Famous birth charts · Empress Dowager Cixi
Empress Dowager Cixi’s chart in full
Born November 29, 1835, Beijing, China. 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 Sagittarius
The Explorer. Honest, free and far-seeing.
6°16′
Moon in Pisces
The Moon moved from Pisces into Aries at 12:26 p.m. that day, local time: in Pisces for a birth before then, in Aries for one after.
29°47′
Mercury in Scorpio
The Investigator. Hears what was left out.
17°06′
Venus in Sagittarius
The Adventurer. Love as an adventure.
20°05′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
12°01′
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Jupiter in Cancerretrograde
The Generous Host. A home with room for more.
14°51′
Saturn in Scorpio
The Stalwart. Strength under pressure.
0°42′
Uranus in Aquarius
26°51′
Neptune in Aquarius
1°37′
Pluto in Ariesretrograde
12°59′
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.
29°15′
Chiron in Gemini
In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.
5°35′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
6°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.
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 heart and her drive (the Sun, Venus and Mars) 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.
The Moon sextile North Node almost exact at 0.5°
What comforted her also moved her forward: her instincts pointed the right way.
Saturn square Neptune almost exact at 0.9°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: her discipline and her imagination asked different things of her.
Mars trine Pluto close at 1.0°
Stamina and willpower: she kept going long after others stopped, and she did her best work under pressure.
Saturn quincunx North Node close at 1.4°
Responsibility and growth needed steady balancing, and she learned which duties to keep.
Jupiter square Pluto close at 1.9°
She wanted more power than came easily, and the struggle for it shaped her life.
Mercury trine Jupiter close at 2.2°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: she learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
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Neptune trine North Node close at 2.4°
Imagination helped her forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
Uranus square North Node close at 2.4°
The way forward asked for steadiness, and the urge for change kept breaking in.
Saturn trine Uranus wide at 3.9°
Old and new sat well together: she could change things without throwing out what worked.
The Sun sextile Neptune wide at 4.7°
Imagination and identity worked together: she could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
The Sun conjunction Mars wide at 5.8°
Purpose and drive in one place: she was quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
The Sun trine Pluto wide at 6.7°
A quiet strength: under pressure she grew more focused, and she knew how to start over.
The Sun opposition North Node wide at 7.0°
Being herself and growing asked for different things, and her biggest steps forward came when she stretched past her habits.
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 earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one she had to find.
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