Famous birth charts · Debra Messing
Debra Messing’s chart in full
Born August 15, 1968, Brooklyn, New York, 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 Leo
The Bright One. Warm, proud and generous.
22°51′
Moon in Taurus
The Hearth. Calm, sensual and steady.
18°12′
Mercury in Virgo
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
1°12′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
8°19′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
6°25′
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Jupiter in Virgo
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
11°10′
Saturn in Ariesretrograde
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
25°29′
Uranus in Virgo
27°20′
Neptune in Scorpio
23°47′
Pluto in Virgo
21°35′
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 Aries
The direction her life grows in: Aries, bold and direct.
10°46′
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.
2°41′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
6°28′
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 her chart, her mind, her heart, her optimism, her independence and her intensity (Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto) gather in Virgo, and that part of life draws her attention first.
Yod
Two planets in easy contact both point awkwardly at a third, which becomes the focus: a talent that takes constant adjusting.
In her chart, her independence (Uranus in Virgo) and her imagination (Neptune in Scorpio) both point at her discipline (Saturn in Aries), the part of her that keeps needing adjustment and gives her life its focus.
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 North Node almost exact at 0.4°
Some hopes have to be let go to fit the way forward, and she chooses which ones.
The Sun square Neptune almost exact at 0.9°
The self she knows and the image others see drift apart at times, and she works to keep hold of the real one.
Saturn quincunx Neptune close at 1.7°
Duty and dreams keep trading places as the priority.
Saturn quincunx Uranus close at 1.8°
When to keep the rules and when to break them takes constant deciding.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 2.2°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
The Sun trine Saturn close at 2.6°
Purpose and patience work as a team: she builds slowly and gets better with every year.
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Venus conjunction Jupiter close at 2.8°
A generous heart: love and good company come to her easily, and she shares both.
Uranus sextile Neptune wide at 3.5°
Change and idealism go together: new ideas come wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Mars trine North Node wide at 4.3°
Courage moves her forward, and each bold step takes her further along her path.
Mercury trine Saturn wide at 5.7°
A patient, exact mind: she chooses every word, and her thinking gets sharper with practice.
Uranus conjunction Pluto wide at 5.8°
Born into a time of upheaval: she wants radical change, and wants it at once.
Mercury conjunction Venus wide at 7.1°
Words with charm in them: she has an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people like listening to her.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 8.3°
Her mind and her identity are close together: she speaks as she thinks, and her ideas are part of who she 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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