Famous birth charts · Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker’s chart in full
Born August 29, 1920, Kansas City, Missouri, 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.
6°01′
Moon in Pisces
The Tide. Tender, and stronger than it looks.
7°57′
Mercury in Leo
The Storyteller. A voice that carries.
26°00′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
21°38′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
26°08′
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Jupiter in Virgo
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
0°32′
Saturn in Virgo
The Perfectionist. Mastery by the hour.
13°51′
Uranus in Piscesretrograde
3°36′
Neptune in Leo
12°12′
Pluto in Cancer
8°36′
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 Scorpio
The direction his life grows in: Scorpio, intense and private.
8°26′
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.
9°35′
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Lilith is an ambition that has stopped waiting its turn.
4°54′
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 his chart, his identity, his heart, his optimism and his discipline (the Sun, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn) gather in Virgo, and that part of life drew his attention first.
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 square Mars almost exact at 0.1°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argued well, sometimes too well, and a debate was a kind of sport to him.
Pluto trine North Node almost exact at 0.2°
Deep change helped him forward: each time he started over, he went further.
The Moon trine North Node almost exact at 0.5°
What comforted him also moved him forward: his instincts pointed the right way.
The Moon trine Pluto almost exact at 0.7°
His feelings ran deep and held steady: he came through hard times with more strength than he went in with.
The Sun opposition 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.
The Sun sextile North Node close at 2.4°
The direction his life took suited him: being himself and growing went hand in hand.
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The Sun opposition Uranus close at 2.4°
He needed room to be himself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.
The Sun sextile Pluto close at 2.6°
A quiet strength: under pressure he grew more focused, and he knew how to start over.
Jupiter opposition Uranus wide at 3.1°
Restless hope: he wanted more freedom than any situation gave, and big changes came suddenly.
Neptune square North Node wide at 3.8°
Dreams and the way forward clashed, and growing meant trading some illusions for clear sight.
Mars square Jupiter wide at 4.4°
He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
Venus sextile Mars wide at 4.5°
Charm and desire worked together: he knew what he wanted in love and how to win it.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter wide at 4.5°
He loved ideas, the bigger the better, and he could talk anyone into hoping.
Uranus trine North Node wide at 4.8°
Change helped him forward: he grew by trying the new.
Uranus trine Pluto wide at 5.0°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter wide at 5.5°
Optimism at the centre of him: he expected things to go well, and that confidence won people over.
The Sun conjunction Saturn wide at 7.8°
Serious from early on: purpose and duty were one thing to him, and he treated his own life as work to be done well.
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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