Analysis of Catherine Deneuve's astrological chart

Catherine Deneuve is probably the most iconic actress of the French cinema. She even has her star on Hollywood famous Walk of Fame, and she was crowned "The most beautiful woman in the world" by the magazine Look in 1968.

At the age of 71, she is still amazing. It is not surprising that she was born with the Sun in Libra. She has the elegance, the class, and the classic beauty of this sign, bearing in mind that, in addition, Saturn stamps her mark in his capacity as Libra's second ruler. The austere planet also rules the Capricorn Ascendant and forms numerous aspects. Therefore, we understand better why Catherine Deneuve first comes across as a cold beauty. With Libra, Capricorn, and Leo as backdrop, we do get the portrait of her calm pulchritude. Her perfect features, her figure, and the way she holds her head may be intimidating.

Saturn and the Capricorn Ascendant also explain that she managed to build such a long-lasting career. She started with comedy roles and then played increasingly serious parts, selecting her films with a great deal of good sense.

As the astrologer takes an overall glance at the chart, he notices a significant indication of power (Deneuve has become the unanimously respected Great Catherine): Leo – conspicuous because it is tenanted by a trio of personal and strong planets, namely, Jupiter, the Moon, and Pluto – the Capricorn Ascendant, and the Mars-Saturn conjunction agree that Deneuve runs her destiny with an iron fist in a velvet glove. Besides, she undeniably enjoys taking risks. Indeed, while the above-mentioned Mars-Saturn conjunction brings forth tensed and stressful situations, it gives much self-control when it is well integrated. In this case, precisely, Deneuve can rely on a nice trine connecting these two difficult planets to the Sun.

The other characteristic coming from her dominants is that she has an amazing capacity for hard work. It is her natural method to overcome the tragic moments of a destiny which did not spare her. This is for instance what she did after the brutal death of her sister, Françoise Dorléac, immersing herself in an endless string of projects.

In any case, her filmography demonstrates her seriousness as well as her eclecticism. The list of her films is so long that we shall mention the most important ones only. Repulsion, by Roman Polanski, Belle de jour and Tristana by Luis Bunuel, Mississippi mermaid and The last metro by François Truffaut, My favourite season or Thieves by André Téchiné, Dancer in the dark by Lars von Trier, 8 women by François Ozon, and In the courtyard, for which she was, once more, nominated for the César ceremony of 20 February 2015.

However, at the outset, nothing seemed to prepare her to reign the way she does. She first comes across as a shy person, much more than her sister who was extroverted and spontaneous. Deneuve conquered her first audience in romantic musicals such as The umbrellas of Cherbourg or The young girls of Rochefort. At 20, she was already a star. She undoubtedly owes her freshness and her precocity to a sub-dominant of Gemini, a well-supported sign in her case. This is the only cheerful hint found in her chart, which strengthens with Libra the prominence of the Air element.

To sum up, the actress' personality is rich, and this may be the reason why she has been able to put to good use quite diverse assets throughout her career. For example, she is much less buttoned-up and bourgeois than some people believed, which would have been the case if she had possessed only the Libra-Capricorn and Leo attributes. Whereas it is obvious that these signs give her classic tastes, she is nonetheless eager to get rid of the proprieties in her own way.

It is perhaps in her private life that such characteristics play out most significantly. She started her provocations quite early, leaving her parents at the age of 16 to live with Roger Vadim, the seducer who had already added Brigitte Bardot to his prize-list, and who acted a little bit as a Pygmalion with Deneuve. It did not last long, because with the Moon in Leo conjunct Pluto and Jupiter, Deneuve too certainly knew how to suck the blood out of her preys. "Domineering!" the director reported much later. For her part, after a quick split, Deneuve continued to do as she pleased, having affairs with renowned men such as Marcello Mastroianni, the father of her daughter, who was already married with someone else. This matches her Sun in the 9th House (a spouse of foreign origins). In any case, Deneuve may be unfit for marriage, for she is happy with herself. We see in this peculiarity the result of Venus in Virgo, which also accounts for a relative discretion about her romantic relations, in such a context.

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Friday, October 22, 1943

Paris 16e (France)

28°14' Libra

13°57' Leo

11°05' Capricorn

13°34' Scorpio

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Biography of Catherine Deneuve (excerpt)

Catherine Deneuve (October 22, 1943, in Paris, France (birth time source: Geslain, Bordoni, birth certificate)), is an Academy Award-nominated French actress. A model of French elegance, cultivated lust object for art house filmgoers everywhere, and one of the best-respected actresses in the French film industry, Catherine Deneuve made her reputation playing a series of beautiful ice maidens...

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In 2015, without losing her calm and her usual civility, Catherine Deneuve is most likely to go through a phase of deep transformation. Indeed, she is undergoing the transit of Pluto on her Ascendant, a once in a lifetime phenomenon, if at all. Pluto is under the sway of the collective square of Uranus, the impact of which she may feel more deeply than other people. Natal Mercury in Libra bears the brunt of the square and may stir trouble in the areas of communication, travels, or relationships with youths.

From the summer of 2015, however, Jupiter is alleviating her burden because throughout 2016, the actress is very likely to benefit from the arrival of this Jupiter in Virgo, in a good position with the Ascendant and Neptune, in the latter case, during the whole year. Later on, in the course of 2017, transiting Jupiter entering Libra may bring about new honours.

^* A planet less than 1° from the next House cusp is considered to be posited in the said House. 2° when the AS and the MC are involved