Billy Connolly was born at 6pm on the 24th November 1942 in Glasgow.We know he’s living with health issues just now but we’re sure his irrepressible sense of fun and optimism will help to make his Birthday a memorable one. Happy Birthday Big Yin!
Libra Rising – How he was born to view life
Billy’s Rising Sign is in artistic, charming and harmony-loving Libra. And it’s an Air Sign which means it has to do with the mind – with ideas, reason and objective thought. It also has to do with impartiality, balance and equality. Underpinning his entire nature is a very civilised and just attitude to life. People matter to him and how they’re treated matters even more. Unfairness really bothers him and he’ll always be on the side of the underdog. Considerate and co-operative, he’s come into the world expecting it to be a series of compromises so he’ll always be open to the other point of view and finds it easy to put others first. Especially if it means keeping the peace! Conflict frightens him so he’d much rather walk away from an argument than confront it. Yet when it comes to other people, he’s a star at playing the diplomat – pouring oil over troubled waters, resolving differences and relationship-building. And relationships matter a great deal to him. Very much a team player, his whole character is coloured by the belief that life is most happily lived in tandem with another.
Sun in Sagittarius – His sense of self
His Sun is in Sagittarius. Sagittarius is the opposite Sign to Gemini but like two sides of the same coin, they share something in common. Both are about knowledge but while Gemini likes knowledge for its own sake, Sagittarius likes it for the meaning it imparts. And both are to do with humour. With Gemini it’s a quick wit and penchant for telling an amusing story; with Sagittarius it’s wisdom and a talent for seeing the funny and absurd side of life. Having both these Signs so prominent in his Chart, Billy was never going to be one to take life too seriously. Ruled by the enthusiastic, expansive Planet Jupiter, Sagittarius is up-beat, open and smart. At heart he’s an easy-going, broad-minded and often cavalier man whose deepest motivation is to find significance and understanding through his experiences. And the more adventurous those experiences, the better. Freedom-loving, he hates restriction and blossoms when he’s at one with the great outdoors. Or when he’s travelling. Especially to far-flung destinations that enlighten him about the world and the inter-connectedness of everything. Fueled by hope and opportunity, he’ll think it natural to reach for the stars and to believe anything is possible. But he’s far from naive. He has great wisdom and intellect that’s rooted in a philosophical understanding of life. Always able to see the bigger picture and the broader meaning behind events, he’s never too daunted or down-hearted by adversity. Moving on and making the best of things is his mantra. And so, of course, is keeping a sense of humour.
Billy will always be in his element when he’s stirring minds. In fact teaching would have suited him very well. And in many ways, that’s just what he does every time he gets on stage. Hilarity is guaranteed but so is increased knowledge as he regales us with his witty observations on everything from inebriation to incontinence!
Moon in Gemini – His instinctive responses
Billy’s Moon is in Gemini which accentuates all the bright, banter-loving qualities of this Sign in his nature. Having it as his Moon Sign means the need to to express himself verbally inhabits his every pore. It’s what nourishes him emotionally too and if he’s not being heard or valued for his ideas and opinions, he’ll feel empty. Same with informing and educating which is such a powerfully natural impulse. Billy will always be at his most content when he’s around people trading talk and raising a laugh. He’s 73 today but this lovely, entertaining and highly intelligent man will always be young at heart!
Great quotes that speak his Birth Chart:
”Never trust a man who, when left alone with a tea cosey, doesn’t try it on.”
”Don’t grow up. By all means grow old, but don’t mature. Remain childlike, retain wonder, the ability to be flabbergasted by something.”