Alex Trebek, the Canadian-American Jeopardy gameshow host for 35 years has announced he has stage four pancreatic cancer. He’s hosted more than 7000 episodes of the popular show and won six daytime Emmys and is known for ‘his droll wit, the professorial pronunciation of obscure operas and animals, the dad-like disappointment when contestants whiff on an easy one’.
Born 22 July 1940 11.15 am Sudbury, Ontario, he has a last degree Cancer Sun conjunct Mercury – Cancer is often a sign that tunes into public taste. He’s also got a megaton collection of Fixed planets giving him endurance and longevity – his Mars in Leo is widely conjunct Pluto and square a Jupiter Saturn conjunction in Taurus; and his Uranus in Taurus is in an inspired trine to Neptune. A light-hearted and charming Venus in Gemini is conjunct his midheaven and square Neptune.
It’s a chart with an enormous amount of grit which doesn’t come out in the descriptions of his persona, but he’d need to be tough to keep up that schedule for as long as he has.
He’s had a run of health issues, heart and other, through since the early 2000s. Tr Uranus is now moving into his 8th which always come with an emotional jolt and has been square his Mercury Sun recently; moving to square his Pluto within weeks. So he’ll be considering altering his plans.
His Solar Arc Saturn is also conjunct his Sun now which is a setback followed by a morale boost within months as his Solar Arc Jupiter crosses his Sun.
Another one who seems to be universally liked in show business. Also, making Sudbury proud. I had family there, so I know.