A touching story about the once-split now reconciled marriage of Pam Shriver, former tennis pro, and actor George Lazenby. What brought them back together after a bitter split was his advancing dementia (and their three children). She said they had a turbulent relationship: sometimes tender, sometimes toxic. “There were times, after our divorce, when we could not bear speaking to each other.” He is in an assisted living facility but she says they have rediscovered the mutual admiration that originally drew them together and talk every day. He has become a softer version of himself and has mellowed. “There was a moment, earlier this year, when he was caught up in the Los Angeles wildfires and only made it out by a whisker. That day, I realised how much he still means to me.”
She was born 4 July 1962 in Baltimore, Maryland; he on 5 September 1939 in New South Wales, Australia.
She is a Sun Cancer in a Water Grand Trine to Jupiter in Pisces trine Neptune in Scorpio, formed into a Kite by a super-confident Jupiter opposition Pluto. She also has Uranus conjunct Alphard square a Taurus Mars and Algol – so a strong minded personality.
While he has an Earth Grand Trine of Mars in Capricorn trine Uranus (Moon) in Taurus trine Neptune in Virgo – and a Virgo Sun Venus, with Saturn in Taurus conjunct his South Node square Pluto. She described him as super-critical which will be his Virgo Sun but his heavily aspected Pluto and hair-trigger Mars trine Uranus would not help.
A Water Earth combo is in itself helpful though he lacks Water altogether so would have problems empathizing with her point of view. Her Mars square Uranus also collided with his Uranus Moon square Mercury for running flare-ups.
Their relationship chart has a truly difficult composite Saturn, Jupiter, Mars conjunction trine Mercury and inconjunct Pluto – and reports at the time of the divorce suggest each gave as good as they got.
When they split in 2008 in the run up the tr Pluto in late Sagittarius square tr Uranus in late Pisces were both bearing down on their composite Saturn, Jupiter, Mars which would put their relationship under intolerable pressure.
What I had never realized was that after his Bond movie he turned down a contract to do six more. He was on his Saturn Return then and found the pressure of the movie overwhelming. His decision did considerable damage to his later career.
I can’t believe how many people fear their second Saturn return because it also coincides with their Fifth Jupiter return. If there is a God, and I believe there is, then would God not wish for mortals to have a last hurrah before old age, preparing them financially to cope with the inevitable breakdown of their physical body? Marjorie I love your column and your work. Would it be possible to place a more positive spin on Saturn returns?
I never realised that he was being offered 6 more pictures. For a long time the story has been that they wanted Roger Moore but he couldn’t get out of his contract with either The Saint or The Persuaders. I always thought George was better as James Bond than the general consensus suggested. If anything the film was over-long.
I am glad that He and Pam are finding each other at this time in their lives. As sad as it is,, it is heartwarming.