Famous birth charts · Hugh Laurie
Hugh Laurie’s chart in full
Born June 11, 1959, Blackbird Leys, United Kingdom. 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 Gemini
The Messenger. Curious and many-sided.
19°47′
Moon in Leo
The Warm Heart. Warm heart, big feelings.
16°08′
Mercury in Gemini
Mercury moved from Gemini into Cancer at 3:11 p.m. that day, local time: in Gemini for a birth before then, in Cancer for one after.
29°44′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
4°42′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
6°12′
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Jupiter in Scorpioretrograde
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
24°18′
Saturn in Capricornretrograde
The Master Builder. Built to last.
4°50′
Uranus in Leo
13°23′
Neptune in Scorpioretrograde
4°30′
Pluto in Virgo
1°52′
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.
10°11′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
27°37′
Black Moon Lilith in Taurus
In Taurus, Lilith is an appetite for pleasure that sees no need to apologise.
22°54′
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, his drive and his independence (the Moon, Venus, Mars and Uranus) gather in Leo, 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.
Venus quincunx Saturn almost exact at 0.1°
He keeps weighing pleasure against duty, and joy comes once the work is done.
Venus square Neptune almost exact at 0.2°
He loves the dream of a person, and the real one has to compete with it.
Saturn sextile Neptune almost exact at 0.3°
Practical dreams: he gives ideals a shape and works to make them real.
Mars quincunx Saturn close at 1.4°
When to push and when to wait takes constant judging, and he learns timing the hard way.
Venus conjunction Mars close at 1.5°
Magnetic: affection and desire come together in him, and people notice.
Mars square Neptune close at 1.7°
Drive and dreams mix uneasily: the goal is clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
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Mercury sextile Pluto close at 2.1°
A probing mind: he gets to the bottom of things, and his words have power when he chooses to use them.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 2.6°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
The Moon conjunction Uranus close at 2.7°
Restless feelings: he feels most at home where things are new.
Saturn trine Pluto close at 3.0°
Endurance: he can work through hard times, and what he builds survives pressure.
Uranus sextile North Node wide at 3.2°
Change helps him forward: he grows by trying the new.
Mars sextile North Node wide at 4.0°
Courage moves him forward, and each bold step takes him further along his path.
Mercury trine Neptune wide at 4.8°
He thinks in pictures and music: his words carry a mood, and his imagination gives his ideas colour.
Mercury opposition Saturn wide at 5.1°
He doubts his own ideas before anyone else can, and so he checks every one twice.
Saturn square North Node wide at 5.3°
Duty and growth compete: what he owes others and where he needs to go call for hard choices.
The Sun sextile Uranus wide at 6.4°
Independence comes easily: he does things his own way, and people find it refreshing rather than rude.
Mars conjunction Uranus wide at 7.2°
Electric: he acts on impulse, loves a risk and refuses to be told what to do.
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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