Famous birth charts · Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing’s chart in full
Born October 22, 1919, Kermanshah, Iran. 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.
27°54′
Moon in Libra
The Peacemaker. Needing harmony.
11°10′
Mercury in Scorpio
The Investigator. Hears what was left out.
13°50′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
16°41′
Mars in Virgo
The Craftsperson. The craftsman’s drive.
7°22′
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Jupiter in Leo
The Big Heart. A generous heart, on display.
15°11′
Saturn in Virgo
The Perfectionist. Mastery by the hour.
8°25′
Uranus in Aquariusretrograde
27°54′
Neptune in Leo
11°23′
Pluto in Cancerretrograde
7°45′
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 Scorpio
The direction her life grows in: Scorpio, intense and private.
24°59′
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.
3°41′
Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius
In Sagittarius, Lilith is a free mind that keeps only the beliefs it chose.
0°12′
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 heart, her drive and her discipline (Venus, Mars and Saturn) gather in Virgo, and that part of life drew her 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 trine Uranus exact at 0.0°
Independence came easily: she did things her own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
The Moon sextile Neptune almost exact at 0.2°
She picked up what others felt before a word was said, and her compassion reached far.
Mars sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.4°
Stamina and willpower: she kept going long after others stopped, and she did her best work under pressure.
Saturn sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.7°
Endurance: she could work through hard times, and what she built survived pressure.
Mars conjunction Saturn close at 1.0°
Controlled force: she worked with patience and grit, and she finished what she started.
Mercury square Jupiter close at 1.4°
Big ideas and loose details: she thought on a large scale, and the small print was where things got away from her.
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Mercury square Neptune close at 2.4°
Facts and dreams blurred together in her mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details mattered.
Mercury sextile Venus close at 2.9°
A graceful mind: she spoke kindly and well, and she knew how to say a hard thing gently.
Uranus square North Node close at 2.9°
The way forward asked for steadiness, and the urge for change kept breaking in.
Jupiter conjunction Neptune wide at 3.8°
A dreamer’s faith: she believed in something larger, and her compassion and her hopes went together.
Mercury trine Pluto wide at 6.1°
A probing mind: she got to the bottom of things, and her words had power when she chose to use them.
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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