Famous birth charts · Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin’s chart in full
Born January 19, 1943, Port Arthur, Texas, 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 Capricorn
The Architect. Ambitious, patient and dry.
28°45′
Moon in Cancer
The Nest-Maker. Home is the heart.
9°55′
Mercury in Aquariusretrograde
The Inventor. The original thinker.
9°25′
Venus in Aquarius
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
14°09′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
24°52′
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Jupiter in Cancerretrograde
The Generous Host. A home with room for more.
19°04′
Saturn in Geminiretrograde
The Serious Student. A serious mind.
5°53′
Uranus in Geminiretrograde
0°44′
Neptune in Libraretrograde
1°59′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
6°16′
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 Leo
The direction her life grows in: Leo, warm and dramatic.
25°07′
Chiron in Leo
In Leo, Chiron is a quiet doubt about deserving the light, and a gift for helping others shine without apology.
28°11′
Black Moon Lilith in Cancer
In Cancer, Lilith is a fierce need to belong, and no wish to look after anyone on command.
16°11′
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.
Grand trine
Three planets in an easy triangle, each in flowing contact with the other two: a gift that comes without effort.
In her chart, her identity, her discipline and her imagination (the Sun in Capricorn, Saturn in Gemini and Neptune in Libra) make the triangle, so these came to her naturally.
Grand trine
Three planets in an easy triangle, each in flowing contact with the other two: a gift that comes without effort.
In her chart, her identity, her independence and her imagination (the Sun in Capricorn, Uranus in Gemini and Neptune in Libra) make the triangle, so these came to her naturally.
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 North Node almost exact at 0.2°
Courage moved her forward, and each bold step took her further along her path.
Saturn sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.4°
Endurance: she could work through hard times, and what she built survived pressure.
Uranus trine Neptune close at 1.2°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
The Sun trine Uranus close at 2.0°
Independence came easily: she did things her own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
Mercury opposition Pluto wide at 3.1°
Her words had force: she spoke to persuade, and she kept her own counsel until the right moment.
The Sun trine Neptune wide at 3.2°
Imagination and identity worked together: she could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
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Mercury trine Saturn wide at 3.5°
A patient, exact mind: she chose every word, and her thinking got sharper with practice.
The Sun quincunx North Node wide at 3.6°
The way forward asked her to bend habits that felt like part of who she was.
Saturn trine Neptune wide at 3.9°
Practical dreams: she gave ideals a shape and worked to make them real.
Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 4.3°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Mercury conjunction Venus wide at 4.7°
Words with charm in them: she had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to her.
Saturn conjunction Uranus wide at 5.1°
Disciplined originality: she built new things on solid foundations.
Uranus square North Node wide at 5.6°
The way forward asked for steadiness, and the urge for change kept breaking in.
The Sun trine Saturn wide at 7.1°
Purpose and patience worked as a team: she built slowly and got better with every year.
The Sun opposition Pluto wide at 7.5°
Nothing about her was halfway: she insisted on running her own life, and the struggle made her formidable.
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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