Famous birth charts · Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor’s chart in full
Born March 25, 1925, Savannah, Georgia, 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 Aries
The Pioneer. First in, first to try.
4°32′
Moon in Aries
The Quick Flame. Quick to flare, quick to forgive.
18°39′
Mercury in Aries
The Spark. First to speak.
22°02′
Venus in Pisces
The Tender Heart. Love without limits.
27°00′
Mars in Gemini
The Multitasker. Quick with the comeback.
1°05′
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Jupiter in Capricorn
The Steward. Faith earned, not given.
19°23′
Saturn in Scorpioretrograde
The Stalwart. Strength under pressure.
13°30′
Uranus in Pisces
22°12′
Neptune in Leoretrograde
20°08′
Pluto in Cancerretrograde
11°24′
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 Leo
The direction her life grows in: Leo, warm and dramatic.
12°29′
Chiron in Aries
In Aries, Chiron is a doubt about the right to go first, and with it a talent for giving others their nerve.
22°58′
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer
In Cancer, Lilith is a fierce need to belong, and no wish to look after anyone on command.
11°02′
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 feelings and her mind (the Sun, the Moon and Mercury) gather in Aries, and that part of life drew her 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 her chart, her optimism (Jupiter in Capricorn) and her independence (Uranus in Pisces) both point at her imagination (Neptune in Leo), the part of her that kept needing adjustment and gave her 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.
The Moon square Jupiter almost exact at 0.8°
Her feelings ran large: she wanted more comfort, more company and more of everything than any one day gave.
Jupiter quincunx Neptune almost exact at 0.8°
Her ideals and her beliefs needed constant matching up, and she kept asking what she really believed.
Saturn square North Node close at 1.0°
Duty and growth competed: what she owed others and where she needed to go called for hard choices.
The Moon trine Neptune close at 1.5°
She picked up what others felt before a word was said, and her compassion reached far.
Mercury trine Neptune close at 1.9°
She thought in pictures and music: her words carried a mood, and her imagination gave her ideas colour.
Uranus quincunx Neptune close at 2.1°
Sudden change and slow dreams kept adjusting to each other.
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Saturn trine Pluto close at 2.1°
Endurance: she could work through hard times, and what she built survived pressure.
Mercury square Jupiter close at 2.6°
Big ideas and loose details: she thought on a large scale, and the small print was where things got away from her.
Jupiter sextile Uranus close at 2.8°
Sudden openings: she spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
The Moon conjunction Mercury wide at 3.4°
She thought with her feelings: memory, mood and wit came together, and her words gave away what she felt.
The Sun sextile Mars wide at 3.5°
Her purpose and her drive worked together: once she decided on something, she moved on it fast.
Venus sextile Mars wide at 4.1°
Charm and desire worked together: she knew what she wanted in love and how to win it.
Venus conjunction Uranus wide at 4.8°
Love at first sight, and freedom after it: the different and the new won her heart.
Saturn square Neptune wide at 6.6°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: her discipline and her imagination asked different things of her.
The Sun square Pluto wide at 6.9°
Nothing about her was halfway: she insisted on running her own life, and the struggle made her formidable.
The Sun conjunction Venus wide at 7.5°
Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to her core.
Neptune conjunction North Node wide at 7.7°
A path lit by imagination: she followed a vision more than a plan.
The Sun trine North Node wide at 8.0°
The direction her life took suited her: being herself and growing went hand in hand.
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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