Famous birth charts · Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock’s chart in full
Born January 28, 1912, Cody, Wyoming, 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 Aquarius
The Free Thinker. Original, free and humane.
7°31′
Moon in Taurus
The Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini at 7:42 p.m. that day, local time: in Taurus for a birth before then, in Gemini for one after.
25°30′
Mercury in Capricorn
The Planner. Foundations first.
16°27′
Venus in Sagittarius
The Adventurer. Love as an adventure.
28°36′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
29°21′
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Jupiter in Sagittarius
The Globetrotter. The horizon is the point.
9°40′
Saturn in Taurus
The Slow Builder. Security built by hand.
13°28′
Uranus in Capricorn
29°52′
Neptune in Cancerretrograde
21°59′
Pluto in Geminiretrograde
27°17′
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 Aries
The direction his life grows in: Aries, bold and direct.
25°02′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
4°49′
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Lilith is an ambition that has stopped waiting its turn.
15°37′
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.
Mars trine Uranus almost exact at 0.5°
Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Venus quincunx Mars almost exact at 0.7°
What he found beautiful and what he desired kept parting ways, and love took some working out.
Venus opposition Pluto close at 1.3°
Love came with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stood.
The Sun sextile Jupiter close at 2.1°
His confidence came easily and spread: he thought big, and other people wanted to come along.
Pluto sextile North Node close at 2.2°
Deep change helped him forward: each time he started over, he went further.
Uranus quincunx Pluto close at 2.6°
Freedom and control needed constant adjusting, and he changed in stages rather than all at once.
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Mercury trine Saturn close at 3.0°
A patient, exact mind: he chose every word, and his thinking got sharper with practice.
Neptune square North Node close at 3.0°
Dreams and the way forward clashed, and growing meant trading some illusions for clear sight.
Venus trine North Node wide at 3.6°
Love and friendship moved him forward: the people he cared for helped him find his way.
Uranus square North Node wide at 4.8°
The way forward asked for steadiness, and the urge for change kept breaking in.
Mercury opposition Neptune wide at 5.5°
Facts and dreams blurred together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details mattered.
The Sun square Saturn wide at 5.9°
Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
The Sun conjunction Uranus wide at 7.7°
Born original: his identity and his need for freedom were the same thing, and he surprised people, himself included.
Uranus opposition Neptune wide at 7.9°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and he lived with both.
The Sun trine Mars wide at 8.2°
His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
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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