Famous birth charts · Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy’s chart in full
Born July 20, 1933, Providence, Rhode Island, 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 Cancer
The Protector. Home, memory and care.
27°27′
Moon in Cancer
The Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer at 1:25 a.m. that day, local time: in Gemini for a birth before then, in Cancer for one after.
5°16′
Mercury in Leoretrograde
The Storyteller. A voice that carries.
12°42′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
21°27′
Mars in Libra
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
7°39′
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Jupiter in Virgo
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
19°57′
Saturn in Aquariusretrograde
The Reformer. The architect of the group.
14°13′
Uranus in Aries
27°21′
Neptune in Virgo
8°24′
Pluto in Cancer
23°07′
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 his life grows in: Aquarius, independent and original.
28°53′
Chiron in Gemini
In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.
2°44′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
19°34′
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.
The Sun square Uranus almost exact at 0.1°
He needed room to be himself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.
The Sun quincunx North Node close at 1.4°
The way forward asked him to bend habits that felt like part of who he was.
Mercury opposition Saturn close at 1.5°
He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.
Uranus sextile North Node close at 1.5°
Change helped him forward: he grew by trying the new.
The Moon square Mars close at 2.4°
Quick feelings and a quick temper: he reacted first, and his courage came from the same place as his flashes of anger.
Jupiter sextile Pluto wide at 3.2°
Ambition with depth: he knew how to build influence, and he used it to make big changes.
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Uranus square Pluto wide at 4.2°
Upheaval and the urge to break free ran strong, and he pushed for change rather than waiting for it.
The Sun conjunction Pluto wide at 4.3°
Intensity at the centre: he wanted the whole truth about everything, himself first, and he remade himself more than once to reach it.
Venus trine Uranus wide at 5.9°
He loved the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.
Mars trine Saturn wide at 6.6°
His drive and his discipline worked together easily: he could push hard and keep going.
Venus opposition Saturn wide at 7.2°
Love felt like something to be earned, and he held back until he was sure of it.
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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