Famous birth charts · Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly’s chart in full
Born September 7, 1936, Lubbock, Texas, 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
14°52′
Moon in Gemini
The Talker. Feeling by talking.
9°23′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
11°37′
Venus in Libra
The Sweetheart. Grace, romance and balance.
4°03′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
18°06′
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Jupiter in Sagittarius
The Globetrotter. The horizon is the point.
15°42′
Saturn in Piscesretrograde
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
19°27′
Uranus in Taurusretrograde
9°22′
Neptune in Virgo
16°27′
Pluto in Cancer
28°12′
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.
0°26′
Chiron in Gemini
In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.
23°01′
Black Moon Lilith in Libra
In Libra, Lilith is the one who stops keeping the peace at any price.
27°09′
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 identity and his imagination (the Sun and Neptune, together in Virgo) and his discipline (Saturn in Pisces) face each other across the wheel, and his optimism (Jupiter in Sagittarius) 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.
Jupiter square Neptune almost exact at 0.8°
His hopes ran ahead of what was real, and he learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
The Sun square Jupiter almost exact at 0.8°
He reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
Mars quincunx Saturn close at 1.4°
When to push and when to wait took constant judging, and he learned timing the hard way.
The Sun conjunction Neptune close at 1.6°
He took in moods, music and other people’s hopes, and gave them back as something new.
The Moon trine Mercury close at 2.2°
Feeling and thought spoke the same language: he could put a mood into words, and his words carried feeling.
Pluto quincunx North Node close at 2.2°
He kept giving up a little control to keep growing.
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Mercury quincunx Uranus close at 2.3°
Ordinary logic and sudden insight needed constant translating, and he spent time explaining how he got there.
Mars trine Jupiter close at 2.4°
Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
Saturn opposition Neptune close at 3.0°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.
Venus square North Node wide at 3.6°
What felt comfortable in love and what helped him grow were different things, and he chose between them more than once.
Jupiter square Saturn wide at 3.8°
Growth and caution kept checking each other: he moved forward in bursts, then paused to consolidate.
Mercury sextile Jupiter wide at 4.1°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
The Sun opposition Saturn wide at 4.6°
Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
The Sun trine Uranus wide at 5.5°
Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
Mercury conjunction Venus wide at 7.6°
Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
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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