Famous birth charts · Florence Griffith Joyner
Florence Griffith Joyner’s chart in full
Born December 21, 1959, Los Angeles, California, 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 Sagittarius
The Explorer. Honest, free and far-seeing.
29°13′
Moon in Virgo
The Mender. Care in the details.
13°28′
Mercury in Sagittarius
The Philosopher. The big picture.
10°17′
Venus in Scorpio
The Devotee. All or nothing.
16°21′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
12°56′
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Jupiter in Sagittarius
The Globetrotter. The horizon is the point.
16°29′
Saturn in Capricorn
The Master Builder. Built to last.
8°15′
Uranus in Leoretrograde
20°48′
Neptune in Scorpio
8°27′
Pluto in Virgoretrograde
6°07′
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 Virgo
The direction her life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
29°06′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
23°54′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
14°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 mind, her drive and her optimism (the Sun, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter) 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 Sun square North Node almost exact at 0.1°
Being herself and growing asked for different things, and her biggest steps forward came when she stretched past her habits.
Saturn sextile Neptune almost exact at 0.2°
Practical dreams: she gave ideals a shape and worked to make them real.
The Moon square Mars almost exact at 0.5°
Quick feelings and a quick temper: she reacted first, and her courage came from the same place as her flashes of anger.
Saturn trine Pluto close at 2.1°
Endurance: she could work through hard times, and what she built survived pressure.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 2.3°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mercury conjunction Mars close at 2.6°
She thought fast and spoke faster: her mind liked a contest, and her words had an edge.
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The Moon square Mercury wide at 3.2°
Her head and her feelings argued: she knew what she thought before she knew what she felt, or the other way round.
Mars conjunction Jupiter wide at 3.6°
Enthusiasm at full speed: she charged at life with confidence, and setbacks slowed her only briefly.
Mercury square Pluto wide at 4.2°
Her words had force: she spoke to persuade, and she kept her own counsel until the right moment.
Jupiter trine Uranus wide at 4.3°
Sudden openings: she spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
Venus square Uranus wide at 4.5°
Love came in sudden starts and stops: she fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter wide at 6.2°
She loved ideas, the bigger the better, and she could talk anyone into hoping.
The Sun trine Pluto wide at 6.9°
A quiet strength: under pressure she grew more focused, and she knew how to start over.
The Sun trine Uranus wide at 8.4°
Independence came easily: she did things her own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
The Sun conjunction Saturn wide at 9.1°
Serious from early on: purpose and duty were one thing to her, and she treated her own life as work to be done well.
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
No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through took deliberate effort.
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