Famous birth charts · Catherine II of Russia
Catherine II of Russia’s chart in full
Born May 2, 1729, Szczecin, Poland. 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.
11°55′
Moon in Gemini
The Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer at 4:42 p.m. that day, local time: in Gemini for a birth before then, in Cancer for one after.
27°39′
Mercury in Aries
The Spark. First to speak.
18°03′
Venus in Gemini
The Charmer. Love through conversation.
24°08′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
8°12′
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Jupiter in Cancer
The Generous Host. A home with room for more.
3°20′
Saturn in Pisces
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
7°10′
Uranus in Scorpioretrograde
25°24′
Neptune in Gemini
9°21′
Pluto in Libraretrograde
8°10′
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 Aquarius
The direction her life grows in: Aquarius, independent and original.
19°58′
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus
In Taurus, Lilith is an appetite for pleasure that sees no need to apologise.
20°02′
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 her chart, her identity (the Sun in Taurus) and her discipline (Saturn in Pisces) both point at her intensity (Pluto in Libra), the part of her that kept needing adjustment and gave her 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 Pluto exact at 0.0°
Force and restraint kept trading places, and she learned when to let go.
Saturn quincunx Pluto close at 1.0°
She kept adjusting between control and acceptance, and learned where each belonged.
Mars sextile Saturn close at 1.0°
Her drive and her discipline worked together easily: she could push hard and keep going.
Neptune trine Pluto close at 1.2°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Venus quincunx Uranus close at 1.3°
Affection and independence needed constant trading off, and she kept renegotiating the terms of her relationships.
Mercury sextile North Node close at 1.9°
Her way with words helped her find her direction, and the right ideas came at the right time.
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Saturn square Neptune close at 2.2°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: her discipline and her imagination asked different things of her.
The Moon conjunction Venus wide at 3.5°
Tenderness through and through: she needed beauty and affection the way others needed air.
The Sun conjunction Mars wide at 3.7°
Purpose and drive in one place: she was quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
The Sun quincunx Pluto wide at 3.7°
She kept rebuilding herself to fit what life asked, and control was the hardest thing to give up.
Jupiter trine Saturn wide at 3.8°
Hope and caution in balance: she dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
Venus trine North Node wide at 4.2°
Love and friendship moved her forward: the people she cared for helped her find her way.
The Sun sextile Saturn wide at 4.7°
Purpose and patience worked as a team: she built slowly and got better with every year.
Jupiter square Pluto wide at 4.8°
She wanted more power than came easily, and the struggle for it shaped her life.
Uranus square North Node wide at 5.4°
The way forward asked for steadiness, and the urge for change kept breaking in.
The Sun square North Node wide at 8.1°
Being herself and growing asked for different things, and her biggest steps forward came when she stretched past her habits.
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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