Celeb Birthdays: April 22

Daniel Johns of Silverchair is 27. (Is he still married to Natalie Imbruglia? That is just so weird. Taurus-Aquarius can really go either way.) See Daniel Johns' birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Guitar-whisperer Peter Frampton, a double Taurus, turns 56 years dreamy. See Peter Frampton's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Kitschy, kinky and kind-hearted cult director John Waters is 60. Truly, Serial Mom is a vastly underrated film. See John Waters' birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Fashion designer Issey Miyakeis 68. See Issey Miyake's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Vastly overrated actor Jack Nicholson, whom I have always found hammy and odious, is decidedly unsexy at 69. Um, happy birthday. See Jack Nicholson's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Glen Campbell, whom I believe to be some sort of musical artist, is 70. See Glen Campbell's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Seinfeld mom Estelle Harris is 74.

Mrs. Garrett herself, Charlotte Rae, is 80. See Charlotte Rae's birth chart (Astrotheme)

The almighty Aaron Spelling, a Taurus like his daughter Tori, is 83. I feel it is somehow fitting that he shares a birthday with John Waters, fellow creator of fantasy worlds. God, if they would collaborate on a TV pilot I would be ecstatic. See Aaron Spelling's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Earthy Taurean sex goddess Bettie Page celebrates her 83rd birthday with a new flick about her notorious pin-up reign. Her Moon-Pluto conjunction in Cancer describes the force of her feminine sensuality and its transgressive social impact, as does the (loose) Venus-Uranus conjunction in her first house. See Bettie Page's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Lolita author Vladimir Nabokov, an an amazingly lyrical writer and no stranger to sexual transgression himself, would have been 107 today. See Vladimir Nabokov's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Birth dates from IMDB.com. Please email me any corrections, additions or -- especially appreciated! -- exact birth times.

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Celeb Birthdays: April 21

This is a very exciting birthday day indeed. As it turns out, I am a celebrity! I'm not sure how this escaped my notice before, but I guess the paparazzi have been maintaining a respectful distance.

Canadian pairs ice skater and crooked-Olympic-judge victim Jamie Salé turns 29. See Jamie Salé's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Likewise, CelebAstroBlogger KittyTaurus celebrates her 29th birthday today (for the fourth time, but who's counting?). Um, I'm really not sure HOW or WHY my chart ended up on Astrotheme, but apparently I am the 10,162nd most popular celebrity! See KittyTaurus's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Comedienne Nicole Sullivan turns 36.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch star John Cameron Mitchell turns 43.

The Cure's frontman, Robert Smith, celebrates 47 angstful years. See Robert Smith's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Actress Andie MacDowell, whom I've never had much use for, is 48. See Andie MacDowell's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Tony Danza, whom no one has much use for, is 55. See Tony Danza's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Broadway diva and Corky's mom Patti LuPone turns 57. See Patti LuPone's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Iggy Pop looks hot as HELL for being 59. Lust for life, indeed! See Iggy Pop's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Actor Charles Grodin is 71. I think we can all agree that his career peak was playing the guy who refuses to let his vehicle be commandeered in So I Married an Axe Murderer, one of the most underrated films ever, after Office Space and Spice World. See Charles Grodin's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Writer-comedienne Elaine May turns 74. See Elaine May's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Stoic Capricorn-rising Queen Elizabeth II of, duh, Britain celebrates 80 years. Huzzah! See Queen Elizabeth II's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Actor Anthony Quinn may or may not still be alive; if the former, he's 85. See Anthony Quinn's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Author Charlotte Brontë would have been 190 today. With her Virgo Ascendant, no wonder she was so good at writing about sexual repression. See Charlotte Brontë's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Birth dates from IMDB.com. Please email me any corrections, additions or -- especially appreciated! -- exact birth times.

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Just How Screwed Up Will Suri Cruise Be?

Huzzah, a birth time for the TomKitten! Thanks to Senior Research Chief Karen for tipping me off to newborn Suri Cruise's 3 AM birth time [Source]. At long last (okay, it took, like, a day) I can analyze Suri's complete chart. Here is Suri Cruise's birth chart. Interestingly, there are some features of Suri's chart that hint at the rumors surrounding her conception and Katie Holmes' much-questioned pregnancy (or lack thereof).

Suri has Aquarius, sign of the public and mass communication (including the Internet) rising. The rising sign, or Ascendant, describes a person's outer appearance or the face they project to the world, as well as the birth and start of life. With Neptune, the planet of fantasy and illusion, in Aquarius (again, the sign of mass communication) conjuncting the Ascendant, there is a veil of mystery or deception cloaking the circumstances of Suri's birth and true identity. After months of buzzing about Katie's belly, there are already rumblings online, specifically on PerezHilton.com, about this baby not really having been delivered by Katie. (Perhaps incidentally, Neptune is often prominent in the birth charts of people who are adopted.)

And with Chiron, the planetoid that is like a sore spot in the chart, conjuncting the Ascendant from the hidden 12th house of self-undoing, Suri may have some kind of secret skeleton in the closet about her identity. I've already remarked on the fact that Suri's Chiron is right on dad Tom Cruise's Saturn, representing the father principle, suggesting that Tom's parenting tactics could be a source of pain or shame for her. (See Tom Cruise's birth chart; Astrotheme) The fact that Tom's Saturn is also casting a shadow on Suri's Ascendant from the 12th house exacerbates this concern, hinting that he could be intent on controlling and limiting her identity and public image as he has often been accused of doing to Katie.

Suri's Moon, representing the emotions and the mother, is, appropriately enough, conjunct Katie's Sun in Sagittarius, so there will be a close emotional connection between them, and in all fairness this does argue in favor of Katie being the baby's actual mother. (See Katie Holmes' birth chart; Astrotheme) However, with Suri's Moon next to her Pluto, which conjuncts Katie's Sun even more closely, there will definitely be power struggles in their relationship. Sagittarius being the sign of religion, it could be Suri's rebellion against Scientology that causes a battle of the wills.

With 0° of the constantly changing mutable sign Gemini on the cusp of her 4th house, representing home and family, Suri might be moving around a lot as a kid, and have an unstable home life. This house and its opposite, the 10th, also depict the mother and father, and again, mutable signs here are a sign of receiving shaky grounding from the parents.

One more interesting feature of Suri's chart is that Venus, the planet of relationships and values, conjuncts unconventional Uranus in her 1st house. This placement could augur Suri having kinky, nontraditional relationships that are very much a part of her identity. Wouldn't it just be so cosmically just if Suri grew up to be a lesbian and married her birthday mate, Brooke Shields' daughter Grier?! (I'm assuming gay marriage will be legal by then.) I can't wait to see that on the cover of Us Weekly in 2027!

Related:
• TomKitten Is an Aries! (4/18/06)
• TomKitten = KittyTaurus? (4/13/06)
• Whither TomKat? (2/17/06)
• No, Really, What's Up With Katie's Belly? (1/23/06)

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Celeb Birthdays: April 20

Happy Sun in Taurus! Represent! (Quite a few charts with birth times today, yay!)

Professional vixen Carmen Electra turns 34. Are she and Dave Navarro busting up? I wanted them to be happy, but consecutive-sign couples face an uphill battle, and especially Taurus + Gemini = wooooorst. Plus, she's Capricorn rising and has a Cancer Moon, so it kinda doesn't make sense why she would be with an air sign... even one that hot. See Carmen Electra's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Speaking of consecutive-sign couples, double Taurus Crispin Glover, 42, is dating half-his-age-ish Aries Courtney Peldon. Their relationship is an abomination in the eyes of God for many reasons, but especially for the consecutive-sign things. See Crispin Glover's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Hey! It's That Guy! actress Veronica Cartwright turns 56, though, as Fametracker notes, she is strangely ageless. Also, who knew she was British? See Veronica Cartwright's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Jessica Lange, who is even more strangely ageless thanks to some truly tragic face liftage, has nonetheless inexorably turned 57. See Jessica Lange's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Posthumous It girl Edie Sedgwick would have been 63 if not for the whole dying young thing. See Edie Sedgwick's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Ryan O'Neal is celebrating his 65th, and any snide remarks about his aging face just seem like shooting fish in a barrel. See Ryan O'Neal's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Star Trek's George Takei, who deserves mad props for being an out-and-proud gay activist, turns 69. No crude jokes, please. See George Takei's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Birth dates from IMDB.com. Please email me any corrections, additions or -- especially appreciated! -- exact birth times.

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Moses Martin Has a Leo Moon

It's a birth time bonanza today! (Stay tuned for a full TomKitten update.) After the vaguest birth announcement ever, the birth data of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's son, Moses Martin, have been clarified.

Young MoMar was born April 8 around 9 AM in NYC [Source]. Shoutout to Senior Research Editor Karen for digging up this info. Here is Moses Martin's birth chart.

Moses has Gemini rising and a Leo Moon. With Neptune conjunct the Aquarius Midheaven and his Sun in the 11th house, he could definitely go into music or movies like his parents. He'll be a bit of a rebel who doesn't like to be told what to do.

The Moon represents the mother, and Moses' Leo Moon in the 4th house of motherhood and family describes his movie star stay-at-home mom. With his Sun trining his Moon, he will have a good relationship with her and hopefully with women in general, although Venus and Uranus together in Pisces suggest that his love life will be a bit volatile and possibly self-destructive.

Related: Moses Martin, Welcome to the World! (4/10/06)

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Celeb Birthdays: April 17-19

Yes, yes, dear readers, it's been a Tom Cruise–level crayzay week, and I have been remiss in honoring the aging celebrities in our midst. I could not feel more tormented by my lapse in correspondence. So let's get to catching up....

• April 17

Former Spice Girl and celeb power mom Victoria Beckham turns 32. See Victoria Beckham's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Half of Bennifer Deux and down-low celeb power mom Jennifer Garner is 34. See Jennifer Garner's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Rapper Redman turns 36.

The very fierce and fabulous Liz Phair is 39. We just won't talk about that last album. It never happened. See Liz Phair's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Author Nick Hornby is 49.

Surely it qualifies as a cosmic coincidence that the auteurs behind two iconic '80s tunes share a birthday. Michael Sembello ("Maniac" from Flashdance) is 52, and Jan Hammer (the theme from Miami Vice) is 58.

• April 18

Actress America Ferrera turns 22. See America Ferrera's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Erstwhile teenage witch and current celeb new mom Melissa Joan Hart is 30. See Melissa Joan Hart's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Maria Bello 39 See Melissa Joan Hart's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Endearingly dorky and hilarious Conan O'Brien, whose Virgo Ascendant does not surprise me given his self-deprecating, self-consciously awkward humor, is 43. See Conan O'Brien's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Fellow NBC workhorses Eric McCormack of Will & Grace (44) Jane Leeves of Frasier (45) celebrate birthdays. See Jane Leeves' birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Hazel and Phinnaeus' creepy Uncle Eric Roberts turns 51 years, um, creepy. See Eric Roberts' birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Kid-shrinking, beer-drinking comedian Rick Moranis is 53, eh?

Actor James Woods turns 59. If you haven't seen the heartwarming Straight Talk with him and Dolly Parton, let me tell you, it is some of his finest work. See James Woods' birth chart (Astrotheme)

• April 19

Hayden Christensen, at only 25, has already turned to the Dark Side. I'm referring to him hooking up with Sienna Miller, of course. See Hayden Christensen's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Soulful and gorgeous Maria Full of Grace actress Catalina Sandino Moreno is 25.

Relentlessly chirpy celeb daughter/celeb mom Kate Hudson is 27. See Kate Hudson's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Dreamy actor James Franco, who will always have a place in my heart owing to his debut on Freaks and Geeks, is 28. See James Franco's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Actress and sole member of her family not to be badly beaten with the proverbial ugly stick Ashley Judd is 38. See Ashley Judd's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Fear-inspiring mogul Suge Knight turns 41. See Suge Knight's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Perfumista Paloma Picasso is 57. See Paloma Picasso's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Verily, the best birthday has been saved for last! One of the celebrities for whom my love cannot adequately be expressed in words... the multitalented, um, talent behind the camp of Rocky Horror Picture Show, the cheese of Clue and the sheer genius of "I Do the Rock," not to mention about a bajillion other things ... the great Tim Curry is 60 today. Sunshine! Sunshine! See Tim Curry's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Birth dates from IMDB.com. Please email me any corrections, additions or -- especially appreciated! -- exact birth times.

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TomKitten Is an Aries!

Lo, it has arrived! The TomKitten is here and it is a girl! [Source] Suri Cruise arrived today, though a birth time has (curses!) not been issued.* See Suri Cruise's chart (sunrise chart, no birth time*) But I am happy to say that Katie heeded my advice and popped out the spawn of L.Ron Hubbard's frozen sperm Tom while the Sun was still in a late degree of Aries, rather than on the April 21 due date reported by OK!, also known as my birthday. As I reported, a Taurus baby would not vibe as well with Katie as a fellow fire-sign baby with the Sun in late Aries, trining Katie's Sagittarius Sun and Leo Ascendant/Moon. Plus, if Suri was born earlier in the day like the sunrise chart shown here, her Moon, representing the mother, would, fittingly, conjunct Katie's Sun.* (See Katie Holmes' birth chart; Astrotheme)

I'm happy (and a little relieved) to see that Suri and her mom will have more than an incubator-incubatee relationship. But I'm also kinda creeped out that Suri's Chiron, signifying the places we feel wounded, conjuncts Tom's Saturn, representing the father principle. (See Tom Cruise's birth chart; Astrotheme) Is Tom, who recently recalled his own father as abusive, destined to repeat a traumatic pattern with his first biological kid? As much as I personally find Tom to be loathsomely cuckoo-crazy, I would like to look on the bright side for the innocent babe's sake, so I should point out that Suri's Saturn conjuncts Tom's Moon, suggesting that her image of her father will be a nurturing one.

You better believe I'll be on the lookout for an exact birth time, and knowing the publicity-whore parents, I would expect them to issue one sometime soon.* Incidentally, Brooke Shields, whose brave candor about postpartum depression earned her a bunch of judgment from Tom, gave birth today as well. [Source] I find this coincidence rather delicious and hope to obtain birth times for both celeb offspring so I can compare the charts!

Related:
• TomKitten = KittyTaurus? (4/13/06)
• Whither TomKat? (2/17/06)
• No, Really, What's Up With Katie's Belly? (1/23/06)

*UPDATE: Suri's birth time has been given as 3 AM [Source] and her chart has been updated accordingly. Suri is Aquarius Rising and indeed has a Moon in late Sagittarius conjuncting Katie's Sun. Complete analysis to come!

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Celeb Birthdays: April 16

Happy Palm Sunday! (Orthodox Easter is next week. My people are all about the marked-down candy.)

Howlin' Pelle Almqvist of the Hives turns 27 today.

Model Alex Wek turns 29 today. See Alex Wek's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Actor Lukas Haas hits 30.

Comedian and aspiring anger manager Martin Lawrence is 41. See Martin Lawrence's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Jon Cryer, Pretty in Pink's adorable Duckie (I choose not to acknowledge his current project), also turns 41 today.

Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum, whose songs I have oddly been listening to lately even though I never liked them when they were popular, is 42. See Dave Pirner's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

The most righteous and inspiring Ian MacKaye, frontman of Fugazi and Minor Threat, turns 44 today. Happy birthday, Ian!

Actress Ellen Barkin is celebrating her 52nd birthday as well as her cha-ching divorce settlement. See Ellen Barkin's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Hip-hop elder statesman Kool Herc is 54.

Libra-rising baller Kareem Abdul-Jabbar turns 59. That conjunction of Mercury (mental activity) with Mars (physical action) in quick-witted Aries must have served him very well in basketball. See Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Fabulous throaty-voiced singer Dusty Springfield hits 67. See Dusty Springfield's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time) http://www.astrotheme.fr/en/portrait.php?info=1&clef=5AduEd7NXX53

The brand-new Pope Benedict XVI, née Cardinal Ratzinger, is spending his 79th birthday officiating over his first Easter Mass. It's fitting that a man chosen to represent the very Piscean Christian Church (think of all the Jesus/fish symbolism) has a Pisces Ascendant and his Midheavean (career goals) in Sagittarius (the sign of religion). See Pope Benedict XVI's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Birth dates from IMDB.com. Please email me any corrections, additions or -- especially appreciated! -- exact birth times.

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