Famous birth charts · Eddie Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen’s chart in full
Born January 26, 1955, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 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 Aquarius
The Free Thinker. Original, free and humane.
5°43′
Moon in Pisces
The Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces at 3:11 a.m. that day, local time: in Aquarius for a birth before then, in Pisces for one after.
4°55′
Mercury in Aquarius
The Inventor. The original thinker.
23°59′
Venus in Sagittarius
The Adventurer. Love as an adventure.
18°53′
Mars in Aries
The Trailblazer. First through the door.
8°04′
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Jupiter in Cancerretrograde
The Generous Host. A home with room for more.
23°30′
Saturn in Scorpio
The Stalwart. Strength under pressure.
20°13′
Uranus in Cancerretrograde
25°14′
Neptune in Libra
28°14′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
26°03′
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.
5°15′
Chiron in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Chiron is the feeling of having grown up too soon, and a gift for showing others how to stand on their own.
29°54′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
25°13′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
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.
Mercury quincunx Jupiter almost exact at 0.5°
The facts and the bigger picture needed constant reconciling, and he kept checking one against the other.
Mercury quincunx Uranus close at 1.3°
Ordinary logic and sudden insight needed constant translating, and he spent time explaining how he got there.
Jupiter conjunction Uranus close at 1.7°
An inventive optimism: he believed in the new, and he took leaps others would not.
Mercury opposition Pluto close at 2.1°
His words had force: he spoke to persuade, and he kept his own counsel until the right moment.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 2.2°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
The Sun sextile Mars close at 2.3°
His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
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Mars square North Node close at 2.8°
Old fights and the way forward disagreed, and he grew by choosing which battles mattered.
Uranus square Neptune close at 3.0°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and he lived with both.
Jupiter trine Saturn wide at 3.3°
Hope and caution in balance: he dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
Mercury square Saturn wide at 3.8°
He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.
Mercury trine Neptune wide at 4.3°
He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.
Jupiter square Neptune wide at 4.7°
His hopes ran ahead of what was real, and he learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
Saturn trine Uranus wide at 5.0°
Old and new sat well together: he could change things without throwing out what worked.
Saturn square Pluto wide at 5.8°
Heavy demands and hard limits: he faced a great deal of pressure and came out tougher for it.
The Sun square Neptune wide at 7.5°
The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
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.
No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.
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