Famous birth charts · Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland’s chart in full
Born July 17, 1935, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
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 Cancer
The Protector. Home, memory and care.
24°06′
Moon in Aquarius
The Cool Head. Cool head, warm heart.
13°37′
Mercury in Cancer
The Remembering Mind. A memory for tone.
3°51′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
8°14′
Mars in Libra
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
23°44′
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Jupiter in Scorpio
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
13°29′
Saturn in Piscesretrograde
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
9°41′
Uranus in Taurus
5°16′
Neptune in Virgo
12°34′
Pluto in Cancer
25°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 Capricorn
The direction his life grows in: Capricorn, ambitious and patient.
22°01′
Chiron in Gemini
In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.
13°48′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
10°22′
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 and his intensity (the Sun, Mercury and Pluto) gather in Cancer, and that part of life drew 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 Moon square Jupiter almost exact at 0.1°
His feelings ran large: he wanted more comfort, more company and more of everything than any one day gave.
The Sun square Mars almost exact at 0.4°
He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.
Jupiter sextile Neptune almost exact at 0.9°
Faith and imagination together: he believed in people and ideals, and that belief was catching.
Mercury sextile Uranus close at 1.4°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Venus opposition Saturn close at 1.4°
Love felt like something to be earned, and he held back until he was sure of it.
The Sun conjunction Pluto close at 1.5°
Intensity at the centre: he wanted the whole truth about everything, himself first, and he remade himself more than once to reach it.
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Mars square North Node close at 1.7°
Old fights and the way forward disagreed, and he grew by choosing which battles mattered.
Mars square Pluto close at 1.9°
A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.
The Sun opposition North Node close at 2.1°
Being himself and growing asked for different things, and his biggest steps forward came when he stretched past his habits.
Saturn opposition Neptune close at 2.9°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.
Venus trine Uranus close at 3.0°
He loved the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.
Pluto opposition North Node wide at 3.6°
Old attachments held him back from the way forward, and he grew by letting some things go.
Jupiter trine Saturn wide at 3.8°
Hope and caution in balance: he dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
Venus conjunction Neptune wide at 4.3°
Romance without limits: he fell for ideals as much as people, and his taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Mercury sextile Venus wide at 4.4°
A graceful mind: he spoke kindly and well, and he knew how to say a hard thing gently.
Saturn sextile Uranus wide at 4.4°
Old and new sat well together: he could change things without throwing out what worked.
Mercury trine Saturn wide at 5.8°
A patient, exact mind: he chose every word, and his thinking got sharper with practice.
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
No fire at all, so the bold first move came by choice rather than by instinct.
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