I went and saw “Sicko” Michael Moore’s latest movie tonight.

It’s an evocative and at times confronting piece that raises some hard to answer questions about the health care system in America.

Obviously every thing we read or see is skewed to present the opinion of the person creating the thing we’re connecting with, however there are some undeniable truths that he presents. Health care in America is way below par, especially for the poor.

Of course I wondered what is contained in his horoscope. He does seem to be a man on a mission, or many missions given the wide variety of content he’s covered in his documentaries/ films. You can read more about his life on the links below. Let’s look at the birth chart.

Birth Data – from astrologyweekly.com
April 23 1954
12.45pm
Flint MI

Other resources - http://www.astrodatabank.com/NM/MooreMichael.htm
And http://www.michaelmoore.com/

Michael Moore has a Leo Ascendant, Sun in Taurus (conjunct the MC from the 9th) and the Moon in Capricorn, partile conjunct Mars in the 5th house.

A fire ascendant gives him the ‘man on a mission’ vibe. Fire ascendants actively stride out into the world, looking for challenges and chasing visions. They are usually active in the world in some way, preferring the excitement of action and adventure to almost anything else.

The Sun in Taurus and the Moon in Capricorn are grounding energies, both being of the earth element. They bring determination and fortitude and the ability to create something tangible in the world. The combination of a fire ascendant and earth sun/ moon signs gives him huge energy resources and inspiration (fire asc) and the focus to follow through (that’s the earth). He has big ideas, filters them through his practical side, figures out what is do-able, then sets his energy towards doing something productive (earth again).

Using some modern psychological astrology, we see the planet Pluto rising, close to the ascendant in Leo in the first house. Michael has a powerful and transformational affect on the world around him and carries the ability to leave things differently from how he found them. He is an intense force actively triggering death/ rebirth cycles. He strongly identifies with his ability to create drastic and total kinds of change. All common Pluto in the first house kinds of themes.

Michael was born with the Sun on the Midheaven, at the very top of the chart – this happens for most people born around the middle of the day. In Michael’s case the Sun also rules his ascendant, so no matter what he does in life, with his ascendant ruler conjunct the midheaven he will be in the public eye. He has a profile and it is a big one. His bio on astrodatabank.com says he is shy, and with the Sun and Moon in earth signs he probably is; but with the Sun so obvious placed on the MC (short for Midheaven) he always ends up in the public arena, whether he likes it or not.

The Moon in Capricorn in the 5th house is weakened by being placed in the sign of its detriment. While Michael is a hard worker, he perhaps struggles with clearly expressing his emotions. He’s likely to worry more than necessary. The Moon is exactly conjunct Mars in Capricorn. Mars is super strong here being in the sign of his exaltation. This gives Mars good motivations like strong professional ethics and a genuine desire to work productively and with long term ambition and focus. Together these qualities add to Michael’s drive, energy and enthusiasm and by virtue of the earth quality indicate his passions (Mars) and his emotions (Moon) are channelled constructively in the world.

Other things of note:

Mc ruler, Venus, in her own sign of Taurus in the 10th house. Michael’s career, while being an avenue for his energy and desire for change, is helped along by this sweet, attractive, honest and strongly placed Venus. Loyalty is a key feature here and the desire to do good works for good results.

Uranus conjunct the South Node, Cancer, 12th House. Michael has been a force of dissent in previous lifetimes. The role of the rebel, the intellect, the free spirit and the independent thinker are ones he’s played in earlier incarnations. The Cancer aspect of the South Node energy indicates previous incarnations have been mostly about protecting and sustaining the family unit. A Cancer South Node means the North Node is in Capricorn. This indicates Michael’s soul purpose in this lifetime is about being productive in the world. Instead of being totally family focussed, in this lifetime its important Michael makes his professional ambitions a priority.The Nodes on the 6th and 12th cusps indicate Michael connects with his spiritual purpose through things like service and health.

What do you think about Michael Moore and/ or his horoscope?