Famous birth charts · Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges’ chart in full
Born August 24, 1899, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 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 Virgo
The Fixer. Precise, useful and kind.
1°14′
Moon in Aries
The Quick Flame. Quick to flare, quick to forgive.
19°48′
Mercury in Leoretrograde
The Storyteller. A voice that carries.
22°12′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
25°05′
Mars in Libra
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
11°51′
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Jupiter in Scorpio
The Researcher. Faith in what lies beneath.
4°56′
Saturn in Sagittarius
The Wise Teacher. Belief that has been tested.
17°05′
Uranus in Sagittarius
4°03′
Neptune in Gemini
26°40′
Pluto in Gemini
16°37′
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 Sagittarius
The direction his life grows in: Sagittarius, free and far-ranging.
27°11′
Chiron in Sagittarius
In Sagittarius, Chiron is a restless question about what it all means, and a gift for lending others a wider view.
7°02′
Black Moon Lilith in Leo
In Leo, Lilith is the wish to be seen whole, without shrinking to suit anyone.
19°52′
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.
Saturn opposition Pluto almost exact at 0.5°
Heavy demands and hard limits: he faced a great deal of pressure and came out tougher for it.
Neptune opposition North Node almost exact at 0.5°
Dreams and the way forward clashed, and growing meant trading some illusions for clear sight.
Venus sextile Neptune close at 1.6°
A romantic with an artist’s eye: he saw the beauty in people and made it visible to others.
Venus trine North Node close at 2.1°
Love and friendship moved him forward: the people he cared for helped him find his way.
The Sun square Uranus close at 2.8°
He needed room to be himself, and any rule that fit too tightly got broken.
Mercury conjunction Venus close at 2.9°
Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
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The Sun sextile Jupiter wide at 3.7°
His confidence came easily and spread: he thought big, and other people wanted to come along.
The Sun trine North Node wide at 4.1°
The direction his life took suited him: being himself and growing went hand in hand.
Mercury sextile Neptune wide at 4.5°
He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.
The Sun sextile Neptune wide at 4.6°
Imagination and identity worked together: he could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
Mars trine Pluto wide at 4.8°
Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
Mercury trine North Node wide at 5.0°
His way with words helped him find his direction, and the right ideas came at the right time.
Mercury trine Saturn wide at 5.1°
A patient, exact mind: he chose every word, and his thinking got sharper with practice.
The Sun conjunction Venus wide at 6.2°
Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to his core.
The Sun conjunction Mercury wide at 9.0°
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
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