Just as one thought that the age of celebrity was coming to an end, one has to deal with Lady Gaga. I’ve noticed she’s everywhere, and the tabloid newspapers can’t get enough of her.
On the off chance that you’re less well-informed than me, she’s a singer and song-writer, whose eccentric style and wardrobe are an essential part of her brand.
She was born in March 1986, though there is some confusion as to whether it’s the 20th or 28th of the month. Yet there seems a growing consensus that it’s the later date, March 28, so that’s what I’ll go for.
As an Aries Lady Gaga is going to be very dynamic, the kind of person that just gets on with it, without spending ages and ages asking complicated questions. Yet her Sun in Aries receives a favourable aspect from Saturn, the planet of discipline and hard work. So she is able to structure her energy, and turn it into something very real.
We must nonetheless remember that in a female horoscope the Moon can be more important than the Sun, and Lady Gaga has the Moon in Scorpio. It’s a sign that’s emotional, that keeps a lot back, that tends to be uncomfortable discussing its feelings.
By all accounts Lady Gaga is an intelligent and talented woman, and I suspect that her sensitivity gives her the edge – being able to absorb things almost unconsciously. Especially as in her chart Mercury, the planet of communication and learning, is in Pisces, one of the most sensitive signs of the Zodiac.
However what really interests me about Lady Gaga is her generation. In astrology we have a way of marking generations, by means of the slow-moving outer planets, such as Uranus and Neptune.
The planet Neptune has a long cycle, and it will stay in a sign for well over a decade. In 1984 Neptune entered Capricorn, and it stayed here until 1998. So in many respects Lady Gaga is an exemplar of the generation born between 1984 and 1998.
Neptune is the planet of dreams and fantasy. Capricorn is the sign of money and materialism. So Neptune isn’t very happy in Capricorn.
A Neptune in Capricorn person will be inclined to monetise fantasy. Something which should be subtle and mysterious is often straitjacketed, for material purposes. You chase the fantasy, and deep-down, when you’ve peeled away the many layers of the onion, you find a pot of cash and not much else.
I’m a poor cultural commentator, but from the pictures I’ve seen of Lady Gaga, it appears to me that she’s trying a little too hard, and the word ‘contrived’ comes to mind. Hence the concept of a straitjacketed fantasy. But does that really matter, if people buy her music and go to her concerts?
Which brings me on to the question of whether Lady Gaga is a permanent fixture, a musician whose fame will grow and grow, perhaps in the manner of Madonna.
Not having Lady Gaga’s birth time, I asked the following question, setting a horoscope for the time I asked it:
Will Lady Gaga be more famous in three years time than she is in one year’s time?
Astrology or no astrology she’s going to be a major name in a year’s time, in 2010, even if interest in her wanes a little. But how will she build on her fame, in the years from 2010 to 2012?
She’ll make more money, but in other respects it’s probably as good as it gets. And in the chart for the question, the Moon was moving towards a stressful, 180-degree aspect to Saturn. I doubt very much that she’ll be more famous in three year’s time than she is in one’s year’s time. Styles and tastes change, and I’m unconvinced that she’ll be able to keep up.
Also, I think her generation will have to understand that the planet Neptune must be honoured and not used. You’re supposed to go with the flow and not just profit from it!
Copyright © 2009 Archie Dunlop
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