Famous birth charts · John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin’s chart in full
Born January 4, 1942, Doncaster, United Kingdom. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
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.
13°28′
Moon in Leo
The Moon moved from Cancer into Leo at 4:33 a.m. that day, local time: in Cancer for a birth before then, in Leo for one after.
3°52′
Mercury in Capricorn
The Planner. Foundations first.
21°27′
Venus in Aquarius
The Kindred Spirit. Friend first, lover too.
19°46′
Mars in Aries
The Trailblazer. First through the door.
26°25′
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Jupiter in Geminiretrograde
The Curious Learner. Faith in the next question.
13°04′
Saturn in Taurusretrograde
The Slow Builder. Security built by hand.
21°58′
Uranus in Taurusretrograde
26°44′
Neptune in Virgoretrograde
29°53′
Pluto in Leoretrograde
5°06′
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 Virgo
The direction his life grows in: Virgo, precise and helpful.
15°10′
Chiron in Leo
In Leo, Chiron is a quiet doubt about deserving the light, and a gift for helping others shine without apology.
13°22′
Black Moon Lilith in Gemini
In Gemini, Lilith is the quick tongue that says out loud what the room only thinks.
3°39′
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.
The Sun quincunx Jupiter almost exact at 0.4°
He keeps fitting his ambitions to his purpose, and some big plans have to wait.
Mercury trine Saturn almost exact at 0.5°
A patient, exact mind: he chooses every word, and his thinking gets sharper with practice.
The Moon conjunction Pluto close at 1.2°
Intense, private feelings: he keeps an inner life few people see, and he guards it well.
The Sun trine North Node close at 1.7°
The direction his life takes suits him: being himself and growing go hand in hand.
Jupiter square North Node close at 2.1°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward go different ways, and real growth comes from the harder one.
Venus square Saturn close at 2.2°
Love feels like something to be earned, and he holds back until he is sure of it.
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Uranus trine Neptune wide at 3.1°
Change and idealism go together: new ideas come wrapped in dreams of a better world.
Saturn conjunction Uranus wide at 4.8°
Disciplined originality: he builds new things on solid foundations.
Mercury square Mars wide at 5.0°
Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argues well, sometimes too well, and a debate is a kind of sport to him.
Mercury trine Uranus wide at 5.3°
A quick, original mind: ideas arrive in flashes, and he sees answers others miss.
Venus trine Jupiter wide at 6.7°
Affection comes to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism help each other.
Saturn trine North Node wide at 6.8°
Discipline helps him grow: patience and hard work keep him on course.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 8.0°
His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he 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
The Moon changed sign that day; it is counted where it stood at noon.
No water at all, so feelings come out in actions more than in words.
You and John McLaughlin
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