Famous birth charts · Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff’s chart in full
Born November 23, 1887, Dulwich, 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 Sagittarius
The Explorer. Honest, free and far-seeing.
0°55′
Moon in Pisces
The Tide. Tender, and stronger than it looks.
12°37′
Mercury in Scorpioretrograde
The Investigator. Hears what was left out.
18°48′
Venus in Libra
The Sweetheart. Grace, romance and balance.
14°26′
Mars in Virgo
The Craftsperson. The craftsman’s drive.
23°05′
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Jupiter in Scorpio
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
19°33′
Saturn in Leoretrograde
The Reluctant Star. Earned confidence.
6°30′
Uranus in Libra
15°41′
Neptune in Taurusretrograde
28°36′
Pluto in Geminiretrograde
4°05′
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.
12°48′
Chiron in Cancer
In Cancer, Chiron is an early longing to belong somewhere, and a knack for making strangers feel at home.
1°02′
Black Moon Lilith in Aries
In Aries, Lilith is a temper and an independence that ask nobody’s permission.
21°44′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
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.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter almost exact at 0.7°
He loved ideas, the bigger the better, and he could talk anyone into hoping.
Venus conjunction Uranus close at 1.2°
Love at first sight, and freedom after it: the different and the new won his heart.
Venus sextile North Node close at 1.6°
Love and friendship moved him forward: the people he cared for helped him find his way.
The Sun opposition Neptune close at 2.3°
The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
Saturn sextile Pluto close at 2.4°
Endurance: he could work through hard times, and what he built survived pressure.
Uranus sextile North Node close at 2.9°
Change helped him forward: he grew by trying the new.
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The Sun opposition Pluto wide at 3.2°
Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
Mars sextile Jupiter wide at 3.5°
Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
Mercury sextile Mars wide at 4.3°
A quick, direct mind: he made decisions fast and said what he meant.
Neptune conjunction Pluto wide at 5.5°
Imagination and intensity in one place, a meeting that comes about once in five hundred years: a feel for how things end and begin again.
Mars trine Neptune wide at 5.5°
He worked for ideals: his drive came alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
The Sun trine Saturn wide at 5.6°
Purpose and patience worked as a team: he built slowly and got better with every year.
Mercury square North Node wide at 6.0°
Old ideas and the way forward were at odds, and he learned new ways of thinking to move on.
Saturn conjunction North Node wide at 6.3°
A serious path: growing asked for patience, and he gave it.
Jupiter square North Node wide at 6.7°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward went different ways, and real growth came 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
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