The talent in the chart of Gabriel Fauré

Gabriel Fauré's chart has the astrologicial pattern of talent:

Moon in Cancer
Venus in Taurus
Moon sextile Venus
Moon inconjunct Neptune
Venus trine Midheaven

He was 72 when he was honored with an homage:

Here is his picture.
It seems that he was extremely attractive for the ladies of his days. He was married and had a mistress.

He has a Taurus Ascendant and Venus is square Saturn. For some reason, attractive males have a cool side (Capricorn, Saturn) and Taurus is often involved. See this: http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2008/09/male-attraction-venus-saturn-taurus-and.html
Moon inconjunct Neptune and Mars sextile Uranus and the wider square Venus-Neptune are 3 of the 4 aspect combinations that make it hard to be true and stick to one partner. Moon-Neptune and Venus-Neptune also happen to be aspect combinations of artistic talent. Artistic talent and romantic affairs seem to have to belong together:)!


LINKS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Fauré

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUsGh2xYYQg
When he playes Pavane

See about divorce in a chart: http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2013/03/divorce-in-chart.html

Lady Gaga's chart?

Lady Gaga is no ordinary person. Maybe that is why her chart doesn't follow the 'ordinary' path and pattern to show artistic talent? Here is the chart, found on Astrotheme.fr with no mention of source for the very specific time of birth. Is it perhaps a guess chart?

The important angular Mars at the Descendant is 'calling' shows how driven and active she is. She is the typical 'workaholic'. Scorpio Moon mirrors a strong personality. The Sun is 105 d Uranus. Her Venus is trine Uranus. There is a wide square between her Sun and Mars! at Descendant. She is rather independent and loves surprises and falling in love (Venus-Uranus). Venus-Uranus also gives her artistic aspirations and sense of rhythm. Many pop singers have a Venus-Uranus aspect.

The usual pattern of aspects of Moon, Venus and Neptune, related to Midheaven, is missing. This chart has Sun/Moon square Venus and that means that art, entertainment, fun and love motivate her. Instead of the missing pattern, she has Moon/Neptune sesquisquare Venus and Sun/Moon. Pisces Midheaven is sextile Neptune.

How to relate her success to her natal chart? There is:
- Jupiter rising before the Sun for the positive and self assured international
- Vesta conjunct Midheaven helps her to focus on her career (just like Mars!)
- Moon trine Jupiter is a rather fortunate aspect. This Moon is also conjunct Pluto. The combination of Moon, Jupiter and Pluto increases popularity. Jupiter-Pluto aspect and midpoint combination help you to earn money and be 'valued'. See: http://astropost.blogspot.nl/2011/05/jupiterpluto-midpoint-and-aspect.html 

As soon as there is an AA rated chart of Lady Gaga, I'll be back on the subject.


LINKS
http://www.astromarkt.net/sunmoon-ascendantmc.html 
Check what it means when your Sun/Moon or Ascendant/Midheaven midpoint is in hard aspect with one of the planets or Pholus or ...

EXTERNAL LINKS
http://www.dearbrutus.com/angularity.html

Chart of Kurt Cobain

It is Pisces time, time to add the chart of Kurt Cobain to the number of chats of artists, musicians, actors and directors etc. etc. on this blog. A complete study of the transits and progressions at vital moments of change in the life of Kurt Cobain has now been published on Astromarkt. Here you see the natal chart with transits and progressions for his birthday in 1991, when he started to become more famous than he wanted.

As it is Mercury retrograde today, the picture refuses to be as clear as it is on Astromarkt:). So if you want to have a better view, go there. But for those interested in the pattern of artistic talent: it is there!
Moon in Cancer, Venus in Pisces, Moon 108 degree minor aspect with Venus, Venus trine Neptune, Neptune 157.5 degree minor aspect with MC, Neptune rising before the Sun.

The talented chart of Jon Bon Jovi

Today is the birthday of Jon Bon Jovi and it surprised me that I hadn’t added his chart to Art-astrology.blogspot.com before. In the 90's I always had Bon Jovi on when I was cleaning the house (yes, the music helps you to keep the faith with any job!). So here it is:

Artists (professionals) always have the pattern of artistic talent in their chart. You know: the signs ruled by Moon, Venus and Neptune (Cancer, Libra, Taurus and Pisces) on the angles or with placementes of the Moon, Venus and/or Midheaven, and... the Moon, Venus and Neptune related to Midheaven.

Jon Bon Jovi has it, too. Notice:

Venus in Pisces

Cancer Midheaven

Libra Ascendant

Moon sextile Venus and quintile Neptune

Venus exactly trine Midheaven

Moon opposition Midheaven

What more can I say? Just listen to the music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn8XfKnDPlg

Chart of Van Morrison

The positions in the chart of Van Morrison clearly show the pattern of the professional artistic talent (composed by minor or major aspects of Moon, Venus and Neptune and the signs of their rulership with Midheaven). Let's see:

Chart, progressions and transits of today, Dec 18, 2011

There is the Midheaven in Pisces (sign ruled by Neptune) exactly trine Moon in Cancer (ruled by Moon) and inconjunct Venus in Leo. That would already be a statement, but there is more. Neptune, ruler of Midheaven, is in aspect with Venus (sextile) and Moon (square). Ruler MC Neptune is in Libra and in the fifth house of entertainment. It is a more than complete pattern.

There is more to see in this chart. For example, the position of the Moon in the 12th house for the need for privacy.Right now tabloids report about the loss of a lover and their child this year.

Van Morrison is famous for 'Brown Eyed Girl'. The latest album release was in 2009.

Chart of Phil Collins (now that he stops)

Phil Collins definitely stops playing the music. See Anglophenia about it...He said that the music won't miss him. Phil Collins attributed a lot to pop music and had many fans, however. 

Pluto is often involved in 'come backs'. In 2010, Phil Collins released the album named 'Going back' (...). The inconjunction is the symbol of loosing balance, losts and giving up. I read that his I think that the transit of Pluto inconjunct his Midheaven 'helps' to devaluate his own achievements and is illustrating the difficult position and (physical) conditions. Before that (in 2010) I mentioned:

I see Progressed Midheaven inconjunct Mars (for loss of muscle/energy or having to give up working). Progressed Ascendant is inconjunct Venus, Progressed Venus square Midheaven, Transit Neptune sextile progressed Mars.  Except for the last mentioned transit the indications are only valid for an AA-rated chart. There is one big indication for a sudden change: progressed Sun is square Uranus.  And if the B-rated chart is correct, this sudden change went along with a difficult inconjunction of Mars. Mars happens to be important for someone who is hitting drums. That is because Mars is the symbol of striking, hitting and using tools.

Now there is also transit Saturn square natal Mercury. Saturn square Mercury has never been the symbol of the optimistic idea (sometimes even 'doom thinking') and often accompanies a hard decission, like a farewell (saying = Mercury and stop, quit, goodbye = Saturn). Saturn-Mercury is also the combination of the writer's block.

ARTIST

This blog is about the pattern of artistic talent in the chart. Here is the pattern of Phil Collins:

1. The Sun and Venus are 'calling' in his natal chart

That means 'drawing attention' (performing) at any possible level.

And it means 'style, entertainment' at any possible level, too.

2. Moon is rising before the Sun. 

That gives an important place to emotions.

3. The Moon is trine Venus, out of sign. I wonder if that (the not matching signs of Moon and Venus) makes him feel like 'not being part of the world or artists', even though there is a sense of beauty and what people like.

4. Midheaven is quintile Neptune, square the Moon and quatronovile (160d) Venus: his profession is connected to the trio of art (Moon, Venus and Neptune).

More about the artist in the chart of Phil Collins :

http://art-astrology.blogspot.com/2010/09/artist-in-chart-of-phil-collins.html

Mariah Carey and the 11:45 a.m. chart

Mariah Carey's pregnancy brought her in the news again today.

See http://astropost.blogspot.com/2010/10/mariah-carey-1145-am.html about Mariah Carey's chart today and about the relationship between her chart and that of her first husband.

See http://art-astrology.blogspot.com/2009/07/chart-of-mariah-carey.html on this blog for the earlier post about the talent in the chart of Mariah Carey.
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The artistic pattern is constructed by Moon conjunct Neptune in the fifth house, by the passionate mutual reception of Venus and Mars (the rulers of the Midheaven routing), starting with the MC in Pisces. Neptune is 157.5 degrees from ASC/MC and Mercury (for writing or singing) 67.5 degrees from Sun/Moon. The Moon is in the fifth house of performance and show, conjunct Neptune (the planet of arts).

Day of birth of Gavin Friday

For a long time I haven't listened to my CD's. Now that I synchronised my Ipod I rediscovered Gavin Friday and I started looking for the date of birth to see the pattern of artistic talent (for I am sure that he hás it:)! I enjoy the sound of 'Angel' while I am writing this.


First thing that you see watching this chart is: the Sun has no major aspects in sign or orb 5 degrees. That is a 'calling' Sun and that is the signature of performance, being a leader or a star, drawing attention. And the pattern?

Moon is trine Venus and both are sextile Neptune (a small trine).

There is no hour of birth, so there is no information about the Ascendant, angular positions or the midpoints Sun/Moon and AC/MC. And no info about the aspects with Midheaven...But the basic pattern is apparently there. Here is the chart of the day of birth:

For more about Gavin Friday and his latest album,see his website http://gavinfriday.com/biography/
GreekTube has 'Angel' on video...http://www.greektube.org/index.php?Itemid=2&id=46113&option=com_content&task=view

The artist in the chart of Phil Collins

Let us have a look at the B-rated (so: time a bit unsure) ADB-chart for Phil Collins and wonder what in the chart shows his talents and where in the chart the lost of sense in his fingers and hands are (this happened to him starting in 2007). 

He has a Sun shining brightly without major aspects with planets or lights (but trine Quaoar, the symbol of shaping new realities). That is for drawing attention

 (the prominent Sun is the symbol of the star). 

We see Moon trine Venus out of sign and Venus 127 d Neptune and also 127d Uranus. Venus is in opposition with the midpoint of Uranus and Neptune. Venus-Neptune is the combination for high sensitivity and art. Venus-Uranus is the combo for rhythm. Singers and pop musicians often have a Venus-Uranus and/or Venus-Neptune connection in the chart. 

Possible chart of Phil Collins with transits and progressions for  2007

I almost forgot to mention that Venus is ' calling'  (no major aspects in sing!) and that the Moon is rising before the Sun, right after Neptune. That makes the artistic trio prominent. When Venus is calling, you can't resist the call for style, entertainment, fun, pleasure and beauty or...being artistic. Also, this B-rated chart has a Midheaven that is connecting Neptune (quintile) and Moon (square) and there is a quatronovile (160d) aspect with Venus.  There is the trio again! So far for the artist in the chart. 

In 2007, during the last Genesis tour,  it became clear that there was a medical problem, a dislocated vertebra in the neck. Operations followed. What indications are there in the chart? 

I see Progressed Midheaven inconjunct Mars (for loss of muscle/energy or having to give up working). Progressed Ascendant is inconjunct Venus, Progressed Venus square Midheaven, Transit Neptune sextile progressed Mars.  Except for the last mentioned transit the indications are only valid for an AA-rated chart. There is one big indication for a sudden change: progressed Sun is square Uranus.  And if the B-rated chart is correct, this sudden change went along with a difficult inconjunction of Mars. Mars happens to be important for someone who is hitting drums. That is because Mars is the symbol of striking, hitting and using tools.

Conductor George Pretre

George Pretre is a famous and inspiring conductor. Born in 1924 and he conducted the Vienna New Year’s Concert of 2010, standing all the time.

He married in 1950 and has 2 children. He is Grand Officer of the Legion d’Honneur. And that is not the only reward or prize.

On the day of his birth Jupiter, Mars and Saturn were unaspected (no Ptolemaic aspects in sign or orb 5 degrees). They were ‘ calling’.  Calling Mars: the workaholic, the man with the drive…Calling Jupiter: the international, the traveler…Calling Saturn: the manager, the classical (ambition). But he is first of all an artist, a sensitive man (Neptune rising before and conjunct the Sun).

 There is no hour of birth for this conductor and that is limiting the reading of his chart. Just this: Mars is quintile Pholus. I think that that is astrological for a creative way to direct the next twist or turn by means of a stickJ, a creative turning point in a an artistic work (Mars Pisces).

The pattern of artistic talent is as follows:

Moon biquintile Venus if born between 10 and 14 hours

Venus novile Neptune (a novile is 1/9 of the circle=40 d)

Moon opposition Neptune

And maybe Sun/Moon is in hard aspect with Neptune

I like the Leo Sun for performance and for leading the orchestra. It is a pleasure to watch him conducting..

Astrology chart Whitney Houston

Today Whitney Houston is celebrating her birthday. Here is her chart, with transits and progressions and here are some links to posts on Astropost.blogspot.com and Astrology&Love, related to Whitney Houston. But first, let us see the pattern of artistic talent in her chart and the indications for success. Some observations:

Success:
Sun is final dispositors of Midheaven
Sun, Jupiter and Midheaven grand trine
Moon conjunct Jupiter and biquintile Pluto\
Jupiter, ruler of the MC, is rising before the Sun

Talent:
Moon trine Midheaven
Venus trine Moon and square Neptune

Singing:
Angular Mercury (importance of using voice or pen)
Venus half semisquare Uranus

Dark sides:
Whitney Houston's Sun opposition Saturn and square Neptune with Saturn inconjunct Node illustrate the darker sides of Whitney Houston's life. Also watch Mars inconjunct the Ascendant for injuries or being hurt due to a partner (Mars in the 7th house). Whitney Houston's AC/MC is in hard aspect with Chiron, introducing the crucial and vital importance of healing. And last but not least: she has Sun opposition Pholus. Pholus is the symbol of the turning point in life and she certainly had dramatic turning points in hers. She shares an aspect between Sun and Pholus with ex Bobby Brown, who has Sun conjunct Pholus. The fact that they share this aspect is reflecting the way that they turned each others'life upside down.

About ex-husband Bobby Brown: http://astropost.blogspot.com/2010/04/bobby-brown-lives.htm

More about the relationship with Bobby Brown: http://astrology-love-romance.blogspot.com/2010/04/famous-couplewhitney-houston-and-bobby.html

Whitney Houston seems to (unvoluntarily) attract violent men like Osama bin Laden: http://astropost.blogspot.com/2008/03/birthday-osama-bin-laden-10th-march.html

More about Pholus on Astropost...

Charts of Paul McCartney and John Lennon

Paul and John cooperated with George and Ringo and they were the major stars of the most famous group in the world: The Beatles. Both have an important Sun (symbol of the star) and perhaps that worked as having two captains on a ship.
What John and Paul share is an aspect between Moon and Venus and that is not unusual in the charts of artists as you can see on this blog Art&Astrology. In the composite chart (the combination of the two charts) Moon is trine Venus and semi square Neptune (opposition MC). Together they performed as artists.

The astrological pattern of artistic talents seems to be incomplete for the natal charts with the given data, but that is only at first sight and when you don’t use minor aspects.

JOHN

Venus is half semi square Neptune
Venus is inconjunct Moon
Venus is trine Midheaven

His Moon in Aquarius, quite alone in the 10th house and opposition Pluto is maybe enough to demonstrate his influence on the public that was ready for something new.

John’s ‘ calling’ Sun on the Descendant is an indication for the leading role that he should have in the group and perhaps that is the reason why he started his own individual career later. Mars (ruler 1) is the planet of orientation, so that once upon a time in his life he needed to be an activist and ‘ do it on his own’. John Lennon was a Libra, too, so he needed a partner when he did that (and that was Yoko).

PAUL

Paul’s Quaoar on the Ascendant and square Midheaven and Sun is another symbol of ‘ creating/shaping a new reality’. The astrological pattern of artistic talent consists of:
- the Moon square Venus and
- Moon novile Neptune
- Neptune square Midheaven
With the prominent Sun and Neptune angular in combination with the ‘ calling’ Jupiter and Saturn rising before the Sun you can see the man drawing attention in his field, having a devoted audience and … the man who is first of all ‘ classical’. I was surprised to see that. ..Until I noticed that he made at least 4 classical albums! Saturn is often an important player in the charts of those who play, perform or write classical music.

Fot their teamwork and for the symbols of innovation (shaping new worlds: Quaoar) and turning points (Pholus), see Astropost.blogspot.com for the day of this post with the chart drawings with progressions and transits for the days of the death of the mothers of the famous musicians like you see here. ' She loves you' was one of their early works. It is hard to believe today, that their hair cut (or hair no cut) was a revolution in the world of hair dressers, but it was...

The artist in the chart of Carla Bruni

Art & Astrology is about the artist in her chart. The artistic talents of Carla Bruni are as obvious as her charms are☺ She is a singer and she is the First Lady of France.

Just like in the natal charts of the other artists and performers that you find on this blog, there is a connection between Venus, Moon, Neptune and Midheaven in the natal chart.

Venus is conjunct Neptune
Moon is sextile Venus
Neptune is dispositor of the MC in Pisces
Moon is opposition MC
Neptune is trine MC

And for the beautiful presentation: Venus exactly trine the Ascendant in the very feminine sign Cancer.

Read about Carla Bruni and love on Astropost....

André Rieu is a hit!

André Rieu is number 2 in Britain, with Forever Vienna (see the news on BBC). His progressed Sun is semi square Jupiter in this successful period in his life. I have written about him before, here on Art&Astrology (click to see the post there) with the chart of the positions on his day of birth (time unknown). Saturn is rising before the Sun (for classical first:).

Smaller objects 'go first', however. Quaoar is the first little object to rise before the Sun. Quaoar is the symbol of creating new worlds and realities. Very helpful in the chart of a man who is creating a new classical world on stage and who revives the waltz.

See the video of his concert in Maastricht on his site

Lil Wayne, rapper on trial

There hadn't been a chart of a rapper on this blog before, so here it is. You see the chart, progressions and transits of Lil Wayne.

Transit Uranus biquintile progressed Sun
Transit Saturn conjunct natal Sun
Transit Pluto square natal Sun
Transit Jupiter inconjunct natal Sun

Those are the transits of rapper Lil Wayne, perfectly showing us the fame of the moment (with disbalance as a result of it) and the situation next Tuesday: he will have to appear in court for illegal possesion of a weapon and he might end up in jail. His hour of birth is unknown, so there is few information about his natal chart. Still there are indications for rapping. It takes words, sense of rhythm and artistic talents. He got it:

1. Mercury doesn't make major aspects in sign. I name that a 'calling' Mercury. A calling Mercury refers to communication skills. Jupiter also doesn't make major aspects in sign. A calling Jupiter, together with a calling Mercury points at success in using pen or voice at any possible level.

2. Venus is exactly square Neptune. The combination of Venus-Neptune is the combination of artistic talents and sensitivity.

3. Mercury is quintile Neptune for a creative way to invent stories.

4. And Venus is semisesquisquare Uranus for sense of rhythm and artistic aspirations.

Here above is the chart for the day of his birth at noon (there is no known Ascendant, MC or Moon sign).

Astrology chart Andrea Bocelli

Did I say that I posted the last chart of an artist? If I did, I lied because it might be the one that I am posting now!:) I noticed that Adrea Bocelli is coming over to Southern California and that is a good reason to pay attention to his natal chart!
Andrea Bocelli is a very famous singer with a touching voice. He was born September 22, 1958 at 5h15 a.m. in Laiatico (close to Pisa). That is when Mercury was prominent and Mercury is the symbol of the oice. Mercury is important for 4 reasons:

1. For being the final dispositor of Midheaven
2. For being conjunct Ascendant
3. For being strong in own sign Virgo
(4. Because Mercury is rising before the Sun)

Mercury is conjunct Venus (communications with style), Venus is semi sextile Uranus (sense of rhythm) and square Midheaven (that relates the career to entertainment). Mercury is semi square Jupiter/Neptune. That shows that he has a devoted audience! And watch the position of Saturn. Saturn could be read as the ' classical' component, just like it is in the chart of Andre Rieux.also very popular and ' classical' .

Astrology chart of Bjork

Bjork is a Scorpio, with a Scorpio Moon and a Scorpio Ascendant. Above all, she has Pluto on top of her chart conjunct Midheaven and Pluto rules Scorpio. Pluto is trine Venus in the second house. This makes it important and rather easy to make money. She makes money with singing. Pluto is mirroring the facts of life, money, influence and ‘ being sexy’ .

ARTS
There is a keen pattern of artistic talent in her chart. Like in the charts of the other talents on this blog, Venus, Moon, Neptune and Midheaven are linked to each other.
- The Midheaven is in aspect with Venus, Neptune and Moon. Venus and Neptune are prominent, because Venus is in aspect with ASC/MC and the angular Neptune is in aspect with Sun/Moon and rising before the Sun. The Virgo Midheaven with Pluto and Uranus are trine Venus and sextile Neptune. The Midheaven is also semi square Moon. -

SONGS
Bjork is a singer and a songwriter. For this we see a T-square with Mercury and a mutual reception of Mercury and Jupiter, disposing of the Midheaven vocational routing. Mercury is reflecting communications (written and spoken or ... singing it) . Also Venus is trine Uranus for sense of rhythm!

SUCCESS
Bjork is not just ‘ an ‘ artist. She is very successful. We can see that from the funnel pattern in her chart, with Pluto leading and with the focus on Jupiter.

TIMES FOR A CHANGE

Here are three years of importance with the progressions of those years:

1. When she was about 11/12 years old her career started. She studied classical piano at the time. Saturn is the symbol of ‘ classics’ . In that year she had progressed Sun square Saturn.
2. She started to be an actor in 1990, with progressed Midheaven square Venus. Venus is the planet of entertainment and style and part of the artistic pattern.
3. She dramatically changed her style in 1994. In 1994 she was almost 30. Her progressed Sun was about to change sign to Capricorn, making one last important aspect in Sagittarius: the opposition with Jupiter (symbol of success). This means that she changed her life style with success. The progressed Midheaven is than sextile Mercury and Mercury is square Uranus and Pluto. The combination of Mercury, Uranus and Pluto is reflecting a changing mind and revolutionary ideas.

Bjork is very special and completely different. Uranus and Pluto on top of her chart are mirroring the complete transformation that took place when she changed her style from a little angel into a woman who beats it!

Astrology chart Andrew Lloyd Webber

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber was born into an artistic family. That is why we see Ceres (symbol of the roots and genes) conjunct Midheaven (career, profession) and both conjunct Venus (talent, style).

The astrological pattern of artistic talent is build by aspects between Moon, Venus, Neptune and Midheaven and related to the signs ruled by Moon, Venus and Neptune. In the chart of Andrew Lloyd Webber the pattern is as follows:

Taurus on Midheaven
Venus conjunct Midheaven
Venus in Taurus
Venus biquintile Neptune (creative artistic talent!)
Moon semi square Neptune (sensitivity)
Venus final dispositor of the Midheaven routing
Moon conjunct Ascendant
Jupiter is ruler of the 5th house of creations and is rising before the Sun

The Sun doesn't make major aspects in sign and is positioned on Aries Point. That is an indication for drawing attention, for show, for leadership and for the 'star'.

This is not a complete reading of a chart. It is just to show you the major keys to the talent of this artist.

Chart of Mama Cass Elliot

Cass Elliot was one of the Mamas & Papas and she died too soon, probably due to dieting or eating disorder she had a heart attack. She had a beautiful thrilling voice and we can see that in her chart: Uranus (thrilling) in Gemini (communication) and Uranus is the ruler of the Midheaven (the career). Venus, Jupiter and Pluto were aspecting the midpoint of motivation: Sun/Moon. It is the combination for big money and a lot of love. Notice the semi square between Jupiter and Pluto, indicating the wasted energy in that field. With Sun conjunct Neptune and trine Saturn ruler of the 8th house in the equal house system, there was a certain risk for illnesses and early swift death, related to nutrition (Ceres is in the 8th house!). In the year 1974 her progressed Sun was in the final degree of Libra and about to make an inconjunction with URanus, progressed ruler 8 in the equal house system. Also, the tighest aspect in her chart is the square between Venus in the sixth house of diet with Pluto, reflecting the price you pay for beauty and pleasure. More about aspects between Venus and Pluto on my site Astromarkt...

For the artist we seee that Neptune is rising before the Sun in a tight conjunction with the Sun. The Moon (unaspected!) is inconjunct Midheaven, Neptune is sesquisquare and Venus is square Midheaven. But there is no connection between them (though there is a 15d distance between Moon and Neptune). It is like if there is no such need for ideal beauty or pleasure, but that it is the career related to beauty and pleasure and sweet dreams.

Cass Elliot was a big woman and food killed her. I think that Ceres is the key, because Ceres is in the eight house, inconjunct Saturn and square Sun-Neptune. The combination of Sun-Saturn-Neptune is the combination of being ill or sick. Ceres is the symbol of nutrition (and genes). Something was wrong and Uranus on the Ascendant is a perfect way to express that her presentation (looks) was just as special as her voice was. Uranus is not making aspects in sign or orb 5 degrees, so that Uranus is 'calling', making her special at any possible level, anyhow!

On YouTube they have a clip of one of the best songs of the Mamas and the Papas: Safe in my garden, that you can hear here...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-chvVBrqwOc

Astrology chart Camille Saint-Saëns

Camille Saint-Saëns was born October 9, 1835 in Paris. 'Cirkels' by Jan Kampherbeek gives this chart:

Notice that Venus is connecting the Midheaven, ruling the dispositor of Midheaven and making a minor aspect with Neptune. There is an artistic pattern. Here you see the amount of indications:

Sun and Moon are in signs ruled by Venus (Taurus and Libra)
The Ascendant is in Libra
The Moon is in Taurus
The Moon in Taurus rules the Cancer Midheaven
Venus is in Libra
Venus is the final dispositor of the MC-routing (Cancer, Moon in Taurus, Venus in Libra)
Venus is conjunct Ascendant
Neptune is conjunct IC
Venus is 105 degrees from Neptune (sextile + semisquare)
Cancer is on Midheaven
Uranus is inconjunct Midheaven (from the equal 5th house ruling the equal 5th)
Neptune is opposition Sun/Moon (a midpoint yod pointing at Neptune)

SATURN for classical
Camille Saint-Saëns is a classical composer. Saturn is conjunct his Ascendant and square his MC. His music had to be conform certain standards and was serious by nature. Saturn is important in the charts of classical musicians and singers. Their music has 'status' and is timeless. He was so serious that he thought that 'Carnaval des Animaux' should not be performed as it was not serious enough!

Even though Sun and Venus are in aspect with the combination of success (Jupiter and Pluto), he may not have regarded himself as a successful person. His two children died, and his marriage was a failure. Perhaps that is reflecting the influence of Saturn on the Ascendant. The Ascendant is the window to the outside world and to others. Saturn is the 'dementor' (using a Harry Potter idea:), chilling and depressing, too serious, too 'stiff' to be able to see the good things in life and on the other hand: bad luck. His father died before he was born, his children died and he ended lonely, with no other company than his pupil Fauré. Saturn is semi square the crucial midpoint AC/MC. Fatherhood and fathers (responsibility) is reflected by Saturn, too. So is being alone.

JUPITER for traveling
It is interesting to see that Saint-Saëns was more popular outside his own country than he was in France. Jupiter, planet of traveling, is rising before his Sun to reflect an international orientation. In his homeland he had a lot of competition coming from Debussy (whose Mars - the symbol of competition - is close to the Descendant of Camille Saint-Saëns). Edgar Fauré was his student.

Here you see a piece of his works that says more than words:
NME.com