Joy (2024)

We probably couldn’t have picked a better day to watch this Netflix film: a great grandson in our extended family tree was born earlier in the morning. And because we all take the propagation of the species to be a given, it is sobering to be reminded that it isn’t so simple for some mothers.

This is based on the true story of the conception and birth of the world’s first “test-tube baby” Louise Joy Brown in 1978.

Louise Joy Brown (July 25, 1978)

Louise was born by Caesarian, at a time chosen by her doctor, but her birth chart is still quite informative.

Note that there are NO inconjuncts. What you see is what you get, folks. Mercury and Saturn are closely conjunct and that may represent the birth of in vitro fertilization, itself.