Famous birth charts · Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley’s chart in full
Born July 26, 1894, Godalming, United Kingdom. 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 Leo
The Bright One. Warm, proud and generous.
3°26′
Moon in Taurus
The Hearth. Calm, sensual and steady.
11°07′
Mercury in Cancerretrograde
The Remembering Mind. A memory for tone.
24°46′
Venus in Cancer
The Nurturer. Love that makes a home.
1°26′
Mars in Aries
The Trailblazer. First through the door.
19°31′
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Jupiter in Gemini
The Curious Learner. Faith in the next question.
25°28′
Saturn in Libra
The Fair Judge. Fairness built in.
19°25′
Uranus in Scorpio
11°16′
Neptune in Gemini
15°02′
Pluto in Gemini
11°24′
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 Aries
The direction his life grows in: Aries, bold and direct.
3°02′
Chiron in Virgo
In Virgo, Chiron is the sense that no effort is ever quite enough, and a gift for patient, practical help.
19°28′
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Lilith is an ambition that has stopped waiting its turn.
23°22′
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 optimism, his imagination and his intensity (Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto) gather in Gemini, and that part of life drew his attention first.
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 Aries) and his discipline (Saturn in Libra) face each other across the wheel, and his mind (Mercury in Cancer) 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.
Mars opposition Saturn almost exact at 0.1°
Drive with the brakes on: he wanted to move, something held him back, and the friction made him tough.
Uranus quincunx Pluto almost exact at 0.1°
Freedom and control needed constant adjusting, and he changed in stages rather than all at once.
The Moon opposition Uranus almost exact at 0.2°
His moods changed without warning, and he wanted closeness and room to breathe at the same time.
The Sun trine North Node almost exact at 0.4°
The direction his life took suited him: being himself and growing went hand in hand.
Venus square North Node close at 1.6°
What felt comfortable in love and what helped him grow were different things, and he chose between them more than once.
Neptune conjunction Pluto wide at 3.6°
Imagination and intensity in one place, a meeting that comes about once in five hundred years: a feel for how things end and begin again.
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Saturn trine Neptune wide at 4.4°
Practical dreams: he gave ideals a shape and worked to make them real.
Mars sextile Neptune wide at 4.5°
He worked for ideals: his drive came alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
Mercury square Mars wide at 5.2°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argued well, sometimes too well, and a debate was a kind of sport to him.
Mercury square Saturn wide at 5.3°
He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.
Venus conjunction Jupiter wide at 6.0°
A generous heart: love and good company came to him easily, and he shared both.
Jupiter trine Saturn wide at 6.0°
Hope and caution in balance: he dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
The Sun square Uranus wide at 7.8°
He needed room to be himself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 8.7°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
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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