Celeb Birthdays: February 10

Emma Roberts, a.k.a. Hermione from Harry Potter, is celebrating her sweet 16 today.

Actress Laura Dern hits 40 today. See Laura Dern's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Democratic hottie George Stephanopoulos and Election director Alexander Payne share a 46th birthday. See George Stephanopoulos' birth chart (Astrotheme) ~ See Alexander Payne's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz is 57. See Mark Spitz's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Soul singer Roberta Flack is 68. See Roberta Flack's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Actor Robert Wagner is 77. See Robert Wagner'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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Site Update: New Celebrity Search and Categories!

In typical late-adopting Taurus fashion, I just switched over to the new version of Blogger (just in time for the Mercury station Tuesday night...) and I am pleased to announce that you can now find posts about your favorite celebrities tagged and organized by category. That means you won't be seeing any more "related" links at the bottom of stories, but you can just click on the label to read everything on CelebAstroBlogy to date about that celebrity.

In case you were wondering, the most voluminous categories to date are Angelina Jolie (15 posts) and Brad Pitt (12 posts), followed by Britney Spears, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban (each tied at 11 posts).

Also, users posting comments will now have to type in a word to prove that they are real people. Sorry for the extra step, folks, but hopefully this will save me some time having to wade through and delete spam comments when there are so many more fun things to be doing!

Namaste, KittyTaurus

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Was Anna Nicole's Death Accidental?

The unsettling yet sadly unsurprising news that Anna Nicole Smith is dead has hardly sunken in. But already, all manner of theories have been floated, many by me. Did Anna OD accidentally? Did Howard K. Stern do her in (and fake fathering daughter Dannielynn) to get his hands on her ex-hubby's money? Did she die of a broken heart over son Daniel's death? Her astrological chart may provide some glimpses of insight into this predictable yet mysterious tragedy.

In November, when Anna was hospitalized, allegedly for flu-like symptoms, I warned of transiting Neptune's influence, creating a dreamy, escapist, fantasy-world mentality as it squared her Mercury. {Full story}At the time of her death*, the Sun was almost exactly conjunct Neptune, in an almost exact square to her Mercury. This speaks to an urge to blot out consciousness, and what may have been a confused miscalculation about self-medicating.

The transiting Sun and Neptune are trining Anna's Venus, adding to the picture of a self-indulgent illusion.

Transiting Saturn in Leo is within 2 1/2° of an opposition to the Sun-Neptune conjunction, forming a T-square with Anna's Mercury. Obviously, this represents the harsh limit to Anna's escapist mentality -- and to her ambition for the spotlight.

Pluto is also squaring Anna's Uranus ... could dark, conspiratorial forces be operating under the surface? Or does this represent the demons stirring under the surface of Anna's plastic facade for so long?

I wish I had Anna's exact time of birth and death, but so far the picture, cloudy though Neptune makes it, seems to suggest more an accidental overdose for someone who had been living in a fog too long, than a calculated plot.

More on this complex tale soon ... we haven't gotten to the bottom of this by any means. Even before Anna's death I had intended to do a reading for her sketchy partner Howard, and now that insight may be even more crucial. Stay tuned....

*I have calculated a chart for Anna's death based on estimates from current available reports but will hold off posting an event chart until a more exact time can be identified. Thanks much to Reader T for helping out with the data search.

Related: • Namaste, Anna Nicole Smith (2/8/07) • Astrology and the Anna Nicole Saga, Part III: Neptune and Anna's Hospitalization (11/01/06) • Astrology and the Anna Nicole Saga, Part II: Anna's Baby Daughter's Birth Chart (10/18/06) • Astrology and the Anna Nicole Saga, Part I: Daniel Smith's Birth Chart (10/16/06)

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Namaste, Anna Nicole Smith

It is sad but, poignantly, not altogether shocking to report that Anna Nicole Smith (seen at left with her late son Daniel) was pronounced dead today in Hollywood, Florida, at 3:45 PM. A full analysis of transits to Anna's astrological chart will follow soon.

As readers of CelebAstroBlogy will recall, warning signs were evident both in Anna's horoscope and her habits. Just a couple of months ago, an analysis of her transit chart turned up disturbing hints of a troubling escapist mentality:

All I'm saying is that transiting Neptune has been squaring Anna Nicole's Mercury for many moons now, and there is definitely an escapist mentality dominating her consciousness, or rather semiconsciousness. Anna appears to be looking to blot out reality or already living in a dream world. With Saturn squaring Neptune, further reality checks could be handed to Anna Nicole if she doesn't get her act together and take her own initiative to get back in touch with the real world. That said, if a hospitalization, possible deportation and above all her son Daniel's death don't serve as wake-up calls, I'm not sure what will. {Full story}

TMZ reports that Anna Nicole was already dead by the time paramedics arrived on the scene to bring her to the hospital { Source}, so the official time of death does not actually reflect the moment her spirit left the world. If any readers find details pointing to the precise moment Anna may have passed, please email me or post a comment. (And please spare me your hate mail telling me I'm a creepy ghoul. The goal here is to gain some insight, not to rubberneck, okay?)

Namaste, Anna Nicole.

Related: • Astrology and the Anna Nicole Saga, Part III: Neptune and Anna's Hospitalization (11/01/06) • Astrology and the Anna Nicole Saga, Part II: Anna's Baby Daughter's Birth Chart (10/18/06) • Astrology and the Anna Nicole Saga, Part I: Daniel Smith's Birth Chart (10/16/06)

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Celeb Birthdays: February 8

Jet guitarist Cameron Muncey is 27.

Bassist Dave Farrell of sucky band Linkin Park is 30. See Dave Farrell's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

On the occasion of his 33rd birthday, let us take a moment to salute my beloved Seth Green and review some highlights of his ouevre. Obviously, Robot Chicken is genius and totally original. (Is the phrase "totally original" redundant? Readers, please weigh in.) But let's just talk about how awesome he is as the "Why you gotta be wastin' my flava?" guy in Can't Hardly Wait. And we don't even need to go over how awesome he was as Oz on Buffy, because that is just a given. Finally, let me close by mentioning his hilarious appearance as one of the geeky teens who goes on the double date with Brenda and Kelly on Season 3 of 90210. Thus, in conclusion, Seth Green is one of the greatest artists of our modern era. Thank you for your time. See Seth Green's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Iconic actor Gary Coleman is 39. I thought for a very long time about what adjective I could use that was genuinely complimentary and snark-free, and I came up with "iconic." See Gary Coleman's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Motley Crüe rocker and VH1 celebutard Vince Neil is 46. See Vince Neil's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Crapudrama writer John Grisham is 52. See John Grisham's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Actress Mary Steenburgen is 54. See Mary Steenburgen's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Actress Brooke Adams is 58. See Brooke Adams' birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Singer Dan Seals of the aptly named Seals & Crofts is 59. See Dan Seals' birth chart (Astrotheme)

Comedian Robert Klein is 65. See Robert Klein's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Actor Nick Nolte is 66. See Nick Nolte's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Newsman Ted Koppel is 67.

Composer John Williams is 75. See John Williams' 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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Celeb Birthdays: February 7

These celebs share a birthday with my friend Sarah Deming, who is celebrating her 33rd today. Sarah has an exciting young adult novel called Iris, Messenger (right) coming out soon, about a modern girl's relationship with the Greek gods. Check out Sarah's blog and the Iris, Messenger Myspace page.

Actress Tina Majorino of Veronica Mars is 22.

Actor, Kabbalah convert and whipped husband Ashton Kutcher is 29. Read CelebAstroBlogy's analysis of the recent pregnancy rumors for Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore

Guitarist Wes Borland of the worst band ever, Limp Bizkit, is 32.

Actress Essence Atkins (Half & Half) is 35.

Caustic actor-comedian Chris Rock is 42. See Chris Rock's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Actor Jason Gedrick is 42. See Jason Gedrick's birth chart (Astrotheme, no birth time)

Country musician Garth Brooks is 45. See Garth Brooks' birth chart (Astrotheme)

British comedian Eddie Izzard is 45. See Eddie Izzard's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Actor James Spader is 47. See James Spader's birth chart (Astrotheme)

Comedian and animator Robert Smigel, the twisted genius behind TV Funhouse, is 47.

Comedian Emo Philips is 51.

Actor Miguel Ferrer is 52. See Miguel Ferrer'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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