Famous birth charts · Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer’s chart in full
Born August 21, 1952, Ankara, Turkey. 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 Leo
The Bright One. Warm, proud and generous.
28°16′
Moon in Virgo
The Mender. Care in the details.
6°44′
Mercury in Leoretrograde
The Storyteller. A voice that carries.
15°00′
Venus in Virgo
The Quiet Romantic. Love in small attentions.
14°04′
Mars in Scorpio
The Strategist. Will under a still surface.
26°16′
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Jupiter in Taurus
The Patient Grower. Abundance you can hold.
20°23′
Saturn in Libra
The Fair Judge. Fairness built in.
12°07′
Uranus in Cancer
16°49′
Neptune in Libra
19°38′
Pluto in Leo
21°25′
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 Aquarius
The direction his life grows in: Aquarius, independent and original.
21°34′
Chiron in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Chiron is the feeling of having grown up too soon, and a gift for showing others how to stand on their own.
6°56′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
16°12′
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 mind and his intensity (the Sun, Mercury and Pluto) gather in Leo, and that part of life drew his attention first.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In his chart, his drive (Mars in Scorpio) and his optimism (Jupiter in Taurus) face each other across the wheel, and his identity (the Sun in Leo) took the strain: the part of him that worked hardest.
T-square
Two planets pull against each other, and a third stands at right angles to both, where the strain gathers.
In his chart, his drive (Mars in Scorpio) and his optimism (Jupiter in Taurus) face each other across the wheel, and his intensity (Pluto in Leo) took the strain: the part of him that worked hardest.
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.
Pluto opposition North Node almost exact at 0.1°
Old attachments held him back from the way forward, and he grew by letting some things go.
Jupiter quincunx Neptune almost exact at 0.7°
His ideals and his beliefs needed constant matching up, and he kept asking what he really believed.
Jupiter square Pluto close at 1.1°
He wanted more power than came easily, and the struggle for it shaped his life.
Jupiter square North Node close at 1.2°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward went different ways, and real growth came from the harder one.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.8°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Neptune trine North Node close at 1.9°
Imagination helped him forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
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The Sun square Mars close at 2.0°
He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.
Venus sextile Uranus close at 2.8°
He loved the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.
Uranus square Neptune close at 2.8°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and he lived with both.
Mercury sextile Saturn close at 2.9°
A patient, exact mind: he chose every word, and his thinking got sharper with practice.
Jupiter sextile Uranus wide at 3.6°
Sudden openings: he spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
Mercury sextile Neptune wide at 4.6°
He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.
Saturn square Uranus wide at 4.7°
Tradition and rebellion fought in him: he wanted security and freedom, and could rarely have both at once.
Mars square North Node wide at 4.7°
Old fights and the way forward disagreed, and he grew by choosing which battles mattered.
Mars square Pluto wide at 4.8°
A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.
Mercury square Jupiter wide at 5.4°
Big ideas and loose details: he thought on a large scale, and the small print was where things got away from him.
Mars opposition Jupiter wide at 5.9°
He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
Venus trine Jupiter wide at 6.3°
Affection came to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism helped each other.
Mercury conjunction Pluto wide at 6.4°
He thought like a detective: nothing was taken at face value, and he remembered everything.
Mercury opposition North Node wide at 6.6°
Old ideas and the way forward were at odds, and he learned new ways of thinking to move on.
The Sun opposition North Node wide at 6.7°
Being himself and growing asked for different things, and his biggest steps forward came when he stretched past his habits.
The Sun conjunction Pluto wide at 6.8°
Intensity at the centre: he wanted the whole truth about everything, himself first, and he remade himself more than once to reach it.
Saturn conjunction Neptune wide at 7.5°
He took dreams seriously and gave them structure, and his ideals had to prove themselves.
The Sun square Jupiter wide at 7.9°
He reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
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
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