Famous birth charts · Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine’s chart in full
Born January 24, 1917, Hamden, Connecticut, United States. 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 Aquarius
The Free Thinker. Original, free and humane.
4°10′
Moon in Aquarius
The Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces at 9:41 p.m. that day, local time: in Aquarius for a birth before then, in Pisces for one after.
23°54′
Mercury in Capricornretrograde
The Planner. Foundations first.
22°19′
Venus in Capricorn
The Loyal Partner. Love built to last.
11°33′
Mars in Aquarius
The Rebel. Rebel with a cause.
11°56′
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Jupiter in Aries
The Bold Starter. Faith in going first.
27°26′
Saturn in Cancerretrograde
The Guardian. The keeper of the home.
26°35′
Uranus in Aquarius
18°49′
Neptune in Leoretrograde
3°29′
Pluto in Cancerretrograde
2°48′
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.
19°51′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
23°01′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
8°40′
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 his chart, his identity and his mind (the Sun in Aquarius and Mercury in Capricorn) and his discipline and his imagination (Saturn in Cancer and Neptune in Leo) face each other across the wheel, and his optimism (Jupiter in Aries) took the strain: the part of him 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.
The Sun opposition Neptune almost exact at 0.7°
The self he knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and he worked to keep hold of the real one.
Jupiter square Saturn almost exact at 0.9°
Growth and caution kept checking each other: he moved forward in bursts, then paused to consolidate.
The Sun quincunx Pluto close at 1.4°
He kept rebuilding himself to fit what life asked, and control was the hardest thing to give up.
Mercury conjunction North Node close at 2.5°
Ideas and talk set his course: he found his direction by learning and talking things through.
Mercury opposition Saturn wide at 4.3°
He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.
Mercury square Jupiter wide at 5.1°
Big ideas and loose details: he thought on a large scale, and the small print was where things got away from him.
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Jupiter square Neptune wide at 6.0°
His hopes ran ahead of what was real, and he learned to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
Saturn opposition North Node wide at 6.7°
Duty and growth competed: what he owed others and where he needed to go called for hard choices.
The Sun square Jupiter wide at 6.7°
He reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
Mars conjunction Uranus wide at 6.9°
Electric: he acted on impulse, loved a risk and refused to be told what to do.
Saturn conjunction Neptune wide at 6.9°
He took dreams seriously and gave them structure, and his ideals had to prove themselves.
The Sun opposition Saturn wide at 7.6°
Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
The Sun conjunction Mars wide at 7.8°
Purpose and drive in one place: he was quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
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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