Samaire Armstrong was on the first year of "The O.C." playing Anna Stern. I started watching the show at the very end of the first year, so got the first season on dvd to see what I had missed.....and who I missed was Samaire! I thought she was wonderful and delightful, and was such an asset to the show! Since then, I saw her starring in an episode of "Numb3rs" and it looks like, from the IMDB, that she has some new irons in the fire.

Samaire, and it's pronounced Sah-mee-rah, was born on October 29, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan. She's a Scorpio with a Leo moon - strong minded lady!! She has that Leo moon, with Ceres nearby, and the north node, combined with 5 planets in Libra. Libra likes beauty and design, and Leo is artistic as well as dramatic. Samaire has her own clothing design, NARU.

Venus and Jupiter are together in Libra which brings her luck and good fortune with friends and ambitions, and the money from the career. Saturn is there, too, tho, so it can catch her up short sometimes. Actually, since both Venus and Jupiter can be somewhat self indulgent, it's good to have Saturn there minding the store and keeping shopping in check.

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Samaire was born in the Year of the Monkey and the month of the Sheep. As we saw with Michael Nouri, the Monkey wants control. Life just goes better when all the ducks are in a row. The Sheep, on the other hand can sometimes feel like anything than in control; buffeted about by fate. That's when the Monkey sweeps in and catches the sheep up in its arms ('cause this isn't going to be a spider monkey!) and says, "There, there. let me take care of this." and it will.

Autumn Reeser has spanned the gamut from being the nemesis of Summer and Marrisa to ingratiating herself into their world. Autumn was very good at the outset as the scheming Taylor Townsend, but it's nice seeing her now in a more sympathetic pose, and understanding why Taylor is the way she is......from the episode where her mother was less than motherly.

Autumn has been acting since 2001, and a few years back she played "Marcia Brady" in "The Brady Bunch in the White House".

Born on September 12, 1980, in Los Angeles, California. She's a Virgo with a Libra Moon.....with Pluto closeby. That probably means that Autumn's mother is a strong person in her life.

Autumn has the Sun and Jupiter conjunct which probably called her to attend college as a matter of course; she wouldn't have thought not to. She probably likes to travel (Jupiter ruling Sagittarius - foreign locales) and may be interested in religion or law. She has Mercury and Saturn conjunct, so may have to watch a tendency to be critical; it can stand her in good stead though, to be practical and down to earth and have good timing in her delivery.

Saturn in Leo squares her Mars in Scorpio this year, January and June 24th. It's a good time to mind the rules and regs of the road, because Saturn equals police and Mars equals cars, and during this time there will be a cop behind every bush, where maybe she usually has luck in that area. Saturn is also bone and Mars is muscle, so it's also a good time to warm up well before exercising.

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Autumn was born in the Year of the Monkey and the month of the Snake. How many Monkeys are there in this group? Must be a whole lot of jockeying around for position! Once again, Monkeys like control. They can also be in denial at times. They like to plant a big smile on their face and say 'everything is fine" when it really isn't (you've seen the definition of FINE, haven't you? Freaked out, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional!!). Born in the month of the Snake, she's a perfectionist, who's undoubtedly harder on herself than others would be on her. The Universe is always good about letting Virgo/Snakes know that they are never going to be truly perfect, so get over it!....take it from a Virgo who knows. Sometimes imperfection is the spice of life.

Shannon Lucio is a Leo - what else can I say? I'm sure you've read elsewhere that when someone has Venus in Leo (as I do) then you are drawn to Leos....and there are very few that I don't like (Maybe David Spade. But there are other planets going on there.) Shannon was on the first season as "Lindsey". That was a good time frame for "The O.C." group. Don't know why they felt that Lindsey had to go.

Shannon was born on August 17, 1980 in San Antonio Texas. She has a Scorpio moon to go with that Leo sun. Shannon is a wounded healer, because almost all the planets aspect Chiron (in Taurus) in some way. The Leo planets square it, the Virgo planets trine it, the Libra planets inconjunct it, the Scorpio planets oppose it and the Sag planet (Neptune) inconjuncts it. In fact, Chiron is at the apex of the Master YOD (Neptune sextile Pluto). The Yod is also known as "The Finger of God" pointing to the answer; and Shannon's 'answer' is to be a healer at some point in her life. She is undoubtedly an old soul, and as she goes thru life, her experiences will cause her to grow and when she's older, she'll be able to be the healer and mentor 'who's been there' and can counsel from experience.

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Shannon was born in the Year of ......the Monkey; another one.....and the month of the Dragon. We'll refer you to other people above to learn about the Monkey and control. The Dragon loves to be the center of attention. It loves the lime light and yet on the other side, it loves to perform and make people happy. The Dragon often has a big emptiness in its stomach which is hard to fill.