Famous birth charts · John Ford
John Ford’s chart in full
Born February 1, 1894, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, 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 Aquarius
The Free Thinker. Original, free and humane.
12°53′
Moon in Sagittarius
The Moon moved from Sagittarius into Capricorn at 6:36 p.m. that day, local time: in Sagittarius for a birth before then, in Capricorn for one after.
26°45′
Mercury in Aquarius
The Inventor. The original thinker.
15°12′
Venus in Piscesretrograde
The Tender Heart. Love without limits.
4°58′
Mars in Sagittarius
The Champion. The long shot.
21°41′
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Jupiter in Taurus
The Patient Grower. Abundance you can hold.
21°55′
Saturn in Libra
The Fair Judge. Fairness built in.
25°10′
Uranus in Scorpio
15°13′
Neptune in Geminiretrograde
10°51′
Pluto in Geminiretrograde
8°53′
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 Aries
The direction his life grows in: Aries, bold and direct.
12°23′
Chiron in Virgo
In Virgo, Chiron is the sense that no effort is ever quite enough, and a gift for patient, practical help.
20°22′
Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn
In Capricorn, Lilith is an ambition that has stopped waiting its turn.
3°48′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
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 square Uranus exact at 0.0°
His mind ran ahead of the conversation: he said the unexpected thing, and not everyone was ready to hear it.
Mars quincunx Jupiter almost exact at 0.2°
Drive and hope kept going in slightly different directions, and he aimed again and again.
The Sun sextile North Node almost exact at 0.5°
The direction his life took suited him: being himself and growing went hand in hand.
Neptune sextile North Node close at 1.5°
Imagination helped him forward, through art, ideals and care for others.
Neptune conjunction Pluto close at 2.0°
Imagination and intensity in one place, a meeting that comes about once in five hundred years: a feel for how things end and begin again.
The Sun trine Neptune close at 2.0°
Imagination and identity worked together: he could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
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The Sun conjunction Mercury close at 2.3°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
The Sun square Uranus close at 2.3°
He needed room to be himself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.
Mercury sextile North Node close at 2.8°
His way with words helped him find his direction, and the right ideas came at the right time.
Uranus quincunx North Node close at 2.8°
Sudden changes kept shifting the way forward, and he adapted each time.
Mars sextile Saturn wide at 3.5°
His drive and his discipline worked together easily: he could push hard and keep going.
Pluto sextile North Node wide at 3.5°
Deep change helped him forward: each time he started over, he went further.
Venus square Pluto wide at 3.9°
Love came with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stood.
The Sun trine Pluto wide at 4.0°
A quiet strength: under pressure he grew more focused, and he knew how to start over.
Mercury trine Neptune wide at 4.3°
He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.
Venus square Neptune wide at 5.9°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
Jupiter opposition Uranus wide at 6.7°
Restless hope: he wanted more freedom than any situation gave, and big changes came suddenly.
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
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
You and John Ford
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