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Joseph Mallord William Turner<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A film premiered this week, entitled \u201cMr. Turner\u201d featuring the combined geniuses of the painter J.M.W. Turner, the film director Mike Leigh and the actor Timothy Spall.<\/p>\n

Personal View<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

When I was in the third year at University I signed up for a course on 20th<\/sup> Century art, but changed my mind at the last minute to 19th<\/sup> Century art, on the grounds that I did not enjoy 20th<\/sup> Century art.\u00a0 I was very glad that I did \u2013 it is still my favourite period of art.\u00a0 It has always given me a warm fuzzy feeling of security that the National Gallery houses such a full-bodied collection of his paintings, representing British art at its best.<\/p>\n

If I had been writing in the 19th<\/sup> Century, I would have said that his work was highly original, even within the movements of the (late 18th<\/sup> and) 19th<\/sup> Century, and that his work evoked a high state of spirituality, in particular his studies of the play of light and mist in his skyscapes.\u00a0 I would have said that his work was futuristic, but I would have been wrong about the trajectory of art, which took the abstract path, and culminated in late 20th<\/sup> and early 21st<\/sup> Century movements such as Brit Art.\u00a0 Perhaps Turner took his unique genre as far as he could.<\/p>\n

The only negative associations I have with his work was that during the 1970s \u201cThe Fighting Temeraire\u201d got overexposed: nearly every home had a block mounted edition of this painting, and every magazine used to sport an advertisement encouraging you to have your own print.\u00a0 So much so, that I couldn\u2019t look at it for several years.<\/p>\n

His Chart<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I have taken his chart from Astrodatabank, a huge collection of charts from the late Astrologer Lois Rodden, but the birth time and even the date are not firmly known.<\/p>\n

Turner had his North Node at 0 degrees Virgo conjunct Mars in Leo in 8th<\/sup> House straightaway revealing the Warrior Archetype, and he was by all accounts a prickly character (for instance in his rivalry with Constable).\u00a0 The North Node also trines closely his Sun, adding an immense creativity and leadership in his field.\u00a0 Uranus exactly square the Nodal Axis accentuates the alienation from society, and a leadership role.<\/p>\n

His Venus conjuncts Uranus in his 5th<\/sup> House of creativity, giving him an\u00a0 unusual relationship with society as well as the originality contained in\u00a0 this placement.<\/p>\n

His Moon was exactly sextile Mercury, providing a harmonious alliance between the imagination and the intellect.<\/p>\n

An article in the Guardian yesterday points out a dissonance between the handsome fellow he saw himself as, particularly in youth, and the \u201cgargoyle\u201d of a figure as portrayed later in life in the film.\u00a0 Both could be true, but Jupiter\/Venus\/Uranus in 5th<\/sup> House would portray a healthy self-image at least.<\/p>\n

His work is imbued with an elevated sense of beauty, in an era which produced much attractive and beautiful work under the movements of Romanticism, but works of his time often tended to still aim at achieving realism.\u00a0 Some of Turner\u2019s work went beyond that.<\/p>\n

Mike Leigh<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Back in 1977 hubby and I sat and watched the original TV production of Abigail\u2019s Party, in the days before we had separate televisions.\u00a0 It was a mesmerizing play, great fun and\u00a0 very original for its time.\u00a0 We did not know it was improvised, and this was our first experience of Mike Leigh\u2019s style.<\/p>\n

Since then he has honed his method, which consists of working individually with his actors and then producing a loose plot within which the actors\u2019 own ingenuity and creativity can take over.\u00a0 Characteristically, the film Mr. Turner was meticulously researched.\u00a0 Timothy Spall, who plays Turner, took painting lessons, for instance.<\/p>\n

Lead researcher Jacqueline Riding is quoting as saying (also in the Guardian): \u201cIn the film, you are watching months, years actually,\u00a0 of preparation and graft, gradually evolved from improvisations, then honed into an elegant, funny and revealing five-minute scene.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his chart<\/span>, <\/em><\/strong>Mike Leigh has the Sun opposite his Moon (born on a Full Moon) with his \u201clights\u201d squared by the groundbreaking conjunction of Saturn and Uranus.\u00a0 Further quirkiness of working method is revealed by Chiron exactly conjunct his North Node (a karmic mission of healing) in Leo.\u00a0 He works from the inside out to produce his authenticity.<\/p>\n

One of the secrets of his award-winning success in working in such a complex way is an exact trine between his Uranus and Neptune, backed up by an exact sextile between two other big-hitters, Saturn and Pluto.\u00a0 There is a great strength within these structures, and an ability to follow through on big projects.<\/p>\n

He may have had a telepathic connection with Turner in making this film, because his Uranus (telepathy) is exactly conjunct Turner\u2019s own Uranus, and Turner\u2019s Nodal Axis is exactly square Leighr\u2019s Uranus.<\/p>\n

In the comparison with Turner\u2019s chart, Mike Leigh\u2019s Sun is exactly conjunct Turner\u2019s South Node \u2013 a direct karmic connection!<\/p>\n

Timothy Spall<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Timothy Spall won Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival this year for his role as Turner in Mike Leigh\u2019s film.\u00a0 He is known as a character actor, and worked with Mike Leigh on \u201cSecrets and Lies\u201d in 1996.<\/p>\n

Thus there is a longstanding association between Leigh and Spall, and they established several years ago the principle of doing the film, but it took many years and much preparation to come to fruition: that smacks of a Saturn process.\u00a0 Their Suns are 7 degrees apart in Pisces, the sign of envisioning, and working together magnifies the envisioning.<\/p>\n

Spall\u2019s Moon is conjunct his Chiron, so through his empathetic emotional body he can relate to the Chironic way in which Mike Leigh works.\u00a0 He has four planets in Aquarius, making the total of his Fixed Sign planets seven out of ten, a highly unusual figure.\u00a0 This may give him a fixety of purpose, and a steely determination.\u00a0 His Uranus closely square Neptune may give him a great deal of internal conflict, but that may have enabled him to play gritty and sometimes hapless roles.\u00a0 Working with Mike Leigh, who has these two planets in an exact trine, helps to bring out the best in his natal ascpect.<\/p>\n

He agreed to play the role of Turner many years ago, but the action of the film takes place later in Turner\u2019s years because Spall himself is no spring chicken.\u00a0 We do not have birth times \/ Ascendants for Mike Leigh or Timothy Spall, which limits the insight into their charts.<\/p>\n

Among other exact interaspects, Spall has genial Jupiter trine exactly Turner\u2019s Venus, iconoclastic Uranus square exactly Turner\u2019s Sun, and empathetic Neptune exactly opposite Turner\u2019s Moon, ensuring a job well done.<\/p>\n

In comparing his chart with Mike Leigh\u2019s they have the excellent working combination of exactly trined Marses.<\/p>\n

Premier of Film<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The film which premiered this week is a culmination, as I often feel in these circumstances, of collaborations between humans on this earth, and spiritual forces behind the scenes, including Joseph Turner himself.<\/p>\n

The chart of the film shows a conjunction of the Sun and Venus (the theme of Art) and Mercury sextile Jupiter (a box office success).\u00a0 Mars sextiles Neptune, showing the complexity and sensitivity with which it has been made. Venus sextiles Pluto (carrying a profound message), and Mercury conjuncts the North Node (there is an informative element, and historical accuracy has been attended to in great detail).<\/p>\n

The aspects to Turner\u2019s own chart at this time are a little uncomfortable, so\u00a0 his perfectionism may be a little rattled, though I am sure the film overall has his seal of approval (that is the nearest I am going to get to a Halloween comment).\u00a0 Mike Leigh has currently Saturn exactly trine his natal Venus, so he will feel a sense of accomplishment in his artistic portrayal.\u00a0 Timothy Spall has Saturn transiting his natal North Node, again a serious achievement.\u00a0 Note that Leigh and Spall have significant Saturn transits, a measure of the length of time they have taken to bring this project to the big screen.<\/p>\n

Aspects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Apart from a non-eclipsed Full Moon which we should be able to take in our stride, this is the third week of mild-mannered or even helpful aspects.\u00a0 It is therefore a week to count our blessings, because next week we are back to the normal pattern of ups and downs, with some of the more menacing aspects recurring.<\/p>\n

Venus trines Chiron tomorrow (Monday 3rd<\/sup>) which sets a healing tone for the beginning of the week.\u00a0 Healing through the arts is particularly favoured.\u00a0 Producing a piece of art or music of your own may prove healing for you.\u00a0 There may be benefits in relationships and financial affairs, too.<\/p>\n

In the evening, the Sun in Scorpio sextiles Pluto, which should set things straight psychologically in a fundamental way.\u00a0 If you are looking for a re-set button, this may be what you need.<\/p>\n

The Sun trines Chiron on Wednesday (5th<\/sup>), holding the healing which may have begun on Monday, firming it up and possibly creating something more whole.\u00a0 For instance, if you produced a piece of artwork, you may now see that it is part of a larger opus.\u00a0 You see the hologram more clearly.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a week for the Night Owls, as much of the action takes place during the\u00a0 late evenings this week.\u00a0 If you are not a Night Owl, and function better first thing in the morning, it may be good to consciously adjust your rhythms this week, e.g. getting up later, so that you function at your best for the main events.<\/p>\n

Thursday evening (6th<\/sup>) is a Full Moon at 14 degrees Taurus.\u00a0 Emotions may swell at that time, perhaps nostalgia too.\u00a0 With the Sun in Scorpio opposing the Moon, the emotional emphasis is \u201cto have and to hold”, with the realization that releasing and letting go is what is needed;\u00a0 that there is nothing of substance to have and hold perhaps.<\/p>\n

In the late evening of Saturday (8th<\/sup>) Mercury enters Scorpio, travelling from Libra.\u00a0 You may have been carefully avoiding verbal conflict, employing tact and diplomacy, but now realize that\u00a0 the time for truth has arrived.\u00a0 Pussyfooting is no longer working, eggshells have been trodden to smithereens.\u00a0 There is no other way left than to examine truth, and express it.\u00a0 Perhaps someone has ignored your hints, and you need to be a little bolder in your phraseology.<\/p>\n

The week in bullet points:<\/p>\n