further analysis

having heard "With Teeth" i've been curious about trent reznor's birth chart. i've known for a long time that he was a taurus, but never really thought much of it. but last year i attended madonna's latest tour and during her show i realized that she was 'embracing' her astrological opposing sun sign in how she communicated through her music, dance, and visual images. madonna is a leo, yet everything about her concert was aquarius, leo's opposite. madonna's show was excellent and very spiritual, which is a definite aquarian trait, not a leo one. ever since that concert i've been moderately curious about sucessful musicians and artists and their embracement of 'the other side of the coin'. such is the case with reznor.

a few weeks ago i saw a tv commercial for his upcoming CD and when i saw the black leather, fierce angry rage in his face, and the heavy music, i realized that trent reznor wasn't a typical taurus and that, in fact, he was channeling his opposing sun sign, scorpio.

taurus is a friendly sign, and we're in it right now. the fertile full-on spring part of the year--the part where seeds sprout and fields are tilled. taurus represents fertility to the max. it also represents 'earthiness' and some astrologers say that the Earth, not Venus, is its true 'planet'. earthiness includes agriculture, farming, rich fields for cows and bulls to munch on, the whole dairy-farm scenario.

taurus doesn't like secrets. they are down-to-earth, everything about them is on the surface, face value. you get what you see. they say what they mean and mean what they say. taurus just isn't interested in depth, or having to ferret out information. they are very simple in that regard.

taurus is also a 'fixed' sign, representing 'coiled energy' or that which is in reserve. taurus plots its course, takes its time, and doesn't expend energy in its journey that isn't necessary. taurus is about holding on to resources, growing and nurturing them. taurus also represents finance and money [ie: "Bull market"]. Bull markets are where people make money. Bear markets mean losing it. taurus is concerned with financial growth and security. they are stubborn and will stick with something until finished. they are resilient, but sometimes too bullheaded. yet they never want to hurt another person and will go to great lengths to keep the peace.

taurus loves peace. like elsie the cow, taurus prefers peaceful co-existence with others and love to relax and kick back. tauruses like routine, and being fixed, can sometimes end up in a rut because they so abhor change of any kind. taurus colors are earthtones, and rich textured materials such as velvet and silk, loved for their 'touch' appeal. tauruses like tactile stimulation. others feel peaceful, relaxed and secure around a taurus.

trent reznor doesn't look contented. his music doesn't reflect a peaceful atmosphere. he always wears black leather. he has pushed the envelope artistically numerous times, resulting in some hurt feelings. his music expresses decay, gory scenes, deep twisted black emotions. although he is a sun sign taurus, he is channeling his opposite.

taurus' opposite sign is scorpio, and although they share core traits such as tenacity and stubbornness, scorpio is 180 degrees apart.

taurus is springtime in full bloom, scorpio is dark, brutile, cold late fall. scorpio is just as concerned with security as taurus, but its not earthy. its deep and cavernous, hiding parts of itself in nooks and crannies so others cannot see.

scorpio doesn't experience a peaceful co-existence with others. it endures conflict. life is a series of battles to be won with shrewd strategies and intricate manipulations. attacks and counterattacks. both taurus and scorpio remember hurts forever. taurus will nurture and brood over them. scorpio will seek revenge.

taurus is the dairy farmer, bringing his milk to market. scorpio is the large diversified corporation that happens to run a milk plant and distributes products in various forms to supermarkets worldwide. taurus is agriculture. scorpio is industry [ie: industrial].

scorpio is the detective, patiently ferretting out all the clues. getting to the bottom of the story, looking beyond the taurean obvious to see what makes everything tick. but this psychology brings with it an uneasiness, an inner tension and overwhelming internal emotional turmoil that is kept 'coiled' [same energy as taurus] under lock and key and only let out at choice moments. when released this coiled energy is like a tsunami, blowing everything to bits. bull in a china shop [taurus]; tsunami [scorpio]. both signs have tremendously powerful tempers when they finally erupt.

but where taurus will keep the peace at all costs, including their own sanity, scorpio won't. scorpio represents chaos, painful transformation, decay, and death. scorpio isn't beyond shaking things up to get results. tossing in the live grenade to get to the bottom of situations others will just accept. uncovering painful and unspoken feelings. the things most usually avoid thinking about.

scorpio is necessary, and although many themes of this sign are unpleasant, they are beautiful processes in their own way. decay is a big scorpio theme--usually the thought of something rotting isn't very appealing. but decay is a process that provides the fertilizer for new growth. transforming dead things to living things again. transformation is another key scorpio theme.

reznor's persona and music are all scorpio themes, with a few taurus ones mixed in. his lyrics speak of painful emotional hurts, revenge, catharsis, decay, digging to the bottom of things, exposing nasty thoughts, pure sex [closer is the uber scorpio song], aloneness, depression, living hells. the taurus themes come in when he sings of sameness, inflexibility, unchanging patterns. also references to teeth, throats, and swallowing are taurus since it rules the throat, but his scorpio themes are far more numerous.

reznor was born on may 17, 1965 in pennsylvania. he has the typical outerplanets of an early genxer, with the saturn/pluto opposition in pisces-virgo, a major source of depression and self destructive behaviors in many born during the mid to late 1960s. his ascendant is capricorn and moon is in sagittarius. capricorn makes a nice trine to his sun, but the sagittarius moon squares most of his outer planets, which is a constant source of his tension and anger. his mercury is in taurus, which makes him a powerful and consistent communicator. venus is in gemini--lots of relationship dramas and hard to find real love. his mars is in virgo, giving him precision in the expression of his anger and rage. his jupiter is in gemini, which is an astrological representation of a big "kick me" sign--a lack of 'luck'; he's had to work for everything, no free rides. lots of tough breaks.

a very complex chart, but i've blabbed on long enough and i need to go to sleep. goodnight.