Famous birth charts · Gloria Swanson
Gloria Swanson’s chart in full
Born March 27, 1899, Chicago, Illinois, United States. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
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.
6°52′
Moon in Libra
The Peacemaker. Needing harmony.
12°37′
Mercury in Aries
The Spark. First to speak.
25°01′
Venus in Aquarius
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
24°32′
Mars in Cancer
The Defender. Fierce for its own.
23°44′
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Jupiter in Scorpioretrograde
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
8°41′
Saturn in Sagittarius
The Wise Teacher. Belief that has been tested.
23°39′
Uranus in Sagittariusretrograde
7°56′
Neptune in Gemini
22°09′
Pluto in Gemini
13°52′
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 Capricorn
The direction her life grows in: Capricorn, ambitious and patient.
3°36′
Chiron in Sagittarius
In Sagittarius, Chiron is a restless question about what it all means, and a gift for lending others a wider view.
13°02′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
3°11′
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.
Yod
Two planets in easy contact both point awkwardly at a third, which becomes the focus: a talent that takes constant adjusting.
In her chart, her heart (Venus in Aquarius) and her discipline (Saturn in Sagittarius) both point at her drive (Mars in Cancer), the part of her that kept needing adjustment and gave her life its focus.
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.
Mars quincunx Saturn almost exact at 0.1°
When to push and when to wait took constant judging, and she learned timing the hard way.
Mercury sextile Venus almost exact at 0.5°
A graceful mind: she spoke kindly and well, and she knew how to say a hard thing gently.
Venus quincunx Mars almost exact at 0.8°
What she found beautiful and what she desired kept parting ways, and love took some working out.
Venus sextile Saturn almost exact at 0.9°
Loyal in love: she chose carefully, and what she built with people lasted.
The Sun trine Uranus close at 1.1°
Independence came easily: she did things her own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
The Moon trine Pluto close at 1.3°
Her feelings ran deep and held steady: she came through hard times with more strength than she went in with.
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Mercury square Mars close at 1.3°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: she argued well, sometimes too well, and a debate was a kind of sport to her.
Mercury trine Saturn close at 1.4°
A patient, exact mind: she chose every word, and her thinking got sharper with practice.
Saturn opposition Neptune close at 1.5°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: her discipline and her imagination asked different things of her.
The Sun quincunx Jupiter close at 1.8°
She kept fitting her ambitions to her purpose, and some big plans had to wait.
Venus trine Neptune close at 2.4°
A romantic with an artist’s eye: she saw the beauty in people and made it visible to others.
Mercury sextile Neptune close at 2.9°
She thought in pictures and music: her words carried a mood, and her imagination gave her ideas colour.
The Sun square North Node wide at 3.3°
Being herself and growing asked for different things, and her biggest steps forward came when she stretched past her habits.
Uranus opposition Pluto wide at 5.9°
Upheaval and the urge to break free ran strong, and she pushed for change rather than waiting for it.
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 earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one she had to find.
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