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Monday, 14 November 2016

Georges Claude, 1870–1960 (French engineer and inventor)

* Georges Claude is noted as the inventor of neon lighting, and for his early work on the industrial liquefaction of air, and for a large experiment on generating energy by pumping cold seawater up from the depths. He has been considered by some to be "the Edison of France". Claude was an active collaborator with the German occupiers of France during the Second World War, for which he was imprisoned in 1945 and stripped of his honours. He died on 21 May 1960, aged 89, in Saint-Cloud, France.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Georges Marie Auguste Claude, 24 September 1870, 04:00 (4 AM) LMT (-0:09:20), Paris, France (48n52, 2e20). ASC: 10 Virgo. RR: AA. SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes birth certificate n°3988 from the online Paris municipal archives (11 arr., image 11/31): "quatre heures du matin." Death data in margin. English Wikipedia incorrectly has 23 May 1960 as date of death.

Saturday, 25 June 2016

Ellen Barkin (American actress and film producer)

* Ellen Barkin's breakthrough role was in the 1982 comedy-drama film Diner, and the following years she had starring roles in films including Tender Mercies (1983), The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), and The Big Easy (1987).

In 1989, Barkin received positive reviews for her roles in the films Johnny Handsome and Sea of Love. In 1991, for her leading role in comedy film Switch, Barkin received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.

In 1997, Barkin won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her performance in the television film Before Women Had Wings. In 2011, she received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her Broadway debut performance in The Normal Heart. In 2016, Barkin began playing the leading role as Janine "Smurf" Cody in the TNT drama series Animal Kingdom.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Ellen Rona Barkin, 16 April 1954, 01:30 (1:30am) EST (+5), The Bronx, New York, USA (40n51, 73w54). ASC: 26 Capricorn. RR: A (from memory). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes her on Twitter: "I think I was born at 1:30 ish am...does that mean anything?"

Tuesday, 7 June 2016

Bill Ayers (American political activist)

* Bill Ayers is an elementary education theorist and a former leader in the counterculture movement who opposed US involvement in the Vietnam War. He is known for his 1960s radical activism and his current work in education reform, curriculum and instruction. In 1969, he co-founded the Weather Underground, a self-described communist revolutionary group with the intent to overthrow imperialism, that conducted a campaign of bombing public buildings (including police stations, the US Capitol Building, and the Pentagon) during the 1960s and 1970s in response to US involvement in the Vietnam War.

He is a retired professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, formerly holding the titles of Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar. During the 2008 US Presidential campaign, a controversy arose over his contacts with candidate Barack Obama. He is married to Bernardine Dohrn, who was also a leader in the Weather Underground. They have two sons, Zayd and Malik and they also raised Chesa Boudin.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: William Charles Ayers, 26 December 1944, 00:10 (12:10 AM) CWT (+5), Oak Park, Illinois, USA (41n53, 87w47). ASC: About 25 Virgo. RR: B (Autobiography). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes him relating the story of his birth in Fugitive Days: Memoirs of an Antiwar Activist by William Ayers (Beacon Press, 2009), p. 9: "while [my parents] drove off to Oak Park Hospital . . . I missed [being born on] Christmas by minutes, but that never diminished the intensity of this foundational myth — I was the best Christmas present ever, my life achieved against great danger and risk."

Tuesday, 17 May 2016

Billy Martin/ Poppy Z. Brite (American author)

* Billy Martin, known professionally as Poppy Z. Brite, initially achieved notoriety in the gothic horror genre of literature in the early 1990s by publishing a string of successful novels and short story collections, including Lost Souls (1992), Drawing Blood (1993), and the controversial serial killer novel Exquisite Corpse (1996). His later work moved into the related genre of dark comedy, with many stories set in the New Orleans restaurant world. Martin's novels are typically standalone books but may feature recurring characters from previous novels and short stories. Much of his work features openly bisexual and gay characters. Martin himself is a a trans man who identifies as gay.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Melissa Ann Brite, 25 May 1967, 16:55 (4:55pm) CDT (+5), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (29n57, 90w04). ASC: 27 Libra. RR: B (from biography). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes from Resurrection and Reclamation by Elrod Stanton (iUniverse, 2005), p. 469: "Poppy Z. Brite Born: May 25, 1967 at 4:55pm, New Orleans, L.A."

Friday, 15 April 2016

Jérôme Jarre (French entrepreneur, internet personality)

* Thanks to Marc Brun (merci beaucoup!) we have the data for Jérôme Jarre (né Jérôme Chappelet), who was the fourth most followed individual on Vine, as of June 2014 (currently he has over 8 million followers and a mind-boggling 1,406,962,445 Loops). The same month he became one of the first Snapchat celebrities. After starting several businesses in China and Canada, Jarre started posting videos on Vine the day of its launch. Thereafter he left his business to completely focus on Vine. In May 2013, he co-founded GrapeStory, a talent agency for Vine and Snapchat stars.

After being featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Ellen asked him to cover the Red Carpet ceremony of the 86th Academy Awards, where he made multiple vines with Hollywood actors. Later he was hired by Canal+ to cover 2014 Cannes Film Festival. At the Tribeca Film Festival 2014, he was one of the jurors of the 6 second films competition. Jarre has made vines with several Hollywood artists including Robert De Niro, Pharrell Williams, Ashton Kutcher, Ben Stiller, Ansel Elgort, and Kristen Bell.

Jarre was strongly criticized by the Vine community for posting a Vine in which he played a kiss prank on John Stamos and Stamos returned the kiss. The vine was posted in June 2014, and the commenters "accused" him of being gay and threatened to unfollow him for it. Jarre posted a follow-up Vine video the next day to call out these individuals directly. In it, he claimed he's not gay, then proceeded to kiss a fellow Vine star Nicholas Megalis on the mouth to show support for the LGBT community.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Jérôme Robert Alexis Chappelet, 12 June 1990, 07:55 (7:55 AM) CEDT (-2), Albertville, Savoie, France (45n41, 6e23). ASC: 18 Cancer. RR: AA. SOURCE: Sy Scholfield requested the birth certificate from Marc Brun who obtained and emailed him the birth record.

Friday, 1 April 2016

John Myers (British radio executive, consultant and presenter)

* John Myers is the Chairman of the UK Radio Academy Awards, Executive Chairman and owner of Myers Media and the former Chair of The Arqiva Commercial radio awards. Myers developed the Century Radio brand for Border Radio Holdings in the early 1990s, launching two more stations later in the decade. He presented programmes under the pseudonym "John Morgan". He then became Chief Executive of GMG Radio, developing the Real Radio, Smooth Radio and Rock Radio brands and overseeing GMG Radio's acquisition of the Century network from GCap Media. He served as Chief Executive of The Radio Academy from April 2011 until June 2012.

In 2009, he was asked by the Labour Government to produce a report on the future of local radio in the UK ("The Myers Report") which was published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in April 2009. A number of his recommendations were taken up by the Digital Economy Act 2010, leading to, amongst others, mergers within the Heart and Smooth Radio networks. Myers reviewed efficiencies at four BBC radio stations during the first quarter of 2011 and, in late 2011, began reviewing BBC Local Radio stations in response to the Delivering Quality First cuts.

He is currently chairman of TeamRock, a new worldwide content and distribution business based in London and Glasgow.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: John F. Myers, 11 April 1959, 23:50 (11:50pm) GMT (+0), Carlisle, England (54n54, 2w55). ASC: 10 Sagittarius. RR: AA (quoted birth record). Source: Sy Scholfield quotes him on Twitter: "Just looked at my birth certificate and notes. I was born at 11.50pm. For the rest of the day I am still 53" (posted on the morning of 11 April 2013). Other details from England and Wales Birth Registration Index.

Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Larry L. King, 1929–2012 (American playwright, journalist, and novelist)

* Larry L. King is best remembered for his 1978 Tony Award-nominated play The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, which became a long-running production on Broadway and was later turned into a feature film starring Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning and Dolly Parton.

In 1974, he wrote an article about the Chicken Ranch brothel in La Grange, Texas; after the article was published in Playboy, King and fellow Texan Peter Masterson developed it into the book of the Broadway musical.

King received an Emmy Award in 1982 for the CBS documentary The Best Little Statehouse in Texas.

King died on 20 December 2012, at a retirement home in Washington, D. C., survived by his third wife, five children, two grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Lawrence Leo King, 1 January 1929, 23:45 (11:45pm) CST (+6), Putnam, Callahan, Texas, USA (32n22, 99w11). ASC: 28 Virgo. RR: AA (from birth record). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes birth certificate.

Saturday, 26 December 2015

Tomson Highway (Canadian and Cree playwright, novelist, and children's author)

* Tomson Highway is best known for his plays "The Rez Sisters" and "Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing," both of which won him the Dora Mavor Moore Award and the Floyd S. Chalmers Award.

Highway has also published a novel, Kiss of the Fur Queen (1998), which is based on the events that led to his brother René Highway’s death of AIDS. He also has the distinction of being the librettist of the first Cree language opera, The Journey or Pimooteewin.

He was artistic director of Native Earth Performing Arts in Toronto from 1986 to 1992, as well as De-ba-jeh-mu-jig theatre group in Wikwemikong.

He currently divides his time between residences in Noelville, Ontario and in France with Raymond Lalonde, his partner of 31 years.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Tomson Highway, 6 December 1951, 04:00 (4 AM) CST (+6), Brochet, Manitoba, Canada (57n53, 101w40) ASC: 21 Libra. RR: A (from memory). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes him in an interview: "my mother went into labour and they had to pitch a tent in the snow and I was born that night at four o'clock in the morning." ("Tomson Highway Has A Surprisingly Positive Take On Residential Schools" by Joshua Ostroff, Huffington Post, 15 December 2015 [online]).

Friday, 4 December 2015

Pimp C, 1973-2007 (American rapper, singer, and producer)

* Pimp C was best known for his work with best friend Bernard "Bun B" Freeman as a founding member of the Underground Kingz (UGK). Their third album, Ridin' Dirty, reached #2 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

n January 2002, Pimp C was sentenced to eight years in prison for violating his probation by ignoring his sentence to community service stemming from an earlier aggravated assault charge. While he was in prison, Rap-A-Lot Records released Sweet James Jones Stories in 2005, most of which consisted of unreleased freestyle recordings. Pimp C was released on 30 December 2005 and placed on parole until December 2007.

Pimp C was found dead in a hotel in West Hollywood, California, on 4 December 2007.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Chad Lamont Butler, 29 December 1973, 23:37 (11:37pm) CST (+6), Port Arthur, Texas, USA (29n53, 93w55). ASC: 28 Virgo. RR: B (from biography). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes from Sweet Jones: Pimp C's Trill Life Story by Julia Beverly (Shreveport Ave, 2015): "[In] Port Arthur ... At 11:37 PM that night, December 29, 1973, Chad Lamont Butler entered the world a month early."

Tuesday, 24 November 2015

"Binnie" Barnes, 1903–1998 (English-American actress)

* Binnie Barnes's career in films spanned fifty years, from 1923 to 1973. She appeared most notably in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) as Katherine Howard, Henry's fifth wife. Later her career continued in Hollywood. She married American film producer Mike Frankovich, a Roman Catholic, for whom she converted to Catholicism, and later became a naturalized United States citizen. The couple adopted three children. Barnes died on 27 July 1998, aged 95, in Beverly Hills, California.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Gertrude Maud Barnes, 25 March 1903, 23:59 (11:59pm) GMT (+0), London, England (51n30, 0w10). ASC: 4 Sagittarius. RR: A (from memory or news report).

SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes from "The Literary Digest," Volume 123, Issues 1-13 (April 1937), p. 19: "Binnie Barnes was born at midnight between March 25-26, so she compromises by celebrating with a party at midnight between the two days."

Full birth name from England and Wales Birth Registration Index. Her birth was registered in the June quarter of 1903 at Islington, London.

Wikipedia has 25 May 1903 (no source), but her obituary in The Times (London, 1 August 1998, p. 21), states "Gertrude Maud Barnes" was born on "March 25, 1903."

U.S. Social Security Death Index gives "Binnie Frankovich" born "March 25, 1903" who died "July 27, 1998."

Sunday, 30 August 2015

Lee Atwater, 1951-1991 (American political consultant)

* Lee Atwater was a strategist to the Republican Party. He was an adviser to U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and chairman of the Republican National Committee.

Atwater's Scorpio Moon is closely conjunct Reagan's Jupiter and Atwater's Pluto is exactly conjunct Bush's Neptune. Atwater directed ruthless election campaigns for Reagan and Bush, including a dirty tricks operation against Democratic vice-presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro during the Reagan re-election campaign in 1984, and a focus on the issue of the death penalty for first-degree murderers during Bush's 1988 election campaign. These Scorpionic/Plutonic tactics contributed to successful outcomes: Reagan was re-elected (for his second and last term) and Bush succeeded to the presidential office for his first (and only) term.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Harvey LeRoy Atwater, 27 February 1951, 01:05 (1:05 AM) EST (+5), Atlanta, Georgia, USA (33n44, 84w23). ASC: 00 Sagittarius. RR: B (from biography). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes from "Bad Boy: The Life and Politics of Lee Atwater" by John Joseph Brady (Adisson-Wesley, 1997), p. 4: "on Tuesday, February 27, 1951, neighbors had to take Toddy to Emory Hospital. ... Lee ... weighed in at seven pounds, three ounces, at 1:05 in the morning."

Thursday, 16 July 2015

Naomi Grossman (American actress, writer, producer)

* Naomi Grossman is best known for her role as Pepper in the second and fourth seasons of the FX horror television series American Horror Story. Pepper is a microcephalic (a person with a neurodevelopmental disorder, usually defined as having a head circumference more than two standard deviations below the mean for age and gender). In preparation for the role, Grossman shaved her head bald.

She has an interesting Boomerang to Mars in Capricorn, the traditional ruler of her Scorpio ascendant.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Naomi Grossman, 2 February 1975, about 01:00 (1 AM) MST (+7), Denver, Colorado, USA (39n44, 104w59). ASC: Scorpio. RR: C . SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes Grossman on Twitter: "Aquarius with Scorpio Rising." Scorpio was rising approximately from 12AM to 2:10AM and from 11:40PM to midnight. A speculative time of 1AM gives mid Scorpio (15 degrees) rising.

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Tuesday, 14 July 2015

Nick Wooster (American creative consultant, fashion designer, businessman)

* Nick Wooster is described on Wikipedia as "a street style icon." He has worked with Barneys New York, Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus chain stores, as well as Calvin Klein, Polo Ralph Lauren and Thom Browne brands.

In 2012, Wooster designed a collection of shirts for the American brand Hamilton 1883. In 2014-2015, he created two joint collections with Japanese brand United Arrows. Also in 2014, Wooster designed a collection with the Italian house Lardini, presented at the men's fashion exhibition Pitti Uomo in Florence. In 2015, he designed a capsule collection of clothes from merino wool in cooperation with the Swedish brand The White Briefs, also presented at Pitti Uomo.

Wooster is known for wearing tailored blazers, a handlebar moustache and tattoo sleeves.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Nickelson Wooster, 2 July 1960, 22:00 (10 PM) CST (+6), Salina, Kansas, USA (38n50, 97w36). ASC: Aquarius. RR: C (Accuracy in question). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes "Cancer/ Aquarius Rising" handwritten by him as his "Zodiac sign" and "Salina, Kansas" as his place of birth in a questionionnaire published online on 27 August 2014. A speculative time of 10pm gives mid Libra (18 degrees) rising.

Friday, 26 June 2015

Megan Gale (Australian model, brand ambassador, fashion designer, actress)

* Aussie beauty, Megan Gale, has an English father and a mother of Maori descent. She won a modelling competition in Perth at 18, and later modelled for various Italian fashion houses and appeared in several Italian films. She was lauded in the Italian media as "The new Sophia Loren" (Gale and Loren each have Venus at 11° Virgo; i.e. exactly conjunct in their synastry!).

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Megan Kate Gale, 7 August 1975, circa 01:00 (1 AM) AWST (-8), Perth, Western Australia, Australia (31s57, 115e51). ASC: Taurus. RR: C. SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes Gale for her rising sign in "Princess Diary," Sunday Telegraph [Sydney], 12 Nov. 2006: "I'm a Leo but I think my true self is more like my rising sign, Taurus. I find my Leo qualities emerge when I'm working: I'm more flamboyant, more ambitious, confident and driven. At home I'm more Taurean: a bit earthier, but always stubborn."

NOTE: Taurus was rising from 12am to 2:02am and from 11:36pm to 12 midnight. The time of 1am is speculative. The Moon was in Leo throughout these periods.

Alistair Hulett, 1951–2010 (Scottish acoustic folk singer and revolutionary socialist)

* Alistair Hulett was the singer of the folk punk band, Roaring Jack, which he formed in Australia in the early 1980s. In 1995, Hulett co-founded the Australian Trotskyist organisation Socialist Alternative, while often playing political benefits and rallies with Roaring Jack.

He returned to his native Glasgow in the late 1990s, where he died from cancer at 6:30 pm on 28 January 2010.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Alistair John Hulett, 15 October 1951, 14:20 (2:20 PM), Redlands Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland (55n53, 4w15). ASC: 29 Sagittarius. RR: AA (From birth record). SOURCE: Caroline Gerard quotes birth record, requested by Sy Scholfield.

Tuesday, 9 June 2015

Tippi Hedren (American actress, fashion model, animal rights activist)

* Tippi Hedren was one of Alfred Hitchcock's ice-cool blondes, making her film debut in his suspense thriller The Birds followed by the title role in his psychological thriller Marnie. Hedren claims that Hitchcock was a sexual predator and control freak, who subjected her (and the birds?) to cruelty on the set. He also tried to destroy her career. Hitchcock's Mars is conjunct Hedren's Moon and his Scorpio Jupiter is conjunct her MC.

Hedren rejected Hitchcock's advances and went on to enjoy a successful career, appearing in over eighty films and TV shows. She has the feisty comination of Mars and Saturn straddling her Ascendant; with her Saturn square Hitchcock's Mars and her Mars quincunx his Pluto. This synastry made for quite a standoff.

Hedren also founded the non-profit Roar Foundation and Shambala Preserve, a sanctuary that houses some 70 animals. She is the mother of actress Melanie Griffith and grandmother of actress and model Dakota Johnson.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Nathalie Kay Hedren, 19 January 1930, 06:35 (6:35AM) CST (+6), New Ulm, Minnesota, USA (44n18, 94w27). ASC: 7 Capricorn. RR: AA (birth record on file). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield quotes from birth certificate, obtained on 6/6/2015.

Friday, 1 May 2015

Rue McClanahan, 1934–2010 (American actress, comedian, author, fashion designer)

* Rue McClanahan's birth certificate has been published on the official website of her estate, showing the time of birth recorded as 7pm and her name as "Eddi-Rue McClanahan." Previously, Frank Clifford quoted a written form filled in by her, with a time of 7:30pm from her mother's memory.

The time of 7pm puts Neptune and the Moon very close to the Ascendant and MC respectively. McClanahan won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1987 for her role as Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls (1985–1992).

Thanks to Susan Carmichael for finding the BC.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Eddi-Rue McClanahan, 21 February 1934, 19:00 (7pm) CST (+6), Healdton, Oklahoma, USA (34n13, 97w29). ASC: 12 Virgo. RR: AA (from birth certificate on file). SOURCE: In April 2015, Susan Carmichael found her birth certificate published on the official website of her estate: http://estateofrue.com/catalog/rues-certified-birth-certificate-sold/

Previously, Frank C. Clifford quoted a written form filled in by her, on 20 June 1995, with a time of 7:30pm from her mother's memory.

Friday, 3 April 2015

Anna Massey, 1937–2011 (English actress)

* In her obituary in The Guardian, Anna Massey is headlined as an "Award-winning actor with a fastidious intelligence and a hint of inner steel." The obit adds that "her Bafta-winning performance as the lonely writer of romantic fiction on holiday in Switzerland in Hotel du Lac (1986), . . . was the sort of role in which Massey was supreme: placid on the surface, with passion deep within her." These descriptions befit her Scorpio Ascendant. Indeed, she even played "The Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher in Pinochet in Suburbia (2006). Massey and Thatcher both have Scorpio rising.

In Peeping Tom (1960), Massey appeared as "the naive downstairs neighbour of a psychotic landlord" conveying "a cold and repressed character on screen." Her other Scorpionic roles include a vampire who serves her murderer his blood disguised as tomato juice in Vault of Horror (1973) and a creepy Mrs Danvers in Rebecca (1979).

Massey had the Sun in Leo high in the sky and she came from a noted acting family: she was the daughter of British actress Adrianne Allen and Canadian-born Hollywood actor Raymond Massey. Her godfather was film director John Ford.

NATAL DATA and ASTROLOGY CHART

BIRTH DATA: Anna Raymond Massey, 11 August 1937, 15:00 (3pm) BST (-1), Coolham, near Billingshurst, England (51n01, 0w28). ASC: 25 Scorpio. RR: A (from memory). SOURCE: Sy Scholfield cites a telegram from her father Raymond Massey to Samuel Goldwyn quoted in "Proud Father Extols Arrival," Los Angeles Times, 16 August 1937, p. 10: "Anna Massey born Coolham, Eng., 6 o'clock this morning. At 6:20 I heard her voice on trans-Atlantic telephone..." Note: The report mentions that Raymond Massey was in hospital in Hollywood with phlebitis at the time; BST (-1) is 9 hours ahead of PST (+8) so Anna was born at 3 p.m. BST in England equal to 6 a.m. PST in California.

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