Pisces Class Acts

3 ageless actors revealed

It's all about fantasy. With magical Neptune as their ruler, actors born under the sign of Pisces are some of the most inspired artists on the planet. Let's take a look at the stars of three: Elizabeth Taylor, Joanne Woodward and Glenn Close.

Because the nature of Pisces is impressionable, intuitive and changeable, these actors are unusually adept at merging with their characters, which heightens the realism of their performances. These beauties are outstanding examples of inspired Pisces artists - plus, they're exceptional women! They're not only talented but compassionate, as befits the sign of Pisces. Let's take a look at their charts to see why they're such class acts.

Elizabeth Taylor: February 27, 1932
With Sun, Mercury and Mars in Pisces, Taylor is the Neptunian queen of film. Her powerful Pisces instincts enable her to get inside a character's psyche at a profound level. From the age of nine during her film debut in There's One Born Every Minute (1942), she was right at home on the silver screen. Her performances in Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), where she starred opposite husband Richard Burton, earned her Academy Awards for Best Actress.

But it's not just her talent that's legendary - her beauty is renowned as well. Those violet eyes! Moon in Scorpio makes her a double Water sign, which can be seen in the sultry depths of her eyes. The magnetic Scorpio influence also adds to her mystique. What's more, it gives Taylor a complex and passionate emotional nature. In relationships, Venus conjunct Uranus in Aries makes her impulsive and headstrong - which brings us to another intriguing aspect of her life: She's been married eight times to seven men. Her two marriages to Richard Burton, a Scorpio, were tempestuous, to say the least. Alcoholism was a Neptune challenge for both of them that contributed to the downfall of their relationship (Taylor sought help for alcohol and prescription drug dependency later on). Still, they never lost their love for each other.

More recently, Taylor's energy has been focused on AIDS-related causes. In 1991 she founded the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation to help fight the disease. The foundation has distributed more than $8 million to AIDS organizations worldwide. At its highest manifestation, Pisces is the sign of compassion, and Taylor is indeed an elevated example of her sign.

Joanne Woodward: February 27, 1930
With Sun and Venus in Pisces, Woodward is another actor known as much for her personal life as her career. She was married to actor Paul Newman for 50 years - quite a feat in divorce-happy Hollywood - until his death in 2008. They appeared in ten feature films together. Coincidentally, the year she married Newman was the year she earned an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Three Faces of Eve. The year was 1958, when transiting Jupiter and Neptune had merged at the top of her chart. This confluence of cosmic energy helped manifest her destiny in both love and work.

However, Woodward isn't just a dreamy Pisces - she has Moon, Mercury and Mars in unconventional Aquarius (Newman's Sun sign). She has directed numerous TV programs and is the artistic director of the Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut. The Aquarius influences indicate she's innovative, smart and independent. What's more, she shared her husband's activist values - $250 million from Newman's Own products and foundation have benefitted thousands of charities worldwide.

Glenn Close: March 19, 1947
Like Woodward, Close is a Pisces-Aquarius creature. She has Sun, Mercury and Mars in Pisces, indicating she's highly imaginative and intuitive. The versatile actor has won numerous Golden Globe, Tony and Emmy awards. However, the watery nature of Pisces gets a boost of intellectualism from Moon and Venus in Aquarius, which makes Close independent, brainy and headstrong. She also has a rebellious streak. Aquarius likes to shock, so it's interesting to note that she's probably best known for her role as a psychotic stalker in Fatal Attraction. Close undoubtedly drew on her extremist side to pull off such a chilling performance.

Unlike Woodward, however, Close isn't as lucky in love - or perhaps she is now after she married David Shaw, an investment advisor, teacher and businessman, in 2006. This is her third marriage. With Venus in Aquarius, the man who holds her heart had better have a brain, and Shaw seems to have what it takes. He'll need to be quick on his feet to keep up with her, though.

Actors such as Taylor, Woodward and Close use their Pisces talents to inspire our imagination and compassion, the ultimate gifts of the ethereal sign.