Famous birth charts · Joseph McCarthy
Joseph McCarthy’s chart in full
Born November 14, 1908, Grand Chute, Wisconsin, 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 Scorpio
The Detective. Intense, private and loyal.
21°59′
Moon in Leo
The Warm Heart. Warm heart, big feelings.
8°29′
Mercury in Scorpio
The Investigator. Hears what was left out.
2°51′
Venus in Libra
The Sweetheart. Grace, romance and balance.
13°25′
Mars in Libra
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
22°56′
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Jupiter in Virgo
The Improver. Faith in the useful.
11°22′
Saturn in Ariesretrograde
The Independent. Courage that learned to wait.
3°48′
Uranus in Capricorn
14°06′
Neptune in Cancerretrograde
16°57′
Pluto in Geminiretrograde
25°25′
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 Gemini
The direction his life grows in: Gemini, curious and quick-witted.
26°27′
Chiron in Aquarius
In Aquarius, Chiron is the ache of not quite fitting in, and a gift for making room for every outsider.
18°30′
Black Moon Lilith in Virgo
In Virgo, Lilith is a set of private standards, kept for their own sake and not to please.
5°13′
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 independence (Uranus in Capricorn) and his imagination (Neptune in Cancer) face each other across the wheel, and his heart (Venus in Libra) 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.
Venus square Uranus almost exact at 0.7°
Love came in sudden starts and stops: he fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
Mercury quincunx Saturn almost exact at 0.9°
Speaking freely and speaking carefully took constant balancing, and he weighed words before letting them go.
Pluto conjunction North Node close at 1.0°
A path of transformation: his direction in life asked him to change himself completely, more than once.
Mars trine Pluto close at 2.5°
Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
Jupiter trine Uranus close at 2.7°
Sudden openings: he spotted new chances early and jumped at them.
Uranus opposition Neptune close at 2.8°
The urge for change and the longing for ideals clashed, and he lived with both.
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The Sun quincunx Pluto wide at 3.4°
He kept rebuilding himself to fit what life asked, and control was the hardest thing to give up.
Mars trine North Node wide at 3.5°
Courage moved him forward, and each bold step took him further along his path.
Venus square Neptune wide at 3.5°
He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
The Sun quincunx North Node wide at 4.5°
The way forward asked him to bend habits that felt like part of who he was.
The Sun trine Neptune wide at 5.0°
Imagination and identity worked together: he could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
Mars square Neptune wide at 6.0°
Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Mercury trine North Node wide at 6.4°
His way with words helped him find his direction, and the right ideas came at the right time.
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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