Famous birth charts · David Niven
David Niven’s chart in full
Born March 1, 1910, London, 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 Pisces
The Dreamer. Gentle, dreamy and deep.
10°02′
Moon in Scorpio
The Vault. Deep water, kept private.
9°13′
Mercury in Aquarius
The Inventor. The original thinker.
15°04′
Venus in Aquariusretrograde
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
15°23′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
22°11′
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Jupiter in Libraretrograde
The Connector. Faith in fairness.
13°06′
Saturn in Aries
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
20°38′
Uranus in Capricorn
23°47′
Neptune in Cancerretrograde
16°44′
Pluto in Geminiretrograde
24°52′
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 Gemini
The direction his life grows in: Gemini, curious and quick-witted.
1°46′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
28°46′
Black Moon Lilith in Libra
In Libra, Lilith is the one who stops keeping the peace at any price.
27°58′
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 optimism (Jupiter in Libra) and his discipline (Saturn in Aries) face each other across the wheel, and his imagination (Neptune in Cancer) took the strain: the part of him that worked 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 independence (Uranus in Capricorn) and his imagination (Neptune in Cancer) face each other across the wheel, and his discipline (Saturn in Aries) took the strain: the part of him that worked 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.
Mercury conjunction Venus almost exact at 0.3°
Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
The Sun trine the Moon almost exact at 0.8°
His purpose and his feelings were on the same side: the life he chose and the comfort he needed went together.
Uranus quincunx Pluto close at 1.1°
Freedom and control needed constant adjusting, and he changed in stages rather than all at once.
Venus quincunx Neptune close at 1.4°
What he wanted from love and what love gave him kept needing adjustment, and he learned to see people as they were.
Mars trine Uranus close at 1.6°
Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Mercury quincunx Neptune close at 1.7°
Meaning came to him before the words did, and clear speech followed the feeling.
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Mercury trine Jupiter close at 2.0°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
Venus trine Jupiter close at 2.3°
Affection came to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism helped each other.
The Sun quincunx Jupiter wide at 3.1°
He kept fitting his ambitions to his purpose, and some big plans had to wait.
Saturn square Uranus wide at 3.2°
Tradition and rebellion fought in him: he wanted security and freedom, and could rarely have both at once.
Jupiter square Neptune wide at 3.6°
His hopes ran ahead of what was real, and he learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
Saturn square Neptune wide at 3.9°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.
Saturn sextile Pluto wide at 4.2°
Endurance: he could work through hard times, and what he built survived pressure.
The Sun trine Neptune wide at 6.7°
Imagination and identity worked together: he could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
Uranus opposition Neptune wide at 7.0°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and he lived with both.
Jupiter opposition Saturn wide at 7.5°
Growth and caution kept checking each other: he moved forward in bursts, then paused to consolidate.
The Sun square North Node wide at 8.3°
Being himself and growing asked for different things, and his biggest steps forward came when he stretched past his habits.
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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