Famous birth charts · Billy Joel
Billy Joel’s chart in full
Born May 9, 1949, New York City, New York, 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 Taurus
The Gardener. Steady, sensual and sure.
18°41′
Moon in Libra
The Peacemaker. Needing harmony.
9°07′
Mercury in Gemini
The Quick Wit. The messenger at home.
10°02′
Venus in Taurus
The Keeper. Slow, sensual and loyal.
24°39′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
7°08′
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Jupiter in Aquarius
The Visionary. Faith in a better way.
1°59′
Saturn in Leo
The Reluctant Star. Earned confidence.
29°22′
Uranus in Gemini
28°16′
Neptune in Libraretrograde
12°54′
Pluto in Leo
14°11′
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 Aries
The direction his life grows in: Aries, bold and direct.
25°34′
Chiron in Sagittarius
In Sagittarius, Chiron is a restless question about what it all means, and a gift for lending others a wider view.
7°14′
Black Moon Lilith in Aries
In Aries, Lilith is a temper and an independence that ask nobody’s permission.
2°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 drive (the Sun, Venus and Mars) gather in Taurus, 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.
The Moon trine Mercury almost exact at 0.9°
Feeling and thought speak the same language: he can put a mood into words, and his words carry feeling.
Saturn sextile Uranus close at 1.1°
Old and new sit well together: he can change things without throwing out what works.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.3°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Jupiter quincunx Saturn close at 2.6°
When to expand and when to hold back takes constant rethinking.
Uranus sextile North Node close at 2.7°
Change helps him forward: he grows by trying the new.
Mercury trine Neptune close at 2.9°
He thinks in pictures and music: his words carry a mood, and his imagination gives his ideas colour.
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Saturn trine North Node wide at 3.8°
Discipline helps him grow: patience and hard work keep him on course.
Mercury sextile Pluto wide at 4.2°
A probing mind: he gets to the bottom of things, and his words have power when he chooses to use them.
The Sun square Pluto wide at 4.5°
Nothing about him is halfway: he insists on running his own life, and the struggle makes him formidable.
Venus square Saturn wide at 4.7°
Love feels like something to be earned, and he holds back until he is sure of it.
Mars square Jupiter wide at 5.2°
He takes on more than any one person can, and his boldness runs ahead of his plans.
The Sun conjunction Venus wide at 6.0°
Charm comes naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things are close to his core.
Jupiter square North Node wide at 6.4°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward go different ways, and real growth comes from the harder one.
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
No water at all, so feelings come out in actions more than in words.
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