Famous birth charts · Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson’s chart in full
Born August 27, 1959, Manchester, United Kingdom. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
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.
3°26′
Moon in Gemini
The Talker. Feeling by talking.
15°42′
Mercury in Leo
The Storyteller. A voice that carries.
15°44′
Venus in Virgoretrograde
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
10°58′
Mars in Virgo
The Craftsperson. The craftsman’s drive.
23°54′
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Jupiter in Scorpio
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
24°14′
Saturn in Capricornretrograde
The Master Builder. Built to last.
0°31′
Uranus in Leo
17°45′
Neptune in Scorpio
4°39′
Pluto in Virgo
3°55′
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 her life grows in: Libra, graceful and fair.
4°27′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
24°42′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
1°29′
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 her chart, her identity, her heart, her drive and her intensity (the Sun, Venus, Mars and Pluto) gather in Virgo, and that part of life draws her 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.
The Moon sextile Mercury exact at 0.0°
Feeling and thought speak the same language: she can put a mood into words, and her words carry feeling.
Mars sextile Jupiter almost exact at 0.3°
Big drive and big confidence: she goes after large goals, and her enthusiasm carries others along.
The Sun conjunction Pluto almost exact at 0.5°
Intensity at the centre: she wants the whole truth about everything, herself first, and she remakes herself more than once to reach it.
Neptune sextile Pluto almost exact at 0.7°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
The Sun sextile Neptune close at 1.2°
Imagination and identity work together: she can become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
Mercury conjunction Uranus close at 2.0°
She thinks in leaps: brilliant, contrary and quick to get bored with the obvious.
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The Sun trine Saturn close at 2.9°
Purpose and patience work as a team: she builds slowly and gets better with every year.
Saturn trine Pluto wide at 3.4°
Endurance: she can work through hard times, and what she builds survives pressure.
Saturn square North Node wide at 3.9°
Duty and growth compete: what she owes others and where she needs to go call for hard choices.
Saturn sextile Neptune wide at 4.1°
Practical dreams: she gives ideals a shape and works to make them real.
Jupiter square Uranus wide at 6.5°
Restless hope: she wants more freedom than any situation gives, and big changes come suddenly.
Mars square Saturn wide at 6.6°
Drive with the brakes on: she wants to move, something holds her back, and the friction makes her tough.
Venus conjunction Pluto wide at 7.0°
A deep, private heart: she draws people in and keeps some feelings locked away.
The Sun conjunction Venus wide at 7.5°
Charm comes naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things are close to her core.
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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