Ozzy Osbourne, wild rock star, pioneer of heavy metal with Black Sabbath who became a global star with a “prince of darkness” reputation has died. The two oddities of his life are that he became and stayed famous from unlikely beginnings as an under-educated loser with a prison record who couldn’t sing. And that he lasted to 76 after a drug and alcohol fuelled life and Parkinsons. He left Black Sabbath for a successful solo career before reuniting with the band and latterly became the unlikely star of a hit TV reality show which showcased his erratic domestic life.
He was born 3 December 1948 10am Coleshill, England, with a Sagittarius Sun Mercury square an 8th house Saturn in Virgo. He did have an intense 7th house Pluto square Venus in Scorpio and Midheaven giving weight to his approach. But what more than anything marked his temperament was a rumbustious Jupiter Mars conjunction in Capricorn opposition Uranus – high-vitality, adventurous, volatile, explosive. Mars Jupiter is associated with successful creative activity and also childbirth – the baby’s first cry – so kickstarting a new musical genre was in his astrological genes.
His Capricorn Moon was square Neptune.
It isn’t an especially horrifying chart but he was blessed by finding a stalwart wife in the formidable Sharon who stood with him for 63 years through thick and thin, revived his career and even managed to absorb a murder attempt when he was drunk.
She was born 9 October 1952 (2 days after Valdimir Putin) and is a Sun, Saturn, Neptune and Mercury in Libra square Uranus; with a determined Mars in Sagittarius trine Pluto; with Pluto in a super-confident square to Jupiter in Taurus.
Their wedding chart from 4 July 1982 had a can-be-cruel/unfair Mars Saturn (Pluto) conjunction square Sun conjunct the North Node; and wounded Chiron exactly conjunct can-be-destructive Algol – which seems fitting for all the drama that followed.
Their relationship chart did have an affectionate composite Sun, Venus, Mercury trine a reassuring and lucky Jupiter trine Uranus so there would be enough to hold it together, even with an unfair-treatment composite Saturn South Node square Mars.
On July 5th this year with Black Sabbath he gave his last concert in Birmingham to thousands of fans, which raised his spirits but took its toll and he passed away unexpectedly quickly in the aftermath.
For fans – a rundown below on his life and music from Alex Petridis, the Guardian music critic.
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