Discover your place of Cosmic Belonging

Sometimes a Film Appears at the Right Moment

Sometimes a film appears at exactly the right moment. Widow Clicquot surfaced for me just as the stars themselves were echoing her story. It’s remarkable how a life lived two centuries ago can still speak to the rhythms of our own time—and even inspire us to notice the patterns of the cosmos in our everyday lives.

The Story of Widow Clicquot

A couple of months ago, I watched the movie Widow Clicquot, which tells the story of the remarkable woman behind the famous champagne house. Even though the reviews were mixed—and at times the storylines felt a bit inconsistent and confusing—it struck a deep chord. What stood out to me was her innovative and progressive character. She remained strong, determined, and ahead of her time.

I found her so compelling that I felt inspired not only to look up the business website that still carries her name, but also to explore her birth chart.

Astrology and Archetypes

What I found astonishing was how clearly her website and her astrology echo the same themes—even just by looking at her Sun and Moon signs. Her Sun is in Sagittarius and her Moon in Cancer, which already speaks volumes about her life and legacy as La Grande Dame de Champagne.

Barbe Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin was born in 1777 in Reims, Champagne, the daughter of a textile manufacturer. Widowed at only 27, she took charge of her destiny and became one of the first modern entrepreneurs. In an era when women were largely excluded from business, she stepped into leadership with passion and determination.

Sagittarius Sun: Boldness, vision, and drive for innovation. She pioneered the first vintage champagne, the riddling table, and the first blended rosé.

Cancer Moon: Sensitivity, care, and feminine strength. Cancer embodies the matriarch—the one who leads through intuition, protection, and a deep sense of belonging. Champagne under her guidance became more than a product; it became a symbol of celebration, family, and tradition.

Cosmic Cycles and Outer Planets

Astrology also shows us that larger cycles shape not only individual lives but whole eras. Madame Clicquot lived during a time when two of the slow-moving outer planets, Pluto and Uranus, were passing through Aquarius and Gemini—the very same signs they are moving through again today.

Because these planets take many decades to complete their cycles, their return is rare. When themes from her era re-emerge, it becomes harder to assume we exist in a vacuum. Instead, it suggests that our personal lives and collective histories are woven into a larger field of consciousness—an ever-evolving matrix of meaning.

Astrology, then, can be understood as an art of observation anchored in Divinity. It reminds us that we are both creator and creation—living vessels of synchronicity, not bound by linear cause and effect but invited into co-creation with the cosmos itself.

An Invitation to Become Your Own Astrologer

Each of us carries a unique chart with personal planet placements, yet we all share in these outer-planet cycles. With Pluto in Aquarius and Uranus in Gemini once again, we are being collectively called to take bold steps forward: to innovate, to reimagine, to dare, and to connect in new ways—just as Madame Clicquot did in her time.

Astrology is not about memorizing every technical detail but about learning to observe, to listen, and to wonder. By paying attention to the ways the archetypal language of the stars shows up in our lives, we can begin to glimpse the larger patterns we are part of—like the ancients did looking up and tracing movements in the star-filled night sky.

Discover Your Cosmic Belonging

In doing so, we may discover our own place of cosmic belonging—a sense that we are woven into the larger tapestry of life, participating in cycles and rhythms far greater than ourselves. Astrology, at its heart, is a gentle invitation to notice, to reflect, and to remember: the universe is not separate from us. We are its living expression.