Anne Heche (May 25, 1969 – August 11, 2022)

A Hollywood Medium YouTube video from E! showed up this morning, which suggests that bipolar disorder was a family trait inherited by Anne Heche from her maternal grandfather, Richard.

Does her birth chart confirm this?

Usually, 12th House (of the Unconscious) planets can be an indicator of mental health issues, and there is a conjunction between Jupiter and Uranus (with the South Node sandwiched between them) in the final degrees of Virgo. But the hint of what was really going on is highlighted by the close Venus Descendant conjunction which then forms inconjuncts to the Moon and Pluto. This is the real problem.

Moon Inconjunct Venus

You need to be loved, even more than most people, particularly by your mother or another woman who takes the place of your mother. This need for love will be the force behind many of your actions. If you don’t find the love you are looking for, you will develop an insecure hunger for love from everyone you meet. However, you may express this in very strange ways, such as a desire for food, especially sweets, which unconsciously represent love to you.

There is also the danger that if you spend so much time and effort trying to get what you need, you will not be able to give love to others. Thus this aspect can mean that you indulge yourself and expect others to do everything for you. Of course, if people think that you are looking at things this way, they will not be inclined to help you. That will drive you to seek love even more and make the pattern even stronger.

Venus Inconjunct Pluto

With this aspect you must learn a great deal about the kinds of friends you want and the kinds of experiences you will have through other people. Even while you are still young, you may meet persons who are quite difficult to get along with, but who seem to be impossible to get away from, even when you want to. You may be fascinated by such persons, or circumstances may force you to stay with them. These people do have a definite role to play in your life, but it may not always be a pleasant one. They will teach you something about life or about yourself.

Moon Conjunct Pluto

Your feelings are very important to you, and you are likely to react emotionally to every situation and person you meet. But when your emotions get in the way, it is difficult to see clearly what is happening. And your moods affect you so much that as they change, your personality changes accordingly. One day you are positive and cheerful, and another day, sad and gloomy. When you love someone, you love very deeply, and your close family and friends are very important to you. Once you have become attached to a person or even a place, it is difficult for you to break away.

That Car Crash (August 5, 2022)

This accident led to Ms. Heche’s death six days later. I decided that it was even more important than her exit date. You’ll see why in a minute.

The significance of the similar Ascendant pattern (this time @ 12° Libra) brings her natal 11th and 12th House planets and lights into a fully encompassing 12th House placement. I wasn’t expecting that.

Her natal North Node is conjunct her ‘fatal’ Neptune (which suggests why the authorities thought she was under some kind of ‘influence’). And, as the ‘other’ echo, her natal Neptune is widely conjunct her ‘fatal’ South Node, so this feels fated. It is so tragic for us, but it feels like a blessing in disguise for her.

Rest in peace.