Famous birth charts · Don McLean
Don McLean’s chart in full
Born October 2, 1945, New Rochelle, 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 Libra
The Diplomat. Grace, fairness and balance.
9°08′
Moon in Leo
The Moon moved from Leo into Virgo at 12:34 p.m. that day, local time: in Leo for a birth before then, in Virgo for one after.
29°43′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
9°20′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
9°46′
Mars in Cancer
The Defender. Fierce for its own.
13°47′
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Jupiter in Libra
The Connector. Faith in fairness.
8°08′
Saturn in Cancer
The Guardian. The keeper of the home.
23°48′
Uranus in Geminiretrograde
17°25′
Neptune in Libra
6°17′
Pluto in Leo
11°25′
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 Cancer
The direction his life grows in: Cancer, protective and caring.
4°26′
Chiron in Libra
In Libra, Chiron is a soft spot around being chosen and kept, and a gift for making others feel met as equals.
9°21′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
6°07′
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 identity, his mind, his optimism and his imagination (the Sun, Mercury, Jupiter and Neptune) gather in Libra, 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.
The Sun conjunction Mercury almost exact at 0.2°
His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter close at 1.0°
Optimism at the centre of him: he expects things to go well, and that confidence wins people over.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter close at 1.2°
He loves ideas, the bigger the better, and he can talk anyone into hoping.
Jupiter conjunction Neptune close at 1.9°
A dreamer’s faith: he believes in something larger, and his compassion and his hopes go together.
Neptune square North Node close at 1.9°
Dreams and the way forward clash, and growing means trading some illusions for clear sight.
Mercury sextile Pluto close at 2.1°
A probing mind: he gets to the bottom of things, and his words have power when he chooses to use them.
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The Sun sextile Pluto close at 2.3°
A quiet strength: under pressure he grows more focused, and he knows how to start over.
The Sun conjunction Neptune close at 2.8°
He takes in moods, music and other people’s hopes, and gives them back as something new.
Mercury conjunction Neptune close at 3.0°
A poet’s mind: he hears what goes unsaid, and his best ideas come from somewhere hard to explain.
Jupiter sextile Pluto wide at 3.3°
Ambition with depth: he knows how to build influence, and he uses it to make big changes.
Jupiter square North Node wide at 3.7°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward go different ways, and real growth comes from the harder one.
Venus sextile Mars wide at 4.0°
Charm and desire work together: he knows what he wants in love and how to win it.
Mercury square Mars wide at 4.5°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argues well, sometimes too well, and a debate is a kind of sport to him.
The Sun square Mars wide at 4.7°
He fights hard for what he wants, and his temper is part of his courage.
The Sun square North Node wide at 4.7°
Being himself and growing ask for different things, and his biggest steps forward come when he stretches past his habits.
Mercury square North Node wide at 4.9°
Old ideas and the way forward are at odds, and he learns new ways of thinking to move on.
Mars square Jupiter wide at 5.7°
He takes on more than any one person can, and his boldness runs ahead of his plans.
The Sun trine Uranus wide at 8.3°
Independence comes easily: he does things his own way, and people find it refreshing rather than rude.
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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