We saw "Knowing" on Monday evening. I had mixed feelings about it. The husband didn't enjoy it much, though he thought the initial storyline was interesting. I felt the movie lost much of its attraction around halfway through. For me it seemed almost like two different movies. It's a mish-mosh anyway, I guess: sci-fi, horror, fantasy and adventure; but even so, the atmosphere seemed to change around half-time.
The tale begins in 1959. A class of school kids is asked to draw pictures for burial in a time capsule; pictures showing what life will be like 50 years hence. One little girl's contribution is very strange. Time moves on to 2009, and the opening of the capsule. The strange contribution is opened by Nicholas Cage's son, Caleb. The adventure begins. More I will not say, as it might spoil someone's enjoyment.
Special effects are particularly realistic and quite scary. This isn't a movie for very young children, even though two of the main characters are just 8 years old.
"Knowing" is directed by Alexander Proyas, who also directed "The Crow", "Dark City", and "I, Robot" . He was born in Egypt to Greek parents who moved with him, age 3, to Australia. In adult life he moved to Los Angeles. His natal chart has been through some pretty radical relocations! I don't know the exact place or time he was born in Egypt on 23 September 1963, so have set a chart for 12 noon in Cairo, which will show planets in signs with accuracy, though not rising sign or Moon degree.
I'm wondering whether there's an astrological reason why this director seems so drawn to sci-fi, fantasy and horror themes.
Initial reaction on seeing the chart was surprise. Sun, Mercury, Pluto and Uranus all in Virgo. Though Virgo is ruled by Mercury, communications planet, it doesn't immediately bring to mind an individual who is drawn to sci-fi and fantasy. Having said that though, I recall that Stephen King's birthday is 21 September - also with Sun in Virgo.
Mars and Neptune are quite close together in Scorpio in Proyas' chart - that's more like it! And a dime to a dollar that he was born before Moon had moved out of Scorpio into Sagittarius. Scorpio loves dark subjects, horror, and death-related topics. Neptunian imagination colored by Scorpio is likely to lead in that direction, more particularly if Moon is in this sign as well.
Two chart patterns stand out, calling for my attention. Yods: arrow-like configurations made up of sextile (60*)aspect between two planets which both then link to another planet by quincunx (150*). This configuration is said to show the symbolic "energies" of the sextiled planets being channelled through the planet at the arrow point.
In Alex Proyas' chart there's a Yod with Pluto at its tip (above), Saturn in Aquarius and Jupiter in Aries the sextiled planets; and another, (right), with Pluto and Neptune sextiled, having Jupiter at the tip. Pluto is ruler of Scorpio and connects to darkness, death, horror. Jupiter connects to religion, philosophy, and publication. I like this! It fits! The two Yods are loosely connected too, both of them integrate Pluto and Jupiter.
Without giving away more of the plot of "Knowing", I'll just add that both Pluto and Jupiter (as interpreted above) feature prominently, so Mr. Proyas' Yods are working well.
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The tale begins in 1959. A class of school kids is asked to draw pictures for burial in a time capsule; pictures showing what life will be like 50 years hence. One little girl's contribution is very strange. Time moves on to 2009, and the opening of the capsule. The strange contribution is opened by Nicholas Cage's son, Caleb. The adventure begins. More I will not say, as it might spoil someone's enjoyment.
Special effects are particularly realistic and quite scary. This isn't a movie for very young children, even though two of the main characters are just 8 years old.
"Knowing" is directed by Alexander Proyas, who also directed "The Crow", "Dark City", and "I, Robot" . He was born in Egypt to Greek parents who moved with him, age 3, to Australia. In adult life he moved to Los Angeles. His natal chart has been through some pretty radical relocations! I don't know the exact place or time he was born in Egypt on 23 September 1963, so have set a chart for 12 noon in Cairo, which will show planets in signs with accuracy, though not rising sign or Moon degree.
I'm wondering whether there's an astrological reason why this director seems so drawn to sci-fi, fantasy and horror themes.
Initial reaction on seeing the chart was surprise. Sun, Mercury, Pluto and Uranus all in Virgo. Though Virgo is ruled by Mercury, communications planet, it doesn't immediately bring to mind an individual who is drawn to sci-fi and fantasy. Having said that though, I recall that Stephen King's birthday is 21 September - also with Sun in Virgo.
Mars and Neptune are quite close together in Scorpio in Proyas' chart - that's more like it! And a dime to a dollar that he was born before Moon had moved out of Scorpio into Sagittarius. Scorpio loves dark subjects, horror, and death-related topics. Neptunian imagination colored by Scorpio is likely to lead in that direction, more particularly if Moon is in this sign as well.
Two chart patterns stand out, calling for my attention. Yods: arrow-like configurations made up of sextile (60*)aspect between two planets which both then link to another planet by quincunx (150*). This configuration is said to show the symbolic "energies" of the sextiled planets being channelled through the planet at the arrow point.
In Alex Proyas' chart there's a Yod with Pluto at its tip (above), Saturn in Aquarius and Jupiter in Aries the sextiled planets; and another, (right), with Pluto and Neptune sextiled, having Jupiter at the tip. Pluto is ruler of Scorpio and connects to darkness, death, horror. Jupiter connects to religion, philosophy, and publication. I like this! It fits! The two Yods are loosely connected too, both of them integrate Pluto and Jupiter.
Without giving away more of the plot of "Knowing", I'll just add that both Pluto and Jupiter (as interpreted above) feature prominently, so Mr. Proyas' Yods are working well.
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