Famous birth charts · Federico García Lorca
Federico García Lorca’s chart in full
Born June 5, 1898, Fuente Vaqueros, Spain. 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 Gemini
The Messenger. Curious and many-sided.
14°48′
Moon in Sagittarius
The Moon moved from Sagittarius into Capricorn at 3:22 p.m. that day, local time: in Sagittarius for a birth before then, in Capricorn for one after.
27°53′
Mercury in Taurus
The Careful Thinker. Slow to decide, sure once decided.
21°55′
Venus in Cancer
The Nurturer. Love that makes a home.
12°22′
Mars in Aries
The Trailblazer. First through the door.
28°36′
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Jupiter in Libra
The Connector. Faith in fairness.
0°28′
Saturn in Sagittariusretrograde
The Wise Teacher. Belief that has been tested.
8°32′
Uranus in Sagittariusretrograde
0°59′
Neptune in Gemini
21°57′
Pluto in Gemini
14°13′
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.
18°00′
Chiron in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Chiron is a wariness about trust that runs deep, and the strength to stay close when others are at their lowest.
24°52′
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer
In Cancer, Lilith is a fierce need to belong, and no wish to look after anyone on command.
0°28′
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 his chart, his identity, his imagination and his intensity (the Sun, Neptune and Pluto) gather in Gemini, and that part of life drew his attention first.
Yod
Two planets in easy contact both point awkwardly at a third, which becomes the focus: a talent that takes constant adjusting.
In his chart, his optimism (Jupiter in Libra) and his independence (Uranus in Sagittarius) both point at his drive (Mars in Aries), the part of him that kept needing adjustment and gave his life its focus.
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.
Jupiter sextile Uranus almost exact at 0.5°
Sudden openings: he spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
The Sun conjunction Pluto almost exact at 0.6°
Intensity at the centre: he wanted the whole truth about everything, himself first, and he remade himself more than once to reach it.
The Moon trine Mars almost exact at 0.7°
His feelings turned straight into action: when something mattered, he did something about it.
Mars quincunx Jupiter close at 1.9°
Drive and hope kept going in slightly different directions, and he aimed again and again.
Mars quincunx Uranus close at 2.4°
Effort and restlessness kept catching each other off guard, and his plans changed at short notice.
The Sun quincunx North Node wide at 3.2°
The way forward asked him to bend habits that felt like part of who he was.
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Mercury trine North Node wide at 3.9°
His way with words helped him find his direction, and the right ideas came at the right time.
Venus opposition North Node wide at 5.6°
What felt comfortable in love and what helped him grow were different things, and he chose between them more than once.
Saturn opposition Pluto wide at 5.7°
Heavy demands and hard limits: he faced a great deal of pressure and came out tougher for it.
The Sun opposition Saturn wide at 6.3°
Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
The Sun conjunction Neptune wide at 7.2°
He took in moods, music and other people’s hopes, and gave them back as something new.
Saturn conjunction Uranus wide at 7.6°
Disciplined originality: he built new things on solid foundations.
Neptune conjunction Pluto wide at 7.7°
Imagination and intensity in one place, a meeting that comes about once in five hundred years: a feel for how things end and begin again.
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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