Famous birth charts · Arvo Pärt
Arvo Pärt’s chart in full
Born September 11, 1935, Paide, Estonia. 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
17°44′
Moon in Aquarius
The Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces at 4:15 p.m. that day, local time: in Aquarius for a birth before then, in Pisces for one after.
27°19′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
11°30′
Venus in Virgoretrograde
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
12°54′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
26°34′
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Jupiter in Scorpio
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
18°37′
Saturn in Piscesretrograde
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
5°59′
Uranus in Taurusretrograde
5°08′
Neptune in Virgo
14°27′
Pluto in Cancer
26°56′
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 Capricorn
The direction his life grows in: Capricorn, ambitious and patient.
20°28′
Chiron in Gemini
In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.
16°14′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
16°36′
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 heart and his imagination (the Sun, Venus and Neptune) gather in Virgo, and that part of life draws 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.
Mars trine Pluto almost exact at 0.4°
Stamina and willpower: he keeps going long after others stop, and he does his best work under pressure.
The Moon square Mars almost exact at 0.7°
Quick feelings and a quick temper: he reacts first, and his courage comes from the same place as his flashes of anger.
Saturn sextile Uranus almost exact at 0.8°
Old and new sit well together: he can change things without throwing out what works.
The Sun sextile Jupiter almost exact at 0.9°
His confidence comes easily and spreads: he thinks big, and other people want to come along.
Venus conjunction Neptune close at 1.6°
Romance without limits: he falls for ideals as much as people, and his taste runs to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Jupiter sextile North Node close at 1.9°
Hope helps him grow: faith in what is possible keeps him moving forward.
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The Sun trine North Node close at 2.7°
The direction his life takes suits him: being himself and growing go hand in hand.
The Sun conjunction Neptune wide at 3.3°
He takes in moods, music and other people’s hopes, and gives them back as something new.
Jupiter sextile Neptune wide at 4.2°
Faith and imagination together: he believes in people and ideals, and that belief is catching.
The Sun conjunction Venus wide at 4.8°
Charm comes naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things are close to his core.
Neptune trine North Node wide at 6.0°
Imagination helps him forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
Pluto opposition North Node wide at 6.5°
Old attachments hold him back from the way forward, and he grows by letting some things go.
Venus opposition Saturn wide at 6.9°
Love feels like something to be earned, and he holds back until he is sure of 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
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
No fire at all, so the bold first move comes by choice rather than by instinct.
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