Astrological timing information for All Signs
Julia Child
First and foremost, she was a Leo. And did you know that France is considered to be ruled by Leo? Of course, the French ego is way beyond the norm – they are lovers, not fighters. Peppe LePew. That explains part of her love for French culture and cooking.
Her Moon was in Libra, ruled by sweet Venus. So, in her heart was the desire to create tasteful, lovely dishes that would bless her partnerships and everyone seated at the dinner table. Libras love to please others and have a charming touch and manner when they are comfortable in their surroundings. Good food makes it perfect.
The reason it took so long for Julia to find the right place is signaled by Saturn in her first house in Gemini. Saturn rules the bones and joints; the first house rules your body and physical appearance. Saturn often makes you awkward and big boned. He also makes one a late bloomer – she was old when she was young. Yet, she aged gracefully and was young looking and powerful as she got older. Saturn is also known as the career planet and in Gemini points to a career of writing and teaching. It just took her awhile to find the subject.
She had lucky Jupiter in home sign Sagittarius in her 7th house which rules partnerships. Sag is also the ruler of travel, foreign places and people, teaching and publishing books. Saturn sits opposite this optimistic and fortunate planet in her chart – her environment was conservative and unaware of the skills and knowledge she would later acquire and then share with the world. But her marriage was a Jupiter – it just came later in life – Saturn.
And at the bottom of her chart are three planets in Virgo. Two of them, Mercury and Venus, both square her Jupiter and her Saturn creating a T Square. This is a challenging and difficult set of aspects that describe the resistance she had to overcome from others – she was the first woman student in her class at the cooking school and had no support from the owner or other students of the school. But she persevered. With intense focus and attention to detail (Virgo) she worked through the lessons carefully, ignoring the negative energy around her. She turned her powerful squares into trines. Her Virgo ability to create the beautiful necessity was born. She became The French Chef.
The only planet she has in cooking sign Cancer is Neptune = fear. She needed a book to teach her, so she wrote it. Neptune also rules the ideal, the best. And her book sits at number one on the best seller list even today.
She had the ruler of invention and originality, Uranus, in 00 degrees of home sign Aquarius. This is the mark of a genius, a pioneer in the field of television. As Uranus trines both her Gemini Ascendant and Saturn – she was instinctively tuned into this new venue. She was a natural from the very beginning. And one of a kind.
Powerful Pluto in Gemini controlled her 2nd house of money. Pluto is also the ruler of the media which became the true source of her ability to accumulate wealth.
In all, you would not pick her chart out of a pile of charts to be such an important figure in the communications industry. But, it’s so often the case that people with difficult squares can become powerful figures later in life as they learn to use their energy in a productive way. And we are blessed because of her strength of character, and her desire to keep searching until she found what she was looking for.
Thank you, Julia. With a toast and the memory of your lovely presence, Bon Appetit.