Famous birth charts · Cornel West
Cornel West’s chart in full
Born June 2, 1953, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 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 Gemini
The Messenger. Curious and many-sided.
11°50′
Moon in Aquarius
The Cool Head. Cool head, warm heart.
15°15′
Mercury in Gemini
The Quick Wit. The messenger at home.
22°45′
Venus in Aries
The Chaser. Love at first sight.
27°53′
Mars in Gemini
The Multitasker. Quick with the comeback.
22°18′
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Jupiter in Gemini
The Curious Learner. Faith in the next question.
5°38′
Saturn in Libraretrograde
The Fair Judge. Fairness built in.
20°55′
Uranus in Cancer
16°32′
Neptune in Libraretrograde
21°21′
Pluto in Leo
21°01′
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.
4°29′
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°15′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
17°51′
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 mind, his drive and his optimism (the Sun, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter) gather in Gemini, and that part of life draws 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.
Saturn sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.1°
Endurance: he can work through hard times, and what he builds survives pressure.
Neptune sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.3°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Saturn conjunction Neptune almost exact at 0.4°
He takes dreams seriously and gives them structure, and his ideals have to prove themselves.
Mercury conjunction Mars almost exact at 0.5°
He thinks fast and speaks faster: his mind likes a contest, and his words have an edge.
Mars trine Neptune close at 1.0°
He works for ideals: his drive comes alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
Jupiter trine North Node close at 1.1°
Hope helps him grow: faith in what is possible keeps him moving forward.
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Mars sextile Pluto close at 1.3°
Stamina and willpower: he keeps going long after others stop, and he does his best work under pressure.
Mars trine Saturn close at 1.4°
His drive and his discipline work together easily: he can push hard and keep going.
Mercury trine Neptune close at 1.4°
He thinks in pictures and music: his words carry a mood, and his imagination gives his ideas colour.
Mercury sextile Pluto close at 1.7°
A probing mind: he gets to the bottom of things, and his words have power when he chooses to use them.
Mercury trine Saturn close at 1.8°
A patient, exact mind: he chooses every word, and his thinking gets sharper with practice.
Saturn square Uranus wide at 4.4°
Tradition and rebellion fight in him: he wants security and freedom, and can rarely have both at once.
Uranus square Neptune wide at 4.8°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clash, and he lives with both.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter wide at 6.2°
Optimism at the centre of him: he expects things to go well, and that confidence wins people over.
Venus opposition Neptune wide at 6.5°
He loves the dream of a person, and the real one has to compete with it.
Venus square North Node wide at 6.6°
What feels comfortable in love and what helps him grow are different things, and he chooses between them more than once.
Venus opposition Saturn wide at 7.0°
Love feels like something to be earned, and he holds back until he is sure of it.
The Sun trine North Node wide at 7.3°
The direction his life takes suits him: being himself and growing go hand in hand.
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 earth at all, so the practical, settled side is the one he has to find.
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