Famous birth charts · Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola’s chart in full
Born April 7, 1939, Detroit, Michigan, 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.
16°59′
Moon in Sagittarius
The Moon moved from Scorpio into Sagittarius at 8:48 a.m. that day, local time: in Scorpio for a birth before then, in Sagittarius for one after.
1°45′
Mercury in Ariesretrograde
The Spark. First to speak.
9°14′
Venus in Pisces
The Tender Heart. Love without limits.
8°41′
Mars in Capricorn
The Achiever. The disciplined climb.
9°27′
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Jupiter in Pisces
The Believer. Faith without limits.
22°42′
Saturn in Aries
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
20°30′
Uranus in Taurus
16°03′
Neptune in Virgoretrograde
21°17′
Pluto in Cancerretrograde
29°14′
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 his life grows in: Scorpio, intense and private.
8°29′
Chiron in Cancer
In Cancer, Chiron is an early longing to belong somewhere, and a knack for making strangers feel at home.
4°41′
Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Lilith is the outsider’s streak, at its best when it does not fit in.
12°01′
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 mind and his discipline (the Sun, Mercury and Saturn) gather in Aries, and that part of life draws his 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.
Venus trine North Node almost exact at 0.2°
Love and friendship move him forward: the people he cares for help him find his way.
Mercury square Mars almost exact at 0.2°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argues well, sometimes too well, and a debate is a kind of sport to him.
Mercury quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.7°
His habits of thought need small, steady changes to fit the way forward.
Venus sextile Mars almost exact at 0.8°
Charm and desire work together: he knows what he wants in love and how to win it.
Saturn quincunx Neptune almost exact at 0.8°
Duty and dreams keep trading places as the priority.
Mars sextile North Node close at 1.0°
Courage moves him forward, and each bold step takes him further along his path.
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Jupiter opposition Neptune close at 1.4°
His hopes run ahead of what is real, and he learns to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
The Moon trine Pluto close at 2.5°
His feelings run deep and hold steady: he comes through hard times with more strength than he goes in with.
The Sun conjunction Saturn wide at 3.5°
Serious from early on: purpose and duty are one thing to him, and he treats his own life as work to be done well.
The Sun quincunx Neptune wide at 4.3°
He keeps redrawing the line between the life he has and the life he imagines.
Uranus trine Neptune wide at 5.2°
Change and idealism go together: new ideas come wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Jupiter trine Pluto wide at 6.5°
Ambition with depth: he knows how to build influence, and he uses it to make big changes.
Mars trine Uranus wide at 6.6°
Quick and inventive in action: he moves fast, breaks with habit and makes sudden changes work.
The Sun square Mars wide at 7.5°
He fights hard for what he wants, and his temper is part of his courage.
Uranus opposition North Node wide at 7.6°
The way forward asks for steadiness, and the urge for change keeps breaking in.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 7.8°
His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
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.
No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through takes deliberate effort.
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