Famous birth charts · Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach’s chart in full
Born May 12, 1928, Kansas City, Missouri, 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 Taurus
The Gardener. Steady, sensual and sure.
21°42′
Moon in Aquarius
The Cool Head. Cool head, warm heart.
19°45′
Mercury in Gemini
The Quick Wit. The messenger at home.
2°30′
Venus in Taurus
The Keeper. Slow, sensual and loyal.
8°14′
Mars in Pisces
The Gentle Warrior. Strength that flows round.
26°49′
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Jupiter in Aries
The Bold Starter. Faith in going first.
25°06′
Saturn in Sagittariusretrograde
The Wise Teacher. Belief that has been tested.
17°36′
Uranus in Aries
5°58′
Neptune in Leo
26°24′
Pluto in Cancer
15°22′
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 Gemini
The direction his life grows in: Gemini, curious and quick-witted.
9°38′
Chiron in Taurus
In Taurus, Chiron is a tender place around worth and having enough, and a gift for helping others feel secure.
6°43′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
18°28′
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.
Yod
Two planets in easy contact both point awkwardly at a third, which becomes the focus: a talent that takes constant adjusting.
In his chart, his identity (the Sun in Taurus) and his intensity (Pluto in Cancer) both point at his discipline (Saturn in Sagittarius), the part of him that kept needing adjustment and gave his life its focus.
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 quincunx Neptune almost exact at 0.4°
His drive and his imagination spoke different languages: he went after something before he could say what it was.
Jupiter trine Neptune close at 1.3°
Faith and imagination together: he believed in people and ideals, and that belief was catching.
The Sun square the Moon close at 1.9°
The self he showed the world and the self he came home to wanted different things, and he made room for both.
Saturn quincunx Pluto close at 2.2°
He kept adjusting between control and acceptance, and learned where each belonged.
Mercury sextile Uranus wide at 3.5°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Uranus sextile North Node wide at 3.7°
Change helped him forward: he grew by trying the new.
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The Sun quincunx Saturn wide at 4.1°
The wish to shine and the wish to be careful needed steady adjusting: he moved forward a step, then checked it.
The Sun square Neptune wide at 4.7°
The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
The Sun sextile Mars wide at 5.1°
His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
The Sun sextile Pluto wide at 6.3°
A quiet strength: under pressure he grew more focused, and he knew how to start over.
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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