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Libran Paul Hogan thinks ATO has had its fair share
The
expatriate actor has spoken out against the Australian Taxation Office's investigation into his tax affairs, telling it to
"bugger off, you've had your share." Librans usually prefer to keep the peace, but clearly Saturn (the taskmaster) has rubbed
'Hoges' up the wrong way during its tight semi-sextile with his natal Moon, the ruler of his 8th House (of tax matters). With
Saturn now on his midheaven, Hogan has become the highest-profile target of the Operation Wickenby tax probe. |
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Sunday Rose Kidman Urban has sunny Leo rising & mystic rectangle
Speculation abounds about the
naming of Monday's child. Was her moniker inspired by Sidney Nolan's muse, artist Sunday Reed, or by Queensland's Whitsundays
island chain where mother Nicole Kidman spent her 40th birthday, or by an ancient African tradition? Anyway, we know astro-logically
that Sunday Rose is a 'born performer' with sunny Leo on her Ascendant and a mystic rectangle involving her Moon, Sun, Jupiter
& Uranus. Her parents' composite Jupiter is conjunct her Leo South Node, so Sunday Rose should have inherited a promising
set of creative genes. |
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Bindi Irwin: bright little Leo captures hearts to win 2008 Emmy
A popular and playful 'Double Leo' (born with both Sun and Moon in the sign of the Lion), child star 'Bindi' is truly
a little queen of the jungle, complete with her own 26-part Jungle Girl television show (for which she won the 2008
Daytime Emmy Award as most Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series). In Bindi we see an adventurous and forthright spirit
that's typical of an Aries Ascendant in action. Moreover, with her Chiron-in-Scorpio conjunct Steve Irwin's natal Neptune,
this ambassador for sunny Queensland is following in her famous father's footsteps as another 'wildlife warrior' conservationist.
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Cate Blanchett Mercurial star shines in androgynous roles
This multiple award-winning
Melburnian plays Bob Dylan in Todd Haynes' I’m Not There plus a boyishly-bobbed villain in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
She's the only female actor to be nominated for an Oscar twice for playing the same role in two separate films: she played
Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth (1998) and in Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007). Astro-logically fittingly, the
gifted Blanchett's North Node at 29 Pisces (the last degree of the zodiac) occupies the same degree as Elizabeth I's Neptune.
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Eric Bana: surprise! Sun-in-Leo star to share billing in Funny People!
True to his look-at-me Sun-in-Leo (that acts as 'final dispositor' in his chart), this talented dramatic actor and
comedian is just as happy in low-budget films as he is in major studio productions - just as long as he gets to perform in
the leading role!! With Leo Sun opposite Aquarian Moon both squaring his Neptune-in-Scorpio, Bana's film and television work
ranges from romantic comedies and drama to science fiction and action thrillers. Meanwhile he puts his leftover energy (like
his unaspected Jupiter-in-Virgo) to good use as a motor racing enthusiast and keen supporter of Australian rules football.
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Heath Ledger: 'the Joker' tipped to win him posthumous Oscar
When
asked about his acting technique, this unique Perth-born actor let his 'final dispositor,' the Moon-in-Cancer, speak for him:
"At the end of the day, it all comes down to my instincts." With Mercury/Mars-in-Pisces squared and ruled by Neptune-in-Sagittarius
giving him a distinctive 'edge,' this young man who was named after Emily Brontė's Heathcliff became an accomplished character
actor, earning popular and critical respect for his craft, including a nomination for the 2005 Oscar for "Best Actor in a
Leading Role" for his portrayal of bisexual cowboy Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain. |
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Hugh Jackman: Australia hunk to get star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
With Mercury-in-Libra ruling his Gemini Moon, this versatile and good-looking Sydney-born actor can easily switch between
roles: successfully playing the all-action hero (Wolverine, Van Helsing), the song-and-dance man (Curly in Oklahoma!,
Peter Allen in The Boy from Oz), or the romantic lead (Jack Willis in Paperback Hero, The Drover in Australia).
Venus conjunct Neptune in tall-dark-and-sexy Scorpio just adds to his magnetic appeal. Phew Hugh! |
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Judy Davis: turns from a tragic Judy into a troubled Joan
A
'Double Taurus' (born with both New Moon and Sun in the Sign of the Bull), this NIDA-trained Perth-born actor comes across
as a down-to-earth and no-nonsense (and no bullshit!) sort of person. Yet Venus-in-Pisces rules her Taurus luminaries from
the apex of a Yod pattern, explaining her repeated portrayal of brittle, neurotic women. Women like Judy Garland (whose Sagittarian
Moon conjoins Davis's North Node) and Joan McAllister (will she return to rehab in the next season of The Starter
Wife?) |
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Julian McMahon: beware the dark charms of his Libran South Node!
The only son of Australian Prime Minister, Sir William 'Billy' McMahon (and his glamorous scene-stealing wife, Sonia),
handsome Libra-Rising Julian started out as a florist & fashion model. Success in a jeans commercial led to a recurring
acting role in Australian soap Home and Away and later to parts in popular American TV series. With his 8th House and
South Node ruled by Venus-in-Leo, McMahon is in his element playing evil but lovable characters like the demonic Cole Turner
in Charmed, seductive playboy plastic surgeon Christian Troy in Nip/Tuck and supervillain Doctor Doom in the
Fantastic Four films. |
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Nicole Kidman: gives birth to Cancerian 'Sunday Rose' (on a Monday!?)
With Sun in the last degree of Gemini ruling Jupiter-in-Leo on her midheaven, Honolulu-born Kidman is one of the world's
most versatile, prolific and highest-paid actors. Criticised by some people for her 'Ice Queen' exterior (and admired by others
-like me- for being 'pretty cool'), Kidman has nevertheless made the most out of her icy Scorpio Ascendant and its ruler,
Pluto-in-Virgo. After all, she tapped into her colder and more virginal side to play Virginia Woolf in The Hours, scoring
the 2003 Oscar Award for Best Actress! (BTW: Kidman's North Node is exactly conjunct Woolf's Saturn. Now that's spooky). |
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