Famous birth charts · Akira Toriyama
Akira Toriyama’s chart in full
Born April 5, 1955, Kiyosu, Japan. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
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.
14°34′
Moon in Virgo
The Mender. Care in the details.
19°39′
Mercury in Pisces
The Poet. Knowing without explaining.
27°18′
Venus in Pisces
The Tender Heart. Love without limits.
6°42′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
26°02′
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Jupiter in Cancer
The Generous Host. A home with room for more.
20°28′
Saturn in Scorpioretrograde
The Stalwart. Strength under pressure.
20°12′
Uranus in Cancer
23°36′
Neptune in Libraretrograde
27°13′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
24°32′
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 Sagittarius
The direction his life grows in: Sagittarius, free and far-ranging.
29°40′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
4°42′
Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius
In Sagittarius, Lilith is a free mind that keeps only the beliefs it chose.
2°51′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
Patterns
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When several aspects lock into one shape, such as a triangle or a cross, the planets in it act together, and the shape says how: easily, under strain, or with one planet as the focus.
Yod
Two planets in easy contact both point awkwardly at a third, which becomes the focus: a talent that takes constant adjusting.
In his chart, his mind (Mercury in Pisces) and his drive (Mars in Taurus) both point at his imagination (Neptune in Libra), the part of him that kept needing adjustment and gave his life its focus.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In his chart, his drive (Mars in Taurus) and his discipline (Saturn in Scorpio) face each other across the wheel, and his intensity (Pluto in Leo) took the strain: the part of him that worked hardest.
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.
Mercury quincunx Neptune almost exact at 0.1°
Meaning came to him before the words did, and clear speech followed the feeling.
Jupiter trine Saturn almost exact at 0.3°
Hope and caution in balance: he dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
The Moon sextile Saturn almost exact at 0.6°
Steady feelings: he kept calm under strain, and he loved in ways that lasted.
Mars quincunx Neptune close at 1.2°
His drive and his imagination spoke different languages: he went after something before he could say what it was.
Mercury sextile Mars close at 1.3°
A quick, direct mind: he made decisions fast and said what he meant.
Mars square Pluto close at 1.5°
A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.
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Mercury square North Node close at 2.4°
Old ideas and the way forward were at odds, and he learned new ways of thinking to move on.
Mars sextile Uranus close at 2.4°
Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Neptune sextile North Node close at 2.4°
Imagination helped him forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 2.7°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Jupiter conjunction Uranus wide at 3.1°
An inventive optimism: he believed in the new, and he took leaps others would not.
Saturn trine Uranus wide at 3.4°
Old and new sat well together: he could change things without throwing out what worked.
Uranus square Neptune wide at 3.6°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and he lived with both.
Mercury trine Uranus wide at 3.7°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Saturn square Pluto wide at 4.3°
Heavy demands and hard limits: he faced a great deal of pressure and came out tougher for it.
Pluto trine North Node wide at 5.1°
Deep change helped him forward: each time he started over, he went further.
Mars opposition Saturn wide at 5.8°
Drive with the brakes on: he wanted to move, something held him back, and the friction made him tough.
The Sun square Jupiter wide at 5.9°
He reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
Jupiter square Neptune wide at 6.8°
His hopes ran ahead of what was real, and he learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
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
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