'I Love Lucy' Cosmic Compatibility

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Long before Everybody Loves Raymond, The King of Queens or any other recent sitcoms anchored by a seemingly mismatched couple, there was I Love Lucy. Chronicling the wacky misadventures of Lucille Ball and her real-life husband Desi Arnaz, the show was a huge hit when it first aired in the 1950s. Now, sixty years later, it's still syndicated internationally - in dozens of languages, and recently as 2002, I Love Lucy ranked second on TV Guide's greatest shows of all time. But while audiences (and TV execs the world over) acknowledge that there was magic in the series, what they may not realize is that it was written in the stars…

The lion and the fish

Born on August 6, 1911, fiery redhead Lucille Ball was a Leo of the highest order. With star power and comic timing to spare she was also a classic beauty. Yet, as Lucy Ricardo on I Love Lucy audiences overlooked Lucy's impeccable beauty and instead saw a reflection of themselves - albeit a funnier, feistier one. Indeed, it was the very combination of her talents with her down to earth relatability that made Lucy the TV star of a generation. And it all began with an Earth-dominated chart, led by three major Capricorn placements.

Beyond her center-stage Leo Sun, Lucy's Ascendant, Moon and Uranus were all in the hard-working sign of the goat, making her about as driven and focused as they come. Add her Mars and Saturn in stubborn but charming Taurus, the ruler of all things physical (including comedy!), and her Venus and Mercury in gentle but exacting Virgo and its clear that Lucy had the makings of success. Still, for years she languished in B-movies, unable to cross over into superstardom. It was only by adding her husband - Desi Arnaz whose chart was filled with water -- that Lucy became an early force in television.

Born on March 2, 1917, Desi was six years Lucy's junior and astrologically her polar opposite. With his Sun and Mars in artistic Pisces and his Moon, Saturn and Rising in sensitive Cancer, his drives were primarily emotional and intuitive. But they were spot on, too! It was successful musician Desi who saw a television show in his life with Lucy, and when execs thought their status as a Hollywood couple would make them unrelatable, he suggested that their characters be a struggling band leader and his untalented, but star-struck wife. Likewise, it was Desi, guided by his visionary Aquarian Mercury, who did the deal allowing Desilu (the couple's company) to own the rights to the series - something that was never before done in television and eventually made them very, very rich.

The rest (including Desi's famous Piscean drinking and tendency, courtesy of his Aquarian Venus, to run around - the combination of which eventually led to the end of their marriage), as they say, is history.