Famous birth charts · David Copperfield
David Copperfield’s chart in full
Born September 16, 1956, Metuchen, New Jersey, 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
23°45′
Moon in Aquarius
The Cool Head. Cool head, warm heart.
14°39′
Mercury in Libraretrograde
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
11°40′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
8°35′
Mars in Piscesretrograde
The Gentle Warrior. Strength that flows round.
16°36′
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Jupiter in Virgo
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
14°41′
Saturn in Scorpio
The Stalwart. Strength under pressure.
27°57′
Uranus in Leo
5°36′
Neptune in Libra
28°51′
Pluto in Leo
29°08′
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 Sagittarius
The direction his life grows in: Sagittarius, free and far-ranging.
1°44′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
6°53′
Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Lilith is the outsider’s streak, at its best when it does not fit in.
1°46′
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 heart, his independence and his intensity (Venus, Uranus and Pluto) gather in Leo, 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.
Neptune sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.3°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Saturn square Pluto close at 1.2°
Heavy demands and hard limits: he faces a great deal of pressure and comes out tougher for it.
Mars opposition Jupiter close at 1.9°
He takes on more than any one person can, and his boldness runs ahead of his plans.
Pluto square North Node close at 2.6°
Old attachments hold him back from the way forward, and he grows by letting some things go.
Venus conjunction Uranus close at 3.0°
Love at first sight, and freedom after it: the different and the new win his heart.
Mercury sextile Venus wide at 3.1°
A graceful mind: he speaks kindly and well, and he knows how to say a hard thing gently.
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Saturn conjunction North Node wide at 3.8°
A serious path: growing asks for patience, and he gives it.
Uranus trine North Node wide at 3.9°
Change helps him forward: he grows by trying the new.
The Sun sextile Saturn wide at 4.2°
Purpose and patience work as a team: he builds slowly and gets better with every year.
Uranus square Neptune wide at 6.8°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clash, and he lives with both.
The Sun opposition Mars wide at 7.2°
He fights hard for what he wants, and his temper is part of his courage.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter wide at 9.1°
Optimism at the centre of him: he expects things to go well, and that confidence wins people over.
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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