Famous birth charts · Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin’s chart in full
Born March 25, 1942, Memphis, Tennessee, United States. 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 Aries
The Pioneer. First in, first to try.
4°25′
Moon in Cancer
The Nest-Maker. Home is the heart.
12°12′
Mercury in Pisces
The Poet. Knowing without explaining.
12°26′
Venus in Aquarius
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
19°47′
Mars in Gemini
The Multitasker. Quick with the comeback.
10°55′
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Jupiter in Gemini
The Curious Learner. Faith in the next question.
15°01′
Saturn in Taurus
The Slow Builder. Security built by hand.
24°54′
Uranus in Taurus
27°24′
Neptune in Virgoretrograde
28°21′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
3°34′
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 her life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
13°13′
Chiron in Leo
In Leo, Chiron is a quiet doubt about deserving the light, and a gift for helping others shine without apology.
8°24′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
12°39′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
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.
The Moon trine Mercury almost exact at 0.2°
Feeling and thought spoke the same language: she could put a mood into words, and her words carried feeling.
Mercury opposition North Node almost exact at 0.8°
Old ideas and the way forward were at odds, and she learned new ways of thinking to move on.
The Sun trine Pluto almost exact at 0.8°
A quiet strength: under pressure she grew more focused, and she knew how to start over.
Uranus trine Neptune almost exact at 0.9°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Mercury square Mars close at 1.5°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: she argued well, sometimes too well, and a debate was a kind of sport to her.
Jupiter square North Node close at 1.8°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward went different ways, and real growth came from the harder one.
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Mars square North Node close at 2.3°
Old fights and the way forward disagreed, and she grew by choosing which battles mattered.
Saturn conjunction Uranus close at 2.5°
Disciplined originality: she built new things on solid foundations.
Mercury square Jupiter close at 2.6°
Big ideas and loose details: she thought on a large scale, and the small print was where things got away from her.
Saturn trine Neptune wide at 3.5°
Practical dreams: she gave ideals a shape and worked to make them real.
Mars conjunction Jupiter wide at 4.1°
Enthusiasm at full speed: she charged at life with confidence, and setbacks slowed her only briefly.
Venus trine Jupiter wide at 4.8°
Affection came to her with generosity attached: her heart and her optimism helped each other.
Venus square Saturn wide at 5.1°
Love felt like something to be earned, and she held back until she was sure of it.
The Sun opposition Neptune wide at 6.1°
The self she knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and she worked to keep hold of the real one.
The Sun sextile Mars wide at 6.5°
Her purpose and her drive worked together: once she decided on something, she moved on it fast.
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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