Famous birth charts · Ben McKenzie
Ben McKenzie’s chart in full
Born September 12, 1978, Austin, Texas, 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
19°35′
Moon in Capricorn
The Moon moved from Capricorn into Aquarius at 10:09 p.m. that day, local time: in Capricorn for a birth before then, in Aquarius for one after.
23°50′
Mercury in Virgo
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
4°34′
Venus in Scorpio
The Devotee. All or nothing.
4°47′
Mars in Libra
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
25°13′
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Jupiter in Leo
The Big Heart. A generous heart, on display.
1°22′
Saturn in Virgo
The Perfectionist. Mastery by the hour.
6°00′
Uranus in Scorpio
13°30′
Neptune in Sagittarius
15°37′
Pluto in Libra
15°32′
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 Virgo
The direction his life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
26°46′
Chiron in Taurus
In Taurus, Chiron is a tender place around worth and having enough, and a gift for helping others feel secure.
9°22′
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer
In Cancer, Lilith is a fierce need to belong, and no wish to look after anyone on command.
26°39′
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 mind and his discipline (the Sun, Mercury and Saturn) 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.
Neptune sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.1°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mercury sextile Venus almost exact at 0.2°
A graceful mind: he speaks kindly and well, and he knows how to say a hard thing gently.
Venus sextile Saturn close at 1.2°
Loyal in love: he chooses carefully, and what he builds with people lasts.
The Moon square Mars close at 1.4°
Quick feelings and a quick temper: he reacts first, and his courage comes from the same place as his flashes of anger.
Mercury conjunction Saturn close at 1.4°
Serious thoughts: he says less than he knows, and what he says holds up.
Venus square Jupiter wide at 3.4°
He loves too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures run past what one life can use.
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The Sun square Neptune wide at 4.0°
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 North Node wide at 4.6°
Hope helps him grow: faith in what is possible keeps him moving forward.
The Sun sextile Uranus wide at 6.1°
Independence comes easily: he does things his own way, and people find it refreshing rather than rude.
Mars square Jupiter wide at 6.2°
He takes on more than any one person can, and his boldness runs ahead of his plans.
The Sun conjunction North Node wide at 7.2°
His identity and his direction in life line up: the more fully he becomes himself, the further he goes.
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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