Famous birth charts · John Paul II
John Paul II’s chart in full
Born May 18, 1920, Holy Father John Paul II Family Home in Wadowice, Poland. 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.
27°08′
Moon in Taurus
The Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini at 1:13 p.m. that day, local time: in Taurus for a birth before then, in Gemini for one after.
29°14′
Mercury in Taurus
The Careful Thinker. Slow to decide, sure once decided.
18°04′
Venus in Taurus
The Keeper. Slow, sensual and loyal.
14°34′
Mars in Libraretrograde
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
22°28′
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Jupiter in Leo
The Big Heart. A generous heart, on display.
10°59′
Saturn in Virgo
The Perfectionist. Mastery by the hour.
4°56′
Uranus in Pisces
5°28′
Neptune in Leo
8°58′
Pluto in Cancer
6°19′
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 Scorpio
The direction his life grows in: Scorpio, intense and private.
15°38′
Chiron in Aries
In Aries, Chiron is a doubt about the right to go first, and with it a talent for giving others their nerve.
9°11′
Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius
In Sagittarius, Lilith is a free mind that keeps only the beliefs it chose.
23°23′
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.
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 discipline (Saturn in Virgo) and his independence (Uranus in Pisces) face each other across the wheel, and his identity (the Sun in Taurus) 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.
Saturn opposition Uranus almost exact at 0.5°
Tradition and rebellion fought in him: he wanted security and freedom, and could rarely have both at once.
Uranus trine Pluto almost exact at 0.8°
He could help change things at the root, and upheaval suited him.
Venus opposition North Node close at 1.1°
What felt comfortable in love and what helped him grow were different things, and he chose between them more than once.
Saturn sextile Pluto close at 1.4°
Endurance: he could work through hard times, and what he built survived pressure.
Jupiter conjunction Neptune close at 2.0°
A dreamer’s faith: he believed in something larger, and his compassion and his hopes went together.
The Sun conjunction the Moon close at 2.1°
Born near a new Moon, so what he wanted and what he needed moved as one: single-minded, and hard to talk out of anything.
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Mercury opposition North Node close at 2.4°
Old ideas and the way forward were at odds, and he learned new ways of thinking to move on.
Mercury conjunction Venus wide at 3.5°
Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
Venus square Jupiter wide at 3.6°
He loved too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures ran past what one life could use.
Jupiter square North Node wide at 4.7°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward went different ways, and real growth came from the harder one.
Venus square Neptune wide at 5.6°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
Neptune square North Node wide at 6.7°
Dreams and the way forward clashed, and growing meant trading some illusions for clear sight.
The Sun square Saturn wide at 7.8°
Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
The Sun square Uranus wide at 8.3°
He needed room to be himself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 9.1°
His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
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.
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