Famous birth charts · Frances McDormand
Frances McDormand’s chart in full
Born June 23, 1957, Gibson City, Illinois, 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 Cancer
The Protector. Home, memory and care.
1°56′
Moon in Taurus
The Hearth. Calm, sensual and steady.
9°10′
Mercury in Gemini
The Quick Wit. The messenger at home.
19°36′
Venus in Cancer
The Nurturer. Love that makes a home.
20°33′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
1°23′
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Jupiter in Virgo
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
23°40′
Saturn in Sagittariusretrograde
The Wise Teacher. Belief that has been tested.
9°28′
Uranus in Leo
5°06′
Neptune in Libraretrograde
29°55′
Pluto in Leo
28°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 Scorpio
The direction her life grows in: Scorpio, intense and private.
18°58′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
16°54′
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces
In Pisces, Lilith is a dreamer who wants no rescuing, with a private world all its own.
3°07′
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 drive, her independence and her intensity (Mars, Uranus and Pluto) gather in Leo, and that part of life draws 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.
Mercury quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.6°
Her habits of thought need small, steady changes to fit the way forward.
Mars square Neptune close at 1.5°
Drive and dreams mix uneasily: the goal is clear to her, and the way to it harder to see.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.5°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Venus trine North Node close at 1.6°
Love and friendship move her forward: the people she cares for help her find her way.
The Sun trine Neptune close at 2.0°
Imagination and identity work together: she can become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
Venus sextile Jupiter wide at 3.1°
Affection comes to her with generosity attached: her heart and her optimism help each other.
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The Sun sextile Pluto wide at 3.5°
A quiet strength: under pressure she grows more focused, and she knows how to start over.
Mars conjunction Uranus wide at 3.7°
Electric: she acts on impulse, loves a risk and refuses to be told what to do.
Mercury square Jupiter wide at 4.1°
Big ideas and loose details: she thinks on a large scale, and the small print is where things get away from her.
Saturn trine Uranus wide at 4.4°
Old and new sit well together: she can change things without throwing out what works.
Jupiter sextile North Node wide at 4.7°
Hope helps her grow: faith in what is possible keeps her moving forward.
Uranus square Neptune wide at 5.2°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clash, and she lives with both.
The Sun square Jupiter wide at 8.3°
She reaches for more than one life can hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
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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