Burt Reynolds, a Hollywood mega-star, matinee idol of his day, who never fully realised his acting talents, has died. His performance in Deliverance in 1972 gave chilling testament to his real abilities but he said in his biography “ I wasn’t interested in challenging myself as an actor. I was interested in having a good time.” He was a relentless womaniser, constantly in the gossip columns, poured his money into ruinous financial schemes, turned down leading roles most actors would kill for – Han Solo in Star Wars, One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest, Endearment, Die Hard, Pretty Woman and Bond. And wrecked what little credibility he had by doing a nude Cosmo spread. His star crashed and burned and he ended up in minor roles.
He was born 11 February 1936 12.10pm Lansing, Michigan with a military/police chief father and went to college on a football scholarship, which ended due to injuries.
He had a 10th house Aquarius Sun, well-designed for a career in the public eye; with his Moon in Libra in his performing 5th house; and his Venus in Capricorn in a seductive opposition to Pluto was in the sultry 8th house, so he’d have powerful and mesmerising appeal. What was his undoing was a Mutable T square of Neptune opposition Mars Saturn in Pisces squaring onto a 7th house Jupiter in Sagittarius.
A focal point Jupiter can be irresponsible, a wanderer, easily distracted with all of Jupiter’s downside of not wanting to make any effort.
The Mars Saturn stemming from his ex-forces father would make him more accident prone than usual with a game injury and car crash ending his football career; and an accident on set broke his jaw in the 1980s, causing him to lose weight which erupted false rumours he had AIDs and that accelerated his career slide.
His creative 5th Harmonic and actors’ 15H were strong; but most notable of all was his pleasure-seeking 9th harmonic.
Saw through Trump, though, in their football league days, possibly due that Mercury/Moon. Also, was a great source for quotes, exactly for the same reason.
I note that Reynolds died on his Uranus return, at his Neptune half-return, with transiting Saturn stationary direct on his pre-natal solar eclipse point (in the eighth house).
As for natal indications, a retrograde lord of the ascendant (Mercury in this case) suggests a complicated and convoluted life path. Venus is exactly opposite his pre-natal lunar eclipse point, reflecting his pattern of being a “relentless womaniser [who] poured his money into ruinous financial schemes.” In the Hellenistic (whole-sign house) system, natal Mars and Saturn fall in the tenth and represent the tragedy of his wasted talent; they also get me wondering about his mom’s influences: not helpful. Like you say, Marjorie, Jupiter here is way too comfortable.
Thanks, marjorie