Clint Eastwood has gained another biography which promises to be “neither acquiescence nor denigration,” though whether he will welcome it personally given his dislike of any incursion into his private life is questionable.
Shawn Levy, the author, according to a review, covers Eastwood’s sixty years in films without making any attempt to moralize about his character flaws and the reviewer goes on to say that as ‘problematic artists continue to become less mythologized and held more accountable, the works that chart their personal lives must somehow confront these aspects more productively, than mere reportage.’
Eastwood was born 31 May 1930 5.35pm San Francisco, CA, into a middle class family, limped through school, worked in several dead end jobs, served in the army and in his mid twenties landed a second lead role in the TV western Rawhide which ran for eight years and all else followed including the Spaghetti westerns and Dirty Harry. During the 1970s he also started directing as well as acting.
His personal life seemed to be constantly in turmoil with several marriages, endless revolving romances and at least eight children; with well-publicized spats with wives as well as directors, of whom he would get four fired.
He has a 7th house Gemini Sun inconjunct Saturn in Capricorn, which in turn is opposition an intense 8th house Venus and 9th house Pluto square a 5th house Uranus – defensive, self-doubting behind a disruptive and defiant exterior, opinionated. Venus Saturn types are often serial philanderers. He’ll be an innovator in the creative field with a 5th house Uranus but also erratic and unpredictable emotionally. That trait would be exacerbated by his Leo Moon on the focal point of a T Square to Mars in late Aries opposition a South Node in Scorpio – women spark off his anger. His Chiron is conjunct his Descendant with Algol in his 7th both of which might hint at partnership wounds and dramas.
His filmic, creative Neptune is conjunct his Midheaven with Alphard closely conjunct his Midheaven as well. Alphard can give wisdom and artistic appreciation but can also lead to turbulence, lack of self-control, immorality.
His lucky 8th house Jupiter in Cancer sits midway of a tine between his Midheaven and Mars – so blessed in life with financial good fortune.
His Harmonics are notable with a strong 22nd, 15H, 13H, and 9H notable.
[Talent and good behaviour or a stable temperament do not tend to go together which is a problem when the fame culture idolises the person rather than their achievements. Astrologers tend to be invasive. probing into the whys and wherefores of a personality but character flaws while fascinating psychologically should not diminish appreciation of their output. ]
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