Famous birth charts · Alec Douglas-Home
Alec Douglas-Home’s chart in full
Born July 2, 1903, Mayfair, 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 Cancer
The Protector. Home, memory and care.
9°25′
Moon in Libra
The Peacemaker. Needing harmony.
17°04′
Mercury in Gemini
The Quick Wit. The messenger at home.
18°06′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
24°43′
Mars in Libra
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
11°35′
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Jupiter in Pisces
The Believer. Faith without limits.
23°05′
Saturn in Aquariusretrograde
The Reformer. The architect of the group.
7°56′
Uranus in Sagittariusretrograde
22°59′
Neptune in Cancer
3°39′
Pluto in Gemini
19°40′
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 Libra
The direction his life grows in: Libra, graceful and fair.
11°44′
Chiron in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Chiron is the feeling of having grown up too soon, and a gift for showing others how to stand on their own.
20°38′
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Lilith is an ambition that has stopped waiting its turn.
26°46′
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.
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 mind and his intensity (Mercury and Pluto, together in Gemini) and his independence (Uranus in Sagittarius) face each other across the wheel, and his optimism (Jupiter in Pisces) 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.
Jupiter square Uranus almost exact at 0.1°
Restless hope: he wanted more freedom than any situation gave, and big changes came suddenly.
Mars conjunction North Node almost exact at 0.1°
Driven towards his path: he went after the life he wanted with real force.
The Moon trine Mercury close at 1.0°
Feeling and thought spoke the same language: he could put a mood into words, and his words carried feeling.
The Sun quincunx Saturn close at 1.5°
The wish to shine and the wish to be careful needed steady adjusting: he moved forward a step, then checked it.
Mercury conjunction Pluto close at 1.6°
He thought like a detective: nothing was taken at face value, and he remembered everything.
Venus quincunx Jupiter close at 1.6°
His taste and his appetite for more needed adjusting: he kept learning what was enough.
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Venus trine Uranus close at 1.7°
He loved the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.
The Sun square Mars close at 2.2°
He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.
The Sun square North Node close at 2.3°
Being himself and growing asked for different things, and his biggest steps forward came when he stretched past his habits.
Uranus opposition Pluto wide at 3.3°
Upheaval and the urge to break free ran strong, and he pushed for change rather than waiting for it.
Jupiter square Pluto wide at 3.4°
He wanted more power than came easily, and the struggle for it shaped his life.
Mars trine Saturn wide at 3.6°
His drive and his discipline worked together easily: he could push hard and keep going.
Saturn trine North Node wide at 3.8°
Discipline helped him grow: patience and hard work kept him on course.
Mercury opposition Uranus wide at 4.9°
His mind ran ahead of the conversation: he said the unexpected thing, and not everyone was ready to hear it.
Mercury square Jupiter wide at 5.0°
Big ideas and loose details: he thought on a large scale, and the small print was where things got away from him.
The Sun conjunction Neptune wide at 5.8°
He took in moods, music and other people’s hopes, and gave them back as something new.
Mercury trine North Node wide at 6.4°
His way with words helped him find his direction, and the right ideas came at the right time.
Mercury trine Mars wide at 6.5°
A quick, direct mind: he made decisions fast and said what he meant.
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
No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.
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