Famous birth charts · Elizabeth Strout
Elizabeth Strout’s chart in full
Born January 6, 1956, Portland, Maine, 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 Capricorn
The Architect. Ambitious, patient and dry.
15°22′
Moon in Scorpio
The Moon moved from Libra into Scorpio at 1:00 a.m. that day, local time: in Libra for a birth before then, in Scorpio for one after.
5°39′
Mercury in Aquarius
The Inventor. The original thinker.
3°19′
Venus in Aquarius
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
16°36′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
25°10′
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Jupiter in Virgoretrograde
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
0°54′
Saturn in Scorpio
The Stalwart. Strength under pressure.
29°27′
Uranus in Leoretrograde
0°55′
Neptune in Scorpio
0°14′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
28°17′
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 Sagittarius
The direction her life grows in: Sagittarius, free and far-ranging.
17°05′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
4°17′
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Lilith is an ambition that has stopped waiting its turn.
3°30′
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 mind (Mercury in Aquarius) and her independence (Uranus in Leo) face each other across the wheel, and her imagination (Neptune in Scorpio) takes the strain: the part of her that works 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.
Venus sextile North Node almost exact at 0.5°
Love and friendship move her forward: the people she cares for help her find her way.
Jupiter sextile Neptune almost exact at 0.7°
Faith and imagination together: she believes in people and ideals, and that belief is catching.
Uranus square Neptune almost exact at 0.7°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clash, and she lives with both.
Saturn square Pluto close at 1.1°
Heavy demands and hard limits: she faces a great deal of pressure and comes out tougher for it.
Jupiter square Saturn close at 1.4°
Growth and caution keep checking each other: she moves forward in bursts, then pauses to consolidate.
Saturn trine Uranus close at 1.5°
Old and new sit well together: she can change things without throwing out what works.
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Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.9°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
The Moon square Mercury close at 2.3°
Her head and her feelings argue: she knows what she thinks before she knows what she feels, or the other way round.
Mercury opposition Uranus close at 2.4°
Her mind runs ahead of the conversation: she says the unexpected thing, and not everyone is ready to hear it.
Jupiter conjunction Pluto close at 2.6°
Large ambitions and the will to see them through: she works on a grand scale.
Mercury square Neptune wide at 3.1°
Facts and dreams blur together in her mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details matter.
Mars square Pluto wide at 3.1°
A fierce will: she meets opposition head on, and a fight brings out her full strength.
Mercury sextile Saturn wide at 3.9°
A patient, exact mind: she chooses every word, and her thinking gets sharper with practice.
Mars conjunction Saturn wide at 4.3°
Controlled force: she works with patience and grit, and she finishes what she starts.
Mars square Jupiter wide at 5.7°
She takes on more than any one person can, and her boldness runs ahead of her plans.
Mars trine Uranus wide at 5.8°
Quick and inventive in action: she moves fast, breaks with habit and makes sudden changes work.
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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