Famous birth charts · Dave Gahan
Dave Gahan’s chart in full
Born May 9, 1962, Epping, 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.
18°20′
Moon in Cancer
The Moon moved from Cancer into Leo at 9:36 p.m. that day, local time: in Cancer for a birth before then, in Leo for one after.
25°01′
Mercury in Gemini
The Quick Wit. The messenger at home.
9°15′
Venus in Gemini
The Charmer. Love through conversation.
13°29′
Mars in Aries
The Trailblazer. First through the door.
15°13′
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Jupiter in Pisces
The Believer. Faith without limits.
8°22′
Saturn in Aquarius
The Reformer. The architect of the group.
11°16′
Uranus in Leo
26°24′
Neptune in Scorpioretrograde
11°57′
Pluto in Virgoretrograde
7°33′
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 Leo
The direction his life grows in: Leo, warm and dramatic.
12°48′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
10°18′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
21°19′
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 his chart, his identity (the Sun in Taurus) and his imagination (Neptune in Scorpio) face each other across the wheel, and his discipline (Saturn in Aquarius) takes the strain: the part of him that works hardest.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In his chart, his optimism (Jupiter in Pisces) and his intensity (Pluto in Virgo) face each other across the wheel, and his mind (Mercury in Gemini) takes the strain: the part of him that works hardest.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In his chart, his optimism (Jupiter in Pisces) and his intensity (Pluto in Virgo) face each other across the wheel, and his heart (Venus in Gemini) takes the strain: the part of him that works 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.
Venus sextile North Node almost exact at 0.7°
Love and friendship move him forward: the people he cares for help him find his way.
Saturn square Neptune almost exact at 0.7°
The dream and the hard work seldom agree on terms: his discipline and his imagination ask different things of him.
Jupiter opposition Pluto almost exact at 0.8°
He wants more power than comes easily, and the struggle for it shapes his life.
Neptune square North Node almost exact at 0.8°
Dreams and the way forward clash, and growing means trading some illusions for clear sight.
Mercury square Jupiter almost exact at 0.9°
Big ideas and loose details: he thinks on a large scale, and the small print is where things get away from him.
Venus quincunx Neptune close at 1.5°
What he wants from love and what love gives him keep needing adjustment, and he learns to see people as they are.
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Saturn opposition North Node close at 1.5°
Duty and growth compete: what he owes others and where he needs to go call for hard choices.
Mercury square Pluto close at 1.7°
His words have force: he speaks to persuade, and he keeps his own counsel until the right moment.
Venus sextile Mars close at 1.7°
Charm and desire work together: he knows what he wants in love and how to win it.
Mercury trine Saturn close at 2.0°
A patient, exact mind: he chooses every word, and his thinking gets sharper with practice.
Venus trine Saturn close at 2.2°
Loyal in love: he chooses carefully, and what he builds with people lasts.
Mars trine North Node close at 2.4°
Courage moves him forward, and each bold step takes him further along his path.
Mercury sextile North Node wide at 3.6°
His way with words helps him find his direction, and the right ideas come at the right time.
Jupiter trine Neptune wide at 3.6°
Faith and imagination together: he believes in people and ideals, and that belief is catching.
Mars sextile Saturn wide at 4.0°
His drive and his discipline work together easily: he can push hard and keep going.
Mercury conjunction Venus wide at 4.2°
Words with charm in them: he has an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people like listening to him.
Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 4.4°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Venus square Jupiter wide at 5.1°
He loves too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures run past what one life can use.
The Sun square North Node wide at 5.5°
Being himself and growing ask for different things, and his biggest steps forward come when he stretches past his habits.
Venus square Pluto wide at 5.9°
Love comes with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stands.
The Sun opposition Neptune wide at 6.4°
The self he knows and the image others see drift apart at times, and he works to keep hold of the real one.
The Sun square Saturn wide at 7.1°
Self-belief comes slowly and has to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counts.
The Sun square Uranus wide at 8.1°
He needs room to be himself, and any rule that fits too tightly gets broken.
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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