Bjork, the Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and actress, noted for her distinct voice, three-octave vocal range, and avant-garde style has a sound installation at the Centre Pompidou in Paris called “Nature Manifesto,” as part of a forum on biodiversity. She has been campaigning against industrial salmon farming, talks about being a guardian of Iceland’s wilderness and how young people will make real change.
“after plagues and pandemics
there will be new modes of existence
of weaving our bodies into relations with our surroundings
of decomposing our old ways of life.”
She was born 21 November 1965 7.50 am Reykavik, started singing professionally when she was 11 and has always been an activist with a talent for protest not only in music but also in environmental issues.
Unsurprisingly she has the revolutionary, rebellious, status-quo-upending Uranus Pluto conjunct in Virgo exactly conjunct her Midheaven square Mercury in communicative Sagittarius. Her determined Scorpio Sun in her 1st house is conjunct an idealistic and musical Neptune. A passionately enthusiastic Venus Mars in Capricorn in her 3rd house and her Jupiter in her 9th all point to a need to get her message across.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens when her pushing-back-boundaries Uranus Pluto moves by Solar Arc to conjunct her Neptune in late 2025/26 – since it brings together her need for transformation together with her compassion. It may be confusing and unnerving in other ways but could see her spearhead change.
Her creative 5th harmonic is strong; as is her leaving-a-legacy-for-history and her global-influencer 22H.
Bjork seemed to not recover herself after attacking a woman journalist a long time ago. That seemed to be the end of her. She did not seem to write or produce any good music after that wonderful first album Debut, I think, it was? The songs were more about the clever orchestrator than the vocalist, I thought. Mind you I’m a bit of a novice with music. It is a wonderful album. But the horrible behaviour losing control in front of her child and the public with someone that was just reporting news seemed to be the end of Bjork.
@ Melinda
The incident you’re referring to took place back in 1996 and it happened in Thailand.
Björk was reportedly under a lot of stress at the time and she had been hounded by the paparazzi.
The Thai reporter, who Björk physically attacked, had supposedly been relentless in her approach to get an interview with Björk.
I don’t condone Björk’s behavior with regards to that incident. However, I also don’t think that one incident should define Björk as a person.
And I disagree with you about that incident ruining Björk’s career. In 1997, a year later, Björk went on to release her album Homogenic (which was critically acclaimed and was very successful internationally). Björk also went on to appear in the successful film, Dancer In The Dark in 2000 – which won the Palme d’Or and Björk herself won the Best Actress Award.
Björk still has a massive following and a strong presence in the Art World and entertainment industry.
Here’s a re-posting of Bjork’s chart with STAGE pattern as the first post
wouldn’t open.
https://i.postimg.cc/rmw5KhWK/Bjork-Stage-Pattern.jpg
Thank you Marjorie for this. I think a lot of us born in the sixties with that Uranus Pluto conjunct in Virgo and Neptune in Scorpio are feeling the need to create change/transformation, alongside a general awakening to our interconnectedness with everything. It all feels so chaotic at present, yet for any major change to happen that’s precisely what’s needed. The article above with Bjork and Robin Wall Kimmerer is wonderful – thank you Natomiso for posting. We need to inspire more to connect with nature for their own wellbeing and to realise our intimate connection. This would do far more good than the endless climate change talks which often fall on deaf ears.
Another Scorpio Moon! Thank you Marjorie.
Isn’t she married to artist Matthew Barney?
Bjork’s chart features a STAGE rectangle, with corners Venus, and Neptune,
ruling singing and music. Another corner has Uranus, ruling groups, band.
Her STAGE empties into the 7th of public projection, audience.
With theatrical connotions, the STAGE is a base from which she can
perform, and is the platform from which she can learn, understand and
connect with other people.
https://ibb.co/8YYH613
Thank you Marjorie.
She is one of a kind.
Highly recommend listening to or reading the transcript of her conversation with Robin Was Kimmerer. Kindred Spirits.
https://www.artforum.com/video/the-musician-artist-and-author-scientist-discuss-how-to-live-in-right-relationship-to-the-land-167697/?mc_cid=08e26df1d7&mc_eid=bdc1c9bbce