Blake Lively has Pluto conjunct her Imum Coeli (I.C.). This aspect is a nuclear bomb embedded in the foundation of your house. This Pluto is personal. Fear. Death. Rebirth. Rising from the ashes. It represents a tremedous ability to burn your house to the ground. That has been on display recently with her settled lawsuit with the production company of Justin Baldoni. The Midheaven of career exactly opposes the I.C. of home and family. Setting off the bomb inside your home will result in the public exposure of the crater.
In a Pluto-Mars conjunction, Mars is the fuse that set off Pluto’s bomb. The movie they made was an incredible success but then it turned into an incredible mess. That is a Pluto-Mars conjunction in synastry. I absolutely hate to see any Mars-Pluto aspect in synastry, it is too volatile and frankly dangerous. Other astrologers may say you just have to both be well adjusted…blah, blah, blah. That’s just happy glitter and sunbeam talk. I say run. Cut the cords. Get out while you can. A nuclear detonator and a fuse do not belong together unless you want an explosion. It Ends With Us real life sequel could be written It Ends Us.
Justin Baldoni is a cool Aquarius Sun square a Scorpio Moon. Sun square moon is a harsh aspect to carry. You never feel you have done the right thing. This setup is about practicing detachment even though you want to obsess hard. His answer to this event should be Don’t. Let the grudge go. Cut the cords. Detach. Sun-moon squares always make you feel like that is the wrong thing to do but letting the Sun lead with your behavior is usually the correct road to take. Reading this aspect for him, Justin incarnated to allow his behavior (Sun) to break (Aquarius) this ancient emotional (Moon) debt (Scorpio). That doesn’t mean it won’t hurt. In Scorpio, this is all karmic and from a previous incarnation.
The legal drama that has played out between Lively and Baldoni is based on this Scorpio Mars-Pluto conjunction but the conjunction impacts them differently. For Blake, its foundational. The I.C. That’s the emotional core. Emotional security. For Justin, its resources. Mars in the second house. His wealth.
The lawsuit revealed that she was a contractor and that meant she had control over her work during filming and most of her legal claims were dismissed on that basis. Pluto is about control and power.
The lawsuit really has not explained what happened between them. What has been the aftermath for Justin? It is likely that his Scorpio Mars lies in his second house. His personal wealth. Any outward sign of his actions would be seen, if it is seen at all, in the opposing eighth house. That is the house of other people’s wealth. Likely Wayfarer Studios. They are officially out of the lawsuit with a settlement that ends the lawsuit with no money exchanging hands, no apology and with no further rights to appeal.
What of the aftermath for Blake? As I write today, Blake Lively has been seen at the Met Ball. Besides his acting career, her husband Ryan Reynolds owned a piece of Aviation Gin and Mint Mobile that, when they sold, should have netted him hundreds of millions of dollars. So all is well except the New York Post reports that the family house construction is stalled and mechanics’ liens worth $2 million have been filed. Some outlets report that the lawsuit legal fees for both parties may have tallied $60 million. There are rumors that a new UK house has been purchased.
Right now, the career prospects don’t seem bright and next year, Blake Lively turns 40. Still there is that rumored new home purchase in the UK where Ryan owns a part of the Welsh association football club Wrexham. Rising from the ashes. The lawsuit itself would have been represented by Blake’s seventh house ruled by Ceres conjunct Uranus. Uranus is associated with sudden shakeups. Ceres is the planet that rules personal wealth and security. While not absolutely an inauspicious aspect for a lawsuit, sudden shakeups in wealth could go two ways but when you have significant resources to lose, it does represent a gamble. This aspect has a very tight connection to Pluto which is much of the issue. In her chart, rising from the ashes is connected to sudden shakeups in her personal wealth.
What started as a lawsuit between Blake and Justin built public reputation (Blake’s tenth house) and a settlement with a company Justin shares with others (Justin’s eighth house). As the Mars-Pluto conjunction was triggered, Pluto put pressure on the Midheaven thus the Tauran building of reputation and Mars put pressure on the eighth house thus a Libran settlement with Wayfarer Studios.
After a dismissal of many of her claims against him and finally the settlement with Wayfarer Studios, all that remains is a claim to get attorney’s fees and some damages in California because he made an unsuccessful countersuit of defamation. Blake Lively may win something but it is likely to be pyrrhic at best. His Aquarius Sun behavior in detaching early in his countersuit may well have saved him further significant losses. Rising from the ashes usually means that everything from before has completely burned to ash. It Ends With Us says it all.