Actor Gary Oldman, the greasy, flatulent spy boss of the losers and rejects in Slow Horses, makes an unlikely knight of the realm in King Charles’ Birthday Honours. Though his prolific and highly successful, award-strewn career as one of the highest-grossing actors of all time, does deserve recognition.
Despite a stellar career – in Harry Potter; Tinker, Tailor; The Dark Knight Trilogy; Darkest Hour as Winston Churchill – he has managed to remain low key.
Born 21 March 1958 10.56 am, London, with an alcoholic father who left when he was seven, he gave up school at 16, before eventually taking an acting training and starting his career on stage. He has a 10th house Aries Sun and Moon (widely conjunct) with Mercury also in Aries in his career 10th. An uncompromising Uranus opposition an 8th house Mars square a creative Neptune in Scorpio gives him an edge of creative danger. His filmic Neptune is also on one leg of a yod sextile an intense 3rd house Pluto inconjunct his Sun – a yod focal point Sun will make him awkwardly self-conscious, constantly trying to balance his ego-drives, too much and too little. A hardworking, knowledgeable Saturn in Sagittarius in his 6th trines his Mercury. His Venus in Aquarius opposition Uranus sits in his passionate 8th house. He has been married five times with a history of alcoholism.
Tr Jupiter is crossing his Ascendant this August giving him a boost and setting him off on a new Jupiterian cycle. Though truthfully he does not look overly upbeat with a frustratingly stuck tr Pluto conjunct his Mars till late 2026; tr Neptune Saturn conjunct his Aries Sun; tr Uranus square his Pluto from this July onwards and tr Pluto square his Neptune in 2026/27 – he’s right in the middle of the celestial storm.
Roger Daltrey, formerly co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band the Who, known as one of the “gods of rock and roll”, and a determined campaigner for teenage cancer, also gets a knighthood. Born 1 March 1944 at 2am London, he has a Pisces Sun on the focal point of a yod inconjunct a 10th house musical Neptune sextile Pluto North Node in Leo; with his Sun in a lively square to Uranus as well as square a high-wire Mars Saturn in Pisces. And Jupiter in showy Leo. Plus a Gemini Moon conjunct Uranus – not a settled temperament, for sure, likes to live at full pelt.
Elaine Page gets a Damehood, 5 March 1948, and she also has a Pisces Sun on the focal point of a yod inconjunct Neptune sextile Pluto Saturn – so a full-on personality, very determined and enduring with Mars also in Leo conjunct her Saturn Pluto and opposition her Mercury; and a lucky Jupiter opposition Uranus.
As does Pat Barker, author of the First World War Regeneration novels and others about memory, trauma, survival and recovery. Born 8 May 1943, she was illegitimate and brought up in poverty by her grandparents. She is a Sun Taurus sextile Jupiter and square a leadership North Node in Leo; plus Mars in Pisces square Saturn, which has military associations. Her Moon is Gemini/Cancer.
Poor fabulous Lesley Manville one of the 5 wives.