Famous birth charts · H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft’s chart in full
Born August 20, 1890, Providence, Rhode Island, 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 Leo
The Bright One. Warm, proud and generous.
27°34′
Moon in Libra
The Peacemaker. Needing harmony.
23°40′
Mercury in Virgo
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
21°11′
Venus in Libra
The Sweetheart. Grace, romance and balance.
11°02′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
10°46′
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Jupiter in Aquariusretrograde
The Visionary. Faith in a better way.
4°38′
Saturn in Virgo
The Perfectionist. Mastery by the hour.
6°01′
Uranus in Libra
23°42′
Neptune in Gemini
6°43′
Pluto in Gemini
7°50′
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 Gemini
The direction his life grows in: Gemini, curious and quick-witted.
21°15′
Chiron in Cancer
In Cancer, Chiron is an early longing to belong somewhere, and a knack for making strangers feel at home.
28°56′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
13°14′
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 feelings, his heart and his independence (the Moon, Venus and Uranus) gather in Libra, and that part of life drew 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 drive (Mars in Sagittarius) and his imagination and his intensity (Neptune and Pluto, together in Gemini) face each other across the wheel, and his discipline (Saturn in Virgo) took the strain: the part of him 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.
The Moon conjunction Uranus exact at 0.0°
Restless feelings: he felt most at home where things were new.
Mercury square North Node almost exact at 0.1°
Old ideas and the way forward were at odds, and he learned new ways of thinking to move on.
Venus sextile Mars almost exact at 0.3°
Charm and desire worked together: he knew what he wanted in love and how to win it.
Saturn square Neptune almost exact at 0.7°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.
Neptune conjunction Pluto close at 1.1°
Imagination and intensity in one place, a meeting that comes about once in five hundred years: a feel for how things end and begin again.
Jupiter quincunx Saturn close at 1.4°
When to expand and when to hold back took constant rethinking.
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Saturn square Pluto close at 1.8°
Heavy demands and hard limits: he faced a great deal of pressure and came out tougher for it.
Jupiter trine Neptune close at 2.1°
Faith and imagination together: he believed in people and ideals, and that belief was catching.
The Moon trine North Node close at 2.4°
What comforted him also moved him forward: his instincts pointed the right way.
Uranus trine North Node close at 2.5°
Change helped him forward: he grew by trying the new.
Mars opposition Pluto close at 2.9°
A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.
Venus trine Pluto wide at 3.2°
He loved with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he formed changed both people.
Jupiter trine Pluto wide at 3.2°
Ambition with depth: he knew how to build influence, and he used it to make big changes.
The Sun sextile Uranus wide at 3.9°
Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
Mars opposition Neptune wide at 4.1°
Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Venus trine Neptune wide at 4.3°
A romantic with an artist’s eye: he saw the beauty in people and made it visible to others.
Mars square Saturn wide at 4.8°
Drive with the brakes on: he wanted to move, something held him back, and the friction made him tough.
The Sun sextile North Node wide at 6.3°
The direction his life took suited him: being himself and growing went hand in hand.
The Sun conjunction Saturn wide at 8.4°
Serious from early on: purpose and duty were one thing to him, and he treated his 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
No water at all, so feelings came out in actions more than in words.
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