Famous birth charts · Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton’s chart in full
Born January 24, 1862, New York City, New York, United States. 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 Aquarius
The Free Thinker. Original, free and humane.
4°31′
Moon in Scorpio
The Moon moved from Scorpio into Sagittarius at 11:14 p.m. that day, local time: in Scorpio for a birth before then, in Sagittarius for one after.
23°20′
Mercury in Aquarius
The Inventor. The original thinker.
13°03′
Venus in Pisces
The Tender Heart. Love without limits.
12°50′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
12°26′
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Jupiter in Virgoretrograde
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
27°12′
Saturn in Virgoretrograde
The Perfectionist. Mastery by the hour.
22°14′
Uranus in Geminiretrograde
12°35′
Neptune in Pisces
29°25′
Pluto in Taurus
8°29′
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 her life grows in: Capricorn, ambitious and patient.
4°00′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
0°14′
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus
In Taurus, Lilith is an appetite for pleasure that sees no need to apologise.
20°58′
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.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In her chart, her drive (Mars in Sagittarius) and her independence (Uranus in Gemini) face each other across the wheel, and her heart (Venus in Pisces) took the strain: the part of her 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.
Mars opposition Uranus almost exact at 0.2°
Restless and quick to rebel: she pushed against limits, and sudden decisions came with the territory.
Venus square Uranus almost exact at 0.2°
Love came in sudden starts and stops: she fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
Venus square Mars almost exact at 0.4°
In love she wanted tenderness and a chase at once, and her relationships were rarely calm.
Mercury trine Uranus almost exact at 0.5°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and she saw answers others missed.
Mercury sextile Mars almost exact at 0.6°
A quick, direct mind: she made decisions fast and said what she meant.
Jupiter opposition Neptune close at 2.2°
Her hopes ran ahead of what was real, and she learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
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The Sun square Pluto wide at 4.0°
Nothing about her was halfway: she insisted on running her own life, and the struggle made her formidable.
Venus sextile Pluto wide at 4.4°
She loved with depth and loyalty, and the bonds she formed changed both people.
Pluto trine North Node wide at 4.5°
Deep change helped her forward: each time she started over, she went further.
Mercury square Pluto wide at 4.6°
Her words had force: she spoke to persuade, and she kept her own counsel until the right moment.
Neptune square North Node wide at 4.6°
Dreams and the way forward clashed, and growing meant trading some illusions for clear sight.
Jupiter conjunction Saturn wide at 5.0°
Optimism with a plan: her hopes were practical, and she built them slowly into something real.
The Sun sextile Neptune wide at 5.1°
Imagination and identity worked together: she could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
Jupiter square North Node wide at 6.8°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward went different ways, and real growth came from the harder one.
Saturn opposition Neptune wide at 7.2°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: her discipline and her imagination asked different things of her.
The Sun trine Jupiter wide at 7.3°
Her confidence came easily and spread: she thought big, and other people wanted to come along.
The Sun trine Uranus wide at 8.1°
Independence came easily: she did things her own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 8.5°
Her mind and her identity were close together: she spoke as she thought, and her ideas were part of who she was.
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.
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