Michael Jackson’s legacy will never be the same again say film critics who sat through Leaving Neverland, a gruelling four-hour documentary about sexual abuse allegations against the late King of Pop at the Sundance Festival. It features interviews from two men and their families, who detail “a portrait of sustained exploitation and deception, documenting the power of celebrity that allowed a revered figure to infiltrate the lives of starstruck children and their parents”. They talk of being made to watch hardcore porn and given alcohol aged seven, were persuaded women were evil; and as they grew older were replaced as the ‘special ones’ by younger boys. The Michael Jackson estate is shrieking blue murder and denying everything, calling it character assassination and pointing to the not-proven trials that were held.
It would have to be said I thought this argument had been categorically proven beyond all reasonable doubt years ago. Clearly not.
Jackson was born 29 August 1958 in Gary, Indiana with various birth times though 11.43pm is feasible with a scary-father 4th house Sun Pluto in Virgo – given the stories of his childhood with an abusive father. He had a 10th house musical Moon in Pisces in an emotionally chilly square to Saturn in defensive Sagittarius. With a sensual and determined Mars in Taurus in a none-too-sensitive square to Venus Mercury in Leo And an entertaining Jupiter in the 5th which is also the house ruling of children.
A 4th house Pluto would give him an obsessive need for control in his adult home life.
His superstar 22nd harmonic is strong and creative; but his what-brings-him-pleasure 9H is stark and ruthless.
For some posthumous predictions given the chart reflects his image – tr Uranus is opposing his 5th house Jupiter exactly now, shining a light in hidden places; and tr Pluto is about to trine his Mars from mid February on and off till late 2020 which can be a crushing, humiliating experience. And last but not least tr Neptune is about to conjunct his 10th house Moon within a few weeks, hanging around into 2020 which is undermining where status is concerned.
He certainly had a horrendous childhood, not only being beaten, but also being made to perform as a singing act in strip clubs. And clearly his emotional development got stunted. Which is no excuse for the celebrity mad parents who put their children in harm’s way, nor the general public’s inability to see what’s staring them in the face.