Famous birth charts · Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen’s chart in full
Born March 20, 1828, Stockmanngården, Norway. 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 Pisces
The Sun moved from Pisces into Aries at 3:47 p.m. that day, local time: in Pisces for a birth before then, in Aries for one after.
29°51′
Moon in Taurus
The Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini at 6:29 p.m. that day, local time: in Taurus for a birth before then, in Gemini for one after.
26°36′
Mercury in Piscesretrograde
The Poet. Knowing without explaining.
24°54′
Venus in Taurus
The Keeper. Slow, sensual and loyal.
7°53′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
22°43′
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Jupiter in Scorpioretrograde
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
13°46′
Saturn in Cancer
The Guardian. The keeper of the home.
13°21′
Uranus in Aquarius
1°25′
Neptune in Capricorn
18°08′
Pluto in Aries
5°45′
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 Libra
The direction his life grows in: Libra, graceful and fair.
26°10′
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.
26°59′
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer
In Cancer, Lilith is a fierce need to belong, and no wish to look after anyone on command.
23°31′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
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.
Jupiter trine Saturn almost exact at 0.4°
Hope and caution in balance: he dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
Mercury quincunx North Node close at 1.3°
His habits of thought needed small, steady changes to fit the way forward.
The Sun sextile Uranus close at 1.6°
Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
Mercury square Mars close at 2.2°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argued well, sometimes too well, and a debate was a kind of sport to him.
Mars sextile North Node wide at 3.4°
Courage moved him forward, and each bold step took him further along his path.
The Sun quincunx North Node wide at 3.7°
The way forward asked him to bend habits that felt like part of who he was.
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Uranus sextile Pluto wide at 4.3°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
Jupiter sextile Neptune wide at 4.4°
Faith and imagination together: he believed in people and ideals, and that belief was catching.
Saturn opposition Neptune wide at 4.8°
The dream and the hard work seldom agreed on terms: his discipline and his imagination asked different things of him.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 5.0°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
Uranus square North Node wide at 5.3°
The way forward asked for steadiness, and the urge for change kept breaking in.
Venus opposition Jupiter wide at 5.9°
He loved too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures ran past what one life could use.
The Sun conjunction Pluto wide at 5.9°
Intensity at the centre: he wanted the whole truth about everything, himself first, and he remade himself more than once to reach it.
The Sun square Mars wide at 7.1°
He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his 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
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
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