Famous birth charts · Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo’s chart in full
Born September 18, 1905, Katarina church parish, 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
24°51′
Moon in Taurus
The Hearth. Calm, sensual and steady.
16°15′
Mercury in Virgo
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
7°30′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
19°34′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
16°47′
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Jupiter in Gemini
The Curious Learner. Faith in the next question.
6°25′
Saturn in Aquariusretrograde
The Reformer. The architect of the group.
27°40′
Uranus in Capricorn
0°17′
Neptune in Cancer
10°14′
Pluto in Gemini
22°44′
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
North Node moved from Virgo into Leo at 5:26 a.m. that day, local time: in Virgo for a birth before then, in Leo for one after.
29°59′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
1°36′
Black Moon Lilith in Aries
In Aries, Lilith is a temper and an independence that ask nobody’s permission.
26°43′
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.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In her chart, her drive and her independence (Mars in Sagittarius and Uranus in Capricorn) and her intensity (Pluto in Gemini) face each other across the wheel, and her identity (the Sun in Virgo) took the strain: the part of her that worked 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.
Uranus trine North Node almost exact at 0.3°
Change helped her forward: she grew by trying the new.
Mercury square Jupiter close at 1.1°
Big ideas and loose details: she thought on a large scale, and the small print was where things got away from her.
The Sun square Pluto close at 2.1°
Nothing about her was halfway: she insisted on running her own life, and the struggle made her formidable.
Saturn opposition North Node close at 2.3°
Duty and growth competed: what she owed others and where she needed to go called for hard choices.
Saturn sextile Uranus close at 2.6°
Old and new sat well together: she could change things without throwing out what worked.
Mercury sextile Neptune close at 2.7°
She thought in pictures and music: her words carried a mood, and her imagination gave her ideas colour.
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Venus trine Mars close at 2.8°
Charm and desire worked together: she knew what she wanted in love and how to win it.
The Sun quincunx Saturn close at 2.8°
The wish to shine and the wish to be careful needed steady adjusting: she moved forward a step, then checked it.
Venus sextile Pluto wide at 3.2°
She loved with depth and loyalty, and the bonds she formed changed both people.
The Moon square Venus wide at 3.3°
What comforted her and what she loved were different things, so her heart and her moods kept negotiating.
Saturn trine Pluto wide at 4.9°
Endurance: she could work through hard times, and what she built survived pressure.
The Sun square Uranus wide at 5.4°
She needed room to be herself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.
Mars opposition Pluto wide at 6.0°
A fierce will: she met opposition head on, and a fight brought out her full strength.
Jupiter square North Node wide at 6.4°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward went different ways, and real growth came from the harder one.
Uranus opposition Pluto wide at 7.5°
Upheaval and the urge to break free ran strong, and she pushed for change rather than waiting for it.
The Sun square Mars wide at 8.1°
She fought hard for what she wanted, and her temper was part of her courage.
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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