So, I was reading stories actors tell about other actors. The one between these two celebs is pretty sweet:
Most people know who Marlon Brando is right? I knew that he was/is an Aries because in the book Sextrology he is said to be the embodiment of true Aries-ness! Beginning his acting career onstage in the 1940s Marlon B. is a Hollywood legend, known for his gripping, realistic portrayals of tough masculine characters. There is no question he was a hard-working, influential actor. He was in A Streetcar Named Desire (I may have to see that one now), Apocalypse Now & The Godfather. I knew him growing up as the guy in Guys & Dolls and Rebel Without a Cause. His strong opinions, passions are well known in real life. He dated many women, married three times and fathered 16 children. He maintained a rather a-hole reputation until his death in 2004.
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| SO MANLY. SO SHINY. |
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| Marlon Brando was born April 3, 1924 Sun in Aries Moon in Aries |
Then there is Montgomery Clift. I had heard this name but knew nothing of him. Doing wiki-research, I learned Montgomery Clift is a Libra, (the opposite of Aries) born October 17, 1920. I was surprised to learn they were opposing signs and it just makes the story cooler. I think of Libra as a dual sign in the league of Pisces or Gemini because scales have 2 parts that need to balance for equality. I think its interesting that Clift has a twin sister too. He is known as the 1st actor to bring an emotional male character to the screen in films like From Here to Eternity and A Place in the Sun. People in theaters would cry or gasp, touched by his natural & sensitive portrayals. He was even included on Time Most Beautiful Faces In The Last 100 Years list. He had no children, he was gay, but of course closeted to the public. No doubt this is part of why he was so good at bringing raw emotionally tormented characters to life. He shared very close enduring relationships with women such as Elizabeth Taylor & Maureen O'Hara who remained always loyal friends to him. In 1956 he was in a bad car accident that paralyzed half of his face (balance/imbalance Libra theme), he became reclusive, getting addicted to alcohol and pills and becoming severely depressed, understandably...
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| It was a time when cigarettes were safe lol |
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| Style, totally 50s fierce. |
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| Abs in the Sun, maybe? |
So apparently what happened between these two "Hollywood leading man rivals" goes as follows:
Around 1960, Clift was darkly depressed. Lost in addiction after his painful & traumatic accident, basically killing himself slowly. Marlon Brando unannounced showed up at Clifts house one day and tells him something like: You HAVE to get back to making films. Your performances have always driven me to take more daring work and without you there I have no one to compete with, youre such a great actor, Ive always admired you and no one compares to you!
Clift was shocked to hear this and it did give him inspiration to come back to film. He cleaned up his substance issues and even with a half paralyzed face rose to the challenge. Delivering some of the greatest roles of his career. I think this is a really cool story and from an astrological point of view its cool that these 2 opposing signs actually helped eachother & brought out the best in eachother, Brando did it for selfish, some might say Aries-ish reasons that never the less pushed a very off balanced Libra back towards what he needed to be. Clift became again a popular actor though he tragically died suddenly in his sleep @ home in 1966 of a heart attack.
I think these men are a perfect example of the opposing signs of Libra and Aries. Their relationships with women and sexual/love expression are very different. I think both lives are rather tragic but in such different ways. The Libra guy (scales,Venus) who is sensitive, he brings sensitivity to male roles in movies (balancing things out you could say?) And again his life reflects the scales when he has his accident at the peak of his career which plunges him way under. Yet still he find his way back into balance and dies young. I see the similar-yet-opposite in the story of the Aries who also breaks into new territory with his acting but his tragedy is not so obvious as a car accident. No, not a car accident; Marlon Brando lived a much longer life that was more like an ongoing train wreck. Yet his life is tempered the art he brought to the world through his roles, leaving a film legacy as well as a living legacy of actual children. He got really weird as he got older too, look it up! More people know who Marlon Brando is but I think Clift may have had a bigger impact on film/audiences even if nobody has heard of him much. He brought beauty, charm and sensitivity to light, very Venusian of him! He also will remain in the minds of the people who know of him, young, talented and beautiful.
So there you have an example of Libra & Aries.
Plus how hot were these two?!
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| Geez Marlon leave some smoldering for the rest of the class! |
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| There are not many pictures of "Monty" smiling which is a shame |
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| BFF Elizabeth Taylor |
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| Double Aries, I am not sure his rising is accurate here & I personally believe Brando is a Taurus rising. |
Oh and extra info, this is Tuki Brando, Marlons gorgeous Cancerian grandson who he left out of his will... Do not worry though, Tuki has done just fine without him though! Super finesome might say ;)
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