Famous birth charts · Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard’s chart in full
Born November 18, 1923, Derry, New Hampshire, 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
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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 Scorpio
The Detective. Intense, private and loyal.
25°20′
Moon in Aries
The Moon moved from Pisces into Aries at 6:26 a.m. that day, local time: in Pisces for a birth before then, in Aries for one after.
2°48′
Mercury in Scorpio
The Investigator. Hears what was left out.
26°53′
Venus in Sagittarius
The Adventurer. Love as an adventure.
13°06′
Mars in Libra
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
20°09′
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Jupiter in Scorpio
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
28°40′
Saturn in Libra
The Fair Judge. Fairness built in.
26°53′
Uranus in Piscesretrograde
13°39′
Neptune in Leo
20°23′
Pluto in Cancerretrograde
12°08′
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 Virgo
The direction his life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
8°26′
Chiron in Aries
In Aries, Chiron is a doubt about the right to go first, and with it a talent for giving others their nerve.
17°14′
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus
In Taurus, Lilith is an appetite for pleasure that sees no need to apologise.
15°56′
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.
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 optimism (the Sun, Mercury and Jupiter) gather in Scorpio, and that part of life drew his attention first.
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.
Mars sextile Neptune almost exact at 0.2°
He worked for ideals: his drive came alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
Venus square Uranus almost exact at 0.6°
Love came in sudden starts and stops: he fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
Venus quincunx Pluto almost exact at 0.9°
Affection and the need for control kept getting in each other’s way, and trust took him time.
Uranus trine Pluto close at 1.5°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
The Sun conjunction Mercury close at 1.6°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter close at 1.8°
He loved ideas, the bigger the better, and he could talk anyone into hoping.
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The Sun conjunction Jupiter wide at 3.3°
Optimism at the centre of him: he expected things to go well, and that confidence won people over.
Pluto sextile North Node wide at 3.7°
Deep change helped him forward: each time he started over, he went further.
Venus square North Node wide at 4.7°
What felt comfortable in love and what helped him grow were different things, and he chose between them more than once.
The Sun square Neptune wide at 5.0°
The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
Uranus opposition North Node wide at 5.2°
The way forward asked for steadiness, and the urge for change kept breaking in.
Mars conjunction Saturn wide at 6.7°
Controlled force: he worked with patience and grit, and he finished what he started.
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.
No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.
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