The irreplaceable and extraordinary David Attenborough will be 98 soon and is still making nature documentaries after five decades. From childhood he was fascinated by fossils and wildlife and studied zoology at Cambridge. Although he became a producer and rose to the top of the BBC, being offered the Director General position, he resigned to go freelance in his late forties. His soothing commentaries, obvious delight and curiosity about the animals, birds, fishes and insects he filmed made his documentaries irresistible to large audiences the world over.
In recent years he has become more vocal about environmental protection.
He was born 8 May 1926 (rectified by Starkman to 2.58am) Cambridge, England two weeks after Queen Elizabeth 11. His father was Principal of Leicester University and one brother Richard became a renowned actor and director, and another an executive with Alfa Romeo. David has a Fixed Grand Square from a nature-loving Taurus Sun opposition a conscientious Saturn in Scorpio square Jupiter in Aquarius opposition Neptune – he has endurance aplenty, the ability to persevere though won’t always be flexible or good at compromise. He also has a creative, compassionate Water Grand Trine of Saturn trine North Node (Pluto) in Cancer trine a Pisces Moon and Uranus. His healing Neptune is close to Ceres, the planet of agriculture and nature.
His Mars in Pisces is unaspected giving him an uncompromising streak and a tendency towards non-stop action with a focus on a singular interest.
In some ways he mirrors the UK chart with its four Fixed Planets as did Queen Elizabeth. Stalwart to the end.
His harmonics are notable with a strong global-influencer 22H and 17H; a creative 5H and a humanitarian 9H.
David Attenborough quotes:
“I’m luckier than my grandfather, who didn’t move more than five miles from the village in which he was born.”
“If I was earning my money by hewing coal I would be very glad indeed to stop. But I’m not. I’m swanning round the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things. Such good fortune.”
“It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.”
“I’m not an animal lover if that means you think things are nice if you can pat them, but I am intoxicated by animals.”
“It is vital that there is a narrator figure whom people believe. That’s why I never do commercials. If I started saying that margarine was the same as motherhood, people would think I was a liar.”
“I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago – my job was secure. I didn’t have to promote myself. These days there’s far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach won’t be lost.”
“In the old days… it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn’t have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes, I didn’t use them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes.”
In mythology folk lore, animals are represented by Diana and Artemis.
Attenborough has Diana, animals, in 5th of love, square Venus, r3rd.
He has Artemis, animals , conj his 12th cusp of large animals, square
Mercury ruler of his 4th and 7th Houses.
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Thank you, Marjorie. A British institution, remarkable and an impressive man. I know of another person born in 1926 in June who will be 98 this year. The children of the mid 1920s seem to be an incredibly long-lived generation. Of course, they all have that water Grand Trine of Uranus/Pluto/Saturn plus Saturn in Scorpio, which can be determined, tough and enduring and tends to give grit in spades.