Famous birth charts · John Lewis
John Lewis’ chart in full
Born February 21, 1940, Troy, Alabama, 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 Pisces
The Dreamer. Gentle, dreamy and deep.
1°58′
Moon in Leo
The Warm Heart. Warm heart, big feelings.
8°27′
Mercury in Pisces
The Poet. Knowing without explaining.
17°53′
Venus in Aries
The Chaser. Love at first sight.
11°21′
Mars in Taurus
The Stayer. Slow to start, impossible to stop.
3°10′
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Jupiter in Aries
The Bold Starter. Faith in going first.
10°09′
Saturn in Aries
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
27°07′
Uranus in Taurus
18°16′
Neptune in Virgoretrograde
24°44′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
1°09′
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 Libra
The direction his life grows in: Libra, graceful and fair.
21°09′
Chiron in Cancer
In Cancer, Chiron is an early longing to belong somewhere, and a knack for making strangers feel at home.
14°26′
Black Moon Lilith in Pisces
In Pisces, Lilith is a dreamer who wants no rescuing, with a private world all its own.
17°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 his chart, his heart, his optimism and his discipline (Venus, Jupiter and Saturn) gather in Aries, and that part of life drew his 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 sextile Uranus almost exact at 0.4°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
The Sun quincunx Pluto almost exact at 0.8°
He kept rebuilding himself to fit what life asked, and control was the hardest thing to give up.
The Sun sextile Mars close at 1.2°
His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
Venus conjunction Jupiter close at 1.2°
A generous heart: love and good company came to him easily, and he shared both.
Mars square Pluto close at 2.0°
A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.
Saturn quincunx Neptune close at 2.4°
Duty and dreams kept trading places as the priority.
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Uranus quincunx North Node close at 2.9°
Sudden changes kept shifting the way forward, and he adapted each time.
Saturn square Pluto wide at 4.0°
Heavy demands and hard limits: he faced a great deal of pressure and came out tougher for it.
The Sun sextile Saturn wide at 4.9°
Purpose and patience worked as a team: he built slowly and got better with every year.
Saturn opposition North Node wide at 6.0°
Duty and growth competed: what he owed others and where he needed to go called for hard choices.
Mars conjunction Saturn wide at 6.1°
Controlled force: he worked with patience and grit, and he finished what he started.
Uranus trine Neptune wide at 6.5°
Change and idealism went together: new ideas came wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Mercury opposition Neptune wide at 6.9°
Facts and dreams blurred together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details mattered.
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
No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through took deliberate effort.
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