Famous birth charts · Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy’s chart in full
Born July 30, 1936, Lettsworth, Louisiana, United States. 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 Leo
The Bright One. Warm, proud and generous.
7°19′
Moon in Sagittarius
The Moon moved from Sagittarius into Capricorn at 10:24 p.m. that day, local time: in Sagittarius for a birth before then, in Capricorn for one after.
24°26′
Mercury in Leo
The Storyteller. A voice that carries.
14°32′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
15°58′
Mars in Cancer
The Defender. Fierce for its own.
23°03′
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Jupiter in Sagittariusretrograde
The Globetrotter. The horizon is the point.
14°48′
Saturn in Piscesretrograde
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
21°56′
Uranus in Taurus
9°30′
Neptune in Virgo
15°05′
Pluto in Cancer
27°15′
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 Capricorn
The direction his life grows in: Capricorn, ambitious and patient.
3°10′
Chiron in Gemini
In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.
21°07′
Black Moon Lilith in Libra
In Libra, Lilith is the one who stops keeping the peace at any price.
22°48′
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 and his heart (the Sun, Mercury and Venus) gather in Leo, 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.
Mercury trine Jupiter almost exact at 0.3°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learns easily, tells a good story and sees the big picture.
Jupiter square Neptune almost exact at 0.3°
His hopes run ahead of what is real, and he learns to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
Mars trine Saturn close at 1.1°
His drive and his discipline work together easily: he can push hard and keep going.
Venus trine Jupiter close at 1.2°
Affection comes to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism help each other.
Mercury conjunction Venus close at 1.4°
Words with charm in them: he has an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people like listening to him.
The Sun square Uranus close at 2.2°
He needs room to be himself, and any rule that fits too tightly gets broken.
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The Moon square Saturn close at 2.5°
Feelings come second to duty: he holds himself to a high standard, even in private.
The Sun quincunx North Node wide at 4.1°
The way forward asks him to bend habits that feel like part of who he is.
Mars conjunction Pluto wide at 4.2°
Concentrated force: when he wants something, he goes after it with everything.
Mercury square Uranus wide at 5.0°
His mind runs ahead of the conversation: he says the unexpected thing, and not everyone is ready to hear it.
Saturn trine Pluto wide at 5.3°
Endurance: he can work through hard times, and what he builds survives pressure.
Uranus trine Neptune wide at 5.6°
Change and idealism go together: new ideas come wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Uranus trine North Node wide at 6.3°
Change helps him forward: he grows by trying the new.
Saturn opposition Neptune wide at 6.8°
The dream and the hard work seldom agree on terms: his discipline and his imagination ask different things of him.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 7.2°
His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
The Sun trine Jupiter wide at 7.5°
His confidence comes easily and spreads: he thinks big, and other people want to come along.
The Sun conjunction Venus wide at 8.7°
Charm comes naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things are close to his core.
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.
No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through takes deliberate effort.
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