Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren
July 26, 1945
Chiswick, London, England, UK

This Lioness is queen.

'The trick in life is learning how to deal with it.'

Helen Mirren's Tarot Reading

Dame Helen Mirren has played a queen six times in her career. The first was in Caligula (1979). Then came The Madness of King George (1994), The Snow Queen (1995), The Prince of Egypt (1998), TV movie Elizabeth I (2005) and finally The Queen (2006).

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in The Queen, Mirren portrays Queen Elizabeth, 'the British monarch facing changes in her traditional role during the difficult period following the 1997 death of Princess Diana.' The movie premiered at the 2006 Venice Film Festival where Helen's performance was given a five-minute standing ovation. It was her third Academy Award nomination. She was previously nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Madness of King George and Gosford Park.

Dame Helen comes from an Eastern European background. According to IMdb.com, 'her grandfather was a Tsarist (White Russian) aristocrat who was in London negotiating an arms deal for World War I when the 1917 Russian Revolution stranded him there. His wife and son (Helen's father) later joined him in London.'

Sun in Leo guarantees that she has a fierce amount of pride. She wants to shine and to be respected for her unique contributions. Doing something well and being recognized for it matters to her. In June 2003 she was created a Dame of the British Empire. 'In England, it's a big deal,' acknowledged Dame Helen. 'I do feel it's a great honor. But I had to think about it quite seriously for a couple of weeks. It does sort of squash you into the establishment thing. In the end, my baser feelings got the better of me. I succumbed to pride.'

She has the spirit and vitality to bring larger-than-life visions to reality. Helen has a noble, romantic heart and a love of the dramatic, colorful and extravagant. She wants to be great and to receive the applause of an adoring audience, even if the audience is just one person. She needs someone to believe in her and her dreams.

Dame Helen gives her love generously and knows how to make her beloved feel special. She loves the magic of being in love. She is immensely loyal and stands by her loved ones to the end -- as long as they don't betray her trust. She likes to be the strong one in a relationship. On the positive side are her joie de vivre, her artistic force and her kindheartedness. On the negative side she can be highly egotistical and self-absorbed. She once said, 'All you have to do is to look like crap on film and everyone thinks you're a brilliant actress. Actually, all you've done is look like crap.'

With Sun sextile Mars she can be an inspiring leader of a team or group effort. Her dynamism and energy evoke the same in others. She sees healthy competition between people as a plus. Generally, she enjoys fine health.

Her Sun's aspect to Mars and Neptune means that along with her energy and drive, she has high ideals and an active fantasy life. There is a dreamer and an idealist in her, as well as a doer and a fighter. She wants to win, but not at the expense of others; this may be something of a dilemma for her.

With Sun sextile Neptune she is very open and receptive to the spiritual realms and can easily receive or give guidance based on inner attunement. She takes many things for granted, such as the existence of an afterlife or subtle influences like aromatherapy and spiritual healing. Because these things seem so obvious to her she may not realize she has special gifts.

Mercury in Leo makes her a person of strong opinion. She expresses her views energetically and often dramatically. She is an entertaining speaker and will embellish or exaggerate in order to get her point across. She has an aptitude for storytelling and performing. Even if her arena is only the dining room table, she puts on a good show. She has an abundance of creative ideas and does not enjoy a job in which she has no creative input.

Venus in Gemini promises that in love, Dame Helen is more interested in a person's sense of humor and intelligence than in their physique. She likes a partner who is mentally alive and who keeps her guessing. Mirren has lived with director Taylor Hackford in Los Angeles since 1986. She becomes restless and bored with someone who never changes or never surprises her. Talking, sharing ideas, going places and learning things together are very important to her happiness. She needs lots of social stimulation and is something of a flirt. She likes to have many friends of both sexes. A possessive, jealous partner would be very stifling for her.

Venus square Jupiter tells us she shares freely whatever she has. Her friends know they can always count on her generosity and support, both emotional and material. She sometimes avoids confronting difficult issues in relationships because it seems like too much trouble or is too petty to bring up. She likes to socialize and will use any excuse to celebrate with friends. She cannot tolerate much restriction by her love partner and encourages his freedom as well.

Venus conjunct Uranus makes her spontaneous and easily aroused emotionally and sexually. Nontraditional relationships appeal to her. Venus conjunct Mars/N. Node reveals that she likes to feel at one with the whole world. Very public-spirited, she seems the most content when she is among other people.

Mars in Gemini promises that Dame Helen is energetic and restless. She may scatter her energies into so many directions and activities at once that she cannot follow through on some of them. With a keen and clever mind, she enjoys mental competition. She often achieves her goals using her ability to speak vigorously and convincingly for what she wants.

With Mars trine Neptune she dreams up creative solutions to problems and takes an imaginative, unusual approach to getting a job done. She has an artistic flair and appreciates the colorful, unique or strange. Working for a cause that transcends her own interests can be satisfying for her.

Jupiter in Virgo suggests that her ability to think things through clearly and to analyze and understand the smallest details of any plan is highly developed. She has a modest nature and is more concerned with the success of her work than with personal aggrandizement. She enjoys working and is happiest when she is being productive and using her time efficiently. Normally quiet and unassuming, in 2006 she admitted, 'Being me right now is sort of amazing.'

Bio information from www.IMDb.com