MADONNA TALENT OR LUCK?
Anyone with a Jupiter progression for 29 years would have a very good chance of being wildly successful or just incredibly happy. How did this happen in Madonna's chart? Her natal (the one she was born with) Jupiter is at a high degree which allowed it to progress to the next sign (Jupiter moves very slowly so for most of us, this won't happen), and that allowed it to make new aspects. In her case, a nice progressed Jupiter (luck) sextile Pluto (power) that lasted from 1984 to 1996 making everything work the way she wanted it to.
And when that was over, progressed Jupiter was conjunct Neptune!!! Nice. That continued until 2003 when it was replaced with progressed Jupiter sextile Mercury which continues today.
So how hard is it to be Madonna? Not hard at all. This is the only chart I've ever seen that has a 29 year continuous positive Jupiter progression, hers until around Thanksgiving 2013. At that time, you're going to hear a loud noise, and it will be Madonna crashing. She gets a nasty progressed Mars square Pluto. All the Kabbalah in the world won't change that. All the red strings tied on your wrist, won't either. How will a woman that hasn't had to deal with the normal hills and valleys that the rest of us deal with handle that? It's easy for her to be rich, beautiful, thin, successful, etc. etc. You could do that, too, if you lived in her bubble. But, alas, she is human and will find herself very vulnerable at that time.
So my question is, if you have had a remarkable life, do you need to give back a lot -- really a lot -- to cushion the fall when it comes?