Famous birth charts · Dara Ó Briain
Dara Ó Briain’s chart in full
Born February 4, 1972, Bray, Ireland. 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 Aquarius
The Free Thinker. Original, free and humane.
14°46′
Moon in Libra
The Peacemaker. Needing harmony.
12°29′
Mercury in Aquarius
The Inventor. The original thinker.
5°41′
Venus in Pisces
The Tender Heart. Love without limits.
22°54′
Mars in Aries
The Trailblazer. First through the door.
25°59′
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Jupiter in Sagittarius
The Globetrotter. The horizon is the point.
29°34′
Saturn in Taurus
The Slow Builder. Security built by hand.
29°36′
Uranus in Libraretrograde
18°15′
Neptune in Sagittarius
4°58′
Pluto in Libraretrograde
1°47′
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.
5°11′
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.
10°15′
Black Moon Lilith in Libra
In Libra, Lilith is the one who stops keeping the peace at any price.
27°48′
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 feelings, his independence and his intensity (the Moon, Uranus and Pluto) gather in Libra, and that part of life draws his attention first.
Grand trine
Three planets in an easy triangle, each in flowing contact with the other two: a gift that comes without effort.
In his chart, his mind, his discipline and his intensity (Mercury in Aquarius, Saturn in Taurus and Pluto in Libra) make the triangle, so these come to him naturally.
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.
Jupiter quincunx Saturn exact at 0.0°
When to expand and when to hold back takes constant rethinking.
Neptune sextile North Node almost exact at 0.2°
Imagination helps him forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
Mercury conjunction North Node almost exact at 0.5°
Ideas and talk set his course: he finds his direction by learning and talking things through.
Mercury sextile Neptune almost exact at 0.7°
He thinks in pictures and music: his words carry a mood, and his imagination gives his ideas colour.
Saturn trine Pluto close at 2.2°
Endurance: he can work through hard times, and what he builds survives pressure.
Jupiter square Pluto close at 2.2°
He wants more power than comes easily, and the struggle for it shapes his life.
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The Sun trine the Moon close at 2.3°
His purpose and his feelings are on the same side: the life he chooses and the comfort he needs go together.
Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 3.2°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Pluto trine North Node wide at 3.4°
Deep change helps him forward: each time he starts over, he goes further.
The Sun trine Uranus wide at 3.5°
Independence comes easily: he does things his own way, and people find it refreshing rather than rude.
Mars trine Jupiter wide at 3.6°
Big drive and big confidence: he goes after large goals, and his enthusiasm carries others along.
Mercury trine Pluto wide at 3.9°
A probing mind: he gets to the bottom of things, and his words have power when he chooses to use them.
Saturn opposition Neptune wide at 5.4°
The dream and the hard work seldom agree on terms: his discipline and his imagination ask different things of him.
Saturn trine North Node wide at 5.6°
Discipline helps him grow: patience and hard work keep him on course.
Mercury trine Saturn wide at 6.1°
A patient, exact mind: he chooses every word, and his thinking gets sharper with practice.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 9.1°
His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
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
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