Famous birth charts · Berry Gordy
Berry Gordy’s chart in full
Born November 28, 1929, Detroit, Michigan, 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 Sagittarius
The Explorer. Honest, free and far-seeing.
6°00′
Moon in Scorpio
The Vault. Deep water, kept private.
7°35′
Mercury in Sagittarius
The Philosopher. The big picture.
6°38′
Venus in Scorpio
The Devotee. All or nothing.
19°13′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
7°19′
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Jupiter in Geminiretrograde
The Curious Learner. Faith in the next question.
12°02′
Saturn in Sagittarius
The Wise Teacher. Belief that has been tested.
29°50′
Uranus in Ariesretrograde
7°36′
Neptune in Virgo
3°34′
Pluto in Cancerretrograde
19°20′
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 Taurus
The direction his life grows in: Taurus, steady and sensual.
12°09′
Chiron in Taurus
In Taurus, Chiron is a tender place around worth and having enough, and a gift for helping others feel secure.
10°52′
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Lilith is an ambition that has stopped waiting its turn.
21°15′
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, his drive and his discipline (the Sun, Mercury, Mars and Saturn) gather in Sagittarius, 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.
Venus trine Pluto almost exact at 0.1°
He loves with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he forms change both people.
Mars trine Uranus almost exact at 0.3°
Quick and inventive in action: he moves fast, breaks with habit and makes sudden changes work.
The Sun conjunction Mercury almost exact at 0.6°
His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
Mercury conjunction Mars almost exact at 0.7°
He thinks fast and speaks faster: his mind likes a contest, and his words have an edge.
Mercury trine Uranus close at 1.0°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrive in flashes, and he sees answers others miss.
The Sun conjunction Mars close at 1.3°
Purpose and drive in one place: he is quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
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The Sun trine Uranus close at 1.6°
Independence comes easily: he does things his own way, and people find it refreshing rather than rude.
The Sun square Neptune close at 2.4°
The self he knows and the image others see drift apart at times, and he works to keep hold of the real one.
Mercury square Neptune wide at 3.1°
Facts and dreams blur together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details matter.
Saturn trine Neptune wide at 3.7°
Practical dreams: he gives ideals a shape and works to make them real.
Mars square Neptune wide at 3.7°
Drive and dreams mix uneasily: the goal is clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Jupiter sextile Uranus wide at 4.4°
Sudden openings: he spots new chances early and jumps at them.
Mars opposition Jupiter wide at 4.7°
He takes on more than any one person can, and his boldness runs ahead of his plans.
Mercury opposition Jupiter wide at 5.4°
Big ideas and loose details: he thinks on a large scale, and the small print is where things get away from him.
The Sun opposition Jupiter wide at 6.0°
He reaches for more than one life can hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
Venus opposition North Node wide at 7.1°
What feels comfortable in love and what helps him grow are different things, and he chooses between them more than once.
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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