Famous birth charts · Joanna Newsom
Joanna Newsom’s chart in full
Born January 18, 1982, Grass Valley, California, 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°25′
Moon in Scorpio
The Vault. Deep water, kept private.
18°38′
Mercury in Aquarius
The Inventor. The original thinker.
16°55′
Venus in Aquariusretrograde
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
2°38′
Mars in Libra
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
13°32′
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Jupiter in Scorpio
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
8°20′
Saturn in Libra
The Fair Judge. Fairness built in.
22°07′
Uranus in Sagittarius
3°32′
Neptune in Sagittarius
25°47′
Pluto in Libra
26°54′
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 Cancer
The direction her life grows in: Cancer, protective and caring.
22°26′
Chiron in Taurus
In Taurus, Chiron is a tender place around worth and having enough, and a gift for helping others feel secure.
17°56′
Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius
In Sagittarius, Lilith is a free mind that keeps only the beliefs it chose.
13°02′
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 intensity (Mars, Saturn and Pluto) gather in Libra, 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.
Saturn square North Node almost exact at 0.3°
Duty and growth compete: what she owes others and where she needs to go call for hard choices.
Venus sextile Uranus almost exact at 0.9°
She loves the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all her own.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.1°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
The Sun square Pluto close at 1.5°
Nothing about her is halfway: she insists on running her own life, and the struggle makes her formidable.
The Moon square Mercury close at 1.7°
Her head and her feelings argue: she knows what she thinks before she knows what she feels, or the other way round.
Mercury trine Mars wide at 3.4°
A quick, direct mind: she makes decisions fast and says what she means.
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Saturn sextile Neptune wide at 3.7°
Practical dreams: she gives ideals a shape and works to make them real.
The Sun conjunction Venus wide at 4.2°
Charm comes naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things are close to her core.
Pluto square North Node wide at 4.5°
Old attachments hold her back from the way forward, and she grows by letting some things go.
Saturn conjunction Pluto wide at 4.8°
Iron will and great patience: she builds slowly and for keeps.
The Sun sextile Uranus wide at 5.1°
Independence comes easily: she does things her own way, and people find it refreshing rather than rude.
Mercury trine Saturn wide at 5.2°
A patient, exact mind: she chooses every word, and her thinking gets sharper with practice.
Venus square Jupiter wide at 5.7°
She loves too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures run past what one life can use.
Venus square Pluto wide at 5.7°
Love comes with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where she stands.
The Sun opposition North Node wide at 6.0°
Being herself and growing ask for different things, and her biggest steps forward come when she stretches past her habits.
The Sun square Saturn wide at 6.3°
Self-belief comes slowly and has to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counts.
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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