UPDATE: Lynn Hayes of the Astrodynamics blog now has an insightful delineation of the ill-fated Ledger's birthchart, putting his passing into clearer perspective. I was not surprised that the short-lived Aries Sun had many Pisces planets and the Moon in Cancer. Such sensitivity allowed him that magical quality to slip, chameleon-like into his more recent, dark, troubled roles, including a tormented gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain, a charismatic junkie in Candy and a psychotic trickster in Dark Knight. Marvellously equipped to 'disappear', he was, alas, unable to allow the power of his Aries Sun (in the first house, no less) to combat the 'self-undoing' that is also the hallmark of otherworldy Pisces.
I was dismayed to hear that Heath Ledger, the highly talented screen actor, was found dead this afternoon in a Manhattan apartment. While speculation about cause of death had initially brought up the possibility of suicide, it is now believed Ledger died of a drug overdose. He was 28, and had one daughter with former partner, actress Michelle Williams.
Despite his pretty-boy good looks, Ledger was a charismatic and highly-gifted actor, and I am very sorry I shall never see what would undoubtedly have been even more golden acting in the years to come. I always thought the best actor Oscar would have eventually been his - it was only a matter of time. In my mind, he will always be the soulful, tormented cowboy from Brokeback Mountain.
You can read more about this sad event here.
Noting his age, though not knowing his birth details, I wonder how close transiting Saturn in Virgo was to conjuncting his natal Saturn - Ledger, at 28, being in the midst of the infamous Saturn return. Additionally, given that drugs are the believed cause of death, I also ponder what transiting Neptune (notoriously linked to all matter of mind-altering substances, imagination, self-undoing, illusion, and transcendence) was doing at the time of the actor's passing.
Actually, Lynn Hayes of the Astrodynamics blog today had this to say (albeit in a post unrelated to Ledger's passing):
"Today we have Mercury conjunct Neptune in Aquarius, where our most visionary (Aquarian) ideas can become fuzzy and incomplete under the thumb of Neptune. Neptune can erode our confidence, or it can entice us into a dreamland of imagination and creativity."
No doubt the astrological community will come up with some very illuminating posts soon enough.
Despite his pretty-boy good looks, Ledger was a charismatic and highly-gifted actor, and I am very sorry I shall never see what would undoubtedly have been even more golden acting in the years to come. I always thought the best actor Oscar would have eventually been his - it was only a matter of time. In my mind, he will always be the soulful, tormented cowboy from Brokeback Mountain.
You can read more about this sad event here.
Noting his age, though not knowing his birth details, I wonder how close transiting Saturn in Virgo was to conjuncting his natal Saturn - Ledger, at 28, being in the midst of the infamous Saturn return. Additionally, given that drugs are the believed cause of death, I also ponder what transiting Neptune (notoriously linked to all matter of mind-altering substances, imagination, self-undoing, illusion, and transcendence) was doing at the time of the actor's passing.
Actually, Lynn Hayes of the Astrodynamics blog today had this to say (albeit in a post unrelated to Ledger's passing):
"Today we have Mercury conjunct Neptune in Aquarius, where our most visionary (Aquarian) ideas can become fuzzy and incomplete under the thumb of Neptune. Neptune can erode our confidence, or it can entice us into a dreamland of imagination and creativity."
No doubt the astrological community will come up with some very illuminating posts soon enough.
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