While Marilyn was born under Gemini, her moon was in Aquarius. Writing for the New York Post, astrologer Reda Wigle ponders the influence of the star sign most inclined towards divorce on Marilyn’s own romantic life.
“While there are many roads that lead to discord and a myriad of reasons for calling it quits, one sign stands apart as the most likely to take leave of their vows and strike out solo … Absolutely uncompromising, Aquarians ride the line between genius and madness and as any suffering spouse will tell you, neither is a picnic to live with. In kind, water bearers harbour the dark tendency to treat their significant others more like acolytes than equals.
Marilyn Monroe is yet another famous example of an Aquarius moon with multiple marriages to her name. Monroe divorced (in order) James Dougherty, Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller. In tune with her moon sign, Monroe was always the party to file for divorce … Given the nature of the Aquarius archetype divorce can be viewed not as defeat in relationships but ultimate allegiance to the self, a worthy cause if ever there was one.”
Reda Wigle previously wrote about Marilyn’s Aquarius moon in another Post article exploring her astrological birth chart, which you can read in full here.
“In astrology, the moon indicates our instincts, needs, subconscious mind and the ways we were and were not nourished as children. Monroe’s moon was in the fixed air sign of Aquarius, symbolised, quite poetically, by the star tarot card … Perhaps because they learn early to fend for themselves and fear dependence of any kind, there’s an intense need for freedom with an Aquarius moon, This may be why Monroe had three marriages and many flings but never found her footing in committed relationships. It was not that she was incapable of reciprocity, it was that the bounds of a committed relationship limited her professionally and personally. This is a lunar placement that needs space to expand and experiment and to feel utterly unbound by convention. As she herself wrote, ‘I have always been deeply terrified to really be someone’s wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really.'”
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