The Hill (2023)

Imagine being born with a degenerative spinal disease. Imagine wanting to play baseball in the major leagues. Imagine having a father whose version of God’s will says that you have to become a preacher like him. Imagine trying to balance all these things at the same time. Imagine that it’s a true story.

You’d think as a Canadian I would have heard about this young man, since he was signed to the Montreal Expos farm system, but I hadn’t. That’s what made this film a joy to watch. (Besides, I know what it’s like to be a preacher’s kid.)

Meet the real Rickey Hill (August 15, 1956)

Now, let’s look at his birth chart, rectified to demonstrate the dynamics of a Saturn/Ascendant conjunction.

Normally, Saturn represents (in my humble opinion) the ‘Father’ in a birth chart. But sometimes it can represent an obstacle, a disability that has to be overcome. Then the father figure reverts to the Sun, as it does in this instance. So, an inconjunct between the Sun and Mars takes on the dynamic of Rickey’s dilemma: God’s Will or his own.

Sun Inconjunct Mars

You have a rather strong will, which may be difficult to control. This is because your way of doing something tends to interfere with what you want to gain by doing it. Your actions in some situations may surprise people by contradicting what they have learned about you as a person. Inside of yourself, you may even begin to feel that you can’t approve of the way you act, or you may feel that you can’t deal comfortably with the results of your actions. In other words, you get yourself into real jams.

If you can learn to handle this problem, you can gain quite a bit of power over your life, because you are able to attack problems and situations in two rather different ways. When one approach cannot solve it, the other may be able to. Any connection between the Sun and Mars helps you stand up and assert yourself. You can fight successfully, but only if you learn to control your energies.

Following his retirement from baseball, Rickey Hill didn’t want to abandon the sport completely. As mentioned before the 2023 film’s end credits, Hill now coaches Little League Baseball in Fort Worth, Texas. But he also followed in his father’s footsteps and dedicated his life to his faith and preaching about his obstacles and triumphs. He wanted to share his story, and Hill was finally able to when it was adapted for the big screen in The Hill.

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