Celeb AstroBlogy: Don't Screw With Reese Witherspoon!

Reese and Ryan Last week I wanted to look into the Reese Witherspoon pregnancy rumors but was frustrated that there appeared to be some discrepancy online over her birth data. Now it seems like I may have really dodged a bullet, as Reese is suing Star for falsely reporting that she has a third child on the way. {Source} (Hey, I bought that issue—can I sue for my $3.49 back?)

This litigious outburst should come as no big surprise considering that Reese, with her strong-willed Aries energy, does not mess around. You don't want to screw with a woman who has an almost exact Sun-Mars square in cardinal signs, people, 'cause she will MESS YOU UP. That's right, under her demure Southern-girl countenance, sweet Reese is every bit the ball-buster. See Reese Witherspoon's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Although there are various reports floating around the Interwebs that Reese was born in New Orleans; Baton Rouge, LA; or even Nashville, I am indebted to P—— for looking into this and concluding from the best available celebrity research that New Orleans is Reese's correct birthplace. {Source}

Pregnancy rumors are in any case difficult to analyze astrologically without a confirmed birth time, as the houses, which are unique to an individual's chart based on time of birth, hold important information about childbearing potential. P—— was unfortunately unable to verify a 12PM birth time for Reese that appears (without a source) on at least one astrology site, Zodiacal Zephyr. This concerns me, as astrologers sometimes set charts for 12PM as a default when no birth time is available, and it is just possible that someone took the 12PM time from a chart such as this one and posted it as if it were real.

But the 12PM chart actually does seem to fit Reese rather well. It puts Mars on her Ascendant opposing the Capricorn Moon in her 7th house of marriage and partnership. This not only turns her Sun-Mars square, mentioned above, into a T-square with the ambitious Capricorn Moon, which would explain Reese's incredible drive to succeed and dominate in her field. Pluto in Libra, though not as tightly in orb as the Sun-Moon-Mars T-square, completes the powerhouse grand-cross configuration. I can't stress strongly enough that this is not a woman you want to screw with, no matter what time of day she was born.

This birth time would also account for some of the seemingly contradictory aspects of Reese's personality. Suppose the noon chart is accurate: With 29° Gemini rising and Mars in Cancer conjunct the Ascendant, Reese comes off as charming and sparkling, but there's also a directness and aggressiveness to the image she projects. Think perfectly perky yet diehard cutthroat Tracy Flick in Election.

With the nurturing Moon in the 7th house of marriage (again, in this unverified chart) opposing Mars in family-oriented, homebody, Moon-ruled Cancer, Reese is fiercely dedicated to her husband and children, and family life is a huge part of her personality and public image (she seems, laudably, like one of the most hands-on moms in Hollywood). But at the same time, with the Moon in ambitious Capricorn opposing Mars and squaring the Aries Sun, Reese's single-minded career goals define her as well. She worked through both of her pregnancies and, come to think of it, has worked most of her life. That hard-driving Capricorn climb-to-the-top mentality really fits Reese.

Could another pregnancy be in Reese's future? It is possible. Jupiter is stationing in July in trine to Reese's Venus and Ryan's Jupiter, which could bring more blessings into their lives and expand the circle of love in their family. See Ryan Philippe's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Jupiter is stationing near Reese's natal Uranus, which, if the noon chart is correct, falls in her 5th house of children and childbirth. This placement could bring an unexpected pregnancy. If not, Reese could also have good luck conceiving her next child around the end of 2007 or beginning of 2008, when Jupiter would be conjuncting her Moon (again, if the noon birth time is correct).

I certainly hope that the Witherspoon-Philippes do increase their ridiculously gorgeous brood, so that perhaps some hope shall remain for humanity's next generation, especially if Deacon and Shiloh Jolie-Pitt decide to breed, I mean, fall in love. If anyone has any information on Reese's or Ryan's time of birth, please be so kind as to share it, that I may better track their procreating potential.