Famous birth charts · Alan Menken
Alan Menken’s chart in full
Born July 22, 1949, New Rochelle, New York, United States. 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
What’s this?Close
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 Cancer
The Protector. Home, memory and care.
29°29′
Moon in Gemini
The Talker. Feeling by talking.
19°39′
Mercury in Cancer
The Remembering Mind. A memory for tone.
24°34′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
25°10′
Mars in Gemini
The Multitasker. Quick with the comeback.
29°37′
Show all ten planetsShow fewer
Jupiter in Capricornretrograde
The Steward. Faith earned, not given.
26°58′
Saturn in Virgo
The Perfectionist. Mastery by the hour.
4°31′
Uranus in Cancer
2°29′
Neptune in Libra
12°37′
Pluto in Leo
15°39′
Beyond the planets
What’s this?Close
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 Aries
The direction his life grows in: Aries, bold and direct.
20°29′
Chiron in Sagittarius
In Sagittarius, Chiron is a restless question about what it all means, and a gift for lending others a wider view.
2°59′
Black Moon Lilith in Aries
In Aries, Lilith is a temper and an independence that ask nobody’s permission.
10°48′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
Patterns
What’s this?Close
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.
Stellium
Three or more planets gathered in one sign or one house, so that part of the chart speaks loudest.
In his chart, his identity, his mind and his independence (the Sun, Mercury and Uranus) gather in Cancer, and that part of life draws his attention first.
Aspects by strength
What’s this?Close
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.
Venus quincunx Jupiter close at 1.8°
His taste and his appetite for more need adjusting: he keeps learning what is enough.
Saturn sextile Uranus close at 2.0°
Old and new sit well together: he can change things without throwing out what works.
Mercury opposition Jupiter close at 2.4°
Big ideas and loose details: he thinks on a large scale, and the small print is where things get away from him.
The Sun opposition Jupiter close at 2.5°
He reaches for more than one life can hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
Mars conjunction Uranus close at 2.9°
Electric: he acts on impulse, loves a risk and refuses to be told what to do.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 3.0°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Show more aspectsShow fewer
Mercury square North Node wide at 4.1°
Old ideas and the way forward are at odds, and he learns new ways of thinking to move on.
Venus sextile Mars wide at 4.5°
Charm and desire work together: he knows what he wants in love and how to win it.
Venus trine North Node wide at 4.7°
Love and friendship move him forward: the people he cares for help him find his way.
Pluto trine North Node wide at 4.8°
Deep change helps him forward: each time he starts over, he goes further.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 4.9°
His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
Jupiter square North Node wide at 6.5°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward go different ways, and real growth comes from the harder one.
Neptune opposition North Node wide at 7.9°
Dreams and the way forward clash, and growing means trading some illusions for clear sight.
Chart signature
What’s this?Close
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
You and Alan Menken
See where your chart meets Alan Menken’s, and the signs you share.