Famous birth charts · Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson’s chart in full
Born April 15, 1959, Paddington, 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 Aries
The Pioneer. First in, first to try.
24°47′
Moon in Cancer
The Nest-Maker. Home is the heart.
15°23′
Mercury in Aries
The Spark. First to speak.
1°09′
Venus in Gemini
The Charmer. Love through conversation.
0°44′
Mars in Cancer
The Defender. Fierce for its own.
2°52′
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Jupiter in Sagittariusretrograde
The Globetrotter. The horizon is the point.
0°50′
Saturn in Capricorn
The Master Builder. Built to last.
7°04′
Uranus in Leoretrograde
12°14′
Neptune in Scorpioretrograde
5°54′
Pluto in Virgoretrograde
1°52′
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 Libra
The direction her life grows in: Libra, graceful and fair.
13°00′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
26°33′
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus
In Taurus, Lilith is an appetite for pleasure that sees no need to apologise.
16°34′
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 (Venus in Gemini) and her optimism (Jupiter in Sagittarius) face each other across the wheel, and her intensity (Pluto in Virgo) 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 opposition Jupiter almost exact at 0.1°
She loves too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures run past what one life can use.
Mercury trine Jupiter almost exact at 0.3°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: she learns easily, tells a good story and sees the big picture.
Mercury sextile Venus almost exact at 0.4°
A graceful mind: she speaks kindly and well, and she knows how to say a hard thing gently.
Mercury quincunx Pluto almost exact at 0.7°
What she knows and what she says need careful managing, and secrets sit uneasily with her.
Uranus sextile North Node almost exact at 0.8°
Change helps her forward: she grows by trying the new.
Mars sextile Pluto close at 1.0°
Stamina and willpower: she keeps going long after others stop, and she does her best work under pressure.
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Jupiter square Pluto close at 1.0°
She wants more power than comes easily, and the struggle for it shapes her life.
Venus square Pluto close at 1.1°
Love comes with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where she stands.
Saturn sextile Neptune close at 1.2°
Practical dreams: she gives ideals a shape and works to make them real.
Mercury square Mars close at 1.7°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: she argues well, sometimes too well, and a debate is a kind of sport to her.
Mars quincunx Jupiter close at 2.0°
Drive and hope keep going in slightly different directions, and she aims again and again.
The Moon square North Node close at 2.4°
Home comforts and the way forward ask for different things, and growing means leaving some familiar things behind.
Mars trine Neptune close at 3.0°
She works for ideals: her drive comes alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 4.0°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mars opposition Saturn wide at 4.2°
Drive with the brakes on: she wants to move, something holds her back, and the friction makes her tough.
Saturn trine Pluto wide at 5.2°
Endurance: she can work through hard times, and what she builds survives pressure.
Mercury square Saturn wide at 5.9°
She doubts her own ideas before anyone else can, and so she checks every one twice.
Saturn square North Node wide at 5.9°
Duty and growth compete: what she owes others and where she needs to go call for hard choices.
Uranus square Neptune wide at 6.3°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clash, and she lives with both.
The Sun trine Pluto wide at 7.1°
A quiet strength: under pressure she grows more focused, and she knows how to start over.
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
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