Famous birth charts · J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty’s chart in full
Born December 15, 1892, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 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 Sagittarius
The Explorer. Honest, free and far-seeing.
24°18′
Moon in Scorpio
The Vault. Deep water, kept private.
15°01′
Mercury in Sagittariusretrograde
The Philosopher. The big picture.
16°06′
Venus in Scorpio
The Devotee. All or nothing.
21°16′
Mars in Pisces
The Gentle Warrior. Strength that flows round.
22°06′
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Jupiter in Aries
The Bold Starter. Faith in going first.
15°03′
Saturn in Libra
The Fair Judge. Fairness built in.
11°38′
Uranus in Scorpio
9°10′
Neptune in Geminiretrograde
9°30′
Pluto in Geminiretrograde
8°33′
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.
7°11′
Chiron in Virgo
In Virgo, Chiron is the sense that no effort is ever quite enough, and a gift for patient, practical help.
3°58′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
17°46′
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 independence (the Moon, Venus and Uranus) gather in Scorpio, 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.
Uranus quincunx Neptune almost exact at 0.3°
Sudden change and slow dreams kept adjusting to each other.
Uranus quincunx Pluto almost exact at 0.6°
Freedom and control needed constant adjusting, and he changed in stages rather than all at once.
Venus trine Mars almost exact at 0.8°
Charm and desire worked together: he knew what he wanted in love and how to win it.
Neptune conjunction Pluto close at 1.0°
Imagination and intensity in one place, a meeting that comes about once in five hundred years: a feel for how things end and begin again.
Mercury trine Jupiter close at 1.1°
A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
Uranus opposition North Node close at 2.0°
The way forward asked for steadiness, and the urge for change kept breaking in.
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Saturn trine Neptune close at 2.1°
Practical dreams: he gave ideals a shape and worked to make them real.
The Sun square Mars close at 2.2°
He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.
Saturn trine Pluto wide at 3.1°
Endurance: he could work through hard times, and what he built survived pressure.
Jupiter opposition Saturn wide at 3.4°
Growth and caution kept checking each other: he moved forward in bursts, then paused to consolidate.
Mercury square Mars wide at 6.0°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argued well, sometimes too well, and a debate was a kind of sport to him.
Mercury opposition Neptune wide at 6.6°
Facts and dreams blurred together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details mattered.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 8.2°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
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
No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.
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