Famous birth charts · Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy’s chart in full
Born November 24, 1961, Shillong, India. 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 Sagittarius
The Explorer. Honest, free and far-seeing.
1°45′
Moon in Gemini
The Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer at 9:51 p.m. that day, local time: in Gemini for a birth before then, in Cancer for one after.
24°42′
Mercury in Scorpio
The Investigator. Hears what was left out.
19°32′
Venus in Scorpio
The Devotee. All or nothing.
16°20′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
7°28′
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Jupiter in Aquarius
The Visionary. Faith in a better way.
2°58′
Saturn in Capricorn
The Master Builder. Built to last.
25°50′
Uranus in Virgo
0°29′
Neptune in Scorpio
11°48′
Pluto in Virgo
10°03′
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 Leo
The direction her life grows in: Leo, warm and dramatic.
21°26′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
1°58′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
2°53′
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 her chart, her mind, her heart and her imagination (Mercury, Venus and Neptune) gather in Scorpio, and that part of life draws her 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.
The Sun sextile Jupiter close at 1.2°
Her confidence comes easily and spreads: she thinks big, and other people want to come along.
The Sun square Uranus close at 1.3°
She needs room to be herself, and any rule that fits too tightly gets broken.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.8°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mercury square North Node close at 1.9°
Old ideas and the way forward are at odds, and she learns new ways of thinking to move on.
Jupiter quincunx Uranus close at 2.5°
Her hopes and her restlessness keep changing places, and she redraws her plans more than once.
Mars square Pluto close at 2.6°
A fierce will: she meets opposition head on, and a fight brings out her full strength.
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Mercury conjunction Venus wide at 3.2°
Words with charm in them: she has an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people like listening to her.
Mars sextile Jupiter wide at 4.5°
Big drive and big confidence: she goes after large goals, and her enthusiasm carries others along.
Venus conjunction Neptune wide at 4.5°
Romance without limits: she falls for ideals as much as people, and her taste runs to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Venus square North Node wide at 5.1°
What feels comfortable in love and what helps her grow are different things, and she chooses between them more than once.
The Sun conjunction Mars wide at 5.7°
Purpose and drive in one place: she is quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
The Sun sextile Saturn wide at 5.9°
Purpose and patience work as a team: she builds slowly and gets better with every year.
Jupiter conjunction Saturn wide at 7.1°
Optimism with a plan: her hopes are practical, and she builds them slowly into something real.
The Sun square Pluto wide at 8.3°
Nothing about her is halfway: she insists on running her own life, and the struggle makes her formidable.
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
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
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