I just posted this over on the Bette & Joan thread, but thought I'd put it here, too, in this attempt to revive the old astrology/IsLindaLesbian thread:
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Bette Davis and Joan Crawford remain Hollywood's two greatest perceived rivals despite doing only one movie together. As different as their veneers were, there was always a sense that they were, as Vincent Sherman who banged and directed both of them said, "sisters under the skin". Bette and Joan were both
Sun in Aries/Scorpio Rising (with different moon signs, which changes the substance some what) --
the horoscopic configuration
par excellence of the diva.
Bette has
Moon in Gemini.
Joan Crawford had
Moon in Aquarius (which is why Linda Gray's face was so close to that of Crawford -- they shared the
Scorpio Rising/Moon in Aquarius pairing. So does Diane Keaton -- who's look has been compared to Linda Gray's on the DALLAS page... even though one doesn't think of Crawford and Keaton looking too much alike).
But Bette's
Moon in Gemini is often seen in brilliantly brittle, blunt,
oh-go-to-hell! diva actresses -- e.g., Stephanie Beacham, Kate O'Mara, Jane Wyman, Elaine Strich (see the pattern?). So when you combine
Moon in Gemini with the
ultimate diva star pairing of
Sun in Aries/Scorpio Rising (which both Bette and Joan had, as does every "the queen of...." icon you've ever heard of) you wind up with the actress generally known as "the grandest of the grande dames," Bette Davis.