Famous birth charts · Jim Al-Khalili
Jim Al-Khalili’s chart in full
Born September 20, 1962, Baghdad, Iraq. 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.
26°55′
Moon in Gemini
The Talker. Feeling by talking.
21°29′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
21°04′
Venus in Scorpio
The Devotee. All or nothing.
11°47′
Mars in Cancer
The Defender. Fierce for its own.
17°51′
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Jupiter in Piscesretrograde
The Believer. Faith without limits.
5°14′
Saturn in Aquariusretrograde
The Reformer. The architect of the group.
5°04′
Uranus in Virgo
2°33′
Neptune in Scorpio
11°37′
Pluto in Virgo
10°28′
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 his life grows in: Leo, warm and dramatic.
7°46′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
7°36′
Black Moon Lilith in Libra
In Libra, Lilith is the one who stops keeping the peace at any price.
6°15′
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 identity, his independence and his intensity (the Sun, Uranus and Pluto) gather in Virgo, and that part of life draws 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.
Venus conjunction Neptune almost exact at 0.2°
Romance without limits: he falls for ideals as much as people, and his taste runs to the dreamy and the beautiful.
The Moon trine Mercury almost exact at 0.4°
Feeling and thought speak the same language: he can put a mood into words, and his words carry feeling.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.1°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Venus sextile Pluto close at 1.3°
He loves with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he forms change both people.
Saturn quincunx Uranus close at 2.5°
When to keep the rules and when to break them takes constant deciding.
Jupiter quincunx North Node close at 2.5°
Some hopes have to be let go to fit the way forward, and he chooses which ones.
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Jupiter opposition Uranus close at 2.7°
Restless hope: he wants more freedom than any situation gives, and big changes come suddenly.
Saturn opposition North Node close at 2.7°
Duty and growth compete: what he owes others and where he needs to go call for hard choices.
Mercury square Mars wide at 3.2°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argues well, sometimes too well, and a debate is a kind of sport to him.
Neptune square North Node wide at 3.9°
Dreams and the way forward clash, and growing means trading some illusions for clear sight.
Venus square North Node wide at 4.0°
What feels comfortable in love and what helps him grow are different things, and he chooses between them more than once.
Jupiter opposition Pluto wide at 5.2°
He wants more power than comes easily, and the struggle for it shapes his life.
Venus trine Mars wide at 6.1°
Charm and desire work together: he knows what he wants in love and how to win it.
Mars trine Neptune wide at 6.2°
He works for ideals: his drive comes alive for a cause, a role or a dream.
Jupiter trine Neptune wide at 6.4°
Faith and imagination together: he believes in people and ideals, and that belief is catching.
Saturn square Neptune wide at 6.5°
The dream and the hard work seldom agree on terms: his discipline and his imagination ask different things of him.
Uranus conjunction Pluto wide at 7.9°
Born into a time of upheaval: he wants radical change, and wants it at once.
The Sun trine Saturn wide at 8.2°
Purpose and patience work as a team: he builds slowly and gets better with every year.
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 fire at all, so the bold first move comes by choice rather than by instinct.
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