Saturn is the first dominant in Winona Ryder’s astral chart. In the following paragraph, we shall indicate the significance of this fact:

As one of the planets historically thought to be on the outer limits of the solar system (until the “modern” planets were discovered), Saturn has always been associated with the moon, itself a peripheral heavenly body because it belongs to Earth and not to the solar system. Therefore, both Saturn and the moon are aspects of a protection principle (the moon encompasses the earth in the same way as Saturn and its rings encompasses the solar system). Like the moon, Saturn rules a security/insecurity dialectic, but where the moon’s concerns the private, intimate aspects of the individual, Saturn influences social and collective security.

Saturn can be thought of as the polar opposite of the moon (the archetype of the mother, but also of the child, and therefore related to orality). The god Saturn ate his children in order to reign and thus, represents the archetype of the mother (motherhood), the grandmother, and the sage (wisdom). The domination of Saturn thus indicates a maternal complex or, at least, an issue related either to the biological mother or to the symbolism of motherhood. This influence may result in a problem of identity and difficulties in aging which will make themselves evident in personal crises at every passage of this planet, every seven years—thus at the age of 7, at 14 or 15, and 21, 28, etc.

Depending on the psychological context in which you are developing, you may overcome or overcompensate your identity complex and gradually acquire a strongly structured personality, or, conversely, remain in a state of immaturity which would probably be detrimental to your destiny.

Neptune is the second dominant in your astral chart. In the following paragraph, we shall indicate the significance of this fact:

Winona Ryder’s astral chart is dominated by Neptune. This fact has significant implications for her personality and her life path.

This planet is the quintessential symbol of individual receptivity and the fundamental reactions of the unconscious, including the collective unconscious. Opposed to Saturn, which is the principle of form, structure, and limitation, Neptune is a principle of dissolution. It concerns any effort to encompass the greatest variety of factors, any tendency to surround and blend all the narrow, individual points of view into a single, universal sea.

Psychologically, the Neptunian effect is expressed as an exceptional psychic flexibility and extreme pliancy. Winona Ryder thus displays considerable receptivity and availability. She feels a need for unity, a need to be related. She is also deeply aware of the importance of dreaming, and, negatively, may be prone to delusions.

At certain times, Winona Ryder is overwhelmed by a feeling of subtle confusion related to a need for “something else.” When her well-being is disturbed this way, she either yields to a sort of passive, apathetic dissatisfaction, or loses herself in the search for an imaginary world, perhaps to escape or plunge into bliss.

Winona Ryder is sometimes captivated by a need for illusion; she would like to experience change through the intermediary of events which are vaster than consciousness and would take her far from routine and daily banality. Nevertheless, usually these fantastic dreams only make her all the more painfully aware of the realities of everyday life. Her spirit and emotions emerge confused, and her will is sometimes weakened.

Venus is the third dominant in Winona Ryder’s astral chart. In the following paragraph, we shall indicate the significance of this fact:

In traditional astrology, Venus (or Aphrodite, her Greek name) is the planet of love. A source of universal attraction, this planet corresponds to the original urge which bonds two human beings together in love. Venus is thus both the magnetism which brings human beings together (not lust, which is symbolized by Mars, but the object which attracts lust) and the gift of love. This ambiguity is interpreted astrologically by the fact that Venus rules two houses of the zodiac. In Taurus, Venus symbolizes the awakening to bodily lust, and in Libra, the bond of marriage. As a result, Venus may take on very different aspects depending on the individual’s degree of awareness.

Likewise, this ambiguity explains Aphrodite’s equivocal conduct in Greek myth and her innumerable couplings and motherhood. Depending on the legend, she may embody brutal, passionate love (with Anteros), the wisdom of the heart which rescues from passion (Harmonia); she also becomes tenderness and purity (with Adonis), pure sexuality (with Eros), a transforming energy (with Vulcan), etc. Mistress of the Arts, she represents beauty, understanding, and peace.

Psychologically, individuals under the influence of Venus are struggling with their love instincts. This is why Winona Ryder cannot conceive of living without a personal emotional relationship to someone else and sometimes fears solitude and the encounter with herself. She is extremely attractive to others and is a creator and artistic genius who seems to imbue all she touch with beauty and harmony. Her artistic skills are obvious to the people around her and may be applied to career endeavors.

Pleasure, outings, seduction, love, and a thriving but sometimes superficial social life are the hallmarks of her life.

The sixth house is an area of the sky which is especially important in Winona Ryder’s theme, because it contains several planets, including the one which rules her rising sign. In the following paragraph, we shall explain the general meaning of this fact.