Famous birth charts · Helen McCrory
Helen McCrory’s chart in full
Born August 17, 1968, London, United Kingdom. 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 Leo
The Bright One. Warm, proud and generous.
24°35′
Moon in Gemini
The Talker. Feeling by talking.
9°27′
Mercury in Virgo
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
4°32′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
10°32′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
7°34′
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Jupiter in Virgo
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
11°32′
Saturn in Ariesretrograde
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
25°28′
Uranus in Virgo
27°26′
Neptune in Scorpio
23°48′
Pluto in Virgo
21°38′
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 Aries
The direction her life grows in: Aries, bold and direct.
10°45′
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.
2°38′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
6°40′
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 mind, her heart, her optimism, her independence and her intensity (Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto) gather in Virgo, and that part of life drew her attention first.
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 independence (Uranus in Virgo) and her imagination (Neptune in Scorpio) both point at her discipline (Saturn in Aries), 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.
Venus quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.2°
She kept adjusting what she wanted from people to fit the life she was growing into.
The Sun square Neptune almost exact at 0.8°
The self she knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and she worked to keep hold of the real one.
Jupiter quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.8°
Some hopes had to be let go to fit the way forward, and she chose which ones.
The Sun trine Saturn almost exact at 0.9°
Purpose and patience worked as a team: she built slowly and got better with every year.
Venus conjunction Jupiter close at 1.0°
A generous heart: love and good company came to her easily, and she shared both.
The Moon square Venus close at 1.1°
What comforted her and what she loved were different things, so her heart and her moods kept negotiating.
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Saturn quincunx Neptune close at 1.7°
Duty and dreams kept trading places as the priority.
Saturn quincunx Uranus close at 2.0°
When to keep the rules and when to break them took constant deciding.
The Moon square Jupiter close at 2.1°
Her feelings ran large: she wanted more comfort, more company and more of everything than any one day gave.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 2.2°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mars trine North Node wide at 3.2°
Courage moved her forward, and each bold step took her further along her path.
Uranus sextile Neptune wide at 3.6°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Uranus conjunction Pluto wide at 5.8°
Born into a time of upheaval: she wanted radical change, and wanted it at once.
Mercury conjunction Venus wide at 6.0°
Words with charm in them: she had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to her.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter wide at 7.0°
She loved ideas, the bigger the better, and she could talk anyone into hoping.
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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