RIP Sidney Poitier

[Jupiter Sets at Dawn]

Sidney Poitier
20 February 1927 at 21:00 (= 9:00 PM )
Miami, Florida, 25n46, 80w12
His parents were visiting Miami to sell tomatoes when he was born. They returned to the Bahamas and he grew up there.

Death announced by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Bahamas, Fred Mitchell, Friday Jan 7, 2022.

[Jim Eshelman]

What an elegant man and phenomenal actor with important social impact. His Oscar was for the 1963 Lilies of the Field, (see the Virgo theme!) but his three 1967 movies rode the social revolution under way and made history: In the Heat of the Night, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and To Sir, Witrh Love all the same year.

[SteveS]

Great actor in some great movies.

[Jim Eshelman]

Things you might not know about Sir Sidney Poitier's chart.

Aquarius Sun, Virgo Moon, Mars in Taurus. Pluto foreground. Strong Mars aspects to Sun, Uranus, and Pluto. A rare chart that has more numerous Class 2 aspects than Class 1, so is open to many subtleties. Here's the whole picture:

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Pl Longitude   Lat   Speed    RA    Decl    Azi     Alt     PVL    Ang G
Mo 25Vi48'05" 04N56 +11°52' 199°53' 03S05  88°23' -10°25'  10°25'  74%  
Su 07Aq43'38" 00N00 + 1°00' 333°28' 10S58 275°54' -37°20' 142°31'   4%  
Me 24Aq45'44" 00N22 + 1°27' 349°16' 04S14 275°15' -20°19' 159°37'  23%  
Ve 29Aq30'10" 01S16 + 1°14' 354°17' 03S51 273°19' -15°39' 164°20'  46%  
Ma 05Ta47'47" 01N44 + 0°31'  56°55' 21N45 273°25' +50°42' 230°45'   6%  
Ju 14Aq07'32" 00S56 + 0°14' 339°52' 09S30 274°22' -31°00' 148°56'   0%  
Sa 13Sc25'35" 01N56 + 0°02' 245°40' 19S36  86°00' -58°00'  58°04'   0%  
Ur 04Pi07'05" 00S43 + 0°03' 358°18' 01S31 273°40' -11°01' 168°58'  70%  
Ne 01Le43'52" 00N28 - 0°02' 147°53' 13N29  95°44' +43°21' 316°30'  12%  
Pl 20Ge18'13" 01S21 - 0°01' 105°05' 21N22 131°16' +83°28' 274°55'  94% F
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    Class 1 Aspects         Class 2 Aspects         Class 3 Aspects     
Su sq Ma 01°46' 94% M    Mo sx Ne 05°56' 35%       Me co Ur 09°21' 11%  
Ma sx Ur 01°41' 95%      Mo sq Pl 05°29' 44% M     Ve sx Ma 06°18' 28%  
Ma oc Pl 00°30' 96%      Su co Ju 06°24' 57%       Ma op Sa 07°38' 39%  
Ju sq Sa 00°42' 99%      Su sq Sa 05°33' 43% M     Ju tr Pl 06°11' 30%  
                         Su op Ne 06°00' 62%                            
                         Me co Ve 04°43' 69% M                          
                         Me tr Pl 04°28' 62%                            
                         Ve co Ur 04°37' 77%                            
                         Ma sq Ne 04°04' 69%                            
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                              Cosmic State                              
Mo Vi    | sq Pl 05°29'M   sx Ne 05°56'    
Su Aq- B | sq Ma 01°46'M   op Ne 06°00'    co Ju 06°24'    sq Sa 05°33'M   
Me Aq  B | Mo Vi+
         | co Ve 04°43'M   tr Pl 04°28'    co Ur 09°21'    
Ve Aq    | Mo Vi-
         | co Ur 04°37'    co Me 04°43'M   sx Ma 06°18'    
Ma Ta- B | oc Pl 00°30'    sx Ur 01°41'    sq Su 01°46'M   sq Ne 04°04'    
         | op Sa 07°38'    sx Ve 06°18'    
Ju Aq  B | sq Sa 00°42'    co Su 06°24'    tr Pl 06°11'    
Sa Sc  B | sq Ju 00°42'    sq Su 05°33'M   op Ma 07°38'    
Ur Pi    | Su Aq+
         | sx Ma 01°41'    co Ve 04°37'    co Me 09°21'    
Ne Le  B | Mo Vi-
         | sq Ma 04°04'    op Su 06°00'    sx Mo 05°56'    
Pl Ge  F | oc Ma 00°30'    tr Me 04°28'    sq Mo 05°29'M   tr Ju 06°11'    
As Vi    |
Mc Ge    |
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[Jim Eshelman]

I'm not sure where in the Bahamas he lived at the end. The nation is spread out across several islands quite a bit apart. The best I can find are references to his living in Nassau at least at some points, so perhaps it was there. (I have very fond memories of Nassau, a beautiful place.)

This moves his Pluto closer to MC and creates an intriguing Pluto-Sedna paran square that eventually may tell us something or other.

His chart is remarkably inexpressive of his death. The main transit is Jupiter's conjunction with his Sun, which does show one type of easy death (and lots of accolades immediately after). Ah, and there is a progressed Sun-Saturn opposition (20'). But not much. His last solar return (presuming Nassau) was - like his transits - very Jupiter driven and quite lovely.

[Jim Eshelman]

A correspondent from the Bahamas said Poitier died in his LA home.

[Jim Eshelman]

A correspondent from the Bahamas said Poitier died in his LA home.

Looking back at this... I see that Wikipedia now says he died in his Beverly Hills home. According to the death certificate, Wikipedia says "the cause of death was cardiopulmonary failure, with Alzheimer's disease and prostate cancer listed as underlying causes."

[Jim Eshelman]

Poitier is one of my February 20 sample charts here:
https://www.solunars.com/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=3867

I will use that thread as a place to explore the impact of relocation.