The astrology of Hedy Lamarr, actress and inventor
I recently watched this documentary on Netflix about the glamorous actress Hedy Lamarr who was not only the most beautiful actress of her day, but also a brilliant inventor whose early discoveries resulted in the WiFi and Bluetooth systems that we use today. Along with her colleague George Antheil, she came up with the idea of a “frequency hopping mechanism” to control armed torpedoes. The two filed for a patent, and the information from the patent was provided to the US Navy who then gave it to a contractor to bring to fruition. Although she was not recognized for this invention until 1997, her ideas form the basis of much of the communication systems we use today.
I find her story a tragic one – despite her great beauty she was frustrated in her attempts to have an intellectually satisfying life. If she was born in today’s world, 100 years later, her life would have been much different. We often forget to appreciate the opportunities that women have today that would have been unheard of a century ago, or even 50 years ago.
Finding a date of birth for a film star of the early twentieth century is not easy. Before Wikipedia, the biographies of celebrities were fabricated, often with assumed names and falsified birth dates. Ms. Lamarr claimed she was born in 1915, but most biographies give 1914 as the year of birth. Some, including the Encyclopedia Brittanica, give 1913 as the birth year. Note: astro.com gives a birth time of 7:30 pm but it is sourced “from memory” and I have not utilized this time in my analysis as memory is not always reliable.
Shia LaBoeuf has been an acclaimed actor since he won his first award at age 15. His career as a performer began as a stand-up comedian at the age of 10. But his long history of troubles with the law began before then when he was arrested for shoplifting at the age of 9. He was arrested again at the age of 11 for stealing. As an adult, despite his success in films and great respect from film credits, he continued to indicate a lack of impulse control and ability to manage his rage:
The troubled actress Demi Moore has been in the news lately after she was hospitalized for what appears to be a combination of prescription drugs, nitrous oxide and alcohol. While her behavior has been more erratic since her separation from third husband Ashton Kutcher, Demi has a long history of emotional problems and drug addiction that nearly caused her firing from St. Elmo’s Fire, the film that brought her to national attention.