Famous birth charts · Brian Cox
Brian Cox’s chart in full
Born March 3, 1968, Oldham, United Kingdom. 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 Pisces
The Dreamer. Gentle, dreamy and deep.
12°57′
Moon in Taurus
The Moon moved from Aries into Taurus at 11:28 a.m. that day, local time: in Aries for a birth before then, in Taurus for one after.
0°16′
Mercury in Aquarius
The Inventor. The original thinker.
17°57′
Venus in Aquarius
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
15°05′
Mars in Aries
The Trailblazer. First through the door.
11°40′
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Jupiter in Leoretrograde
The Big Heart. A generous heart, on display.
29°19′
Saturn in Aries
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
11°21′
Uranus in Virgoretrograde
27°47′
Neptune in Scorpioretrograde
26°31′
Pluto in Virgoretrograde
21°46′
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.
19°05′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
28°18′
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus
In Taurus, Lilith is an appetite for pleasure that sees no need to apologise.
18°04′
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.
Mars conjunction Saturn almost exact at 0.3°
Controlled force: he works with patience and grit, and he finishes what he starts.
The Moon trine Jupiter almost exact at 0.9°
Good-hearted and generous: he feels looked after by life, and he passes that on.
Mercury sextile North Node close at 1.1°
His way with words helps him find his direction, and the right ideas come at the right time.
Uranus sextile Neptune close at 1.3°
Change and idealism go together: new ideas come wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Pluto quincunx North Node close at 2.7°
He keeps giving up a little control to keep growing.
Jupiter square Neptune close at 2.8°
His hopes run ahead of what is real, and he learns to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
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Mercury conjunction Venus close at 2.9°
Words with charm in them: he has an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people like listening to him.
Venus sextile Mars wide at 3.4°
Charm and desire work together: he knows what he wants in love and how to win it.
Venus sextile Saturn wide at 3.7°
Loyal in love: he chooses carefully, and what he builds with people lasts.
Venus sextile North Node wide at 4.0°
Love and friendship move him forward: the people he cares for help him find his way.
Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 4.8°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Uranus conjunction Pluto wide at 6.0°
Born into a time of upheaval: he wants radical change, and wants it at once.
Mars conjunction North Node wide at 7.4°
Driven towards his path: he goes after the life he wants with real force.
Saturn conjunction North Node wide at 7.7°
A serious path: growing asks for patience, and he gives it.
The Sun opposition Pluto wide at 8.8°
Nothing about him is halfway: he insists on running his own life, and the struggle makes 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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