Choosing A Role Model… Pluto In Capricorn

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1. Amethyst says on 10/6/07 at 9:07 am:
   

   At this point in life I see my role model in Sopia Loren. Have you seen her? She’s still feminine and beautiful. That may not be everything, but at her age it’s certainly an accomplishment. I have her cookbook.

2. Amethyst says on 10/6/07 at 9:12 am:
   

   Oh, I forgot for a moment there because I haven’t had my coffee yet today, but I’ve always thought Georgia O’Keefe is amazing. Have you seen portraits of her as an older woman? She’s beautiful in her own distinct way.

   http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/background/index.html

3. kashmiri says on 10/6/07 at 9:30 am:
   

   Hands down: Louise Bourgeois. 96 years old and she’s still making art that makes people stop, look, and listen.
   She’s a Capricorn with her Moon in Aqaurius, Mercury in Capricorn, Venus in Scorpio and Mars/Saturn in Taurus.

   Her sculptures were the first pieces of art I *ever* felt emotionally moved by, and was grateful for it. To quote the words from her sculpture ‘Precious Liquids’:
   Art is a Guaranty of Sanity

   Words to live by!

4. Dina says on 10/6/07 at 10:18 am:
   

   Thanks so much for this story, Elsa! I’m in really bad shape and have to get myself to start exercising. It makes me feel better to hear that it wasn’t easy for you to get on the treadmill either when you started. I usually look at the people who are gym regulars and get intimidated out of my mind at how they are galloping on whatever exercise equipment there is. I remember you talked about how you are when exercising, I got the idea that you get into it and god help anybody who distracts you. My father created this very Capricorn workout on the treadmill, basically, steadily rising in speed, peaking and then decreasing, aka a mountain. And you better plow through the whole thing slow and steady or else you won’t get as much benefit so my spazzy creampuff Gemini/Cancer self can’t stop when it’s too much or I get bored and hop on a bunch of other equipment 5 minutes a pop. As to role models, I don’t have one. I usually just get jealous and resentful of people that have their shit together. I think it’s better for me to focus on bettering myself.

5. Ana says on 10/6/07 at 10:37 am:
   

   i like audrey hepburn for her charm, class and humanitarianism; katherine hepburn for her independance and toughness; and candice bergen for her sophistication and talent.
   audrey has taurus sun, pisces moon, aries venus, aquarius rising.
   katherine has taurus sun/moon , venus in aries, scorpio rising
   candice has taurus sun, virgo moon, gemini venus and capricorn rising

6. kashmiri says on 10/6/07 at 11:14 am:
   

   sweeeeet! what timing! i just opened up my favorite news website and here is a fantastic article of Louise B:

   http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/visualart/story/0,,2184670,00.html

7. wyrdling says on 10/6/07 at 11:57 am:
   

   several. depends on which quality i’m trying to emulate. i mean, there’s the ghandi/martin luther king/nelson madela thing and then there’s old ladies like maron woodman who just radiates spirit and childlike wonder along with wisdom, and what i know of isadora duncan and martha graham for making their own rules and letting their truth come out of them and then there’s thomas jefferson and john adams for writing the declaration of independence (a stunning piece of revolutionary writing, i keep imagining what people would say abotu someone saying those things nowadays) and i want more strong female role models but i don’t see enough so a lot of them come out of stories, particularly science fiction. and the faint echoes of history, like queen boudiccea (even though she lost) and the valkyries and amazons and whatnot.

   and i adore aung san suu kyii but usually people say “who?” when i mention her. maybe not so much now that burma’s actually kinda’ in the news.
   and isabel allende
   and mother theresa (not that i’m catholic, but that doesn’t mean i can’t appreciate her depths of compassion…)
   alice walker
   maya angelou

   ok, so there’s more than i realized when i first started asking this question. because i could go on….

8. wyrdling says on 10/6/07 at 11:59 am:
   

   …and my father’s mother. who is, honestly, for all intents and purposes, my real mother figure. (i get the good gemini/bad gemini dichotomy between the two moms : P though they both have their charms and faults, of course.)

9. Hiro says on 10/6/07 at 12:46 pm:
   

   Tina Turner!

10. t-carat says on 10/6/07 at 1:44 pm:
    

    Jane Goodall, and the chick who went to study gorillas in Africa whose name will come to me as soon as I submit this.

    It takes independent strength of spirit to champion other species, or anyone who can’t speak for themselves.

    (Diane Foster I think!)

11. asanamama says on 10/6/07 at 5:12 pm:
    

    Ava Gardner,Dixie Carter,Angie Dickinson,Diane Keaton,Rita Moreno,Sophia Loren too.I just LOVE those sexy old broads.

12. SaDiablo says on 10/7/07 at 3:21 am:
    

    My (step)mother-in-law! Seriously!
    Before she married my man’s dad, she was a single mom who hadn’t graduated high school and had just gotten out of an abusive relationship with an addict. The year my man and I started dating, she was finishing up her fellowship to become a neonatalogist.
    The woman has chutzpah, even if I don’t want her house-cleaning compulsion.

13. violet says on 10/7/07 at 10:36 am:
    

    any woman who is not afraid of becoming an elder, i can learn something from.

    kashmiri thanks for sharing the link. i especially like the interview when the artist is asked “what makes you feel you’ve had a good day?” and Louise Bourgeois replies “i’ve said everything i wanted to say.”

14. kashmiri says on 10/7/07 at 10:51 am:
    

    you’re welcome

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