Planetary Cycles & Cinema Trends

By Wendy Stacey

Planetary Cycles and Cinema Trends is Volume 1 in a series of astrological essays from some of astrology's leading lights.
In this essay, mundane astrologer Wendy Stacey considers some of the key moments in the development of cinema, and also analyses the horoscopes for the premieres of films such as Gone with the Wind and the Harry Potter series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Flare
• Release date: Oct 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9781903353578

Wendy Stacey

Wendy Stacey has been an astrologer for over 30 years and specialises in mundane (world) astrology. She’s the author of Uranus Square Pluto and is heavily involved in the British astrological community.

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Planetary Cycles and Cinema Trends

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PLANETARY CYCLES & CINEMA TRENDS

WENDY STACEY

With Neptune now in the sign of Pisces, it should be an exciting time for film. Not forgetting a touch of Leo for drama, costume and casting, cinema is essentially a Neptunian/Piscean phenomenon, inviting the audience to escape and immerse themselves into an illusory, fantasy experience. Movies evoke emotion; they stretch our imagination, take us on narrative journeys and entertain us. As Alexander Walker puts it, ‘Movies give us the myths we worship and the metaphors that simplify our existence’¹ Although the previous ingress of Neptune into Pisces coincided with the development of photography, which paved the way for cinematography, the recent ingress of Neptune into Pisces offers us the first chance to watch movies made in this new Neptunian era. As Neptune travels through its own sign we can be sure that we are in for a treat with the development of all things cinema.

Cinema can be analysed from various perspectives, from cinematic genres to eras such as the ‘Chaplin Years’, the ‘Marilyn’ period, the ‘Disney Age’ or Spielberg’s blockbusters of the 1980s; from films that have won Oscars to those that have been mauled by critics but fared well at the box office. We can also look at technology, the introduction and use of colour, sound, music or costume in film. What makes cinema so interesting is that is represents a medium for the masses. Hollywood is one of the largest industries in the world and provides for one of the biggest economies ever known. Hollywood is power and money, and it is difficult for young innovators to get their work ‘out there’. The relatively few movies that reach the box office are the ones that have the chance to shape a generation; these are the films with the power to influence people of that particular time.