Famous birth charts · Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac’s chart in full
Born May 20, 1799, Tours, France. 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.
29°22′
Moon in Sagittarius
The Free Spirit. Free, hopeful and restless.
15°26′
Mercury in Taurus
The Careful Thinker. Slow to decide, sure once decided.
11°52′
Venus in Cancer
The Nurturer. Love that makes a home.
3°09′
Mars in Cancer
The Defender. Fierce for its own.
7°57′
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Jupiter in Gemini
The Curious Learner. Faith in the next question.
6°34′
Saturn in Cancer
The Guardian. The keeper of the home.
22°24′
Uranus in Virgoretrograde
18°12′
Neptune in Scorpioretrograde
13°16′
Pluto in Pisces
3°09′
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 Taurus
The direction his life grows in: Taurus, steady and sensual.
15°44′
Black Moon Lilith in Aries
In Aries, Lilith is a temper and an independence that ask nobody’s permission.
20°25′
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 heart, his drive and his discipline (Venus, Mars and Saturn) gather in Cancer, 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.
Venus trine Pluto exact at 0.0°
He loved with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he formed changed both people.
Mercury opposition Neptune close at 1.4°
Facts and dreams blurred together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details mattered.
Neptune opposition North Node close at 2.5°
Dreams and the way forward clashed, and growing meant trading some illusions for clear sight.
Uranus trine North Node close at 2.5°
Change helped him forward: he grew by trying the new.
Jupiter square Pluto wide at 3.4°
He wanted more power than came easily, and the struggle for it shaped his life.
The Sun square Pluto wide at 3.8°
Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
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Mercury conjunction North Node wide at 3.9°
Ideas and talk set his course: he found his direction by learning and talking things through.
Mercury sextile Mars wide at 3.9°
A quick, direct mind: he made decisions fast and said what he meant.
Saturn sextile Uranus wide at 4.2°
Old and new sat well together: he could change things without throwing out what worked.
Venus conjunction Mars wide at 4.8°
Magnetic: affection and desire came together in him, and people noticed.
Mars trine Pluto wide at 4.8°
Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
Uranus sextile Neptune wide at 4.9°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Mars trine Neptune wide at 5.3°
He worked for ideals: his drive came alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
Mercury trine Uranus wide at 6.3°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
The Sun conjunction Jupiter wide at 7.2°
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
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