Marriage and wedding day of Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly became Princess Gracia of Monaco after her marriage with the Prince of Monaco.

The (civil) marriage date was April 18 1956. Here are chart, progressions and transits of that day.

We see:

- Transit Saturn conjunct Progressed Venus. You might read this as the old man joining the beauty, but it is also a sign of public confirmation of love. As in her natal chart Venus is sextile Saturn this transit/progression marks an important moment.

(- Progressed Ascendant conjunct Mars. Does this tell us about introducing the man into her life? Or was she born just a little bit earlier and P AC conjunct Mars was exact on the day of the birth of her first born?)

- In the progressed chart of Grace Kelly, the Moon was square Jupiter and that is a rather nice statement of the ‘stars’ for a moment of success and joy.

- Transit Venus was square the progressed Sun/Moon midpoint for having a nice day (focus on beauty, love and fun) and

- Transit Uranus square Venus for excitement.
- Transit Neptune conjunct Venus adds the romantic touch. Together Uranus and Neptune with Venus mean blinded by love.

- Transit Jupiter/Uranus midpoint conjunct her Midheaven for a positive change of position and a helicopter view over the future.

- Transit Uranus inconjunct Saturn mirrors the restrictions of protocol and demands. She later had to give up on her career.

It was apparently time for motherhood: progressed Sun opposition Ceres followed the wedding. Ceres is the symbol of motherhood and dynasties. See: http://www.astromarkt.net/ceres-in-astrology.html#pt

MATCH

Here you see her natal chart and the positions of the day of birth of Prince Rainier.

I like to point at the binovile between their Suns: it means that they rejoiced each other’s existence and it helped to overcome the not matching signs. No, their Suns and Moons didn’t match (their life styles and habits didn’t either). Her Jupiter trine his Ceres tells us that she was beneficial for the dynasty. The couple also shares aspects between Venus and Jupiter (he has the opposition, she has the sesquisquare. That means (see Astromarkt http://www.astromarkt.net/sharing-aspects.html#pt )

Venus-Jupiter: sharing the love of traveling together, reading and growing. Your marriage makes you feel better, you are the popular couple. Together you love to party, too. 

They got along well enough together and there are no signs of risk of divorce in Grace Kelly’s chart. Her Venus sextile Saturn relates marriage to duty, stability, parenthood, obligations and duration. With such an aspect you’d rather not divorce or change the material benefits of marriage for less consistent pleasures. A sextile is the aspect of the easy way out. In that sense, Venus sextile Saturn might point at making it easy on yourself by staying married. It doesn’t sound romantic? See http://www.astromarkt.net/venus-in-aspect-with-saturn.html#pt

CHIRON IN 7^th HOUSE

Maybe it is a shame, but I never have been that interested in Chiron, so I haven’t studied Chiron’s position much, sorry. Now I wonder what Chiron has to say in her seventh house, because transit Chiron is square this Chiron on her wedding day and because her Chiron was conjunct the Venus of Rainier. Chiron in the seventh house gets few ‘happy ever after-reviews’ on astrology sites. Chiron heals, they say, but Chiron is were the pain is. So perhaps she wasn’t that lucky in her ‘fairy tale marriage’ or perhaps Rainier healed her broken heart after some nasty relationships. (who knows for sure?). As Mercury is conjunct her Chiron, his Venus is also conjunct her Mercury. That is nice for talking to each other.

Grace Kelly was a talented and ambitious beauty and it was important for her to have a stable financial position. As the daughter of a rich man she couldn’t afford to marry a pauper. By marrying a prince she became the romantic idol for millions. Romance, that is Neptune...

Neptune is the most important planet in her chart. Neptune doesn't make aspects in sign or orb 5 degrees. Neptune is also rising before the sun in the natal chart and ruling the Moon in Pisces in the 5th house. Neptune has a lot of ways to be manifested in real life. Neptune turns up when words like belief, art, philantropy, movies, myths, photography, fantasy or media turn up. In a way she used almost the complete Neptunic vocabulary.  

100 year old bride

Mrs Dana Jackson married her (younger) friend at age 100. That is interesting for an astrologer, too. First of all because she still wants to get married in spite of her age. Second, because she is still vital enough to want it! She was born on February 2, 1912. There were indications for a chance to reach her age of 100 years:

• - Uranus rises before her Sun (makes her special and is frequent in the charts of oldies. However, it takes more than one indication...)
• - She has 5 positions in air signs. Air signs take it more lightly and seek contact. That is a big help on the way.
• - Uranus in Aquarius is in aspect with the midpoint Sun/Jupiter (in Sagittarius). Sun-Jupiter-Uranus combinations are frequent among centenarians.

If we had her time of birth, we'd know more, but those three together helped her to reach this age for sure...(And genes of course)

But why did she marry now? We see transit Uranus semi square natal Sun for the news and transit Pluto conjunct her Venus for the strong desire to get married. Progressed Venus inconjunct Progressed Jupiter is typical for a celebration (and the inconjunction for overdoing it a bit). Proressed Mercury square Mercury doesn't seem to have anything to do with it, unless Mercury rules the 7th house of marriage (and we don't know about that). However, I think that the main point is that her Moon is in Libra, showing the need to be together and have some company!

Here are the charts of the day of her birth, with transits and progressions and the the progressed chart with transits.

ABOUT GETTING OLD
http://www.astromarkt.net/old.html

ABOUT LIBRA AND MOON IN LIBRA
http://astropost.blogspot.com/2008/04/libra-all-about-sun-sign-libra-moon-and.html

EXAMPLES OF VENUS-JUPITER CELEBRATIONS
http://astropost.blogspot.com/search/label/Venus%20Jupiter

LINK TO NEWS:
http://www.thefrisky.com/2012-02-22/meet-dana-jackson-a-100-year-old-bride/

Famous couple: Brigitte Bardot and Roger Vadim

When I wrote about the charts of beautiful women I forgot to mention one of the most well known symbols of female attraction: Brigitte Bardot. Brigitte is a Libra with it’s ruler Venus in a wide sextile with Pluto and inconjunct Saturn. That is in line with the Venus-Saturn-Pluto combinations that I found in the charts of other beauties. It hurts to remain beautiful:). 

Here is the chart of the ‘star’, born with an unaspected Sun. This ‘calling’  Sun symbolizes drawing attention (performance and show). The Sun makes a minor aspect with Neptune (22.5 degree half semi square). Sun-Neptune combinations (see Astromarkt) are not uncommon in the charts of actors, animal lovers and those with a ‘double identity’, like actors have. They are idols and not always who we think that they are.

Chart of Brigitte Bardot and in green the natal positions of Roger Vadim

ROGER

She married Roger Vadim, the man who brought her to fame, when she was only 18. They stayed together for 5 years and then divorced. That is interesting, because their sun signs were a match (5^th degree Libra – 5^th degree Aquarius)! So what is it that ended their relationship anyway?

1. Their moon signs didn’t match (Gemini and Pisces) 

2. Neither did their Venus positions (Virgo and Sagittarius)

3. Her fiery Mars in Leo was no match for the controlled Mars in Capricorn of Vadim. 

4. He may have idolized her (his Neptune semi square her Midheaven) and when it comes to reality, Neptune fades away...

5. His Pluto inconjunct her Ascendant might be a difficult aspect to handle.

Maybe this all was too complicated, even though there are a lot of aspects with her Ascendant. For example: his Juno was square her Ascendant (she might have been the perfect woman for him at first sight) and his Sedna (symbol of the daughter, young woman) was trine her Ascendant. He may have idolized her (his Neptune semi square her Midheaven). Perhaps that is why the movie that he directed was named 'And God created women'. 

There were too many obstacles and there was not enough love (Venus) to compensate for that. Vadim married more than once. Moon square Saturn and Mars square Uranus are two of the indications for divorce in a man’s chart. Bardot has Mars opposition Saturn and a double bodied sign on the seventh house cusp to illustrate the risk of divorce or separation. She married three times. She is now still married with number three, a right conservative politician.

ACTING

What in her chart characterizes her as an actress? First let us see the circumstances and situation when she started. She was born rich and beautiful and had the chance to be seen in places where the rich and famous had their holidays. In those circumstances she drew attention (Sun is ‘calling’). She was orientated on the non-material side of life (ideals, faith or fantasy). The important Moon opposition Ascendant tells us about attraction and sense of what the people want and need. The prominence of Sun and Moon show the prominence of motivation. She is a star (Sun) and popular (Moon). The midpoint Sun/Moon = Node (that means that the community, family or groups motivate her).

The Moon is square Neptune (for sensitivity) and sesquisquare Jupiter (for the need for success)…Moon with Jupiter and Neptune helps you get fans and followers. The Moon is also semi square Pluto. Jupiter-Pluto combinations are indicative for success. Her popularity is evident. The Moon in Gemini (feeling young forever) appealed to the public.

It is clearly the picture of a popular star. The pattern of artistic professional talent is like this:

Venus and Neptune rising before the Libra Sun, a Libra MC and a Moon square Neptune. Midheaven completes the pattern (Venus half semi square Midheaven, Midheaven in aspect with Moon and Neptune).

Her professional activities where in the artistic field. She was (and is still) very photogenic.

LINK

http://astropost.blogspot.com/2010/09/charts-of-beautiful-women-and-venus.html