(Harris Glenn Milstead), 1945-1988
Character Actor, Drag Queen, Disco Diva, Movie Superstar !
"He was the Drag Queen of the Century. He called himself Divine and he was proud of his creation: a unique and hilarious high-camp cartoon, a Miss Piggy for the blissfully depraved. But he dreamed of the day when at last he would be seen as a gifted actor who could animate any number of fascinating characters." -- People (1988).
"Don't ask me why they like me so much. There must be some need out there" -- Divine (1981).
astrological chart analysis
ASTRODATA: Born Harris Glenn Milstead, 19 October 1945, 07:28 (7:28am) EST (5hE), Baltimore, MD, USA (39n17 76w37). Data from Not Simply Divine: Beneath the Make-up, Above the Heels and Behind the Scenes with a Cult Superstar (New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 1993), p. 13. RR: B. DEATH: 7 March 1988, early morning, "about 12:30 am," Los Angeles, CA, USA (Not Simply Divine p. 12).
FEATURES: PERSONALIZED PLANETS: MERCURY (on Ascendant); PLUTO (on MC, rules Ascendant); MARS/SATURN (square Sun, trine Moon). PATTERNS: None. MUTUAL RECEPTION: MOON in ARIES trine MARS in CANCER. SHAPE: LOCO~MOTIVE (Aries Moon in 5th House leads). CHINESE SIGN: Wood Rooster. NUMEROLOGY: "3" LIFEPATH.
Astro note: Folk born in the Year of the Rooster really luv to strut their funky stuff!!
"Glenn was born before civil rights, gay rights, or women's rights...God doesn't want people created out of a Xerox machine...The tragedy is that Glenn was cut off right at the point of becoming who he really was, and the world will never see how that flower could have unfolded"
--Reverend Leland Higginbotham in his Eulogy at Divine's funeral; Baltimore, Maryland, March 1988.