Famous birth charts · Eddy Merckx
Eddy Merckx’s chart in full
Born June 17, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem, Belgium. 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 Gemini
The Messenger. Curious and many-sided.
25°50′
Moon in Virgo
The Mender. Care in the details.
23°56′
Mercury in Gemini
The Quick Wit. The messenger at home.
27°35′
Venus in Taurus
The Keeper. Slow, sensual and loyal.
10°21′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
4°22′
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Jupiter in Virgo
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
19°10′
Saturn in Cancer
The Guardian. The keeper of the home.
11°52′
Uranus in Gemini
14°00′
Neptune in Libra
3°39′
Pluto in Leo
8°37′
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.
9°16′
Chiron in Virgo
In Virgo, Chiron is the sense that no effort is ever quite enough, and a gift for patient, practical help.
27°27′
Black Moon Lilith in Libra
In Libra, Lilith is the one who stops keeping the peace at any price.
24°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 and his independence (the Sun, Mercury and Uranus) gather in Gemini, 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.
Mars quincunx Neptune almost exact at 0.7°
His drive and his imagination speak different languages: he goes after something before he can say what it is.
Venus sextile North Node close at 1.1°
Love and friendship move him forward: the people he cares for help him find his way.
Venus sextile Saturn close at 1.5°
Loyal in love: he chooses carefully, and what he builds with people lasts.
Venus square Pluto close at 1.7°
Love comes with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stands.
The Sun conjunction Mercury close at 1.8°
His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
The Sun square the Moon close at 1.9°
The self he shows the world and the self he comes home to want different things, and he makes room for both.
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Saturn conjunction North Node close at 2.6°
A serious path: growing asks for patience, and he gives it.
The Moon square Mercury wide at 3.6°
His head and his feelings argue: he knows what he thinks before he knows what he feels, or the other way round.
Mars square Pluto wide at 4.2°
A fierce will: he meets opposition head on, and a fight brings out his full strength.
Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 5.0°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Jupiter square Uranus wide at 5.2°
Restless hope: he wants more freedom than any situation gives, and big changes come suddenly.
Neptune square North Node wide at 5.6°
Dreams and the way forward clash, and growing means trading some illusions for clear sight.
Venus conjunction Mars wide at 6.0°
Magnetic: affection and desire come together in him, and people notice.
The Sun square Jupiter wide at 6.7°
He reaches for more than one life can hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
The Sun square Neptune wide at 7.8°
The self he knows and the image others see drift apart at times, and he works 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
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