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Album Profiles for 30 Seconds to Mars self titled and A Beautiful Lie
August 27, 2002
Virgo Sun
Aries Moon
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August 30, 2005
Sun in Virgo
Cancer Moon
30 Seconds to Mars album releases are a pair of Virgo babies. Virgos have a way with words and attention to detail. A Virgo record is quite a process, analyzed every step of the way. Virgo is a perfectionist, ruled by Mercury and a great deal of effort goes into the lyrics and the individual parts of both albums. Chances are they were pulled apart and put back together many times with attention to every nuance from subtle vocal incantations to minute variations in the drum beats or guitar parts. Virgo considers no detail too small to reconsider or redesign.
Like siblings three years apart to the month, they also share planet Venus in Libra, which is notable since Venus is planet of public appeal. An intellectual connection (mind meld!) with the audience is indicated when the planet of love and balance tours air sign Libre. People with shared conscious-ness will join around the ideas presented on both albums. On 8/30/05, ABL’s birth date, Venus approached lucky Jupiter, within 3 degrees, for prosperity and luck. Venus also forms a favorable angle to Neptune in Aquarius, the sign of collective conscious. Neptune is the planet of music, indicating great beauty and harmony, powerful connections, and strong feelings of friendship and alliance.
“So I run… Start again… With a BRAND NEW NAME”…
Aries is the initiator, the beginning, and the s/t record’s Aries Moon sign is reflected in the words over and over, in spirit and in color and in theme! Aries’ element is fire! “Everybody run…Under the burning sun”, “Red, red changes in the sky…” and most of all, “Stand out on the edge of the earth…Dive into the center of fate…Walk right inside of the gun…Look into the new future's face!” Aries is Mars, the warrior, afraid of nothing and undone by no one. The sign Aries is youthful, new, and sometimes inexperienced… it is a debut! The Moon in Aries gives birth to new ideas. Is masculine, aggressive or assertive. Is full of the wonder of possibility. The Moon in harmony with Mars in Leo adds fire, passion and showmanship. Like an athlete striving for the gold in his first competition, this combination has confidence and drive and a sense of naivety. Virgo with an Aries Moon is action without inhibition; the beginning of a great adventure!
“It’s time to forget about the past…wash away what happened last…”
A Beautiful Lie, born with a Cancer Moon, is sensitive, reflective and finely attuned. Cancer is the “old soul”, connected to karmic experience, like encounters with people and places that seem so familiar, yet are brand new. The Cancer Moon adds that feeling of déjà vu, dreams, or past experiences in this lifetime or another…”From yesterday it’s coming…from yesterday, the fear…”, and “Was it a dream” lyrics capture the sentiment of sensitive, sometimes defensive Cancer Moon. Emotionally, this record is like “coming home”. A Virgo with a Cancer Moon is supremely psychic and knows without knowing why. Where the 1st record charged into the future, the 2nd has a quality of conscious consideration. If ABL were a person, he would be intuitive… aware… a careful planner…and protector of home, family and what he cherishes most…a discriminating personality ready to break from any destructive parts of his past.
Finally, a look at Mars! Mars toured two of the zodiac’s “fixed” signs as these albums were released. In August 2002, Mars was in Leo, a fiery and charismatic performer of the zodiac! August 2005 found Mars in Taurus, a physical, earthy sign. Mars has staying power, sex appeal, and stamina in the sign of the Bull. Perseverance and bulls eye aim define A Beautiful Lie. This album will build in Taurus fashion, slow and steady, with an eye on the prize.
Written March 14, 2006 on a lunar eclipse
Jared Leto of 30 Seconds to Mars
December 26, 1971
Sun in Capricorn
Grand trine in the Air Signs
Saturn in Gemini, Venus in Aquarius, Pluto in Libra
Jared is a Capricorn, blessed with a grand trine in his chart. Capricorn is a sign of work ethic and ambition. Capricorns are goal oriented and thrive with structure. Most notable in Jared’s chart though is a trine linking the three air signs, Libra, Gemini, and Aquarius. This heavenly aspect is the mark of incredible intellect, the gift of voice and a compelling personality. Jared’s Saturn in Gemini, sign of duality, helps explain his drive and talent in two areas of performance; acting and music. A Saturn in Gemini can actually balance two demanding careers sanely by creating strong boundaries within the mind and focusing on one at a time. Deeply. Saturn in Gemini dives to the heart of the learning, the exchange of ideas and every little aspect of a project, particularly where language is concerned. Gemini is the sign of the spoken and written word, and Saturn has strong versatility and an analytical quality in this sign. Jared may be a skeptic or inherit a sarcastic sense of humor from this placement as well. His friends or band mates would probably say he’ll goof around with the best of them, but is the first to get serious or back on track. A Grand trine in the air signs means one is always thinking, dissecting, and ready to converse on important matters. His mind rarely rests.
For a performer, the influence of Venus cannot be underestimated, and in Jared’s chart, Venus joins Pluto and Saturn in the Grand trine. Venus rules charm, charisma, sense of art and beauty, and affects all personal relationships. With this trio of planets supporting each other, Jared Leto’s intelligence and appeal are interdependent. Venus in Aquarius is global, with an ability to move the masses and a connection to humanity as a whole. In close personal relationships a Venus Aquarian needs an enormous amount of personal freedom. Friends and partners of individuals with Venus in this sign must understand and accept this personality, which cannot be limited or restrained. A Venus Aquarian is open and generous and needs to make intellectual connections in relationships, but is not overly emotional and not likely to tolerate jealousy or judgment. His will to create and express and connect with a variety of people on a meaningful level is very strong. There’s a spiritual or activist type quality to Venus in Aquarius, which drives an individual to spread a message and band like-minded individuals together. An artist like Leto will feel a connection to the universe or to the divine and may inspire that in others. The message is a priority for one with Venus trine Saturn and Pluto. A feeling for balance and beauty, order and proportion, rhythm and spatial relationships, particularly in art and music, is another gift of this grand trine, known to favor mathematicians, inventors, architects, and engineers as well as musicians and artists. If Jared wasn't a rock star, he might be designing buildings, building cities, or innovating in the area of space travel, alternate energy sources, or audio/visual technology. His profile is one of an inventor, communicator, and more than likely, workaholic.
written 12/9/05
Tomo Milicevic
September 3, 1979
Sun, Mercury, Venus, Saturn and North Node in Virgo
Mars in Cancer
Jupiter in Leo
Imagine becoming the guitarist for one of your favorite bands! That is exactly what happened to Tomo Milicevic a couple of years back when 30 Seconds to Mars went through a change of personnel. With his lucky Jupiter in Leo at work, someone who had seen him perform was impressed and connected Tomo and the band at a crucial turning point. Jupiter in Leo attracts influential friends and allies, and the big planet in the zodiac's shiniest sign, is a mark of someone born to perform and draw public attention and glory. Success can come easily with these aspects, like a spin of the wheel of fortune! Tomo, guitarist for 30 Seconds to Mars, has a stellium in Leo/Virgo, the mark of extraordinary talent. A cluster of planets like this is a special ‘gift’, and lucky Jupiter starts the stellium in Leo. The Sun and several planets continue the string in Virgo, a discriminating, detail oriented sign.
Chances are Tomo combines music and business well. Mercury and other planets in Virgo give a detail and task oriented side to his personality. Mercury in Virgo is a practical problem solver and a good trouble-shooter. His band mates and other colleagues most likely consider him a strong analyzer, planner, and communicator. Venus is also in conjunction with the Sun at 12 degrees Virgo, which often bestows writing ability. A Virgo writer is imaginative and chooses words or in Tomo’s case, chord progressions carefully, using imagery and fine detail. The string of planets in Tomo’s Virgo stellium do lean toward perfectionism, or at least an individual who always tries to give the ultimate performance, regardless of his profession or pursuits. He takes great pride in his work, is discriminating, and will rework things again and again to his satisfaction. A strong Virgo is usually his own worst critic, but Tomo’s chart shows a flexibility and optimism that balances some of that perfectionism out. He is likely to strive for refinement.
On the interpersonal side, Venus in Tomo’s chart indicates a subtle or sophisticated sense of humor, an appreciation for irony and sarcasm for example. In love and friendship, Venus is refined in this sign and very choosy about friends and partners, and also loyal while in love.
Since symbols and glyphs are so much a part of 30 Seconds to Mars, it’s interesting to note that Tomo’s Virgo glyph is tied to feeling and gaining control of emotions to channeling them into useful work, in this case music.
Mars, the “rock star” planet, lives in Cancer, in harmony with Tomo’s Virgo planets and Sun. As a musician, the advantage of this Mars placement is a great memory for sights, sounds, places, and mainly feelings. Mars is raw power, and in Cancer manifests creatively. A Mars Cancer is sense-itive, not in the emotional sense as much as in the 5 or 6 sense sort of way. Tomo is granted excellent intuition, imagination, and quiet strength. People close to him most likely see him as very supportive and a team player with high standards. Virgo is a versatile sign, so he can play many “parts”. Physically Mars has endurance in the sign Cancer, though nervous stomach and headaches from stress are common to people with heavy Virgo in their charts.
Mars is also in harmony with Uranus in Scorpio giving a creative and soulful quality to the personality and depth to his interests and character.
Sidenote: While, Jupiter in Leo says he’s a born performer, Virgo also makes a hell of a chef, and Tomo has his degree in culinary arts.
With a Capricorns, A Virgo and two Virgo albums releases, there's lots of earth sign energy in this band! The earth signs are what makes things happen, taking ideas, thoughts and symbols and bringing them to tangible form.
A very heartfelt thank you, again, to Jared and Tomo for the surprise visit in December 2005 and to the whole band for the addictive live show experience...21 to date and still counting...
Robin Ivy
updated 11/5/06
~ Rock Astrology ~ Robin Ivy ~
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