Famous birth charts · Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa’s chart in full
Born March 23, 1910, Ōi, Japan. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
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The chart, fact by fact
Planets
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The ten bodies astrology reads: the Sun, the Moon and eight planets. The planet says which part of a person it speaks for, the sign says how that part behaves, and the house says where in life it shows.
Sun in Aries
The Pioneer. First in, first to try.
1°37′
Moon in Virgo
The Moon moved from Leo into Virgo at 9:57 a.m. that day, local time: in Leo for a birth before then, in Virgo for one after.
1°04′
Mercury in Pisces
The Poet. Knowing without explaining.
18°38′
Venus in Aquarius
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
20°45′
Mars in Gemini
The Multitasker. Quick with the comeback.
5°25′
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Jupiter in Libraretrograde
The Connector. Faith in fairness.
10°42′
Saturn in Aries
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
23°07′
Uranus in Capricorn
24°37′
Neptune in Cancerretrograde
16°33′
Pluto in Gemini
24°53′
Beyond the planets
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Points read beside the planets. The rising sign, or Ascendant, is the sign coming up over the eastern horizon at the minute of birth: the first impression. The Midheaven is the highest point of the sky: career and public life. The North Node is where the Moon’s path crosses the Sun’s: the direction a life grows in. Chiron, a small body between Saturn and Uranus, is a lifelong sore spot and the gift it leaves for others. Black Moon Lilith, where the Moon’s orbit swings farthest from Earth, is what a person keeps untamed.
North Node in Gemini
The direction his life grows in: Gemini, curious and quick-witted.
0°06′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
0°10′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
0°22′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
Aspects by strength
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An aspect is a set angle between two bodies in the sky at birth. Some angles flow, some rub, and some fuse two bodies into one. The number is how far the angle is from exact: the smaller it is, the stronger the link.
Only the aspects that held from the first minute of the day to the last are shown; each figure is for noon.
Uranus quincunx Pluto almost exact at 0.3°
Freedom and control needed constant adjusting, and he changed in stages rather than all at once.
The Moon square North Node close at 1.0°
Home comforts and the way forward asked for different things, and growing meant leaving some familiar things behind.
The Sun sextile North Node close at 1.5°
The direction his life took suited him: being himself and growing went hand in hand.
Saturn square Uranus close at 1.5°
Tradition and rebellion fought in him: he wanted security and freedom, and could rarely have both at once.
Saturn sextile Pluto close at 1.8°
Endurance: he could work through hard times, and what he built survived pressure.
Mercury trine Neptune close at 2.1°
He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.
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Venus sextile Saturn close at 2.4°
Loyal in love: he chose carefully, and what he built with people lasted.
The Sun sextile Mars wide at 3.8°
His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
Venus trine Pluto wide at 4.1°
He loved with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he formed changed both people.
Mars trine Jupiter wide at 5.3°
Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
Mars conjunction North Node wide at 5.3°
Driven towards his path: he went after the life he wanted with real force.
Uranus trine North Node wide at 5.5°
Change helped him forward: he grew by trying the new.
Jupiter square Neptune wide at 5.8°
His hopes ran ahead of what was real, and he learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
Saturn square Neptune wide at 6.6°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.
The Sun square Pluto wide at 6.7°
Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
The Sun opposition Jupiter wide at 9.1°
He reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
Chart signature
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The chart’s balance at a glance: which of the four elements and three modes it leans on, which body is most connected, and any body standing alone.
Elements
Modes
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
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