I find this topic very interesting because I have been referred to many times by both men and women as some version of a "femme fatal." However, I think it is meant in the sense that I tend to draw a lot of intense sexual attention or interest, often unwanted and unrequited and at times scary. I have had stalkers, ex's threatening to kill themselves if I leave them, men that were sexually obsessed with me and I've been sexually assaulted...many creepy experieces. It is mostly unconcsious and unintentional, I never approach anything with intent, at worst I intend harmless flirtation or am just trying to be nice. I do have a very acute awareness of my own sexual nature, but even when I feel unattractive and am in no way trying to be sexual somehow people tend to pick up on it.
I've been told my chart is very sexual, and I do have many of the things mentioned. Ven sq my Pluto/Saturn conjunction in Libra nearly exact. Lilith in Aquarius is in the 8th and trines my Sun/Mars (exact conjunction) in Gem (12th house (Neptune) and also sextiles Juno in Aries in the 10th. I have Venus in the first, and Pisces moon with Cancer AS and Pisces MC. A LOT of Neptune influence in my chart. I completely agree with what has been mentioned about people projecting their fantasies onto those with a strong Neptune influence, I absolutely think that happens to me! My moon (AS/chart ruler) is very afflicted it squares my sun/mars conjunction and my jupiter/uranus conjunction and conjuncts my MC...I have a very confilcted chart so I don't doubt that I tend to give off a lot of energy, intentional or not. I also have Scorpio in my 5th house which I'm sure adds to the pot.
Anyway thought I'd post my chart for you to look at as an unfortunate example of a so-called "femme fatal" lol.
With too much Neptune and afflicted Pisces Moon as a ruler of a chart you are hardly a femme fatale. You could be very attractive and seductive but it seems to me that you are the victim in this stories. You are missing the strength that would come from the energies of Capricorn and Scorpio and that's why you can't control the situations you find yourself in.
Here is what Wikipedia says:
"A
femme fatale (
/ˌfɛm fəˈtæl/ or
/ˌfɛm fəˈtɑːl/; French:
[fam fatal], with all [a]'s) is a mysterious and
seductive woman
[1] whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations. She is an
archetype of literature and art. Her
ability to entrance and hypnotize her victim with a spell was in the earliest stories seen as being literally supernatural; hence, the femme fatale today is still often described as having a power akin to an enchantress, seductress, vampire, witch, or demon."
I read: combination of Neptune and Pluto influences on Mars and Venus. At least as far as seduction and hypnotizing goes. The ruthlessness aspect, I think, would come form some form of selfishness, and that would be negative Sun and Mars characteristics. Maybe afflicted Moon. Saturn maybe as it is cold-headed.
This is how I see femme fatale. She can seduce and hypnotize, be very emotional and passionate, but only until she gets what she wants. And she wants emotions, to drain them out of a man, to posses his heart and soul, to feel the power.. and when she knows she got it all, when there is nothing more he could give and there is no way he could love her more, her emotions die and she leaves to find another victim.
She has to be very selfish but at the same time extremely emotional, because if she doesn't get emotionally involved the other person won't do it neither. So she has to go all the way, let herself go for a while, only to get the other person to do the same. The problem is she can always 'come back' as if nothing ever happened, and that other, weaker person - can't. He feels lost, insane, empty..
I do it all the time, and I have figured it out a long time ago, but I can't help myself. That's the way I am. I'm a Scorpio with Capricorn Moon and Sun conj Saturn. I feel great power and always get what I want. That's the bottom line. But I have this to play games with (this is the part where Neptune and Pluto make me a femme fatale):
Mars in Libra and Venus in Scorpio,
Mars square Neptune,
Moon conj Neptune and sextile Venus conj Pluto.
This configurations can make me very emotional when I need to be. I can easily understand anyone, their desires, secrets, fears.. I attract people who can be very passionate, who are looking for deep and transforming relationships, who are capable of letting themselves go so they can completely connect with another person and get transformed. And I do it also. But for a while. Sooner or later (or should I say as soon as I get all there is) I wake up from my Neptune dreams and in emotional sense I become nothing more than a cold and untouchable Capricorn Moon with no interest in that person, no desires, no remorse.. The story repeats constantly. I'm always the one who decides to end it, the one who 'cheated', the one who is to blame for everything. And my feelings about it? I'm sorry, but I'm not. That's the way it had to be. There is always a reason why two people meet, they both need something out of that realtionship and they get it. I have to admit that it does feel kinda strange when you look at the person you were really connected to and feel nothing anymore. Gets me confused sometimes, specially when they try to make me remember how it was, how good we felt together etc. But for me there is no way back.
So they always say I have 'destroyed' them, I was a liar, a devil, or something like that. Femme fatale sounds much better to me.
I could very well be a femme fatale:
Mars in tight conjunction with Pluto in Libra, 8th house.
Both sextile Neptune
Sun and Venus in the 8th
Moon in Scorpio
A look straight into the eyes is often all it takes. I saw men blush when I look them in the eyes (while talking about business!) I get asked out by younger guys. I do not dress suggestively, don't wear a lot of jewelry or makeup, but I know I send vibes (don't do anything to stop it) and every interaction with men has sexual undertones to it. Can't help it. I like to charm and at the same time act completely unassuming. In most cases I am not much interested in the guy. I would lie if I said I didn't enjoy it. Heck, I do!
But I would think it is pretty normal for a woman, is it not?
I think I should work on that. The powers are there, I just haven't used them to full advantage. Haha.
But seriously, I won't ever. I think it would take more earth and fire in a chart. I have way too much water to be ruthless. I will fall in for some drama and get hurt myself.
It seems to me you are the one too. I have exactly the same situations. I have been told many times how incredibly attractive I am even though I am not a supermodel. They say that I move, talk or look at people in an extremely seductive manner, unconsciously, and that's why I attract almost anyone. Younger, older people, men, women.. all of them. People fall in love with me at a first sight, they find me unusual but irresistible and I have heard many times that I have the most beautiful eyes they have ever seen.
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