Famous birth charts · Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock’s chart in full
Born April 12, 1940, Chicago, Illinois, 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.
22°40′
Moon in Gemini
The Talker. Feeling by talking.
18°07′
Mercury in Pisces
The Poet. Knowing without explaining.
25°05′
Venus in Gemini
The Charmer. Love through conversation.
8°15′
Mars in Gemini
The Multitasker. Quick with the comeback.
7°15′
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Jupiter in Aries
The Bold Starter. Faith in going first.
22°03′
Saturn in Taurus
The Slow Builder. Security built by hand.
2°51′
Uranus in Taurus
20°18′
Neptune in Virgoretrograde
23°23′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
0°37′
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.
20°00′
Chiron in Cancer
In Cancer, Chiron is an early longing to belong somewhere, and a knack for making strangers feel at home.
14°28′
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces
In Pisces, Lilith is a dreamer who wants no rescuing, with a private world all its own.
23°26′
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 feelings, his heart and his drive (the Moon, Venus and Mars) gather in Gemini, and that part of life draws 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.
Uranus quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.3°
Sudden changes keep shifting the way forward, and he adapts each time.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter almost exact at 0.6°
Optimism at the centre of him: he expects things to go well, and that confidence wins people over.
The Sun quincunx Neptune almost exact at 0.7°
He keeps redrawing the line between the life he has and the life he imagines.
Venus conjunction Mars close at 1.0°
Magnetic: affection and desire come together in him, and people notice.
Jupiter quincunx Neptune close at 1.3°
His ideals and his beliefs need constant matching up, and he keeps asking what he really believes.
Mercury opposition Neptune close at 1.7°
Facts and dreams blur together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details matter.
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The Moon trine North Node close at 1.9°
What comforts him also moves him forward: his instincts point the right way.
Jupiter opposition North Node close at 2.0°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward go different ways, and real growth comes from the harder one.
Saturn square Pluto close at 2.2°
Heavy demands and hard limits: he faces a great deal of pressure and comes out tougher for it.
The Sun opposition North Node close at 2.7°
Being himself and growing ask for different things, and his biggest steps forward come when he stretches past his habits.
Uranus trine Neptune wide at 3.1°
Change and idealism go together: new ideas come wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Mercury trine Pluto wide at 5.5°
A probing mind: he gets to the bottom of things, and his words have power when he chooses to use them.
The Sun square Pluto wide at 7.9°
Nothing about him is halfway: he insists on running his own life, and the struggle makes him formidable.
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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