Actress Diane Keaton, renowned for The Godfather and eight Woody Allen films including Annie Hall which won her an Oscar, amongst many others in a five decade career, has died after a short illness. Recently she directed several films, the first of which was a 1987 documentary, Heaven, chronicling people’s beliefs about the afterlife. Both in her film roles and her personal life, Keaton was known for her unique style, which often featured menswear and a wide-brimmed hat. Despite a series of famous lovers including Warren Beatty, Al Pacino and Woody Allen she never married but had two adopted children.
Born 5 January 1946 2.49 am Los Angeles, she was attracted to acting after her mother won a “Mrs. Los Angeles” pageant for homemakers and she later took her mother’s maiden name. Katherine Hepburn was her hero for playing strong, independent woman.
She was a Sun Capricorn conjunct Venus with a hard-edged Mars Saturn conjunct in Cancer. But what dominated her chart was an Air Grand Trine of a communicative 3rd house Aquarius Moon trine Uranus trine Neptune with her Moon opposition Pluto. Hard-driving from Mars Saturn. Cool and intellectual from an Air emphasis, and quirky with Uranus added onto a maverick Aquarius Moon. Moon opposition Pluto which was the driving rod of the Grand Trine formed into a Kite made influential and controlling Pluto the key planet. She would be close to her mother but also wary of too much intimacy which was emphasised by an 8th house North Node. Her 12th house Jupiter would give her contentment in her own company and would soften the Mars Saturn in square.
She was a friend of Woody Allen, 1 December 1935 10.55 pm New York, and a stout defender through his troubles, after he was accused of abuse by a daughter. Despite their many collaborations and short romantic tryst it was hardly an easy relationship. His dominating Pluto in Cancer opposition Mars in Capricorn collided with her Mars in Cancer.
She said in an interview- ‘He’s the strongest person I’ve met in my life. He’s made of steel. He’s the most disciplined person I’ve known, with the exception of my dad.’ So maybe her Mars Saturn disciplinarian father made it possible to cope with Allen’s hard driving temperament.
She also said: ‘We shared a love of torturing each other with our failures. He could sling out the insults, and so could I… His insights into my character were dead-on and — duh!— hilarious. I had him pegged as a cockroach you couldn’t kill.’
There were softer aspects in their synastry as well with his Venus in Libra conjunct her Jupiter which would add a layer of charm to cover up the sharper edges. Both had Aquarius Moons so would share the same sense of zany humour. But his Uranus squared her Moon and her Uranus opposed his Sun so not designed for 24/7 togetherness.
Their relationship chart had a creative composite Uranus trine Neptune; and a moody, up-and-down composite Saturn opposition Jupiter square Moon. But what marked it out as special was a composite yod of Mars sextile Sun inconjunct Uranus – volatile, argumentative but destined to be together one way or another. In this instance in a Uranian way = independence on both sides.
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Saturn/Pisces Rx was tr square natal Mercury/Sag and the Node/Gemini. Passed from pneumonia, Mercury ruling the lungs, with Mercury ruling her Node/Gemini/8th house. I thought when I looked at her chart originally maybe she had thrown a clot, pulmonary embolus. Usually one is debilitated already to pass from pneumonia, a lot of elderly pass from this when they are frail and the body can’t fight off the infection. I wonder if she had some chronic condition and the pneumonia was a byproduct of her overall debility? I liked her acting.
My mother (who is in her 90s – 3.01.30) is a Sun Venus Cap with her Moon in Aq like Keaton. And like Keaton she is kind of kooky and a force to be reckoned with. The odd thing is that they are quite similar looking.
Thanks for these analyses! There was quite a long piece in The Guardian by Woody Allen this morning – now cut to quarter the length – where he describes the dynamics of their communication – that absolutely reflects this description taken from an article in The Free Press. (I can read it again if I sign up for a free email newsletter, which goes on to a monthly subscription.)
She didn’t have a relationship with Robert de Niro but was in several films with him. She did have a relationship with Al Pacino through the 70s and they remained friends. They met on the set of The Godfather.
Did not smoke
Diane Keaton did not smoke. She was open about her struggles with skin cancer and bulimia, but there is no indication in the available sources that she smoked. Instead, she has spoken about her health battles and the importance of sun protection due to her family history of skin cancer.
Thanks Marjorie. Such an original kind of human being, and so refreshing to see that streak of Uranian eccentricity in a female Hollywood star. She wore her own clothes in Annie Hall, too – really setting a style theme for her life ahead, and paying tribute to her inspiration, Katherine Hepburn.
Her final illness was, by all accounts, rapid – I could imagine Uranus in Gemini being restless and making a swift exit. September’s Pisces Lunar Eclipse was square that Uranus, and in her fourth house of endings. And tr Jupiter travelling through the 9th house, maybe emphasising the idea of setting out on a new journey.
Thanks Marjorie. She’ll be sadly missed.
I wonder what her chart synastry is like with her own two children.
Sun and Venus in Capricorn, Mars and Saturn in Cancer and Moon in Aquarius would make motherhood challenging I think. Diane interestingly described motherhood as the most ‘humbling’ experience of her life.
She kept it a secret what her illness was….Neptune, secrets, “at the bends”.
That Air Grand Trine was what Keaton projected on screen. I never would have guessed she had a Mars/Saturn conj or a Moon/Pluto opp. Ouch. She was such a great actress you never suspected those aspects were back there, simmering and plotting world domination.
Transits at death…trans RIP conj natal Sun; trans Libitina, funeral, square natal Sun;
trans Hades opp nSun; trans Jupiter, 9th, opp natal Keaton; trans Grieve 90 natal Keaton.
Solar Arcs at death….Solar Arc Phoinix, ashes, conj IC; SA Lachesis, life span, conj Desc;
SA Hades opp nSun; SA Nemesis conj MC; SA Keaton square nSun; SA Keaton 60 Uranus.
Trans Neptune 00Aries00, “at the bends”, i.e. square natal nodal axis and also at the
Aries Point.
Wow Martha! Lots of info there – thank you. After 60yrs researching astrology and doing charts I’m finding fixed stars and asteroids add. much more depth. My own chart and family’s signature chart are examples of this. We can always learn more♡♡♡