Vivacious Venus and passionate Mars are closely conjoined in Carmen Electra's birth chart. The stars may say she's sexy, but her Taurus Sun and Cancer Moon tell us that she likes to stay home more than you think.
Carmen Electra is an earthy and sensual Taurus. Born Tara Leigh Patrick on April 20, 1972 at 12:27AM in Cincinnati, Ohio, she's an early Taurus, with her Sun in the first degree of the mid-spring sign. Carmen is a modern-day sex goddess, a seductive beauty with a decidedly electric charge. She's no stranger to stardom, that's for sure. She was discovered by Prince, spent a couple of years on 'Baywatch,' graced the pages of Playboy and snagged herself not one, but two famous husbands -- now ex Dennis Rodman and current main squeeze Dave Navarro.
To understand Carmen's Sun in Taurus, we look to the sign's ruling planet Venus. Carmen was born with Venus conjunct Mars in Gemini, the versatile Air sign that follows Taurus. Venus and Mars are the lovers, the attracting and acting forces of magnetism. The urge to act (Mars) and the desire to receive (Venus) are on the same wavelength here, which magnifies their power and makes Carmen sexy, artistic, creative, charming and graceful. Carmen Electra has been in the public eye since her first 'Baywatch' appearance in 1996 and is now more famous than ever. Her Venus and Mars have unusual help: Uranus is aligned in a harmonious trine -- a 120-degree angle -- with the cosmic lovers, spiking her sex appeal with an electric charge.
In spite of her power to visually stimulate her viewers, Carmen is a down-home girl. Even a high and mighty Taurus like Queen Elizabeth II will have an earthy simplicity, endearing naiveté and innocence. In an astrology chart, it's the Moon, not the Sun, which holds emotions and drives the need to belong. The Moon is home, memory, family and tribe. It describes how souls and bodies are nourished. Carmen was born with the Moon in its watery home sign of Cancer. A Taurus with the Moon in Cancer is doubly down-home, often with strong conservative tendencies, more emotional than political. Taurus and Cancer both want to conserve, to save more than spend and to stay home more than go out. Carmen needs excitement, too … the surprises, the chase and the capture, all the joys of Venus and Mars in Gemini trine Uranus. Fortunately for her, Carmen Electra earns a good living being beautiful and weird. Her Taurus Sun and Cancer Moon can feel secure thanks to the wild ways of Uranus, Venus and Mars, proving that sometimes it pays to be different.
About the Author
Jeff Jawer is the co-author of Barnes & Noble's "Your Astrology Guide 2006." A professional astrologer since 1973, his articles have appeared in astrology journals and magazines and Web sites around the world. He holds a B.A. in The History and Science of Astrology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and teaches and lectures both in the U.S. and abroad.
