Famous birth charts · Emily Brontë
Emily Brontë’s chart in full
Born July 30, 1818, The Brontë Birthplace, 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 Leo
The Bright One. Warm, proud and generous.
6°39′
Moon in Cancer
The Nest-Maker. Home is the heart.
6°34′
Mercury in Leo
The Storyteller. A voice that carries.
20°23′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
12°07′
Mars in Virgo
The Craftsperson. The craftsman’s drive.
11°51′
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Jupiter in Capricornretrograde
The Steward. Faith earned, not given.
4°38′
Saturn in Piscesretrograde
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
17°28′
Uranus in Sagittariusretrograde
16°27′
Neptune in Sagittariusretrograde
24°05′
Pluto in Piscesretrograde
26°16′
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 Taurus
The direction her life grows in: Taurus, steady and sensual.
4°14′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
25°06′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
21°10′
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 heart and her drive (Venus and Mars, together in Virgo) and her discipline (Saturn in Pisces) face each other across the wheel, and her independence (Uranus in Sagittarius) 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.
Venus conjunction Mars almost exact at 0.3°
Magnetic: affection and desire came together in her, and people noticed.
Jupiter trine North Node almost exact at 0.4°
Hope helped her grow: faith in what was possible kept her moving forward.
Saturn square Uranus close at 1.0°
Tradition and rebellion fought in her: she wanted security and freedom, and could rarely have both at once.
The Moon opposition Jupiter close at 1.9°
Her feelings ran large: she wanted more comfort, more company and more of everything than any one day gave.
The Sun quincunx Jupiter close at 2.0°
She kept fitting her ambitions to her purpose, and some big plans had to wait.
The Sun square North Node close at 2.4°
Being herself and growing asked for different things, and her biggest steps forward came when she stretched past her habits.
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Mercury trine Neptune wide at 3.7°
She thought in pictures and music: her words carried a mood, and her imagination gave her ideas colour.
Mercury trine Uranus wide at 3.9°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and she saw answers others missed.
Venus square Uranus wide at 4.3°
Love came in sudden starts and stops: she fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
Mars square Uranus wide at 4.6°
Restless and quick to rebel: she pushed against limits, and sudden decisions came with the territory.
Venus opposition Saturn wide at 5.4°
Love felt like something to be earned, and she held back until she was sure of it.
Mars opposition Saturn wide at 5.6°
Drive with the brakes on: she wanted to move, something held her back, and the friction made her tough.
Saturn square Neptune wide at 6.6°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: her discipline and her imagination asked different things of her.
Uranus conjunction Neptune wide at 7.6°
Visionary: the new and the ideal met in her imagination.
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
No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through took deliberate effort.
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