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I’m a Celebrity and Pluto’s moving into Capricorn
I’m bored of politics, and it’s time to focus on the fuzzy blanket of celebrity culture. On Sunday the new series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me out of Here! starts. It takes place in the Australian jungle, and this Sunday it starts screening on UK television.
For those that don’t know, the celebrities are placed in the jungle, and are faced with various tasks and ordeals. And as the weeks progress, the TV audience votes which celebrities are to be eliminated, until there’s only one remaining.
A few of the celebrities will be know to American readers, but most of them have the UK as their fame catchment area.
Martina Navratilova, the tennis champion, is almost certainly the most famous of the celebrities. She’s a Libran, and female Librans should never be underestimated. With the Scales being the symbol of this sign, they tend to have a strong sense of justice. Martina Navratilova also has the Moon in Aries, and in the female chart the Moon is often more important than the Sun. Aries tends to be dynamic and outspoken, and I’d guess that over the next few weeks British television audiences will be hearing a great deal about her various opinions.
George Takei is probably the second most famous contestant, at least on a international level - he played Mr. Sulu in Star Trek. Unfortunately I can’t say for sure what his star sign is. He was born on April 20 1937, on the Aries/Taurus interface. The Sun moved into Taurus early in the day, so this is probably his star sign, but we can’t be sure. He also has the Moon in Virgo, unless he was born very early in the day, just after midnight. If he’s indeed got the Moon in Virgo, he might find life in the jungle rather annoying, and he might be quick to pick up on the faults of the other contestants.
Martina Navratilova and George Takei are well-known for being gay, and so’s another contestant, Brian Paddick. Oxford-educated, and formerly a high-ranking London policeman, he made an unsuccessful bid to be Mayor of London. Brian Paddick is a Taurus, with Venus in Pisces, and this probably isn’t the best time for him to be heading to the jungle. Right now he needs peace and quiet, and obviously he’s not going to get this on I’m a Celebrity… Still, the experience might give him a chance to re-evaluate some of his priorities.
Another Taurean contestant is politician and TV personality Robert Kilroy-Silk. Originally a Labour Member of Parliament, more recently he became a member of the European Parliament, on a eurosceptic ticket. Yet is was his smooth performance as a chat-show host that made his name. Robert Kilroy-Silk isn’t afraid of expressing his opinions, and his TV career ran into serious trouble as a result of an article he wrote titled We owe Arabs nothing. He has a conjunction between Mercury and Jupiter, in Gemini, which boosts his verbal skills, but this conjunction can sometimes encourage people to talk too much.
Then there’s TV veteran Esther Rantzen, who is a Cancerian. She’s been a household name in the UK since the early 1970s, and she’s know for her advocacy of particular causes - for example consumer and child rights. She really is a super-Cancerian, with the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars in this sign. The power of her feelings mustn’t be underestimated, though with an Aquarius Moon she’s going to be independent-minded, and if something’s wrong she won’t be too embarrassed to make a fuss.
The show has another Cancerian TV presenter, Dani Behr. She’s got her Moon in Pisces, so when she makes the effort she can be very good at adapting to her social environment, and in terms of the audience, she can make an excellent impression. So unless she sabotages her own performance, I think it unlikely that she’ll be voted off early.
Next there’s Aries singer and songwriter Simon Webbe. With this star sign I would guess that he gives the impression of being exciting and confident, and because he also has a lot of Pisces planets he’ll have an intuitive understanding of what’s required of him and he therefore should have no difficulty making himself popular.
After that… there’s Cancerian fitness instructor Carly Zucker, who is engaged to a Chelsea football player. And soap opera actor Joe Swash, born on January 20 1982. I don’t know what time he was born, so he’s either a Capricorn or an Aquarius. But his Moon’s in Sagittarius, so all things being equal he looks like being an honest sort of person, who is open about his feelings. Finally, there’s model Nicola McLean. And guess what? I haven’t got a clue what her star sign is. But being born in 1983 (I think!) she’s got the planet Jupiter in Sagittarius. A good sign for Jupiter to be in, and provided the rest of her chart confirms it, she’ll be positive and optimistic.
So, how are the ten contestants going to get on with each other? I haven’t got the time to analyse the interactions of their various charts, so I’ll just go by their star signs, basing their compatibility ratings on information in this website.
For this purpose, I count George Takei as a Virgo, because that’s almost certainly the sign of his Moon, and I count Joe Swash and Nicola McLean as Sagittarians, because we know for sure that’s the sign of their respective Moon and Jupiter.
Five stars is excellent compatibility, one star is terrible - though I’m not putting anyone in this last category. And I’m sure, as the show plays out, that some of these compatibility ratings will be short of the mark. But it’s a bit of fun, isn’t it?
Before I give the compatibilities, a quick reminder about Pluto. On November 27 it moves from Sagittarius to Capricorn. Pluto has been in Sagittarius since the mid-1990s, and the sign Sagittarius can be associated with reality TV and celebrity culture. Once Pluto’s in Capricorn - and it says here until the early 2020s - our obsession with celebrity will come to an end. Programs such as I’m a Celebrity… Get Me out of Here! will, I believe, become increasingly irrelevant, and somehow out of tune with the times we live in.
Five stars - excellent compatibility
Esther Rantzen - Dani Behr
Esther Rantzen - Carly Zucker
Dani Behr - Carly Zucker
Simon Webbe - Joe Swash
Simon Webbe - Nicola McClean
Four stars - good compatibility
Martina Navratilova - Joe Swash
Martina Navratilova - Nicola McClean
George Takei - Esther Rantzen
George Takei - Dani Behr
George Takei - Carly Zucker
Brian Paddick - Robert Kilroy-Silk
Brian Paddick - Esther Rantzen
Brian Paddick - Dani Behr
Brian Paddick - Carly Zucker
Robert Kilroy - Silk - Esther Rantzen
Robert Kilroy - Silk - Dani Behr
Robert Kilroy-Silk - Carly Zucker.
Three stars - average compatibility
Martina Navratilova - Brian Paddick
Martina Navratilova - Robert Kilroy-Silk
Martina Navratilova - Esther Rantzen
Martina Navratilova - Dani Behr
Martina Navratilova - Simon Webbe
Martina Navratilova - Carly Zucker
George Takei - Brian Paddick
George Takei - Robert Kilroy-Silk.
Robert Kilroy-Silk - Joe Swash
Robert Kilroy-Silk - Nicola McClean
Brian Paddick - Joe Swash
Brian Paddick - Nicola McClean
Two stars - below average compatibility
George Takei - Simon Webbe
George Takei - Joe Swash
George Takei - Nicola McClean
Brian Paddick - Simon Webbe
Robert Kilroy-Silk - Simon Webbe
Esther Rantzen - Simon Webbe
Esther Rantzen - Joe Swash
Esther Rantzen - Nicola McClean
Dani Behr - Simon Webbe
Dani Behr - Joe Swash
Dani Behr - Nicola McClean
Simon Webbe - Carly Zucker
Carly Zucker - Joe Swash
Carly Zucker - Nicola McClean