Famous birth charts · Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda’s chart in full
Born May 16, 1905, Grand Island, Nebraska, United States. 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 Taurus
The Gardener. Steady, sensual and sure.
25°10′
Moon in Libra
The Moon moved from Libra into Scorpio at 7:50 p.m. that day, local time: in Libra for a birth before then, in Scorpio for one after.
25°08′
Mercury in Taurus
The Careful Thinker. Slow to decide, sure once decided.
0°36′
Venus in Ariesretrograde
The Chaser. Love at first sight.
28°21′
Mars in Scorpioretrograde
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
14°41′
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Jupiter in Taurus
The Patient Grower. Abundance you can hold.
16°04′
Saturn in Pisces
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
2°16′
Uranus in Capricornretrograde
3°40′
Neptune in Cancer
6°20′
Pluto in Gemini
20°35′
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 Virgo
The direction his life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
5°55′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
6°42′
Black Moon Lilith in Aries
In Aries, Lilith is a temper and an independence that ask nobody’s permission.
12°49′
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 identity, his mind and his optimism (the Sun, Mercury and Jupiter) gather in Taurus, and that part of life drew his 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.
Neptune sextile North Node almost exact at 0.4°
Imagination helped him forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
Mars opposition Jupiter close at 1.4°
He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
Saturn sextile Uranus close at 1.4°
Old and new sat well together: he could change things without throwing out what worked.
Mercury sextile Saturn close at 1.7°
A patient, exact mind: he chose every word, and his thinking got sharper with practice.
Mercury conjunction Venus close at 2.2°
Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
Uranus trine North Node close at 2.2°
Change helped him forward: he grew by trying the new.
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Uranus opposition Neptune close at 2.7°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and he lived with both.
Mercury trine Uranus wide at 3.1°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Saturn opposition North Node wide at 3.6°
Duty and growth competed: what he owed others and where he needed to go called for hard choices.
Venus sextile Saturn wide at 3.9°
Loyal in love: he chose carefully, and what he built with people lasted.
Saturn trine Neptune wide at 4.1°
Practical dreams: he gave ideals a shape and worked to make them real.
Mercury trine North Node wide at 5.3°
His way with words helped him find his direction, and the right ideas came at the right time.
Venus trine Uranus wide at 5.3°
He loved the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.
The Sun square Saturn wide at 7.1°
Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter wide at 9.1°
Optimism at the centre of him: he expected things to go well, and that confidence won people 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
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
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