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Meg Ryan in the Middle
by Jill Dearman
StarIQ.com Syndicate |
Perky Blonde's Dark Shadows
Perky Blonde's Dark Shadows
In an unsentimental era, actress Meg Ryan is the only Hollywood
actress who fans and industry folks alike can call "America's
Sweetheart" with a straight face. In 1989, she made a permanent mark
on moviegoer's psyches in the romantic comedy When Harry Met
Sally, co-starring Billy Crystal. She's been called "the new Mary
Pickford" by some, and "the new Judy Holiday" by others. She has
gone on to huge success in genteel films such as Sleepless in
Seattle, You've Got Mail and Hanging Up. But this summer, it's the
breakup of her ten year marriage to actor Dennis Quaid that's making
all the headlines.
Like most Scorpios, Meg Ryan presents a charismatic front to
the public, but rarely, if ever, reveals the depth, darkness
and complexity of her true nature. Ryan has four planets
(Sun, Mercury, Venus and Neptune) in Scorpio, and her
Moon is in Aries. Both of these signs are co-ruled by Mars,
the planet of aggression and fiery passion. It's fascinating that Ryan
found her niche playing endearing and gentle roles in sentimental
romantic movies.
Many astrologers are strongly influenced by pioneering pyschologist
Carl Jung, who wrote extensively about the shadow side of human
nature. In astrology, the shadow can often be found in our opposite
signs. So, for instance, Ryan's shadow signs would be Taurus (opposite
her Scorpio Sun) and Libra (opposite her Aries Moon), the two signs in
the zodiac that are ruled by gentle, sentimental, romantic Venus. Ryan
may be a tough Scorpio with a fiery Aries Moon, but it's the shadow
(less easily expressed) part of her psyche that she's put up there on
the screen for America to fall in love with.
When Ryan has taken roles in darker (more Scorpionic) films, like
When A Man Loves A Woman, in which she played an alcoholic wife,
or Hurlyburly, in which she played a juicy, drugged up, slutty role,
the fans didn't pay to see her and the critics snubbed or panned her.
The public has kept her firmly pigeon holed. Ryan has also had her
greatest film successes when she's co-starred with water sign actors
Tom Hanks (a Cancer) and Billy Crystal (a Pisces) who bring out her
gentle side even more.
A Melancholy Ending for Meg and Dennis
Ryan herself fell for fiery actor Dennis Quaid, who made a name for
himself in hot roles in The Big Easy and Great Balls of Fire! In
recovery for substance abuse for many years, Quaid has had a less
consistent movie career, but his marriage to Ryan has seemed picture
perfect to the public.
One of the elements that may have drawn them together is
the fact that Quaid's Sun in Aries is conjunct (in the same
sign, at close degree) Ryan's Moon. This Sun-Moon
connection is often present in successful long-term
relationships. It shows that the Sun person expresses the
qualities of the shared sign on the outside while the Moon person feels
those qualites on the inside.
The difficulty in the Quaid-Ryan union may lie in the fact that Quaid's
Saturn (the heavy planet of structure, discipline and responsibility) sits
right on top of three of Ryan's Scorpio planets, including Mercury
(communication) and Venus (love). These aspects put Quaid in the
more parental role in the relationship, and may have made Ryan feel
constricted and misunderstood.
Also, both Quaid and Ryan have Mars (where their passions lie) in
Sagittarius. Sag is the sign of the great adventurer, and often Sag
planets don't "mature" until later in life. Perhaps the two followed their
passions when they wed, but just changed and grew in different
directions during their married years.
New Love Affair
Rumors are flying that Ryan left Quaid for Gladiator star, Australian
Russell Crowe, with whom Ryan just shot Proof of Life. RyanÕs and
CroweÕs charts make significant aspects to each other. Crowe is another
Aries, whose Sun is conjunct Ryan's Moon. Crowe's Venus (the
archetypally "feminine" planet of love) in Gemini also makes a very
close opposition to Ryan's Mars (the archetypally male planet of
passion) in Sagittarius. This gives them a definite yin-yang chemistry.
No doubt the attraction is there in full force.
Crowe's Jupiter (planet of good fortune and freedom) sits on
Ryan's Moon, making him lucky for her in an emotional way.
Crowe's Saturn is also in close opposition to Ryan's
Uranus (planet of progress and often abrupt change). All this
adds up to Crowe being some sort of positive catalyst in
Ryan's life. She needed more freedomÑa major change in the name
of progressÑand Crowe played some sort of emotional part in her
process.
Symbolic Death and Rebirth for a Scorpio
Major change in a person's life is associated with the planet
Pluto (Scorpio's primary co-ruling planet). This past spring, around the
time that rumors of Ryan's impending divorce began to surface, she
was just recovering from the shock of five planets in her opposite
(shadow) sign Taurus coming together in an extremely rare
conjunction. These planets all had a high-pressure triggering effect on
Ryan's four Scorpio planets. If ever there was a time for her to decide
whether to take the Scorpio route of throwing herself into the volcano
of the unknown in the hopes of coming out a truer, realer version of
herself, this spring was the time. Right now, she's still in the midst of
the chaos of change. When the intensity of this period of her life dies
down, here's what we can expect from America's sweetheart: Her film
roles and persona in Hollywood may toughen up and more closely
match the inner complexity of this very intense, passion-driven woman.
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