Movie directors with natal Saturn-Neptune aspects

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I have just created a table listing movie directors with natal Saturn-Neptune aspects. Feel free to add to this list! As a community, we can use our combined efforts to further our understanding of the astrology of film. With a comprehensive list, we can look at the themes of these directors' films and how they correspond with the qualities of Saturn-Neptune aspects.

'Hollywoodland' and the Saturn-Neptune opposition

Hollywoodland is the story of George Reeves, who played 'Superman' in a television series in the Fifties. After the show's cancellation, he allegedly killed himself, although there has been speculation as to whether he was murdered.

This film follows private investigator Louis Simo (Adrien Brody) as he follows various clues to find out whether Reeves (Ben Affleck) was indeed killed. Reeves' "sugar mommy" Toni Mannix (Diane Lane) -- wife of the head of MGM, Eddie Mannix (Bob Hoskins) -- was an older woman who bought him a house. After his career as 'Superman' fizzled, and as he found it difficult to break into film due to the public's association of him with the superhero, Reeves blamed Mrs. Mannix for not trying hard enough to get him acting roles through her husband, believing that she wanted to keep him down for her own selfish reasons. She countered that he just wasn't talented enough for more complex roles. Reeves eventually dumped her for a younger woman, Leonore Lemmon (Robin Tunney), who wanted to marry him under the assumption that he was loaded (he was not).

Did Lemmon kill Reeves because he was never going to marry her and she wanted his money? Did Mr. Mannix have him killed because he could see how Reeves was breaking his wife's heart (they had an open relationship)? Did Reeves kill himself because his career was in the dumps?

Saturn relates to aging, death, the "reality check," the feeling of being a failure. Neptune relates to film, fantasies, deception and the fogginess of not knowing the truth. Put these together, and you've got disillusionment, the challenge of turning one's dreams into reality (with the risk that they won't), and the difficulty discerning between the truth and fabrications.

I thought this film was really well-made, and that Adrien Brody was compelling. However, there is no happy ending. Hollywoodland is ultimately about the ways in which the Saturn principle (old age, limitations, death) imposes itself on our dreams and self-delusions (that we will always be young and beautiful, that we are more talented than we lead ourselves to believe). In this film -- in the face-off between Saturn and Neptune -- the old geezer wins.

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'Death of a President' and the Saturn-Jupiter cycle

As Jupiter in Scorpio approaches an exact square to Saturn in Leo, 'Death of a President' -- a docu-drama about an assassination upon George W. Bush -- has premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. This film explores the question of how the nation would respond to such an event, using a combination of real footage, staged demonstrations and fake interviews (for example, footage of Cheney is manipulated to make it look like he is presiding over Bush's funeral). Collaborate with Fate goes into length concerning how the current cycle of Saturn and Jupiter is mirrored by GWB's current progressions (since he has a natal Saturn-Jupiter square).

This cycle has also long been known by Astrologers as the 'Presidential Death Cycle' as since 1840, every U.S. President, (bar two and an assassination attempt), who has come to power in the year of a Jupiter/Saturn conjunction has died in office.

Notable in the current Saturn-Jupiter square is the involvement of Neptune, which opposes Saturn and squares Jupiter. Neptune rules film, deception and fantasy. Todd McCarthy, in his review of the film for Variety, makes the following cultural commentary. I have inserted the planets in brackets to show how this T-square relates to the larger themes this film evokes.

The film [Neptune] also raises provocative questions as to the ethics [Jupiter] of doctoring [Neptune] real footage [Saturn] to fictional [Neptune] or ideological [Jupiter] ends, as well as to the responsibility [Saturn] of even presenting such heinous potential crimes [Jupiter in Scorpio?] in the context of would-be popular entertainment [Neptune] and thus possibly putting ideas [Jupiter] into the heads of the easily suggestible [Neptune].

For those who are curious, I have included a chart for the exact Saturn-Jupiter square on October 25, 2006 at 1:26 pm EST in Washington, DC (Placidus). Saturn rules the chart, with Capricorn rising. Mercury is just separating from Jupiter in the 10th house. Scorpio is on the midheaven, and its traditional ruler Mars is closely conjunct Venus in Scorpio in the 9th. The Moon at 11 Sag in the 11th house is just separating from Uranus at 11 Pisces in the 2nd house.

Thanks to April for the heads up!

Tags: death of a president - astrology - jupiter - saturn - movies

Lonelygirl15, YouTube, the Uranus-Neptune mutual reception and the Saturn-Neptune opposition

Astro Future Trends has a unique take on the merging of film (Neptune/Pisces) with social networking and internet communities (Uranus/Aquarius) in response to the recent revelation that a YouTube video diary was actually produced by filmmakers, and that that Lonelygirl15 -- the "diarist" -- is an actress.

The Saturn-Neptune opposition also sheds light on this news item. Neptune relates to deception, and Saturn the hard work that someone did to expose the reality of the videos.

I've also been reading about this H.P. scandal, in which a private investigation firm used deception to acquire phone records in H.P.'s pursuit to find out who in their company leaked info to the press. Saturn is the corporation as well as the corporation having to be held accountable. Neptune is both the leaking of information by the H.P. employee as well as the deception used to acquire the phone records.

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