Joan Plowright, one of Britain’s finest stage actresses, married for three decades to Laurence Olivier, has died aged 95. She garnered innumerable awards for her performances on screen as well, most recently for Tea with Mussolini where she played in an ensemble cast with Judi Dench and Maggie Smith.
She was born 28 October 1919 in Brigg, England, (rectified by Starkman to 4.38am which works well) with her mother, a keen amateur actor prompting her onto her first stage performance aged 3. When she was 40 she met Olivier during a performance and was cautious since he was still in a high-profile marriage to the increasingly unstable Vivien Leigh and she was also married. He was 22 years older but after both divorced their previous spouses they made it work, producing three children, though he was not an easy temperament. She said, “He has extremes of behaviour, which you understand. You just find a way not to be swept overboard by his demons.”
She was a Sun Scorpio square Neptune, trine Pluto conjunct her Midheaven and sextile a hard-working and disciplined Saturn Mars in Virgo – determined, creative, influential, controlling and ultra-disciplined. Her Sagittarius Moon was in her communicative 3rd house square Venus and trine Jupiter, so despite her intensity she could be amiable and laid back at home. She had Uranus in her performing 5th house in an outspoken square to Mercury in Scorpio conjunct North Node.
Her 13H, 17H and 22 harmonic charts are all strong for talent, influence and fame.
Laurence Olivier, 22 May 1907 5am Dorking, England, had a 12th house Taurus Sun Mercury with a Virgo Moon and a volatile, explosive 8th house Uranus Mars in Capricorn. His Venus fell in her 7th house of marriage for an affectionate bond and her upbeat Sagittarius Moon fell in his 7th for support opposition his Pluto for a close/possessive attachment. Her Venus in Virgo was conjunct his Moon for good feelings. And her ever-hopeful Jupiter Neptune conjunct fell in his domestic 4th house so she would help to calm his anxieties.
Their relationship chart had a passionate composite Venus trine Mars Moon, though that would spill over into arguments at times especially with the composite Sun square Mars. The saving grace was probably a composite Neptune Jupiter conjunction which would look on the bright side and smooth over tensions.
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