Famous birth charts · Idris Elba
Idris Elba’s chart in full
Born September 6, 1972, London Borough of Hackney, 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
13°56′
Moon in Leo
The Moon moved from Leo into Virgo at 2:16 p.m. that day, local time: in Leo for a birth before then, in Virgo for one after.
28°47′
Mercury in Virgo
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
1°47′
Venus in Cancer
The Nurturer. Love that makes a home.
28°26′
Mars in Virgo
The Craftsperson. The craftsman’s drive.
14°16′
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Jupiter in Sagittarius
The Globetrotter. The horizon is the point.
28°43′
Saturn in Gemini
The Serious Student. A serious mind.
19°59′
Uranus in Libra
16°33′
Neptune in Sagittarius
2°38′
Pluto in Libra
1°13′
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.
25°09′
Chiron in Aries
In Aries, Chiron is a doubt about the right to go first, and with it a talent for giving others their nerve.
16°26′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
21°52′
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.
The Moon trine Jupiter almost exact at 0.1°
Good-hearted and generous: he feels looked after by life, and he passes that on.
Venus quincunx Jupiter almost exact at 0.3°
His taste and his appetite for more need adjusting: he keeps learning what is enough.
The Sun conjunction Mars almost exact at 0.3°
Purpose and drive in one place: he is quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
Mercury square Neptune almost exact at 0.8°
Facts and dreams blur together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details matter.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.4°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Jupiter square Pluto close at 2.5°
He wants more power than comes easily, and the struggle for it shapes his life.
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Venus sextile Pluto close at 2.8°
He loves with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he forms change both people.
The Moon conjunction Mercury close at 3.0°
He thinks with his feelings: memory, mood and wit come together, and his words give away what he feels.
Mercury trine Jupiter wide at 3.1°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learns easily, tells a good story and sees the big picture.
Venus opposition North Node wide at 3.3°
What feels comfortable in love and what helps him grow are different things, and he chooses between them more than once.
Saturn trine Uranus wide at 3.4°
Old and new sit well together: he can change things without throwing out what works.
Venus trine Neptune wide at 4.2°
A romantic with an artist’s eye: he sees the beauty in people and makes it visible to others.
Mars square Saturn wide at 5.7°
Drive with the brakes on: he wants to move, something holds him back, and the friction makes him tough.
The Sun square Saturn wide at 6.0°
Self-belief comes slowly and has to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counts.
Pluto trine North Node wide at 6.1°
Deep change helps him forward: each time he starts over, he goes further.
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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