Famous birth charts · Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson’s chart in full
Born December 10, 1830, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
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 Sagittarius
The Explorer. Honest, free and far-seeing.
18°12′
Moon in Libra
The Moon moved from Libra into Scorpio at 5:07 p.m. that day, local time: in Libra for a birth before then, in Scorpio for one after.
27°29′
Mercury in Sagittarius
The Philosopher. The big picture.
21°50′
Venus in Sagittarius
The Adventurer. Love as an adventure.
15°40′
Mars in Aries
The Trailblazer. First through the door.
5°19′
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Jupiter in Capricorn
The Steward. Faith earned, not given.
20°23′
Saturn in Virgo
The Perfectionist. Mastery by the hour.
1°46′
Uranus in Aquarius
7°46′
Neptune in Capricorn
21°16′
Pluto in Ariesretrograde
7°36′
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 Virgo
The direction her life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
4°35′
Chiron in Taurus
In Taurus, Chiron is a tender place around worth and having enough, and a gift for helping others feel secure.
7°41′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
14°19′
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 her chart, her identity, her mind and her heart (the Sun, Mercury and Venus) gather in Sagittarius, and that part of life drew her 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.
Uranus sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.2°
She could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited her.
Mars quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.7°
She kept adjusting how hard she pushed to fit where her life was going.
Jupiter conjunction Neptune almost exact at 0.9°
A dreamer’s faith: she believed in something larger, and her compassion and her hopes went together.
Mars conjunction Pluto close at 2.3°
Concentrated force: when she wanted something, she went after it with everything.
Mars sextile Uranus close at 2.5°
Quick and inventive in action: she moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
The Sun conjunction Venus close at 2.5°
Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to her core.
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Saturn conjunction North Node close at 2.8°
A serious path: growing asked for patience, and she gave it.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 3.6°
Her mind and her identity were close together: she spoke as she thought, and her ideas were part of who she was.
Mercury conjunction Venus wide at 6.2°
Words with charm in them: she had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to her.
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.
No water at all, so feelings came out in actions more than in words.
You and Emily Dickinson
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