Famous birth charts · Joan Fontaine
Joan Fontaine’s chart in full
Born October 22, 1917, Tokyo, Japan. 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 Libra
The Diplomat. Grace, fairness and balance.
28°09′
Moon in Capricorn
The Steady Hand. Steady feeling, kept in check.
9°21′
Mercury in Libra
The Mediator. Both sides of the question.
19°41′
Venus in Sagittarius
The Adventurer. Love as an adventure.
11°45′
Mars in Leo
The Leader. Courage with an audience.
23°41′
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Jupiter in Geminiretrograde
The Curious Learner. Faith in the next question.
10°45′
Saturn in Leo
The Reluctant Star. Earned confidence.
13°25′
Uranus in Aquariusretrograde
19°49′
Neptune in Leo
7°01′
Pluto in Cancerretrograde
5°29′
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 Capricorn
The direction her life grows in: Capricorn, ambitious and patient.
3°42′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
26°20′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
8°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 her chart, her drive, her discipline and her imagination (Mars, Saturn and Neptune) gather in Leo, and that part of life drew 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.
Mercury trine Uranus almost exact at 0.1°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and she saw answers others missed.
Venus opposition Jupiter close at 1.0°
She loved too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures ran past what one life could use.
Venus trine Saturn close at 1.7°
Loyal in love: she chose carefully, and what she built with people lasted.
Pluto opposition North Node close at 1.8°
Old attachments held her back from the way forward, and she grew by letting some things go.
Jupiter sextile Saturn close at 2.7°
Hope and caution in balance: she dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
Jupiter sextile Neptune wide at 3.7°
Faith and imagination together: she believed in people and ideals, and that belief was catching.
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Mars opposition Uranus wide at 3.9°
Restless and quick to rebel: she pushed against limits, and sudden decisions came with the territory.
Mercury sextile Mars wide at 4.0°
A quick, direct mind: she made decisions fast and said what she meant.
The Sun sextile Mars wide at 4.5°
Her purpose and her drive worked together: once she decided on something, she moved on it fast.
Venus trine Neptune wide at 4.8°
A romantic with an artist’s eye: she saw the beauty in people and made it visible to others.
The Sun sextile North Node wide at 5.6°
The direction her life took suited her: being herself and growing went hand in hand.
Saturn opposition Uranus wide at 6.4°
Tradition and rebellion fought in her: she wanted security and freedom, and could rarely have both at once.
Saturn conjunction Neptune wide at 6.4°
She took dreams seriously and gave them structure, and her ideals had to prove themselves.
The Sun trine Pluto wide at 7.3°
A quiet strength: under pressure she grew more focused, and she knew how to start over.
The Sun trine Uranus wide at 8.3°
Independence came easily: she did things her own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 8.4°
Her mind and her identity were close together: she spoke as she thought, and her ideas were part of who she 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
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