O. J. Simpson

O. J. Simpson was, for a time, one of the most celebrated athletes in America, and later one of the most notorious figures in its legal history. Born on 9 July 1947, he rose through USC football to win the Heisman Trophy, was drafted first overall by the Buffalo Bills in 1969, and in 1973 became the first NFL player to rush for over 2,000 yards in a season, earning MVP honours and, eventually, the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A broadcasting and acting career followed his retirement in 1979. His chart shows a Sun in Cancer in the eleventh house of the tribe and network, a placement that thrives on public affection and the pull of the crowd, paired with a Leo Ascendant that lent the magnetic, camera-ready presence Gaia associates with the lion's mask. His Moon in Pisces sat in the eighth house of death, crisis and buried things. It must be said plainly: in 1994 his former wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman were murdered; Simpson was acquitted in a criminal trial but found liable in civil court, and in 2008 he was convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping. A natal signature describes temperament only. It never explains away, nor excuses, the harm and grief left in a person's wake. He died in 2024.