Famous birth charts · Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein’s chart in full
Born February 3, 1874, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, 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 Aquarius
The Free Thinker. Original, free and humane.
14°45′
Moon in Virgo
The Mender. Care in the details.
9°38′
Mercury in Aquarius
The Inventor. The original thinker.
14°50′
Venus in Aquarius
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
9°56′
Mars in Pisces
The Gentle Warrior. Strength that flows round.
25°46′
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Jupiter in Libraretrograde
The Connector. Faith in fairness.
1°15′
Saturn in Aquarius
The Reformer. The architect of the group.
6°14′
Uranus in Leoretrograde
8°15′
Neptune in Aries
26°00′
Pluto in Taurus
19°48′
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 Taurus
The direction her life grows in: Taurus, steady and sensual.
9°35′
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.
14°55′
Black Moon Lilith in Libra
In Libra, Lilith is the one who stops keeping the peace at any price.
0°21′
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 heart and her discipline (the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Saturn) gather in Aquarius, 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 Moon trine North Node almost exact at 0.1°
What comforted her also moved her forward: her instincts pointed the right way.
The Sun conjunction Mercury almost exact at 0.1°
Her mind and her identity were close together: she spoke as she thought, and her ideas were part of who she was.
Venus square North Node almost exact at 0.3°
What felt comfortable in love and what helped her grow were different things, and she chose between them more than once.
Uranus square North Node close at 1.3°
The way forward asked for steadiness, and the urge for change kept breaking in.
Venus opposition Uranus close at 1.7°
Love came in sudden starts and stops: she fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
Saturn opposition Uranus close at 2.0°
Tradition and rebellion fought in her: she wanted security and freedom, and could rarely have both at once.
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Saturn square North Node wide at 3.4°
Duty and growth competed: what she owed others and where she needed to go called for hard choices.
Venus conjunction Saturn wide at 3.7°
Serious about love: she gave affection slowly, and once given, it stayed given.
The Sun conjunction Venus wide at 4.8°
Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to her core.
Mercury conjunction Venus wide at 4.9°
Words with charm in them: she had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to her.
Mercury square Pluto wide at 5.0°
Her words had force: she spoke to persuade, and she kept her own counsel until the right moment.
Jupiter trine Saturn wide at 5.0°
Hope and caution in balance: she dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
The Sun square Pluto wide at 5.0°
Nothing about her was halfway: she insisted on running her own life, and the struggle made her formidable.
The Sun square North Node wide at 5.2°
Being herself and growing asked for different things, and her biggest steps forward came when she stretched past her habits.
Mercury square North Node wide at 5.2°
Old ideas and the way forward were at odds, and she learned new ways of thinking to move on.
Mars opposition Jupiter wide at 5.5°
She took on more than any one person could, and her boldness ran ahead of her plans.
The Sun opposition Uranus wide at 6.5°
She needed room to be herself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.
Mercury opposition Uranus wide at 6.6°
Her mind ran ahead of the conversation: she said the unexpected thing, and not everyone was ready to hear it.
The Sun conjunction Saturn wide at 8.5°
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
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