Actress and former MMA fighter Gina Carano, best known for playing the character Cara Dune on The Mandalorian, has been let go from the show because of controversial statements she has made on social media. The astrology behind this is pretty straightforward… classic, even. The cultural forces behind this, though, take a little more explaining.
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Gina was born on April 16, 1982, at 5:30 PM, in Dallas, Texas. This puts her Midheaven at 9 degrees Cancer, and it is ruled by her Moon, which is at 1 degree Aquarius. Pressure has been building against her for months, all while transiting Saturn was in conjunction range of her Moon, and transiting Uranus was square it. Once again, the Saturn-Uranus square works its dark magic.
Given that the Moon rules her Midheaven, and the Midheaven rules career, we should not be too surprised that something significant happened. This is especially the case when we consider that transiting Uranus is also opposite her natal Jupiter. Jupiter is the ruler of her Third House, which has a lot to do with how her mind works and how she communicates.
However, the actual sociopolitical dynamics around her recently being let go from the Disney series are a little more complicated. This began all the way back in September, when she refused to list her pronouns on her Twitter bio. This particular cultural convention causes a lot of people some confusion. Personally? I have no particular urge to tell people that I am a “he/him.” But this in no way shape or form indicates that I am the least bit opposed to the rights of transgendered people: quite the opposite, in fact. Nonetheless, this provoked a segment of the public.
Shortly after the last US election, she began repeating things that have since been disproven about the election being “rigged.” This too did not endear her to many. Despite significant criticism, she continued to stand by that opinion. On top of that, she has posted some things decrying mandatory mask-wearing because of COVID-19.
So far we have some reasonably controversial stuff, but for me, nothing a person should lose their job over… especially when it comes to acting. Actors (by definition) are different than the people they play on the screen. Did you think that Harrison Ford was really a space pilot or an archaeologist? Neither did I. Besides, every family has that one cousin who is always making trouble about politics at family gatherings.
But then later it turned out she was liking various posts critical of the Black Lives Matter movement. The final straw came this week when Gina posted something comparing the way that Republican supporters are being treated by Democratic supporters to the way Nazi Germany treated the Jews.
Okay. Now we have a problem.
First of all, the vast majority of times you see something on social media comparing anything to Hitler and/or the Nazis, it’s hyperbolic nonsense. Do you like dogs? Hitler like dogs. Therefore if you like dogs — you’re just like Hitler! More importantly though, analogies like these do a tremendous disservice to history. And no, you being made to wear a mask in the grocery store because of a pandemic is not the same as the systematic genocide of an entire people.
If you were looking for an astrological reason as to why this happened: Gina does have Mercury opposite Jupiter. This is not a combination that is particularly well known for its capacity to keep his mouth shut about controversial opinions.
Personally, I’m a huge fan of The Mandalorian, and I enjoyed her work on that series. But I more than understand why the Disney Corporation wants to disassociate itself from Gina Carano based on her public statements.
Mostly though? Could we all just shut up with the stupid Hitler/Nazi analogies already?
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