Bad News Bears has its Saturn Return
Saturn takes about 29 years to travel around the Sun; in astrological terms, it takes that long to travel across the ecliptic. In an individual's life, the Saturn Return occurs when transiting Saturn returns to its natal position. For example, I was born with Saturn at 5 Taurus. I had my Saturn return when Saturn returned to 5 Taurus after moving through all the signs of the zodiac once.
The Saturn Return is a major completion of a cycle, often signalling a deepening of maturity and a taking-on of responsibility. Movies can have Saturn Returns, too. The Bad News Bears was released April 7, 1976, with Saturn at 26 Cancer. Twenty-nine years later, the remake was released on July 22, 2005, with Saturn at 0 Leo (just a few degrees away from 26 Cancer).
Another movie which has had its Saturn Return, truly signalling the end of a cycle, is Star Wars, as noted by Glenn Perry and Bill Streett. Episode III was released one complete Saturn cycle after the first film, Episode IV. This Saturn Return feels more significant because Star Wars has had a greater impact on the collective, and it brings closure to what George Lucas introduced to the collective 29 years ago. However, The Bad News Bears was successful enough to be memorable (or memorable enough to be successful?); I remember it from my youth, and I am sure that there are many films that I don't recall at all.
At the completion of an astrological cycle, themes from the beginning of the cycle are replayed. On a cultural level, it is interesting to observe how remakes and specific films within a director's own oeuvre follow astrological cycles. In the July 10, 2005 Arts & Leisure section of The New York Times, film critic A.O. Scott notes that Spielberg comes full circle with War of the Worlds, rehashing similar themes as the film that catapulted him to success, Jaws. Both are "horror" movies in which a man (Tom Cruise/Roy Scheider) is entrusted with the care of a child. (Dakota Fanning was luckier than the child in Jaws). War of the Worlds was released a Saturn cycle after Jaws. Even though Scott is not an astrologer, he intuits this important astrological cycle in cinema; note the title of his article about George Lucas and Steven Spielberg: "The Boys of Summer, 30 Years Later."
The Saturn Return is a major completion of a cycle, often signalling a deepening of maturity and a taking-on of responsibility. Movies can have Saturn Returns, too. The Bad News Bears was released April 7, 1976, with Saturn at 26 Cancer. Twenty-nine years later, the remake was released on July 22, 2005, with Saturn at 0 Leo (just a few degrees away from 26 Cancer).
Another movie which has had its Saturn Return, truly signalling the end of a cycle, is Star Wars, as noted by Glenn Perry and Bill Streett. Episode III was released one complete Saturn cycle after the first film, Episode IV. This Saturn Return feels more significant because Star Wars has had a greater impact on the collective, and it brings closure to what George Lucas introduced to the collective 29 years ago. However, The Bad News Bears was successful enough to be memorable (or memorable enough to be successful?); I remember it from my youth, and I am sure that there are many films that I don't recall at all.
At the completion of an astrological cycle, themes from the beginning of the cycle are replayed. On a cultural level, it is interesting to observe how remakes and specific films within a director's own oeuvre follow astrological cycles. In the July 10, 2005 Arts & Leisure section of The New York Times, film critic A.O. Scott notes that Spielberg comes full circle with War of the Worlds, rehashing similar themes as the film that catapulted him to success, Jaws. Both are "horror" movies in which a man (Tom Cruise/Roy Scheider) is entrusted with the care of a child. (Dakota Fanning was luckier than the child in Jaws). War of the Worlds was released a Saturn cycle after Jaws. Even though Scott is not an astrologer, he intuits this important astrological cycle in cinema; note the title of his article about George Lucas and Steven Spielberg: "The Boys of Summer, 30 Years Later."
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