Wolfgang Petersen and 'Poseidon'

Wolfgang Peterson -- born Marchy 14, 1941 at 7:10 am in Emden, Germany -- must be attracted to water. He became famous in the US with the submarine thriller Das Boot, and in addition to other films like In the Line of Fire, Air Force One and Troy, he has helmed two other big water pics -- The Perfect Storm and the current remake of Poseidon.

Not surprisingly, his chart "speaks" water. His Sun and Venus are in Pisces, a water sign ruled by Neptune, god of the seas. His Sun -- which represents his conscious identity -- is opposite Neptune. This powerful outer planet gets channeled through Petersen's creative will.

You wouldn't expect a Pisces to be obsessed with themes of war and the military, but Petersen has Mars -- the planet of war -- in authoritarian and disciplined Capricorn. This planet -- which is in its exaltation -- is supported by trines from Saturn (discipline), Jupiter (confidence, expansion), Uranus (rebellion) and Neptune (deception).

Petersen's South Node -- which relates to past karma -- is in Aries, hence he is obsessed with war and aggression. His Moon is in peace-making Libra, conjunct both Neptune (which makes him ultra-sensitive) and the North Node (also in Libra). With his Moon in the 8th house, he may be concerned with death. After all, an 8th house Moon conjunct Neptune could mean death by water. His Moon is also sextile Pluto, the natural ruler of the 8th house, repeating this theme. With the Moon in the 8th, he may have suffered some trauma (8th) as a child (Moon), as well as a lack of boundaries (Neptune); he may be working out some childhood issues metaphorically in his movies. In summary, Peterson's films revolve around the nodal axis, bringing together themes of violence (Aries), death (8th house) and water (Neptune).

An interesting aside: The day before Petersen's birth, there was a Lunar Eclipse. On this day, Hitler issued a directive for the invasion of the Soviet Union.

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