Famous birth charts · Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan’s chart in full
Born March 23, 1953, Chicago, Illinois, 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 Aries
The Pioneer. First in, first to try.
2°49′
Moon in Cancer
The Nest-Maker. Home is the heart.
18°50′
Mercury in Piscesretrograde
The Poet. Knowing without explaining.
23°07′
Venus in Taurusretrograde
The Keeper. Slow, sensual and loyal.
1°20′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
2°32′
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Jupiter in Taurus
The Patient Grower. Abundance you can hold.
19°44′
Saturn in Libraretrograde
The Fair Judge. Fairness built in.
25°33′
Uranus in Cancer
14°26′
Neptune in Libraretrograde
23°03′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
21°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.
11°08′
Chiron in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Chiron is the feeling of having grown up too soon, and a gift for showing others how to stand on their own.
20°12′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
9°57′
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 her chart, her heart, her drive and her optimism (Venus, Mars and Jupiter) gather in Taurus, and that part of life draws her attention first.
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 discipline (Saturn in Libra) and her intensity (Pluto in Leo) both point at her mind (Mercury in Pisces), the part of her that keeps needing adjustment and gives 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.
Mercury quincunx Neptune almost exact at 0.1°
Meaning comes to her before the words do, and clear speech follows the feeling.
The Moon sextile Jupiter almost exact at 0.9°
Good-hearted and generous: she feels looked after by life, and she passes that on.
Venus conjunction Mars close at 1.2°
Magnetic: affection and desire come together in her, and people notice.
Jupiter square Pluto close at 1.4°
She wants more power than comes easily, and the struggle for it shapes her life.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.9°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mercury quincunx Pluto close at 1.9°
What she knows and what she says need careful managing, and secrets sit uneasily with her.
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Mercury quincunx Saturn close at 2.4°
Speaking freely and speaking carefully take constant balancing, and she weighs words before letting them go.
Saturn conjunction Neptune close at 2.5°
She takes dreams seriously and gives them structure, and her ideals have to prove themselves.
Mercury sextile Jupiter wide at 3.4°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: she learns easily, tells a good story and sees the big picture.
Saturn sextile Pluto wide at 4.4°
Endurance: she can work through hard times, and what she builds survives pressure.
Venus opposition Saturn wide at 5.8°
Love feels like something to be earned, and she holds back until she is sure of it.
Mars opposition Saturn wide at 7.0°
Drive with the brakes on: she wants to move, something holds her back, and the friction makes her tough.
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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