Martha Graham Born this day in 1894... the mahatma of dance (mahatma is contained in the lexigram of her name), and definitely the largest influence in my artistic life. I have read "Blood Memory" at least a dozen times and never fail to draw new inspiration from Martha's words. She was a poet and writes just like she dances. With a Gemini ascendant, Moon in Leo and an Aquarius midheaven--she was a messenger full of fire and clearly way ahead of her time. I think we are just now beginning to appreciate her legendary quotes about the importance for the artist to keep the channel open. She danced from the depths of her bones and there was...

Born April 23, 1928 and famous by the age of three, Shirley Temple was a true Taurus. Lovable, an amazing dancer and incredibly hard working--and frankly the cutest female child star ever in my humble opinion. I watched her movies every Sunday morning as a child on Channel 50 at my dad's condo in Detroit. I always felt she was a kindred spirit--little did I know we shared the same rising sign. She was famous for picking up dance steps instantly (Mars in Pisces on her IC) and of course being multitalented and ridiculously adorable (Venus-Jupiter-Mercury in Aries and Sun-conjunct Chiron in Taurus in the 5th house). Taurus Sun Gemini...