Famous birth charts · Bob Marley
Bob Marley’s chart in full
Born February 6, 1945, Nine Mile, Jamaica. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
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 Aquarius
The Free Thinker. Original, free and humane.
17°34′
Moon in Sagittarius
The Moon moved from Scorpio into Sagittarius at 7:58 a.m. that day, local time: in Scorpio for a birth before then, in Sagittarius for one after.
2°05′
Mercury in Aquarius
The Inventor. The original thinker.
2°02′
Venus in Aries
The Chaser. Love at first sight.
4°23′
Mars in Capricorn
The Achiever. The disciplined climb.
24°05′
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Jupiter in Virgoretrograde
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
26°28′
Saturn in Cancerretrograde
The Guardian. The keeper of the home.
4°31′
Uranus in Geminiretrograde
9°08′
Neptune in Libraretrograde
6°11′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
8°55′
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 Cancer
The direction his life grows in: Cancer, protective and caring.
18°03′
Chiron in Libra
In Libra, Chiron is a soft spot around being chosen and kept, and a gift for making others feel met as equals.
3°00′
Black Moon Lilith in Libra
In Libra, Lilith is the one who stops keeping the peace at any price.
9°29′
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.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In his chart, his heart (Venus in Aries) and his imagination (Neptune in Libra) face each other across the wheel, and his discipline (Saturn in Cancer) took the strain: the part of him that worked hardest.
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 sextile Mercury almost exact at 0.1°
Feeling and thought spoke the same language: he could put a mood into words, and his words carried feeling.
Venus square Saturn almost exact at 0.1°
Love felt like something to be earned, and he held back until he was sure of it.
Uranus sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.2°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
The Sun quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.5°
The way forward asked him to bend habits that felt like part of who he was.
Saturn square Neptune close at 1.7°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.
Venus opposition Neptune close at 1.8°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
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The Moon trine Venus close at 2.3°
He put people at ease without trying: kindness and charm came from the same place.
Mercury sextile Venus close at 2.3°
A graceful mind: he spoke kindly and well, and he knew how to say a hard thing gently.
Mars trine Jupiter close at 2.4°
Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 2.7°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Uranus trine Neptune close at 3.0°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Mercury trine Neptune wide at 4.2°
He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.
Venus trine Pluto wide at 4.5°
He loved with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he formed changed both people.
Mercury trine Jupiter wide at 5.6°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
Mars opposition North Node wide at 6.0°
Old fights and the way forward disagreed, and he grew by choosing which battles mattered.
Mercury opposition Pluto wide at 6.9°
His words had force: he spoke to persuade, and he kept his own counsel until the right moment.
The Sun trine Uranus wide at 8.4°
Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
The Sun opposition Pluto wide at 8.7°
Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
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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