Today is BB’s birthday & she really is a classic free-loving multiple conjunct Libran — Sun, Mercury and Jupiter. Saggo Rising, a tight Venus-Neptune conjunction and Moon in Gemini on the cusp of her House of Love.
This is from the Guardian
“…Simone De Beauvoir wrote: “When Marlene Dietrich exhibited her silk-wrapped thighs while singing in her husky voice, she was casting a spell . . . Brigitte Bardot doesn’t cast spells; she acts. Her flesh doesn’t have the generosity that symbolises passivity. Her clothes are not fetishes and when she undresses, she reveals no mystery. She simply shows off her body, which is in constant movement. She walks, she dances, she moves. In the hunting game, she is both hunter and prey. Males are an object for her, as much as she is an object for them. This is precisely what hurts males’ pride.” It was clear to all that Bardot, like Albert Camus’s stranger, experienced the world through her senses.
Nowadays, feminists both in Britain and the US would shriek in horror at the thought that Bardot might be heralded as the emblem of the liberated woman. But that is just how designer Nicole Farhi remembers her: “Bardot was totally liberated; it was extraordinary to see, especially at a time when no women were allowed to be, and it was all the more unusual that she came from a bourgeois family. It was fantastic to see that she could just throw conventions away. She lived the way she pleased, she dressed the way she wanted; in that sense her freedom was very provocative.”
Provocative but never lewd. “A liberated woman is the opposite of an easy and frivolous woman,” wrote De Beauvoir. For her, Bardot’s sense of freedom was absolute, almost existential. Unlike today’s self-acclaimed liberated young women, who claim to feel empowered by the act of pole-dancing, with Bardot there is no attempt at manipulation or deception.
“Bardot’s naturalness seems more perverse than any kind of sophistication. To despise as she does jewels, makeup and high heels is to refuse to transform oneself into an idol. It is to assert oneself the equal of men. It is to recognise that between men and women, there is only desire and mutual pleasure. This is precisely what made her appear so dangerous in the eyes of society,” wrote De Beauvoir…”
And, yes there is probably some argument against her for her denouncing a certain racial group over their animal rights abuses but you know what? The woman is Saggo Rising (ie; will say what she wants, freedom of speech LOUD being paramount to Saggability) but I think a lot of the hostility toward her has more to do with the above-mentioned free-living, lack of corseting etc and growing old…old, barefoot, sun-tanned & apparently individuated as all get out.
Ursula Andress, haha. Nice pun but.
BB is awesome. How many ppl do you know that get MORE radical as they get older? I think she can feel the time running out and is fighting to leave something behind rather than her sexy image.
So she didn’t want to be a mother- neither did Vivien Leigh. My dad always dismisses them as narcissists- and what the hell is wrong with that?
always get her confused
with ursula undress… (name right?)
That’s brilliant Whateves, you go to a bar looking divine & he has to pick you up. And there is ‘the audience’ factor of playing out a fantasy in real time. It’s a highly recommended fastasy. Even meeting in an Adult shop pretending you don’t know each other & loudly sak questions to a strange man or woman. Unfortunately, the men just don’t have the creative imaginations. Just try asking what their 5 favourite fantasies are………. a gulp….if you’re lucky. There IS trouble in France AND Netherlands. Belgium 30 years ago was the most racist place in the world i… Read more »
French men are the essence of women worshippers I concur pegasus – one tried to seduce me out of the arms of “the one” at a time when he was working a lot at night. It was a true proving of my previous comment about once a libran falls for you they’re there all the way. Infidelity was not an option for me but god did that lovely french man try. So deeply romantic – I do suspect my reluctance was part of the game tho. They do love a challenge. Sigh, no they don’t have great imaginations for the… Read more »
Okily dokily am a novice at this – I have Uranus in Libra & Lilith in Virgo, both in 4th house. That’s for natal chart. Do I need to look at transit?
I think you need to track down your bewitching frock & ambush 😉
Re the ambush yeah – familiarity is the mother of invention : o )
If you pull down the scroll down menu for the type of chart in astrodienst you can see one for with transits – click on that and voila your transits will show up on the outside of your usual birthchart – be interesting to see what uranus and lilith were transiting on the day of your “event” considering uranus is all abt the electrical sudden acts and lilith the girls on top vamp vibe. will just find the lilith link for you, bak in a minute.
I just had a look for last friday, uranus was in pisces & lilith in capricorn
Thanks for your help!
No wuckers I’m a lilith pusher from way back – this site has some interesting stuff but recently there’s a lot more about her on the net than there used to be if you google – she’s having some kind of renaissance methinks – and about time too – rise up snake goddess I say. Uranus is on your Midheaven at the moment too? we must be similar ages – check out the house lilith was transiting – she’s an energy to loove into (weird I was actually typing “to look into” then) – I think similar to is it… Read more »
Thanks for the info, off to have a read now. Goodness – Erzulie, haven’t heard her name for so long….I’m a Pomba Gira girl myself, I have 1 ‘official’ Pomba & another sexy lady PG statue my friend made for me, that I have re-connected to within the last 2 weeks, come to think about it. I used to honour her once a week on her day but haven’t done that for years. I seem to have been reaching out to her again now that I consciously realise. I’m 38 btw, will have a look & see if uranus is… Read more »
yup you’re right, on the MC. you’re good!
had never heard of Pomba – interesting LL thanks for sharing that. You never hear about these aspects of the feminine – is it hard to find books – your tangent was santeria? I only have one little book about the deities but precious not very indepth tho. Also just realised I meant the nmazca sire has some interesting stuff not “this site” as in Mystics site – she has a whole lotta great lilith goin on as well. Has Merc gone direct yet ? it’s funny I’m realising all the ways my words could be/have been misconstrued when hours… Read more »
There are hardly an books on Pomba Gira, that I’ve come across. Most info is from the net. She’s considered a female consort to Eshu/Exu.
Don’t worry about words – they will no doubt always be misconstrued!
OMG that hasn’t happened for ages – my comment is awaiting moderation – it’s like that time I was banned from the nightclub LOL the deets are in a post hanging in cyberspace limbo LL – fingers crossed they make it thru xxx
is cos you said No ‘WUCKERS’?
LOL xox
Hmm maybe i should do a which sign is the most likely to be a femme fatale post – wot do you think???
And yes – Librans are into free love & they mean it.
O YES we do what should be freer than LOVE? but when we fall for real we’re keepers – will wade through ALL of your shit with you and never leave your side – or maybe that’s my saturn in Aries talkin…
i would really love to love brigitte bardot but she really seems to be like a pauline hanson kind of racist – saying france is being secretly invaded yada yada – incredibly not well thought through statements of ‘fact’. i think maybe it started with the ritual slaughter thing but she really is on record as saying that religious muslims are undermining the fabric of french society. http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2003/05/12/16103761.php and saying that ‘modern’ homosexuals are too flamboyant compared to her homo friends? geez, get a life. to be fair, in her book it sounds like she is misanthropic and cranky towards… Read more »
Maybe she needs to take a swig on some honeysuckle bach flower remedy? Re the french stance on the undermining of the fabric of society etc- and I’m not agreeing or disagreeing with it I don’t know enough about it – but when you think about it they are having to cope with the aftermath of their colonial imperialism in Algeria without “reaping the benefits” in these times – they were all reaped prior. So on a human level I can see HOW they feel the way they do. The dutch have a similar thing going on. It’s fascinating –… Read more »
hmm it is interesting and i think you’re right, this kind of racist thinking is mental preparation for us to accept the exploitation of people in other countries.
france also seems to be quite a nationalistic country in general, a road that australia seems to be heading down more and more.
Re the mental preparation of us so we will accept things – whenever I watch the news – which is ultimately controlled by the government of the nation it is broadcast from – I don’t just listen to what is being said I ponder the motivation & historical context. The language used in the news is powerful – where emphasis is placed – often announcements about things that haven’t happened yet are made in the past tense so people won’t think “oh we better do something about that” and mobilise. It’s amazing the power of the media and the language… Read more »
O how analogue / ancient history of me – should that be most dvd shops? Righto shuffling off to have a cup of tea and a lie down, you kids enjoy yourselves now.
Now I’m plugged back into cyberspace I’m glad to read your comment whatever. Personally, for me there isn’t an excuse/reason/explanation for racism, period. Not being blondd-haired blue-eyed could have smth to do with it, 😉 and also experiencing the still-persisting trickle-down contemporary effects of the White Australia policy.
Oh yeah I getcha UPV – I am not of the blonde/blue eyes etc variety either and have seen some pretty crazy racist things since being in Australia (the frequency and extremity seems to depend on the geographical location) but all in all I think most peeps are more intelligent than that here. I’m def not condoning racism and always do something about it when I see it but I do have that totally rational side that wants to know how things work even if they are inherently wrong. I once did work for a large aussie owned success story… Read more »
we apparently hold a preference for high-contrast and it’s been proven that babies certainly do. i wonder, in regards to the politics of face value and its derivations, if this lightening of skin is more of a biologically programmed response for its signal of youth and fertility…rather than assuming aspirations to aryan beauty ideals. i mean, an indigenious model is still gonna possess hallmarks of being a non caucasian, whether you lighten her up or not, no? it would ring either delicately or strongly in her bone structure or her facial features. why not just cast a classic caucasian model?… Read more »
oh, meant to add ~
whatever, that was a terrible experience you described. i’m not dismissing it as an over-reaction, we know it happens and on a huge global scale.
just my 5 cents worth on skin lightening.
o not a thought of trivialising entered my head – I was so interested in your point – I too prefer the winter colour of my skin never tan deliberately but have never thought of it in a “white power” kind of way. You’ve made some really interesting points I’d never thought about the situation in that way. Nice angle. And yes – she looked like a VERY pale child of indigenous lineage in the end – it was just weird and spooky. All I could think was imagine how she would feel – she would’ve been all excited to… Read more »
the whole preferring a lighter shade seems to run across the board – even with minority groups not acquainted with western marketing or beauty politics.
nearly every woman’s complexion darkens after pregnancy/giving birth and so, of course….the lighter shade denotes a quality of being youthful. and the idea of men preferring blondes is also kinda tied up lightly within this theory, that being that normally….it’s the younger that are naturally blonde. triggers for vitality and fertility.
on topic – how BAD is this month’s Madison Mag.
Coverline runs something like ’30 is the new 40′ – heralding Christy Turlington as the poster girl for growing old gracefully (naturally) sans Botox etc
Well get this – the cover shot is 10 years old!!!
when Christy was actually 30. AND a SUPER MODEL.
Editor Paula Joye refuses to comment.
RLP – that really pissed me off. Why didn’t they use a current shot of Christy. She still looks 30 at 40 anyway – bloody hot! but to use a 10 year old photo is just plain unacceptable considering the angle was ‘30 is the new 40?.
Robo Scorp – IS SO CRAP!! farkn hope I dont get discovered here by media peeps I actually KNOW i.r.l – [self sensored comment re a certain editor’s ‘turn back time’ efforts]
Christy has NOT had a fringe (bangs) in AGES – so we (media insider riled crew) did connect dots to what campaign that cover came from. bring on Pluto in Cap – that crap’d never wash!!
i remember her in her book likening her son to ‘a tumour’ or something…or i could be totally wrong. marlene dietrich was kinda like that too….eeks.
Not saying she’s not rad but she is still a product of her times and generation. 🙂 There will be others when we look back and be like …. that’s so racist/sexist/whatever new adjective.
Good point YOTF – she’s rad in context of her times but we are not in them now.
oh sorry the other post was meant to be a response to the main post.
and whatever i think you’re right, and just because someone loves freely doesn’t mean they don’t love INTENSELY… right? i think that libran justice thing keeps things on an even keel
venus in libra.
Yeah 100% before I met “the one” mixing it up “freely” was the only way – I think I may have single mindedly avoided commitment so I wasn’t officially cheating on anyone in retrospect – a very libran approach I’ve realised – I had a perfectly constructed “system” of fairness in my head LOL But now there IS only “the one” and I suspect if ever we were torn asunder and I was single again I would just live alone. He’s the one human I have given myself to completely and fully in this life and I can’t imagine there… Read more »
touché
Oh lordy, I was a complete femme fatale on friday night. I seduced a man. I am so not into random associations & I took it there. Is it possible for a frock to be possessed? It was the dress. It unleashed something. Eep
I’m reminded of that book Fabulous Nobodies. The frocks that spoke.
OO I might check that book out – yes they can I had a frock just like that – not even revealing demure in fact but it never failed to oblige in the suitor department – it was from an op shop and such amazing old printed silk fabric. When I was over it I handed down to my sister and after a few months she came to me and said is it possible that dress is possessed cos she was having the same outcome which was a huge improvement on her experiences prior. It was dubbed the bewitched frock… Read more »
This is certainly a bewitching frock – may have to pinch that term from you! I’m houseminding for a friend who is sooooo not a frock gal & she showed me this dress of hers as she thought it was so ‘me’ and has lent it to me to wear & I never want to give it back! And YES YES YES – I do feel like someone new now – it was just what the Dr ordered. After my period of hibernation/being invisible, it was lush being a passionate woman again. No more holding back. Reigns have been cast… Read more »
WAHOOOO check your uranus & your lilith sista – where dey at? Sometimes I try to get “the one’ to pretend we just met and don’t know each other so we can have pretend crazy random sex but he gets freaked out by it and won’t “but I DO know you” etc. so I’ve given up on that. Am planning some kind of surprise ambush right now – you know to get that earthquake passione goin on. Glad to hear you’re no longer holding back – it’s good to have the winter months to gather strength but the unfurling of… Read more »
le meprís is one of favorite films.
AG I have been admiring your avatar since it popped up – love the way you’re fully clothed yet entirely seductive with it and no I’m not coming on to you – but some peeps get that fully clad alluring thing just so and you are one of them. Something young but with the wisdom of the ages about it. GOD Maybe I am coming on to you LOL
Yeah aqua girl is pretty hot !…. I was thinking that a couple of days ago but didnt want to say anything.
careful some of the girls might end up with avatar envy, hehe , might be fun !
I’m a stay at home patchwork kinda gal myself LOL
are you having some kind of mud wrestling fantasy?
Shit soz Ag – that was more about David than you – I’m outta here before my mercurial scorpion tongue gets me into trouble.
ok so by the definition you just gave , im not obsessed over her … altough i know the feeling . Dont get that with her she does make me feel calm and comfy when shes feeling good but when shes angry ..jeezz. Enough about her anyway …..Thanks tho
ag is spoken for i believe…
haha…..i am, INDEEDY x
ROFL well glad you cleared THAT up damons
haha….thank you & thank you.
and, nah ~ no offense taken, whatever ; ).
and ja, it’s really very easy shooting from that angle….everyone can look a little wanton …… although, i still rated my avatar G ;p.
Aqua Girl is stunningly hot i.r.l. though
aww, love YOU, mystic! x
not as hot as you M.M from what my spies tell me….
The Divine MM is everything…..and more x
She looks and acts just like Kara and just as beautiful…. except Kara cant imagine anything so gross as to go barefoot ( unless its on the beach) doesnt wear bras ( doesnt need to) plays guitar , etc sees men as objects and generally doesnt give a stuff what anyone thinks … or are these just typical libran traits???
no, your just obsessed….though your description of her makes her the type that one could get easily obsessed by. I was married once to one of those libra beauties, I too was obsessed by her beauty and incredible sexuality, it turned bad, real bad very quickly due to her incredible anger and emotional instability. Thank god we didn’t have children, I just escaped with my life !
You know I was thinkin yesterday I WISH david would give a male perspective on the illusion of lust vs love. 3 words LOL. Succinct. Direct. Perfect.
Librans need a rudder sometimes – and while you’re being that person we’ll be telling you how you need to do it with more panache. Marriage may have been a flop but I bet her frock and hair were divine on the day tho…
no im not obsessed and shes not that bad … looked up the definition of obsessed and im borderline i admit . Sometimes i think of her and sometimes i dont . I WORSHIP THIS WOMAN!!!! aaahhhhhhh . Ooohhhh what am i going to do? thats right detatch and do nothing!!
Go worship at the altar of the self for a while – you’re worth it.
Yeah i will whatever, thanks. Kara s not that great and theres plenty of fish in the sea…..x
Can I just say one more thing here. In my experience no girl that ever made me feel the way you feel right now was right. The right girls always made me feel calm, secure, comfy.
There is one sure way of knowing if its obsession by the way. Its the sudden breaking out in a sweat for no other reason than the mention or thought of her. Its a physical illness not unlike an addiction.
David your advice is SO SPOT ON!! why weren’t you dishing this out to ME when I plastered this space with ALL that whining re Le Turd – YOU coulda saved me years, of, well, time wasting. that’s what my obsession was. a waste of time. the tail end anyways. Damons – respect to your painful sitch & BIG empathy for your sense of loss. I’m sorry she’s not there for you now. but DaveyL is CORRECT. “in my experience no girl that ever made me feel the way you feel right now was right. The right girls always made… Read more »
distract yourself Kate Moss – if I was a guy she’d be my Obsession!!
mmm, helena christensen in chris isaak’s ‘wicked game’ music video, if i were a guy……hell, even as a woman.
I’d turn for Kate in a nano-sec!!
she’s teflon – who falls from grace, gets obsessed with a nob like Pete D & springs back like nothing went down, hotter than ever?
Helena’s H.O.T – how divine were her & Michael as a couple?
and her style. and her ability to creative direct Interview Mag.
frig, i’d do kate as a woman too 🙂
such a naughty little kitty cat, she is. love her too.
but….for me, helena is just a goddess. that sexy mix of viking and inca blood just does crazy things to me. and she’s all woman….and loves to eat!
can you just imagine the heat between her and michael?
makes me wonder how awesome paula yates must’ve been to make him stray from that great dane…
K we agree, Kate’s the bit on the side & Helena’s be long term goddess obsession? AND she is SO NICE. Michael *sigh* was bewitched. but she be clean living, & Paula & he were so obviously soul mates. avec all the naughty bits on the side. which is kinda what sealed it. Paula died of a broken heart, not O.D.
imagine Michael *sigh* & Kate?
just as naughty!!
goddamn, yer….that’s it.
kate for a quickie and helena for that drowsy marathon sex.
paula was so funny, frighteningly bright and had her own brand of sauciness too.
oh, the games those two gobbleguts must have played.
i remember reading that they broke the law 11 times in one night and i just thought that terrific and so deeply, deeply sexy.
you with the Hot Hair, have your way with Helena – I’m going the quickie with Kate!!!!
BTW how’s Paula’s show where she inteviewed in bed.
How she met MIchael – in bed.
how hot is Paula in her Wiki?? ……..sad sad story.
and Tiger Lily ended up with Bob, go figure…………
some Helena porn for you A-G xox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhPC4OLvT44
yeah yeah yeah – Merc retro & multi-tasking & no link – am smart, promise LOL 😉
m’kay, you with the same hot hair and snake-hipped PJ Harvey skirt -shake on it!
i know, paula’s telly show and how she met michael – in bed.
gotta watch paula’s girls – one or two are a little wild…
tusen takk for the helena porn :)….you are too much. too much like me x
ditto ditto ditto!!!
xox 😉 xox
tonight’s lullaby, sponsored by early INXS when Michael *sigh* still had his pony tail…….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMUILorWSMM
BTW irrelevant 1st hand facts learned this week
1.Kirk sprays that stoopid Mustache on (eeeeeekkkkk) – why bother
2. world surfing wife Lane (sadly), dsepite being the most champs of any chick, is not v interesting
and the rest cant be spilled here but something to do with him no keeping something zipped up EWWWWWW
Michael *sigh* bring on ‘the new sensation’
hilarious – ‘…..still had a pony tail.’
yucky about kirk. never liked him anyways and still think it weird he married lane.
thank you so much for your treasure trove of rock ‘n roll facts.
keep ’em tumbling……..love that stuff. better than the crap in trashy mags these days 🙂
yeah Kirk always gave me the shits.
by the time they did Rockstar, twas, well obsessive loathing.
orrroight – one more…..met Deni when she was with him – REALLY bad breath – allegedly worse than one of the Olsen twins – OK that’s it……gotta go before I get busted!!
yuk, gross……..but, she’s got such pearly whites!
omg, olsen twin?
from smokes and general personal sloppiness or from throwing up?
gross. doesn’t matter…….i’m seriously bothered by it all. it’s seriously offensive.
alright. truth time. why am I up this late?
have no life? WRONG
am bored? WRONG
Big Day Out 1st official annoucement was due to be posted 1 minute ago.
we know Muse (‘member you didnt know Matt Bellamy…?)
wrap yr laughing gear round this guitar dual!!
but that BOWIE headlining BDO rumour *pant pant pant*
stay tuned – am not sleeping till I know!!!!
nooooooo!?!
that would be the bestest 🙂
i know muse but really, don’t know what all the fuss is about. i mean, i tried to dig em esp, when so many artists that i like cite them as a huge influence but it just doesn’t kick in for me ;(.
i’m supposed to be decluttering for a move but i’m remarkably talented at procrastinating. enviably so.
my (unconfirmed) intel reports thus far Muse, David Bowie, Massive Attack and JACK WHITE (The Dead Weather w the chick from The Kills) – not announced until JJJ brekky show tomoz…but am all over the blog leaks – stand by…..
BOWIE is a really GOOD chance……
I didnt get Muse either.
til I saw em live — BIG sound. R.E.D H.O.T really.
now if they call RADIOHEAD as headliner & I slip off line – is cos I slid off my Morocan floor cushion & hit head on fireplace………PS procrastination can be fun!!
omfg. absolutely rich in rockin’ goodness – omg, how freakin’ good are the dead weather…..that dubbed out cut like a buffalo track is waheeeey.
radiohead? i will die……..
i’m gonna sleep to that.
’twas a pleasure, my lovely…….later x
nite – BTW BDO press release just hit In Box.
No Bowie (yet)
Radiohead was wishful & no Dead Weather (yet).
BUT there’s no old school headliner – it’ll be someone HUGE.
fun hanging here tonight – Damn the BDO stalled process………
ciao bella xox
“calm, secure, comfy” David, sounds like your venus in Taurus and Mars in Cancer talking.
yeah, your right, cant handle drama queens, my biggest turn off…
She was my idol as a tween & teen, in fact always.
Her love of animals, her ballet body.
Think it was she that gave me my love of French way back then.
‘And God created Woman’ great title great movie’.
In the movie when she opened the sheet she was wearing & nude underneath
was one of the most sensual scenes in a movie to that date.
So Sun, Merc & Jupiter is a multiple conjuct when in same sign?
So i’m a mc Sagg?