Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey was built to be seen. Born on the 26th of July, 1959, he carries the Sun in Leo rising over a Leo Ascendant, a double dose of the lion, the born king of the castle whose presence turns heads before he says a word. This is the Sun in its own domicile, at full strength, blazing from the first house where identity itself is the stage; the expertise to shine, as I always say, is simply in being you, and he was pushed onto that stage as if the world were holding his hand. Two Academy Awards followed, Best Supporting Actor as the sly con man of The Usual Suspects and Best Actor as the unravelling husband of American Beauty, alongside a Tony, an Olivier, and his reign as Frank Underwood in House of Cards.

His Moon sits exalted in Taurus at the very throne of the chart, the tenth house, so his feelings and his craft were lived out in full public view. That same Taurean Moon can hold on too tightly and resist letting go. From 2017, allegations of misconduct clouded his career; he denied them and was later acquitted. A chart describes temperament; it never writes the verdict.