I originally planned to feature Sun Capricorn artist Cezanne today, but found him a wee bit boring so looked further afield. I found Francis Picabia, whose Sun lay just beyond Capricorn in early Aquarius. What a difference a few degrees make! Picabia certainly wasn't boring. In fact, for someone with 5, maybe 6 planets in Fixed signs, he was extremely flexible, style-wise. He's said to have been something of a playboy and lover of fast cars. As my husband commented on looking at the samples of his work below: "he had a sense of humour too!" His artwork covers most of the art style -isms of his time, and there were many: realism, impressionism, cubism orphism, surrealism, as well as Dada and abstract (without the -ism).
Born 22 January 1879 in Paris, France. Time of birth is unknown so a 12 noon chart is shown here.
Rising sign will not be as shown, and Moon's possible degree ranges between 25 Capricorn and 8 Aquarius.
Two quotes from Francis Picabia reflect his Aquarian side, and his attraction to change :
This was not an artist born into poverty, yet his childhood wasn't ideal. His mother died when he was seven years old, then his maternal grandmother died a year later. His father, chancellor to the Cuban Embassy, his uncle, a curator, and grandfather, wealthy businessman were his family, growing up. He is described as being "an aggressively independent character" - Aquarius in a nutshell?
Picabia had a Grand Trine in Earth signs in his chart, linking Mercury(communication), Uranus (innovation, change and his Sun's ruler) and Neptune (creativity). Hmmmm - I should know what this signifies because I have a similar Grand Trine in my own chart, linking the Earth signs and planets, though in different order . In Picabia's case I think this relates to his attraction to variety and change in creative endeavours, but because the link is in Earth signs changes would have been well-thought out, deliberate progressions rather than risky, flighty whims.
Francis Picabia died on 30 November 1953.
There's an excellent blog article on this artist HERE.
Picabia's love of change and variety can be seen clearly in the examples of his work, below:
Port de St. Tropez, Effet de Soleil
Farm at La Petite Mare
Nude Back
Two Nudes
The Procession, Seville
I See Again in Memory My Dear Udnie
Parade Amoureuse (....supposed to be about sex!)
Balance
Soupapegrande
The Handsome Pork Butcher
Star Dancer on a Transatlantic Steamer
Portrait of a Doctor
Sotileza [Subtlety]
Hera
Born 22 January 1879 in Paris, France. Time of birth is unknown so a 12 noon chart is shown here.
Rising sign will not be as shown, and Moon's possible degree ranges between 25 Capricorn and 8 Aquarius.
Two quotes from Francis Picabia reflect his Aquarian side, and his attraction to change :
A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself.As well as painting, Picabia wrote poetry, articles and did design work for the theater and festivals.
A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone.
This was not an artist born into poverty, yet his childhood wasn't ideal. His mother died when he was seven years old, then his maternal grandmother died a year later. His father, chancellor to the Cuban Embassy, his uncle, a curator, and grandfather, wealthy businessman were his family, growing up. He is described as being "an aggressively independent character" - Aquarius in a nutshell?
Picabia had a Grand Trine in Earth signs in his chart, linking Mercury(communication), Uranus (innovation, change and his Sun's ruler) and Neptune (creativity). Hmmmm - I should know what this signifies because I have a similar Grand Trine in my own chart, linking the Earth signs and planets, though in different order . In Picabia's case I think this relates to his attraction to variety and change in creative endeavours, but because the link is in Earth signs changes would have been well-thought out, deliberate progressions rather than risky, flighty whims.
Francis Picabia died on 30 November 1953.
There's an excellent blog article on this artist HERE.
Picabia's love of change and variety can be seen clearly in the examples of his work, below:
Port de St. Tropez, Effet de Soleil
Farm at La Petite Mare
Nude Back
Two Nudes
The Procession, Seville
I See Again in Memory My Dear Udnie
Parade Amoureuse (....supposed to be about sex!)
Balance
Soupapegrande
The Handsome Pork Butcher
Star Dancer on a Transatlantic Steamer
Portrait of a Doctor
Sotileza [Subtlety]
Hera
