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The release of the first Star Wars film in May of 1977 made George Lucas an overnight success. At the time, transiting Jupiter was trine his natal Moon, as was transiting Pluto, making a Grand Trine, while Saturn opposed it - each within a few minutes of a degree. Mercury and Uranus were square it. His natal Moon is in the tenth House of career and public appearances, fame.

Chris Reeve, who played superman in four movies, suffered a tragic accident when riding is a dressage competition on May 27, 1995. His horse balked at a jump, his hands became entangled in the reins so that he had no protection, and he was flung head-first into the barrier. An upper vertebrae in his neck snapped and he became paralyzed from the head down. At first he wanted to end his life, but was deterred by his wife who had total faith in him, and now he is a director as well as a public speaker on behalf of spinal cord research (he believes he will one day regain the use of his limbs). About his movie career he says he "failed upward" and was always meant to direct. His is an inspiring story of determination and transformation under extremely stressful circumstances. The Moon was passing over the top of his chart, about to conjunct his prominent Jupiter, at the time of the accident.

In the few days surrounding May 15, 1968 John decided to end his marriage with his first wife, Cynthia, based on his feeling that Yoko was "the one." By mid-June, they were a couple.

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