Marlon Brando
3 April 1924 - 1 July 2004
Destiny Path: 5 - go number
Kurtz [Marlon Brando]: I expected someone like you. What did you expect? Are you an assassin?
Willard [Martin Sheen]: I'm a soldier.
Kurtz: You're neither. You're an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill.
One of Brando’s producers said, "I defy you to watch anyone else when Brando is on the screen."
Marlon Brando is a double Aries with Sagittarius Rising. According to his birth certificate, Marlon Brando, Jr. was born April 3, 1924, in Omaha, Nebraska, at 11:00 p.m. Central Standard Time.
The following comments by Doris Chase Doane offer an illuminating excerpt from the Star Chart of Marlon Brando during his early career:
With the Sun in Aries, strengthened by its angular position, he is a proud person and he does not like advice. Even though the Sun squares aggressive Mars, he shuns violence and loud scenes; he’d rather walk out than fight. In fact he is well known for his “silent” spells. The Moon-Sun conjunction is in a Grand Trine. By adding the Sagittarian Ascendant to five planets in fire signs, we find a great enthusiasm….
Straight as an Arrow
His direct approach is signified by Sagittarius rising, with its ruler, Jupiter, located in the first house of personal interest. Marlon wasn’t discovered on a drug-store stool or at a Las Vegas parking lot. He knew what he wanted and he applied himself the best he knew how. Once on the way, his climb to the top was a serious, devout and dedicated march.
He started soon after he left school, when his father offered to finance his education in a profession. The Moon-Sun conjunction in the fourth house (father) is trine (good fortune) Jupiter in the house of his personal interests (first). Both he and his sister Jocelyn – who is currently appearing in many television shows – caught the acting bug from their talented mother, a former actress. Mercury (ruler of the mother-tenth house) is in his house of entertainment (fifth).
When his father asked him what profession he wanted to prepare for, Marlon quickly answered, “Acting!” With his father footing the bills, Marlon went to New York City in the fall of 1943. There he entered the Dramatic Workshop of the New School of Social Research. Later he received invaluable experience with a Long Island stock company. During these student-acting days, he was strongly influenced by one of his teachers, Stella Adler – exponent of a thorough study of a character to be played. The impact of her teaching, tied in with the perfectionist potentials in his chart, produced a technique that is individualistic.
For six years he put in a well-rounded apprenticeship for his profession of acting. He alternated between playing roles on Broadway, foreign travel, and studying at the Actors Studio, storing up priceless experiences necessary to any creative artist.
His forceful acting on Broadway in the play A Streetcar Named Desire, brought him to the attention of Hollywood. In the summer of 1950 his first movie, The Man, was released by United Artists. He was paid $40,000 for his work in the film. He approached this role with the same seriousness and idealism that marked his student days.
In his now well-known professional manner, he took steps to prepare himself beforehand – he always strives for authenticity. When he learned that the role concerned a paraplegic veteran who refused to take treatment that would help him, he went to the Birmingham Veterans Hospital in Van Nuys, California. There he lived for a month watching and studying the routine of a paraplegic. Absorbing the aura of such a man and his environment, Marlon took it back to the studio. His excellent portrayal prompted one critic to comment, "The illusion is complete."
In 1951, after appearing in the movie version of Streetcar, for which he received $75,000, he began to prepare for his next role. He immediately went to Mexico to make an extensive study of history and Mexican types. Then the film, John Steinbeck’s Viva Zapata, released in 1952, was shot on location in Mexico and Texas. Brando had prepared for the role in his usual thorough manner, and his rate had gone up to $100,000. However, the critics’ praise of his work was only warm.
Although that year he was nominated for best actor for his role in Viva Zapata, the Academy Oscar went to Humphrey Bogart.... If losing out on the Oscar gave Marlon any feelings of sorrow and disappointment, no one ever knew it. He continued to apply himself to his profession. As one picture followed another, the stamp of his astrological Trinity of Wealth was apparent – his fee kept edging skyward. Then in 1954 he won the Oscar for his role in On the Waterfront.
-Doris Chase Doane, PROGRESSIONS IN ACTION [1977]
Coppola Digs North Beach
Francis Ford Coppola appeared on
THE VIEW June 8 and spoke about his new movie, Tetro, to be released on June 26. He also
discussed the early days, Apocalypse Now, and how he cast The Godfather. Asked [by Joy Behar] if Marlon was hard to work with on the set, Coppola responded, "Absolutely not."
"Marlon was never hard to work with. I think it was more his behavior was a little eccentric on the set, they say. He was like a bad boy, you know, and did what he wanted, and did what he felt. But as an actor he was never hard to work with. At least I didn't find it."
Whoopi ended the show with, "Marlon was a doll, wasn't he? He was the best!"
Francis Ford Coppola born 7 April 1939, Detroit MI,
Sun 16° Aries 33', and Luna in Scorpio @ 26°
TOB: 01h 38min establishes his exalted Mars deposited in Capricorn, the same earthy sign as the Mars in Brando's star chart. Coppola's Mars is in the Ascendant home of identity, opinion, and the first 7 years - aka the "I AM" house of the star chart.
James Caan, born 26 March 1940 with powerful stellium in Aries has Luna [domestic matters] in Scorpio @ 22° in conjunction with Ascendant @ Scorpio 27° 36' and matches perfectly with Coppola's 26° 06' Scorpio Moon [and Midheaven @ 3°20 Scorpio]
The Royal Marriage
Marlon Brando supported John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election, and joined other Hollywood celebrities in the March on Washington [August 1963], including Harry Belafonte, James Garner, Charlton Heston, Burt Lancaster, and Sidney Poitier.
Brando and Paul Newman participated in the freedom rides. His unwavering support of the Jewish Community and Native American Indians is also legendary.
Marlon Brando has been
nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor 7 times.
He won for On The Waterfront (1954) and The Godfather (1972)
Others with their radix Sun deposited in the fourth house of the star chart include: Jane Austen, Kahlil Gibran, Howard Hughes, Martin Luther, Nehru, Proust,
John D. Rockefeller, and Tolstoi
The power of actor Marlon Brando may reside in a combination of two entirely different parts of the star chart. The inner harmony created via both lights in Aries will compensate for physical fuel that is generated for perpetual dynamic, forceful, and magnetic energy [Saturn square Mars exalted in Capricorn] in the second house of personal resources.
rt., Brando is placed just above the Fab Four [third row] on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [June 1967, the Grammy Award for Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts in 1968]
Grant Lewi writes the following about Saturn square Mars: "... for years [the native] may appear to be 'getting away with it' until the accumulated flaws in life topple over the structure of existence ... If you have this aspect the good may be reaped and the evil avoided, if you will pause at the height of your success -- and deliberately refuse to go any further. But the hypnotic influence of this aspect makes such withdrawal difficult though not impossible. You must be satisfied with moderation and content to draw down your winnings without waiting for the last roll of the dice."
Grant Lewi recommends those with this aspect harness the volatile energy by taking stock of everything going on - write out notes that exactly represent the present, so that anything already constructed can be carefully assessed. If the inner and/or objective paradigms are in any way based on a major fallacy - a fallacy concerning either your own capabilities or the nature of the world in which you are working, it will be detected. You can double back and compensate. Caution [Saturn] can guide you on a safe journey. There may be a 'missing link' otherwise and you could be making a fundamental mistake in estimating your own capacity, or the extent of your security.
VIVA ZAPATA POPCORN, The Academy Award Companion
Perhaps Brando was mumbling because his mouth was full of this spicy snack. Since we’re often told most of the profit in a movie theater comes from the sale of popcorn, it wouldn’t be right not to pop some just before the opening number.
Makes about 8 cups
2 teaspoons chili powder
8 Cups popped popcorn (about 1/2 Cup kernels)
1/2 teaspoon grated lime peel
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
2 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano, crumbled
Salt
Combine chili powder, lime, peel, cumin and oregano in small bowl. Place popcorn in large serving bowl. Drizzle butter over and toss to coat well. Sprinkle half of spice mixture over and toss to coat. Sprinkle remaining spice mixture over and toss. Season to taste with salt.
Serve immediately.
Source: Bon Appetit, March 1989
Rumor: Sinatra wanted the role of Sky Masterson. Dean Martin wasn't right for the part either. Brando had the whole "irresistible to women" aura. Some say Gene Kelly could have pulled it off - as a singer and dancer, he could have done the character as well as anyone who was under consideration at the time the movie was cast. The tie-up with MGM prevented Kelly from getting the role.
A similar situation happened to Betty Grable. She desperately wanted to play Adelaide and suffered a loss [as with Gentlemen Prefer Blondes] due to some sort of health-related problem.
A DRY WHITE SEASON
"A Dry White Season" is political cinema so deeply felt it attains a moral grace. A bitter medicine, a painful reminder, it grieves for South Africa as it recounts the atrocities of apartheid. Yes, it is a story already told on a grander scale, but never with such fervor....
[Donald] Sutherland is a particularly sober version of the father he played in "Ordinary People," trying to keep his household together. Abandoned by his wife and daughter, he finds allies in his young son, a journalist (Susan Sarandon) and a garrulous lawyer (Marlon Brando, corpulent but masterly as an African Clarence Darrow). He advises Ben to forget about Gordon's death, for "justice and law are distant cousins ... but in South Africa, they're not related at all."
Directed by Euzhan Palcy
Cast includes Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Jurgen Prochnow, Zakes Mokae,
Susan Sarandon, and Marlon Brando [nominated Best Supporting Actor. Some important
court cases on film]
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Power Stones for Aries, The Ram ~ Ruler: Mars
Mars: Agate, Alexanderite, Bloodstone, Ruby - Agate or Achates: Emblematic of health and wealth. To all venomous things, enemy. Assuages thirst, gives victory, repels storms, sharpens sight, renders gracious, eloquent, strong. Facilitates digestion, cures coughing tuberculosis, dissolver of kidney stones, potent against scrofula and skin diseases, prevents skin contagions. Disposes solitude and secures the favor of princes. Alexanderite: Increases self-esteem, good luck. Bloodstone: Symbolizes wisdom, firmness; long life, prophecy. Stops hemorrhage. Ruby: Love; diverts mind from sadness, sensuality; protects friendships, wealth, gives happiness and long life, an antidote for poison, cholera, restores pulse, allays thirst; color changes when misfortune is near. A kimono, decorated with metallic thread should be comfortable for day and evening.
April 15, Blood-red Carbuncle [or kadkod] Gad (a robber band) has the month of razzia, when the corn is invitingly ripe, raiding month
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