Famous birth charts · Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley’s chart in full
Born December 31, 1943, Snainton, United Kingdom. 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 Capricorn
The Architect. Ambitious, patient and dry.
8°54′
Moon in Pisces
The Tide. Tender, and stronger than it looks.
7°41′
Mercury in Capricornretrograde
The Planner. Foundations first.
24°48′
Venus in Scorpio
The Devotee. All or nothing.
26°45′
Mars in Geminiretrograde
The Multitasker. Quick with the comeback.
5°29′
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Jupiter in Leoretrograde
The Big Heart. A generous heart, on display.
26°34′
Saturn in Geminiretrograde
The Serious Student. A serious mind.
21°54′
Uranus in Geminiretrograde
5°35′
Neptune in Libra
4°14′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
8°13′
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 his life grows in: Leo, warm and dramatic.
7°01′
Chiron in Virgo
In Virgo, Chiron is the sense that no effort is ever quite enough, and a gift for patient, practical help.
15°49′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
24°31′
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 drive, his discipline and his independence (Mars, Saturn and Uranus) gather in Gemini, and that part of life draws 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 drive (Mars in Gemini) and his intensity (Pluto in Leo) both point at his identity (the Sun in Capricorn), the part of him that keeps needing adjustment and gives his life its focus.
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 optimism (Jupiter in Leo) and his discipline (Saturn in Gemini) both point at his mind (Mercury in Capricorn), the part of him that keeps needing adjustment and gives 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.
Mars conjunction Uranus almost exact at 0.1°
Electric: he acts on impulse, loves a risk and refuses to be told what to do.
Venus square Jupiter almost exact at 0.2°
He loves too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures run past what one life can use.
The Sun quincunx Pluto almost exact at 0.7°
He keeps rebuilding himself to fit what life asks, and control is the hardest thing to give up.
Pluto conjunction North Node close at 1.2°
A path of transformation: his direction in life asks him to change himself completely, more than once.
Mars trine Neptune close at 1.2°
He works for ideals: his drive comes alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
Uranus trine Neptune close at 1.4°
Change and idealism go together: new ideas come wrapped in dreams of a better world.
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Uranus sextile North Node close at 1.4°
Change helps him forward: he grows by trying the new.
Mars sextile North Node close at 1.5°
Courage moves him forward, and each bold step takes him further along his path.
Mercury quincunx Jupiter close at 1.8°
The facts and the bigger picture need constant reconciling, and he keeps checking one against the other.
The Sun quincunx North Node close at 1.9°
The way forward asks him to bend habits that feel like part of who he is.
Mercury sextile Venus close at 1.9°
A graceful mind: he speaks kindly and well, and he knows how to say a hard thing gently.
Uranus sextile Pluto close at 2.6°
He can help change things at the root, and upheaval suits him.
Mars sextile Pluto close at 2.7°
Stamina and willpower: he keeps going long after others stop, and he does his best work under pressure.
Neptune sextile North Node close at 2.8°
Imagination helps him forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
Mercury quincunx Saturn close at 2.9°
Speaking freely and speaking carefully take constant balancing, and he weighs words before letting them go.
The Sun quincunx Uranus wide at 3.3°
His restlessness keeps testing his plans, so he changes course more than once to stay true to himself.
The Sun quincunx Mars wide at 3.4°
Aim and action run at different speeds, and he spends real effort keeping them in step.
Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 4.0°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
The Sun square Neptune wide at 4.7°
The self he knows and the image others see drift apart at times, and he works to keep hold of the real one.
Jupiter sextile Saturn wide at 4.7°
Hope and caution in balance: he dreams big and plans carefully, and both help.
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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