes Altman, “When I am falling ill one of the early signs is
a desire to reread Agatha: even if I remember who did it, there is still
pleasure in watching how cunningly she leads us to the eventual denouement.”
Sources:
Oliver Stone
Virgo Film
Director and Screenwriter
Born
September 15, 1946
Oliver Stone rose
to prominence in the cinematic world in the late 1970s as a screenwriter, and
since then has expanded into filmmaking as a director and producer. His
screenwriting and directing credits now span over 20 full-length feature films,
many that have earned him critical acclaim and awards.
Born in New York
City on September 15, 1946, Oliver Stone was the only son of a French-born
mother, Jacqueline Goddet and an American stockbroker father, Louis Stone.
Growing up in affluence, Stone spent significant time in his early years in
France with his maternal grandparents. He was educated at the Trinity School on
the west side of Manhattan, followed by four years at The Hill boarding school
in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Accepted at Yale University, Stone dropped out
after a year.
In 1965, Stone
traveled to Viet Nam to teach at a Catholic high school in Saigon. A year
later, he joined the U.S. Merchant Marine, where he worked below deck on several
ships. These voyages took him around Asia, back to the U.S., and Mexico. During
this period, he began writing, penning a large manuscript that he entitled “A
Child’s Night Dream,” a work that was later consolidated and published three
decades later. In 1967, Stone enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he served in
active duty in Cambodia and Vietnam. Wounded twice, Stone later received the
Bronze Star and Purple Heart for his service.
After returning
from Vietnam, Stone enrolled in New York University and began the study of
filmmaking, with a faculty comprised of such teachers as Martin Scorsese. After
attaining his Fine Arts degree in 1971, Stone worked many jobs that supported
his screenwriting pursuits. Stone’s first breakthrough came with his 1978 low-budget
film, Midnight Express, for which he
won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. In succeeding years, he wrote
The Hand, Conan the Barbarian, Scarface,
and Year of the Dragon. His directed
and co-wrote the screenplay for the film Salvador,
which explored the political complexities in Central America.
In the first of his
Vietnam trilogy films, Stone received international acclaim for the 1986
release, Platoon, for which he won
Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture. Stone’s second Vietnam movie, Born on the Fourth of July, released in
1989, told the poignant story of the struggle of veteran Ron Kovic, played by
Tom Cruise. Receiving critical acclaim, Stone won a second Oscar for Best
Director and Cruise was voted Best Actor. He completed his Vietnam trilogy in
1993, with the release of Heaven and
Earth, which recounted war as experienced by a Vietnamese woman. Oliver
Stone became known for his realistic approach to war storytelling through these
three films.
Other successes in
Oliver Stone’s filmography include Wall
Street, the highly successful 1987 film about financial greed and
corruption. A sequel, Wall Street: Money
Never Sleeps, debuted in 2010. Stone ventured into historical and
biographical filmmaking beginning in the 1990s with JFK, The Doors, and Nixon. In 2008, Stone released W, the story of President George W.
Bush, while the Chief Executive was still in office.
Oliver Stone has
increasingly been associated with political filmmaking, releasing a documentary
on Fidel Castro, Comandante in 2003.
That same year, he addressed the Palestinian and Israeli conflict in his
documentary entitled Persona Non Grata.
In 2010, he released, South of the Border,
which journeys to South America to observe the political changes that have
occurred under the leadership of new mavericks. More such controversial works
are expected toward the end of 2012.
Stone has had
run-ins with the law for his alcohol and drug habits, which began at least as
far back as his Vietnam days and have continued into this past decade. The
prolific writer and director loosely based the Scarface movie script on his own addiction to cocaine.
Some
Observations about the Natal Chart of Oliver Stone
The vast majority
of planets in Oliver Stone’s natal chart (shown at the bottom of this section)
are above the horizon, signifying that he finds purpose, meaning, and
fulfillment through his relationships with others and activity in the social
world (represented by houses seven through 12). Only Venus lies beneath the
horizon, but even this planet of relating and resources is in his first house,
conjunct the Ascendant. Indeed, through filmmaking, Stone tells stories about
historical figures and international conflicts that influence all of our lives.
Unlike some other filmmakers, Oliver Stone has very clear opinions about what
is going on in the broader world.
With Mercury
conjunct his Sun, Oliver Stone will be known for his thinking and ideas,
appropriately in the arena of community with like-minded individuals (the 11th
house). With Sun and Mercury at the same degree, the planets are “combust,”
which inclines these individuals to take an active role in communications.
Individuals with this astrological aspect are expressive and need to be heard,
and often do so in an animated manner. They may find it difficult to passively
listen and absorb information. These people may be better speakers than
listeners. In the case of Oliver Stone, this tendency for restlessness may be
even more pronounced because the planet of sudden and revolutionary changes,
quirky Uranus in Gemini, squares (reflecting tension) his Mercury in Virgo (a
sign ruled by Mercury). Uranus in Gemini can spark out of the box thinking and
behavior that might upend the Virgo qualities of systematic and methodical
approaches.
Stone’s Moon trines
(flowing, compatible energy) his Mercury and Sun, which indicates that he is
comfortable talking about feelings. He probably trusts his instincts, and he
may be inclined to use both his perceptions and mental faculties in compatible
ways.
Stone’s Venus in
Scorpio brings a tendency for intensity and secretiveness in relating, the only
planet below the horizon in his chart. Venus opposes (bringing awareness of the
other) the Moon in Taurus. Venus likes to go deep in exploring the processes of
the psyche and the motives of others, whereas much more light-hearted Taurus is
satisfied with hugs and other sensual activities that do not necessarily
involve the profound. The modern-day ruler of the sign of Scorpio is Pluto,
which is at the top of Stone’s chart. Pluto is the apex planet of the t-square
between Venus and the Moon. Since Pluto is in Stone’s house of career, this may
represent a tension between his relationships with others (business partners,
marriages) and his career and his autonomy. Pluto facilitates purging in order
for the soul to grow. Although I do not have a clear sense of the nature of his
business relationships, I am aware that he has been married three times. Stone
is no stranger to exploring the unsavory aspects of life, such as violence,
war, and drug dependence. Going into these realms must certainly raise issues
with both business partners (Hollywood studios) and intimate relationships.
However, Saturn, the planet of timely restraints and boundaries, conjuncts
Pluto, which may provide a “reality-check” (not to mention nice contracts and
royalties) on how Oliver Stone explores these taboo aspects of life.
The planet Jupiter
urges people to dream “big,” and often brings benefits. On the other hand,
Jupiter often represents too much of a good thing, something that has been
taken to excess. In Oliver Stone’s chart, Jupiter is conjunct his Ascendant,
which governs his personality. This can indicate a self-confident and
optimistic individual, but taken to an extreme they can be arrogant and
proselytizing, sometimes viewed as fanatics or zealots. Certainly, Oliver Stone
is a larger than life personality, with many successes.
Jupiter may also
activate benefactor tendencies in his personality. He actively pursues (Mars
conjunct Jupiter and the Ascendant) what he wants. Stone is clearly a powerful
figure.
Sources:
Sources for Quotations
Lance Armstrong. Retrieved on 7/30/12 from:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1544.Lance_Armstrong
Kobe Bryant. Retrieved on 7/30/12 from: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/k/kobe_bryant.html
Lily Tomlin. From Becoming Myself:
Reflections on Growing Up Female. Retrieved on 8/5/12 from:
http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/219212-becoming-myself-reflections-on-growing-up-female
Mother Theresa. Retrieved on 8/5/12 from: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mother_teresa.html#ZsiiryXrr7122D0L.99
Jane Addams. Retrieved on 8/5/12 from:
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/quotes/a/jane_addams.htm
Molly Ivins. Retrieved on 8/5/12 from:
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/quotes/a/molly_ivins.htm
ENDNOTES
[i]
Forrest, Steven. (1988). The Inner Sky. San Diego: ACS
Publications, pp.61-66.
[ii]
Ibid.
[iii]
Aumen, Catherine.
(June/July 2002). Virgo, Sexuality, and the Sacred Prostitute. The Mountain
Astrologer, #103, pp.17-21.
[iv]
Nevin, Bruce. (1982). Astrology Inside Out. Rockport,
Massachusettes, Para Research Publishers, p.89.
[v]
Forrest, Steven. (June/July
2002). The Case of the Disappearing 6th House. The Mountain Astrologer, #103, pp.9-16.
[vi]
Bell, Lynn.
(August/September 2004). Virgo’s Wings and Other Musings on the Mutable Signs. The Mountain Astrologer, #116, pp.36-41.
[vii] Houlding,
Deborah. (August/September 2007). Virgo the Maiden. The Mountain Astrologer,
#134, pp.25-31.
[viii]
Nevin, Bruce. (1982). Astrology Inside Out. Rockport,
Massachusettes, Para Research Publishers, p. 147
[ix]
Forrest, Steven. The Inner Sky. Op. Cit.
[x] Posse, Jan. (August/September
2004). A Letter from the Managing Editor. The
Mountain Astrologer, Issue #116, p.5.
[xi]
Johnson, Kenneth
(August/September 2004). A Vedic Perspective
on Virgo and Pisces 8/04 116 Vedic (Hindu) Astrology. The Mountain Astrologer, #116, pp.77-83.
[xii]
Aumen, Catherine. Op. Cit.
Please note that sources for the two profiles are presented after each section.
