Famous birth charts · Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult’s chart in full
Born May 19, 1966, Nesconset, New York, 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 Taurus
The Gardener. Steady, sensual and sure.
28°13′
Moon in Taurus
The Hearth. Calm, sensual and steady.
19°16′
Mercury in Taurus
The Careful Thinker. Slow to decide, sure once decided.
19°12′
Venus in Aries
The Chaser. Love at first sight.
16°12′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
23°22′
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Jupiter in Cancer
The Generous Host. A home with room for more.
2°47′
Saturn in Pisces
The Kind Realist. Boundaries for a big heart.
27°27′
Uranus in Virgoretrograde
15°29′
Neptune in Scorpioretrograde
20°36′
Pluto in Virgoretrograde
15°49′
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 Taurus
The direction her life grows in: Taurus, steady and sensual.
25°20′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
25°31′
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces
In Pisces, Lilith is a dreamer who wants no rescuing, with a private world all its own.
5°22′
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 feelings, her mind and her drive (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury and Mars) gather in Taurus, 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 conjunction Mercury almost exact at 0.1°
She thinks with her feelings: memory, mood and wit come together, and her words give away what she feels.
Uranus conjunction Pluto almost exact at 0.3°
Born into a time of upheaval: she wants radical change, and wants it at once.
Venus quincunx Pluto almost exact at 0.4°
Affection and the need for control keep getting in each other’s way, and trust takes her time.
Venus quincunx Uranus almost exact at 0.7°
Affection and independence need constant trading off, and she keeps renegotiating the terms of her relationships.
The Sun sextile Saturn almost exact at 0.8°
Purpose and patience work as a team: she builds slowly and gets better with every year.
The Moon opposition Neptune close at 1.3°
Her feelings and her imagination pull in different directions: she lives between what is real and what she longs for.
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Mercury opposition Neptune close at 1.4°
Facts and dreams blur together in her mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details matter.
Mars conjunction North Node close at 2.0°
Driven towards her path: she goes after the life she wants with real force.
Saturn sextile North Node close at 2.1°
Discipline helps her grow: patience and hard work keep her on course.
Mars opposition Neptune close at 2.8°
Drive and dreams mix uneasily: the goal is clear to her, and the way to it harder to see.
The Sun conjunction North Node close at 2.9°
Her identity and her direction in life line up: the more fully she becomes herself, the further she goes.
Mercury trine Pluto wide at 3.4°
A probing mind: she gets to the bottom of things, and her words have power when she chooses to use them.
Mercury trine Uranus wide at 3.7°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrive in flashes, and she sees answers others miss.
Mars sextile Saturn wide at 4.1°
Her drive and her discipline work together easily: she can push hard and keep going.
Mercury conjunction Mars wide at 4.2°
She thinks fast and speaks faster: her mind likes a contest, and her words have an edge.
Neptune opposition North Node wide at 4.7°
Dreams and the way forward clash, and growing means trading some illusions for clear sight.
Neptune sextile Pluto wide at 4.8°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
The Sun conjunction Mars wide at 4.8°
Purpose and drive in one place: she is quick to start, quick to compete and hard to stop.
Jupiter square Saturn wide at 5.3°
Growth and caution keep checking each other: she moves forward in bursts, then pauses to consolidate.
Mercury conjunction North Node wide at 6.1°
Ideas and talk set her course: she finds her direction by learning and talking things through.
Saturn trine Neptune wide at 6.8°
Practical dreams: she gives ideals a shape and works to make them real.
The Sun opposition Neptune wide at 7.6°
The self she knows and the image others see drift apart at times, and she works to keep hold of the real one.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 9.0°
Her mind and her identity are close together: she speaks as she thinks, and her ideas are part of who she is.
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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