At Astro Future Trends, astrologer Philip Brown's interesting article about an artist, Uranus and Saturn had me digging out the blog entry which follows. I compiled it some time ago but abandoned it due to difficulties getting images to stay in place. I've adjusted it somewhat and tried again. I hope it behaves!
Styles of art have always intrigued me, especially surrealism and abstract art, which tend to overlap. These are expressions of the unconscious mind, concepts, emotions and ideas. Some artists who embraced these styles eschewed representational art entirely, in favour of symbolism form and colour, while others retained almost photographic depiction of their subject, but set it in surreal situations.
I wondered whether any indication towards one or other of these styles might be found in the charts of some well known artists. Using the "stand well back" approach I concentrated on two generational planets, Uranus and Neptune, along with Saturn. Reason: Saturn represents the establishment, the status quo, and probably representational art - realism. Uranus represents the new, the avant garde, the inventive. Neptune is involved with the dreamy and imaginative. Although Uranus and Neptune are generational, I think that the way Saturn interacts with them might be significant here in the way the artists gravitated towards two different styles of expression. Next to each birth date below I've listed the sign positions of Uranus, Neptune and Saturn, in that order. Harmonious and inharmonious aspects are within reasonable orb!
Styles of art have always intrigued me, especially surrealism and abstract art, which tend to overlap. These are expressions of the unconscious mind, concepts, emotions and ideas. Some artists who embraced these styles eschewed representational art entirely, in favour of symbolism form and colour, while others retained almost photographic depiction of their subject, but set it in surreal situations.
I wondered whether any indication towards one or other of these styles might be found in the charts of some well known artists. Using the "stand well back" approach I concentrated on two generational planets, Uranus and Neptune, along with Saturn. Reason: Saturn represents the establishment, the status quo, and probably representational art - realism. Uranus represents the new, the avant garde, the inventive. Neptune is involved with the dreamy and imaginative. Although Uranus and Neptune are generational, I think that the way Saturn interacts with them might be significant here in the way the artists gravitated towards two different styles of expression. Next to each birth date below I've listed the sign positions of Uranus, Neptune and Saturn, in that order. Harmonious and inharmonious aspects are within reasonable orb!
Salvador Dali used strange dream-like images in his pictures , yet the figures and objects he used were mainly recognisable and intricately drawn. Likewise in the case of Rene Magritte and Escher.
Dali -11 May 1904 Figueras, Spain. (Sag/Can/Aqua) - Uranus and Saturn in harmony, Neptune not.
Magritte (left) - 21 Nov. 1898, Lessines, Belgium. (Sag/Gem/Sag) - All in harmony.
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Escher 18 June 1898, Leeuwarden, Netherlands. (Sag/Gem/Sag)- All in harmony
Dali, Magritte and Escher are what I'd call "representational surrealists", depicting real people, creatures or objects in surreal situations. In their charts Saturn and Uranus are in harmony, perhaps giving these artists the wish, and the ability to express ideas in new ways, but without fully abandoning the traditional.
Artists such as Klee, Miro, and Mondrian used shapes, symbols, balance and colour to convey their message.
Paul Klee 18 Dec. 1879, Munchenbuchsee, Switzerland. (Virg/Tau/Aries) Uranus out of tune with Saturn
Mondrian 7 March 1872, Amersfoort, Netherlands. (Can/Aries/Cap) Uranus opposes Saturn
Miro 20 April 1893, Barcelona, Spain. (Scorp/Gem/Lib) Uranus out of tune with Saturn
Klee, Miro and Mondrian painted in symbols, with forms and colour to get their message across - no hint of realism at all. In the natal charts of these artists Uranus and Saturn are not in harmony. The artists have moved right away from the traditional to new means of expression. There is no merging of old and new.
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