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Shannen Doherty photographed by Michel Comte, 1994.

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Shelley Duvall wasn’t a demure 70s coquette for your moodboard or a nutcase driven mad by Kubrick’s harsh directorial hand. She was a woman with no prior acting experience or training who jumped into the industry and made her mark. She was an unforgettable personality on the screen; so down to earth and approachable yet aloof in her own way. She had a gift that can’t be taught in a drama college; her onscreen manner felt natural. Contrary to urban legend, she didn’t go completely insane after the Shining. She produced 3 successful children’s television series throughout the 80s and 90s and earned a Peabody award and two Daytime Emmy nominations. She was passionate about creating quality entertainment for children.

Many who worship celebrities only worship an image or a constructed narrative, and, admittedly, there’s no way for any of us to have known Shelley as a person beyond her work in film and television. Still, when I look at her I see someone who worked hard to create so many wonderful things, and I think her talent was so much greater than what people gave her credit for.

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R.I.P. Donald Sutherland (1935-2024). He is, was, always will be one of my favorites.

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demons: Scorpio, Virgo, March Pisces, Sagittarius, Gemini, Capricorn, Taurus

angels: Cancer, Libra, February Pisces, Aquarius, Leo, Aries

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Cancers expose the bitch in everyone.

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pushes boundaries, controlling other people to fulfill personal perversions for the sake of dominance, or for the sake of something

Scorpio, Sagittarius, Aries, Virgo, Capricorn, Pisces, Leo

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I believe that once a woman learns how to truly love, and value every part of herself—she can achieve having sex appeal. I think anyone can have it if they do the proper work on themselves, regardless of zodiac signs (although I see Libras, Cancers, Leos, and Capricorns are the best at it). But I do agree that it comes more naturally to some than others due to environmental aspects.

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Capricorn is dutiful because they have to be. They show dedication and duty. Saturn will kick their ass if they don’t do certain things. Plus they’re a cardinal sign and every Cardinal sign is linked to politics, law, or war in some way.

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Uranus in the Seventh House — these people make shrewd diplomats and will take incredible risks to achieve their goals.

Barack Obama and Joe Biden both have Uranus in the Seventh House and so do Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron. Oprah has it, and so does Gwyneth Paltrow, Clint Eastwood and Bono. Historically, Napoleon I and Queen Elizabeth I had it, plus both Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud as well as Mozart.

I think you can see something they all have in common — confidence to chart their own path and an instinct for branding that comes from keen insight into others. If you’re going to build an empire of any kind, it’s a good placement.

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an excerpt from: fixed stars and sexuality

Dante Alighieri, the 13th century Italian writer and philosopher who wrote The Divine Comedy, made the fixed stars the eighth of the ten heavens into which he divided his Paradiso, the third and final part of the famed narrative poem. Alycone, Aldebaran, Sirius, Alkaid, Alphecca and Antares are all relatively well-known stars that can be associated with sexuality, but I'll get into the lesser known stars.

Alpha Serpentis (aka Unukalhi) is a double-headed fixed star in the head of the constellation of Serpentus. Those born under this star are strongly sexual and somewhat hedonistic (with the danger of scandal) and have an interest in confections, food preparation and preservation, elixirs, scents, and gardens (Manilius associated neighboring star Corona Borealis with flowers and perfume). Their sexuality is of prime importance to them, and they may identify themselves through it.

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“it takes a lot to be with a bitch like me”

SCORPIO, Virgo, CANCER, Sagittarius, LEO, Aries, CAPRICORN

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Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) are low key the most angry

Fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius) are low key the most insecure

Mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces) are low key the most miserable

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commitments

Aries are committed to themselves, their hustle, to blazing their own trail, and to keeping it real

Taureans are committed to comfort, the good life and to the people they love

Geminis are committed to variety, communication and to connecting to as many people as they can in general

Cancers are committed to quality, their family, and the power of their emotions and how they inspire and provoke others

Leos are committed to winning, promoting themselves at all costs, being recognized, mindless fiery positivity, and to the empowerment of themselves and others

Virgos are committed to excellence, their health and to serving others

Libras are committed to love, beauty, and justice; the righting of wrongs and balance

Scorpios are committed to their privates, their money and to power

Sagittarians are committed to freedom, to high ideals, and to causes bigger than themselves

Capricorns are committed to control, self mastery, and success

Aquarians are committed to the state of humanity, their friends and to change

Pisces are committed to loving hard, their creative spirit, and to making their dreams a reality

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poise: Pisces, Virgo, Gemini, Taurus

power: Aries, Scorpio, Aquarius, Sagittarius

both: Cancer, Libra, Capricorn, Leo

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While mars is exalted in earthy Capricorn, it's not primitively instinctual nor impulsive unlike when in fiery Aries (which often leaves many projects unfinished). Rather, Mars becomes dedicated to the mission when in Capricorn, and will complete the task no matter what it takes, since it is no longer so quick to shift gears and move on to something else. It is much more tactful, focused, driven, and organized (downright scheming) when in Capricorn. Mars in Cap moves nothing like it does when Mars is in one of the fire signs or even Scorpio.

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When it comes to synastry, oppositions from moon to mercury/mars can point to maybe one person's feelings if the other doesn't get them; the general feeling is as if the other is too combative. It would actually be better if the person has no aspects than just strong negative ones. I personally like seeing easy moon to mercury aspects.