Famous birth charts · Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire’s chart in full
Born April 9, 1821, former 11th arrondissement of Paris, France. 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.
19°18′
Moon in Cancer
The Nest-Maker. Home is the heart.
20°30′
Mercury in Pisces
The Poet. Knowing without explaining.
27°23′
Venus in Aries
The Chaser. Love at first sight.
7°49′
Mars in Aries
Mars moved from Pisces into Aries at 6:54 a.m. that day, local time: in Pisces for a birth before then, in Aries for one after.
0°10′
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Jupiter in Aries
The Bold Starter. Faith in going first.
9°30′
Saturn in Aries
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
16°52′
Uranus in Capricornretrograde
3°08′
Neptune in Capricornretrograde
3°04′
Pluto in Pisces
28°45′
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 Pisces
The direction his life grows in: Pisces, dreamy and compassionate.
13°08′
Chiron in Aries
In Aries, Chiron is a doubt about the right to go first, and with it a talent for giving others their nerve.
3°27′
Black Moon Lilith in Libra
In Libra, Lilith is the one who stops keeping the peace at any price.
10°48′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
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.
Uranus conjunction Neptune almost exact at 0.1°
Visionary: the new and the ideal met in his imagination.
The Sun square the Moon close at 1.2°
The self he showed the world and the self he came home to wanted different things, and he made room for both.
Mercury conjunction Pluto close at 1.4°
He thought like a detective: nothing was taken at face value, and he remembered everything.
Mars conjunction Pluto close at 1.4°
Concentrated force: when he wanted something, he went after it with everything.
Venus conjunction Jupiter close at 1.7°
A generous heart: love and good company came to him easily, and he shared both.
The Sun conjunction Saturn close at 2.4°
Serious from early on: purpose and duty were one thing to him, and he treated his own life as work to be done well.
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Mercury conjunction Mars close at 2.8°
He thought fast and spoke faster: his mind liked a contest, and his words had an edge.
Mars square Neptune close at 2.9°
Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Mars square Uranus close at 3.0°
Restless and quick to rebel: he pushed against limits, and sudden decisions came with the territory.
Uranus square Pluto wide at 4.4°
Upheaval and the urge to break free ran strong, and he pushed for change rather than waiting for it.
Venus square Uranus wide at 4.7°
Love came in sudden starts and stops: he fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
Venus square Neptune wide at 4.8°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
Mercury square Neptune wide at 5.7°
Facts and dreams blurred together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details mattered.
Mercury square Uranus wide at 5.8°
His mind ran ahead of the conversation: he said the unexpected thing, and not everyone was ready to hear it.
Jupiter square Uranus wide at 6.4°
Restless hope: he wanted more freedom than any situation gave, and big changes came suddenly.
Jupiter square Neptune wide at 6.4°
His hopes ran ahead of what was real, and he learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
Jupiter conjunction Saturn wide at 7.4°
Optimism with a plan: his hopes were practical, and he built them slowly into something real.
Venus conjunction Mars wide at 7.7°
Magnetic: affection and desire came together in him, and people noticed.
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
No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through took deliberate effort.
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