Lunar Eclipse in Pisces: Coluche & The Political Spectacle

Or, what a dead French comedian can teach us about Jupiter

I’ll stop talking about politics when politicians stop making us laugh.

Michel Colucci, famously known as Coluche, has been dead for almost as long as he lived, and the legacy that he leaves behind is an unexpected one.

The French comedian and actor, who rose to fame in the 1960s, did not lead an easy life. His father died when he was very young, leaving his mother to raise two children on her own. He grew up poor and dropped out of school at the age of 14, drifting between various jobs until he joined the army at age 20. Throughout his life and career, he faced various addictions that collided with his professional goals and his relationships on more than one occasion. He broke a world speed record on a motorcycle at one point, and even ran for president, just to prove a point to the French political elite. His sudden death in 1986 was (and still is) rumored by some to be premeditated, for political reasons.¹

Despite all of this, or perhaps because of it, Coluche remains a beloved figure in France to this day, with murals and statues commemorating his life and celebrations often thrown on the anniversary of his death. Plus, the charity organization he founded just a year before his death has not only continued to operate, but has grown exponentially over the last 4 decades. So why is he so beloved? And what does Jupiter have to do with it?