Actress Diane Keaton, renowned for The Godfather and eight Woody Allen films including Annie Hall which won her an Oscar, amongst many others in a five decade career, has died after a short illness. Recently she directed several films, the first of which was a 1987 documentary, Heaven, chronicling people’s beliefs about the afterlife. Both in her film roles and her personal life, Keaton was known for her unique style, which often featured menswear and a wide-brimmed hat. Despite a series of famous lovers including Warren Beatty, Robert de Niro and Woody Allen she never married but had two adopted children.
Born 5 January 1946 2.49 am Los Angeles, she was attracted to acting after her mother won a “Mrs. Los Angeles” pageant for homemakers and she later took her mother’s maiden name. Katherine Hepburn was her hero for playing strong, independent woman.
She was a Sun Capricorn conjunct Venus with a hard-edged Mars Saturn conjunct in Cancer. But what dominated her chart was an Air Grand Trine of a communicative 3rd house Aquarius Moon trine Uranus trine Neptune with her Moon opposition Pluto. Hard-driving from Mars Saturn. Cool and intellectual from an Air emphasis, and quirky with Uranus added onto a maverick Aquarius Moon. Moon opposition Pluto which was the driving rod of the Grand Trine formed into a Kite made influential and controlling Pluto the key planet. She would be close to her mother but also wary of too much intimacy which was emphasised by an 8th house North Node. Her 12th house Jupiter would give her contentment in her own company and would soften the Mars Saturn in square.
She was a friend of Woody Allen, 1 December 1935 10.55 pm New York, and a stout defender through his troubles, after he was accused of abuse by a daughter. Despite their many collaborations and short romantic tryst it was hardly an easy relationship. His dominating Pluto in Cancer opposition Mars in Capricorn collided with her Mars in Cancer.
She said in an interview- ‘He’s the strongest person I’ve met in my life. He’s made of steel. He’s the most disciplined person I’ve known, with the exception of my dad.’ So maybe her Mars Saturn disciplinarian father made it possible to cope with Allen’s hard driving temperament.
She also said: ‘We shared a love of torturing each other with our failures. He could sling out the insults, and so could I… His insights into my character were dead-on and — duh!— hilarious. I had him pegged as a cockroach you couldn’t kill.’
There were softer aspects in their synastry as well with his Venus in Libra conjunct her Jupiter which would add a layer of charm to cover up the sharper edges. Both had Aquarius Moons so would share the same sense of zany humour. But his Uranus squared her Moon and her Uranus opposed his Sun so not designed for 24/7 togetherness.
Their relationship chart had a creative composite Uranus trine Neptune; and a moody, up-and-down composite Saturn opposition Jupiter square Moon. But what marked it out as special was a composite yod of Mars sextile Sun inconjunct Uranus – volatile, argumentative but destined to be together one way or another. In this instance in a Uranian way = independence on both sides.
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