Ryan Adams, one of the US’s most acclaimed singer-songwriters has been accused of unpleasant and manipulative behaviour towards women. Seven women, including his ex-wife, have asserted he dangled career opportunities in exchange for sex and if they didn’t let him have his way he allegedly harassed them. His ex-wife, actress and singer Mandy Moore says his ‘controlling behaviour’ blocked her from growing in the music industry.
Born 5 November 1974 8.17 pm Jacksonville, North Carolina (astrotheme) he grew up in a dysfunctional family with his father abandoning ship early on and his grandparents stepping in to effectively raise him. He has an intensely emotional Scorpio Sun conjunct passionate Venus with Mars in ultra-determined and vengeful Scorpio close by. He has planets in all three Water signs with Jupiter in Pisces and Saturn and maybe Moon in Cancer – so he will live in his own creative bubble. He did have a heavy drug problem but was then diagnosed with Meuniere’s Disease (inner ear) and Tinnitus.
What strikes me as odd was why Mandy Moore ever married him in the first place – 10 April 1984 8.21 Nashua, NH. Her Aries Sun is square his Saturn; her Pluto in Scorpio is conjunct his Mars, her Saturn in Scorpio is conjunct his Sun Venus and his Pluto squares her Jupiter – that is blocked six ways to Sunday and on both sides. The only bright spark is his Jupiter falling in her 10th which would give her the idea that he would raise her status and further her career.
The relationship chart has an explosive composite Mars Uranus conjunction sitting midway between a cool Venus trine Saturn; with a neurotic Saturn square Neptune. And the wedding chart, 10 March 2009, is horrific with the Sun conjunct Uranus opposition Saturn which is highly unstable; and an unsupportive Mars Neptune.
I’m wary of #metoo spilling over into very grey areas of relationship dysfunction. He sounds a mess but adult women have choices – walk away. Sometimes (most often) the breakdown of a relationship cuts both ways.
Neil McCormick who writes lucidly in the Telegraph about popular music says: “I don’t want to defend a jerk just because he is a talented jerk. But if having sleazy relationships with musical admirers is a career-wrecking crime, I suspect they are going to have to lock up half the rock and pop stars who ever stepped onto a stage.”
8:44 not 8:17