Famous birth charts · Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello’s chart in full
Born August 25, 1954, London, 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
1°42′
Moon in Cancer
The Moon moved from Cancer into Leo at 7:23 p.m. that day, local time: in Cancer for a birth before then, in Leo for one after.
25°56′
Mercury in Virgo
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
5°18′
Venus in Libra
The Sweetheart. Grace, romance and balance.
17°30′
Mars in Capricorn
The Achiever. The disciplined climb.
0°18′
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Jupiter in Cancer
The Generous Host. A home with room for more.
20°26′
Saturn in Scorpio
The Stalwart. Strength under pressure.
4°35′
Uranus in Cancer
25°41′
Neptune in Libra
23°58′
Pluto in Leo
24°55′
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.
13°56′
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.
23°52′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
8°03′
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.
The Moon conjunction Uranus almost exact at 0.2°
Restless feelings: he feels most at home where things are new.
Mercury sextile Saturn almost exact at 0.7°
A patient, exact mind: he chooses every word, and his thinking gets sharper with practice.
Neptune sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.9°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
The Sun trine Mars close at 1.4°
His purpose and his drive work together: once he decides on something, he moves on it fast.
Uranus square Neptune close at 1.7°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clash, and he lives with both.
The Moon square Neptune close at 2.0°
His feelings and his imagination pull in different directions: he lives between what is real and what he longs for.
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The Sun sextile Saturn close at 2.9°
Purpose and patience work as a team: he builds slowly and gets better with every year.
Venus square Jupiter close at 2.9°
He loves too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures run past what one life can use.
Jupiter square Neptune wide at 3.5°
His hopes run ahead of what is real, and he learns to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
Venus square North Node wide at 3.5°
What feels comfortable in love and what helps him grow are different things, and he chooses between them more than once.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 3.6°
His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
Mars sextile Saturn wide at 4.3°
His drive and his discipline work together easily: he can push hard and keep going.
Mercury trine Mars wide at 5.0°
A quick, direct mind: he makes decisions fast and says what he means.
Jupiter conjunction Uranus wide at 5.2°
An inventive optimism: he believes in the new, and he takes leaps others would not.
Mars trine Pluto wide at 5.4°
Stamina and willpower: he keeps going long after others stop, and he does his best work under pressure.
Venus conjunction Neptune wide at 6.5°
Romance without limits: he falls for ideals as much as people, and his taste runs to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Jupiter opposition North Node wide at 6.5°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward go different ways, and real growth comes from the harder one.
The Sun conjunction Pluto wide at 6.8°
Intensity at the centre: he wants the whole truth about everything, himself first, and he remakes himself more than once to reach it.
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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