Can Nicole Richie Make It On Her Own?

I don't know whether to be worried or relieved that Nicole Richie and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein have once again decided to call it quits. [Source] As I recently discussed, I was glad to see that Nicole seemed happier and more stable once she was back with her beau, but I was a little worried about the dynamic between her, a Virgo for whom stress goes straight to the stomach, and an easy-come-easy-go Aries like Adam:

It does seem that Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein cares for Nicole and has provided a stabilizing influence since they got back together. But I'm really not crazy about the aspects between them; he's an Aries with an Aquarius Moon, which is not really the grounded earth-water type that a Virgo-Cancer Moon like Nicole needs. See Adam Goldstein's birth chart (Exclusive to Media-Darling.com - no birth time) His Sun inconjuncts her Venus, which could mean that she feels she needs to adjust her relationship needs to please him or keep him from losing patience with her. I hope now that they're back together they will be happy and stable together, and that his support will help boost her self-worth... but now that I've looked at his chart, I'm not sure his fiery-hot Aries energy is good for Nicole's delicate Virgo stomach.

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Indeed, it sounds like AM bailed in true impulsive-Aries, emotionally-detached-Aquarius-Moon fashion. According to the report, "'Adam basically dumped Nicole,' a source tells Star. 'He didn't want to keep going when it was going nowhere. He wanted out for a couple of weeks.'" Just the fact that he would cut her loose that way shows that Adam wasn't ready or willing to give Nicole the kind of support she needs right now. With his Sun-Venus conjunction in Aries, he's most definitely looking out for number one above all else.

Honestly, I think it's for the best for Nicole that Adam decided to cut his losses rather than continue to stay in the relationship and phone it in. What I'm concerned about is her ability to get through this breakup without coming to pieces. She just admitted to Vanity Fair that their last split triggered her extreme weight loss (though let's face it, her body wasn't exactly healthy the first time they were together). And now, with transiting Jupiter retrograding over her Venus and transiting Venus opposing her Jupiter, Nicole is in an intensely relationship-oriented place and may be extremely needy. She could rush into finding another partner as she did with her disastrous Steve-O fling. Or, with Chiron squaring her Venus, this energy could manifest as more self-harming body image issues. See Nicole Richie's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Now is a time when Nicole needs to be nurturing herself and figuring out what she wants to get from relationships. Virgos are so concerned with taking care of other people, they may ignore their own needs. Pluto is squaring her Sun until well into 2008; hence this is a period when she is figuring out who she is, how she seeks to grow, and what she wants out of life. If she takes this breakup as an opportunity to ask herself the right questions, rather than floundering in self-pity and self-destructiveness, the experience could really make her stronger.

But seriously, what are the odds of that happening? Exactly. I say she's down to 80 pounds and dating Pete Doherty by summer.

Related:
Nicole Richie: Virgo, Stress and Eating (5/7/06)
Nicole Richie at Risk (2/1/06)