Brigitte Bardot has stepped out of seclusion in St Tropez to voice a documentary about her life in aid of her animal rescue charity. Propelled to dizzy heights as one of the best known symbols of the sexual revolution in the 1950s and 60s, she withdrew after 47 films, having had enough of global stardom and being a prey for the paparazzi.
“Lovers fell at her feet, from Alain Delon to Serge Gainsbourg, money flowed into her bank account and directors wrote — and changed — scripts at her behest. The Vatican saw her as Satan incarnate, while French film producers saw her as the guarantee of box-office receipts.”
She talks of the sadness she carries in her with multiple suicide attempts when she was younger, two abortions and a ruptured relationship for many years with her only son whom she handed over to his father.
Married four times, by her own count, she has had a total of 17 romantic relationships and would leave for another relationship when “the present was getting lukewarm”; she said, “I have always looked for passion. That’s why I was often unfaithful. And when the passion was coming to an end, I was packing my suitcase.” “Feminism is not my thing,” she said. “I like guys.”
Born 28 September 1934 1.15 pm Paris, France, she had an overly strict childhood, being whipped on occasion by her father when she misbehaved. She has a knowledgeable and ambitious Libra Sun widely conjunct her Midheaven from her 9th house with a restless Gemini Moon close to her Descendant – she will appreciate the support of a partner but her Uranus on the cusp of her 5th will incline her towards romantic escapades and make her emotional attachments erratic and unpredictable. Her Moon is sextile Mars, square Neptune and trine her Sun – charming and vague.
A successful Jupiter Mercury in Libra in her 10th will have brought her luck and prominence and square an 8th house Pluto will have given her determination and influence. Though Pluto in the 8th also hints at an underlying senses of being trapped with no choices. Which given her drive for freedom will have put her in a double bind. That plus a frustrated Mars opposition Saturn, a relic of her abusive childhood, will have resulted in self-destructive behaviour in early adult life. That Mars in Leo is a peculiarly sensitive spot since it opposes a yod apex Saturn (inconjunct Pluto sextile Venus).
Her wounded-healer Chiron falls in her 6th house of small pets which clearly gives her purpose and an outlet for her depression with a cause to live for. Indeed her Chiron is trine her Aquarius North Node which needs a cause to promote and trines her Sun. Plus her Moon is just in latter stages of the 6th house.
When she gave up her film career in 1973 tr Pluto in Libra was conjunct her Sun bringing about a profound transformation in her personal life and in her career direction as it headed for her Midheaven and 10th house.
A complicated lady.
I greatly admire her bold stance re animal welfare and her tireless efforts thereof.
What even, the neighbour’s donkey? This animal was in her care: and when she caught him and her Jenny ( female donkey) doing what comes naturally, had him castrated. Not what I call animal welfare, at least not for the male donkey.
As a Libra with Venus in Virgo, rescuing animals/animal charity is her real vocation.
I happen to know several former colleagues – Leo and Libra – with Venus in Virgo, and they have all chosen animal rescue as their primary activity/passion in their retirement years. (Being a Virgo with certain house & planet placements, tho not Venus in Virgo, and who also loves animals, means I tended to meet them, and at work)