Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water released late in 2017 has received 13 nominations for this year Oscars in March; and 12 for the BAFTAs tomorrow. Reviews were mainly rave with a few negatives: ‘visually ravishing fantasy romance The Shape of Water almost drowns in its own gorgeousness. It is a Beauty and the Beast fable where both get to be beautiful and neither has to be beastly. Sally Hawkins gives a career-best performance as a mute who falls for a sea creature in this ravishing romantic fantasy where The Twilight Zone meets Puccini.’ His previously highly acclaimed films have been comic book adaptations, fairy tales and horror.
Del Toro, born 9 October 1964 in Mexico, was brought up strict Catholic but has since turned away from the church and says he dislikes structural authority of any variety. He’s a Sun Mercury in Libra, which is conjunct his supernaturally-inclined Neptune/Pluto midpoint. He has a flamboyant Mars in Leo in a showbizzy square to Neptune, tied into a confident Jupiter in Taurus. With his Jupiter in a hates-failure square to Saturn in specialist-skills Aquarius. Plus a leading-edge, rebellious Uranus Pluto in Virgo which mirrors his thought that: “I hate structure. I’m completely anti-structural in terms of believing in institutions. I hate them. I hate any institutionalised social, religious, or economic holding.” So Uranus Pluto are likely either on his MC or Asc.
His chart comes together more understandably in his harmonics, with a heavily aspected, creative 7th Harmonic, which will attract him to fantasy; as well as a get-it-together and also creative 5H.
He looks confident at the moment with tr Pluto opposing his Jupiter/Pluto midpoint and square his Jupiter/Uranus later in the year. With even more of a boost from tr Pluto trine his Jupiter in 2021/22. So going on and on.
I did not even finish the movie!
I don’t understand all the noise make around that movie.