“Everything will be OK. We are all in this together” trills fashion designer Stella McCartney’s website promoting high-end (very expensive) fashion. She’s all for sustainability, supporting eco-green and animal causes except when it comes to nurturing the furloughed staff of her company with its £500 million a year turnover. She will claim up to 80 per cent of their wages to a maximum of £2500 a month from the government (taxpayers) and doesn’t plan to top up their wages. She’s worth around £60 million.
Born 13 September 1971 in London, she’s an intense, workaholic Sun, Venus, Pluto in Virgo; with a wobbly, up-and-down and very scattered Mutable T Square of Saturn opposition Jupiter Neptune in Sagittarius square Mercury in Virgo. And she has a hard-edged, emotionally cool Air Grand Trine of Mars in obstinate Aquarius trine Uranus trine Saturn; with the head-in the-clouds, super-optimistic Jupiter Neptune being the driving planets of the Trine from the opposition to Saturn.
She’s facing a disappointing run of Neptune transits in opposition first to her Sun from exactly now, on and off into 2021, followed by oppositions to her Venus and then Pluto up to mid decade. At the moment she has a frustratingly trapped, dead-halt Solar Arc Mars opposition her Pluto, and a highly-strung Solar Arc Uranus conjunct her Neptune. Into 2021 tr Uranus will rattle her Grand Trine as it squares her Mars for more nerve-wracking events. Since it elbows her Grand Trine it will shift her life onto a different track, and presumably not one of her choosing. She’s not used to being slated, having built up a Mary Poppins and super-successful reputation.
The incorporation of her company on 28th February 2001 also indicates a financially blocked and sticky three years ahead.
McCartney, Beckham, Virgin…these are all just brand names, I think the individuals have very little to do with the actual running of these companies, but this is what happens when you franchise yourself. They are all quite Neptunian people who made money from music, directly or indirectly, and used their names and wealth to side-step into selling luxury without building up the businesses from scratch.
They probably think of themselves as “wealth creators” and are perhaps seriously out of touch with how much they rely on others, from the service of workers to the structural support of government. Indeed, I think Branson still views himself as some sort of victimised, selfless,misunderstood saviour of the NHS and railways and can’t see how ridiculous that looks. Unfortunately for them, as far as the public is concerned, the spell is broken.
Beautifully expressed
I agree. I think (hope) that we’ll get back to who the real ‘heroes’ are (Teachers, nurses, doctors, farmers et al) and away from our celebrity obsessed culture. Thank you for doing her chart Marjorie.
I very much hope you’re right Tara. We see all the cracks appearing, fully visible to everyone. Yet many still look back, hoping for “normal” to return as soon as possible. I suspect much dissonance lies ahead on every level, possibly symbolised by the approaching Saturn-Uranus square in 2021. Stella McCarney – the brand – expanded into China a few years ago too. That burgeoning market for all luxury brands may not be quite such a money spinner anymore. Possibly, just possibly, reality bites.