Famous birth charts · Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert’s chart in full
Born March 31, 1935, Los Angeles, California, 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 Aries
The Pioneer. First in, first to try.
10°11′
Moon in Pisces
The Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces at 7:15 a.m. that day, local time: in Aquarius for a birth before then, in Pisces for one after.
2°56′
Mercury in Pisces
The Poet. Knowing without explaining.
17°13′
Venus in Taurus
The Keeper. Slow, sensual and loyal.
11°24′
Mars in Libraretrograde
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
18°12′
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Jupiter in Scorpioretrograde
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
22°34′
Saturn in Pisces
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
5°18′
Uranus in Taurus
0°12′
Neptune in Virgoretrograde
12°30′
Pluto in Cancerretrograde
23°51′
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 Capricorn
The direction his life grows in: Capricorn, ambitious and patient.
28°25′
Chiron in Gemini
In Gemini, Chiron is an old fear of not being heard, which becomes a gift for finding the words others lack.
5°55′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
28°22′
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.
Mercury quincunx Mars close at 1.0°
Thinking and doing keep getting out of step: he acts on half a thought, or thinks past the moment to act.
Venus trine Neptune close at 1.1°
A romantic with an artist’s eye: he sees the beauty in people and makes it visible to others.
Jupiter trine Pluto close at 1.3°
Ambition with depth: he knows how to build influence, and he uses it to make big changes.
Uranus square North Node close at 1.8°
The way forward asks for steadiness, and the urge for change keeps breaking in.
The Sun quincunx Neptune close at 2.3°
He keeps redrawing the line between the life he has and the life he imagines.
The Moon conjunction Saturn close at 2.4°
Self-contained: he keeps his feelings in order, and he gives comfort in practical ways rather than in words.
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Pluto opposition North Node wide at 4.6°
Old attachments hold him back from the way forward, and he grows by letting some things go.
Mercury opposition Neptune wide at 4.7°
Facts and dreams blur together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details matter.
Mercury trine Jupiter wide at 5.4°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learns easily, tells a good story and sees the big picture.
Mars square Pluto wide at 5.6°
A fierce will: he meets opposition head on, and a fight brings out his full strength.
Uranus square Pluto wide at 6.4°
Upheaval and the urge to break free run strong, and he pushes for change rather than waiting for it.
Saturn opposition Neptune wide at 7.2°
The dream and the hard work seldom agree on terms: his discipline and his imagination ask different things of him.
The Sun opposition Mars wide at 8.0°
He fights hard for what he wants, and his temper is 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.
You and Herb Alpert
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