Marilyn Monroe personified Hollywood glamour, she was a real 50’s sex goddess. However, behind her stylish life, lived a sad and lonely girl. Marilyn was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1st, 1926 in Los Angles California. Before she was born her father abandoned the family, and she would never know his identity. Norma Jean spent most of her childhood living in foster homes and orphanages after her mother suffered from severe psychological problems and was committed to a mental institution. Marilyn was sexually abused very early in her life, and this left emotional scars on this fragile, sensitive, little girl. Marilyn married at 16 years old to find security, but she divorced him after a few years. Marilyn Monroe became one of our biggest stars and glowed under the media attention. However, she could never fully escape the memories of her unhappy childhood, and her painful past would forever haunt her, and tragically, Marilyn’s life was cut short by an accidental overdose.

Leo is rising in Marilyn’s chart and signifies her attraction to glamour and the theatre. It is extremely important for a Leo Ascendant to stay true to her identity. The image Marilyn projects is that  of a warm, radiant, and magnetic star, but she also had an emotional, vulnerable, and fragile look with Neptune also in the 1st house. A Leo rising needs to develop a powerful sense of self, and this could have given her the strength to express the more sensitive personality factors, without being overwhelmed by her emotions. The Sun in the 11th house can have more difficulty shining for itself and signifies groups, social causes and like-minded people.

The Sun is in Gemini in the 11th house, and this represents her need to express herself through wit, communication and socializing in groups. Gemini has a friendly nature with many interests, and they are flirtatious with a strong need for variety. The Sun could describe her purpose of being in front of the media and involving herself in a greater cause. Marilyn's friends and social contacts are very important, and she has to have a social circle, but on some level there is still a deep sense of loneliness and feeling of rejection which has come from her early roots (Moon-Saturn).

The Moon in Aquarius needs to be free to interact with many people, and this emphasises her communication needs and other social contacts i.e. Gemini placements (11th). Marilyn has very good social skills and knows how to interact with other people and feel connected through friendships/groups, but she may sacrifice a part of herself through her deep need to belong (Moon-Neptune). The Moon Conjuncts Jupiter in the 7th house, and so she can be highly sensitive to public opinion and this expands (Jupiter) her need for others, and socializing. Some 7th house moons feel married to the public!

On a psychological level, those born with the Moon placed in the 7th house sometimes look for the idealized image of mother through the partner, and marriage may be sought early on in life for the security it offers. The first house Neptune can create emotional confusion, and a fragile nature, and she is yearning for an ideal home (Moon/Neptune). Marilyn’s  deep loss and sadness, often means that she longs to escape from reality. The star finds some emotional solace and fusion through drinking and other addictions.

The Nodal path (direction of the soul) shows Marilyn has her South Node in Capricorn in the 6th house and the North Node in Cancer in the 12th house showing a need to take care of her spirit and soul, she needed to learn how to connect to her emotional and feeling nature, and to nurture others and allow herself to be nurtured (NN Cancer).