Sen as Paro in Bimal Roy's Devdas (1955)
Suchitra Sen was born on 6 April 1931, in a Bengali Baidya family of Bhanga Bari village of Sirajganj District, Bengal (now in Sirajganj District, Bangladesh). Presented here is her horoscope [1].
Sen had made a successful entry into Bengali films in 1952. Between 1951 and 1955, her progressed solar arc Ascendant conjoined an exalted Venus in Pisces opposite Neptune.
Neptune’s association to the cinema is well documented:
We sit in the darkness with great anticipation. Suddenly, a stream of ethereal light creates moving pictures on a screen before us, and we are enchanted. Welcome to the realm of Neptune! In modern astrology, everything that belongs to the boundless, the unfettered, the selfless--is said to belong to Neptune’s realm. Neptune is the God principle and the creative Muse--that elusive thing we call magic. This profound energy is deeply embedded in the human heart, which flees from the ordinary, and seeks to dream. And for that purpose--we have the cinema. Film is considered highly Neptunian. Movies are magic. The projector sends forth a dancing beam of light reflected upon a “silver screen”...an ethereal image projected into outward reality. Watching a movie, we fill ourselves with images sent forth from the invisible ethers. https://www.astro.com/astrology/ivccn_article200722_e.htm
And Venus in Pisces (Neptune’s sign) in the first house brings the Neptune magic of love and romance in the persona. Venus in the first house typically bestows individuals with charm, attractiveness, and a magnetic presence. They are often perceived as graceful, sociable, and diplomatic, with a natural ability to create harmony and beauty in their surroundings.
For Venus-Neptune aspects, Sue Tompkins provides the following key phrases:
Romantic love. Idealised beauty.
Next we notice Venus is square Moon in the 10th . According tp Howard Sasportas this implies:
Sensitivity to the moods of the public and a potential to sway the feelings of the masses.
So we can see why Sen came to be known as Bengali cinema’s Mahanayika (lit. 'Great actress').
In 1963 when she won the Silver Prize for Best Actress for Saat Pake Bandha at the Moscow International Film Festival her primary(mundane) progressed Sun was square Moon and opposite Neptune. In 1972, she was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India when Neptune transiting through her 10th (fame; recognition) squared its radix position. From 1979 on, she retreated from public life and shunned all forms of public contact; for this she is often compared to Greta Garbo. By this time her primary(mundane) progressed Sun had reached a square to the MC. This direction is interpreted by Solar Fire as under:
Directed Sun Square Radix Midheaven
It is time to reassess the direction of your life, in particular your profession. Are you working in your true vocation? If so, then you are likely to make adjustments.... If you have been dissatisfied with your career then you are likely to change direction now.
But why would she be dissatisfied with her public image? The answer to that comes from dignified Saturn in its own sign Capricorn (lord of the first) sitting in the 12th house of withdrawal, monkhood etc . in hard aspect to both Venus and the Moon - the two planets that brought her public acclaim.
And let us also note that Saturn is opposite an exalted Jupiter (religion and spirituality) with Pluto in Cancer. And this opposition becomes a powerful T-square if we add the Sun-Uranus conjunction in Aries.
Perhaps the most important transit taking place in 1978-79 when she withdrew from public life was transit Pluto [16cn05] opposite her radix Sun [16ar05] triggering the above mentioned T-square. For Ebertin Pluto-Uranus is the end of an old order and the beginning of a new one so well illustrated by the Sabian symbol of transiting Pluto.
Sabian Libra 17 (16° - 17°): A RETIRED SEA CAPTAIN
RETIRING FROM THE STRUGGLE
We can only achieve so much in life and there is a time to settle into a more sedate and contemplative way of being. "Reflecting upon all we have done"
https://www.jamesburgess.com/a-retired-sea-captain.html
Suchitra Sen died at 8.25 am on 17 January 2014, due to a heart attack. In the death chart Neptune [3pi] is just rising in the Chinese lunar mansion Wei which stood for the final departure of the deceased and presided over death. Very appropriately, Neptune [3pi] exactly on the Ascendant is opposite her natal Neptune [3vi] almost signalling ...rest in peace...job well done!
[1] https://celebrity.astrosage.com/suchitra-sen-birth-chart.asp
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