Famous birth charts · Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë’s chart in full
Born April 21, 1816, Thornton, United Kingdom. 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 Taurus
The Gardener. Steady, sensual and sure.
1°14′
Moon in Aquarius
The Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces at 11:08 p.m. that day, local time: in Aquarius for a birth before then, in Pisces for one after.
24°30′
Mercury in Aries
The Spark. First to speak.
16°34′
Venus in Aries
The Chaser. Love at first sight.
4°25′
Mars in Gemini
The Multitasker. Quick with the comeback.
28°29′
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Jupiter in Scorpioretrograde
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
5°47′
Saturn in Aquarius
The Reformer. The architect of the group.
22°34′
Uranus in Sagittariusretrograde
10°50′
Neptune in Sagittariusretrograde
21°54′
Pluto in Pisces
23°27′
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 her life grows in: Gemini, curious and quick-witted.
16°32′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
16°19′
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces
In Pisces, Lilith is a dreamer who wants no rescuing, with a private world all its own.
18°49′
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.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In her chart, her drive (Mars in Gemini) and her imagination (Neptune in Sagittarius) face each other across the wheel, and her intensity (Pluto in Pisces) took the strain: the part of her that worked hardest.
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 sextile North Node exact at 0.0°
Her way with words helped her find her direction, and the right ideas came at the right time.
Saturn sextile Neptune almost exact at 0.7°
Practical dreams: she gave ideals a shape and worked to make them real.
Venus quincunx Jupiter close at 1.4°
Her taste and her appetite for more needed adjusting: she kept learning what was enough.
The Moon conjunction Saturn close at 1.9°
Self-contained: she kept her feelings in order, and she gave comfort in practical ways rather than in words.
The Sun sextile Mars close at 2.8°
Her purpose and her drive worked together: once she decided on something, she moved on it fast.
The Sun opposition Jupiter wide at 4.6°
She reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
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Mars square Pluto wide at 5.0°
A fierce will: she met opposition head on, and a fight brought out her full strength.
Mercury trine Neptune wide at 5.3°
She thought in pictures and music: her words carried a mood, and her imagination gave her ideas colour.
Neptune opposition North Node wide at 5.4°
Dreams and the way forward clashed, and growing meant trading some illusions for clear sight.
Uranus opposition North Node wide at 5.7°
The way forward asked for steadiness, and the urge for change kept breaking in.
Mercury trine Uranus wide at 5.7°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and she saw answers others missed.
Mars trine Saturn wide at 5.9°
Her drive and her discipline worked together easily: she could push hard and keep going.
Venus square Mars wide at 5.9°
In love she wanted tenderness and a chase at once, and her relationships were rarely calm.
Saturn trine North Node wide at 6.0°
Discipline helped her grow: patience and hard work kept her on course.
Mars opposition Neptune wide at 6.6°
Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to her, and the way to it harder to see.
Pluto square North Node wide at 6.9°
Old attachments held her back from the way forward, and she grew by letting some things go.
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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