Famous birth charts · Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas’ chart in full
Born October 27, 1914, Swansea, 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 Scorpio
The Detective. Intense, private and loyal.
3°14′
Moon in Aquarius
The Cool Head. Cool head, warm heart.
21°35′
Mercury in Scorpioretrograde
The Investigator. Hears what was left out.
22°59′
Venus in Sagittarius
The Adventurer. Love as an adventure.
10°12′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
19°22′
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Jupiter in Aquarius
The Visionary. Faith in a better way.
12°59′
Saturn in Cancerretrograde
The Guardian. The keeper of the home.
2°12′
Uranus in Aquarius
7°43′
Neptune in Leo
0°27′
Pluto in Cancerretrograde
2°07′
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 Pisces
The direction his life grows in: Pisces, dreamy and compassionate.
4°09′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
14°45′
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus
In Taurus, Lilith is an appetite for pleasure that sees no need to apologise.
7°16′
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 drive (the Sun, Mercury and Mars) gather in Scorpio, and that part of life drew his attention first.
Stellium
Three or more planets gathered in one sign or one house, so that part of the chart speaks loudest.
In his chart, his feelings, his optimism and his independence (the Moon, Jupiter and Uranus) gather in Aquarius, and that part of life drew his attention first.
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 Aquarius) and his imagination (Neptune in Leo) face each other across the wheel, and his identity (the Sun in Scorpio) 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.
Saturn conjunction Pluto almost exact at 0.1°
Iron will and great patience: he built slowly and for keeps.
The Sun trine North Node almost exact at 0.9°
The direction his life took suited him: being himself and growing went hand in hand.
The Sun trine Saturn close at 1.0°
Purpose and patience worked as a team: he built slowly and got better with every year.
The Sun trine Pluto close at 1.1°
A quiet strength: under pressure he grew more focused, and he knew how to start over.
The Moon square Mercury close at 1.4°
His head and his feelings argued: he knew what he thought before he knew what he felt, or the other way round.
Saturn trine North Node close at 1.9°
Discipline helped him grow: patience and hard work kept him on course.
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Pluto trine North Node close at 2.0°
Deep change helped him forward: each time he started over, he went further.
The Moon square Mars close at 2.2°
Quick feelings and a quick temper: he reacted first, and his courage came from the same place as his flashes of anger.
Venus sextile Uranus close at 2.5°
He loved the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.
The Sun square Neptune close at 2.8°
The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
Venus sextile Jupiter close at 2.8°
Affection came to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism helped each other.
Mercury conjunction Mars wide at 3.6°
He thought fast and spoke faster: his mind liked a contest, and his words had an edge.
The Sun square Uranus wide at 4.5°
He needed room to be himself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.
Jupiter conjunction Uranus wide at 5.3°
An inventive optimism: he believed in the new, and he took leaps others would not.
Venus square North Node wide at 6.0°
What felt comfortable in love and what helped him grow were different things, and he chose between them more than once.
Mars square Jupiter wide at 6.4°
He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
Uranus opposition Neptune wide at 7.3°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and he lived with both.
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 earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.
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