Famous birth charts · Alex Trebek
Alex Trebek’s chart in full
Born July 22, 1940, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. 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 Sun moved from Cancer into Leo at 8:35 p.m. that day, local time: in Cancer for a birth before then, in Leo for one after.
29°40′
Moon in Pisces
The Tide. Tender, and stronger than it looks.
7°06′
Mercury in Cancerretrograde
The Remembering Mind. A memory for tone.
28°53′
Venus in Gemini
The Charmer. Love through conversation.
27°06′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
12°13′
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Jupiter in Taurus
The Patient Grower. Abundance you can hold.
12°41′
Saturn in Taurus
The Slow Builder. Security built by hand.
13°41′
Uranus in Taurus
25°29′
Neptune in Virgo
23°21′
Pluto in Leo
2°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 Libra
The direction his life grows in: Libra, graceful and fair.
13°47′
Chiron in Cancer
In Cancer, Chiron is an early longing to belong somewhere, and a knack for making strangers feel at home.
23°23′
Black Moon Lilith in Aries
In Aries, Lilith is a temper and an independence that ask nobody’s permission.
4°37′
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 discipline and his independence (Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus) gather in Taurus, 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.
Saturn quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.1°
Responsibility and growth needed steady balancing, and he learned which duties to keep.
Mars square Jupiter almost exact at 0.5°
He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
The Sun conjunction Mercury almost exact at 0.8°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
Jupiter conjunction Saturn close at 1.0°
Optimism with a plan: his hopes were practical, and he built them slowly into something real.
Jupiter quincunx North Node close at 1.1°
Some hopes had to be let go to fit the way forward, and he chose which ones.
Mars square Saturn close at 1.5°
Drive with the brakes on: he wanted to move, something held him back, and the friction made him tough.
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Mars sextile North Node close at 1.6°
Courage moved him forward, and each bold step took him further along his path.
Uranus trine Neptune close at 2.1°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
The Sun conjunction Pluto close at 2.7°
Intensity at the centre: he wanted the whole truth about everything, himself first, and he remade himself more than once to reach it.
Mercury sextile Uranus wide at 3.4°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Mercury conjunction Pluto wide at 3.5°
He thought like a detective: nothing was taken at face value, and he remembered everything.
Venus square Neptune wide at 3.8°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
The Sun sextile Uranus wide at 4.2°
Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
The Sun sextile Neptune wide at 6.3°
Imagination and identity worked together: he could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
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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