Famous birth charts · Arthur Rimbaud
Arthur Rimbaud’s chart in full
Born October 20, 1854, Charleville, France. 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 Libra
The Diplomat. Grace, fairness and balance.
26°47′
Moon in Libra
The Peacemaker. Needing harmony.
9°31′
Mercury in Scorpio
The Investigator. Hears what was left out.
19°04′
Venus in Libra
The Sweetheart. Grace, romance and balance.
13°24′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
6°59′
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Jupiter in Capricorn
The Steward. Faith earned, not given.
19°46′
Saturn in Geminiretrograde
The Serious Student. A serious mind.
15°26′
Uranus in Taurusretrograde
15°23′
Neptune in Piscesretrograde
13°30′
Pluto in Taurusretrograde
2°51′
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 Taurus
The direction his life grows in: Taurus, steady and sensual.
22°20′
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.
16°19′
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer
In Cancer, Lilith is a fierce need to belong, and no wish to look after anyone on command.
25°10′
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 feelings and his heart (the Sun, the Moon and Venus) gather in Libra, and that part of life drew his attention first.
Yod
Two planets in easy contact both point awkwardly at a third, which becomes the focus: a talent that takes constant adjusting.
In his chart, his independence (Uranus in Taurus) and his imagination (Neptune in Pisces) both point at his heart (Venus in Libra), the part of him that kept needing adjustment and gave his life its focus.
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.
Venus quincunx Neptune almost exact at 0.1°
What he wanted from love and what love gave him kept needing adjustment, and he learned to see people as they were.
Mercury sextile Jupiter almost exact at 0.7°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
Uranus sextile Neptune close at 1.9°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Saturn square Neptune close at 1.9°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.
Venus quincunx Uranus close at 2.0°
Affection and independence needed constant trading off, and he kept renegotiating the terms of his relationships.
Venus trine Saturn close at 2.0°
Loyal in love: he chose carefully, and what he built with people lasted.
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Jupiter trine North Node close at 2.6°
Hope helped him grow: faith in what was possible kept him moving forward.
Mercury opposition North Node wide at 3.3°
Old ideas and the way forward were at odds, and he learned new ways of thinking to move on.
Mercury opposition Uranus wide at 3.7°
His mind ran ahead of the conversation: he said the unexpected thing, and not everyone was ready to hear it.
The Moon conjunction Venus wide at 3.9°
Tenderness through and through: he needed beauty and affection the way others needed air.
Jupiter trine Uranus wide at 4.4°
Sudden openings: he spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
The Sun quincunx North Node wide at 4.4°
The way forward asked him to bend habits that felt like part of who he was.
Mercury trine Neptune wide at 5.6°
He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.
The Sun opposition Pluto wide at 6.1°
Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
Venus square Jupiter wide at 6.4°
He loved too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures ran past what one life could use.
Mars square Neptune wide at 6.5°
Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Uranus conjunction North Node wide at 7.0°
An unusual path: his direction in life came through sudden turns and fresh starts.
The Sun square Jupiter wide at 7.0°
He reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
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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