Famous birth charts · Helena Blavatsky
Helena Blavatsky’s chart in full
Born August 12, 1831, Dnipro, Ukraine. 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.
18°53′
Moon in Libra
The Peacemaker. Needing harmony.
14°49′
Mercury in Virgo
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
9°54′
Venus in Libra
The Sweetheart. Grace, romance and balance.
3°54′
Mars in Virgo
The Craftsperson. The craftsman’s drive.
3°06′
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Jupiter in Aquariusretrograde
The Visionary. Faith in a better way.
17°11′
Saturn in Virgo
The Perfectionist. Mastery by the hour.
3°02′
Uranus in Aquariusretrograde
12°16′
Neptune in Capricornretrograde
22°55′
Pluto in Ariesretrograde
10°30′
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
The direction her life grows in: Leo, warm and dramatic.
21°47′
Chiron in Taurus
In Taurus, Chiron is a tender place around worth and having enough, and a gift for helping others feel secure.
16°28′
Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius
In Sagittarius, Lilith is a free mind that keeps only the beliefs it chose.
11°44′
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 drive and her discipline (Mercury, Mars and Saturn) gather in Virgo, 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.
Mars conjunction Saturn almost exact at 0.1°
Controlled force: she worked with patience and grit, and she finished what she started.
Mercury quincunx Pluto almost exact at 0.6°
What she knew and what she said needed careful managing, and secrets sat uneasily with her.
Neptune quincunx North Node close at 1.1°
She grew by testing her ideals against real life, again and again.
The Sun opposition Jupiter close at 1.7°
She reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
Uranus sextile Pluto close at 1.8°
She could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited her.
The Moon trine Jupiter close at 2.4°
Good-hearted and generous: she felt looked after by life, and she passed that on.
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The Moon trine Uranus close at 2.5°
Her feelings liked freedom: she needed space in close ties and gave it back just as easily.
The Sun conjunction North Node close at 2.9°
Her identity and her direction in life lined up: the more fully she became herself, the further she went.
The Sun quincunx Neptune wide at 4.0°
She kept redrawing the line between the life she had and the life she imagined.
Jupiter opposition North Node wide at 4.6°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward went different ways, and real growth came from the harder one.
Jupiter conjunction Uranus wide at 4.9°
An inventive optimism: she believed in the new, and she took leaps others would not.
Venus opposition Pluto wide at 6.6°
Love came with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where she stood.
The Sun opposition Uranus wide at 6.6°
She needed room to be herself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.
Mercury conjunction Mars wide at 6.8°
She thought fast and spoke faster: her mind liked a contest, and her words had an edge.
Mercury conjunction Saturn wide at 6.9°
Serious thoughts: she said less than she knew, and what she said held up.
The Sun trine Pluto wide at 8.4°
A quiet strength: under pressure she grew more focused, and she knew how to start over.
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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