“Frasier” is set to return to screens after a nearly twenty years absence, with Kelsey Grammer reprising his role as the radio psychiatrist Frasier Crane on ViacomCBS’s new streaming service Paramount+. There is no word about whether the supporting cast members will join him though it’s tricky to see how it would work without them since it was such an ensemble show and the actor who played his father is now dead.
Kelsey Grammer was born 21 February 1955 in the US Virgin Islands, regrettably no birth time, and has had a disaster-strewn life with his father whom he barely knew murdered, his sister raped and murdered and his half twin brothers were killed by a shark. He’s been married four times and has seven children.
He has a Pisces Sun opposition Pluto; and his Moon and Mercury in Aquarius also oppose Pluto and square Saturn in Scorpio which would fit with his multiple family tragedies. While the Sun Pluto father is generally thought of as the controlling or dominating father, it also appears regularly in the charts of individuals whose fathers were not in their lives – the literally out-of-their-control father.
He also has a showbizzy Mars in Aries opposition Neptune squaring onto an adventurous and lucky Jupiter Uranus opposition Venus in Capricorn. That Cardinal Grand Cross would give him endless initiative and energy as well as a tendency to have a life full of revolving crises. Without a birth time it’s tricky to say but a frustratingly blocked tr Pluto square his Mars in 2021/22 and square his Neptune in 2022/23 don’t look too encouraging for a new project. Plus his Solar Arc Saturn will also square his Mars opposition Neptune this year and next – so ditto and ditto.
David Hyde Pierce, who played brother Niles, 3 April 1959, is a Sun Aries square Saturn with an Aquarius Moon and Venus in Taurus. Jane Leeves who played Daphne, 18 April 1961, is also a Sun Aries with Venus, Mercury in Aries as well. Though her Sun does square onto an edgy Mars opposition Saturn, so she wouldn’t always be too good a fit with Kelsey.
All of them have gone on to other work, some highly praised but none that caught the public imagination to the same extent as Frasier.
“While the Sun Pluto father is generally thought of as the controlling or dominating father, it also appears regularly in the charts of individuals whose fathers were not in their lives – the literally out-of-their-control father.”
Can confirm on both counts. I have a 4th house Pluto just 1 degree from the IC, widely square my ascendant. My dad was a career military man, often away on duty when I was a child. Interestingly, his natal sun was also exact on my ascendant, with his Saturn in Scorpio (more Pluto!) tightly conjunct my moon-Venus conjunction in Scorpio. I did perceive him as very controlling at home, in spite of his frequent absences. Then, while Pluto was transiting my 4th house natal sun (around ages 11-13 for me) he was diagnosed with cancer and passed away. That loss basically destroyed my connection to my family.
You have enlightened me no end. When Pluto died, basically destroyed your contact? with family…….Thank you. Is your Sun also in 4th house with Pluto?
Mimi, yes, both 4th house, but they’re not conjunct.
Thanks for replying.
It’s likely Grammer will have to walk back his support of Trump if he wants his old Frasier audience on side. And for all Grammer’s talents it was the ensemble work (including fab writing) that gave the show it’s longevity. They may not see the point given the overwhelming failure rate of all these re-boots.
i find it funny how certain shows keep being revived —
Marjorie note: I removed the rest of the stream of consciousness, unpunctuated post. Final warning Anthony. Posts have to make sense or they won’t appear.
I would love it if they resurrected Lilith and Eddie the Jack Russel terrier. I know it would have to be a distant descendant of the original. I did love the series, but I don’t think it would work today.
There was so much to love! In fact, they showed the last season here when my husband and I first started dating, we watched it together, and the fact we both enjoyed this kind of humour was a good sign.
But comedy needs contrasts, and since so much of what made the show great was Martin Crane calling on his two son’s snobbish nonsense, it probably won’t work without John Mahoney. One character I think would really be great is (post)menopausal Roz (her backstory is she is born in 1964) with her Gen Z daughter Rose, who’d probably drive Frasier mad with her wokeness.
“While the Sun Pluto father is generally thought of as the controlling or dominating father, it also appears regularly in the charts of individuals whose fathers were not in their lives – the literally out-of-their-control father.”
This is the case with my grandfather who had Sun conjunct Pluto in Gemini quincunx Saturn in Capricorn. His father fell down the stairs and died when my grandfather was 9.
I loved ‘Frazier’ in its day, its success was helped by the wonderful supporting cast and the way each character interacted.
He must have got his break in Cheers around the time that Pluto in Scorpio trined his Sun.
Looking it up Frasier ran from Sep 1993 – May 2004. Like Friends (Sep 1994 – 2004), it coincides with the Uranus in Aquarius era showcasing his Moon and Mercury. The final season would have been broadcast after Uranus went over his Pisces Sun.