Gloria Vanderbilt, heiress, fabulously wealthy socialite, fashion designer and writer, has died aged 95. She was the subject of an infamous custody case as a child as her aunt sought successfully to remove her and thus her fortune from the hands of her extravagant mother after her father’s death.
Born 20 February 1924 9.55 am New York, she went on to marry four times, once to director Sydney Lumet and had four sons, one of them, Anderson Cooper, from her final marriage.
She was born on the exact Full Moon with a Pisces Sun opposition a 5th house performing/entertaining Virgo Moon, so would never know quite what she wanted emotionally. She had a strong Mars Jupiter in the 8th as might be expected having inherited vast sums of money; with both in a showbizzy and creative trine to Neptune. Her Venus in upfront Aries was in a passionate square to Pluto which would contribute to the variety of relationships she enjoyed through her life, including Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Howard Hughes and Roald Dahl amongst others.
She was also renowned as a writer with a 10th house Mercury in Aquarius square Saturn.
A lady who lived life to the full and worked until late on in years.
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1. Sun Pisces opp Moon Virgo…..”…discriminating intellect, mind refined by sensitivity & intuition. Perception is keen.” Tyl
2. Saturn Rx…her father died when she was 2, corroborated by Solar Arc Sun trine Saturn, rx.
3. She was a socialite….sociability shown by her Sun, r5 in the 11th and Uranus also resides there. Moon quindecile Uranus.
4. A creator of designer jeans, aided by her Mercury in the inventor sign of Aquarius with boosting aspects from Venus & Neptune.
Saturn in Scorpio, in the 6th of work, rules her career 10th, and also throws a growth square to Mercury. Saturn in Scorpio is
deeply organized, tightly structured purpose and ambition. Also sold art work to Hallmark Cards.
5. The parental axes rulers Saturn and Moon are stressed and clues us to her home life.
6. Moon is angular and rules the 3rd of writing, with Mercury in the 10th of career.
7. Her stressful relationships shown by Venus, r1 square Pluto, r7, control issues.
8. The Nodal axis straddles her Sun-Moon opposition showing closenness to her mother.
9. Longevity…lived 95 years. Benefic Jupiter in Sag, final dispositor, ruler 8th of longevity, conjuncts her 8th House cusp.
Saturn, old age indicstor, trines her Sun, and sextiles her Moon, ruler 4th, end-of-life.