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The Eclipse Week that was: Shia LaBeouf revealed. Is he capable of the abusive actions he is being sued for?

By John Bauld from Toronto, Canada — https://www.flickr.com/photos/themollusk/36949725591/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62349265

The Astro Read is a new installment on Astronatic that will highlight recent celebrity news, connecting it to astrology. It will provide more regular coverage of astrology celebrity news in between the time that I take to do my more typical celebrity profiles (e.g, Donald Trump, Taylor Swift, Age of Aquarius in Hollywood, etc.).

This Astro Read highlights celebrity happenings (and really revelations) that occurred around the December 14th solar eclipse in Sagittarius. Solar eclipses tend to reveal information, lead to exits, and sometimes bring about new beginnings.

SHIA LABEOUF REVEALED

A few days before the December 14th eclipse, it was announced that FKA twigs was filing a lawsuit against Shia LaBeouf for sexual battery, assault, and infliction of emotional distress. The eclipse affected FKA twigs’ solar 12th house of things hidden. And the eclipse affected Shia’s 10th house of career and solar 7th house of relationships. This eclipse definitely brought information to the surface about a past relationship of Shia’s, and has already had an impact on the recognition in his career. Since news of the lawsuit came out, he has been taken out of the For Your Consideration awards campaign for his latest movie Pieces of a Woman.

A lot of the focus has been on FKA twigs, as it should be for her (in my opinion) bravery. Her story shows how recognizing and speaking up about domestic abuse in one’s own life is not an overnight situation. FKA twigs ended her relationship with Shia about a year ago, but now the accounts of the abuse she endured in that relationship are coming to light. Three other women (including singer Sia) have come forward about Shia’s troubling behaviour. Shia’s response to the lawsuit was that he has abused people around him for years, so it can be easily assumed that twigs’ accounts of his abuse are correct. However, he did also respond that many of the allegations of the women that have come forward are not true.

Many articles about this news will focus on FKA twigs, but my article will focus on Shia LaBeouf.

Are there any astrological indicators that show if Shia is capable of the abusive actions FKA twigs mentioned?

I think there is usually not enough focus put on the abuser — especially when a woman is the victim. In my opinion (however controversial it may be to others), men are not made accountable for how they treat women. Abuse (and what it entails whether emotional, verbal, physical, gaslighting, lying, etc.) really needs to be examined by society, and people of all genders need to really have conversations of how we should be treating each other….. but that’s for another article.

There are multiple parts of Shia’s chart that show his good qualities of being helpful, charitable, charming, and magnetic. But there are also challenging personality traits in his chart — that could provide some insight into whether Shia is capable of the abuse FKA twigs has described.

Shia has harsh sun aspects that cause him to be arrogant, impulsive, do things without much regard for how others think and feel, and have anger issues. His Moon is in the fire sign of Leo, which gives him a fiery temperament and a self-centered view, with his emotions taking the front seat in the decisions he makes. His Moon also has harsh aspects that cause him to be impulsive, jealous, demanding, and temperamental. His Mercury placement has a similar effect as his Moon, giving him difficulty in thinking objectively due to his emotions, and his Mercury has a harsh aspect that could cause him to be deceitful.

Ironically, Shia is actually someone who is romantic and loves love. But, his chart shows tendencies of how his capacity for love can go overboard.

His 7th house of relationships is intercepted, which can cause challenges in that area of his life. Some of his Mercury aspects cause him to be unrealistic in his approach to love, and he could expect too much from others. He needs and expects devotion from his significant other based on his Venus being in Cancer and Leo being the sign at the start of his 7th house.

Part of Shia’s response to the allegations being made by FKA twigs included bringing up his PTSD (from experiences that happened in his childhood) and his alcoholism, and how he is recovering from both. Is Shia using PTSD and alcoholism as excuses for his troubling behaviour over the years?

Based on his natal chart, the answer is probably no. Shia has 5 retrograde planets (Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto) in his chart, which is more than the average person usually has in their chart. Retrograde planets in one’s chart bring out repressed energy that when released is usually not expressed in the most appropriate way. Shia’s retrograde planets can bring about issues such as severe anger, addictions, and escaping reality and/or society. Shia’s 4th house of home and family is affected in challenging ways in his chart. The 4th house is part of a T-Square with his 10th and 1st houses. T-Squares bring struggles between the areas of life that are represented in the houses involved. In Shia’s case, his sense of self, home and family, emotions, and career could have been or still be at odds with each other. In Shia’s chart, Chiron (which represents internal wounds) is in his 4th house (which represents the home and family).

Shia is an example of many men out there that are capable of abusive behaviour — they are not all bad, but that doesn’t excuse the abusive behaviours that they can cause.

If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence resources (in the States) include the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1–800–799-SAFE or www.TheHotline.org. For Canadian residents, more information can be found at this link.

Other articles in The Astro Read: Week of December 14th:

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