Famous birth charts · Fredrik Backman
Fredrik Backman’s chart in full
Born June 2, 1981, Stockholm, Sweden. 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.
11°46′
Moon in Gemini
The Talker. Feeling by talking.
10°52′
Mercury in Cancer
The Remembering Mind. A memory for tone.
3°18′
Venus in Gemini
The Charmer. Love through conversation.
26°30′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
27°59′
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Jupiter in Libra
The Connector. Faith in fairness.
0°30′
Saturn in Libraretrograde
The Fair Judge. Fairness built in.
3°00′
Uranus in Scorpioretrograde
27°31′
Neptune in Sagittariusretrograde
23°49′
Pluto in Libraretrograde
21°46′
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 his life grows in: Leo, warm and dramatic.
2°50′
Chiron in Taurus
In Taurus, Chiron is a tender place around worth and having enough, and a gift for helping others feel secure.
19°39′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
17°18′
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 feelings and his heart (the Sun, the Moon and Venus) gather in Gemini, and that part of life draws his attention first.
Stellium
Three or more planets gathered in one sign or one house, so that part of the chart speaks loudest.
In his chart, his optimism, his discipline and his intensity (Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto) gather in Libra, and that part of life draws his attention first.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In his chart, his heart (Venus in Gemini) and his imagination (Neptune in Sagittarius) face each other across the wheel, and his optimism (Jupiter in Libra) takes the strain: the part of him that works hardest.
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.
Saturn sextile North Node almost exact at 0.2°
Discipline helps him grow: patience and hard work keep him on course.
Mercury square Saturn almost exact at 0.3°
He doubts his own ideas before anyone else can, and so he checks every one twice.
Mars opposition Uranus almost exact at 0.5°
Restless and quick to rebel: he pushes against limits, and sudden decisions come with the territory.
The Sun conjunction the Moon almost exact at 0.9°
Born near a new Moon, so what he wants and what he needs move as one: single-minded, and hard to talk out of anything.
Venus quincunx Uranus close at 1.0°
Affection and independence need constant trading off, and he keeps renegotiating the terms of his relationships.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 2.0°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
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Jupiter sextile North Node close at 2.3°
Hope helps him grow: faith in what is possible keeps him moving forward.
Mars trine Jupiter close at 2.5°
Big drive and big confidence: he goes after large goals, and his enthusiasm carries others along.
Jupiter conjunction Saturn close at 2.5°
Optimism with a plan: his hopes are practical, and he builds them slowly into something real.
Venus opposition Neptune close at 2.7°
He loves the dream of a person, and the real one has to compete with it.
Mercury square Jupiter close at 2.8°
Big ideas and loose details: he thinks on a large scale, and the small print is where things get away from him.
Jupiter sextile Uranus close at 3.0°
Sudden openings: he spots new chances early and jumps at them.
Venus square Jupiter wide at 4.0°
He loves too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures run past what one life can use.
Venus trine Pluto wide at 4.7°
He loves with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he forms change both people.
Mars trine Saturn wide at 5.0°
His drive and his discipline work together easily: he can push hard and keep going.
Uranus trine North Node wide at 5.3°
Change helps him forward: he grows by trying the new.
Jupiter square Neptune wide at 6.7°
His hopes run ahead of what is real, and he learns to check a beautiful idea against the facts.
Mercury conjunction Venus wide at 6.8°
Words with charm in them: he has an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people like listening to him.
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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