Famous birth charts · bell hooks
bell hooks’ chart in full
Born September 25, 1952, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, 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 Libra
The Diplomat. Grace, fairness and balance.
2°33′
Moon in Sagittarius
The Free Spirit. Free, hopeful and restless.
18°02′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
3°28′
Venus in Libra
The Sweetheart. Grace, romance and balance.
27°31′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
18°32′
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Jupiter in Taurusretrograde
The Patient Grower. Abundance you can hold.
20°34′
Saturn in Libra
The Fair Judge. Fairness built in.
16°03′
Uranus in Cancer
18°10′
Neptune in Libra
20°44′
Pluto in Leo
22°27′
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 Aquarius
The direction her life grows in: Aquarius, independent and original.
20°39′
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.
6°46′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
20°06′
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 identity, her mind, her heart, her discipline and her imagination (the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Saturn and Neptune) gather in Libra, and that part of life drew her 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 her chart, her optimism (Jupiter in Taurus) and her independence (Uranus in Cancer) both point at her drive (Mars in Sagittarius), the part of her that kept needing adjustment and gave her 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.
Neptune trine North Node almost exact at 0.1°
Imagination helped her forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
Jupiter square North Node almost exact at 0.1°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward went different ways, and real growth came from the harder one.
Jupiter quincunx Neptune almost exact at 0.2°
Her ideals and her beliefs needed constant matching up, and she kept asking what she really believed.
Mars quincunx Uranus almost exact at 0.4°
Effort and restlessness kept catching each other off guard, and her plans changed at short notice.
The Moon conjunction Mars almost exact at 0.5°
Her feelings ran hot and fast, and she protected the people she loved fiercely.
The Sun conjunction Mercury almost exact at 0.9°
Her mind and her identity were close together: she spoke as she thought, and her ideas were part of who she was.
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Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.7°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Pluto opposition North Node close at 1.8°
Old attachments held her back from the way forward, and she grew by letting some things go.
Jupiter square Pluto close at 1.9°
She wanted more power than came easily, and the struggle for it shaped her life.
Mars quincunx Jupiter close at 2.0°
Drive and hope kept going in slightly different directions, and she aimed again and again.
Saturn square Uranus close at 2.1°
Tradition and rebellion fought in her: she wanted security and freedom, and could rarely have both at once.
Mars sextile North Node close at 2.1°
Courage moved her forward, and each bold step took her further along her path.
Mars sextile Neptune close at 2.2°
She worked for ideals: her drive came alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
Jupiter sextile Uranus close at 2.4°
Sudden openings: she spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
Mars sextile Saturn close at 2.5°
Her drive and her discipline worked together easily: she could push hard and keep going.
Uranus quincunx North Node close at 2.5°
Sudden changes kept shifting the way forward, and she adapted each time.
Uranus square Neptune close at 2.6°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and she lived with both.
Mars trine Pluto wide at 3.9°
Stamina and willpower: she kept going long after others stopped, and she did her best work under pressure.
Saturn trine North Node wide at 4.6°
Discipline helped her grow: patience and hard work kept her on course.
Saturn conjunction Neptune wide at 4.7°
She took dreams seriously and gave them structure, and her ideals had to prove themselves.
Venus conjunction Neptune wide at 6.8°
Romance without limits: she fell for ideals as much as people, and her taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
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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