Les Rythmes du zodiaque

by Françoise Hardy

Françoise Hardy, le ciel caché de l'artiste : astrologue, autrement...

Françoise Hardy s'est "mise en devoir" selon son expression, de faire comprendre qu'un signe astrologique n'est pas une vue de l'esprit mais un rythme déterminé par le rapport spécifique entre la durée du jour et celle de la nuit, quand le soleil en parcourt les trente degrés. À partir des théories modernes, l'auteur explique ce que sont réellement les signes du zodiaque et en quoi l'occupation significative d'un signe à sa naissance favorise, chez un individu, une attitude de fond et des sensibilisations particulières. Pour clarifier son exposé et le rendre plus attrayant, l'auteur prend comme exemples des situations vécues ou des propos empruntés à des personnalités diverses d'hier et d'aujourd'hui : politiciens, écrivains, musiciens, acteurs, etc. Elle nous permet ainsi, pour notre plus grand bonheur, de lever un coin du voile tant sur les personnalités en question que sur les rythmes du zodiaque.

270 pages, Paperback

First published May 7, 2003

About the author

Françoise Madeleine Hardy was a French singer-songwriter. She made her musical debut in the early 1960s on Disques Vogue and found immediate success with her song "Tous les garçons et les filles". As a leading figure of the yé-yé movement, Hardy "found herself at the very forefront of the French music scene", and became "France's most exportable female singing star", recording in various languages, appearing in several movies, touring throughout Europe, and gaining admiration from musicians such as Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger. With the aid of photographer Jean-Marie Périer, Hardy also begun modelling and soon became a popular fashion icon as well.

As the yé-yé era drew to a close in the late 1960s, Hardy sought to reinvent herself, casting off the fashionable girl next door image that Périer had created for her and abandoning the "cute" and catchy compositions that had characterized her repertoire up to that point; working with more accomplished songwriters such as Leonard Cohen,Serge Gainsbourg, and Patrick Modiano. Her 1971 album La question represented an important turning point in her career, moving towards a more mature style; it remains her most acclaimed work and has generated a dedicated cult following over the years. The early 1970s also marked the beginning of Hardy's renowned involvement with astrology, becoming an expert and writer of the subject over the years.

Hardy remained a popular figure in music and fashion, and is considered an icon of French pop and the 1960s.

She was married to fellow French singer-songwriter Jacques Dutronc in 1981 until her death, and their only son, Thomas, is also a musician. In 2021, Hardy announced that her health had worsened and that she would not be able to sing again owing to the effects of cancer therapy. She died of cancer in Paris in 2024.

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